Year-End Lists

Tim Robey: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• War Witch
  Kim Nguyen
• Beauty
  Oliver Hermanus

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Michael Atkinson: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
• Post Mortem
  Pablo Larraín
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Alps
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• Almayer’s Folly
  Chantal Akerman

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Dylan Cave: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Dreams of a Life
  Carol Morley
• The Nine Muses
  John Akomfrah
• Young Adult
  Jason Reitman
• The Curse
  Fyzal Boulifa
• Gimme the Loot
  Adam Leon

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Nick Hasted: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Lawless
  John Hillcoat
• A Royal Affair
  Nikolaj Arcel
• Rust and Bone
  Jacques Audiard
• London: The Modern Babylon
  Julien Temple

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Mark Le Fanu: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Carancho
  Pablo Trapero
• The Minister
  Pierre Schoeller
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Robert Koehler: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2019 • 2017]

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Neighboring Sounds
  Kleber Mendonça Filho
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Philip Horne: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Alexander Horwath: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Anton's Right Here
  Lyubov Arkus
• All Divided Selves
  Luke Fowler
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Paradise: Love
  Ulrich Seidl
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Something in the Air
  Olivier Assayas
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Neighboring Sounds
  Kleber Mendonça Filho

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Sergio Angelini: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• To Rome with Love
  Woody Allen
• Killing Them Softly
  Andrew Dominik
• The Dark Knight Rises
  Christopher Nolan
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Michael Brooke: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Caesar Must Die
  Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
• Margaret
  Kenneth Lonergan
• Rose
  Wojciech Smarzowski
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012