Year-End Lists

Gareth Evans: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Museum Hours
  Jem Cohen
• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro
  Robert Guédiguian
• Two Years at Sea
  Ben Rivers

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

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

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Something in the Air
  Olivier Assayas
• Ginger & Rosa
  Sally Potter
• Post Tenebras Lux
  Carlos Reygadas

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Geoffrey O’Brien: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Farewell, My Queen
  Benoît Jacquot
• The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

James Mottram: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Searching for Sugar Man
  Malik Bendjelloul
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

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

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Two Years at Sea
  Ben Rivers
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Kim Newman: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Sightseers
  Ben Wheatley
• Excision
  Richard Bates, Jr.
• Damsels in Distress
  Whit Stillman
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Henry K. Miller: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• Damsels in Distress
  Whit Stillman
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
• Dredd 3D
  Pete Travis

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

James Bell: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Spring Breakers
  Harmony Korine
• No
  Pablo Larraín
• Margaret
  Kenneth Lonergan
• A Hijacking
  Tobias Lindholm

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Naman Ramachandran: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Blancanieves
  Pablo Berger
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes
• Miss Lovely
  Ashim Ahluwalia
• Seven Psychopaths
  Martin McDonagh
• My Brother the Devil
  Sally El Hosaini

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Sukhdev Sandu: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Practical Electronica
  Ian Helliwell
• The Bruce Lacey Experience
  Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams
• Deep State
  Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
• The Loneliest Planet
  Julia Loktev
• Hauntologies
  John Akomfrah

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012