Year-End Lists

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

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

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Catherine Wheatley: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
  Sean Durkin
• Two Years at Sea
  Ben Rivers
• Take This Waltz
  Sarah Polley

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Anton Bitel: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• American Mary
  Jen and Sylvia Soska
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Detachment
  Tony Kaye
• Excision
  Richard Bates, Jr.
• A Night of Nightmares
  Buddy Giovinazzo

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Demetrios Matheou: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Argo
  Ben Affleck
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• No
  Pablo Larraín

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Mar Diestro-Dopido: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• House of Pleasures
  Bertrand Bonello
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Diamond Flash
  Carlos Vermut
• Arraianos
  Eloy Enciso
• Blancanieves
  Pablo Berger

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

So Mayer: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2019]

• Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
  Alison Klayman
• Ginger & Rosa
  Sally Potter
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
• I’m Going to Change My Name
  Mariya Saakyan
• The Nine Muses
  John Akomfrah

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012