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.

191. Farewell, My Queen ( adieux à la reine, Les )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Actors: Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky, Michel Robin
Plot: In the waning days of the reign of Louis XVI and his queen, Marie Antoinette revolution is in the air. At the palace the queen and one of her readers, a lower class woman of the court who entertains the queen, begin a relationship and we get a glimpse of the darker side of palace life.

192. You've Been Trumped

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Baxter
Actors: Michael Forbes, Donald Trump
Plot: A group of Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up some of the last wilderness areas in Scotland in order to build a golf resort.

193. Dark Shadows

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Bella Heathcote, Jackie Earle Haley
Plot: After being cursed with vampirism by a witch, and buried alive for nearly two centuries, Barnabas Collins returns home... only to find his once-grand mansion in near ruins and his dysfunctional decedents in nearly as bad of shape.

194. Rampart

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oren Moverman
Actors: Jon Bernthal, Steve Buscemi, Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster
Plot: A cop who plays by his own rules must take care of both himself and his family.

195. The Hole

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Chris Massoglia, Teri Polo, Haley Bennett, Bruce Dern, Nathan Gamble, Quinn Lord
Plot: A pair of brothers have put up with moving from city to city for a long time, and have finally found themselves on the countryside in Bensonville. Things are looking up when they meet their new neighbor, Julie. Inspecting their new house, they find a padlocked door in the basement floor but this opens up Pandora's Box - all their fears brought to life from a seemingly bottomless pit that just may lead to hell itself.

196. Citadel

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ciaran Foy
Actors: James Cosmo, Aneurin Barnard, Wunmi Mosaku, Amy Shiels, Jake Wilson, Ingrid Craigie
Plot: An agoraphobic father tries to protect his young daughter from a gang of hooded, feral children - the same gang who brutally attacked his wife and led directly to his condition. An understanding nurse and vigilant priest try to help him, but to face his demons he will have to brave a place that he fears from his past - an abandoned tower block known as the Citadel - where the answers to who the gang is, and what they have to do with him, will finally be revealed.

197. Shadow Dancer

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Stuart Graham
Plot: A woman working for the IRA is turned informant by an MI-5 agent in order to protect her son. Years after working for them, she is promised a new identity, but the agent finds his superior is using her to protect a mole in the organization and he must figure out who before she can truly be free.

198. The Bay

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Kristen Connolly, Anthony Reynolds, Kether Donohue, Andy Stahl, Lauren Cohn, Frank Deal
Plot: A small Maryland town becomes the scene of chaos and death as an ecological disaster unleashes hell upon the residents.

199. Kill List

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ben Wheatley
Actors: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Struan Rodger, Emma Fryer
Plot: A hitman looking to redeem himself after a botched job left him both physically and mentally scarred, takes a job from a friend with a huge payoff. But the world he finds himself entangled with begins to wear on him. As his fear and paranoia take hold, he truly finds himself at man's heart of darkness.

200. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Bowers
Actors: Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Peyton List, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron
Plot: Greg Heffley is all set for summer vacation, but, of course, his plans for the perfect summer are ruined and he'll have to salvage the situation any way he can.

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