In alphabetical order, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ top ten films of 2012 are:

Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

AWFJ’s Top Ten 2012 list is a compilation of our members’ individual top ten lists, which are also available on our Website.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is delighted to announce the nominees for the 2012 AWFJ EDA Awards. The winners will be announced on January 7, 2013. Meanwhile, we hope you’ll enjoy all the fine films on our list of nominees, and enjoy our unusual categories, including most memorable moments, best nudity or seduction and actress most in need of a new agent. Read on…

Amour
Argo
How to Survive a Plague
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Silver LInings Playbook
Your Sister’s Sister
Zero Dark Thirty

Amour
Beasts of Southern Wild
How to Survive a Plague
Life and Times of Winfred Rembert
Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present
Searching for Sugar Man
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Intouchables
The Sessions
The Turin Horse

1. Zero Dark Thirty — Never mind the controversy. A stirring action thriller that breaks gender boundaries.
2. Bernie — Made me love Jack Black all over again.
3. Magic Mike — Half-naked men, artistically served.
4. The Silver Linings Playbook — Been waiting for David O. Russell to make another Flirting With Disaster. This came darn close.
5. The Sessions — I knew I would cry, but didn’t expect I would laugh so much.
6. Argo — Enjoyably gripping, not easy to do.
7. Moonrise Kingdom — Every film could benefit from Bill Murray swilling wine in preppy pants.
8. Anna Karenina — The scene with the alphabet blocks — like 19th-century sexting.
9. Skyfall — Made me love Bond all over again.
10. The Hunger Games — This is where I will go on record to say I liked this better than The Dark Knight Rises.

Seven Psychopaths
Silver Linings Playbook
Holy Motors
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Safety Not Guaranteed
The Master
Paranorman
Django Unchained

In alphabetical order:

Amour
Argo
Barbara
Detropia
Hitchcock
Quartet
Surviving Progress
Tchoupitoulas
This Is Not A Film
Zero Dark Thirty

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Django Unchained
3. Argo
4. Looper
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
6. Brave
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. Robot & Frank
9. Lincoln
10. Safety Not Guaranteed

Les Miserables
Argo
Rust and Bone
Skyfall
Looper
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Deep Blue Sea
Compliance
Hysteria
Ginger and Rosa

In Alphabetical Order:

Amour
Bernie
The Deep Blue Sea
The Grey
Goodbye First Love
The Imposter
Kill List
A Man Vanishes
The Master
Skyfall