Year-End Lists

Vlastimir Sudar: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• It Was the Son
  Daniele Ciprì
• Virgin Margarida
  Licínio Azevedo
• Cinema Komunisto
  Mila Turajlic

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Thirza Wakefield: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Rust and Bone
  Jacques Audiard
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• The Amazing Spider-Man
  Marc Webb
• Into the Abyss
  Werner Herzog

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Sam Wigley: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Neighboring Sounds
  Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Post Tenebras Lux
  Carlos Reygadas
• Like Someone in Love
  Abbas Kiarostami
• Amour
  Michael Haneke

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Paul Tickell: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• 5 Broken Cameras
  Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• Alps
  Yorgos Lanthimos

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Matthew Taylor: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• No
  Pablo Larraín
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• The Hunt
  Thomas Vinterberg
• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Kate Stables: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• The Queen of Versailles
  Lauren Greenfield
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Top 10 Films of 2012, as submitted to the IndieWire Poll

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1. The Turin Horse
   Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
2. The Forgotten Space
   Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
3. Bernie
   Richard Linklater
4. The Hunter
   Rafi Pitts
5. The Kid with a Bike
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
6. Unforgivable
   André Téchiné
7. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
8. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
9. The Deep Blue Sea
   Terence Davies
10. Gerhard Richter Painting
    Corinna Belz

As Submitted to the Village Voice Poll

1. The Turin Horse
   Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
2. Bernie
   Richard Linklater
3. The Forgotten Space
   Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
4. The Kid with a Bike
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
5. Far from Afghanistan
   John Gianvito, Travis Wilkerson, Jon Jost, Minda Martin, and Soon-Mi Yoo
6. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
7. Unforgivable
   André Téchiné
8. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
9. Keyhole
   Guy Maddin
10. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies

As Submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Far from Afghanistan
  John Gianvito, Travis Wilkerson, Jon Jost, Minda Martin, and Soon-Mi Yoo
• Jerry & Me
  Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa
• Margaret
  Kenneth Lonergan
• The Last Time I Saw Macao
  João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
• Tectonics
  Peter Bo Rappmund

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

John Wrathall: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Elena
  Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Margaret
  Kenneth Lonergan
• Everybody Has a Plan
  Ana Piterbarg
• The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• Michel Petrucciani
  Michael Radford

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Jasper Sharp: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Echo of Astro Boy's Footsteps
  Masanori Tominaga
• Sightseers
  Ben Wheatley
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• The Woman in Black
  James Watkins
• Generator
  Takashi Makino

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Isabel Stevens: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Planet of Snail
  Yi Seung-jun
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Damsels in Distress
  Whit Stillman
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012