YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 2012

 

1. THE HOLLOW CROWN:  RICHARD II
2. DREDD
3. THE IMPOSTER
4. MUSEUM HOURS
5. SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
6. CLOUD ATLAS
7. SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN
8. THE AVENGERS
9. LOOPER
10. THE HOLLOW CROWN:  HENRY IV PART 1
11. THE HOLLOW CROWN:  HENRY IV PART 2
12. THE HOLLOW CROWN:  HENRY V 
13. HORROR EUROPA
14. EUROCRIME!  THE ITALIAN COP AND GANGSTER FILMS THAT RULED THE '70s
15. BATMAN:  THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 1
16. TALES OF TELEVISION CENTRE
17. WOULD YOU RATHER
18. SIGHTSEERS
19. JOHN DIES AT THE END
20. THE LORDS OF SALEM
21. 2 DAYS IN NEW YORK
22. MANIAC
23. ROBOT & FRANK
24. THE BATTERY
25. DIAS DE VINILO
26. STITCHES
27. THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
28. 56 UP
29. ARGO
30. JUSTICE LEAGUE:  DOOM
31. ROOM 237
32. CASTING BY
33. SKYFALL
34. MOONRISE KINGDOM
35. GRABBERS
36. THE MASTER
37. HAYRIDE
38. IN SEARCH OF HAYDN
39. AMICUS:  HOUSE OF HORRORS
40. FOUND.
41. BYZANTIUM
42. MARLEY
43. BIG STAR:  NOTHING CAN HURT ME
44. ETHEL
45. THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROSALIND LEIGH
46. THE HUMAN RACE
47. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA
48. THE MISSING PIECE:  MONA LISA, HER THIEF, THE TRUE STORY
49. I AM BRUCE LEE
50. SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
51. BEWARE OF MR. BAKER
52. SUSHI GIRL
53. COCKNEYS VS. ZOMBIES
54. THE HOBBIT:  AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
55. PROMETHEUS
56. LINCOLN
57. DJANGO UNCHAINED
58. THE POSSESSION
59. A ROYAL AFFAIR
60. THE BAY
61. NIGHT CLAWS
62. THE SLEEPER
63. THE DARK SLEEP
64. HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
65. V/H/S
66. ROMAN POLANSKI:  ODD MAN OUT
67. THE ABC'S OF DEATH
68. VINYLMANIA
69. HOUSE OF GHOSTS
70. LOVE, MARILYN
71. IRON SKY
72. QUENTIN TARANTINO:  20 YEARS OF FILMMAKING
73. CAESAR AND OTTO'S DEADLY XMAS
74. DON'T STOP BELIEVIN':  EVERYMAN'S JOURNEY
75. KOMEDA, KOMEDA . . .
76. PRESIDENT WOLFMAN
77. FRANKENWEENIE
78. SELLEBRITY
79. CROSSFIRE HURRICANE
80. FREDDIE MERCURY:  THE GREAT PRETENDER
81. IT'S CHRISTMAS, CAROL
82. JOHN CARTER
83. A LATE QUARTET
84. DARK SHADOWS
85. ARGENTO'S DRACULA
86. THE WOMAN IN BLACK
87. THE GIRL
88. THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE
89. THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY
90. MILLION DOLLAR CROCODILE
91. RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
92. I HEART MONSTER MOVIES
93. MARGARET THATCHER:  THE IRON LADY
94. THE THREE STOOGES
95. SMILEY
96. KILLJOY GOES TO HELL
97. HITCHCOCK
98. ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER
99. ABRAHAM LINCOLN VS. ZOMBIES