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2012 Movies

Huffington Post: 30+ Best Movies of 2012

07 December 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Huffington Post: 30+ Best Movies of 2012

[see also 2022]

  1. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  2. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  4. Argo
    Ben Affleck
  5. Django Unchained
    Quentin Tarantino
  6. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  7. Silver Linings Playbook
    David O. Russell
  8. Skyfall
    Sam Mendes
  9. Les Misérables
    Tom Hooper
  10. Looper
    Rian Johnson
  11. The Avengers
    Joss Whedon
  12. Life of Pi
    Ang Lee
  13. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  14. The Dark Knight Rises
    Christopher Nolan
  15. The Hunger Games
    Gary Ross
  16. Pitch Perfect
    Jason Moore
  17. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  18. 21 Jump Street
    Phil Lord and Chris Miller
  19. Flight
    Robert Zemeckis
  20. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    Stephen Chbosky
  21. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  22. The Impossible
    Juan Antonio Bayona
  23. ParaNorman
    Chris Butler & Sam Fell
  24. Wreck-It Ralph
    Rich Moore
  25. Promised Land
    Gus Van Sant
  26. Magic Mike
    Steven Soderbergh
  27. The Cabin in the Woods
    Drew Goddard
  28. The Grey
    Joe Carnahan
  29. Sleepwalk With Me
    Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish
  30. The Sessions
    Ben Lewin
  31. This Is 40
    Judd Apatow
  32. Ruby Sparks
    Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  33. Celeste & Jesse Forever
    Lee Toland Krieger

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