Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Sight & Sound Poll: Kate Stables: Top 5 Films of 2012

29 January 2013

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Kate Stables: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll


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Sight & Sound Poll: Fernanda Solorzano: Top 5 Films of 2012

29 January 2013

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Fernanda Solorzano: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll


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Sight & Sound Poll: Francine Stock: Top 5 Films of 2012

29 January 2013

This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Francine Stock: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll


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Sight & Sound Poll: Thirza Wakefield: Top 5 Films of 2012

29 January 2013

Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard

Thirza Wakefield: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll


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New Republic: David Thomson: 5 Best Movies of 2012

27 January 2013

Amour - Michael Haneke

David Thomson: 5 Best Movies of 2012 (as extracted from his review of Amour in The New Republic)

Also Suggested

Coldfront: Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012

26 January 2013

Engine Empire - Cathy Park Hong

Coldfront: Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012

Jaime Christley: 15 Favorite Films of 2012

25 January 2013

The Unspeakable Act - Dan Sallitt

Jaime Christley: 15 Favorite Films of 2012

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

25 January 2013

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

Steven D. Greydanus: Top 30 Films of 2012, as published by The National Catholic Register

[see also 20192018]

10 Films that Stood Out

10 Runners-Up (in alphabetical order)

Honorable Mention

Michael Sicinski: Top 12 Films of 2012

19 January 2013

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Michael Sicinski: Top 12 Films of 2012 (limited to “poll-eligible” films)

[see also 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010sTop 50 Films of 2018Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018Top 25 Films of 2017Top 10 Films of 2016Top 12 Films of 2014Top 10 Films of 2013]

Dan Sallitt: Favorite 18 Films of 2012

19 January 2013

Dan Sallitt: Favorite 18 Films of 2012 (limited to films that played at least one week in Manhattan for the first time in 2012)

[see also 2010s201920182017]

Runners-up