Year-End Lists

Death and Taxes: 25 Best Albums of 2012 (in no particular order)

• The Haunted Man
  Bat for Lashes
• Kindred
  Burial
• Mister M
  Lambchop
• Lonerism
  Tame Impala
• Visions
  Grimes
• Mourning in America
  Brother Ali
• Break It Yourself
  Andrew Bird
• Little Broken Hearts
  Norah Jones
• Tohu Bohu
  Rone
• Channel Orange
  Frank Ocean
• Celebration Rock
  Japandroids
• Winterval
  Sam Willis
• Big Inner
  Matthew E. White
• In Our Heads
  Hot Chip
• Blue Chips
  Action Bronson
• Bloom
  Beach House
• 88:88
  Makeup & Vanity Set
• Nocturne
  Wild Nothing
• Orchard
  Minotaur Shock
• The Money Store
  Death Grips
• Ufabulum
  Squarepusher
• Azari & III
  Azari & III
• The Heist
  Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Oshin
  DIIV
• Into The Waves
  Sophia Knapp

Ben Kenigsberg: 10 Best Movies of 2012, as published by Time Out Chicago

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

1. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
3. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
4. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
5. Miss Bala
   Gerardo Naranjo
6. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
7. In the Family
   Patrick Wang
8. Amour
   Michael Haneke
9. The Color Wheel
   Alex Ross Perry
10. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2012

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1. Any Day Now
   Travis Fine
2. Chicken with Plums
   Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
3. Magic Mike
   Steven Soderbergh
4. Cloud Atlas
   Lana & Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer
5. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
7. Beasts of the Southern Wild
   Benh Zeitlin
8. Killer Joe
   William Friedkin
9. Argo
   Ben Affleck
10. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
11. Les Misérables
    Tom Hooper
12. Bernie
    Richard Linklater
13. ParaNorman
    Chris Butler & Sam Fell
14. 21 Jump Street
    Phil Lord and Chris Miller
15. The Impossible
    Juan Antonio Bayona

Cameron Bailey: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Camp 14: Total Control Zone
  Marc Wiese
• The Place Beyond The Pines
  Derek Cianfrance
• Ship of Theseus
  Anand Gandhi
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist
  Mira Nair

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Sergio Angelini: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• To Rome with Love
  Woody Allen
• Killing Them Softly
  Andrew Dominik
• The Dark Knight Rises
  Christopher Nolan
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Thomas Dawson: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• Rust and Bone
  Jacques Audiard
• In the House
  François Ozon
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Melissa Anderson: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

• Barbara
  Christian Petzold
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Magic Mike
  Steven Soderbergh
• Neighboring Sounds
  Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Michel Ciment: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Dormant Beauty
  Marco Bellocchio
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Mud
  Jeff Nichols
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
  Alain Resnais

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Adrian Martin: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2017 • 2015]

• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• A Woman's Revenge
  Rita Azevedo Gomes
• Almayer’s Folly
  Chantal Akerman
• Night Across the Street
  Raoul Ruiz
• The Last Time I Saw Macao
  João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Derek Malcolm: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• In the Fog
  Sergei Loznitsa
• Silent Souls
  Aleksei Fedorchenko
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Ship of Theseus
  Anand Gandhi

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012