Year-End Lists

Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2012 (as published by The Village Voice, compiled from the votes of over 80 critics)

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1. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
3. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
4. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
5. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
6. Amour
   Michael Haneke
7. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
8. The Turin Horse
   Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
9. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
10. Tabu
    Miguel Gomes
11. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
12. The Kid with a Bike
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
12. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
12. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier
15. The Loneliest Planet
    Julia Loktev
16. Cosmopolis
    David Cronenberg
17. Django Unchained
    Quentin Tarantino
18. Bernie
    Richard Linklater
19. Silver Linings Playbook
    David O. Russell
20. Rust and Bone
    Jacques Audiard
21. Argo
    Ben Affleck
21. Barbara
    Christian Petzold
23. Almayer’s Folly
    Chantal Akerman
24. Neighboring Sounds
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
25. Magic Mike
    Steven Soderbergh

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Village Voice Film Poll: Nick Pinkerton: Top 10 Films of 2012
• Village Voice Film Poll: Scott Foundas: 10 Best Films of 2012