Year-End Lists

Bilge Ebiri: Top 20 Films of 2012

[see also Top 20 Films of 2025 • The Best Movies of 2025 • The Best Movies of 2024 • The Best Movies of 2023 • Top 25 Films of 2022 • The Best Movies of 2022 • Top 20 Movies of 2021 • The Best Movies of 2021 • The Best Movies of 2020 • Top 10 Movies of 2019 • Best Movies of 2017 • 20 Best Movies of 2016 • 20 Best Movies of 2015]

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