Top 10 films of 2012

[DACrowe]

I am pretty sure this is my final list:

1. Life of Pi
2. Lincoln
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Moonrise Kingdom
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Les Miserables
8. Django Unchained
9. The Master
10. Argo

Pretty great year for movies.

 

[Octoberist]

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Cloud Atlus
3. Life of Pi
4. Beasts of the Southern Wild
5. Silver Linings Playbook
6. Django Unchanged
7. Cabin in the Woods
8. Skyfall
9. Safety Not Gurrenteed.
10. The Master

Didn't see (YET): Argo, Wreck-It Ralph, Zero Dark Thirty

Honable mentions: ParaNorman, The Raid, The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Anna Karinana, Lincoln, Chronicle, Holy Motors, The Grey, and Looper.

Worst film: Dark Shadows, Resident Evil 5 (lazy, lazy movie that seems dated now).

 

[Kane52630]

My updated top/bottom 10. It's still not final yet.

Top 10 of 2012 (updated 1/10/13)
1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Grey
3. The Avengers
4. The Raid: Redemption
5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
6. Life of Pi
7. Lincoln
8. Chronicle
9. Skyfall
10. Django Unchained


Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
Haywire
Nameless Gangster
The FP
Casa de Mi Padre
John Carter
21 Jump Street
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Goon
God Bless America
The Cabin in the Woods
Iron Sky
Bernie
The Five Year Engagement
Prometheus
Moonrise Kingdom
Snow White & The Huntsman
Piranha 3DD
The Pact
Safety Not Guaranteed
The Thieves
Killer Joe
Robot & Frank
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ted
V/H/S
ParaNorman
Hit and Run
Side by Side
The Words
The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
Dredd
End of Watch
Looper
Argo
Seven Psychopaths
Frankenweenie
Flight
5 Broken Cameras
Hitchcock
Silver Linings Playbook
Jack Reacher
This is 40
The Impossible
Promised Land


Bottom 10 of 2012 (updated 1/24/13)
1. Detention
2. Smiley
3. The Apparition
4. Project X
5. Chernobyl Diaries
6. The Devil Inside
7. Amour
8. The Tall Man
9. Battleship
10. ATM


Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
Act of Valor
The Lorax
A Thousand Words
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
[REC]³ Génesis
Dark Shadows
Gone
That's My Boy
Rock of Ages
The Watch
Cosmopolis
House at the End of the Street
Resident Evil: Retribution
Alex Cross
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D



Films I've Seen (this includes Blu rays/DVDs; bold titles means watched in a theater)

