15 FILMS OF 2012

And the 15 Great Performances this year are:

1. EMMANUELLE RIVA, Amour

2. JOAQUIN PHOENIX, The Master

3. HELEN HUNT, The Sessions

4. BRADLEY COOPER, Silver Linings Playbook

5. JEAN LOUIS TRITIGNANT, Amour

6. DANIEL DAY LEWIS, Lincoln

7. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, The Master

8. LEONARDO DI CAPRIO, Django Unchained

9. SAMUEL L. JACKSON, Django Unchained

10. QUVENZHANE WALLIS, Beasts of the Southern Wild

11. DENIS LAVANT, Holy Motors

12. JENNIFER LAWRENCE, Silver Linings Playbook

13. SALLY FIELD, Lincoln

14. JESSICA CHASTAIN, Zero Dark Thirty

15. MARION COTILLARD, Rust & Bone