Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Movies
Night Across the Street - Raúl Ruiz

James Quandt: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Sofia's Last Ambulance - Ilian Metev

Mark Cousins: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Differently, Molussia - Nicolas Rey

Andréa Picard: Sight & Sound Top Films of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Kieron Corless: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Dormant Beauty - Marco Bellocchio

Michel Ciment: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Shame - Steve McQueen

Ian Christie: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Tom Charity: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

Kim Newman: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate - Kôji Wakamatsu

Ferroni Brigade: Sight & Sound Top Films of 2012

Three Sisters - Wang Bing

Nicole Brenez: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Kate Muir: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Stories We Tell - Sarah Polley

Peter Bradshaw: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

James Mottram: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nick Bradshaw: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Daniela Michel: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Anton Bitel: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - Alison Klayman

So Mayer: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Differently, Molussia - Nicolas Rey

Gabe Klinger: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

James Bell: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Skyfall - Sam Mendes

Sergio Angelini: Sight & Sound Top Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Geoff Andrew: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

Henry K. Miller: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Geoffrey O’Brien: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Alexander Horwath: Sight & Sound Top Films of 2012