The Devil Inside (Blu Ray)
Contraband (Blu Ray)
Haywire (Blu Ray)
Coriolanus (Blu Ray)
Red Tails (Blu Ray)
Underworld: Awakening (Blu Ray)
The Grey
Man on a Ledge
Nameless Gangster (Blu Ray)
Chronicle
The Woman in Black
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Blu Ray)
Safe House
Side By Side (DVD)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Blu Ray)
Gone (Blu Ray)
Act of Valor (Blu Ray)
Wanderlust (Blu Ray)
The Lorax (Blu Ray)
Project X (Blu Ray)
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (Blu Ray)
A Thousand Words (Blu Ray)
John Carter
Silent House
21 Jump Street
The FP (Blu Ray)
Casa de Mi Padre (Blu Ray)
Jeff, Who Lives at Home (Blu Ray)
[REC]³ Génesis (Blu Ray)
Mirror Mirror (Blu Ray)
Wrath of the Titans (Real D)
Goon (Blu Ray)
God Bless America (Blu Ray)
ATM (Blu Ray)
The Cabin in the Woods (Blu Ray)
Detention (Blu Ray)
Bad Ass (Blu Ray)
Lockout (Blu Ray)
The Three Stooges (Blu Ray)
Iron Sky (Blu Ray)
The Hunger Games (Blu Ray)
The Raid: Redemption
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Blu Ray)
The Raven (Blu Ray)
Bernie (Blu Ray)
The Five Year Engagement (Blu Ray)
Safe (Blu Ray)
Get the Gringo (Blu Ray)
The Avengers (IMAX 3D) (Real D) (2D)
Dark Shadows (Blu Ray)
The Dictator (Blu Ray)
Battleship (Blu Ray)
What to Expect When You're Expecting (Blu Ray)
Chernobyl Diaries
Men in Black 3
Moonrise Kingdom (Blu Ray)
Snow White & The Huntsman
Piranha 3DD (Blu Ray)
The Pact (Blu Ray)
Prometheus (Real D)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (Blu Ray)
Safety Not Guaranteed (Blu Ray)
That's My Boy (Blu Ray)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Blu Ray)
Brave (Blu Ray)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Blu Ray)
Rock of Ages (Blu Ray)
Superman vs. The Elite (Blu Ray)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Blu Ray)
Take This Waltz (Blu Ray)
Ted (Blu Ray)
The Amazing Spider-Man (Real D)
Red Lights (Blu Ray)
The Dark Knight Rises (IMAX) (2D)
The Watch (Blu Ray)
The Thieves (Blu Ray)
Killer Joe (Blu Ray)
Total Recall (Blu Ray)
The Tall Man (DVD)
V/H/S (DVD)
The Bourne Legacy
The Campaign (Blu Ray)
The Expendables 2
ParaNorman (Blu Ray)
Cosmopolis (Blu Ray)
Compliance (Blu Ray)
Robot & Frank (DVD)
Hit and Run (Blu Ray)
The Apparition (Blu Ray)
Samsara (Blu Ray)
Premium Rush
Lawless
The Possession
Liberal Arts (Blu Ray)
The Words (Blu Ray)
Resident Evil: Retribution (Blu Ray)
Arbitrage (Blu Ray)
The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 (Blu Ray)
Stolen (Blu Ray)
The Master (Blu Ray)
Dredd (Real D)
House at the End of the Street (Blu Ray)
End of Watch
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (DVD)
Trouble with the Curve (Blu Ray)
Looper
Hotel Transylvania (Real D)
Frankenweenie (Real D)
Taken 2
The Paperboy (Blu Ray)
Butter (Blu Ray)
Smiley (DVD)
Argo
Here Comes the Boom
Amour (DVD)
Seven Psychopaths (Blu Ray)
Sinister
Paranormal Activity 4
Cloud Atlas (Blu Ray)
Alex Cross (Blu Ray)
The Man with the Iron Fists (Blu Ray)
Flight
Wreck-It Ralph (Real D)
The Bay (Blu Ray)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Blu Ray)
Skyfall
5 Broken Cameras (DVD)
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook (DVD)
Life of Pi (Real D)
Red Dawn
Hitchcock (DVD)
Killing Them Softly
The Collection (Blu Ray)
Hyde Park on Hudson (DVD)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (XD 3D 48FPS)
Zero Dark Thirty (DVD)
Jack Reacher
This Is 40 (DVD)
The Impossible (DVD)
Django Unchained (DVD)
Les Misérables (DVD)
Promised Land (DVD)

Still Need to See
This Means War
Smashed
Rise of the Guardians
The American Scream

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I keep hearing about Detention. What is Detention?

 

[Kane52630]

It's a piece of sh** film that makes you hate the 90's. Everyone is unlikeable and pretentious.

 

[Octoberist]

Detention, while whimsical, tries way to hard to be satirical. It didn't work for me. I understood what Joseph Khan was going for but it didn't work. He got by with some support because he's friendly to the film blog crowd. And while yes, he is an interesting personality especially on podcasts, but that's not enough to warrant the support.

 

[moviedoors]

There's still a lot of films I need to see, but **** it, my five favorites:

1. The Avengers
2. Cabin in the Woods
3. Django Unchained
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Skyfall

 

[cabel]

Argo
Lincoln
The Avengers
Sky fall
Dark Knight Rises
wreck It Ralph
Les Miserables
Cloud Atlas
The Raid

 

[hammerhedd11]

Top 10:
1.The Dark Knight Rises 9/10
2.Silver Linings Playbook 9/10
3.The Grey 9/10
4.Seeking a Friend For the End of the World 9/10
5.Looper 9/10
6.Compliance 9/10
7.Moonrise Kingdom 9/10
8.The Master 8.5/10
9.Seven Psychopaths 8.5/10
10.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 8.5/10

