Year-End Lists

Thomas Dawson: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• Rust and Bone
  Jacques Audiard
• In the House
  François Ozon
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Suzy Gillett: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Today
  Alain Gomis
• My Brother the Devil
  Sally El Hosaini

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Sukhdev Sandu: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Practical Electronica
  Ian Helliwell
• The Bruce Lacey Experience
  Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams
• Deep State
  Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
• The Loneliest Planet
  Julia Loktev
• Hauntologies
  John Akomfrah

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

So Mayer: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2019]

• Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
  Alison Klayman
• Ginger & Rosa
  Sally Potter
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
• I’m Going to Change My Name
  Mariya Saakyan
• The Nine Muses
  John Akomfrah

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Sergio Angelini: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• To Rome with Love
  Woody Allen
• Killing Them Softly
  Andrew Dominik
• The Dark Knight Rises
  Christopher Nolan
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Ryan Gilbey: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2021]

• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• On the Road
  Walter Salles
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Beauty
  Oliver Hermanus
• Elena
  Andrey Zvyagintsev

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Roger Clarke: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Francine
  Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky
• Robot & Frank
  Jake Schreier
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• A Simple Life
  Ann Hui
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Robert Koehler: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2019 • 2017]

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Neighboring Sounds
  Kleber Mendonça Filho
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Philip Kemp: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• About Elly
  Asghar Farhadi
• Killer Joe
  William Friedkin
• Looper
  Rian Johnson
• The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Sightseers
  Ben Wheatley

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Philip Horne: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012