Year-End Lists

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

Movies

Artforum: J Hoberman 12 Best Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

New Yorker: Richard Brody 27 Best Movies of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

David Ehrlich 25 Best Films of 2012

Atlantic Wire 10 Best Movies of 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Entertainment Weekly: Lisa Schwarzbaum 10 Best Movies of 2012

Entertainment Weekly: Owen Gleiberman 10 Best Movies of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Tom Shone 10 Best Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Sight & Sound Poll Top 11 Films of 2012

Time: Richard Corliss 10 Best Movies of 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

HuffPost 30+ Best Movies of 2012

Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

Artforum: Amy Taubin Top 10 Films of 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

New York: David Edelstein Top Ten Movies of 2012

The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Davies

Artforum: John Waters 10 Best Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten Films of 2012

Skandies 20 Best Films of 2011

This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Cinema Scope Top Ten Films of 2011

San Francisco Bay Guardian: Dennis Harvey Favorite Films of 2011

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Philadelphia Weekly: Sean Burns Top 10 Films of 2011

House of Pleasures - Bertrand Bonello

Philadelphia Weekly: Matt Prigge Top Ten Films of 2011

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Empire Top 20 Films of 2011

Reverse Shot 10 Best Films of 2011

Les Inrocks 20 Best Films of 2011

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Marya E. Gates Favorite Fifteen Films of 2011

Of Gods and Men - Xavier Beauvois

Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones 10 Best Films of 2011