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Complete List of All 2012 Movies (In Theaters) Release Dates (2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31)

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Last modified: Dec. 15, 2024

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January 2012's best movies were Beauty and the Beast 3D, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, Underworld: Awakening and Red Tails.

Roadie
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
Norwegian Wood
Red Flag Releasing
Drama
Limited
The Iron Lady
The Weinstein Company
Biography
Theaters
Red Tails
20th Century Studios
Drama
Theaters
Extremely Loud and Incr...
Drama
Theaters
Coriolanus
The Weinstein Company
Drama
Limited
Watching TV with the Re...
Drama
Limited
Miss Bala
20th Century Studios
Drama
Limited
We Need to Talk About K...
Oscilloscope Labor...
Drama
Limited
Declaration of War
Sundance Selects
Romance
Limited
Amador
Film Movement
Drama
NYC Only
Lula, the Son of Brazil
Drama
NYC Only
The Ides of March
Sony Pictures
Drama
Theaters

February 2012's best movies were W.E., The Secret World of Arrietty, Act of Valor and Good Deeds.

Chronicle
20th Century Studios
Fantasy
Theaters
Big Miracle
Universal Pictures
Romance
Theaters
W.E.
The Weinstein Company
Biography
Limited
Journey 2: The Mysterio...
Warner Bros. Pictures
3D
Theaters
Return
Dada Films
Drama
Limited
Rampart
Alchemy
Crime
NYC/LA
In Darkness
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
NYC/LA
Deadline
Freestyle Releasing
Drama
Limited
Michael
Strand Releasing
Drama
Limited
Deep in the Heart
Drama
Limited
On the Ice
Drama
Limited
Bullhead
RLJ Entertainment
Drama
Limited
Good Deeds
Lionsgate Studios
Romance
Theaters
The Fairy
Drama
Limited
The Forgiveness of Blood
IFC Films
Drama
NYC/LA
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March 2012's best movies were The Raid: Redemption, The Hunger Games, 21 Jump Street and Ranchero.

Being Flynn
Focus Features
Comedy
NYC/LA
Boy
Paladin
Drama
NYC Only
Salmon Fishing in the Y...
CBS Films
Political
Limited
Apart
Drama
Limited
Footnote
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
NYC/LA
Seeking Justice
Anchor Bay Films
Thriller
Limited
Detachment
Tribeca Film
Drama
Limited
Around June
Indican Pictures
Drama
Limited
Ranchero
Indican Pictures
Drama
Limited
Musical Chairs
Paladin
Drama
Limited
October Baby
Drama
Limited
The Deep Blue Sea
Music Box Films
Drama
NYC/LA
4:44 Last Day On Earth
IFC Films
Sci-Fi
NYC/LA
Mirror Mirror
Relativity Studios
Teen
Theaters
Womb
Olive Films
Drama
Limited

April 2012's best movies were The Raid: Redemption, Titanic - 25 Year Anniversary, Bernie and Touchback.

Titanic - 25 Year Anniv...
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Keyhole
Monterey Media
Drama
Limited
We Have A Pope
IFC Films
Drama
NYC/LA
ATM
Action
NYC/LA
The Cabin in the Woods
Sony Pictures
Post-3D
Theaters
Touchback
Anchor Bay Films
Sports
Limited
Monsieur Lazhar
Music Box Films
Comedy
Limited
Blue Like Jazz
Roadside Attractions
Drama
Limited
Woman Thou Art Loosed!:...
CODEBLACK Films
Drama
Limited
The Lady
Cohen Media Group
Political
Limited
Woman Thou Art Loosed: ...
CODEBLACK Films
Drama
Limited
Bad Ass
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Drama
Limited
Late Bloomers
Olive Films
Drama
NYC Only
Crew 2 Crew
Drama
Limited
The Lucky One
Warner Bros. Pictures
Romance
Theaters
Moth Diaries
IFC Films
Suspense
Limited
Goodbye First Love
Sundance Selects
Romance
NYC/LA
Mamitas
Screen Media Films
Drama
Limited
Sound of My Voice
Searchlight Pictures
Drama
Limited
Warriors Of The Rainbow...
Well Go USA
Action
Limited
The Broken Tower
Drama
Limited
Restless City
Drama
Limited
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May 2012's best movies were The Avengers, Girl in Progress, Virginia and Hick.

