LWLies' Top 10 Films Of 2012

"With a cavalier approach to science that only a whimsically inclined filmmaker could get away with, Miguel Gomes' film posits that, at a certain point in life, our minds begin to romanticise and subvert the past, fusing our humdrum personal histories with the consoling escapist fantasies of the silver screen. Tabu is about life remembered as silent cinema."

"Towering performances aside, it’s the understated gestures that stick with you – be it a gentle death knell in the form of a song and a single tear, or a cut away to a naked sand woman that emphasises the importance of holding on to the things you love."

"The Dardennes have described the film as a fairytale and yet it’s one that looks with characteristic poignancy, honesty and integrity at the hurdles that ordinary people face when attempting to make their way though life."

21 Jump Street What on paper looked like yet another forgettable '80s TV remake turned out to be the funniest film of the year. Fact. Even more unlikely, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum prove themselves a comedy mismatch made in heaven.

UndefeatedNothing gets the blood pumping and heartstrings twanging quite like an underdog sports doc. This intimate portrait of an impoverished college football team and the charismatic coach who never lost faith in them is one of the most honest, inspirational films in memory.

Martha Marcy May Marlene With this dark, achingly beautiful backwoods schizo-drama, first-time writer/director Sean Durkin announced himself as an exciting new indie talent and Elizabeth Olsen as one of the year's brightest newcomers.

Damsels In DistressWhit Stillman returns from the wilderness with blazer and Chinos in tac, delivering this waspish campus comedy gifted with a unique and Martini-dry performance from the great Greta Gerwig.

Dredd While Ang Lee's superb Life Of Pi is maybe the year's best 3D film, it lacked for slo-mo exploding faces, which this double-hard take on the classic 2000AD gave us in spades.