According to Metacritic, here are the best and worst movies of 2012 based on the site’s metascores.
The Best Wide Releases of 2012:
| Movie | Genre | |
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1 |
Zero Dark Thirty | Action, Drama, Thriller |
|
2 |
Lincoln | Drama |
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3 |
Argo | Drama |
|
4 |
The Master | Drama |
|
5 |
Moonrise Kingdom | Drama, Comedy |
|
6 |
Looper | Sci-Fi, Action |
|
7 |
Skyfall | Action |
|
8 |
Silver Linings Playbook | Drama, Comedy |
|
9 |
Django Unchained | Action, Drama, Western |
|
10 |
The Secret World of Arrietty | Animation, Family |
|
11 |
Life of Pi | Drama, Adventure |
|
12 |
The Dark Knight Rises | Action |
|
13 |
Flight | Drama |
|
14 |
Frankenweenie | Animation, Family |
|
15 |
The Raid: Redemption | Action |
|
16 |
The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Animation, Family |
|
17 |
Wreck-It Ralph | Animation, Family |
|
18 |
Magic Mike | Drama, Comedy |
|
19 |
The Cabin in the Woods | Horror |
|
20 |
ParaNorman | Animation, Family |
|
21 |
Brave | Animation, Family |
|
22 |
The Avengers | Action |
|
23 |
Chronicle | Action |
|
24 |
21 Jump Street | Action, Comedy |
|
25 |
End of Watch | Drama, Thriller |
The Worst Wide Releases of 2012:
| Movie | Genre | |
|
1 |
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | Horror |
|
2 |
The Apparition | Horror |
|
3 |
The Devil Inside | Horror |
|
4 |
One for the Money | Action, Comedy |
|
5 |
The Cold Light of Day | Action, Thriller |
|
6 |
Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 | Drama |
|
7 |
A Thousand Words | Comedy |
|
8 |
Playing for Keeps | Rom-com |
|
9 |
Alex Cross | Thriller |
|
10 |
House at the End of the Street | Horror |
The Best Limited Releases of 2012:
| Movie | Genre | |
|
1 |
Amour | Foreign, Drama |
|
2 |
This Is Not a Film | Foreign, Documentary |
|
3 |
The Gatekeepers | Foreign, Documentary |
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4 |
How to Survive a Plague | Documentary |
|
5 |
Barbara | Foreign, Drama |
|
6 |
Elena | Foreign, Drama |
|
7 |
The Kid with a Bike | Foreign, Drama |
|
8 |
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | Documentary |
|
9 |
Beasts of the Southern Wild | Drama, Fantasy |
|
10 |
The Waiting Room | Documentary |
|
11 |
Holy Motors | Foreign, Drama |
|
12 |
Oslo, August 31st | Foreign, Drama |
|
13 |
Monsieur Lazhar | Foreign, Drama |
|
14 |
The Day He Arrives | Foreign, Drama |
|
15 |
The Flat | Foreign, Documentary |
|
16 |
Side by Side | Documentary |
|
17 |
The Deep Blue Sea | Drama |
|
18 |
In the Family | Drama |
|
19 |
Tabu | Foreign, Drama |
|
20 |
Footnote | Foreign, Drama |
|
21 |
Marley | Music, Documentary |
|
22 |
Under African Skies | Music, Documentary |
|
23 |
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | Foreign, Drama |
|
24 |
Sister | Foreign, Drama |
|
25 |
Tchoupitoulas | Documentary |
The Worst Limited Releases of 2012:
| Movie | Genre | |
|
1 |
The Tortured | Horror, Thriller |
|
2 |
A Little Bit of Heaven | Rom-com |
|
3 |
Excuse Me for Living | Comedy |
|
4 |
After Fall, Winter | Drama |
|
5 |
Assassin’s Bullet | Action, Thriller |
|
6 |
Smiley | Horror |
|
7 |
30 Beats | Rom-com |
|
8 |
Supercapitalist | Thriller |
|
9 |
That’s What She Said | Comedy |
|
10 |
Beneath the Darkness | Horror, Thriller |
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