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The Best Movies of 2012 - Original Release   (175 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 2012, # 436 Overall Amour 2012 Haneke, Michael France / Germany / Austria
# 2 for 2012, # 611 Overall Zero Dark Thirty 2012 Bigelow, Kathryn USA BD
# 3 for 2012, # 673 Overall Lincoln 2012 Spielberg, Steven USA / India BDS
# 4 for 2012, # 686 Overall Argo 2012 Affleck, Ben USA BD
# 5 for 2012, # 762 Overall Life of Pi 2012 Lee, Ang USA BDS
# 6 for 2012, # 932 Overall Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012 Zeitlin, Benh USA BD
# 7 for 2012, # 1054 Overall Silver Linings Playbook 2012 Russell, David O. USA BD
# 8 for 2012, # 1123 Overall Les Misérables 2012 Hooper, Tom UK BDS
# 9 for 2012, # 1295 Overall The Master 2012 Anderson, Paul Thomas USA BD
# 10 for 2012, # 1402 Overall Looper 2012 Johnson, Rian USA / China BDS
# 11 for 2012, # 1434 Overall Django Unchained 2012 Tarantino, Quentin USA BDS
# 12 for 2012, # 1467 Overall Holy Motors 2012 Carax, Leos France / Germany BD
# 13 for 2012, # 1469 Overall The Gatekeepers 2012 Moreh, Dror Israel / France / Germany / Belgium T
# 14 for 2012, # 1535 Overall Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Anderson, Wes USA BDS
# 15 for 2012, # 1578 Overall The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Nolan, Christopher USA / UK BDS
# 16 for 2012, # 1606 Overall No 2012 Larraín, Pablo Chile / France / USA T
# 17 for 2012, # 1640 Overall A Royal Affair 2012 Arcel, Nikolaj Denmark / Sweden / Czech Republic BDS
# 18 for 2012, # 1669 Overall Skyfall 2012 Mendes, Sam UK / USA BDS
# 19 for 2012, # 1702 Overall Barbara 2012 Petzold, Christian Germany
# 20 for 2012, # 1717 Overall The Sessions 2012 Lewin, Ben USA BDS
# 21 for 2012, # 1787 Overall The House I Live In 2012 Jarecki, Eugene USA
# 22 for 2012, # 1809 Overall End of Watch 2012 Ayer, David USA BDS
# 23 for 2012, # 1879 Overall Flight 2012 Zemeckis, Robert USA BD
# 24 for 2012, # 1892 Overall The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012 Chbosky, Stephen USA BDS
# 25 for 2012, # 1945 Overall West of Memphis 2012 Berg, Amy New Zealand / USA S
# 26 for 2012, # 1973 Overall Marley 2012 Macdonald, Kevin USA / UK BDS
# 27 for 2012, # 1979 Overall In the House 2012 Ozon, François France T
# 28 for 2012, # 1987 Overall War Witch 2012 Nguyen, Kim Canada T
# 29 for 2012, # 1989 Overall Room 237 2012 Ascher, Rodney USA T
# 30 for 2012, # 2054 Overall Arbitrage 2012 Jarecki, Nicholas USA BDS
# 31 for 2012, # 2055 Overall The Avengers 2012 Whedon, Joss USA BDS
# 32 for 2012, # 2057 Overall Rust and Bone 2012 Audiard, Jacques France / Belgium BDS
# 33 for 2012, # 2062 Overall The Hunt 2012 Vinterberg, Thomas Denmark
# 34 for 2012, # 2085 Overall The Impossible 2012 Bayona, Juan Antonio Spain BDS
# 35 for 2012, # 2136 Overall Frankenweenie 2012 Burton, Tim USA BDS
# 36 for 2012, # 2166 Overall Excision 2012 Bates, Richard Jr. USA BD
# 36 for 2012, # 2166 Overall The Imposter 2012 Layton, Bart UK D
# 37 for 2012, # 2179 Overall Kon-Tiki 2012 Rønning, Joachim / Sandberg, Espen UK / Norway / Denmark T
# 38 for 2012, # 2210 Overall At Any Price 2012 Bahrani, Ramin USA T
# 39 for 2012, # 2237 Overall Spring Breakers 2012 Korine, Harmony USA T
# 39 for 2012, # 2237 Overall To the Wonder 2012 Malick, Terrence USA T
# 40 for 2012, # 2250 Overall Cloud Atlas 2012 Tykwer, Tom / Wachowski, Andy / Wachowski, Lana Germany / USA / Hong Kong / Singapore BDS
# 40 for 2012, # 2250 Overall Disconnect  New at Films101! 