2012 Mini-List – Eligible Films

Below is a list of films you can vote for from this year. If you want to be able to vote for something that isn’t listed here, you need to ask me to add it to the list. The only reason I won’t do so is if I deem that it belongs in another year. I have my own curious system for assigning films to years, but rest assured that I will never let a film miss its chance to qualify in one year or another. I am the ultimate arbiter of year assignments.

Eligible films

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ResolutionAaron Moorhead & Justin Benson
Like Someone in LoveAbbas Kiarostami
Gimme the LootAdam Leon
Tape 56Adam Wingard
V/H/SAdam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & Chad Villella [Radio Silence]
Two Street Artists: Jérôme Mesnager & Miss.TicAgnès Varda
Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemallaAki Kaurismäki
O Tasqueiro[Tavern Man]Aki Kaurismäki
Centro HistóricoAki Kaurismäki, Pedro Costa, Víctor Erice & Manoel de Oliveira
Aujourd'hui[Tey][Today]Alain Gomis
Vous n'avez encore rien vu[You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet]Alain Resnais
First Cousin Once RemovedAlan Berliner
Час життя об'єкта в кадрі (фільм про незнятий фільм)[Chas zhyttia objekta v kadri film pro nezniatyi film][Life Span of the Object in Frame (A Film About the Film Not Yet Shot)]Aleksandr Balagura
Я тоже хочу[Ya tozhe khochu][Me Too]Aleksei Balabanov
Олыкмарий-влакын кавасе ватышт[Olykmari-vlakin kavase vatysht][Небесные жёны луговых мари][Nebesnye zheny lugovykh mari][Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari]Aleksey Fedorchenko
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodAlex Gibney
Stuck in the Sound: Let's GoAlexis Beaumont & Rémi Godin
VampsAmy Heckerling
West of MemphisAmy J. Berg
Sun Don't ShineAmy Seimetz
शिप ऑफ़ थीसियस[Ship of Theseus]Anand Gandhi
Ensayo final para utopía[Dress Rehearsal for Utopia]Andrés Duque
Killing Them SoftlyAndrew Dominik
Björk: Mutual CoreAndrew Thomas Huang
Life of PiAng Lee
Lana Del Rey: National AnthemAnthony Mandler
Simon KillerAntonio Campos
बर्फी![Barfi!]Anurag Basu
गैंग्स ऑफ़ वास्सेपुर पार्ट[Gangs of Wasseypur]Anurag Kashyap
แม่โขงโฮเต็ล[Mekong Hotel]Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tracie's StoryAshley Pearce
Mosquita y MariAurora Guerrero
Middle of NowhereAva DuVernay
פעם נכנסתי לגן[Pa'am nichnasti lagan][Once I Entered a Garden]Avi Mograbi
Men in Black³Barry Sonnenfeld
The ImposterBart Layton
ArgoBen Affleck
Killer Mike: UntitledBen Dickinson
Ill ManorsBen Drew
Phantoms of a LibertineBen Rivers
The Creation as We Saw ItBen Rivers
Clouds Over CubaBen Tricklebank
SightseersBen Wheatley
Csak a szél[Just the Wind]Benedek Fliegauf
Beasts of the Southern WildBenh Zeitlin
