Below are thirteen individual ballots from each writer on the Movie Mezzanine staff. Hopefully you folks find these intriguing as we offer up an eclectic batch of films. Also, if you haven’t done so already, be sure to check out Our 50 Favorites Movies of 2012, which is simply an aggregation of the lists below. Enjoy!
Sam Fragoso, Founder & Editor-In-Chief
1.) Searching for Sugar Man
2.) Silver Linings Playbook
3.) The Master
4.) Sound of My Voice
5.) The Perks of Being a Wallflower
6.) Oslo, August 31st
7.) Your Sister’s Sister
8.) Looper
9.) Seven Psychopaths
10.) Lincoln
11.) Liberal Arts
12.) Safety Not Guaranteed
13.) Argo
14.) Jeff, Who Lives At Home
15.) Life of Pi
16.) The Dark Knight Rises
17.) Bernie
18.) The Paperboy
19.) Cloud Atlas
20.) Amour
21.) Ruby Sparks
22.) The Avengers
23.) Magic Mike
24.) The Central Park Five
25.) Sound of Voice
Tom Clift, Co-Founder & Melbourne Correspondant
1) It’s Such a Beautiful Day
2.) Rebellion
3.) Cloud Atlas
4.) Cold Blooded
5.) The Dark Knight Rises
6.) Haywire
7.) The Avengers
8.) The Cabin in the Woods
9.) Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
10.) Looper
11.) Seven Psychopaths
12.) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
13.) Silver Linings Playbook
14.) Headshot
15.) The Sessions
16.) The Iceman
17.) Room 237
18.) Much Ado About Nothing
19.) Killer Joe
20.) Sightseers
21.) Argo
22.) Searching for Sugar Man
23.) The House I Live In
24.) Jack Reacher
25.) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Jake Cole, Senior Editor & DVD/Streaming Reporter
1.) This Is Not a Film
2.) The Color Wheel
3.) Cosmopolis
4.) It’s Such a Beautiful Day
5.) Moonrise Kingdom
6.) Holy Motors
7.) The Turin Horse
8.) Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
9.) Bernie
10.) The Day He Arrives
11.) The Comedy
12.) Tabu
13.) Magic Mike
14.) Resident Evil: Retribution
15.) Killer Joe
16.) Anna Karenina
17.) Haywire
18.) Girl Walk // All Day
19.) 4:44: The Last Day on Earth
20.) The Deep Blue Sea
21.) Barbara
22.) Consuming Spirits
23.) Life Without Principle
24.) Lincoln
25.) End of Watch
Corey Atad, Toronto Correspondant & Key Grip
1.) Lincoln
2.) The Master
3.) Moonrise Kingdom
4.) Monsieur Lazhar
5.) Looper
6.) Wuthering Heights
7.) I Wish
8.) The Dark Knight Rises
9.) Paranorman
10.) Take This Waltz
11.) Django Unchained
12.) Holy Motors
13.) 21 Jump Street
14.) Magic Mike
15.) Brave
16.) This Is Not a Film
17.) Les Misérables
18.) Jiro Dreams of Sushi
19.) Lockout
20.) Seven Psychopaths
21.) The Gatekeepers
22.) Girl Walk // All Day
23.) Anna Karenina
24.) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
25.) The Cabin in the Woods
Tina Hassannia, Toronto Correspondant
1.) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2.) Your Brother. Remember?
3.) Bestiaire
4.) Tabu
5.) Damsels in Distress
6.) This Is Not A Film
7.) Neighboring Sounds
8.) The Color Wheel
9.) The Turin Horse
10.) The Kid with a Bike
11.) Holy Motors
12.) The Miners’ Hymns
13.) The Day He Arrives
14.) Barbara
15.) Sleepless Night
16.) Oslo August 31st
17.) Attenberg
18.) Las Acacias
19.) Goodbye First Love
20.) Vamps
21.) Girl Walk//All Day
22.) Sinister
23.) Green
24.) Extraterrestrial
25.) Moonrise Kingdom
Danny Bowes, NYC Correspondant
1.) Holy Motors
2.) Zero Dark Thirty
3.) The Master
4.) The Deep Blue Sea
5.) Cosmopolis
6.) Looper
7.) Eega
8.) Moonrise Kingdom
9.) Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
10.) Sleepless Night
11.) Killer Joe
12.) Damsels In Distress
13.) The Grey
14.) The Raid: Redemption
15.) Cloud Atlas
16.) Premium Rush
17.) Talaash
18.) The Perks of Being a Wallflower
19.) Lincoln
20.) Bernie
21.) 21 Jump St.
