![]() | #1 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 The Legend Ends Director: Christopher Nolan. Cast: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Juno Temple, Nestor Carbonell, Marion Cotillard, Josh Pence, Vincent van Ommen, Tom Conti, Matthew Modine, Joey King. Overview: Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect Dent's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later The Dark Knight, returns to Gotham, where he encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy. Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 45m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #2 Django Unchained 2012 Life, liberty and the pursuit of vengeance. Director: Quentin Tarantino. Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, David Steen, Dana Gourrier, Nichole Galicia, Laura Cayouette, Ato Essandoh, Sammi Rotibi, Clay Donahue Fontenot. Overview: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Genres: Drama, Western. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 45m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #3 The Avengers 2012 Some assembly required. Director: Joss Whedon. Cast: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Stellan Skarsgård, Paul Bettany, Lou Ferrigno, Jenny Agutter, Walter Perez. Overview: When an unexpected enemy emerges that 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. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 15m. |
![]() | #4 The Hunt 2013 Director: Thomas Vinterberg. Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Thomas Bo Larsen, Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Ranthe, Susse Wold, Ole Dupont, Annika Wedderkopp. Overview: A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie. Genres: Drama, Foreign. Country: Denmark. Runtime: 1h 51m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #5 Gangs of Wasseypur 2012 A son seeks vengeance when he is father is killed by a coal mine owner. Director: Anurag Kashyap. Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda. Overview: Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade, Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur. Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime, Foreign. Country: India. Runtime: 2h 40m. |
![]() | #6 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends. Director: Peter Jackson. Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Lee Pace, Conan Stevens, Bret McKenzie, Aidan Turner, James Nesbitt. Overview: 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. Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Action. Countries: New Zealand, United States of America. Runtime: 2h 49m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #7 Barfi! 2012 Director: Anurag Basu. Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Sumona Chakravarti. Overview: 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 with Barfii - the Chalu Chaplin! Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy. Country: India. Runtime: 2h 35m. |
![]() | #8 Life of Pi 2012 Director: Ang Lee. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Gérard Depardieu, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Suraj Sharma, Adil Hussain, Ayush Tandon. Overview: 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. Genres: Adventure, Drama, Action. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 7m. |
![]() | #9 The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012 We are infinite. Director: Stephen Chbosky. Cast: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Mae Whitman, Melanie Lynskey, Dylan McDermott, Kate Walsh, Zane Holtz, Johnny Simmons, Nicholas Braun, Reece Thompson, Julia Garner, Erin Wilhelmi. Overview: 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. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the unforgettable friends that help us through life. Genres: Drama, Romance. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 43m. |
![]() | #10 Kahaani 2012 Director: Sujoy Ghosh. Cast: Vidya Balan. Overview: Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) arrives in kolkata from London to find her missing husband Arnab Bagchi. Seven months pregnant and alone in a festive city, she begins a relentless search for her husband. With nothing to rely on except fragments from her memories about him, all clues seem to reach a dead end when everyone tries to convince Vidya that her husband does not exist. She slowly realises that nothing is what it seems. In a city soaked in lies, Vidya is determined to unravel the truth about her husband - for herself and her unborn child - even at the cost of her own life. Genres: Drama, Thriller. Country: India. Runtime: 2h 2m. |
![]() | #11 Silver Linings Playbook 2012 Watch For The Signs Director: David O. Russell. Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Julia Stiles, Dash Mihok, Bonnie Aarons, Brea Bee, Paul Herman, Matthew Russell, Cheryl Williams. Overview: 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. Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 2m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #12 Argo 2012 Director: Ben Affleck. Cast: Bryan Cranston, Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Taylor Schilling, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Alan Arkin, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Richard Kind, Mark Rhino Smith. Overview: As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free a six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador. Genres: Drama, Thriller. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h. Rated: R. |
