Zero Dark Thirty(2012)

Combined Rating:
95
Combined Critics Rating: 94

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.



Argo(2012)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 90

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.



Django Unchained(2012)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.



Moonrise Kingdom(2012)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.



Lincoln(2012)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 89

As the War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.



Silver Linings Playbook(2012)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.



Life of Pi(2012)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Adil Hussain, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma,
Ang Lee,

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.



Flight(2012)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.



Wreck-It Ralph(2012)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.



Frankenweenie(2012)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.



The Sessions(2012)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.



Arbitrage(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.



Anna Karenina(2012)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

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



Rise of the Guardians(2012)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 69

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.



Hitchcock(2012)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 71

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



Hope Springs(2012)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 74

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



Hotel Transylvania(2012)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

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.



Quartet(2012)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 71

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.



The Paperboy(2012)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 62

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



Hyde Park on Hudson(2012)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 69

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.




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