Readers’ Poll: Readers are invited to stand up and be counted too! All entries will be automatically entered in our contest for free DVDs from the Criterion Collection. We will print the poll results in our March/April issue and publish your comments on the website. Send your ranked list of the year’s 20 best films (plus any rants, raves, and insights) with your name, address, and phone number, to fcpoll [at] filmlinc.com. Deadline: February 8, 2013. First Prize: your choice of Criterion Collection DVDs, up to $200 in value. Second Prize: up to $120. Third & Fourth Prizes: up to $80. The winners, who will be picked by random draw, can select prizes, subject to availability, from the Criterion Collection catalogue (www.criterion.com).
1. Holy Motors Leos Carax, France/Germany
- The Master Paul Thomas Anderson, U.S.
3. Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson, U.S.
4. This Is Not a Film Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Iran
5. Amour Michael Haneke, France/Germany/Austria
- The Turin Horse Béla Tarr, Hungary/France/Switzerland/Germany
7. The Kid With a Bike Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, France/Belgium
8. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey
9. Lincoln Steven Spielberg, U.S.
10. Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow, U.S. Don’t see your favorite here? Proceed to the year’s best undistributed list. 11. Tabu Miguel Gomes, Portugal 12. The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies, U.K. 13. Bernie Richard Linklater, U.S. 14. Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin, U.S. 15. Cosmopolis David Cronenberg, Canada/France 16. Barbara Christian Petzold, Germany 17. The Loneliest Planet Julia Loktev, U.S./Germany 18. Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell, U.S. 19. Oslo, August 31st Joachim Trier, Norway 20. Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil 21. Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino, U.S. 22. Almayer’s Folly Chantal Akerman, France/Belgium 23. Magic Mike Steven Soderbergh, U.S. 24. Argo Ben Affleck, U.S. 25. Attenberg Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece 26. The Color Wheel Alex Ross Perry, U.S. 27. Rust & Bone Jacques Audiard, France/Belgium 28. Killer Joe William Friedkin, U.S. 29. Looper Rian Johnson, U.S. 30. Life of Pi Ang Lee, U.S. 31. A Man Vanishes Shohei Imamura, Japan 32. Skyfall Sam Mendes, U.S. 33. The Gatekeepers Dror Moreh, Israel 34. Elena Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia 35. Haywire Steven Soderbergh, U.S. 36. Damsels in Distress Whit Stillman, U.S. 37. Abendland Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria 38. Two Years at Sea Ben Rivers, U.K. 39. How to Survive a Plague David France, U.S. 40. Keep the Lights On Ira Sachs, U.S. 41. A Burning Hot Summer Philippe Garrel, France 42. Miss Bala Gerardo Naranjo, Mexico 43. Footnote Joseph Cedar, Israel 44. Compliance Craig Zobel, U.S. 45. Alps Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece 46. Kill List Ben Wheatley, U.K. 47. Farewell, My Queen Benoît Jacquot, France/Spain 48. In Another Country Hong Sang-soo, South Korea 49. The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan, U.S. 50. The Day He Arrives Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
