Year 2012 movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Last Breath (2025) | 6.6 | |
| Gran Turismo (2023) | 7.1 | |
| The Fire Inside (2024) | 7.0 | |
| The Lost King (2022) | 6.7 | |
| Past Lives (2023) | 7.8 |
List of year 2012 movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand, Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather ...
Style:
gothic, disturbing, horrifying, serious, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, occult, female protagonist, ghost town, mysterious place, ghost, hallucination, missing person, supernatural, amusement park, alternate reality, zombie ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, portland oregon, seattle
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Style:
scary, bloody, mind bending, slasher, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
monster, creature, supernatural, woods, cabin in the woods, survival, trapped, cosmic horror, fear, zombie, death, werewolf ...
Time:
year 2012, 20th century, year 2000, year 2009, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Style:
period piece, stylized, costume drama, sexy, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
royal family, love affair, adultery, love triangle, political intrigue, infidelity, queen, royalty, royal court, coup d'etat, aristocracy, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2012, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place:
denmark, europe, england, copenhagen, scandinavia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Style:
romantic, road movie, sad, melancholic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
road trip, end of the world, apocalypse, bittersweet, love story, loneliness, asteroid, love, existentialism, catastrophe, destiny, riot ...
Time:
year 2012, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, england, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, exciting, witty, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
holiday, christmas, childhood, belief, good versus evil, friendship, fairy, protector, heroic mission, heroes, santa claus, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
Place:
new york, st. petersburg russia
Is relevant?
90K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Style:
gothic, psychological, period piece, gothic horror, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, who done it, edgar allan poe, police detective, riddles and clues, writer's life, writers, murder investigation, murder ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2012, 1840s, edwardian era ...
Place:
maryland, baltimore, former yugoslavia, usa, paris france ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter named Nissa, and when she finds her, they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, fantasy world, tough girl, immortality, supernatural, supernatural power, female warrior, one woman army, monster, survival, badass female lead ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012
Is relevant?
103K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent , whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum security ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, space station, hotshot hero, secret service, hostage, rescue mission, outer space, lone hero, heroic mission, convict, prison fight, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2012, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new york, seattle
Is relevant?
255K
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Style:
teen, teen sex comedy, humorous, not serious, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, party, adolescence, youth, when the parents are away, teenage life, student, popularity, buddies, friends, birthday party ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.
Style:
inspirational, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
underdog, teacher, contests and competitions, martial arts, against the odds, dedicated educator, hopes, teachers and students, mixed martial arts, boxing, brutality, lifestyle change ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, north america, las vegas, boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, France, Israel
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Hannah Arendt is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, realistic, political, anthropological ...
Plot:
holocaust, philosopher, nazi, feminist, strong female character, strong female lead, philosophy, biopic, nazi war criminal, world war two, war crime, legal ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, 60s, year 1961
Place:
israel, germany, new york, usa, jerusalem
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Spain, Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, ...
Style:
surprise ending, clever, enigmatic, twist ending, mysterious ...
Plot:
psychic, supernatural, mind game, supernatural ability, nightmare, uncover truth, surveillance, paranormal, clairvoyance, levitation, obsession, partner ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, columbus ohio, seattle
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, splatter, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, gory, kidnapping, masked killer, trap, torture, massacre, sadistic horror, serial murder, survival, maniac, mysterious villain ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
159K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
Style:
funny, emotional, humorous, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, 40 year old, relationships, husband wife relationship, family bonds, family drama, life philosophy, depression, midlife crisis, high maintenance, adulthood, family life ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 70s, year 1974 ...
Place:
usa, california, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, hood, anthology ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, gangster, society, urban, ghetto, hip hop, police raid, british gangster, mafia, rivalry, low lives ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain
Is relevant?
57K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, money, business, adultery, wall street, moral dilemma, finance, morality, character study, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2012, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
Style:
political thriller, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, moral dilemma, radical, terrorist, state affairs, undercover, betrayal, family relations, snitch, siblings relations, political unrest, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, year 1993, year 1973, 90s ...
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, london, england, belfast ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, couple relations, insomnia, uncover truth, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, haunted by the past, great ending, murder investigation, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
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70K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) arrives in Kolkata from London to find her missing husband Arnab Bagchi. Seven months pregnant and alone in a festive city, she begins a relentless search for her husband. With nothing to rely on except fragments from her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
terrorism, missing person, investigation, medieval, pregnancy, uncover truth, nobody believes, who to trust, couples, danger, law enforcement, riddles and clues ...
Time:
year 2012, y2k, 21st century
Place:
middle east, london, india, iran, asia
Is relevant?
48K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jill Parrish is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, tricky, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, missing person, woman in danger, twists and turns, tough girl, haunted by the past, revenge, police investigation, paranoia, danger, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Is relevant?
84K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his ...
Style:
suspense, romantic, intellectual, contemplative, serious ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
writers, writer's life, lovers, passion, relationships, love story, literature, guilt, white male black female relationship, survival, life philosophy, life ...
Time:
year 2012, post world war two, 21st century
Place:
usa, paris france, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, witty, touching ...
Plot:
prostitute, call girl, pretty girl, sexpot, wench, harlot, prostitution, older man younger woman relationship, widower, college, elderly, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, iran, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sexy, surreal, ironic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
love story, art, culture clash, meet the parents, adultery, farce, life philosophy, marriage, newlyweds, architect, love and romance, infidelity ...
Time:
year 2012, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, paris france, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, touching, erotic, compassionate ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
near death experience, first sexual experience, loss of virginity, sexual activity, female nudity, disabled, male virgin, nudity, woman on top, oral sex, therapist, sexual awakening ...
Time:
year 2012, 20th century, 80s, year 1988, 70s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, boston
Is relevant?
27K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Chile, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition ...
Style:
political, cerebral, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, campaign, democracy, protest, politics, advertising, underdog, dictator, political conspiracy, society, exile, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, year 1988, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, south america, venezuela ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
Style:
demonic, suspenseful, teen, creepy, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, evil child, supernatural horror, found footage, videotaping, profanity, paranormal activity, demon, poltergeist, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, year 2011, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
8K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When Pilar's befriended neighbour Aurora dies, Pilar starts to dig into Aurora's past and learns about Aurora's very tragic love story.
Style:
surreal, serious, black and white, captivating, cerebral ...
Plot:
love affair, crocodile, amor, tragic love, unfulfillment, society, storytelling, love letter, sex with friend's wife, passionate sex, passion, european ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
africa, portugal, lisbon portugal, east africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, Caesar Must Die (Cesare Deve Morire), the scripted documentary shows inmates at a prison in Rome rehearsing for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, talky, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, hopes, shakespeare, human spirit, actor's life, audition, introspection, confined, criminal heroes, rehearsal, convict ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Germany, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight ...
Style:
stylized, talky, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
childhood, islam, bicycle, gender, children, coming of age, muslim girl, hijab, feminist, dream, friendship, troublemaker ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
saudi arabia, middle east, maghreb, iran, japan
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
Style:
mumblecore, realistic, poignant, sexy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female friendship, friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, best friend, relationships, female protagonist, dancer, self discovery, direction and purpose, dark humor, profanity ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, sacramento california, paris france, france ...
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