YOU’VE read the rest, now read the best. The 10 top movies of the year (in random order) – guaranteed based on merit, not hype.

* “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu”: Romanian tear-jerker depicts how the health-care system mistreats the poor and elderly.

* “13 Tzameti”: Young man is caught in a mass game of Russian roulette in nail-biting Russian thriller.

* “Army of Shadows”: Jean-Pierre Melville’s World War II spy adventure, with grand performance by Lino Ventura. Made in 1969, it didn’t get a U.S. release until now. (Gets two-week run at Film Forum starting Friday.)

* “Lunacy”: Inmates take over asylum in surreal wonder by Czech master Jan Svankmajer. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and the Marquis de Sade.

* “Our Daily Bread”: You may give up eating after seeing this German doc about the mass production of food.

* “Apocalypto”: Mel Gibson should keep his mouth shut, but he’s still a top-notch filmmaker.

* “The Piano Tuner of EarthQuakes”: Gothic mix of live action and puppet animation from the Quay brothers.

* “Moonlight”: Thirteen-year-old girl falls in love with male drug dealer her age in Dutch shocker.

* “Time to Leave”: French auteur Francois Ozon’s touching portrait of a dying young man.

* “Battle in Heaven”: Sex romp from Mexico with red-hot Anapola Mushkadiz.

Merry Christmas!

V.A. Musetto is film editor of The Post;