First Quarter
- Bud Light, 'Hack Job'
- Doritos, 'Pug Attack'
- Audi, 'Release the Hounds'
- Doritos, 'Finger Licker, Pants Sniffer'
- Chevy Cruze, 'Misunderstanding'
- Pepsi Max, 'Love Hurts'
- Bud Light, 'Zorro'
- Chevy Silverado, 'Tommy'
- Fast Five
- Pepsi Max, 'Torpedo Cooler'
- Doritos, 'House Sitting'
- Hyundai Elantra, 'Hypnotized'
- Cowboys and Aliens
- Kia Optima, 'One Epic Ride'
- Brisk, Eminem
- Bridgestone, 'Reply All'
- Chevy Volt, 'Discovery'
- GoDaddy.com, 'New GoDaddy.CO Girl'
Second Quarter
- Budweiser, 'Wild West'
- Teleflora, 'Help Me, Faith'
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- BMW X3, 'Defying Logic'
- Motorola Xoom, 'Empower the People'
- BMW Advanced Diesel, 'Changes'
- Coca-Cola, 'Siege'
- Thor
- Volkswagen Passat, 'The Force'
- Snickers, 'Logging'
- CareerBuilder.com, 'Parking Lot'
- Super 8
- Chevy Cruze, 'Status'
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- CarMax, 'I Feel Like'
- Sony Ericsson, 'Xperia Play'
- Honda CR-V, 'Forecast'
- Chatter.com
- The Daily, 'America, Meet the Daily'
Third Quarter
- Cars.com, 'Go First'
- E-Trade, 'Tailor'
- Best Buy, 'Buy Back Program'
- Mini Countryman, 'Cram It in the Boot'
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Stella Artois, 'Crying Jean'
- CarMax, 'Service Station'
- Chrysler, 'Imported from Detroit'
- NFL, 'American Family'
- Coca-Cola, 'Border'
- HomeAway, 'Test Baby'
- Hyundai, 'Deprogramming'
- Groupon, 'Tibet'
Fourth Quarter
- Rango
- Cars.com, 'The Reviews Are In'
- Bud Light, 'Dog Sitter'
- Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, 'Anachronistic City'
- Pepsi Max, 'First Date'
- Rio
- Bridgestone, 'Carma'
- GoDaddy.com, 'The Contract'
- Volkswagen, 'Black Beetle'
- Mercedes-Benz, 'Welcome'
- Chevy Camaro, 'Miss Evelyn'
- Verizon iPhone, 'I Can Hear You Now'
- Glee and Chevy
- Limitless
- Skechers, 'Break Up 2 Shape Up'
- E-Trade, 'Cat'
From cars to beverages to a miniature Darth Vader, TIME grades the ads of Super Bowl XLV