Year-End Lists

Peter Hames: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• House with a Turret
  Eva Neymann
• Caesar Must Die
  Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
• You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
  Alain Resnais
• Imagine
  Andrzej Jakimowski
• I’m Going to Change My Name
  Mariya Saakyan

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Jane Giles: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• London: The Modern Babylon
  Julien Temple
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Keep the Lights On
  Ira Sachs
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Ryan Gilbey: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2021]

• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• On the Road
  Walter Salles
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Beauty
  Oliver Hermanus
• Elena
  Andrey Zvyagintsev

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Thomas Dawson: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• Rust and Bone
  Jacques Audiard
• In the House
  François Ozon
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Charles Gant: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Rust and Bone
  Jacques Audiard
• Argo
  Ben Affleck
• The Comedian
  Tom Shkolnik
• Cloud Atlas
  Lana & Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer
• Chronicle
  Josh Trank

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Peter Bradshaw: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 10 Best Films of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Stories We Tell
  Sarah Polley
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

This list contributes to:

• 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

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

• After Lucia
  Michel Franco
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Barbara
  Christian Petzold
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Everybody in Our Family
  Radu Jude

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Gareth Evans: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Museum Hours
  Jem Cohen
• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro
  Robert Guédiguian
• Two Years at Sea
  Ben Rivers

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Melissa Anderson: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

• Barbara
  Christian Petzold
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Magic Mike
  Steven Soderbergh
• Neighboring Sounds
  Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012