From Best to Worst of 2012
By: Jonas Silgalis
First 27 – 5-Star films
Not on MUBI:
Stolen (Simon West, 2012). Ranks below Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Playing for Keeps (Gabriele Muccino, 2012). Ranks below Looper
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01Ben Affleck
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02Robert Zemeckis
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03Kathryn Bigelow
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04Paul Thomas Anderson
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05Quentin Tarantino
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06Sam Mendes
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07Tom Tykwer
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08Christopher Nolan
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09Steven Spielberg
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10Ridley Scott
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11Joe Wright
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12Martin McDonagh
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13Miguel Gomes
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14Terence Davies
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15Wes Anderson
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16Andrew Dominik
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17Jacques Audiard
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18Sacha Gervasi
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19Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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20Malik Bendjelloul
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21Peter Strickland
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22Jean-Marc Vallée
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23Nicholas Jarecki
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24Ben Lewin
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25Nikolaj Arcel
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26Julie Delpy
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27Steven Soderbergh
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28Marius A. Markevicius
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29Kirby Dick
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30Peter Jackson
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31Paolo Taviani
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32Jill Sprecher
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33Steven Soderbergh
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34Michael Haneke
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35Thomas Vinterberg
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36Chris Butler
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37Tim Burton
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38Rich Moore
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39William Friedkin
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40Oliver Stone
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41Richard Linklater
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42Ken Loach
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43Ole Endresen
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44Kim Nguyen
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45Paul Weitz
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46François Ozon
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47Robert Lorenz
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48Tony Gilroy
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49Emad Burnat
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50Lorene Scafaria
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51Lee Kirk
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52Zhang Yimou
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53Barry Sonnenfeld
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54John Madden
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55Andrei Zvyagintsev
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56Eric Toledano
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57Joachim Rønning
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58Jamie Linden
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59Seth MacFarlane
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60Marc Webb
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61Phil Lord
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62Woody Allen
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63Cameron Crowe
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64Jay Duplass
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65Tony Kaye
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66Nicholas Stoller
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67Tim Burton
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68Joss Whedon
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69Julie Delpy
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70Spike Lee
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71Peter Lord
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72John Hillcoat
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73Lee Daniels
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74Ry Russo-Young
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75Benh Zeitlin
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76Jonathan Dayton
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77Scott Derrickson
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78David Koepp
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79Adrian Grunberg
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80Drew Goddard
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81Juan Antonio Bayona
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82Jay Roach
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83Tom McGrath
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84Simon West
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85Mark Andrews
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86Benoît Jacquot
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87Timo Vuorensola
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88Rodrigo Cortés
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89Daniél Espinosa
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90David Frankel
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91Baltasar Kormákur
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92Ang Lee
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93Mike Newell
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94Léos Carax
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95James McTeigue
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96Lasse Hallström
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97Rupert Sanders
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98Fernando Meirelles
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99Boaz Yakin
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100Akiva Schaffer
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101Brad Peyton
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102Chris Renaud
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103Len Wiseman
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104Peter Ramsey
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105Declan Donnellan
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106Jon Hurwitz
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107Larry Charles
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108Kristina Buožytė
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109David O. Russell
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110Mike McCoy
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111Rian Johnson
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112Ole Bornedal
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113Susanne Bier
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114Steve Martino
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115Gary Ross
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116Tom Hooper
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117Christopher McQuarrie
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118Tarsem Singh
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119Sean Anders
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120Brian Robbins
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121David Gordon Green
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122David Wain
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123Mabrouk El Mechri
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124Nima Nourizadeh
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125John Gulager
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126Josh Trank
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127Barry Levinson
