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The Movies of 2012: U.S. Releases
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January 2013
Amour Dir. Michael Haneke. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert A
Rock of Ages Dir. Adam Shankman. With Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Alec Baldwin F
On the Road Dir. Walter Salles. With Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Tom Sturridge C+
Smashed Dir. James Ponsoldt. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman C
Sister Dir. Ursula Meier. Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gabin Lefebvre B+
Zero Dark Thirty Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler B
Post Mortem Dir. Pablo Larraín. With Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Amparo Noguera B
The Kid with a Bike Dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. With Thomas Doret, Cécile de France B+
December 2012
ParaNorman Dirs. Chris Butler and Sam Fell. Animated. Voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee C+
The Words Dirs. Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. With Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid C
Trouble with the Curve Dir. Robert Lorenz. With Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake D
Girl Walk // All Day Dir. Justin Krapnick. With Anne Marsen, Daisuke Omiya, John Doyle B
Django Unchained Dir. Quentin Tarantino. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio C
Les Misérables Dir. Tom Hooper. With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway D
Premium Rush Dir. David Koepp. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez D
Starlet Dir. Sean Baker. With Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve, James Ransone A
Frankenweenie Dir. Tim Burton. Animated. Voices of Charlie Tahan, Martin Short B
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Dir. Peter Jackson. With Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen C
The Impossible Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona. With Tom Holland, Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor C+
Rust and Bone Dir. Jacques Audiard. With Matthias Schoenaerts, Marion Cotillard B
This Is 40 Dir. Judd Apatow. With Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow D+
Footnote Dir. Joseph Cedar. With Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Micah Lewensohn B
The Guilt Trip Dir. Anne Fletcher. With Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen, Brent Cullen C
Chronicle Dir. Josh Trank. With Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly B
The Color Wheel Dir. Alex Ross Perry. With Alex Ross Perry, Carlen Altman, Bob Byington B
Ruby Sparks Dirs. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. With Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina D+
Safety Not Guaranteed Dir. Colin Trevorrow. With Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson, Mark Duplass B
Wreck-It Ralph Dir. Rich Moore. Animated. Voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman C
A Royal Affair Dir. Nikolaj Arcel. With Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard B
Hitchcock Dir. Sacha Gervasi. With Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson D
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Dir. Lasse Hallström. With Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor D+
Savages Dir. Oliver Stone. With Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch C
The Bay Dir. Barry Levinson. With Kether Donohue, Stephen Kunken, Christopher Denham C
Bernie Dir. Richard Linklater. With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey C
The Central Park Five Dirs. Sarah Burns, David McMahon, and Ken Burns. Documentary B
Hyde Park on Hudson Dir. Roger Michell. With Laura Linney, Bill Murray, Samuel West F
Elena Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev. With Nadezhda Markina, Andrei Smirnov, Elena Lyadova A
A Late Quartet Dir. Yaron Zilberman. With Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman C
Wuthering Heights Dir. Andrea Arnold. With Solomon Glave, James Howson, Shannon Beer B
Sound of My Voice Dir. Zal Batmanglij. With Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling B
Brave Dirs. Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Animated. Voice of Kelly Macdonald C
Killing Them Softly Dir. Andrew Dominik. With Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn B
November 2012
Barbara Dir. Christian Petzold. With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke B
Life of Pi Dir. Ang Lee. With Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Adil Hussain, Tabu B+
Anna Karenina Dir. Joe Wright. With Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law C
Arbitrage Dir. Nicholas Jarecki. With Richard Gere, Brit Marling, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth B
This Must Be the Place Dir. Paolo Sorrentino. With Sean Penn, Frances McDormand B
Silver Linings Playbook Dir. David O. Russell. With Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence C+
Cloud Atlas Dirs. Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Andy Wachowski. With Bae Du-na C
Francine Dirs. Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky. With Melissa Leo, Keith Leonard B
Detropia Dirs. Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing. Documentary about downsizing of Detroit B
Lincoln Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field B+
Skyfall Dir. Sam Mendes. With Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes C+
Your Sister's Sister Dir. Lynn Shelton. With Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt C+
Paranormal Activity 4 Dirs. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. With Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively C+
The Loneliest Planet Dir. Julia Loktev. With Hani Furstenberg, Gael García Bernal B
The Sessions Dir. Ben Lewin. With John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood C+
Flight Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, Bruce Greenwood C+
October 2012
Middle of Nowhere Dir. Ava DuVernay. With Emayatzy Corinealdi, Omari Hardwick B+
The Wise Kids Dir. Stephen Cone. With Molly Kunz, Tyler Ross, Allison Torem, Stephen Cone B
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Dir. Lorene Scafaria. With Steve Carell D+
Sinister Dir. Scott Derrickson. With Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone F
People Like Us Dir. Alex Kurtzman. With Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Hall D'Addario C
The House I Live In Dir. Eugene Jarecki. Documentary about U.S.'s ill-conceived War on Drugs B+
Argo Dir. Ben Affleck. With Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Scoot McNairy, Kerry Bishé C+
Holy Motors Dir. Leos Carax. With Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue A
End of Watch Dir. David Ayer. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, David Harbour, Frank Grillo C+