2012 Rubin, Henry Alex USA TS
# 40 for 2012, # 2250 Overall The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cianfrance, Derek USA TS
# 40 for 2012, # 2250 Overall Prometheus 2012 Scott, Ridley USA BDS
# 40 for 2012, # 2250 Overall Searching for Sugar Man 2012 Bendjelloul, Malik Sweden / UK BDS
# 41 for 2012, # 2258 Overall Gimme the Loot 2012 Leon, Adam USA TS
# 42 for 2012, # 2268 Overall The Angels' Share 2012 Loach, Ken UK / France
# 43 for 2012, # 2275 Overall The Central Park Five 2012 Burns, Ken / Burns, Sarah / McMahon, David USA BD
# 43 for 2012, # 2275 Overall Hit & Run 2012 Palmer, David / Shepard, Dax USA BDS
# 43 for 2012, # 2275 Overall Hyde Park on Hudson 2012 Michell, Roger UK BD
# 43 for 2012, # 2275 Overall A Late Quartet 2012 Zilberman, Yaron USA BDS
# 43 for 2012, # 2275 Overall Premium Rush 2012 Koepp, David USA BD
# 43 for 2012, # 2275 Overall Safety Not Guaranteed 2012 Trevorrow, Colin USA BDS
# 43 for 2012, # 2275 Overall Sleepwalk with Me 2012 Birbiglia, Mike / Barrish, Seth USA BD
# 44 for 2012, # 2276 Overall How to Survive a Plague 2012 France, David USA D
# 45 for 2012, # 2292 Overall Side by Side 2012 Kenneally, Christopher USA BD
# 46 for 2012, # 2328 Overall Pieta 2012 Kim, Ki-duk South Korea
# 47 for 2012, # 2351 Overall Reality 2012 Garrone, Matteo Italy / France T
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Dormant Beauty 2012 Bellocchio, Marco Italy / France
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall È stato il figlio 2012 Ciprì, Daniele Italy
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Fill the Void 2012 Burshtein, Rama / Bursztyn, Yigal Israel
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Izmena 2012 Serebrennikov, Kirill Russia
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall La cinquiéme saison 2012 Brosens, Peter / Woodworth, Jessica Belgium / Netherlands / France
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Lines of Wellington 2012 Sarmiento, Valeria Portugal / France
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Outrage Beyond 2012 Kitano, Takeshi Japan
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Paradise: Faith 2012 Seidl, Ulrich Austria / France / Germany
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Passion 2012 De Palma, Brian USA / Germany / France
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Something in the Air 2012 Assayas, Olivier France T
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Superstar 2012 Giannoli, Xavier France
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Thy Womb 2012 Mendoza, Brillante Philippines
# 48 for 2012, # 2352 Overall Un giorno speciale 2012 Comencini, Francesca Italy
# 49 for 2012, # 2354 Overall Promised Land 2012 Van Sant, Gus USA BD
# 50 for 2012, # 2358 Overall Blancanieves  New at Films101! 2012 Berger, Pablo Spain / France TS
# 50 for 2012, # 2358 Overall 56 Up 2012 Apted, Michael / Almond, Paul UK
# 50 for 2012, # 2358 Overall Lore 2012 Shortland, Cate Germany / Australia / UK TBD
# 50 for 2012, # 2358 Overall Neighboring Sounds  New at Films101! 2012 Filho, Kleber Mendonça Brazil BD
# 50 for 2012, # 2358 Overall Saving Face 2012 Junge, Daniel / Obaid-Chinoy, Sharmeen USA / Pakistan D
# 51 for 2012, # 2360 Overall Zaytoun 2012 Riklis, Eran UK / Israel
# 52 for 2012, # 2372 Overall Jiseul 2012 O., Meul South Korea
# 53 for 2012, # 2376 Overall Caesar Must Die 2012 Taviani, Paolo / Taviani, Vittorio Italy T
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 Webb, Marc USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Beyond the Hills  New at Films101! 2012 Mungiu, Cristian Romania / France / Belgium T
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Brooklyn Castle 2012 Dellamaggiore, Katie USA D
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Celeste and Jesse Forever 2012 Krieger, Lee Toland USA BD
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Chronicle 2012 Trank, Josh UK / USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall The End of Love  New at Films101! 2012 Webber, Mark USA T
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare 2012 Frömke, Susan / Heineman, Matthew USA / China / Germany DS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Everybody in Our Family  New at Films101! 2012 Jude, Radu Romania / Netherlands
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Fake It So Real 2012 Greene, Robert USA
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Farewell, My Queen 2012 Jacquot, Benoît France / Spain BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Fat Kid Rules the World 2012 Lillard, Matthew USA D
