My Favourites of 2012

The films I enjoyed most this year:

#12

The Kid with a Bike (2011, dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne)

#11

Wild Bill (2011, dir. Dexter Fletcher)

#10

Moonrise Kingdom (2012, dir. Wes Anderson)

#9

Rust and Bone (2012, dir. Jacques Audiard)

#8

Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011, dir. Takashi Miike)

#7

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011, dir. Sean Durkin)

#6

Michael (2011, dir. Markus Schleinzer)

#5

Sightseers (2012, dir. Ben Wheatley)

#4

The Hunt (2012, dir. Thomas Vinterberg)

#3

Excision (2012, dir. Richard Bates Jr)

#2

Shame (2011, dir. Steve McQueen)

#1

Amour (2012, dir. Michael Haneke)

Some other special mentions…not necessarily released in 2012.

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011, dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
• Ossessione (1943, dir. Luchino Vischonti)
• Killer Joe (2012, dir. William Friedkin)
• Berberian Sound Studio (2012, dir. Peter Strickland)
• A Swedish Love Story (1970, dir. Roy Andersson)
• Argo (2012, dir. Ben Affleck)
• Murk (2005, dir. Jannik Johansen)
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012, dir. Christopher Nolan)
• Untouchable (2011, dir. Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano)
• King of Devil’s Island (2012, dir. Marius Holst)
• Django (1966, dir. Sergio Corbucci)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, dir. Benh Zeitlin)
• Tony Manero (2008, dir. Pablo Larraín)
• The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005, dir. Jacques Audiard)
• Ex-Drummer (2007, dir. Koen Mortier)
• The House of the Devil (2005, dir. Ti West)
• Pontypool (2008, dir. Bruce McDonald)
• Lust, Caution, (2007, dir. Ang Lee)
• Cabin in the Woods (2012, dir. Drew Goddard)
• Turkish Delight (1973, dir. Paul Verhoeven)