5. The Imposter - eerie documentary about a curiously motiveless deception.
4. Michael - unfussy and objective portrayal of a pedophile hiding in plain sight.
3. Shame - brings the unflinching depression, humiliation and pain of addiction into sharp focus.
2. Sound Of My Voice - Brit Marling's cult-themed follow up to last year's Another Earth.
1. Take This Waltz - a bruisingly aching depiction of the volatile nature of love.
Commended: Holy Motors, Rust And Bone, Moonrise Kingdom, Skyfall, The Master