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.
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by Steven Soderbergh

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  1. Uproxx: Vince Mancini: 7 Best Films of 2012
  2. Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2012
  3. A.V. Club: Sam Adams: The Best Films of 2012
  4. Time Out New York: David Fear: 10 Best Movies of 2012
  5. L Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2012
  6. Tom Shone: 10 Best Films of 2012
  7. The Big Picture: Amanda Dobbins: Top 10 Movies of the 2010s
  8. Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs: 20 Favorite Films of 2012
  9. New Yorker: Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012
  10. Empire: 20 Best Films of 2012
  11. IndieWire: Matt Singer: 20 Best Films of 2012
  12. Film Comment Poll: 50 Best Films of 2012
  13. IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2012
  14. HuffPost: 30+ Best Movies of 2012
  15. Slant: 25 Best Films of 2012
  16. Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2012

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.