Top Movies of 2012


The top movies of 2012 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

161. Big Miracle

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ken Kwapis
Actors: Kristen Bell, Vinessa Shaw, Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Danson
Plot: A small-town reporter manages to thaw relations between Cold War enemies the U.S. and U.S.S.R. when she reports on the plight of three California Grey Whales in the Arctic Circle.

162. The Lucky One

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Scott Hicks
Actors: Zac Efron, Blythe Danner, Taylor Schilling, Jay R. Ferguson, Riley Thomas Stewart, Joe Chrest
Plot: After surviving three tours of duty in Iraq, a Marine returns home and travels to North Carolina to find the woman he believes was his good luck charm.

163. Won't Back Down

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Daniel Barnz
Actors: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Lance Reddick, Rosie Perez
Plot: Two women, fed up with the state of education in the inner city, decide to fight for their children's future and put everything on the line by going up against a bureaucracy that isn't looking to budge.

164. The Dictator

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Larry Charles
Actors: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Jason Mantzoukas, Bobby Lee, Kevin Corrigan
Plot: There is one man standing between Democracy and his country: the great dictator who rules said country, lovingly, with an iron fist, and he will stop at nothing to make sure it stays that way.

165. A Late Quartet

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yaron Zilberman
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Imogen Poots, Catherine Keener, Wallace Shawn, Mark Ivanir
Plot: A string quartet enjoys world renown, but this does not mean they enjoy each others' company. Out of control egos, barely-contained lust and the impending march of death all threaten to fracture the group at any moment.

166. The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Actors: Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Salma Hayek, Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: The Pirate Captain sets out on a quest to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the coveted "Pirate of the Year" award. His crew is along for the ride from the tropical Blood Island to the foggy streets of London.

167. Anna Karenina

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Wright
Actors: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Aaron Johnson, Olivia Williams
Plot: Based on the classic novel by Leo Tolstroy: in late 19th century Russia, an aristocratic young women enters into an affair with a count, a move that brings her great passion but just as much scandal.

168. Sightseers

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ben Wheatley
Actors: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies, Richard Glover, Monica Dolan, Jonathan Aris
Plot: All Chris wanted to do was give his girlfriend Tina a view into his own world - but a drastic turn of events soon gives new meaning to term "killer holiday".

169. Thin Ice

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jill Sprecher
Actors: Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup, David Harbour, Bob Balaban, Lea Thompson
Plot: An insurance agent will do just about anything to escape the confines of the frigid wasteland known at Kenosha, WI - then he gets involved in a blackmail scheme by a locksmith after an expensive, rare violin belonging to a local farmer.

170. Entrance

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dallas Richard Hallam, Patrick Horvath
Actors: Karen Gorham, Joshua Grote, Liesel Kopp, Jonathan Margolis, Morgan Phalen, Tim Wilson
Plot: A woman looking to escape the city life instead finds herself falling into paranoia as she perceives something lurking at the corner of her eyes. The more she tries to catch these phantom shapes, the deeper her dread increases.

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