| Wadjda (2012) | 7.5 | |
| Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) | 8.2 | |
| Moonrise Kingdom (2012) | 7.8 | |
| End of Watch (2012) | 7.6 | |
| Dredd (2012) | 7.1 |
Year 2012 movies and TV shows – page 5
Best films
New films
List of year 2012 movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set off by a sweet chance encounter, 16-year-old Su Zaizai finds herself helplessly drawn to Zhang Lurang — her smart, charming yet distant schoolmate.
Style:
captivating, funny, sincere, light, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, first love, love at first sight, couples, youth, school, teenager, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, couple relations, love ...
Time:
year 2012
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
La syndicaliste is the true story of Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector. Alone against the world, ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
sexual assault, investigation, nuclear power plant, whistleblower, nuclear reactor, secret, uncover truth, crime investigation, crime solving, politics, intimidation, trial ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 2017
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, spiritual, iconic
Plot:
biopic, musician, pop music, african american, female protagonist, record producer, concert, dancing, female singer, celebrity, rising to stardom, musician's life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, year 2012, 2020s, year 2009 ...
Place:
new jersey, italy, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and ...
Style:
epic, saga, exciting, sad, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
superhero, time travel, heroes, alternate timeline, invasion, superhuman powers, alien, superhero team, tony stark character, alien superhero, final battle, humanity in peril ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, year 1970, year 2012, year 2014 ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, japan, missouri, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style" films released in recent years.
Style:
parody, spoof, satirical, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, stupidity, domestic disturbance, danger, found footage, satire, brutality, nothing goes right, disorder, imaginary, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1988, year 2012, year 2013, 80s, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On December 21, 2012 four strangers on a journey of faith are drawn to an ancient temple in the heart of Mexico. For the Mayans it is the last recorded day. For NASA scientists it is a cataclysmic polar shift. For the rest of us, it is Doomsday.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, faith, post apocalypse, forces of nature, chaos, race against time, heroic mission, heroes, danger, imaginary, chases and races ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, california, mexico, san diego california, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Germany, UK, South Africa, Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
TV show
Story:
She inherits a house in the South of France from an aunt she has never met; she is haunted by dreams of a woman from the past, whom she does not know; and now she stumbles upon an archaeological find that will bear witness to a genocide committed ...
Style:
stylized, tense, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
medieval, archaeologist, holy grail, crusade, rough sex, female nudity, sex scene, sect, legends and myths, tombs and skeletons, danger, obsessive quest ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2012, 13th century, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, south of france
Is relevant?
21K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the rash of whale carcasses ...
Style:
scary, horror comedy, parody, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, alien invasion, dark humor, island, sarcasm, survival, creature, drunk, space and aliens, kaiju, partner, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Style:
demonic, suspenseful, suspense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, demonic possession, exorcism, supernatural horror, supernatural, exorcist, possessed girl, death, possession, police detective, mental institution, investigation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2012, 80s, year 1989, year 2009 ...
Place:
italy, america, europe, rome italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style:
brutal, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, outsmarting, prisoner, thief, prison gang, prison escape, resourceful, lone hero, prison life, mafia, vengeance, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico, san diego california
Is relevant?
6K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father means 15-year-old Ellis Whitman has grown up relying on an unconventional guardian: a goat-trekking, marijuana-growing sage called Goat Man. So when Ellis decides to leave the alternative ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, teenage life, fall in love, youth, parents and children, eccentric family, roommate, father son relationship, divorced parents, boy girl relationship, preparatory school ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, arizona, tucson arizona
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000 – and a bloody past – suddenly finds himself under attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
violence, desert, gang, lone wolves, rivalry, danger, cowboy, small town, modern western, criminal, blood, fight ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.
Style:
black comedy, witty, humorous, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Plot:
survival, relationships, pig, apocalypse, satire, family drama, profanity, existentialism, dark humor, isolation, drinking, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
xian, usa, los angeles, california, new orleans
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern, longstanding comic crusaders against capitalism, again set out to surprise and shock the ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, semi serious, captivating, black comedy ...
Plot:
punk, punk rock, supermarket, self discovery, family relations, escapades, on the road, job, freedom, brother brother relationship, anarchy, public nudity ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason (Slater) is shot to death by masked bandits, Mason sets out with guns blazing to track down those who killed him. During his quest, he finds ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, f word
Plot:
horse, vengeance, righting the wronged, gang, tough heroes, love and romance, heroes, father son relationship, chase, gang of outlaws, cold blooded killer, dead wife ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012
Place:
usa, wyoming, cincinnati ohio
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a series of bad experiences with men, Shae teams up with her co-worker, Lu, who has a simple, deadly way of dealing with the opposite sex.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, sexual ...