22.) Girl Walk // All Day
23.) The Cabin In The Woods
24.) Beasts of the Southern Wild
25.) Skyfall
Natalie Zutter, NYC Correspondant
1.) The Cabin in the Woods
2.) Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
3.) The Avengers
4.) Wreck-It Ralph
5.) The Hunger Games
6.) Battleship
7.) Magic Mike
8.) Save the Date
9.) Looper
10.) 21 Jump Street
11.) The Dark Knight Rises
12.) The Amazing Spider-Man
13.) Django Unchained
14.) Prometheus
15.) Nobody Walks
16.) Pitch Perfect
17.) The Oranges
18.) Argo
19.) Skyfall
20.) Lockout
21.) One for the Money
22.) Friends with Kids
23.) Ted
24.) The Bourne Legacy
25.) Silver Linings Playbook
Peter Labuza, NYC Correspondant
1.) Cosmopolis
2.) The Turin Horse
3.) Moonrise Kingdom
4.) Haywire
5.) Lincoln
6.) The Deep Blue Sea
7.) Elena
8.) The Color Wheel
9.) The Kid With A Bike
10.) The Master
11.) This is Not A Film
12.) It’s Such A Beautiful Day
13.) Goodbye First Love
14.) The Loneliest Planet
15.) Red Hook Summer
16.) The Imposter
17.) Killer Joe
18.) Zero Dark Thirty
19.) Bernie
20.) Damsels in Distress
21.) Almayer’s Folly
22.) Alps
23.) A Man Vanishes
24.) Neighboring Sounds
25.) Tabu
Russell Hainline, LA Correspondant
1.) Holy Motors
2.) Cosmopolis
3.) Seven Psychopaths
4.) Lincoln
5.) The Perks of Being a Wallflower
6.) Moonrise Kingdom
7.) The Avengers
8.) Cabin in the Woods
9.) Middle of Nowhere
10.) Beasts of the Southern Wild
11.) ParaNorman
12.) Looper
13.) The Master
14.) Life of Pi (3D)
15.) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (48 FPS)
16.) Zero Dark Thirty
17.) Argo
18.) 21 Jump Street
19.) The Grey
20.) Lawless
21.) Skyfall
22.) Chronicle
23.) Headhunters
24.) Cloud Atlas
25.) Anna Karenina
Kristen Sales, LA Correspondant
1.) Margaret
2.) Django Unchained
3.) Laurence Anyways
4.) The Day He Arrives
5.) The Cabin in the Woods
6.) The Turin Horse
7.) ParaNorman
8.) Safety Not Guaranteed
9.) Haywire
10.) Pitch Perfect
11.) Holy Motors
12.) Rampart
13.) God Bless America
14.) Skyfall
15.) Magic Mike
Andreas Stoehr, DVD/Streaming Reporter
1.) The Deep Blue Sea
2.) Holy Motors
3.) Damsels in Distress
4.) The Turin Horse
5.) The Master
6.) The Kid with a Bike
7.) Moonrise Kingdom
8.) Goodbye First Love
9.) Oslo, August 31st
10.) Tabu
11.) Cosmopolis
12.) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
13.) Amour
14.) Looper
15.) The Loneliest Planet
16.) Barbara
17.) The Imposter
18.) In Another Country
19.) Cabin in the Woods
20.) Lincoln
21.) How to Survive a Plague
22.) Your Sister’s Sister
23.) Magic Mike
24.) Girl Walk//All Day
25.) The Grey
Christoper Runyon, Weekly Contributor
1.) Holy Motors
2.) Cloud Atlas
3.) The Master
4.) Amour
5.) Django Unchained
6.) Looper
7.) Beasts of the Southern Wild
8.) The Cabin in the Woods
9.) The Grey
10.) The Perks of Being a Wallflower
11.) Oslo, August 31st
12.) Life of Pi
13.) Prometheus
14.) Take This Waltz
15.) ParaNorman
16.) The Loved Ones
17.) Zero Dark Thirty
18.) Seven Psychopaths
19.) Sound of My Voice
20.) Sinister
21.) End of Watch
22.) Bernie
23.) Compliance
24.) Beyond the Black Rainbow
25.) The Imposter
Kevin Ketchum, Austin Correspondant
1.) The Grey
2.) Zero Dark Thirty
3.) Django Unchained
4.) The Master
5.) Lincoln
6.) Amour
7.) Looper
8.) Moonrise Kingdom
9.) Skyfall
10.) Rust and Bone
11.) Argo
12.) The Turin Horse
13.) Cloud Atlas
14.) The Dark Knight Rises
15.) The Invisible War
16.) The Central Park Five
17.) The Avengers
18.) The Cabin in the Woods
19.) Les Miserables
20.) Beasts of the Southern Wild
21.) Samsara
22.) Wuthering Heights
23.) Killing Them Softly
24.) Anna Karenina
25.) The American Scream
5 thoughts on “Individual “Favorites of 2012” Ballots”
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If only you guys had awards ballots, it would cut the monotony of top ten lists in half.
Indeed. Thanks for stopping by Colin!
Really great work here, gang. Such an eclectic and assorted bunch of films.
Props to Kevin for Rust and Bone cracking his Top 10!
I know you loved that movie Alex. I’m still trying to find it.