La Résurrection des natures mortes[Living Still Life]Bertrand Mandico
金刚经[Jin gang jing][Diamond Sutra]Bi Gan
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Bill Condon
Just Ancient LoopsBill Morrison
TchoupitoulasBill Ross IV & Turner Ross
Jack & DianeBradley Rust Gray
AntiviralBrandon Cronenberg
PassionBrian De Palma
FrancineBrian M. Cassidy & Melanie Shatzky
Bruno Mars: Locked Out of HeavenCameron Duddy & Bruno Mars
Stud LifeCampbell X
Post Tenebras Lux[After Darkness Light]Carlos Reygadas
Diamond flashCarlos Vermut
LoreCate Shortland
The Sheik and ICaveh Zahedi
Chrysta Bell: Bird of FlamesChel White
Psy: 강남스타일[Gangnam Style]Cho Soo-hyun
도둑들[Dodukdeul][The Thieves]Choi Dong-hoon
Jaqapparatus 1Chris Cunningham
Question Bridge: Black MalesChris Johnson, Hank Willis Thomas, Bayete Ross Smith & Kamal Sinclair
The LoraxChris Renaud
Consuming SpiritsChris Sullivan
BarbaraChristian Petzold
Jack ReacherChristopher McQuarrie
The Dark Knight RisesChristopher Nolan
CitadelCiarán Foy
Grimes: GenesisClaire Boucher
PénélopeClaire Doyon
Thérèse DesqueyrouxClaude Miller
Safety Not GuaranteedColin Trevorrow
ComplianceCraig Zobel
După dealuri[Beyond the Hills]Cristian Mungiu
La bruja y el amante[The Witch and the Lover]Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña
Flying Lotus: Putty Boy StrutCyriak
桐島、部活やめるってよ[Kirishima bukatsu yamerutte yo][The Kirishima Thing]Daihachi Yoshida
Katy Perry: Part of MeDan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz
The Unspeakable ActDan Sallitt
Greenland UnrealisedDania Reymond
DraculaDario Argento
End of WatchDavid Ayer
Bert & DickieDavid Blair
Amateur NightDavid Bruckner
CosmopolisDavid Cronenberg
How to Survive a PlagueDavid France
The Extravagant ShadowsDavid Gatten
Premium RushDavid Koepp
Dirty Projectors: Gun Has No TriggerDavid Longstreth
Silver Linings PlaybookDavid O. Russell
WanderlustDavid Wain
Death Grips: Double HelixDeath Grips
Death Grips: I've Seen FootageDeath Grips
Bestiaire[Bestiary]Denis Côté
De jueves a domingo[Thursday Till Sunday]Dominga Sotomayor
Passion Pit: Constant ConversationsDori Oskowitz
Eaux: New PeaksDouglas Hart
The Cabin in the WoodsDrew Goddard
שומרי הסף[Shomerei ha'saf][The Gatekeepers]Dror Moreh
Shut Up and Play the HitsDylan Southern & Will Lovelace
Lovely MollyEduardo Sánchez
ليالٍ بلا نوم[Layali bala noom][Sleepless Nights]Eliane Raheb
The Woolworths Choir of 1979Elizabeth Price
alt-J: BreezeblocksEllis Bahl
Grizzly Bear: Yet AgainEmily Kai Bock
Grimes: OblivionEmily Kai Bock & Claire Boucher
愛的替身[Ai de ti shen][All Apologies]Emily Tang
Bovines, ou la Vraie Vie des vaches[A Cow's Life]Emmanuel Gras
The House I Live InEugene Jarecki
DoggieWoggiez! PoochieWoochiez!Everything Is Terrible!
Holiday SpecialEverything Is Terrible!
The Golden Girls Return from Space MountainEverything Is Terrible!
