10 best films of 2012
The Guardian's list of the ten best films of 2012
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The 10 best films of 2012, No 1 – The Master
The 10 best films of 2012, No 2 – Ted
The 10 best films of 2012, No 3 – Amour
Peter Bradshaw: Our countdown continues with a masterstroke of power and pathos: Michael Haneke's haunting film about the end of a life
The 10 best films of 2012, No 4 – Silver Linings Playbook
Catherine Shoard: For a film with such big stars, David O Russell's screwball masterpiece has been a slow-burner – but easily deserves its No 4 spot in the year's best films
The 10 best films of 2012, No 5 – Holy Motors
Peter Bradshaw: An uproariously illogical limo-ride through Paris screeches in at No 5 in our pick of the year's most flavoursome flicks
The 10 best films of 2012, No 6 – This Is Not a Film
Xan Brooks: In at No 6 in our cinematic countdown: a glorious work by director Jafar Panahi, currently on house arrest in Iran, that was smuggled out of the country in a cake
The 10 best films of 2012, No 7 – Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Andrew Pulver: Our roundup of marvellous movies continues with Nuri Bilge Ceylan's quietly gripping masterpiece set in the Turkish wilderness
The 10 best films of 2012, No 8 – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Henry Barnes: A child's fight for survival in an embattled bayou weaves pure magic. It's at No 8 in our roundup of the year's greatest films
The 10 best films of 2012, No 9 – Alps
Xan Brooks: The next in our pick of the year's finest films is an absurdist Yorgos Lanthimos-directed tale about an unusual service catering to the newly bereaved
The 10 best films of 2012, No 10 – The Queen of Versailles
With the credits poised to roll on 2012, it's time for the Guardian's countdown through the year's best films. We start at number 10: Lauren Greenfield's tragicomic documentary about the US housing crisis
