Lists
- HuffPost: 30+ Best Movies of 2012
- New York: David Edelstein: Top Ten Movies of 2012
- Village Voice Film Poll: Scott Foundas: 10 Best Films of 2012
- A.V. Club: Keith Phipps: The Best Films of 2012
- Entertainment Weekly: Lisa Schwarzbaum: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: 20 Best Movies of 2012
- A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2012
- A.V. Club: Noel Murray: 15 Best Films of 2012
- Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2012
- IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2012
- Time Out Chicago: Ben Kenigsberg: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- Tom Shone: 10 Best Films of 2012
- IndieWire: Eric Kohn: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- Time Out New York: Joshua Rothkopf: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- New York Times: Stephen Holden: Top 11 Films of 2012
- A.V. Club: Tasha Robinson: The Best Films of 2012
- Boston Globe: Ty Burr: Top 26 Movies of 2012
- AP: David Germain: Top 10 Movies of 2012
- IndieWire: Matt Singer: 20 Best Films of 2012
- Philadelphia Weekly: Sean Burns: Top 10 Films of 2012
- Salon: Andrew O’Hehir: 20 Best Movies of 2012
- Slant: Ed Gonzalez: Top 20 Films of 2012
- David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2012
- Time Out New York: David Fear: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- Glenn Kenny: 25 Best Films of 2012
- Slant: Fernando F. Croce: Top 20 Films of 2012
- Entertainment Weekly: Owen Gleiberman: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- AP: Christy Lemire: Top 10 Movies of 2012
- Slant: Nick Schager: Top 20 Films of 2012
- Time: Richard Corliss: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- New York Times: A.O. Scott: 25 Favorite Films of 2012
- Bilge Ebiri: Top 20 Films of 2012
- HitFix: Kristopher Tapley: Top 10 Films of 2012
- A.V. Club: Alison Willmore: The Best Films of 2012
- L Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2012
- Slant: 25 Best Films of 2012
- A.V. Club: Scott Tobias: The Best Films of 2012
- Les Inrocks: 20 Best Films of 2013
- Time Out New York: Keith Uhlich: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Top 36 Movies of 2012
- Film Comment Poll: 50 Best Films of 2012
- A.V. Club: Sam Adams: The Best Films of 2012
- Time Out New York: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Rolling Stone: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Consequence: Top 100 Films of the 2010s
- IndieWire: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
- A.V. Club: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Insider: 100 Best Films of the 2010s
- The Playlist: The 100 Best Films of the Decade
- Slate: Dana Stevens: 15 Best Movies of 2012
- New Yorker: David Denby: 11 Best Films of 2012
- National Catholic Register: Steven D. Greydanus: Top 30 Films of 2012
- Los Angeles Times: Kenneth Turan: Top 10+ Films of 2012
- Atlantic Wire: 10 Best Movies of 2012
- Village Voice Film Poll: Nick Pinkerton: Top 10 Films of 2012
- Boston Globe: Wesley Morris: Top 25 Movies of 2012
- RogerEbert.com: The Best Films of the 2010s
- ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of the 2010s