Earlier in the year, we thought it would be a nice idea to collate our very own online Top Ten films of all time to complement the Sight and Sound poll. We asked the online movie community to participate and got some fabulous responses.If you missed it, you can see the results of our very own poll right here. To follow up, we wanted to compile a similar list for the films released in 2012. Some of the results were predicable with others very much not so.

Below is a list of movies collated from 88 different movie blogging and journalist sources which we’ve compiled together to bring you the definitive top ten of 2012. If you have a favourite journalist of blogger, scroll down to see each individuals list of movie top top 10 (in no particular order). These lists were then combined to bring out the ultimate top ten.

So here it is – the top ten films of 2012 as voted for by a fine assortment of the UK’s online film community (and the welcome addition of a few from beyond our shores).

1. Skyfall
2. The Avengers
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. Argo
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. The Master
7. Looper
8. Amour
9. The Raid
10. Holy Motors

Perhaps it’s no surprise that Daniel Craig’s celebrated third appearance as one of cinema’s most endearing fantasy characters has made the top spot (40 votes in total). What’s more encouraging however, are the ones here (and those sitting on the cusp of that allusive ten) which are appealingly original and bold pieces of film-making, and have been (rightly) lauded by those passionate about them finding the audience they deserve.

Many thanks to all who contributed, and lets hope that 2013 offers a similarly superior and eclectic mix of crowd-pleasers and chin-strokers.

 

Jessy Williams

  • Take This Waltz
  • End of Watch
  • The Grey
  • Detachment
  • Anna Karenina
  • Cabin in the Woods
  • Frankenweenie
  • Argo
  • Avengers
  • Looper

Joe Gastineau
The Wooden Kimono
@thewoodenkimonoFilm

  • Bernie
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Bombay Beach
  • Magic Mike
  • The Master
  • Looper
  • The Imposter
  • 21 Jump Street
  • Searching for Sugar Man
  • Moonrise Kingdom
Andy Gibbons
Daily Star / MSN / Lovefilm
@AndyFFGibbons

  • Skyfall
  • Rust And Bone
  • Argo
  • Frankenweenie
  • John Carter
  • Avenger’s Assemble
  • The Hunger Games
  • Prometheus
  • The Raid
  • The Muppets
Adam Lowes
HeyUGuys
@adlow76

  • Ted
  • Skyfall
  • Rust & Bone
  • Young Adult
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Pool
  • The Queen of Versailles
  • The Descendants
  • The Grey
  • Killing Them Softly
Jennifer Tate
View London

  • The Master
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • The Artist
  • Argo
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Starlet
  • Shame
  • Rust and Bone
  • Your Sister’s Sister
  • Skyfall
Dale Lloyd
VivaVHS.co.uk
@VivaVHS

  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • The Descendants
  • Holy Motors
  • The Grey
  • The Raid
  • The Imposter
  • Headhunters
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Looper
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Neil Mitchell
The Fourth Wall / Eye For Film
@nrm1972

  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • Sightseers
  • Cabin in the Woods
  • Michael
  • Amour
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  • Excision
  • War Witch
  • Martha, Marcy May, Marlene
  • Holy Motors
Ben Mortimer
HeyUGuys
@Montimer

  • Dredd
  • West of Memphis
  • Safety Not Guarenteed
  • The Muppets
  • Wild Bill
  • The Hunger Games
  • Avengers Assemble
  • Killing Them Softly
  • Argo
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ivan Radford
I-Flicks.net
@iFlicksMartha

  • Marcy May Marlene
  • The Imposter
  • Shame
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • The Hunt
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Samsara
  • Safety Not Guaranteed
  • Avengers Assemble
Matt B
Screen-One.net
@ScreenOne

  • Chronicle
  • The Raid
  • West of Memphis
  • Perks of being a wallflower
  • The Avengers
  • Skyfall
  • Argo
  • Being Elmo
  • Wild Bill
  • The Muppets
Paul Greenwood
Evening Times
@PauleGreenWood

  • Brave
  • The Descendants
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Looper
  • Argo
  • Paranorman
  • Skyfall
  • Avengers Assemble
  • The Kid with a Bike
Amir Feshareki
Spear’s Magazine
@AFesh

  • Amour
  • A Dangerous Method
  • The Kid with a Bike
  • Life of Pi
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Oslo, August 31st
  • Rust and Bone
  • Shame
  • This Is Not a Film
  • Tiny Furniture
Amon Warmann
CineVue
@Awarmann

  • Argo
  • Skyfall
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • Avengers Assemble
  • Life of Pi
  • The Raid
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • The Imposter
  • Looper
  • Wreck-it-Ralph
Eoin Mason
MultiMediaMouth
@EoinMasonFilm

  • Wasteland
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Liberal Arts
  • My Brother The Devil
  • Cloudburst
  • The Hunt
  • LUV
  • Shame
  • Love Free or Die
  • Argo
Daniel Green
CineVue
@DanGreen1986

  • Avengers Assemble
  • Chasing Ice
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • Killing Them Softly
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Life of Pi
  • Amour
  • The Master
  • Holy Motors
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Neil Innes
http://projectormagazine.net
@Projectoreview