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall For Ellen 2012 Kim, So Yong USA D
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Francine 2012 Cassidy, Brian M. / Shatzky, Melanie USA / Canada
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Future Weather 2012 Deller, Jenny USA TD
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall The Grey 2012 Carnahan, Joe USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Keep the Lights On 2012 Sachs, Ira USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Liberal Arts 2012 Radnor, Josh USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Like Someone in Love  New at Films101! 2012 Kiarostami, Abbas France / Japan T
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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God 2012 Gibney, Alex USA
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Mud  New at Films101! 2012 Nichols, Jeff USA TS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Not Yet Begun to Fight  New at Films101! 2012 Grenier, Shasta / Lee, Sabrina USA
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Now, Forager 2012 Cortlund, Jason / Halperin, Julia USA / Poland
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2012 Hedges, Peter USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall The Other Son 2012 Levy, Lorraine France BD
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Parade's End  New at Films101! 2012 White, Susanna UK S
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall The Possession 2012 Bornedal, Ole USA / Canada BD
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall The Queen of Versailles 2012 Greenfield, Lauren USA / Netherlands / UK / Denmark BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Savages 2012 Stone, Oliver USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Seven Psychopaths 2012 McDonagh, Martin UK BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Sister 2012 Meier, Ursula France / Switzerland
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Smashed 2012 Ponsoldt, James USA BD
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 Sanders, Rupert USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Stand Up Guys 2012 Stevens, Fisher USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Stolen Seas  New at Films101! 2012 Payne, Thymaya Estonia / Philippines / Denmark / USA / Somalia / Canada
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Ted 2012 MacFarlane, Seth USA BDS
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Tiger Tail in Blue  New at Films101! 2012 Ross, Frank V. USA
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall 2 Days in New York 2012 Delpy, Julie Germany / France / Belgium BD
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Upside Down  New at Films101! 2012 Solanas, Juan Canada / France T
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall The We and the I  New at Films101! 2012 Gondry, Michel UK / USA / France T
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall We the Party 2012 Van Peebles, Mario USA BD
# 54 for 2012, # 2378 Overall Why Stop Now 2012 Dorling, Phil / Nyswaner, Ron USA BD
# 55 for 2012, # 2380 Overall Beauty and the Beast - 3D 2012 Trousdale, Gary / Wise, Kirk USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall The Attack 2012 Doueiri, Ziad Lebanon / France / Qatar / Belgium T
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Beauty Is Embarrassing 2012 Berkeley, Neil USA D
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story 2012 De Felitta, Raymond USA D
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Call Girl 2012 Marcimain, Mikael Sweden
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Chimpanzee 2012 Fothergill, Alastair / Linfield, Mark Tanzania / USA BD
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Darling Companion 2012 Kasdan, Lawrence USA BD
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Detroit Unleaded 2012 Nashef, Rola USA
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall The Do-Deca-Pentathlon 2012 Duplass, Jay / Duplass, Mark USA BD
