21. Beasts of the Southern Wild
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Actors: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Nicholas Clark
Plot: Six-year-old Hushpuppy grows up in "the Bathtub" a southern Delta community where her father, Wink, seems harsh but is only preparing her for life on her own. A storm and a sudden illness brings on this life much sooner than expected and as beasts menace her, growing ever closer and larger, she will have face down her fears.
22. Raid: Redemption, The ( Serbuan maut )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gareth Evans
Actors: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Yayan Ruhian, Ananda George, Verdi Solaiman, Ray Sahetapy
Plot: It's one man versus an underworld army when a SWAT member finds himself alone in a tenement ran by a vicious mobster and his ruthless gang.
23. 21 Jump Street
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Actors: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Johnny Simmons, Johnny Depp, Ice Cube
Plot: A group of young police officers control youth crime by going undercover as students in local high schools.
24. Looper
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo
Plot: A man who works as a "looper" - a hitman sent targets from the mob in the future - realizes his latest hit is his future self.
25. Brave
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Andrews
Actors: Emma Thompson, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Craig Ferguson
Plot: A young princess makes a reckless choice that has grave consequences for her kingdom unless she can summon the courage to face the curse head on in this mythological Scottish tale.
26. La Luna
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Enrico Casarosa
Actors: Krista Sheffler
Plot: An Italian boy is in charge of "sweeping" the moon with the help of his pa and grandfather.
27. Samsara
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Fricke
Plot: Five years - 25 countries - from sacred ground to disaster zones - Samsara is a visual experience like no other.
28. The Master
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Rami Malek, Lena Endre
Plot: In the 1950s an intelligent, charming man known as "the Master" begins a faith-based organization that soon sweeps across America. A young drifter falls in with him and soon finds himself as his right-hand man.
29. The Impossible
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Geraldine Chaplin, Marta Etura, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
Plot: Based on the 2004 tsunami that hit Thailand, a family is caught up in the chaos of the aftermath with tens of thousands of other people as their sons go missing following the devastating natural disaster.
30. Searching for Sugar Man
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Malik Bendjelloul
Actors: Rodriguez, Malik Bendjelloul, Steve Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore, Dan Dimaggio
Plot: For two South Africans, Rodriguez became an unlikely inspiration in the 1970s. In Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul sets out to find out what happened to the obscure, mysterious rocker.