  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Elena
  • Nostalgia For the Light
  • Amour
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Michael
  • Margaret
  • The Imposter
  • Berberian Sound Studio
Josh Wilding
ComicBookMovie.com
@Josh_Wilding

  • The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
  • Shame
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • Killing Them Softly
  • Argo
  • SkyfallFilm
  • Django Unchained
  • The Avengers
  • The Silver Linings Playbook
  • The Dark Knight Rises
Pete Volk
petevolk.tumblr.com
@Pete_Volk

  • Haywire
  • The Raid: Redemption
  • Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
  • The Grey
  • Bernie
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Magic Mike
  • Cabin in the Woods
  • Looper
  • Holy Motors
David Hughes
Live for Films, Unreliablog
@GroovyFokker

  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Avengers Assemble
  • The Master
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • The House I Live In
  • West of Memphis
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Shame
  • The Imposter
  • Amour
Tim Pelan
Cinetropolis.net
@johnneyred

  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Coriolanus
  • Prometheus
  • The Master
  • The Raid
  • Avengers Assemble
  • The Imposter
  • Skyfall
  • The Grey
  • The Dark Knight Rises
Saam Das
FADED GLAMOUR
@GlamourFaded

  • Safety Not Guaranteed
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Frankenweenie
  • Rust And Bone
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Pitch Perfect
  • The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
  • 21 Jump Street
  • Men In Black III
  • The Dark Knight Rises
Tracy Ladd
HeyUGuys / ReelGoddess
@BaddLadd

  • Cloud Atlas
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Lawless
  • Dredd
  • Looper
  • The Avengers
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • Cabin in the Woods
  • Skyfall
  • Argo
Hemanth Kissoon
Filmaluation

  • Amour
  • Even the Rain
  • God Bless America
  • Into the Abyss
  • Killing Them Softly
  • Take this Waltz
  • The House I Live In
  • The Hunt
  • The Master
  • West of Memphis
Eric Hillis
TheMovieWaffler

  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • The Hunt
  • Margaret
  • The Grey
  • The Muppets
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • The Kid With A Bike
  • The Master
  • Detachment
  • Skyfall
Asim Burney
Upodcasting.com
@AsimBurney

  • John Carter
  • Jiro Dreams of Sushi
  • Chronicle
  • Goon
  • 21 Jump Street
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • The Avengers
  • Skyfall
  • The Raid
  • Loop
Matt Hamm
Liveforfilms.com
@MattyMedia

  • Avengers Assemble
  • Skyfall
  • The Grey
  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
  • The Imposter
  • Moneyball
  • Killer Joe
  • Prometheus
  • Ted
  • The Dark Knight Rises
Josh Slater-Williams
Sound on Sight/The Skinny

  • About Elly
  • Amour
  • Killing Them Softly
  • Looper
  • The Master
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  • Samsara
  • Shame
  • Tabu
Chris Holt
HeyUGuys
@Reformedaddict2

  • Seeking a Friend For the End of the World
  • The Imposter
  • Looper
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Killer Joe
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Avengers
  • The Grey
  • Life of Pi
David Sztypuljak
HeyUGuys
@DaveSzt

  • The Raid
  • The Hunger Games
  • End of Watch
  • The Avengers
  • Snow White and the Huntsman
  • Ted
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Lock Out
  • Argo
  • Skyfall
Jack Pelling
Celluloid Heroes
@jrpelling

  • The Master
  • Killer Joe
  • The Hunt
  • Argo
  • Skyfall
  • The Queen of Versailles
  • Le Havre
  • Amour
  • The Artist
  • Life of PI
Cassam Looch
Lime Magazine – Movies Editor
MovieVortex
@CassamLooch

  • 21 Jump Street
  • Take this Waltz
  • Shame
  • The Raid
  • Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Searching for Sugarman
  • ParaNorman
  • The Hunt
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • Young Adult
Jeff Galasso
LondonFilmFanatiq.com
@LondonFilmFan

  • Ruby Sparks
  • Brave
  • The Imposter
  • Argo
  • The Hunt
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Starbuck
  • Marley
  • The Raid
  • Sound of My Voice
Charlie Brigden
Lost In The Multiplex
@SharksAreCool

  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • Brave
  • Sightseers
  • Looper
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • Dredd
  • ParaNorman
  • Skyfall
  • John Carter
James Diamond
FailedCritics.com

  • Rust and Bone
  • The Imposter
  • Amour
  • Argo
  • Avengers Assemble
  • The Hunt
  • Skyfall
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • Holy Motors
  • Untouchable
Craig Skinner
HeyUGuys
@CSkinner

  • Margaret (extended cut)
  • Amour
  • Rust and Bone
  • West of Memphis
  • The Kid with a Bike
  • Young Adult
  • The Master
  • Damsels in Distress
  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
  • God Bless America
Andreas Stoehr
Pussy Goes Grrr

  • Damsels in Distress
  • The Deep Blue Sea
  • Goodbye First Love
  • Holy Motors
  • In Another Country
  • The Kid with a Bike
  • The Master
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Turin Horse
  • Your Sister’s Sister