![]() | #13 Amour 2012 Director: Michael Haneke. Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell, Rita Blanco, Dinara Drukarova, Carole Franck, Laurent Capelluto, Damien Jouillerot, Walid Afkir, Ramón Agirre, Jean-Michel Monroc. Overview: Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested. Genres: Drama, Romance. Countries: France, Austria, Germany. Runtime: 2h 7m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #14 Wreck-It Ralph 2012 Director: Rich Moore. Cast: John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jamie Elman. Overview: 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 escapes his game through the power cord and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero, Sergeant Calhoun, battle against "Cy-Bugs", the game's alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz, one of that game's characters, who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started. Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family. Runtime: 1h 44m. Rated: PG. |
![]() | #15 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 A tormenting and surprising story of children and adults during the stormy days of the summer of 1965. Director: Wes Anderson. Cast: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Bob Balaban, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Lucas Hedges, Jason Schwartzman, Charlie Kilgore, Chandler Frantz, Gabriel Rush, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick. Overview: 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 down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 34m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #16 OMG Oh My God! 2012 A Divine Comedy! Director: Umesh Shukla. Cast: Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Om Puri, Apoorva Arora, Puja Gupta. Overview: Adapted from a Gujarati play by Bhavesh Mandalia, writer Umesh Shukla has adapted the drama to the big screen quite skillfully. Paresh Rawal’s character Kanjilal gets some of the best dialogues and thespian does full justice to them. Kanjilal’s arguments and counter-questions are very well thought out. The take on the God-men is very interesting. The best part was the parallel drawn to the Mahabharata towards the end, with Krishna (Akshay) re-playing his role as the legendary charioteer-advisor for a warrior (Arjun then, Kanji now). Country: India. Runtime: 3h 10m. |
![]() | #17 Skyfall 2012 Director: Sam Mendes. Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Naomie Harris, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Helen McCrory, Bérénice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw, Ola Rapace, Rory Kinnear. Overview: Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller. Country: United Kingdom. Runtime: 2h 23m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #18 Vicky Donor 2012 Laakhon mein ek! Director: Shoojit Sircar. Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Yammi Gautam, Annu Kapoor. Overview: A comedy about a vicky donor! Genres: Comedy, Romance, Foreign. Runtime: 2h 2m. |
![]() | #19 English Vinglish 2012 Sridevi vs Angrezi Director: Gauri Shinde. Cast: Sridevi, Priya Anand, Mehdi Nebbou, Adil Hussain. Overview: English Vinglish is the story of a woman who does not know English and is made to feel insecure by her family and society at large.Circumstances make her determined to overcome this insecurity, master the language, and teach the world a lesson on the way to becoming a self assured and confident woman. Genres: Foreign, Drama. Country: India. Runtime: 2h 13m. |
![]() | #20 Mud 2013 Running from his past. Hiding from the law. Only one way out. Director: Jeff Nichols. Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepard, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Ray McKinnon, Joe Don Baker, Paul Sparks, Stuart Greer, Michael Abbott Jr., Bonnie Sturdivant. Overview: Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape. Genre: Drama. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 10m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #21 Les Misérables 2012 Fight. Dream. Hope. Love. Director: Tom Hooper. Cast: Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Wilkinson, Samantha Barks, Daniel Huttlestone. Overview: 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. Genres: Drama, Music, Romance, Foreign. Country: United Kingdom. Runtime: 2h 37m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #22 Cloud Atlas 2012 Everything is Connected Directors: Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski. Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doo-na, Ben Whishaw, Keith David, James D'Arcy, Zhou Xun, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Robert Fyfe, Martin Wuttke. Overview: 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. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis. Genres: Drama, Science Fiction. Countries: Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, United States of America. Runtime: 2h 52m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #23 End of Watch 2012 Every moment of your life they stand watch Director: David Ayer. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Natalie Martinez, Anna Kendrick, David Harbour, Frank Grillo, America Ferrera, Cody Horn, Shondrella Avery, Hugh Daly, Gene Hong, Cle Shaheed Sloan, Jaime FitzSimons, Everton Lawrence, Zone. Overview: 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. Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 49m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #24 The Third Half 2012 Director: Darko Mitrevski. Cast: Sasko Kocev, Katarina Ivanovska, Richard Sammel, Rade Šerbedžija. Overview: Spitz is the German-Jewish coach of the football team Macedonia during World War II. Under his leadership, the team fights to become the champion of Bulgaria's National Football League Runtime: 1h 53m. |
