Best Movies of 2012
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Best Movies of 2012
TOP Movies: Django Unchained (2012), The Vow (2012), Les Misérables (2012), The Lucky One (2012), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Lawless (2012), Game Change (2012), Chronicle (2012), Magic Mike (2012), Brave (2012), Trouble with the Curve (2012), Argo (2012), The Words (2012), The Avengers (2012), Safe (2012), Premium Rush (2012), Compliance (2012), Total Recall (2012), This Means War (2012).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style:
talky, suspense, captivating, brutal, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racism, slavery, revenge, old west, bounty hunter, violent, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, racial violence, violence ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place:
usa, texas, tennessee, america, austin texas ...
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: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Style:
inspirational, historical drama, epic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
redemption, rebellion, arrest, parole, historical character, broadway, dying man, historical event, prostitute, orphan, father daughter relationship, revolution ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2012, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place:
france, paris france, seattle, europe, london
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive-a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, sentimental, touching, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love story, love affair, love and romance, lovers, true love, love, veteran, single mother, soldier, destiny, obsessive quest, hopes ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, new jersey, new orleans, middle east ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph ...
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, sweet, not serious, parody ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
heroes, friendship, disguise, hacker, prejudice, disorder, master of disguise, good versus evil, imaginary, obsessive quest, villain, medal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 1982, year 1987, 80s ...
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style:
romantic, touching, romantic comedy, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, love, family drama, bipolar disorder, depression, adaptation, character study, social misfits, supportive parent, father son relationship, male female friendship, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, peru, usa, pennsylvania, america ...
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: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Game Change focuses on the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, when candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, american politics, campaign, election, propaganda, presidential candidate, president, presidential election, presidential campaign, betrayal, secrets, idealism ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, washington d.c., sacramento california, philadelphia, south carolina ...
Is relevant?
276K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style:
bad ending, intense, clever, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, telekinesis, found footage, supernatural, levitation, coming of age, adolescence, friendship, supernatural ability, bullying, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
year 2012, future, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, tibet, canada
Is relevant?
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?
475K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, feminism, archer, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, europe
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?
663K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Style:
clever, tense, captivating, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
cia, secret agent, politics, rescue mission, revolution, u.s. embassy, secret mission, propaganda, danger, hostage, undercover, espionage ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1979, year 1980, 20th century ...
Place:
middle east, iran, tehran iran, los angeles, istanbul turkey ...
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?
1.5M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, heroic, epic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
superhero, heroes, alien invasion, superhuman powers, good versus evil, costumed hero, female assassin, monster, teamwork, super villain, imaginary, tony stark character ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, madagascar, pittsburgh, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa ...
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?
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?
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, manipulation, twists and turns, fast food restaurant, police investigation, sexual humiliation, blonde, true crime, human nature, moral dilemma, power relations, telephone call ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, canada, new jersey, seattle
Is relevant?
275K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, mind bending, suspense, cyber ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, technology, memory loss, post apocalypse, dystopic future, dystopian future, on the run, flying car, mars, false memory ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Place:
seattle, big ben london, australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
Style:
romantic, sexy, rom com, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love triangle, dating, relationships, spy, cia agent, happy ending, love, secret service, friendship, cia, espionage, romantic triangle ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, hong kong, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Style:
harsh, psychological, stylized, gloomy, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
motorcycle, haunted by the past, bank robbery, loner, bank robber, father son relationship, police, money problems, family relations, corruption, robbery, criminal ...
Time:
year 2012, future, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
768K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Turkey, China
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of ...
Style:
visually stunning, exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
james bond, espionage, 007, spy, secret service, chases and races, secret agent, british intelligence, heroic mission, killer, intelligence, undercover ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, china, turkey, scotland, britain ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young med student struggling with her tuition fees is drawn into the shady world of underground body modification.
Style:
dark, sexy, disturbing, scary, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, plastic surgery, revenge, amputation, surgery, rape and revenge, stripper, medical student, police detective, rape, female nudity, female killer ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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?
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Style:
romantic, entertaining, teen, sexy, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, teenager, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenage girl, happy ending, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, miami, florida, canada
Is relevant?
283K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish ...
Style:
political, period piece, thought provoking, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
president, politics, civil war, american civil war, american history, idealism, historical character, slavery, politician, racism, head of state, abraham lincoln ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, ancient times, 1800s, victorian era ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, america, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, teen, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, dystopian future, death, game of death, dystopia, distopia, competition, contests and competitions, youth, heroine, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
north america, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surfing, mentor protege relationship, progress, lifestyle, drowning, friends, surfer, surf, dedication, obsessive quest, escapades, youth ...
Time:
year 2012, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
bay area, california, los angeles, usa, monterey california
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
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