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1.The Master Paul Thomas Anderson, U.S. (2)
Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson, U.S. (3)
Holy Motors Leos Carax, France (1)
Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow, U.S. (10)
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin, U.S. (14)
Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino, U.S. (21)
Lincoln Steven Spielberg, U.S. (9)
Amour Michael Haneke, France (5)
The Kid with a Bike Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium (7)
Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell, U.S. (18)
Argo Ben Affleck, U.S. (24)
Cosmopolis David Cronenberg, Canada (15)
Bernie Richard Linklater, U.S. (13)
Looper Rian Johnson, U.S. (29)
The Turin Horse Béla Tarr, Hungary (6)
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies, U.K. (12)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey (8)
This Is Not a Film Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Iran (4)
Skyfall Sam Mendes, U.S. (32)
20. Tabu Miguel Gomes, Portugal (11)