![]() | #25 Looper 2012 Hunted By Your Future, Haunted By Your Past Director: Rian Johnson. Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, Paul Dano, Tracie Thoms. Overview: 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 hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good... until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. Genres: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction. Countries: United States of America, China. Runtime: 1h 58m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #26 Conquest 1453 2012 The fall of an empire will be the rise of another. Director: Faruk Aksoy. Cast: Devrim Evin, Ibrahim Celikkol, Dilek Serbest, Recep Aktuğ, Erden Alkan. Overview: After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do: Conquer Constantinople. Genres: Adventure, Drama, Action, War. Country: Turkey. Runtime: 2h 40m. |
![]() | #27 The Impossible 2012 Director: Juan Antonio Bayona. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Marta Etura , Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Holland. Overview: An account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time, the tsunami in Indonesia. Genre: Drama. Country: Spain. Runtime: 1h 40m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #28 A Royal Affair 2012 Their love affair would divide a nation. Director: Nikolaj Arcel. Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Cyron Melville, Trine Dyrholm, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, William Jøhnk Nielsen, Laura Bro, Bent Mejding, John Martinus, Rosalinde Mynster, Harriet Walter, Søren Malling, Frederik Christian Johansen. Overview: A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever. Genres: Drama, History, Romance. Countries: Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Sweden. Runtime: 2h 17m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #29 Lincoln 2012 Director: Steven Spielberg. Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, Sally Field, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, Jared Harris, David Strathairn, Adam Driver, Bruce McGill, Walton Goggins. Overview: 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 slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come. Genres: Drama, Documentary, War. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 29m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #30 Thuppakki 2012 Director: A.R. Murugadoss. Cast: Vijay, Kajal Agarwal, Vidyut Jamwal, Sathyan Sivakumar, Jayaram, Zakir Hussain, Deepthi Nambiar, Manobala, Anupama Kumar, Akshara Gowda, Meenakshi, MD Asif. Overview: An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command. Genre: Action. Country: India. Runtime: 2h 45m. |
![]() | #31 Rust and Bone 2012 Director: Jacques Audiard. Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bouli Lanners, Céline Sallette, Corinne Masiero, Mourad Frarema, Jean-Michel Correia, Armand Verdure, Yannick Choirat, Fred Menut, Duncan Versteegh, Katia Chaperon, Catherine Fa, Françoise Michaud. Overview: 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. Genres: Drama, Romance. Countries: France, Belgium. Runtime: 2h 3m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #32 The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 If you ride like lightning you're gonna crash like thunder Director: Derek Cianfrance. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Dane DeHaan, Emory Cohen, Rose Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Bruce Greenwood, Harris Yulin, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta, Robert Clohessy, Gabe Fazio, Olga Merediz, Craig Van Hook. Overview: 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. Genres: Drama, Crime. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 20m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #33 Zero Dark Thirty 2012 The Greatest Manhunt in History Director: Kathryn Bigelow. Cast: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Édgar Ramírez, Mark Duplass, Scott Adkins, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle, Ricky Sekhon. Overview: 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. Genres: Action, Thriller. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 37m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #34 No 2012 ¡Adiós, Pinochet! Director: Pablo Larraín. Cast: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Néstor Cantillana, Luis Gnecco, Antonia Zegers, Jaime Vadell, Diego Muñoz, Alejandro Goic, Marcial Tagle, Manuela Oyarzún. Overview: In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free. Genres: Drama, History. Countries: Chile, France, United States of America. Runtime: 1h 58m. |
![]() | #35 Rurouni Kenshin 2012 The Journey Begins Director: Keishi Ohtomo. Cast: Takeru Sato, Emi Takei, Kôji Kikkawa, Yû Aoi, Munetaka Aoki, Gou Ayano, Genki Sudo, Taketo Tanaka, Eiji Okuda, Yosuke Eguchi, Teruyuki Kagawa. Overview: Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura has now become a wandering samurai. Offerring aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father opened the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, a kendo school located in Tokyo and Kaoru is now an instructor there. Kaoru then invites Kenshin to stay at her dojo. Their relationship develops further, but Kenshin is still haunted by his violent past ... Country: Japan. Runtime: 2h 14m. |
![]() | #36 In the House 2013 There's always a way in. Director: François Ozon. Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Ménochet, Jean-François Balmer, Fabrice Colson, Diana Stewart, Ernst Umhauer, Stéphanie Campion, Bastien Ughetto, Fabrice Luchini. Overview: A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events. Country: France. Runtime: 1h 45m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #37 Flight 2012 Director: Robert Zemeckis. Cast: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, James Badge Dale, Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Leo. Overview: An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling. Genre: Drama. Runtime: 2h 18m. |
