My Top 10 Theatrically Released and Top 10 Unreleased Films of 2012 will be published shortly on IONCINEMA, but here is the rundown of my favorite 50 films from the past year. Out of nearly 450 new releases, these 50 titles are the best and the brightest (plus a handful of honorable mentions). Also, my Top 10 Documentary Releases also follow. A little less than half of these are US features, with the UK and Austria both in second place for representation. Of the top 50, there are only four female directors (DuVernay, Bigelow, Meier, Aselton), with an additonal three in my honorable mentions (Polley, Kim, Maiwenn). LGBT film was a bit light this year, but Sachs, Wang, and a relatively unseen film from Gael Morel (beyond the fest circuit) make the top 50.
1. Holy Motors – Dir. Leos Carax (France)
2. Paradise: Faith – Dir. Ulrich Seidl (Austria)
3. After Lucia – Dir. Michel Franco (Mexico)
4. Django Unchained – Dir. Quentin Tarantino (US)
5. Post Tenebras Lux – Dir. Carlos Reygadas (Mexico)
6. Barbara – Dir. Christian Petzold (Germany)
7. Starlet – Dir. Sean Baker (US)
8. Berberian Sound Studio – Dir. Peter Strickland (UK)
9. Amour – Dir. Michael Haneke (Austria)
10. Compliance – Dir. Craig Zobel (US)
11. Moonrise Kingdom – Dir. Wes Anderson (US)
12. Beyond the Hills – Dir. Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
13. Sound of My Voice – Dir. Zal Batmanglij (US)
14. Middle of Nowhere – Dir. Ava DuVernay (US)
15. Elena - Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev (Russia)
16. Zero Dark Thirty – Dir. Kathryn Bigelow (US)
17. Keep the Lights On – Dir. Ira Sachs (US)
18. Blood of My Blood – Dir. Joao Canijo (Portugal)
19. Paradise: Love – Dir. Ulrich Seidl (Austria)
20. Everybody In Our Family – Dir. Radu Jude (Romania)
21. In Another Country – Dir. Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
22. The Paperboy – Dir. Lee Daniels (US)
23. Rust and Bone – Dir. Jacques Audiard (France)
24. The Place Beyond the Pines – Dir. Derek Cianfrance (US)
25. Red Lights – Dir. Rodrigo Cortes (US)
26. Living - Dir. Vasili Sigarev (Russia)
27. Blancanieves – Dir. Pablo Berger (Spain)
28. Looper – Dir. Rian Johnson (US)
29. Our Children – Dir. Joachim Lafosse (Belgium)
30. It’s a Disaster – Dir. Todd Berger (US)
31. Natural Selection – Robbie Pickering (US)
32. Purge – Dir. Antti Jokinen (Finland)
33. Ill Manors – Dir. Ben Drew (UK)
34. Spring Breakers – Dir. Harmony Korine (US)
35. The Wall – Dir. Julian Polsler (Austria)
36. The Hunt – Dir. Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark)
37. Sister – Dir. Ursula Meier (France/Switzerland)
38. The Impossible – Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona (Spain)
39. Black Rock – Dir. Katie Aselton (US)
40. Perfect Sense – Dir. David Mackenzie (UK)
41. Safety Not Guaranteed – Dir. Colin Trevorrow (US)
42. Our Paradise – Dir. Gael Morel (France)
43. Reality – Dir. Matteo Garrone (Italy)
44. Sightseers – Dir. Ben Wheatley (UK)
45. Argo – Dir. Ben Affleck (US)
46. End of Watch – Dir. David Ayer (US)
47. In the Family – Dir. Patrick Wang (US)
48. Excision – Dir. Richard Bates Jr. (US)
49. Simon Killer – Dir. Antonio Campos (US)
50. The Cabin In The Woods – Dir. Drew Goddard (US)
Honorable Mentions:
Celeste and Jesse Forever; Lincoln; A Royal Affair; Take This Waltz; For Ellen; Headhunters; Klown; Monsieur Lazhar; Little White Lies; Delicacy; Farewell, My Queen; Polisse; Beasts of the Southern Wild
Top 10 Documentaries:
1. Room 237 – Dir. Rodney Ascher (US)
2. West of Memphis – Dir. Amy Berg (US)
3. The Imposter – Dir. Bart Layton (US)
4. The Queen of Versailles – Dir. Lauren Greenfield (US)
5. How To Survive a Plague – Dir. David France (US)
6. Kumare – Dir. Vikram Gandhi (US)
7. The Central Park Five – Dir. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon (US)
8. Whores’ Glory – Dir. Michael Glawogger (Austria)
9. The Revisionaries – Dir. Scott Thurman (US)
10. Jiro Dreams of Sushi – Dir. David Gelb (US)
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