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2012 Movies

A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo: 15 Best Films of 2012

21 December 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Mike D’Angelo: 15 Best Films of 2012, as published by The A.V. Club

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  1. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  2. The Imposter
    Bart Layton
  3. The Loneliest Planet
    Julia Loktev
  4. Miss Bala
    Gerardo Naranjo
  5. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  6. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  7. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
  8. Only the Young
    Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims
  9. Looper
    Rian Johnson
  10. This Must Be the Place
    Paolo Sorrentino
  11. Haywire
    Steven Soderbergh
  12. You Are Here
    Daniel Cockburn
  13. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
    Don Hertzfeldt
  14. Argo
    Ben Affleck
  15. Sister
    Ursula Meier

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