Best movies of 2012 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen,
Directors : Joe Wright,

In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.

Actors : Hugh Jackman, Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher,
Directors : Peter Ramsey,

When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world.

Actors : Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Danny Huston,
Directors : Sacha Gervasi,

The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.

Actors : Steve Carell, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Jean Smart,
Directors : David Frankel,

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.

Actors : Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco, Alfredo Castro, Gael García Bernal,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Nathan Lane, Armie Hammer, Lily Collins,
Directors : Tarsem Singh,

An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.

Actors : Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Adam Sandler,
Directors : Genndy Tartakovsky,

Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon,
Directors : Dustin Hoffman,

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.

Actors : Gustaf Skarsgård, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Pål Sverre Hagen,

Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Zac Efron,
Directors : Lee Daniels,

A reporter returns to his Florida home-town to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

Actors : Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Williams,
Directors : Roger Michell,

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.

Actors : Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix,
Directors : Paul Thomas Anderson,

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Kelly Macdonald,

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.

Actors : Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.