Marvel's The Avengers Dir. Joss Whedon. With Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans C
The Paperboy Dir. Lee Daniels. With Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman B
Room 237 Dir. Rodney Ascher. Documentary involving five narrators' odd readings of The Shining D+
Keep the Lights On Dir. Ira Sachs. With Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson B
September 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Dir. Stephen Chbosky. With Logan Lerman, Emma Watson B+
Looper Dir. Rian Johnson. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Pierce Gagnon B+
Pitch Perfect Dir. Jason Moore. With Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Skylar Astin, Brittany Snow C
Won't Back Down Dir. Daniel Barnz. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac B
Hello I Must Be Going Dir. Todd Louiso. With Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Abbott B
How to Survive a Plague Dir. David France. Documentary about ACT-UP's anti-AIDS activism A
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Dir. John Madden. With Judi Dench, Bill Nighy D+
Snow White and the Huntsman Dir. Rupert Sanders. With Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth C
The Cabin in the Woods Dir. Drew Goddard. With Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams C+
The Five-Year Engagement Dir. Nicholas Stoller. With Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt C
Bachelorette Dir. Leslye Headland. With Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Rebel Wilson, Isla Fisher C
Alps Dir. Giorgos Lanthimos. With Aggeliki Papoulia, Johnny Verkis, Ariane Labed, Aris Servetalis C+
Think Like a Man Dir. Tim Story. With Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Terrence Jenkins B
Bullhead Dir. Michaël R. Roskam. With Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy C+
The Hunter Dir. Daniel Nettheim. With Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor, Sam Neill C
August 2012
Oslo, August 31st Dir. Joachim Trier. With Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner B
Compliance Dir. Craig Zobel. With Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp D
The Imposter Dir. Bart Layton. Documentary about French man impersonating missing Texan teen B
Lawless Dir. John Hillcoat. With Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Dane DeHaan B
Kill List Dir. Ben Wheatley. With Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Emma Fryer C+
Virginia Dir. Dustin Lance Black. With Jennifer Connelly, Harrison Gilbertson, Ed Harris D
Michael Dir. Markus Schleinzer. With Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Gisella Salcher B
Red Hook Summer Dir. Spike Lee. With Jules Brown, Clarke Peters, Toni Lysaith, Heather Simms B
Take This Waltz Dir. Sarah Polley. With Michelle Williams, Luke Riley, Seth Rogen C
A Burning Hot Summer Dir. Philippe Garrel. With Jérôme Robart, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette C
Cosmopolis Dir. David Cronenberg. With Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Kevin Durand D+
The Queen of Versailles Dir. Lauren Greenfield. Documentary about billionaires in financial crisis B
Return Dir. Liza Johnson. With Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon, Talia Balsam, John Slattery B
Silent House Dirs. Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. With Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese B
Friends with Kids Dir. Jennifer Westfeldt. With Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph B
Sparkle Dir. Salim Akil. With Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke B
The Hunger Games Dir. Gary Ross. With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth C
Joyful Noise Dir. Todd Graff. With Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan C+
21 Jump Street Dirs. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. With Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum B
The Master Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. With Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman B
A Simple Life Dir. Ann Hui. With Deannie Yip, Andy Lau, Wang Fuli, Qin Hailu, Paul Chun B+
Hope Springs Dir. David Frankel. With Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell B
The Bourne Legacy Dir. Tony Gilroy. With Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton B
Haywire Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum C
Killer Joe Dir. William Friedkin. With Emile Hirsch, Matthew McConaughey B
The Grey Dir. Joe Carnahan. With Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Joe Anderson B
Farewell, My Queen Dir. Benoît Jacquot. With Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen B
Celeste and Jesse Forever Dir. Lee Toland Krieger. With Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg D
Ted Dir. Seth MacFarlane. With Mark Wahlberg, voice of Seth MacFarlane, Mila Kunis B
Wanderlust Dir. David Wain. With Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda B
Mirror Mirror Dir. Tarsem Singh. With Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane B
Beasts of the Southern Wild Dir. Benh Zeitlin. With Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry A
July 2012
The Dark Knight Rises Dir. Christopher Nolan. With Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway D+
Magic Mike Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey A
June 2012
Prometheus Dir. Ridley Scott. With Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron B
Moonrise Kingdom Dir. Wes Anderson. With Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton B
April 2012
In the Family Dir. Patrick Wang. With Patrick Wang, Trevor St. John, Sebastian Banes B+
Damsels in Distress Dir. Whit Stillman. With Greta Gerwig, Annaleigh Tipton B+
This Is Not a Film Dirs. Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. With Jafar Panahi B
Four Lovers Dir. Antony Cordier. With Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Roschdy Zem C+
The Deep Blue Sea Dir. Terence Davies. With Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston C+
March 2012
Good Deeds Dir. Tyler Perry. With Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union, Brian White D
December 2011
The Turin Horse Dir. Béla Tarr. With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos A
October 2011
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. With Yilmaz Erdoğan, Muhammet Uzuner B
The Snowtown Murders Dir. Justin Kurzel. With Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris A
Miss Bala Dir. Gerardo Naranjo. With Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez, Miguel Couturier A
Corpo Celeste Dir. Alice Rohrwacher. With Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia B+
April 2011
Attenberg Dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari. With Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou B
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