20) Rust and Bone (dir. Jacques Audiard)

19) Oslo, August 31st (dir. Joachim Trier)

18) The Grey (dir. Joe Carnahan)

17) Django Unchained (dir. Quentin Tarantino)

16) Killer Joe (dir. William Friedkin)

15) Les Miserables (dir. Tom Hooper)

14) Argo (dir. Ben Affleck)

13) Dredd (dir. Peter Travis)

12) Safety Not Guaranteed (dir. Colin Trevorrow)

11) The Dark Knight Rises (dir. Christopher Nolan)

10) The Deep Blue Sea (dir. Terence Davies)

9) Amour (dir. Michael Haneke)

8) Lincoln (dir. Steven Spielberg)

7) Silver Lining Playbook (dir. David O. Russell)

6) Skyfall (dir. Sam Mendes)

5) Moonrise Kingdom (dir. Wes Anderson)

4) Beasts of the Southern Wild (dir. Behn Zeitlin)

3) The Kid With A Bike (dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne)

2) Looper (dir. Rian Johnson)

1) Zero Dark Thirty (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)

(Still need to see: Life of Pi, Holy Motors, The Master, Anna Karenina)

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Favorite Performances:

Best Actor:

1. Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)
2. Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
3. Bradley Cooper (Silver Lining Playbook)
4. Matthew MCConaughey (Killer Joe)
5. Jean Louis Trintignant (Amour)

Best Actress:

1. Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
2. Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Lining Playbook)
3. Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
4. Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)
5. Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Sup Actor:

1. Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
2. Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
3. Robert De Niro (Silver Lining Playbook)

Best Sup Actress:

1. Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
2. Sally Field (Lincoln)
3. Jacki Weaver (Silver Lining Playbook)

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Best Song or Score:

Maya on a Plane (Zero Dark Thirty)

I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables)

Skyfall (Adele)

Ma Ma’s Requiem (Dredd)

Once There Was a Hushpuppy (Beasts of the Southern Wilds)