Temporal Top Ten – 2012

Number of movies seen from this year – 158
Number of movies reviewed – 180 (including 22 Encore Reviews)

 

2012 was a great year for movies.

My #1 this year was IMHO one of the best made musical adaptations to the screen. I really could feel the character’s plights and the production and music was done unbelievably.

#2 is the finale of an amazing series that was just a tad off from being even better than its predecessor but nevertheless was a great ending to the epic tale.

#3, #4 and #5 are extraordinary documentaries that really catch you emotionally and were done extremely well.

#6 was the ultimate Oscar champ that year and even though it’s a great Hollywood making fun of itself movie which was loved by all of the insiders, it just isn’t perfect.

#7 is a return to original sci-fi that really took us all for a loop because it was so great.

#8 is a return to form for Disney animation with great characters, storyline and music.

#9 is a true to life story about a family searching for each other after tragedy strikes.

#10 is the first weigh station of a joint superhero adventure after the initial set of stand alone films. I liked it, but it still wasn’t as good as some of the stand alones.

UPDATE 7 Nov 2017 – I have added a new film as my #2 pick, thus bumping all the rest down one notch, my previous #10 is now an honorable mention

UPDATE 1 Aug 2019 – Argo has been bumped down to Honorable Mention, moving all subsequent films up a notch

My Top TenHonorable Mention – Argo

Honorable mention – The Avengers

10. Wreck-It Ralph

9. The Impossible

8. Looper

7. Stories We Tell

6. Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story

5. The Invisible War

4. Memorial Day

3. Dark Knight Rises

2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

1. Les Miserables

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 2012

1. 21 Jump Street
2. 41
3. 56 Up
4. 8
5. A Thousand Words
6. Act of Valor
7. Alex Cross
8. Alter Egos
9. Amazing Love
10. Amazing Spider-Man, The  Encore Review
11. American Mary
12. Amour   Encore Review
13. Arbitrage
14. Argo
15. Astronaut: The Last Push
16. At Any Price
17. ATM
18. The Avengers       Encore Review
19. Aya
20. Babymakers, The
21. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part I
22. Beasts of the Southern Wild
23. Being Flynn
24. Best Man Down
25. Best of Men, The
26. Big Miracle
27. Bourne Legacy, The
28. Brave
29. Broken
30. Campaign, The
31. Celeste and Jesse Forever
32. Chronicle
33. Clinton: PBS Experience
34. Cloud Atlas
35. Company You Keep, The
36. Compliance
37. Contraband
38. Curfew
39. Dark Knight Rises, The  Encore Review    Encore Review 2
40. Death of A Shadow
41. Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
42. Dictator, The
43. Disconnect
44. Django Unchained
45. Dredd
46. Emperor
47. End of Watch
48. Ethel
49. Expendables 2, The
50. Fill the Void
51. Fire with Fire
52. Five-Year Engagement, The
53. Flight
54. Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story  Encore Review
55. For a Good Time, Call…
56. Frankenweenie
57. Freelancers
58. Freeloaders
59. Game Change
60. The Gatekeepers
61. Ginger & Rosa
62. God is the Bigger Elvis
63. Grabbers
64. Guilt Trip, The    Encore Review
65. A Hijacking
66. Here Comes the Boom
67. Hitchcock
68. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Encore Review  Encore Review 2
69. Holy Motors
70. Hope Springs
71. Hotel Transylvania
72. How to Survive A Plague
73. The Hunger Games Encore Review
74. The Hunt
75. Hyde Park on the Hudson
76. The Iceman
77. The Impossible    Encore Review   Encore Review 2
78. The Imposter
79. Inescapable
80. Into the White
81. The Invisible War
82. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
83. Jack Reacher Encore Review
84. Jewtopia
85. John Carter
86. John Dies at the End
87. Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
88. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
89. Justice League: Doom
90. Lawless
91. Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
92. Les Miserables       Encore Review        Encore Review 2      Encore Review 3  Encore Review 4
93. Liberal Arts
94. Life of Pi
95. Lincoln
96. Looper
97. Magic Mike
98. Magic of Belle Isle, The
99. Man on a Ledge
100. Marfa Girl
101. Master, The
102. Memorial Day     Encore Review
103. Mirror Mirror
104. Moonrise Kingdom
105. Mud
106. No Place on Earth
107. Orchestra of Exiles
108. ParaNorman
109. Parental Guidance
110. People Like Us
111. Perks of Being a Wallflower, The
112. Pirates! Band of Misfits, The
113. Pitch Perfect
114. Place Beyond the Pines, The
115. Project X
116. Prometheus
117. Promised Land
118. Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
119. Red Dawn
120. Red Lights
121. Red Tails
122. Rise of the Guardians
123. Robot & Frank
124. Rock of Ages
125. Royal Affair, A
126. Ruby Sparks
127. Safe House
128. Safety Not Guaranteed
129. Scorpion King 3, The: Battle for Redemption
130. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
131. Sessions, The
132. Seven Psychopaths
133. Sightseers
134. Silver Linings Playbook
135. Sinister
136. Skyfall  Encore Review     Encore Review 2
137. Sleepwalk With Me
138. Still Mine
139. Stolen
140. Stories We Tell  Encore Review
141. Superman Vs. The Elite
142. Taken 2
143. This Is 40
144. To Write Love on Her Arms
145. Total Recall
146. Trouble with the Curve
147. Twilight Saga, The: Breaking Dawn Part II (2012)
148. Upside Down
149. Ventriloquist, The
150. Vow, The
151. Watch, The
152. West of Memphis
153. What Maisie Knew
154. What Richard Did
155. Woman Who Wasn’t There, The
156. Words, The
157. Wreck-It Ralph  Encore Review
158. Zero Dark Thirty