Year-End Lists

Jonathan Romney: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• In the Fog
  Sergei Loznitsa

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Jean-Michel Frodon: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Laurence Anyways
  Xavier Dolan
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Saudade
  Katsuya Tomita
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Jason Wood: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Spring Breakers
  Harmony Korine
• Bill Cunningham New York
  Richard Press
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Jane Giles: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• London: The Modern Babylon
  Julien Temple
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Keep the Lights On
  Ira Sachs
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

James Quandt: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

• Night Across the Street
  Raoul Ruiz
• The Last Time I Saw Macao
  João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
• In Another Country
  Hong Sang-soo
• No
  Pablo Larraín
• Perret in France and Algeria
  Heinz Emigholz

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

James Mottram: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Searching for Sugar Man
  Malik Bendjelloul
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

James Bell: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Spring Breakers
  Harmony Korine
• No
  Pablo Larraín
• Margaret
  Kenneth Lonergan
• A Hijacking
  Tobias Lindholm

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Ian Christie: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Shame
  Steve McQueen
• We Went to War
  Michael Grigsby
• The Avengers
  Joss Whedon

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Henry K. Miller: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• Damsels in Distress
  Whit Stillman
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
• Dredd 3D
  Pete Travis

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Graham Fuller: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2017]

• The Deep Blue Sea
  Terence Davies
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012