Year-End Lists

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

Movies
The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

Jonathan Rosenbaum: IndieWire Top 10 Films of 2012

Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Kate Stables: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Fernanda Solorzano: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

John Wrathall: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

David Thomson: New Republic 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

Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register 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

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

Anthony Lane: New Yorker 8 Best Films of 2012

The Grey - Joe Carnahan

Kristopher Tapley: HitFix Top 10 Films of 2012

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

David Denby: New Yorker 11 Best Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Les Inrocks 20 Best Films of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Fernando F. Croce: Slant Top 20 Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Nick Schager: Slant Top 20 Films of 2012

Ed Gonzalez: Slant Top 20 Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Matt Singer: IndieWire 20 Best Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Peter Bradshaw: Guardian 10 Best Films of 2012

Wuthering Heights - Andrea Arnold

Andrew O’Hehir: Salon 20 Best Movies of 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Ty Burr: Boston Globe Top 26 Movies of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Wesley Morris: Boston Globe Top 25 Movies of 2012