Year-End Lists

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2012 Movies

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2012

31 December 2012

Any Day Now - Travis Fine

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2012

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  1. Any Day Now
    Travis Fine
  2. Chicken with Plums
    Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
  3. Magic Mike
    Steven Soderbergh
  4. Cloud Atlas
    Lana & Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer
  5. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  6. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  7. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  8. Killer Joe
    William Friedkin
  9. Argo
    Ben Affleck
  10. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  11. Les Misérables
    Tom Hooper
  12. Bernie
    Richard Linklater
  13. ParaNorman
    Chris Butler & Sam Fell
  14. 21 Jump Street
    Phil Lord and Chris Miller
  15. The Impossible
    Juan Antonio Bayona

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