The Rest:
11.The Comedy 8/10
12.Zero Dark Thirty 8/10
13.Skyfall 8/10
14.Beasts of the Southern Wild 8/10
15.The Avengers 8/10
16.The American Scream 8/10
17.This is 40 8/10
18.Killer Joe 7.5/10
19.The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 7.5/10
20.Farewell, My Queen 7/10
21.Chronicle 7/10
22.Hitchcock 7/10
23.Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie 7/10
24.Lawless 7/10
25.The Cabin in the Woods 7/10
26.The Hunger Games 7/10
27.The Innkeepers 7/10
28.Lincoln 7/10
29.Sleepwalk With Me 7/10
30.21 Jump Street 7/10
31.Argo 7/10
32.Django Unchained 6.5/10
33.The Amazing Spider-Man 6.5/10
34.Wrath of the Titans 6.5/10
35.Cloud Atlas 6.5/10
36.John Carter 6.5/10
37.Killing Them Softly 6/10
38.Justice League Doom 6/10
39.Superman Vs. the Elite 6/10
40.Perks of Being a Wallflower 6/10
41.V/H/S 5.5/10
42.Prometheus 5/10
43.Dredd 5/10
44.The Raid: Redemption 5/10
45.The Expendables 2 5/10

Bottom 5:
46.Safe House 5/10
47.Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 4/10
48.Battleship 4/10
49.Underworld: Awakening 4/10
50.REC 3: Genesis 3/10

 

[JP]

Updated...again...

1. Les Miserables
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Avengers
4. Django Unchained
5. Pitch Perfect
6. Silver Linings Playbook
7. The Amazing Spider-Man
8. The Cabin in The Woods
9. The Hunger Games
10. Wreck-It-Ralph

 

[Doctor Jones]

1. The Avengers
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
4. Skyfall
5. Seven Psychopaths
6. Flight
7. Cabin in the Woods
8. Argo
9. Django Unchained
10. Lincoln

 

[Earthland]

I haven't even seen 10 films, or maybe I don't remember .... but

1. Les Miserables
2. Argo
3. Skyfall
4. Hobbit
5. Life of Pi
...
10000. Prometheus

And then there was this funny movie, "What to expect when expecting" or something like this. I didn't intend to see this, I went to see "Prometheus" instead, but they gave me wront ticket! When I noticed it it was already too late .... I thought this is the worst movie I've ever seen, but I hadn't seen Prometheus yet. So that makes "What to expect" the 9999th ...

And TDKR leaves me just cold. Or well, it is more "bad" than "good", actually ... not going to rank it, though.

 

[Picard Sisko]

1. Skyfall - 9.5/10
2. The Avengers - 9/10
3. Django Unchained - 9/10
4. The Amazing Spider-Man - 8.5/10
5. The Dark Knight Rises - 8.5/10
6. Prometheus - 8/10
7. Silver Linings Playbook - 8/10
8. Life of Pi - 8/10
9. Chronicle - 8/10
10. The Secret World of Arrietty - 7.5/10
11. Moonrise Kingdom - 7/10
12. Men in Black 3 - 6.5/10
13. Ted - 5/10
14. The Campaign - 4.5/10
15. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - 3/10

NOTE: I have not seen Argo, Lincoln, Cloud Atlas, Wreck-It-Ralph, Flight, Cabin in the Woods, The Hobbit, Les Miserables, or the Hunger Games.

 

[Tequilla]

1- Holy Motors
2- Killing Them Softly
3 -Blood of my Blood
Killer Joe
Haywire
TDKR
Cloud Atlas
Hugo (it opened in 2012 here!)
The Master
From Up on the Poppy Hill and Looper

I didnt catch some stuff (specially european) , that probably would go to the top 10. That's why these listing are usually a little iffy. But these 11 are definitely the ones i enjoyed the most . It was a good year (except Asia , with a bunch of disappointments)

I have to update because i saw two movies that definitely deserve to belong here (moonrise and tabu). Took Hugo out (only because its from 2011)

1- Holy Motors
2- Killing Them Softly
3 -Blood of my Blood
Killer Joe
Haywire
TDKR
Cloud Atlas
Moonrise Kingdom
The Master
Tabu

Good year !