הסיפור של יוסי[Ha-sippur shel yossi][Yossi]Eytan Fox
The Broken Circle BreakdownFelix van Groeningen
Sigur Rós: Leaning Towards SolaceFloria Sigismondi
ManiacFranck Khalfoun
Dans la maison[In the House]François Ozon
The Hunger GamesGary Ross
SebastiAn: Love in MotionGaspar Noé
Hotel TransylvaniaGenndy Tartakovsky
AquaGints Zilbalodis
Tuesday the 17thGlenn McQuaid
Gnesa: WilderGnesa
Patience (After Sebald)Grant Gee
Mini Drama, National Gardens, AthensGustav Deutsch
Panorama, Architectural Biennale, Giardini, VeneziaGustav Deutsch
La casa[The House]Gustavo Fontán
Only Dream ThingsGuy Maddin
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim[Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen]György Pálfi
I Am a GhostH.P. Mendoza
وجدة[Wadjda]Haifaa Al-Mansour
MeanwhileHal Hartley
Spring BreakersHarmony Korine
DetropiaHeidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
L'Âge atomique[Atomic Age]Héléna Klotz
Abendglitzern[Evening Twinkling]Helga Fanderl
LeopardHelga Fanderl
Skulpturen im Nebel[Sculptures and Mist]Helga Fanderl
Earl Sweatshirt: ChumHiro Murai
Scissor Sisters: Shady LoveHiro Murai
St. Vincent: CheerleaderHiro Murai
다른 나라에서[Da-reun na-ra-e-seo][In Another Country]Hong Sang-soo
Tracks Across SandHugh Brody
الشتا إللى فات[El sheita elli fat][Winter of Discontent]Ibrahim El Batout
Something from Nothing: The Art of RapIce-T
Keep the Lights OnIra Sachs
Breakbot: One Out of TwoIrina Dakeva
Båndet mareridt[Taped Nightmare]Iselin Toubro
Lo imposible[The Impossible]J.A. Bayona
De rouille et d'os[Rust and Bone]Jacques Audiard
ChuvaJacques Perconte
ImpressionsJacques Perconte
UishetJacques Perconte
Easy RiderJames Benning
NightfallJames Benning
One Way Boogie Woogie 2012James Benning
Stemple PassJames Benning
SmashedJames Ponsoldt
The Woman in BlackJames Watkins
The Shins: The Rifle's SpiralJamie Caliri
Oh Boy[A Coffee in Berlin]Jan-Ole Gerster
Dead Man's BurdenJared Moshé
Pitch PerfectJason Moore
Only the YoungJason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims
Mejor no hablar (de ciertas cosas)[The Porcelain Horse]Javier Andrade
Beware of Mr. BakerJay Bulger
Game ChangeJay Roach
La Fille de nulle part[The Girl from Nowhere]Jean-Claude Brisseau
La madre[The Mother]Jean-Marie Straub
A Band Called DeathJeff Howlett & Mark Covino
MudJeff Nichols
Ann Arbor 50th Film FestivalJeff Scher
Rafea: Solar MamaJehane Noujaim & Mona Eldaief
Museum HoursJem Cohen
American MaryJen & Sylvia Soska
In the Stone HouseJerome Hiler
Ponce de LeónJim Drain & Ben Russell
À perdre la raison[Our Children]Joachim Lafosse
A Última Vez que Vi Macau[The Last Time I Saw Macao]João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata
Under African SkiesJoe Berlinger
The GreyJoe Carnahan
The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was YoungerJoe Swanberg
Anna KareninaJoe Wright
ApeJoel Potrykus
Beach House: WildJohan Renck
How to Destroy Angels: Ice AgeJohn Hillcoat
LawlessJohn Hillcoat
毒戰[Du zhan][Drug War]Johnnie To
高海拔之戀 II[Gao hai ba zhi lian ji][Romancing in Thin Air]Johnnie To
GrabbersJon Wright
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy ManJonas Mekas
