Temporal Top Ten – 2012

Number of movies seen from this year – 159
Number of movies reviewed – 186 (including 27 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. Bullet To the Head (coming soon)
31. Campaign, The
32. Celeste and Jesse Forever
33. Chronicle
34. Clinton: PBS Experience
35. Cloud Atlas
36. Company You Keep, The
37. Compliance
38. Contraband
39. Curfew
40. Dark Knight Rises, The  Encore Review    Encore Review 2
41. Death of A Shadow
42. Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
43. Dictator, The
44. Disconnect
45. Django Unchained
46. Dredd
47. Emperor
48. End of Watch
49. Ethel
50. Expendables 2, The
51. Fill the Void
52. Fire with Fire
53. Five-Year Engagement, The
54. Flight
55. Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story  Encore Review
56. For a Good Time, Call…
57. Frankenweenie
58. Freelancers
59. Freeloaders
60. Game Change
61. The Gatekeepers
62. Ginger & Rosa
63. God is the Bigger Elvis
64. Grabbers
65. Guilt Trip, The    Encore Review
66. A Hijacking
67. Here Comes the Boom
68. Hitchcock
69. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Encore Review  Encore Review 2
70. Holy Motors
71. Hope Springs
72. Hotel Transylvania
73. How to Survive A Plague
74. The Hunger Games Encore Review
75. The Hunt
76. Hyde Park on the Hudson
77. The Iceman
78. The Impossible    Encore Review   Encore Review 2
79. The Imposter
80. Inescapable
81. Into the White
82. The Invisible War
83. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
84. Jack Reacher Encore Review
85. Jewtopia
86. John Carter
87. John Dies at the End
88. Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
89. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
90. Justice League: Doom
91. Lawless
92. Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
93. Les Miserables       Encore Review        Encore Review 2      Encore Review 3  Encore Review 4 Encore Review 5 6
94. Liberal Arts
95. Life of Pi
96. Lincoln
97. Looper
98. Magic Mike
99. Magic of Belle Isle, The
100. Man on a Ledge
101. Marfa Girl
102. Master, The
103. Memorial Day     Encore Review
104. Mirror Mirror
105. Moonrise Kingdom
106. Mud
107. No Place on Earth
108. Orchestra of Exiles
109. ParaNorman
110. Parental Guidance
111. People Like Us
112. Perks of Being a Wallflower, The
113. Pirates! Band of Misfits, The
114. Pitch Perfect
115. Place Beyond the Pines, The
116. Project X
117. Prometheus
118. Promised Land
119. Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
120. Red Dawn
121. Red Lights
122. Red Tails
123. Rise of the Guardians   Encore Review
124. Robot & Frank
125. Rock of Ages
126. Royal Affair, A
127. Ruby Sparks
128. Safe House
129. Safety Not Guaranteed
130. Scorpion King 3, The: Battle for Redemption
131. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
132. Sessions, The
133. Seven Psychopaths
134. Sightseers
135. Silver Linings Playbook
136. Sinister
137. Skyfall  Encore Review     Encore Review 2
138. Sleepwalk With Me
139. Still Mine
140. Stolen
141. Stories We Tell  Encore Review
142. Superman Vs. The Elite
143. Taken 2
144. This Is 40
145. To Write Love on Her Arms
146. Total Recall
147. Trouble with the Curve    Encore Review
148. Twilight Saga, The: Breaking Dawn Part II (2012)
149. Upside Down
150. Ventriloquist, The
151. Vow, The
152. Watch, The
153. West of Memphis
154. What Maisie Knew
155. What Richard Did
156. Woman Who Wasn’t There, The
157. Words, The
158. Wreck-It Ralph  Encore Review
159. Zero Dark Thirty