 

[DarkSovereignty]

1.Dredd
2. cabin in the woods
3.avengers
4.seeking a friend for the end of the world
5. Paranorman
6.The Perk of Being a Wallflower
7. the dark knight rises
8. Sinister
9.the amazing spider-man
10. **keeping spot open until end of year**

Reevaluated my list now that the year is done.
1.dredd
2.cabin in the woods
3.the avengers
4.the hobbit
5. Les miserables
6. Seeking a friend of the end of the world
7. Seven pstchopaths
8. Paranorman
9. The hunger games
10. Wreck it Ralph

 

[Snow Queen]

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Looper
3. Skyfall
4. Argo
5. Zero Dark Thirty
6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
7. Django Unchained
8. Compliance
9. Lincoln
10. Silver Linings Playbook

If this list went on, it would be:

11. Seven Psychopaths
12. The Master
13. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
14. The Impossible
15. The Cabin in the Woods
16. Sinister
17. Wreck-It Ralph
18. Les Miserables
19. The Avengers
20. The Amazing Spiderman

 

[TheForgotten]

Decided to redo my favorite 7:
1. Safety Not Guarenteed
2. Dredd
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
4. The Cabin in the Woods
5. Argo
6. The Amazing Spider-Man
7. Skyfall

 

[hopefuldreamer]

EDIT - Updated

 

[bullets]

I was going to post a final list , but realized I'll be able to catch some more 2012 films in the next month

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Yeah, there are a few more i'll see I expect, but none that I have any expectations of getting into my top 20.

If any do, it'll be a nice surprise

 

[QBComics]

I've seen all I want to see.

1. Skyfall
2. Looper
3. Django Unchained
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Zero Dark Thirty
6. Argo
7. Silver Linings Playbook
8. Lincoln
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. The Avengers

 

[Doomed_hero]

1. Lincoln
2. The Avengers
3. Django unchained
4. The Hobbit
5. Cabin in the woods
6. Les Miserbles
7. Dark Knight rises
8. Amazing Spider-MAn
9. Argo
10. Wreck It Ralph

was a really good year and besides maybe Lincoln they can all kinda be interchangable

 

[Snow Queen]

Decided to do a worst list out of boredom:
10. Chernobyl Diaries
9. Mirror Mirror
8. Wrath of the Titans
7. Battleship
6. Savages
5. The Three Stooges
4. Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
3. The Devil Inside (It'd be number 2 but the ending is just hilarious and had me laughing more than any comedy this year)
2. Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
1. That's My Boy

After rewatching some films this year, I changed my list again:

1. The Dark Knight Rises - 9.8/10
2. Looper - 9.5/10
3. Skyfall - 9/10
4. Argo - 9.2/10
5. Django Unchained - 8.7/10
6. Zero Dark Thirty - 8.5/10
7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 8.3/10
8. Compliance - 8/10
9. Lincoln - 7.5/10
10. Silver Linings Playbook - 7.3/10

 

[James]

Decided to do a worst list out of boredom:
10. Chernobyl Diaries
9. Mirror Mirror
8. Wrath of the Titans
7. Battleship
6. Savages
5. The Three Stooges
4. Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
3. The Devil Inside (It'd be number 2 but the ending is just hilarious and had me laughing more than any comedy this year)
2. Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
1. That's My Boy

The Devil Inside was truly awful. I liked the concept a lot, but man, what a poorly written crap fest.

As it happens, I did a "Worst" list too. More so "Biggest Disappointments" though. I put it on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, although I only did 5 rather than 10...

#5 Safe House

#4 Looper

#3 The Grey

#2 Ted

#1 The Dark Knight Rises

 

[Dr. Manhatten]

1) Skyfall
2) Dredd
3) Django Unchained
4) The Master
5) Argo
6) The Avengers
7) The Dark Knight Rises
8) Zero Dark Thirty
9) Silver Linings Playbook
10) Killing Them Softly