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall The Dust Bowl 2012 Burns, Ken USA BD
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall The Five-Year Engagement 2012 Stoller, Nicholas USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall For a Good Time, Call... 2012 Travis, Jamie USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Frances Ha 2012 Baumbach, Noah USA T
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Ginger & Rosa 2012 Potter, Sally UK / Denmark / Canada / Croatia T
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Hitchcock 2012 Gervasi, Sacha USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall In the Picture 2012 Strohmaier, David USA
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Laurence Anyways 2012 Dolan, Xavier Canada / France
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Linotype: The Film 2012 Wilson, Douglas USA
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Little Red Wagon 2012 Anspaugh, David USA D
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall The Magic of Belle Isle 2012 Reiner, Rob USA BD
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Men in Black 3 2012 Sonnenfeld, Barry USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Midnight's Children 2012 Mehta, Deepa Canada / UK
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Paperman 2012 Kahrs, John USA
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall The Pirates! Band Of Misfits 2012 Lord, Peter / Newitt, Jeff UK / USA BD
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Pitch Perfect 2012 Moore, Jason USA DS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Rise of the Guardians 2012 Ramsey, Peter USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Robot & Frank 2012 Schreier, Jake USA D
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall The Sapphires 2012 Blair, Wayne Australia TS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Sparkle 2012 Akil, Salim USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Step Up Revolution 2012 Speer, Scott USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Stories We Tell 2012 Polley, Sarah Canada T
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall This Is 40 2012 Apatow, Judd USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Trouble with the Curve 2012 Lorenz, Robert USA BDS
# 56 for 2012, # 2382 Overall Wadjda 2012 Al-Mansour, Haifaa Saudi Arabia / Germany
# 57 for 2012, # 2383 Overall Finding Nemo 3D 2012 Stanton, Andrew / Unkrich, Lee Australia / USA BDS
# 58 for 2012, # 2388 Overall Anna Karenina 2012 Wright, Joe UK BDS
# 58 for 2012, # 2388 Overall Brave 2012 Andrews, Mark / Chapman, Brenda / Purcell, Steve USA BDS
# 58 for 2012, # 2388 Overall Hunger Games 2012 Ross, Gary USA BDS
# 58 for 2012, # 2388 Overall Under African Skies 2012 Berlinger, Joe USA / South Africa DS
# 58 for 2012, # 2388 Overall Wreck-It Ralph 2012 Moore, Rich USA BDS
# 59 for 2012, # 2397 Overall Compliance 2012 Zobel, Craig USA BDS
# 59 for 2012, # 2397 Overall Killing Them Softly 2012 Dominik, Andrew USA BDS
# 59 for 2012, # 2397 Overall Ruby Sparks 2012 Dayton, Jonathan / Faris, Valerie USA BDS
NR Battleship 2012 Berg, Peter USA BDS
NR The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 Jackson, Peter USA / New Zealand BDS
NR Hotel Transylvania 2012 Tartakovsky, Genndy USA BD
NR Ice Age: Continental Drift 2012 Martino, Steve / Thurmeier, Mike USA BDS
NR Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 2012 Peyton, Brad USA BDS
NR The Lorax 2012 Renaud, Chris / Balda, Kyle USA BDS
NR Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 2012 Darnell, Eric / McGrath, Tom / Vernon, Conrad USA BDS
NR Tabu 2012 Gomes, Miguel Portugal / Germany / Brazil / France
NR Taken 2 2012 Megaton, Olivier France BD
NR The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 2012 Condon, Bill USA BDS
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B   Blu-ray Disc
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Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S   Soundtrack
 
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