Year-End Lists

A.O. Scott: 25 Favorite Films of 2012, as published by The New York Times

1. Amour
   Michael Haneke
2. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
   Benh Zeitlin
4. Footnote
   Joseph Cedar
5. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
7. Django Unchained
   Quentin Tarantino
8. Goodbye First Love
   Mia Hansen-Løve
9. Neighboring Sounds
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
10. The Grey
    Joe Carnahan

Honorable Mention, Alphabetically

• Argo
  Ben Affleck
• Barbara
  Christian Petzold
• Brave
  Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• Consuming Spirits
  Chris Sullivan
• The Deep Blue Sea
  Terence Davies
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Pitch Perfect
  Jason Moore
• Rust and Bone
  Jacques Audiard
• Take This Waltz
  Sarah Polley
• The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

Top Five Documentaries

1. The Gatekeepers
   Dror Moreh
2. The Queen of Versailles
   Lauren Greenfield
3. How to Survive a Plague
   David France
4. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
5. The Central Park Five
   Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon