According to Rotten Tomatoes, here are the top 100 best critic reviewed movies of 2012: 
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Notable Films of 2012
Here is my list of notable films for 2012:
- 21 Jump Street
- 5 Broken Cameras
- Act of Killing, The
- After Lucia
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
- Almayer’s Folly
- Alps
- Amazing Spider-Man, The
- Amour
- Anna Karenina
- Araf-Somewhere in Between
- Arbitrage
- Argo
- Attenberg
- Avengers, The (Marvel’s)
- Barbara
- Beauty is Embarrassing
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Berberian Sound Studio
- Bernie
- Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
- Bestiaire
- Beyond the Hills
- Blancanieves
- Blood of My Blood
- Boy
- Brave
- Bully
- Burning Hot Summer, The
- Cabin in the Woods, The
- Central Park Five, The
- Chasing Ice
- Chico & Rita
- China Heavyweight
- Chronicle
- Cloud Atlas
- Color Wheel, The
- Comedy, The
- Compliance
- Consuming Spirits
- Cosmopolis
- Damsels in Distress
- Dark Horse
- Dark Knight Rises, The
- Day He Arrives, The
- Deep Blue Sea, The
- Detropia
- Django Unchained
- Domaine
- Dragon
- Dust Bowl, The
- Elena
- End of Watch
- Expendables 2
- Fake It So Real
- Fill The Void
- Flight
- Footnote
- Frankenweenie
- Friends With Kids
- From Up on Poppy Hill
- Gatekeepers, The
- Gayby
- Girl Walk/All Day
- God Bless America
- Goodbye, My Love
- Grey, The
- Haywire
- Headhunters
- Hello I Must Be Going
- Hitchcock
- Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The
- Holy Motors
- Hope Springs
- Hotel Transylvania
- House I Live In, The
- How to Survive a Plague
- Hunger Games, The
- Hypnotist, The
- I Wish
- Ice Age: Continental Drift
- Impossible, The
- Imposter, The
- In The Family
- Intouchables, The
- Invisible War, The
- Island President, The
- It So Real
- It’s Such a Beautiful Day
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- Keep the Lights On
- Kid with a Bike, The
- Kill List
- Killer Joe
- Killing Them Softly
- Law in These Parts, The
- Le Grand Amour
- Les Miserables
- Let the Bullets Fly
- Liar’s Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman, A
- Life of Pi
- Life Without Principle
- Like Someone in Love
- Lincoln
- Loneliest Planet, The
- Looper
- Lorax, The
- Lore
- Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
- Magic Mike
- Margaret
- Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
- Master, The
- Memories Look at Me
- Men in Black 3
- Middle of Nowhere
- Miss Bala
- Mobile Homestead trilogy
- Monsieur Lazhar
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Neighboring Sounds
- No
- Not Fade Away
- Oki’s Movie
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
- Only the Young
- Oslo, August 31st
- Our Children
- Painting, The
- Paperboy, The
- ParaNorman
- Perks of Being a Wallflower, The
- Photographic Memory
- Pirates: Band of Misfits, The
- Pitch Perfect
- Possession
- Premium Rush
- Prometheus
- Promised Land
- Queen of Versailles, The
- Rabbi’s Cat, The
- Raid: Redemption, The
- Rebelle (War Witch)
- Red Hook Summer
- Return
- Rise of the Guardians
- Robot and Frank
- Room 237
- Royal Affair, A
- Ruby Sparks
- Rust and Bone
- Sack Barrow
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- Samsara
- Searching for Sugar Man
- Secret World of Arrietty, The
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- Sessions, The
- Seven Psychopaths
- Shut Up and Play the Hits
- Side By Side
- Sightseers
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Simple Life, A
- Sinister
- Sister
- Skyfall
- Smashed
- Snow White and the Huntsman
- Snowtown Murders, The
- Something in the Air
- Sound of My Voice, The
- Starlet
- Stories We Tell
- Tabu
- Take This Waltz
- Tchoupitoulas
- Ted
- Teddy Bear
- This Is 40
- This Is Not a Film
- This Must Be the Place
- To Rome with Love
- Turin Horse, The
- Two Years At Sea
- Under African Skies
- Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
- Unspeakable Act, The
- Waiting Room, The
- We Have a Pope
- West of Memphis
- Where Do We Go Now?
- Whore’s Glory
- Woman in Black, The
- Wreck-It-Ralph
- Wuthering Heights
- Your Sister’s Sister
- Zarafa
- Zero Dark Thirty
My Oscar Predictions 2012
Here are my Oscar predictions in BOLD*** for 2012. The Academy Awards will be handed out this Sunday, February 26th.
BEST PICTURE
“The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer*** (Predicted Winner)
“The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
“The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
“Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
“Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
“Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
“The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
“War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
DIRECTING
“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius*** (Predicted Winner)
“The Descendants” Alexander Payne
“Hugo” Martin Scorsese
“Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
“The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick
ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Demin Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”*** (Predicted Winner)
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”*** (Predicted Winner) 
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis in “The Help”*** (Predicted Winner)
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Benice Bejo in “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”*** (Predicted Winner)
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash*** (Predicted Winner)
“Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
“The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
“Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
“Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
“Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
“Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen*** (Predicted Winner)
“A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Bullhead” Belgium
“Footnote” Israel
“In Darkness” Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
“A Separation” Iran *** (Predicted Winner)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“A Cat in Paris ” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli”
Chico & Rita “Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
“Kung Fu Panda 2” Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
“Rango” Gore Verbinski*** (Predicted Winner)
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie*** (Predicted Winner)
“Real in Rio”from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
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