Best Movies of 2012 – page 3
363K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
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290K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style:
emotional, suspense, independent film, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gunfight, latinos, gang member, cop, fighting crime, street gang, shooting, urban ghetto, police officer, police, police investigation, police protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, south america, usa ...
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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
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Style:
mumblecore, independent film, melancholic, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
time travel, time machine, loneliness, self discovery, fall in love, journalism, social misfits, happy ending, interview, intern, government agent, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, washington state
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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
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112K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, historical drama, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, infidelity, tragic love, aristocracy, marriage, suicide, adultery, cuckolded husband, love, depression ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2012, 1800s ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter ...
Style:
3d animation, humorous, fairy tale, computer animated, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
vampire, hotel, monster, dracula, father daughter relationship, love and romance, mummy, bigfoot, invisible man, creature, supernatural romance, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 1890s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
transylvania, hawaii, europe, romania, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Style:
romantic comedy, touching, sad, heartbreaking, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, writer's life, teenage love, writers, relationships, casual sex, dating, family drama, youth, love story, love, marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru, north carolina, usa
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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
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Style:
dark comedy, witty, humorous, talky, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, gangster, psychopath, screenwriter, dog, murder, serial killer, crime gone awry, mob boss, strong violent content, buddies, violent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 1947, year 1963, year 1954 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, united kingdom, america, usa ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Style:
stylized, bleak, atmospheric, talky, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, toddlers
Plot:
batman, superhero, vigilantism, comic book, violent, revenge, good versus evil, gang, heroic mission, mortal combat, comeback, middle aged ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
109K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin ...
Style:
psychological, romantic, independent film, feel good, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
bittersweet, writer's block, writers, redheaded woman, novelist, loneliness, dream, mental illness, life philosophy, manic pixie dream girl, imaginary character, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality ...
Style:
thought provoking, depressing, suspenseful, cerebral, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
multiple storylines, loneliness, couples, technology, internet, cyberspace, dishonesty, journalist, bullying, lawyer, social media, career ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, exciting, saga, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, alien, alien invasion, ufo, hi-tech, time machine, changing the past or future, benign alien, alternate timeline, mind control, space travel, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa, florida, manhattan new york city ...
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16K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
innocence lost, single father, father daughter relationship, diabetes, au pair, teacher, friendship, false accusation, youth, coping, fear of commitment, absent mother ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
london, england
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126K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince ...
Style:
gothic, scary, black and white, claymation, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
stop motion, dog, frankenstein, supernatural, mad scientist, experiment, halloween, loss of loved one, afterlife, reincarnation, cemetery, animal ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 2010s, 1930s
Place:
usa, netherlands, boston
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385K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, UK, Spain
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, futuristic, spiritual, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
destiny, dystopia, reincarnation, life & death, multiple storylines, life philosophy, clone, homosexual, distopia, post apocalypse, karma, tribe ...
Time:
future, year 1936, distant future, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
seoul, san francisco, belgium, persia, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
Style:
witty, exciting, serious, suspenseful, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
batman, justice league, superman, heroes, green lantern, superhero, transformation, good versus evil, superpower, save the world, alien superhero, comic book ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
During the confusing and conspiratorial Joseon Dynasty King Gwang-hae orders his councilor, HEO Kyun, to find him a double in order to avoid the constant threat of assassination. HEO Kyun finds Ha-sun, a jester who looks remarkably like the king, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, stylized, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, throne, medieval, royal court, korean history, hidden identity, treason, political intrigue, save the kingdom, ruler, political conspiracy, head of state ...
Time:
middle ages, 17th century
Place:
korea, south korea, east asia, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, teen, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
island, jungle, lost city, fantasy world, expedition, atlantis, lost world, escapades, beautiful scenery, giant lizard, mission, treasure ...
Time:
year 2012, 19th century, 2010s
Place:
hawaii, fictional island
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310K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, intense, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, post apocalypse, one man army, brutality, dystopia, distopia, organized crime, lone hero, judge, tough cop, rookie ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, distant future
Place:
usa, america, seattle
Is relevant?
120K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's ...
Style:
humorous, parody, sex comedy, teen, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
dumb, brother sister sex, stupidity, family relations, parents and children, female pedophile, teacher student relationship, foul language, pedophile, cheating fiancee, meet the parents, disorder ...
Time:
2010s, year 1984, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, boston, usa, north america, seattle ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, brutal, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, violence, mafia, organized crime, gangster, hitman, poker, brutality, crime gone awry, assassin, murder, sex ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida, new orleans
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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
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142K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, 3d animation, colorful, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, deforestation, environmental, environment, justice, environmentalism, greed, talking animal, chase, heroes, society ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, computer animated, witty, saga ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
animal life, iceberg, unlikely partners, danger, hopes, parents and children, friendship, natural disaster, talking animal, fantasy world, pirate, children ...
Time:
prehistoric times, year 2012, 20th century, 2010s, prehistory
Place:
north america
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
Style:
suspenseful, brutal, stylized, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, lone hero, serial murder, assassin, biopic, greed, family relations, mafia, hidden identity, merciless, partners in crime ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 80s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Style:
bloody, exciting, entertaining, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, mercenary, hotshot, ex military, revenge, violence, machismo, showdown, leader, heroes, terrorist plot, tough guy ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
europe, china, new orleans, nepal, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, robbery, caper, police, happy ending, perfect crime, mind game, conspiracy, investigation, nypd, negotiator ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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