Year-End Lists

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2012 Movies

Bilge Ebiri: Top 20 Films of 2012

02 January 2013

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Bilge Ebiri: Top 20 Films of 2012

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  1. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  2. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
    Don Hertzfeldt
  3. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  4. The Grey
    Joe Carnahan
  5. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  6. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  7. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  8. The Dark Knight Rises
    Christopher Nolan
  9. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  10. Beloved
    Christophe Honoré
  11. Room 237
    Rodney Ascher
  12. Samsara
    Ron Fricke
  13. Django Unchained
    Quentin Tarantino
  14. Almayer’s Folly
    Chantal Akerman
  15. Extraterrestrial
    Nacho Vigalondo
  16. The Raid: Redemption
    Gareth Evans
  17. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
  18. Life of Pi
    Ang Lee
  19. Keep the Lights On
    Ira Sachs
  20. Anna Karenina
    Joe Wright

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