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.

91. Dredd

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pete Travis
Actors: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson, Deobia Oparei, Langley Kirkwood
Plot: The future is now - police have been given the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner and a veteran cop partners with a trainee in order to take down a deadly gang that has introduced a new drug, SLO-MO, that alters reality.

92. Arbitrage

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicholas Jarecki
Actors: Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Monica Raymund, Laetitia Casta
Plot: A crooked hedge fund manager desperately tries to sell his trading empire to a major bank before the extent of his fraud is discovered.

93. Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Actors: Jason Segel, Judy Greer, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Rae Dawn Chong, Katie Aselton
Plot: A slacker is uprooted from his parents' basement on an errand from his mother but just may find his purpose in life when he joins his brother in tracking down his supposedly adulterous wife.

94. God Bless America

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Actors: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald, Guerrin Gardner
Plot: A terminally ill man with nothing to lose wages a war against what her perceives are the dumbest, cruelest, most repellent members of society. Along the way, he finds 16-year-old Roxy, a young girl with the same outlook who helps him fight the good fight.

95. Room 237

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rodney Ascher
Actors: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, Jay Weidner, Buffy Visick
Plot: Documentary that explores just some of the theories brought on by Stanley Kubrick's classic horror film, The Shining. Featuring five different points of view - it will lead viewers through a maze that may well bring up more questions than answers.

96. The Invisible War

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kirby Dick
Actors: Helen Benedict, Anu Bhagwati, Susan Burke, Kori Cioca, Susan Davis, Elle Helmer
Plot: Kirby Dick's documentary sheds light on a epidemic within the U.S. military that been rarely reported and often ignored: the rape of female soldiers and the profound consequences, both personal and social, the actions bring.

97. Contraband

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, J.K. Simmons, Lukas Haas
Plot: A one-time smuggler, has gone straight as a security guard. But when financial troubles threaten to bring him down, he may return to his old ways when an associate presents him with a lucrative opportunity.

98. Man on a Ledge

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Asger Leth
Actors: Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Elizabeth Banks, Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Anthony Mackie
Plot: A former cop and current con threatens to jump from a Manhattan hotel. As the NYPD arrives, along with a personally-requested female psychologist, the stunt is an attempt to divert attention from a massive diamond heist.

99. Act of Valor

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
Actors: Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, Gonzalo Menendez, Ailsa Marshall, Jason Cottle
Plot: Inspired by true events and starring an active group of Navy SEALs, Act of Valor follows this elite group of trained soldiers as they mount a cover rescue mission for a kidnapped CIA operative.

100. Laurence Anyways

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri, Susan Almgren, Yves Jacques

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