Year-End Lists

Glenn Kenny: 25 Best Films of 2012

1. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. The Turin Horse
   Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
3. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
4. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
5. The Kid with a Bike
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
6. Cosmopolis
   David Cronenberg
7. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
8. Looper
   Rian Johnson
9. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
10. Tabu
    Miguel Gomes
11. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
12. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
13. ParaNorman
    Chris Butler & Sam Fell
14. Hello, I Must Be Going
    Todd Louisa
15. Amour
    Michael Haneke
16. Flight
    Robert Zemeckis
17. Bernie
    Richard Linklater
18. Not Fade Away
    David Chase
19. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
20. Skyfall
    Sam Mendes
21. The Dark Knight Rises
    Christopher Nolan
22. Damsels in Distress
    Whit Stillman
23. Goodbye First Love
    Mia Hansen-Løve
24. Prometheus
    Ridley Scott
25. Red Hook Summer
    Spike Lee