2012 Year in Review Here are my top films of 2012, and some of my favourite performances of the year. Top Movies of 2012 1 Silver Linings Playbook 2 Zero Dark Thirty 3 Moonrise Kingdom 4 Lincoln 5 The Hunger Games 6 Cloud Atlas 7 Les Misérables 8 The Avengers 9 Secret World of Arrietty 10 Farewell, My Queen Honourable Mentions 11 Skyfall 12 Amour 13 The Dark Knight Rises 14 Django Unchained 15 The Master 16 Argo 17 Life of Pi 18 Goon 19 The Sessions 20 Brave Outstanding Performance from a Lead Actress Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty Kara Hayward Moonrise Kingdom Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva Amour Léa Seydoux Farewell, My Queen Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild Outstanding Performance from a Lead Actor Bradley Cooper Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day Lewis Lincoln Jamie Foxx Django Unlimited John Hawkes The Sessions Joaquin Phoenix The Master Suraj Sharma Life of Pi Jean-Louis Trintignant Amour Outstanding Performance from a Supporting Actress Doona Bae Cloud Atlas Samantha Barks Les Miserables Sally Field Lincoln Diane Kruger Farewell, My Queen Judi Dench Skyfall Anne Hathaway The Dark Knight Rises Amy Adams The Master Helen Hunt The Sessions Anne Hathaway Les Misérables Outstanding Performance from a Supporting Actor Alan Arkin Argo Jason Clarke Zero Dark Thirty Robert De Niro Silver Linings Playbook Leonardo DiCaprio Django Unchained Tom Hardy The Dark Knight Rises Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master Tommy Lee Jones Lincoln Chris Tucker Silver Linings Playbook Mark Ruffalo The Avengers Christoph Waltz Django Unchained Bruce Willis Moonrise Kingdom