Year-End Lists

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

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Jean-Michel Frodon: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

Michael Brooke: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Dreams of a Life - Carol Morley

Dylan Cave: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard

Charles Gant: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Nostalgia for the Light - Patricio Guzmán

Ryan Gilbey: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

To Rome with Love - Woody Allen

Sergio Angelini: Sight & Sound Top Films of 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Wendy Ide: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Alexander Horwath: Sight & Sound Top Films of 2012

Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Philip Horne: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Robert Koehler: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Mark Le Fanu: Sight & Sound Top Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Cameron Bailey: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

House with a Turret - Eva Neymann

Peter Hames: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Geoff Andrew: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Carmen Gray: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard

Nick Hasted: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Kuichisan - Maiko Endo

Miriam Bale: Fandor Top 10 Films of 2012

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times 20 Best Movies of 2012

Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

Sean Burns: Philadelphia Weekly Top 10 Films of 2012

It’s Such a Beautiful Day - Don Hertzfeldt

Matt Prigge: Philadelphia Weekly Top 10 Films of 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune 20 Best Movies of 2012

The Avengers - Joss Whedon

Empire 20 Best Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Karina Longworth: Village Voice Top 10 Films of 2012

Nick Pinkerton: Village Voice Top 10 Films of 2012