# Best movie of 2012? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894 "2012-12-23T03:32:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/1 "2012-12-23T03:32:47Z")
I have not yet seen Les Miserables or Django Unchained, two major releases still coming out in 2012. However, I have seen quite a few major movies released this year. I also still need to see Seven Psycopaths, but I digress. Feel free to list your favorites if you like, but let’s try to pick one that was at the top. I liked: Hunger Games Cabin in the Woods The Avengers Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Expendables 2 Looper Skyfall The Hobbit pt 1 I may have missed something that came out this year, but I do think the best of those I listed was probably \*\*The Hobbit pt 1. \*\* What did you think? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/2 "2012-12-23T03:49:33Z")
You missed [The Master](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/combined). Many hate it, some (among them, me) think it was outstanding. ETA - Expendables 2 as possibly “the best”? Surely you jest. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/3 "2012-12-23T03:51:22Z")
My personal favorite was _Moonrise Kingdom_. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/4 "2012-12-23T06:14:16Z")
Zero Dark Thirty and Robot & Frank are shoe-ins, I think. The Master as well. Django could make the list. Although I was really entertained by Avengers and Cabin in the Woods, those aren’t the sort of films that make the cut for Best Picture (though it’s not clear if we’re talking about potential Academy nominees). ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/5 "2012-12-23T14:30:00Z")
I haven’t yet seen Zero Dark Thirty or Skyfall, but the best movie I have seen in 2012 was The Avengers. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/6 "2012-12-23T15:37:43Z")
The Avengers. The movie was just pure joy. Other movies I really really liked: Cabin in the Woods Looper Ted The Dark Knight Rises The Hobbit ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/7 "2012-12-23T18:04:02Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > ETA - Expendables 2 as possibly “the best”? Surely you jest. It’s just a movie I liked from 2012, not possibly “the best”. I should add that I also haven’t seen The Master or Lincoln. I have a gap to fill in, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/8 "2012-12-23T18:18:40Z")
I haven’t seen a lot, but I did see Lincoln and that certainly has to be in the running. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/9 "2012-12-23T19:06:22Z")
I saw only 4 movies in 2012: Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Skyfall, and The Hobbit, and I think Skyfall was the best. (I was too skint to see more - all but one outing was paid for by work.) ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/10 "2012-12-23T22:06:28Z")
As of right now, my favorite movie of the year is **Moonrise Kingdom** , with **The Master** , **Holy Motors** , and **Wreck-It Ralph** as runners-up. But I usually don’t consider the moviegoing year really over until the end of January or early February, since studios cram so many high-profile movies into December and keep expanding them for months, and it takes a while to catch up. I’d say there are about a dozen from this year I have to see yet, with the most significant ones being **Django Unchained** , **Les Miserables** , **Amour** , **Rust and Bone** , **Searching for Sugar Man** , **The Imposter** , and **Zero Dark Thirty**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/11 "2012-12-24T23:58:35Z")
Movies I saw this year which were excellent and which I would happily recommend: [Moonrise Kingdom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1748122/) [Safety Not Guaranteed](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/) [Silver Linings Playbook](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045658/) [Life of Pi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/) [The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1412386/) [Argo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/) [Beauty Is Embarrassing](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2040281/) [Brave](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/) [Lincoln](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/) [The Sessions](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866249/) [Looper](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/) [Prometheus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/) [Beasts of the Southern Wild](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/) [Bernie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1704573/) [John Carter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/) [Robot and Frank](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1990314/) [The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/) My personal favorite of that bunch may be Prometheus. Yeah, I know a lot of people around here disagree. ::shrug:: ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/12 "2012-12-25T00:40:36Z")
Avengers ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/13 "2012-12-28T03:54:09Z")
I’ve now seen Lincoln and Flight and would rank **Flight** as the best movie of the year. Lincoln, however, was only…good. I did like it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/14 "2012-12-28T06:25:04Z")
So far I’ve seen a lot of _good_ movies this year, but not one I will call great or “The Best.” So far, I most liked **Argo** (although too much this “true story” was fabricated to me), but I still haven’t seen Looper or Django Unchained. I thought **Zero Dark Thirty** , while very well done, didn’t entirely grab me. Maybe it was more drawn out than I prefer, maybe the suspense lacked because I already knew the outcome, maybe the bureaucratic element got tiresome, maybe torture scenes just aren’t my cup of tea. All that said, I think ZDT or Lincoln will win Best Picture (which far from determines it as The Best). I watched Silver Lining Playbook in fits and starts (at work) and really liked it, maybe more so if I had seen it in a theatre. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/15 "2012-12-28T06:39:34Z")
**Perks of Being a Wallflower** , also very good. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/16 "2012-12-28T10:23:54Z")
Premium Rush was my favourite of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/17 "2012-12-28T13:01:11Z")
Dredd 3D was mine. ---
**Author:** ![aag3981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@aag3981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aag3981)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/18 "2012-12-28T14:07:06Z")
I haven’t seen a lot on these list, but Cabin in the Woods was an AWESOME movie. Although there is a special place in my heart for Joss Whedon:). ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/19 "2012-12-28T14:21:47Z")
Still waiting for Zero Dark Thirty and Silver Linings Playbook to play near me, and I haven’t seen Django yet - I expect all three of those to be in my top 10 list. But here are the best of what I have already seen ranked by what I enjoyed the most, not necessarily those that are the ‘best’ movies in the Oscar sense. _Argo The Avengers Lincoln Les Miserables Wreck-it Ralph The Hobbit_ I think I’m forgetting one or two movies from earlier in the year, but I can’t recall them right now. I also missed _Cabin in the Woods_ and _Flight_ among those mentioned in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894/20 "2012-12-29T03:04:48Z")
Just saw **Beasts of the Southern Wild**. OK, but disappointing. I expected better. Not on my top list at all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-2012/644894.md?page=2)