Plot:
female vigilante, sexualized violence, vigilante, rape and revenge, woman with a gun, revenge, vigilantism, female protagonist, female friendship, rape victim, female nudity, rape ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of friends awake one morning to find all electricity and power shut off and an immense alien aircraft hovering in the air above their heads. Suddenly this regular group of friends is battling to survive as the entire human race is threatened ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, space, survival, extraterrestrial, monster, military, alien encounter, chaos, escapades, danger, space and aliens ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Charles Swan III, a successful graphic designer, has it all: fame, money and devilish charm that have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But when a perplexing beauty named Ivana suddenly ends their relationship, Charles is left heartbroken. ...
Style:
semi serious, surreal, humorous, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
breakup, love and romance, couples, disorder, unfulfilled love, down on your luck, life turned upside down, ex girlfriend, love, brother sister relationship, life is a bitch, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life - just the opposite. He really enjoys sundry sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
best friend, love and romance, starting over, hopes, alcohol abuse, drinking, temptation, suicide attempt, friendship, drunk, alcoholism, male friendship ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, eastern europe, helsinki finland
Is relevant?
140
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
What happened, that 24th of December? This is what officer Chartier wants to find out. To understand, he will have to go back 48 hours earlier to Franck's Christmas eve. Franck is an insignificant drama-teacher by day, but also belongs to a ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, thought provoking
Plot:
animal rights, fighting the system, moral dilemma, idealism, police investigation, unlikely criminals, hopes, law enforcement, betrayal, rebellion, dishonesty, radical ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, sentimental, tragic
Plot:
childhood, lifestyle, desire for fame, musician's life, rising to stardom, womanizer, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, music, biopic, singer ...
Time:
year 2012, 70s, 60s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
saint tropez, france, paris france, monte carlo, egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This is a film about a troubled teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario. It all begins when an unlikely bond forms between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a preppy teenage girl named Deanna Roy (Alexia Fast). ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
school shooting, bullying, false accusation, coming of age, society, injustice, social relations, small town, perjury, school massacre, goth, school bullying ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
canada, nova scotia, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Style:
sexy, humorous, talky, surreal, semi serious ...
Plot:
sleepwalking, mental disorder, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, adulthood, loser, marriage, mental illness, sleeping, road trip ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, pennsylvania, maryland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it takes him on a 24-hour journey into a nightmarish world of murder, sex trafficking and revenge, in the company of aging hit man Roy.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, humorous, rough, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
hitman, dark humor, one last job, stepfather stepson relationship, teaching the ways of the world, partner, crime gone awry, danger, on the road, apprentice, twists and turns, hunt down ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain
Is relevant?
93K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, sweet, sad ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mute or deaf, true love, happy ending, lovers, love and romance, autism, wedding, beautiful scenery, wedding planning, love triangle, young man, society ...
Time:
future, year 2012, y2k, 70s, 20th century
Place:
india, middle east, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in a massacre. Only the rebel Francisco Franco and his determined wife Mia can prove the truth. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, action packed ...
Plot:
cia, corruption, corporate crime, danger, life is a bitch, uncover truth, state affairs, injustice, dishonesty, legal, testimony, spy ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ecuador, south america, latin america, toronto ontario canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Style:
inspirational, entertaining, touching, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
baseball, father daughter relationship, blind character, aging, career, parents and children, love and romance, happy ending, lawyer, kids and family, pitcher, good versus evil ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, atlanta georgia, georgia, california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence ...
Style:
sexy, adult animation, anime, computer animated, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
creature, military, infantry, insect, danger, heroes, space wars, alien invasion, soldier, death, daring rescue, space travel ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, 23rd century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Eight short films explore the subject of male infidelity. Serial cheaters, Fred and Greg, spend a night on the town doing what they do best, and with absolutely no regrets. The duo play various characters in assorted extracurricular situations, ...
Style:
sexual, semi serious, humorous, realistic, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
couples, sex scene, sexual relations, couple relations, buddies, human nature, erotica, making love, friendship between men, husband wife relationship, infidelity, lie ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, las vegas
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Several alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
love triangle, high school, fall in love, friendship, teenage life, lifestyle, teenage love, youth, rivalry, contests and competitions, friends, competition ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
india, asia
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