Year-End Lists

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

Dan Callahan: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2016]

• Francine
  Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky
• Bernie
  Richard Linklater
• Lincoln
  Steven Spielberg
• Magic Mike
  Steven Soderbergh
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

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

• About Elly
  Asghar Farhadi
• Killer Joe
  William Friedkin
• Looper
  Rian Johnson
• The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Sightseers
  Ben Wheatley

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Gabe Klinger: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Arnulf Rainer (1960) + Antiphon + Monument Film installation
  Peter Kubelka
• The War
  James Benning
• Differently, Molussia
  Nicolas Rey
• American Falls
  Phil Solomon
• To The Wonder
  Terrence Malick

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

James Mottram: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Searching for Sugar Man
  Malik Bendjelloul
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Andrea Picard: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Differently, Molussia
  Nicolas Rey
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Viola
  Matías Piñeiro
• Night Across the Street
  Raoul Ruiz
• Student
  Darezhan Omirbayev

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Vic Pratt: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Reality
  Matteo Garrone
• Dark Horse
  Todd Solondz
• Dredd 3D
  Pete Travis
• Searching for Sugar Man
  Malik Bendjelloul
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Kong Rithdee: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Margaret
  Kenneth Lonergan
• Ashes
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Spring Breakers
  Harmony Korine

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Sukhdev Sandu: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Practical Electronica
  Ian Helliwell
• The Bruce Lacey Experience
  Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams
• Deep State
  Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
• The Loneliest Planet
  Julia Loktev
• Hauntologies
  John Akomfrah

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