Not everyone loves every genre. So, my Top 52 of 2012 list may not be optimal for you. To help, I have created categories so that you can hone in on your particular taste.
Best Action:
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Deadfall
- Headhunters
- The Hunger Games
- Skyfall
- The Avengers
Funniest:
- Ted
- The Avengers
- Hysteria
Best Dramedy (Comedy/Drama):
- Your Sister's Sister
- Newlyweds
- Ruby Sparks
- Celeste and Jesse Forever
- Hello I Must Be Going
- Sleepwalk with Me
- Game Change
- Robot and Frank
- Thin Ice
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home
- The Sessions
- Silver Linings Playbook
- This is 40
- The Five Year Engagement
- The Oranges
- Liberal Arts
Best Emotional Melodrama:
- Perfect Sense
- The Impossible
Best Violent / Crime / Dark Comedy:
- Django Unchained
- Seven Psychopaths
- Killing Them Softly
- Killer Joe
- God Bless America
Best Drama / Thriller:
- The Good Doctor
- The Tall Man
- Arbitrage
- End of Watch
- Argo
Best Action Drama:
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Get the Gringo
Best Indie Drama:
- 28 Hotel Rooms
Best Dramas about Alcoholism:
- Smashed
- Flight
Best Otherwise Unclassified Drama:
- Won't Back Down
- A Late Quartet
- Promised Land
Best Sci-Fi:
- Prometheus
- Looper
Best Campy Horror / Sci-Fi / Comedy:
- Cabin in the Woods
Scariest Films (Including Dramas, Thrillers, and Horror):
- Flight (drama)
- End of Watch (drama / thriller)
- Kill List (crime / drama / horror)
- Citadel (horror)
- V/H/S (horror)
- Sinister (horror)
Best Coming-of-Age Drama:
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Films involving Cults:
- The Master
- Sound of My Voice
- Kill List
Best Atmosphere:
- Red Light
- Woman in Black (though it's not a very good a movie)
- The Raven (though it's not a very good a movie)
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (though it's not a very good a movie)
Best Animated:
- Brave
- Frankenweenie
- The Lorax
Best Live Action Family Friendly Film
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green
- Big Miracle
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Best Foreign Language:
- Headhunters
- Sister
- A Royal Affair
- After Lucia
- The Intouchables
- Rust and Bone
- Amour
- My Worst Nightmare
- Holy Motors
- Elles
- Delicacy
- Salt of Life
- Extraterrestrial
Best Documentary:
- The Queen of Versailles
- West of Memphis
- Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
- Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
- The Zen of Bennett
- American Scream
- Seeking Asian Female
- Central Park Five
- Marley
- Paul Williams: Still Alive
Most Ambitious:
- Cosmopolis (success)
- Holy Motors (success)
- Cloud Atlas (failure)
Most Memorable Mustaches:
- For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
- Anna Karenina
Sequels & Prequels I would most like to see:
- Prometheus (Planned, but with no release date)
- Cabin in the Woods (No Plan Currently)
- The Dark Knight Rises (No Plan Currently)
- The Hunger Games (Planned release 11/22/13)
A Royal Affair, The Intouchables, Sister and Amour all made the short list for Oscar. Unfortunately none of the documentaries on your list made the short list.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was a great year for Foreign Language Films and a so so year for docs.
ReplyDeleteHow bout for Sci-Fi / Thriller - Chronicle
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