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Keith Phipps: A.V. Club: The Best Films of 2012

19 December 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Keith Phipps: The Best Films of 2012, as published by The A.V. Club

Contributes to: 20 Best Films of 2012 (A.V. Club)
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  1. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  2. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  3. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. Wuthering Heights
    Andrea Arnold
  5. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  6. The Kid with a Bike
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  7. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
  8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  9. The Loneliest Planet
    Julia Loktev
  10. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  11. Argo
    Ben Affleck
  12. Flight
    Robert Zemeckis
  13. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier
  14. Declaration of War
    Valérie Donzelli
  15. Bernie
    Richard Linklater

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