2012

By: Lindsay Chestle​r

• 01
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  David Fincher
• 02
  Tiny Furniture
  Lena Dunham
• 03
  The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• 04
  Mystery Team
  Dan Eckman
• 05
  The Ides of March
  George Clooney
• 06
  I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
  Daniel Ribeiro
• 07
  Blue Like Jazz
  Steve Taylor
• 08
  21 Jump Street
  Phil Lord
• 09
  Take This Waltz
  Sarah Polley
• 10
  Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• 11
  Safety Not Guaranteed
  Colin Trevorrow
• 12
  Why Stop Now
  Phil Dorling
• 13
  2 Days in New York
  Julie Delpy
• 14
  Before Sunrise
  Richard Linklater
• 15
  The Amazing Spider-Man
  Marc Webb
• 16
  Atonement
  Joe Wright
• 17
  Ruby Sparks
  Jonathan Dayton
• 18
  The Hunger Games
  Gary Ross
• 19
  Frontrunners
  Caroline Suh
• 20
  Captain America: The First Avenger
  Joe Johnston
• 21
  Heartbeats
  Xavier Dolan
• 22
  Bachelorette
  Leslye Headland
• 23
  Celeste and Jesse Forever
  Lee Toland Krieger
• 24
  Sleepwalk with Me
  Mike Birbiglia
• 25
  The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  Stephen Chbosky
• 26
  Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
  Amiel Courtin-Wilson
• 27
  Smashed
  James Ponsoldt
• 28
  Silver Linings Playbook
  David O. Russell
• 29
  This Is 40
  Judd Apatow