I'm the founder and CEO of IMDb and here are my choices for the best films of 2012. This is drawn from a longer list of all my 9/10 and 10/10 movies from 2012; choosing just 10 is really difficult.

2012 was a year of surprises in movies. From first-time feature director Benh Zeitlin to Ben Affleck, great films sprang from unexpected avenues. Here are my choices for the year's best films.

We remember those we lost in the past year with our In Memoriam 2012 list, including stars such as Tony Scott, Nora Ephron, Michael Clarke Duncan, Whitney Houston, Dick Clark, and more.