The L Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2012
[see also 2013]
- The Master — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Moonrise Kingdom — Wes Anderson
- Bernie — Richard Linklater
- Cosmopolis — David Cronenberg
- This is Not a Film — Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
- The Turin Horse — Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
- Magic Mike — Steven Soderbergh
- Zero Dark Thirty — Kathryn Bigelow
- Holy Motors — Leos Carax
- The Color Wheel — Alex Ross Perry
- Killer Joe — William Friedkin
- Abendland — Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Lincoln — Steven Spielberg
- The Deep Blue Sea — Terence Davies
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia — Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Looper — Rian Johnson
- Beasts of the Southern Wild — Benh Zeitlin
- Damsels in Distress — Whit Stillman
- Miss Bala — Gerardo Naranjo
- The Cabin in the Woods — Drew Goddard
- Almayer’s Folly — Chantal Akerman
- Whores’ Glory — Michael Glawogger
- Haywire — Steven Soderbergh
- Tabu — Miguel Gomes
- Girl Walk // All Day — Jacob Krupnick