Best Movies of 2012 – page 2
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, visually stunning, breathtaking, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, date night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, batman, heroes, secret identity, plot twist, good versus evil, double life, revenge, chaos and mayhem, terrorism, disguise, self sacrifice ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, pittsburgh, italy, usa, pentagon ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them ...
Style:
atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, cute, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, boy scout, children, adolescence, first love, camp, youth, island, summer camp, orphan, search party, childhood ...
Time:
60s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1965, 2010s
Place:
new england, rhode island, nebraska, usa, england ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are ...
Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, parody, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, undercover cop, sarcasm, working undercover, buddies, youth, partners against crime, teenager, buddy cop, high school student, popularity, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 2005, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
usa, seattle
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Style:
epic, breathtaking, captivating, epic fantasy, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, wizard, sword and sorcery, sword fight, magical, dragon, wizards and magicians, creature, imaginary kingdom, mythology, imaginary, ancient ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
new zealand, seattle
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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 ...
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313K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style:
scary, creepy, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, evil force, writer's life, surprising revelation, family in danger ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, year 1966, year 1986, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, california, missouri ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure ...
Style:
surreal, romantic, stylized, touching, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
fantasy world, forbidden love, true love, gravity, parallel world, alternate reality, imagination, love story, parallel universe, amnesia, beautiful scenery, technology ...
Time:
future, year 2013, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
latin america
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696K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
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704K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
Style:
funny, humorous, buddy comedy, sexy, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
friendship, marijuana, sarcasm, party, bear, teddy bear, toys, buddy, friends, desire, weed, christmas ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, year 1985, 21st century
Place:
boston, peru, massachusetts, usa
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199K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, philosophical, cerebral, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychiatry, scientology, right hand man, drifter, sex, female pubic hair, mentor, religion, bare breasts, religions or cults, brainwashing, writers ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1950 ...
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona, san francisco, alabama, pennsylvania ...
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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
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Jordan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style:
tense, political, talky, historical drama, controversial ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, cia, 9/11, military, manhunt, islamic terrorism, combat, terrorist plot, cia agent, al qaeda, propaganda ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2003, year 2005, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place:
middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, afghanistan ...
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22K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, undercover, manhunt, undercover agent, conspiracy, spy, fighting crime, danger, rivalry, society, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain, london, united kingdom
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199K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and make a pact to help him escape from an island in the Mississippi.
Style:
suspense, sweet, southern gothic, suspenseful, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, childhood, bittersweet, ex convict, first love, fugitives, teenage boy, love story, obsession, hopes, river ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, arkansas, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, teen, saga, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
superhero, vigilante, revenge, mad scientist, super powers, superhuman powers, teenage girl, teenager, good versus evil, spider, transformation, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.
Style:
sexy, spoof, natural horror, slasher, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
piranha, killer animal, youth, nudity, dark humor, profanity, public nudity, killer fish, skinny dipping, teenage girl, creature, death ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, seattle
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626K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, thought provoking, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, distopia, hitman, time paradox, cyberpunk, time, self sacrifice, assassin, changing the past or future, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, distant future, year 2012 ...
Place:
shanghai, kansas, seattle, usa
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349K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
youth, music, competition, female friendship, college life, rivalry, college, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, audition, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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692K
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style:
futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, androids, survival, alien, outer space, space and aliens, distant planet, robot, alien encounter, expedition, creature, alien life-form ...
Time:
future, year 2000, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, seattle
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe – for a time when he’s no ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, sad, surreal, harsh ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
poverty, climate change, children, global warming, magic realism, father daughter relationship, childhood, coming of age, flood, single father, crab, child protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, southern usa, usa, tokyo ...
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395K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip ...
Style:
psychological, tense, inspirational, emotional, heroic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
airplane, addiction, air disaster, aviation, courage, pilot, character study, airplane crash, stewardess, morality, airport, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, orlando florida, atlanta georgia, california
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78K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style:
surprise ending, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
twists and turns, murder, investigation, missing person, uncover truth, corpse, adulterous husband, haunted by the past, vengeance, morgue, spouse killer, adultery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
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389K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style:
detective, exciting, suspenseful, serious, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
loner, sniper, one man army, investigation, murder, vigilante, vigilantism, lone hero, hitman, tough guy, expert, gunfight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, Thailand, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of ...
Style:
suspense, inspirational, heartbreaking, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, ocean, tsunami, courage, forces of nature, destruction, danger, family in danger, vacation ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, independent film, sad, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
depression, disabled person, disability, sex, illegal fistfight, orca, ex boxer, amputee, relationships, family drama, opposites attract, redemption ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, south of france, french riviera, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, mafia, abusive husband, betrayal, who to trust, danger, criminal heroes, faked death, professional killer, crime boss, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, london, united kingdom, england, bucharest
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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
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French ...
Style:
3d animation, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
circus, penguins, animal, zebra, getting home, silly humor, talking animal, friendship, villain, fantasy world, buddies, giraffe ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
madagascar, new york, africa, monte carlo, europe ...
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298K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style:
exciting, epic, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
mars, alien, superhuman powers, space opera, heroic mission, monster, space travel, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, space adventure, warrior ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 1880s, 19th century ...
Place:
virginia, arizona, new york, space western, seattle
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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 ...
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