Top Movies of 2012


The top movies of 2012 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

111. Ice Age: Continental Drift

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Actors: Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Wanda Sykes, Chris Wedge
Plot: Manny, Diego, and Sid are caught on an iceberg/ship as their continent is set adrift. Finding pirates and sea creatures along the way, the friends will have to figure out how to make things work in a whole new world.

112. Chef, Le ( Comme un chef )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Cohen
Actors: Jean Reno, Michaël Youn, Raphaëlle Agogué, Julien Boisselier, Salomé Stévenin, Serge Larivière
Plot: A veteran chef finds himself at odds with a new restaurant CEO who is willing to give up a star in order to bring in a younger chef specializing in molecular gastronomy.

113. Simple Life, A ( Tao jie )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ann Hui
Actors: Andy Lau, Deannie Yip, Paul Chun, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Raymond Chow, Queenie Chu
Plot: A woman who had worked as a maid practically her entire life decides to retire to an old-folks home following a stroke. Yet she finds it hard fitting into her new life being cared for instead of the one doing the work.

114. Robot and Frank

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jake Schreier
Actors: Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jeremy Strong
Plot: Set in the not-too-distant future, a retired jewel thief is given a gift from his son: a robot butler built to look after him, but soon he comes up with a plan to join forces with his mechanical partner and get back into the jewel heist game.

115. The Woman in Black

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Watkins
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, David Burke, Shaun Dooley, Alisa Khazanova
Plot: A young lawyer is sent to a quiet village to settle a recently-deceased client's account when he comes across the ghost of a woman seeking vengeance.

116. Liberal Arts

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Josh Radnor
Actors: Zac Efron, Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Reaser, Allison Janney, Richard Jenkins
Plot: A thirty-something man returns to his alma mater, a small liberal arts college, and finds himself drawn to a 19-year-old student and must decide how to deal with the powerful attraction.

117. Berberian Sound Studio

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Strickland
Actors: Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Susanna Cappellaro, Cosimo Fusco, Suzy Kendall, Chiara D'Anna
Plot: A British sound engineer finds himself working for an Italian horror studio but his life is complicated as the fictional horror begins to bleed into his very real life.

118. Safe

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Boaz Yakin
Actors: Jason Statham, Chris Sarandon, James Hong, Anson Mount, Reggie Lee, Danny Hoch
Plot: A former elite agent must take on two tough assignments: rescue a girl from the dangerous Triads while using a coveted safe combination to outwit the Russian Mafia, corrupt cops and the Triads themselves.

119. Monsieur Lazhar

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Actors: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Brigitte Poupart, Jules Philip
Plot: Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, takes over as an elementary school teacher after a tragic and sudden death. While the students in the class cope with the death, Lazhar deals with his painful past and threat of deportation.

120. Justice League: Doom

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lauren Montgomery
Actors: Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rosenbaum, Claudia Black
Plot: Batman's top-secret files on his fellow superheroes, a safeguard against rogue elements, have fallen into the clutches of Vandal Savage. With the Justice League's every weakness now laid bare, the entire planet hangs in the balance.

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