My Picks for the Best Movies of 2012

Here are my picks for the best movies I saw in 2012:

1. Beasts of the Southern Wild
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. Looper
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Skyfall
6. Argo
7. The Hunger Games
8. Brave
9. Arbitrage
10. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
11. The Deep Blue Sea
12. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
13. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
14. Safety Not Guaranteed
15. The Secret World of Arrietty
16. ParaNorman
17. The Cabin in the Woods
18. The Avengers
19. Frankenweenie
20. Pitch Perfect
21. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
22. The Woman In Black
23. Pirates! Band of Misfits
24. The Grey
25. The Imposter
26. Hope Springs
27. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
28. Ted
29. The Amazing Spider-Man
30. Men in Black 3
31. Chronicle
32. Ice Age: Continental Drift
33. 21 Jump Street
34. Hotel Transylvania
35. Big Miracle

Here are my picks for the worst movies I saw in 2012:

1. Mirror Mirror
2. Act of Valor
3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
4. Gone
5. Man on a Ledge
6. Bel Ami
7. Rock of Ages
8. Underworld: Awakening
9. Wrath of the Titans
10. John Carter

Every year, Metacritic also tallies the critics top picks for the best movies of the year and compiles a list of the what critics say are the best.

Here is their list for 2012:

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. The Master
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. Lincoln
5. Holy Motors
6. Amour
7. Argo
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Silver Linings Playbook
10. Django Unchained
11. This Is Not A Film
12. Life of Pi
13. Looper
14. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
15. The Deep Blue Sea
16. Skyfall
17. The Dark Knight Rises
18. Rust and Bone
19. Tabu
20. Magic Mike
21. The Avengers
22. How to Survive a Plague
23. The Loneliest Planet
24. The Grey
25. Cloud Atlas
26. Les Miserables
27. The Sessions
28. Bernie
29. Anna Karenina
30. Olso, August 31st
31. Cosmopolis
32. The Cabin in the Woods
33. The Gatekeepers
34. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
35. The Turin Horse
36. The Queen of Versailles