While summer movie season is still in full swing, and Oscar season isn’t yet upon us, there have been plenty of interesting films released through the halfway point of 2012. From one of the best indie films, the post-Katrina fairy tale ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ and a documentary on the world’s greatest sushi chef, ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi,’ to the superhero blockbuster ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ here are The Daily Beast’s 10 picks for the best movies so far this year.
—Marlow Stern