Year-End Lists

Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012, as published by The New Yorker

1. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
1. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
3. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Oki’s Movie
   Hong Sang-soo
4. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
6. To Rome with Love
   Woody Allen
7. Tabu
   Miguel Gomes
8. The Color Wheel
   Alex Ross Perry
9. The Deep Blue Sea
   Terence Davies
10. Damsels in Distress
    Whit Stillman
11. We Have a Pope
    Nanni Moretti
12. This Is 40
    Judd Apatow
13. Red Hook Summer
    Spike Lee
14. Magic Mike
    Steven Soderbergh
15. Fake It So Real
    Robert Greene
16. Brenie
    Richard Linklater
17. Chronicle
    Josh Trank
18. Haywire
    Steven Soderbergh
19. The Comedy
    Rick Alverson
20. Bad Fever
    Dustin Guy Defa
21. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
    Marie Losier
22. The Day He Arrives
    Hong Sang-soo
23. In Another Country
    Hong Sang-soo
24. Green
    Sophia Takal
25. Almayer’s Folly
    Chantal Akerman
26. The Kid with a Bike
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
27. Jeff, Who Lives at Home
    Jay and Mark Duplass