Anthony Lane: 8 Best Films of 2012 (as extracted from his year-end roundup in The New Yorker, with some reflection of their implied order, and omitting the films that Lane describes as “lustreless” save for a particular performance)
Dennis Harvey: Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012 (alphabetically, as published by The San Francisco Bay Guardian, which also includes his top 10 documentaries)
[see also 2011]
David Denby: 11 Best Films of 2012 (as extracted from his year-end roundup in The New Yorker, with some reflection of their implied order)
Fernando F. Croce: Top 20 Films of 2012, as published by Slant Magazine
[see also 2019]
Honorable Mention
Nick Schager: Top 20 Films of 2012, as published by Slant Magazine
[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]
Honorable Mention
Ed Gonzalez: Top 20 Films of 2012, as published by Slant Magazine
[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2011]