The Best of the 2012 Lists: Film

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When December 31st comes around, everyone on the Internet Makes a Best of List.  We rounded up who picked what this year in the best of film 2012.

THEIR PICKS:  The Movies Other Sites Named #1

top movies of 2012 the masterThe Master

The L Magazine , Sight & Sound, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, Total Film

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top films of 2012 zero dark 30Zero Dark Thirty

Moviefone, Huffington Post, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Grantland, Complex

 

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top films 2012 argoArgo

The Economist, Christy Lemire
Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun Times), NY Daily News

 

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top films 2012 amourAmour

AO Scott
Time Magazine
The Hollywood Reporter

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top films 2012 holy motorsHoly Motors

Indie Wire.com, The New Yorker (tied with Moonrise Kingdom)
Film.com

 

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top films 2012 silver liningsSilver Linings Playbook

Metacritic
Wall Street Journal

 

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Other Picks:   Lincoln   (NY Times),  Moonrise Kingdom (The New Yorker – tied with Holy Motors), Wuthering Heights (salon.com), Killer Joe  (Mother Jones), Cloud Atlas (Germain Lussier), Life of Pi (Paste Magazine)

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OUR PICKS:  Our Top 10 in Film of 2012

Our #1 Pick for 2012 is The Master

In no particular order, the rest of our favorite shows from 2012:  Moonrise Kingdom, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Bernie, Zero Dark Thirty, Safety Not Guaranteed, The Hobbit, Seven Psycopaths.

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