Critically acclaimed movies of 2012

Ruby Sparks(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.



Barbara(2012)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.



The Perks of Being a Wallflower(2012)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.



Spring Breakers(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.



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.



Premium Rush(2012)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.



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.



Lore(2012)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 74

As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.



Berberian Sound Studio(2012)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.



Cloud Atlas(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.



Pitch Perfect(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.



Snow White and the Huntsman(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.



Dark Shadows(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.



This Is 40(2012)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.



Lawless(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.



The Dictator(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.



The Five-Year Engagement(2012)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 73

One year after meeting, Tom proposes to his girlfriend, Violet, but unexpected events keep tripping them up as they look to walk down the aisle together.



Compliance(2012)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.



What Maisie Knew(2012)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 73

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.



Like Someone in Love(2012)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 73

In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.




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