0‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ & More: 20 Best Movies of 2012 (PHOTOS)Oscar WatchFrom ‘Les Miserables’ to ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ Marlow Stern ranks the best movies of the year.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 3:32AM EDT / Published Dec. 20, 2012 4:45AM EST 20. ‘Cloud Atlas’ Jay Maidment / Warner Bros. 19. 21 ‘Jump Street’ Sony Pictures Releasing 18. ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ IFC Films 17. ‘Argo’Claire Folger/Warner Bros. Pictures 16. ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’John Bramley/Summit Entertainment 15. ‘The Cabin in the Woods’Diyah Pera 14. ‘Rust and Bone’Sony Pictures Classic 13. ‘The Impossible’Jose Haro/Summit Entertainment 12. ‘The Dark Knight Rises’Ron Phillips 11. ‘This Is Not A Film’Jafar Panahi Film Productions 10. ‘Django Unchained’The Weinstein Company 9. ‘End of Watch’Open Road Films 8. ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’Magnolia Pictures 7. ‘Oslo, August 31st’Strand Releasing 6. ‘The Master’The Weinstein Company 5. ‘Amour’Les Films du Losange 4. ‘Zero Dark Thirty’Jonathan Olley/Columbia Pictures 3. ‘Silver Linings Playbook’The Weinstein Company 2. ‘Les Miserables’Universal Pictures 1. ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’Fox Searchlight
20. ‘Cloud Atlas’ Jay Maidment / Warner Bros. 19. 21 ‘Jump Street’ Sony Pictures Releasing 18. ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ IFC Films 17. ‘Argo’Claire Folger/Warner Bros. Pictures 16. ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’John Bramley/Summit Entertainment 15. ‘The Cabin in the Woods’Diyah Pera 14. ‘Rust and Bone’Sony Pictures Classic 13. ‘The Impossible’Jose Haro/Summit Entertainment 12. ‘The Dark Knight Rises’Ron Phillips 11. ‘This Is Not A Film’Jafar Panahi Film Productions 10. ‘Django Unchained’The Weinstein Company 9. ‘End of Watch’Open Road Films 8. ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’Magnolia Pictures 7. ‘Oslo, August 31st’Strand Releasing 6. ‘The Master’The Weinstein Company 5. ‘Amour’Les Films du Losange 4. ‘Zero Dark Thirty’Jonathan Olley/Columbia Pictures 3. ‘Silver Linings Playbook’The Weinstein Company 2. ‘Les Miserables’Universal Pictures 1. ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’Fox Searchlight