Ruby SparksJonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
#43.4Joost Rekveld
Ein Moment der Stille am Grab von Ed Gein[A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein]Jörg Buttgereit
Stereo Total: Die Frau in der MusikJörg Buttgereit & Frank Behnke
100th Digital ShortJorma Taccone
Laser Cats 7Jorma Taccone
Lazy Sunday 2Jorma Taccone
AfrosJorma Taccone & John Solomon
Fango[Mud]José Celestino Campusano
Holmes & Watson: Madrid DaysJosé Luis Garci
ChronicleJosh Trank
The Act of KillingJoshua Oppenheimer
The AvengersJoss Whedon
7 cajas[7 Boxes]Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schémbori
Die Wand[The Wall]Julian Pölsler
London: The Modern BabylonJulien Temple
एक था टाइगर[Ek Tha Tiger][There Was a Tiger]Kabir Khan
Low & ClearKahlil Hudson & Tyler Hughen
Flying Lotus: Until the Quiet ComesKahlil Joseph
Eider Falls at Lake TahoeKate Bush
Zero Dark ThirtyKathryn Bigelow
Brooklyn CastleKatie Dellamaggiore
TowerKazik Radwanski
The Central Park FiveKen & Sarah Burns & David McMahon
The Dust BowlKen Burns
Blankets for IndiansKen Jacobs
The Angels' ShareKen Loach
CenturyKevin Jerome Everson
Ten Five in the GrassKevin Jerome Everson
MarleyKevin Macdonald
두 개의 달[Doo gae-eui dal][The Sleepless]Kim Dong-bin
Вечное возвращение[Vechnoe vozvrashchenie][Eternal Homecoming]Kira Muratova
贖罪[Shokuzai][Penance]Kiyoshi Kurosawa
O Som ao Redor[Neighboring Sounds]Kleber Mendonça Filho
11・25自決の日三島由紀夫と若者たち[Juu-ichi ni-juu-go jiketsu no hi: Mishima yukio to wakamonotachi][The Day He Chose His Own Fate]Kōji Wakamatsu
Todd Terje: Inspector NorseKristoffer Borgli
Cloud AtlasLana & Lilly Wachowski & Tom Tykwer
All Noncombatants Please Clear the SetLance Bangs
OFWGKTA: OldieLance Bangs
The DictatorLarry Charles
Breakfast with CurtisLaura Colella
The Queen of VersaillesLauren Greenfield
Pursuit of LonelinessLaurence Thrush
The PaperboyLee Daniels
Celeste and Jesse ForeverLee Toland Krieger
백야[Baek-ya][White Night]Lee-Song Hee-il
Holy MotorsLeos Carax
BacheloretteLeslye Headland
唐皇游地府[Tang huang you di fu][Emperor Visits the Hell]Li Luo
人民公园[Ren min gong yuan][People's Park]Libbie Dina Cohn & J.P. Sniadecki
寒戰[Hon zin][Cold War]Longman Leung & Sunny Luk
Seeking a Friend for the End of the WorldLorene Scafaria
38 Témoins[One Night]Lucas Belvaux
LeviathanLucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
Your Sister's SisterLynn Shelton
10 timer til Paradis[Teddy Bear]Mads Matthiesen
عالم ليس لنا[A'lamun laysa lana][A World Not Ours]Mahdi Fleifel
Searching for Sugar ManMalik Bendjelloul
おおかみこどもの雨と雪[Ōkami kodomo no ame to yuki][Wolf Children]Mamoru Hosoda
Gebo et l'Ombre[O Gebo e a Sombra][Gebo and the Shadow]Manoel de Oliveira
O Conquistador ConquistadoManoel de Oliveira
Hiver nomade[Winter Nomads]Manuel von Stürler
De regels van Matthijs[Matthew's Laws]Marc Schmidt
The Amazing Spider-ManMarc Webb
Bella addormentata[Dormant Beauty]Marco Bellocchio
Hannah ArendtMargarethe von Trotta
Joven y alocada[Young & Wild]Marialy Rivas
BraveMark Andrews & Brenda Chapman
Partysaurus RexMark Walsh
More Than HoneyMarkus Imhoof
Mars et Avril[Mars & April]Martin Villeneuve
終の信託[Tsui no shintaku][The Terminal Trust]Masayuki Suō