![]() | #38 Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012 Director: Benh Zeitlin. Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana. Overview: 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 longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack—temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink’s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother. Genre: Drama. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 31m. |
![]() | #39 Talaash 2012 The Answer Lies Within Director: Reema Kagti. Cast: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Rani Mukerji, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rajkummar Rao, Subrat Dutta, Shernaz Patel, Om Prakash, Gulfam Khan, Aditi Vasudev, Vivan Bhatena, Pariva Pranati, Izabelle Leite. Overview: A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives. Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Country: India. Runtime: 2h 29m. |
![]() | #40 Lawless 2012 Based on a true story Director: John Hillcoat. Cast: Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska, Noah Taylor, Jason Clarke, Dane DeHaan, Lew Temple, Gary Oldman. Overview: Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits. Genres: Crime, Drama. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 55m. |
![]() | #41 Rise of the Guardians 2012 You better believe. Director: Peter Ramsey. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Jude Law, Alec Baldwin, Dakota Goyo. Overview: 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. Genres: Animation, Adventure. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 37m. Rated: PG. |
![]() | #42 The Hunger Games 2012 May the odds be ever in your favor Director: Gary Ross. Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Willow Shields, Woody Harrelson, Amandla Stenberg, Stanley Tucci, Isabelle Fuhrman, Donald Sutherland, Alexander Ludwig, Lenny Kravitz, Jacqueline Emerson, Wes Bentley, Toby Jones. Overview: 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 Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Genres: Action, Drama, Science Fiction. Runtime: 2h 22m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #43 Seven Psychopaths 2012 They Won't Take Any Shih Tzu. Director: Martin McDonagh. Cast: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits, Linda Bright Clay, Olga Kurylenko, Gabourey Sidibe, Zeljko Ivanek, Long Nguyen, Amanda Warren, Christine Marzano, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Pitt. Overview: A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu. Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller. Country: United Kingdom. Runtime: 1h 50m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #44 The Sessions 2012 Director: Ben Lewin. Cast: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks, W. Earl Brown, Blake Lindsley, Adam Arkin. Overview: A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest. Genres: Drama, Romance. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 38m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #45 Kon-Tiki 2012 Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg. Cast: Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd Magnus Williamson, Tobias Santelmann, Jakob Oftebro. Overview: The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947. Genre: Adventure. Runtime: 1h 58m. |
![]() | #46 Brave 2012 Change your fate. Director: Brenda Chapman. Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane. Overview: 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 brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Mérida’s quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom’s three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall. Genres: Animation, Adventure, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 43m. Rated: PG. |
![]() | #47 21 Jump Street 2012 They thought the streets were mean. Then they went back to high school. Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller. Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube, DeRay Davis, Chris Parnell, Ellie Kemper, Jake Johnson, Nick Offerman, Holly Robinson Peete, Lindsey Broad, Johnny Simmons, Spencer Boldman. Overview: 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 assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs. Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 49m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #48 Pitch Perfect 2012 Get Pitch Slapped Director: Jason Moore. Cast: Alexis Knapp, Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Rebel Wilson, Adam DeVine, Anna Camp, Freddie Stroma, Jacob Wysocki, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Skylar Astin, Ben Platt, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee. Overview: A comedy set in the middle of a war between rival a cappella groups and centered on a rebellious girl who joins one of the groups as an escape from her unhappy life at school. Genres: Comedy, Music. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 52m. Rated: PG-13. |
![]() | #49 The Master 2012 Every man needs a guide. Director: Paul Thomas Anderson. Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, Ambyr Childers, Rami Malek, Madisen Beaty, Kevin J. O'Connor, Patty McCormack, Lena Endre, Barbara Brownell, Amy Ferguson, Jennifer Neala Page, Christopher Evan Welch. Overview: 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 War II. Genre: Drama. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 2h 17m. Rated: R. |
![]() | #50 Ruby Sparks 2012 She's Out Of His Mind Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Alia Shawkat, Paul Dano, Deborah Ann Woll, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould, Chris Messina, Zoe Kazan, Aasif Mandvi, Wallace Langham, Toni Trucks, Eleanor Seigler, John F. Beach. Overview: Calvin (Paul Dano) 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 finds Ruby (Zoe Kazan), in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person. Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy. Country: United States of America. Runtime: 1h 44m. Rated: R. |
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