Year-End Lists

Beasts of the Southern Wild

• #1 Top 26 Movies of 2012: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
• #2 10 Best Movies of 2012: Richard Corliss: Time
• #2 Top 10 Movies of 2012: Christy Lemire: AP
• #3 30+ Best Movies of 2012: Huffington Post
• #3 Top 10 Films of 2012: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• #3 25 Favorite Films of 2012: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• #4 10 Best Films of 2012: Tom Shone
• #4 Top 11 Films of 2012: Stephen Holden: New York Times
• #5 20 Best Films of 2012: Empire
• #5 Top 11 Films of 2012: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 10 Best Films of 2012: John Waters: Artforum
• #7 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2012: Marya E. Gates
• #7 10 Best Movies of 2012: Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
• #7 Top 50 Films of 2012: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #8 The Best Films of 2012: Keith Phipps: A.V. Club
• #8 10 Best Films of 2012: Peter Bradshaw: Guardian
• #8 The Best Films of 2012: Tasha Robinson: A.V. Club
• #8 The Best Films of 2012: Alison Willmore: A.V. Club
• #9 20 Best Films of 2012: A.V. Club
• #9 12 Best Films of 2012: J. Hoberman: Artforum
• #12 Best Films of 2012: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #14 50 Best Films of 2012: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 25 Best Films of 2012: L Magazine
• #17 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
• #19 25 Best Films of 2012: Glenn Kenny
• #20 25 Best Films of 2012: Slant
• #22 Top 25 Films of the 2010s: Matt Goldberg: Collider
• #34 Top 50 Films of the 2010s: The Young Folks
• #84 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire

• Top 5 Films of 2012: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Roger Clarke: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Wendy Ide: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Demetrios Matheou: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Kate Muir: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Tim Robey: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Fernanda Solórzano: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Catherine Wheatley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Gareth Evans: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 20 Best Movies of 2012: Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
• 10 Best Movies of 2012: Atlantic Wire
• 11 Best Films of 2012: David Denby: New Yorker
• Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian
• Top 30 Films of 2012: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register Runner-up
• 20 Best Movies of 2012: Andrew O’Hehir: Salon Honorable mention
• Top 20 Films of 2012: Ed Gonzalez: Slant Honorable mention
• 22 Favorite Movies of 2012: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader Runner-up
• Top Ten Movies of 2012: David Edelstein: New York I Love You, Too, Damn It
• Top 36 Movies of 2012: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Rest of the List, Alphabetically
• The Best Films of the 2010s: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention