Year 2012 movies and TV shows – page 4
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List of year 2012 movies
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.
Style:
not serious, humorous, slapstick, feel good, light ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
three stooges, escapades, silly humor, disorder, friends, nothing goes right, buddies, save the day, goofy hero, caper, chase, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Style:
scary, suspense, atmospheric, tense, demonic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, supernatural horror, evil force, supernatural, family in danger, father daughter relationship, danger, demonic possession, possessed girl, ghost, parents and children, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, middle east, usa, seattle
Is relevant?
38K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Style:
epic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, aerial combats, airplane, interracial relations, war, military, military life, discrimination, black history, propaganda, african american ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2012, year 1944, year 1942
Place:
europe, cuba, italy, pentagon, seattle ...
Is relevant?
262K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style:
intense, suspense, sexy, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, gang, gangster, bootlegging, violence, vigilante, greed, corruption, prohibition era, prohibition, robbery ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s, year 1931 ...
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia, america, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
Style:
melancholic, romantic, light, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
elderly, couple relations, happy ending, marriage counselor, therapist, therapy, relationships, depression, honest, doctors and patients, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Is relevant?
122K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Style:
suspenseful, detective, road movie, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
chase, delivery, organized crime, bicycle, cyclist, on the run, cycling, race against time, corrupt cop, police corruption, voice over narration, money ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, china, seattle ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his ...
Style:
funny, feel good, romantic, light, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing, date night
Plot:
pregnancy, women, pregnant woman, childbirth, adoption, pregnant wife, love story, babies and infants, family relations, parenthood, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Cambodia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
Style:
talky, suspense, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, rescue mission, terrorist plot, soldier, cia, navy seal, swat team, navy, terrorist, squad, violence ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
somalia, costa rica, las vegas, ukraine, san diego california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds ...
Style:
sexy, funny, hilarious, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
party, high school reunion, friends, friendship, sex scene, husband wife relationship, sexual attraction, sexual activity, buddies, college, masturbation, outdoor sex ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
Is relevant?
213K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, UK, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, amnesia, memory loss, marriage, love and romance, love, true love, relationships, couple relations, power of love, wooing, destiny ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, period piece, splatter, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
vampire, president, supernatural, undead, violence, vampire hunter, american civil war, revenge, brutality, tough heroes, head of state, blood ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012, 1810s, year 2000, victorian era ...
Place:
indiana, washington d.c., seattle, usa, new orleans ...
Is relevant?
54K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style:
harsh, visually stunning, epic, sexy, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ocean, survival, sea voyage, boat, raft, expedition, shark, adventurer, sailing, lost at sea, fish, travel ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, peru, polynesia, usa, south america ...
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117K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a boy who can speak to the dead, but no one besides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, 3d animation, surreal, witty ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, halloween, zombie, small town, ghost, witch, supernatural ability, dark humor, supernatural, empathy, stereotypes, stupidity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 2000
Place:
usa, massachusetts
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, gunfight, protector, lone hero, on the run, triad, child in peril, martial arts, bodyguard, tough heroes, outsmarting, ex military ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, new york, brooklyn new york city, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, scary, twisted, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, small town, urban legend, abduction, danger, conspiracy, dysfunctional family, justice, family problems, parents and children, rescue ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
washington state, usa, washington d.c., canada, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In a world without government, the surviving Unisols maintain order and choose the strongest of their ranks to rule, testing them in life-or-death combat.
Style:
disturbing, stylized, surreal, brutal, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
violent, soldier, military, vengeance, cloning, unstoppable, profanity, revenge, chase, memory loss, brainwashing, fight ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
Style:
teen, gothic, saga, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, vampire human love, supernatural romance, immortality, bloodsucker, young lovers, protective parent, impossible love, couples, love story, supernatural being ...
Time:
year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, washington d.c., usa, ireland, washington state ...
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.
Style:
experimental, black comedy, not serious, humorous, mindfuck ...
Plot:
surrealism, absurdism, identity crisis, dog, disorder, pets, mysterious character, mental disorder, adult humor, lost dog, telephone call, hipster ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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152K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
Style:
sexy, teen, homoerotic, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
dancing, friendship, nightclub, strip club, dancer, stripper, friends, american dream, male nudity, male stripper, nightlife, party ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France, Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
Style:
sexy, funny, humorous, teen, witty ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding planning, hung over, bridesmaid, casual sex, wedding, wedding dress, nothing goes right, friendship, high school, best friend, women, drunken woman ...
Time:
year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, seattle, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film. Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, feel good, futuristic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, friendship, androids and robots, robbery, technology, burglary, unlikely criminals, memory loss, family relations, nursing, disorder ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia, Germany, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After her Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads her younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos, she encounters mysterious Jewish refugee Thomas, who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire. To live, she must ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, sincere, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, survival, hitler, children, coming of age, youth, war, concentration camp survivor, children in wartime, child as adult ...
Time:
year 2012, post world war two, 90s, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, russia, hamburg germany, berlin germany, poland ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.
Style:
heartbreaking, touching, sad, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love story, musician, grief, terminal illness, love, depression, atheism, relationships, coping, cancer, passion, child cancer ...
Time:
year 2012, near future, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
belgium, scandinavia, europe, san francisco
Is relevant?
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother Asako is torn by grief and puts a curse ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder, penance, guilt, loss of daughter, investigation, haunted by the past, revenge, who done it, redemption, death in the family, doll, trauma ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, ...
Style:
surreal, art house, cerebral, psychedelic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surrealism, life & death, existentialism, creativity, obsession, multiple storylines, trippy, hidden identity, unfulfillment, power relations, lifestyle change, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, seattle, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
negotiation, pirate, hostage, terrorism, hijacking, sailor, manipulation, ransom, character study, moral dilemma, captivity, workplace ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, denmark, scandinavia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, realistic, lgbt cinema, bleak ...
Plot:
convent, nun, lesbian interest, culture clash, friendship, traditional versus modern, society, danger, clergy, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian nun ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
Style:
surreal, psychological, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, conspiracy theory, disorder, losing-it hero, stoner, friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, apocalypse, doomsday, drug use, counterculture, marijuana ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
137K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, invasion, alien invasion, father daughter relationship, friendship, profanity, space and aliens, satire, creature, american football, farce, disguise ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
Is relevant?
265K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, inspirational, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, family friendly, date night, kids
Plot:
adoption, poverty, loneliness, courage, survival, childhood, mother son reunion, foster child, foster home, train, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, year 2016, year 2012, year 2010 ...
Place:
india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne
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