Los últimos cristeros[The Last Christeros]Matías Meyer
ViolaMatías Piñeiro
10/31/98Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & Chad Villella [Radio Silence]
Tom Waits: Hell Broke LuceMatt Mahurin
RealityMatteo Garrone
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American HealthcareMatthew Heineman & Susan Froemke
Tito on IceMax Andersson & Helena Ahonen
56 UpMichael Apted
GoonMichael Dowse
AmourMichael Haneke
ZK3Michael J. Murphy
Circle in the SandMichael Robinson
Después de Lucía[After Lucía]Michel Franco
The We and the IMichel Gondry
TabuMiguel Gomes
Sleepwalk with MeMike Birbiglia
A Running JumpMike Leigh
Шопинг-тур[Shoping-tur][Shopping Tour]Mikhail Brashinskiy
باغبان[Bagheban][The Gardener]Mohsen Makhmalbaf
ByzantiumNeil Jordan
ArbitrageNicholas Jarecki
5,80 Mètres[5.8 Meters]Nicolas Deveaux
Los mejores temas[Greatest Hits]Nicolás Pereda
Autrement, la Molussie[Differently, Molussia]Nicolas Rey
En kongelig affære[A Royal Affair]Nikolaj Arcel
Die Antwoord: I Fink U FreekyNinja & Roger Ballen
Die Antwoord: Baby's on FireNinja & Terence Neale
Die Antwoord: Fatty Boom BoomNinja, Terence Neale & Saki Fokken Berg
फिल्मिस्तान[Filmistaan][The Land of Films]Nitin Kakkar
Camille redouble[Camille Rewinds]Noémie Lvovsky
A Messenger from the ShadowsNorbert Pfaffenbichler
지슬: 끝나지 않은 세월 2[Jiseul kkeutnamji annheun sewol dul][Requiem for the Dead and the Living]O Muel
Après mai[Something in the Air]Olivier Assayas
Christeene: African MayonnaisePJ Raval
Blancanieves[Snow White]Pablo Berger
NoPablo Larraín
[•REC]³: GénesisPaco Plaza
용의자X[Yong-eui-ja x][Perfect Number]Pang Eun-jin
Cesare deve morire[Caesar Must Die]Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Quando i corpi si tòccano[When Bodies Touch]Paolo Gioli
Quando i volti si tòccano[When Faces Touch]Paolo Gioli
연가시[Yeongasi][Deranged]Park Jung-woo
Cherchez Hortense[Looking for Hortense]Pascal Bonitzer
AbsteigendPaul Clipson
Another VoidPaul Clipson
Landscape DissolvesPaul Clipson
Speaking CorpsePaul Clipson
O lună în Thailanda[A Month in Thailand]Paul Negoescu
The MasterPaul Thomas Anderson
Resident Evil: RetributionPaul W.S. Anderson
Lamento da Vida Jovem[Sweet Exorcism]Pedro Costa
From the Sea to the Land BeyondPenny Woolcock
Fresh GuacamolePes
DreddPete Travis
Goltzius & the Pelican CompanyPeter Greenaway
The Hobbit(2012-2014)Peter Jackson
The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyPeter Jackson
AntiphonPeter Kubelka
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Peter Lord
The Waiting RoomPeter Nicks
Rise of the GuardiansPeter Ramsey
Berberian Sound StudioPeter Strickland
ElenaPetra Costa
21 Jump StreetPhil Lord & Christopher Miller
Dead But Not BuriedPhil Mulloy
La Désintégration[The Disintegration]Philippe Faucon
WrongQuentin Dupieux
Django UnchainedQuentin Tarantino
The Man with the Iron FistsRZA
Toată lumea din familia noastră[Everybody in Our Family]Radu Jude
La noche de enfrente[Night Across the Street]Raúl Ruiz
Последняя сказка Риты[Poslednyaya skazka rity][Rita's Last Fairy Tale]Renata Litvinova
LooperRian Johnson
Wreck-It-RalphRich Moore
ExcisionRichard Bates Jr.
