The American Film Institute have now had their say during this awards season.
The group does not choose a best picture, but they do rank the 10 best movies of the year and list them alphabetically.
AFI top 10 of 2012:
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
