My Favorite Movies from 2012

by jgiles-367-954534 | created - 14 Feb 2018 | updated - 3 weeks ago | Public

This is a list of my favorite movies from 2012.

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1. American Reunion (2012)

R | 113 min | Comedy

49 Metascore

Jim, Michelle, Stifler, and their friends reunite in East Great Falls, Michigan for their high school reunion.

Directors: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg | Stars: Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein

Votes: 223,775 | Gross: $57.01M

2. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

68 Metascore

Two men and their sons must deal with the unforeseen consequences of their actions.

Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Craig Van Hook

Votes: 290,283 | Gross: $21.38M

3. Trouble with the Curve (2012)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

58 Metascore

A daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.

Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake

Votes: 68,520 | Gross: $35.76M

4. Stuck in Love. (2012)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

49 Metascore

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.

Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Nat Wolff

Votes: 91,963 | Gross: $0.08M

5. The Three Stooges (2012)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family

56 Metascore

While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry, and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality television show.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Sasso, Jane Lynch

Votes: 33,185 | Gross: $44.34M

6. Compliance (2012)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History

68 Metascore

A normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.

Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp

Votes: 37,285 | Gross: $0.32M

7. ATM (I) (2012)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

34 Metascore

On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.

Director: David Brooks | Stars: Alice Eve, Josh Peck, Brian Geraghty, Mike O'Brian

Votes: 25,378 | Gross: $0.00M

8. Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

34 Metascore

Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.

Directors: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr | Stars: Mathias Melloul, Valérie Maës, Stephan Hersoen, Leïla Denio

Votes: 4,761

9. Big Miracle (2012)

PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

61 Metascore

In small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his Greenpeace-volunteer ex-girlfriend on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly-forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, John Pingayak, Ahmaogak Sweeney

Votes: 20,510 | Gross: $20.11M

10. Walking the Halls (2012)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

High-school senior Casey finds herself seduced into the fast lifestyle of a call-girl ring run by a campus police officer and must pull herself out before she loses all self-control.

Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Jamie Luner, Caitlin Thompson, Al Sapienza, Marie Avgeropoulos

Votes: 1,270

11. Breaking the Girls (2012)

Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Thriller

42 Metascore

Sara, a college student who was slandered by a classmate, finds herself framed for murder by Alex, who initially proposed the perfect, untraceable crime.

Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Agnes Bruckner, Madeline Zima, Shawn Ashmore, Kate Levering

Votes: 3,789

12. Struck by Lightning (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

41 Metascore

A high schooler recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.

Director: Brian Dannelly | Stars: Chris Colfer, Rebel Wilson, Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney

Votes: 15,140 | Gross: $0.02M

13. Amber Alert (2012)

R | 80 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

When a group of friends decides to follow a car they've seen posted on an Amber Alert, things start to go very wrong.

Director: Kerry Bellessa | Stars: Summer Bellessa, Chris Hill, Jasen Wade, Caleb Thompson

Votes: 3,513

14. Sand Sharks (2012)

R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The residents of a small town team up to kill a group of evolved sharks that can swim in sand, and are terrorizing local beaches.

Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Corin Nemec, Brooke Hogan, Vanessa Evigan, Eric Scott Woods

Votes: 5,443

15. Columbus Circle (2012)

PG-13 | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An heiress who's been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation.

Director: George Gallo | Stars: Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Kevin Pollak, Jason Antoon

Votes: 10,975

16. Small Apartments (2012)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A man is surrounded by strange events and odd neighbors in this adaptation of Chris Millis' novel.

Director: Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Matt Lucas, Peter Stormare, James Caan, Juno Temple

Votes: 8,323

17. Apartment 1303 3D (2012)

R | 85 min | Horror

A modern ghost story which turns a love/hate relationship between mother and daughter into a tale of horror. Some rentals are too good to be true.

Director: Michael Taverna | Stars: Mischa Barton, Julianne Michelle, Rebecca De Mornay, Corey Sevier

Votes: 6,150

18. Murder on the 13th Floor (2012)

85 min | Thriller

A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.

Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper | Stars: Tessa Thompson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jordan Ladd, Brennan Elliott

Votes: 622

19. Sassy Pants (2012)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

51 Metascore

Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend.

Director: Coley Sohn | Stars: Anna Gunn, Ashley Rickards, Martin Spanjers, Drew Droege

Votes: 1,804

20. Zombies Vs. Strippers (2012)

R | 75 min | Comedy, Horror

The Tough Titty is a strip club that's seen better days. Spider has been losing money on his business for years. Now it's finally getting the traffic he's always wanted... unfortunately, most of his patrons are undead.

Director: Alex Nicolaou | Stars: Circus-Szalewski, Eve Mauro, Victoria Levine, Adriana Sephora

Votes: 881

21. Promised Land (2012)

R | 106 min | Drama

55 Metascore

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski, Hal Holbrook

Votes: 39,900 | Gross: $7.60M

22. Disconnect (I) (2012)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

64 Metascore

A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.

Director: Henry Alex Rubin | Stars: Jason Bateman, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm, Hope Davis

Votes: 78,130 | Gross: $7.44M

23. Playing for Keeps (2012)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

27 Metascore

A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's football team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive football moms who pursue him at every turn.

Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Noah Lomax

Votes: 31,286 | Gross: $13.10M

24. Stealing Roses (2012)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Terrified at the prospect of losing his seriously ill wife, a man plans a bank robbery to pay for her medical treatments with help from his eccentric friends - while his son, a cop, tries to stop him.

Director: Megan Clare Foster | Stars: John Heard, Cindy Williams, Mark Famiglietti, Josie Davis

Votes: 305

25. Dark Tide (2012)

PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

23 Metascore

A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 1 year, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking - more carnivorous and hungry than ever.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown, Sizwe Msutu

Votes: 9,430

26. Little Red Wagon (2012)

PG | 104 min | Drama

With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.

Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Chandler Canterbury, Anna Gunn, Frances O'Connor, Daveigh Chase

Votes: 649

27. At Any Price (2012)

R | 105 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller

61 Metascore

A farming family's business is threatened by an unexpected crisis, further testing the relationship between a father and his rebellious son.

Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham

Votes: 7,961 | Gross: $0.38M

28. What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

41 Metascore

Follows the lives of five interconnected couples as they experience the thrills and surprises of having a baby and realize that no matter what you plan for, life does not always deliver what is expected.

Director: Kirk Jones | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison, J. Todd Smith, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 75,679 | Gross: $41.15M

29. Man on a Ledge (2012)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

40 Metascore

As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.

Director: Asger Leth | Stars: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Mandy Gonzalez

Votes: 158,528 | Gross: $18.62M

30. Private Peaceful (2012)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, War

51 Metascore

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Jack O'Connell, George MacKay, John Lynch

Votes: 1,718

31. In Our Nature (2012)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama

51 Metascore

A scheduling mistake leads to an estranged father and son sharing a vacation home with their respective girlfriends.

Director: Brian Savelson | Stars: Zach Gilford, Jena Malone, John Slattery, Gabrielle Union

Votes: 840



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