House ArrestRichard Kerr
BernieRichard Linklater
The ComedyRick Alverson
PrometheusRidley Scott
A Vingança de uma Mulher[A Woman's Revenge]Rita Azevedo Gomes
Time Travel MaterRobert Gibbs
FlightRobert Zemeckis
Room 237Rodney Ascher
Jay-Z & Kanye West: No Church in the WildRomain Gavras
M.I.A.: Bad GirlsRomain Gavras
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan IIIRoman Coppola
Angriff auf die Demokratie – Eine Intervention[Attack on Democracy: An Intervention]Romuald Karmakar
SamsaraRon Fricke
ఈగ[Eega][The Fly]S.S. Rajamouli
Hemel[Heaven]Sacha Polak
अइय्या[Aiyyaa][Oh My!]Sachin Kundalkar
My Brother the DevilSally El Hosaini
Ginger & RosaSally Potter
Bellas mariposas[Pretty Butterflies]Salvatore Mereu
ParaNormanSam Fell & Chris Butler
SkyfallSam Mendes
J'enrage de son absence[Maddened by His Absence]Sandrine Bonnaire
棱镜[Leng jing][Prisms]Sandy Ding
Village at the End of the WorldSarah Gavron
Stories We TellSarah Polley
SinisterScott Derrickson
ShellScott Graham
StarletSean Baker
The Reluctant RevolutionarySean McAllister
Les Invisibles[The Invisible Ones]Sébastien Lifshitz
В тумане[V tumane][In the Fog]Sergei Loznitsa
Рождённые в СССР: 28 лет[Rozhdyonnye v SSSR dvadtsat vosem let][Born in the USSR: 28 Up]Sergei Miroshnichenko
TedSeth MacFarlane
Celluloid ManShivendra Singh Dungarpur
Lana Del Rey: Summertime SadnessSpencer Susser & Kyle Newman
Red Hook SummerSpike Lee
Bones Brigade: An AutobiographyStacy Peralta
Ernest et CélestineStéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar & Benjamin Renner
Quelques Heures de printemps[A Few Hours of Spring]Stéphane Brizé
The Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen Chbosky
太極1從零開始[Tai ji yi cong ling kai shi][Tai Chi Zero]Stephen Fung
Magic MikeSteven Soderbergh
LincolnSteven Spielberg
Gut RenovationSu Friedrich
人造空间[Ren zao kong jian][Man Made Place]Su Yu-shen
कहानी[Kahaani][Story]Sujoy Ghosh
Inventing David GeffenSusan Lacy
VisitationSuzan Pitt
逆転裁判[Gyakuten saiban][Ace Attorney]Takashi Miike
アウトレイジビヨンド[Autoreiji biyondo][Beyond Outrage]Takeshi Kitano
An Oversimplification of Her BeautyTerence Nance
To the WonderTerrence Malick
ÂmeTerry Chiu
Jagten[The Hunt]Thomas Vinterberg
Second HoneymoonTi West
Natpwe, le festin des esprits[The Feast of the Spirits]Tiane Doan na Champassak & Jean Dubrel
Madeon: The CityTim Brown
FrankenweenieTim Burton
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar MovieTim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim
Think Like a ManTim Story
El-P: The Full RetardTimothy Saccenti
Les MisérablesTom Hooper
Aimee Mann: CharmerTom Scharpling
Aimee Mann: LabradorTom Scharpling
The ComedianTom Shkolnik
The Cot Club: Braddock HospitalTony Buba
The Bourne LegacyTony Gilroy
Dead EuropeTony Krawitz
Fragments of DissolutionTravis Wilkerson
行者[Xing zhe][Walker]Tsai Ming-liang
Paradies[Paradise](2012-2013)Ulrich Seidl
Paradies: Glaube[Paradise: Faith]Ulrich Seidl
Paradies: Liebe[Paradise: Love]Ulrich Seidl
L'Enfant d'en haut[Sister]Ursula Meier
Жить[Zhit][Living]Vasili Sigarev
Vennu Mallesh: It's My Life What Ever I Wanna DoVennu Mallesh
Vidros partidos[Broken Glass]Víctor Erice
Like Rats Leaving a Sinking ShipVika Kirchenbauer
Sur la route[On the Road]Walter Salles
三姊妹[San zi mei][Three Sisters]Wang Bing
The SapphiresWayne Blair
Death RowWerner Herzog
Cousin Ben Troop ScreeningWes Anderson
Do You Like to Read?Wes Anderson
Hyundai: Modern LifeWes Anderson
Hyundai: Talk to My CarWes Anderson
Moonrise KingdomWes Anderson
Sony: Made of ImaginationWes Anderson
Damsels in DistressWhit Stillman
OFWGKTA: RellaWolf Haley
To Rome with LoveWoody Allen
Kiss of the DamnedXan Cassavetes
Laurence AnywaysXavier Dolan
女朋友‧男朋友[Nu peng you nan peng you][Girlfriend Boyfriend]Yang Ya-che
A Late QuartetYaron Zilberman
Your Brother. Remember?Zachary Oberzan