N.B. This 'films of the year' list is compiled through everyone at Empire submitting a personal top 10 list of their favourite movies released over the course of 2012. These votes are then collated together to produce this bigger list, so if a film was in many peoples' top 5s, say, those movies ended naturally higher up on this longer list.
Empire’s Best Films Of 2012
The Empire staff choose their top 20 of the year - is your favourite on the list?
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