Year-End Lists

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

Movies
Sightseers - Ben Wheatley

Sight & Sound Poll: Anna Smith Top 5 Films of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Sight & Sound Poll: Barbara Wurm Top 5 Films of 2012

A Dangerous Method - David Cronenberg

Sight & Sound Poll: Brad Stevens Top Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Sight & Sound Poll: Isabel Stevens Top 5 Films of 2012

Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Sight & Sound Poll: Vlastimir Sudar Top 5 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

New Republic: David Thomson 5 Best Movies of 2012

The Unspeakable Act - Dan Sallitt

Jaime Christley 15 Favorite Films of 2012

The Kid with a Bike - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

National Catholic Register: Steven D. Greydanus Top 30 Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Michael Sicinski Top 12 Films of 2012

Dan Sallitt Favorite 18 Films of 2012

Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Cinema Scope Top 15 Films of 2012

Argo - Ben Affleck

New Yorker: Anthony Lane 8 Best Films of 2012

The Grey - Joe Carnahan

HitFix: Kristopher Tapley Top 10 Films of 2012

San Francisco Bay Guardian: Dennis Harvey Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012

New Yorker: David Denby 11 Best Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Les Inrocks 20 Best Films of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Slant: Fernando F. Croce Top 20 Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Slant: Nick Schager Top 20 Films of 2012

Slant: Ed Gonzalez Top 20 Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

IndieWire: Matt Singer 20 Best Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Guardian: Peter Bradshaw 10 Best Films of 2012

Wuthering Heights - Andrea Arnold

Salon: Andrew O’Hehir 20 Best Movies of 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Boston Globe: Ty Burr Top 26 Movies of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Boston Globe: Wesley Morris Top 25 Movies of 2012