My favourite films of 2012.
by Sunglassesman_1 | created - 02 Jan 2013 | updated - 02 Jan 2013 | PublicAs much as I enjoy the spirit of the academy awards, in recent years I have found myself disagreeing with some of the choices they have made. So in addition to my annual list I have decided to nominate my own awards. Once I have seen Les Miserables and Zero Dark Thirty I will officially award the films. I should note that I really don't take myself or these awards that seriously. This just seemed like a fun idea.
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1. The Master (2012)
R | 138 min | Drama, History
A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons
Votes: 186,274 | Gross: $16.38M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson -Best Cinematography: Mihai Malaimare Jr. -Best Editing: Leslie Jones & Peter McNulty -Best Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson -Best Score: Johnny Greenwood -Best Actor/Leading: Joaquin Phoenix -Best Actor/Supporting: Phillip Seymour Hoffman -Best Actress/Supporting: Amy Adams
2. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray
Votes: 366,815 | Gross: $45.51M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Director: Wes Anderson -Best Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman -Best Editing: Andrew Weisblum -Best Screenplay: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola -Best Score: Alexandre Desplat -Best Actor/Leading: Jared Gilman -Best Actress/Leading: Kara Hayward
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes
Votes: 85,081 | Gross: $12.80M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Director: Benh Zeitlin -Best Cinematography: Ben Richardson -Best Screenplay: Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin -Best Score: Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin -Best Actress/Leading: Quvenzhané Wallis -Best Actor/Supporting: Dwight Henry
4. Django Unchained (2012)
R | 165 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Votes: 1,696,234 | Gross: $162.81M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Director: Quentin Tarantino -Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson -Best Editing: Fred Raskin -Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino -Best Actor/Leading: Jamie Foxx -Best Actor/Supporting: Christoph Waltz -Best Actor/Supporting: Leonardo DiCaprio -Best Actor/Supporting: Samuel L. Jackson
5. Life of Pi (2012)
PG | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu
Votes: 667,069 | Gross: $124.99M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Visual Effects -Best Screenplay: David Magee
6. Looper (2012)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano
Votes: 603,130 | Gross: $66.49M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Director: Rian Johnson -Best Cinematography: Steve Yedlin -Best Editing: Bob Ducsay -Best Screenplay: Rian Johnson -Best Actor/Leading: Joeseph Gordon-Levitt -Best Actress/Supporting: Emily Blunt
7. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
R | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel.
Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni
Votes: 130,870 | Gross: $4.01M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Director: Colin Trevorrow -Best Screenplay: Derek Connolly -Best Actress/Leading: Aubrey Plaza
8. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
PG-13 | 164 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Eight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
Votes: 1,828,397 | Gross: $448.14M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister -Best Actor/Supporting: Tom Hardy -Best Actress/Supporting: Anne Hathaway -Best Visual Effects
9. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan
Votes: 702,654 | Gross: $262.03M
Nominations: -Best Screenplay: James Vanderbilt & Steve Kloves & Alvin Sargent -Best Visual Effects -Best Actress/Supporting: Emma Stone
10. Skyfall (2012)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Judi Dench
Votes: 731,319 | Gross: $304.36M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Director: Sam Mendes -Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins -Best Editing: Stuart Baird -Best Actor/Leading: Daniel Craig -Best Actor/Supporting: Javier Bardem
11. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Votes: 873,364 | Gross: $303.00M
Nominations: -Best Actor/Leading: Martin Freeman
12. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver
Votes: 742,957 | Gross: $132.09M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Editing: Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers -Best Screenplay: David O'Russel -Best Actress/Leading: Jennifer Lawrence
13. Cloud Atlas (2012)
R | 172 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Directors: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 374,484 | Gross: $27.11M
Nominations: -Best Editing: Alexander Berner -Best Score: Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer
14. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama
Charlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.
Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd
Votes: 548,222 | Gross: $17.74M
Nominations: -Best Picture -Best Screenplay: Stephen Chbosky -Best Actor/Leading: Logan Lerman -Best Actress/Leading: Emma Watson
15. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken
Votes: 274,012 | Gross: $15.02M
Nominations: -Best Screenplay: Martin Mcdonagh -Best Actor/Supporting: Christopher Walken
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