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.

101. Polisse

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Maïwenn
Actors: Karin Viard, Joey Starr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Maïwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot
Plot: Members of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit see some of the worst from abusive parents, out-of-control teens and worse. Trying to balance their lives with this reality is a tricky situation and a photographer arrives to document their work for the Ministry of the Interior, it complicates things even more.

102. Get the Gringo

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Grunberg
Actors: Mel Gibson, Peter Stormare, Dean Norris, Bob Gunton, Scott Cohen, Kevin Hernandez
Plot: A criminal with a long rap sheet finds himself in over his head when Mexican authorities send him to an infamous prison. In order to survive, he will have to make the right friends, including one important 9-year-old boy.

103. Hatfields & McCoys

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Actors: Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Matt Barr, Tom Berenger, Jena Malone, Powers Boothe

104. The Bourne Legacy

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Gilroy
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen, Oscar Isaac, Scott Glenn
Plot: Following events of the Bourne Ultimatum, CIA operative Aaron Cross must deal with the consequences of Jason Bourne's actions as he comes to realize the plot goes much deeper than just one man.

105. I Am Bruce Lee

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pete McCormack
Actors: Daniele Bolelli, Paul Bowman, Richard Bustillo, Bruce Lee, Gina Carano, Mickey Rourke
Plot: Over three decades following his death, Bruce Lee continues to inspire - from athletes to actors to martial artists, Lee has a great influence over an entire generation and his legacy continues to this day.

106. Where Do We Go Now? ( Et maintenant, on va où? )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nadine Labaki
Actors: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Antoinette Noufaily, Julian Farhat
Plot: A group of Lebanese women work together to try to ease the religious tension building between Muslims and Christians in their village.

107. Barbara

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christian Petzold
Actors: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke, Claudia Geisler, Peter Weiss
Plot: Set in 1980s East Germany, a female doctor finds herself banished to a rural hospital for her political beliefs. She manages to make connections there, all the while making plans to flee to Denmark to be with her lover.

108. Killer Joe

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, Scott A. Martin
Plot: In order to escape the crushing debt in his life, a young man decides to put hire a contract killer to take out his mother for the insurance and he uses his sister as collateral.

109. Sound of My Voice

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zal Batmanglij
Actors: Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling, Avery Kristen Pohl, Davenia McFadden, Kandice Stroh
Plot: A pair of documentary filmmakers find themselves pulled deeper and deeper into a cult whose leader, Maggie, claims to be from the future.

110. Ice Age: Continental Drift

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Actors: Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Wanda Sykes, Chris Wedge
Plot: Manny, Diego, and Sid are caught on an iceberg/ship as their continent is set adrift. Finding pirates and sea creatures along the way, the friends will have to figure out how to make things work in a whole new world.

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