"Ultra Culture’s regularly updated list of the best movies on theatrical release in the UK this year"

• Amour (dir. Michael Haneke)
• The Cabin in the Woods (dir. Drew Goddard)
• Tabu (dir. Miguel Gomes)
• The Dictator (dir. Larry Charles)
• The Hunt (dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (dir. Benh Zeitlin )
• Michael (dir. Markus Schleinzer)
• Uncle Kent (dir. Joe Swanberg)
• Young Adult (dir. Jason Reitman)
• Holy Motors (dir. Leos Carax)
• Sightseers (dir. Ben Wheatley)
• The Avengers (dir. Joss Whedon)
• Magic Mike (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
• Laurence Anyways (dir. Xavier Dolan)
• Shame (dir. Steve McQueen)
• Looper (dir. Rian Johnson)
• Damsels In Distress (dir. Whit Stillman)
• Matha Macy May Marlene (dir. Sean Durkin)

The first half of the year:

• The Cabin in the Woods dir. Drew Goddard
• Michael dir. Markus Schleinzer
• Shame dir. Steve McQueen
• Young Adult dir. Jason Reitman
• Tabu dir. Miguel Gomes
• Avengers dir. Joss Whedon
• Damsels in Distress dir. Whit Stillman
• Martha Marcy May Marlene dir. Sean Durkin
• Skoonheid dir. Oliver Hermanus
• Uncle Kent dir. Joe Swanberg
• Haywire dir. Steven Soderbergh