Year-End Lists

Andrew O’Hehir: 20 Best Movies of 2012, as published by Salon

[see also 2014 • 2011]

1. Wuthering Heights
   Andrea Arnold
2. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
3. Amour
   Michael Haneke
4. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
5. Rust and Bone
   Jacques Audiard
6. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
7. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
8. Whores’ Glory
   Michael Glawogger
9. Oslo, August 31st
   Joachim Trier
10. Take This Waltz
    Sarah Polley

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order)

• Bachelorette
  Leslye Headland
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Chico & Rita
  Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
• The Dark Knight Rises
  Christopher Nolan
• End of Watch
  David Ayer
• Keep the Lights On
  Ira Sachs
• Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
  Matthew Akers
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Not Fade Away
  David Chase
• The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky