Scott Tobias: 15 Best Films of 2012, as published by The A.V. Club
[see also 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011]
- The Master — Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Turin Horse — Béla Tarr
- The Deep Blue Sea — Terence Davies
- Holy Motors — Leos Carax
- The Loneliest Planet — Julia Loktev
- Moonrise Kingdom — Wes Anderson
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia — Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Zero Dark Thirty — Kathryn Bigelow
- The Comedy — Rick Alverson
- Amour — Michael Haneke
- Goodbye First Love — Mia Hansen-Løve
- Miss Bala — Gerardo Naranjo
- Haywire — Steven Soderbergh
- Looper — Rian Johnson
- Lincoln — Steven Spielberg