Get the Gringo
Drama
Limited
The Best Exotic Marigol...
Searchlight Pictures
Adaptation
Limited
Death of a Superhero
Tribeca Film
Teen
NYC Only
Hick
Phase 4 Films
Teen
Limited
A Bag of Hammers
MPI Media Group
Comedy
Limited
Girl in Progress
Lionsgate Studios
Drama
Limited
I Wish
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
Where Do We Go Now?
Sony Pictures Clas...
Comedy
NYC/LA
The Cup
Sports
LA Only
What to Expect When You...
Lionsgate Studios
Comedy
Theaters
The Best Exotic Marigol...
Searchlight Pictures
Adaptation
Theaters
Virginia
Entertainment One
Drama
Limited
Hysteria
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
Limited
Crooked Arrows
Freestyle Releasing
Drama
Limited
Entrance
IFC Films
Thriller
Limited
Quill: The Life of a Gu...
Music Box Films
Drama
Limited
American Animal
Screen Media Films
Comedy
Limited
The Samaritan
IFC Films
Drama
NYC/LA
Polisse
Sundance Selects
Drama
NYC/LA
Hide Away
MMC Joule Films
Drama
Limited
Oslo, August 31st
Strand Releasing
Drama
Limited
The Intouchables
The Weinstein Company
Comedy
NYC/LA
Moonrise Kingdom
Focus Features
Drama
NYC/LA

June 2012's best movies were Ted, For Greater Glory, Brave and Bernie.

Snow White and the Hunt...
Universal Pictures
Adventure
Theaters
Battlefield America
Cinedigm Entertain...
Teen
Theaters
For Greater Glory
ARC Entertainment
Drama
Theaters
The Loved Ones
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Limited
Apartment 143
Magnet Releasing
Horror
Limited
Peace, Love, and Misund...
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
Bel Ami
Magnolia Pictures
Biography
Limited
Corpo Celeste
Film Movement
Drama
Limited
For the Love of Money
Archstone Distribu...
Drama
NYC/LA
Your Sister's Sister
IFC Films
Comedy
Limited
Americano
MPI Media Group
Drama
Limited
Extraterrestrial
Focus Features
Drama
NYC Only
To Rome With Love
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
N/A
The Last Ride
Drama
Limited
Stella Days
Tribeca Film
Drama
Limited
Extraterrestrial
Focus Features
Sci-Fi
LA Only
Beasts of the Southern ...
Searchlight Pictures
Drama
N/A
People Like Us
Touchstone Pictures
Family
N/A
Unforgivable
SBS Productions
Drama
Limited
Take This Waltz
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
A Burning Hot Summer
Sundance Selects
Drama
Limited
Last Ride
Drama
Limited

July 2012's best movies were The Dark Knight Rises, Sacrifice, The Amazing Spider-Man and Step Up Revolution.

The Amazing Spider-Man
Sony Pictures
Superhero
Theaters
The Magic of Belle Isle
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
Savages
Universal Pictures
Drama
Limited
Collaborator
Tribeca Film
Drama
Limited
Easy Money
The Weinstein Company
Thriller
Limited
Union Square
Drama
Limited
Trishna
Sundance Selects
Adaptation
Limited
Farewell, My Queen
Cohen Media Group
Historical
Limited
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Kino Lorber
Romance
Limited
Hara-Kiri
Tribeca Film
Remake
Limited
Step Up Revolution
Summit Entertainment
3D
Theaters
Sacrifice
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Drama
Limited
Falling Overnight
Osiris Entertainment
Drama
NYC Only
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August 2012's best movies were The Expendables 2, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Sparkle and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.

360
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
Assassin's Bullet
ARC Entertainment
Thriller
Limited
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
NYC/LA
Falling Overnight
Osiris Entertainment
Drama
LA Only
Hope Springs
Sony Pictures
Comedy
Theaters
Freelancers
Lionsgate Studios
Drama
N/A
2 Days in New York
Magnolia Pictures
Romance
Limited
Red Hook Summer
Variance Films
Drama
NYC Only
Sparkle
TriStar Pictures
Musical
Theaters
Cosmopolis
Entertainment One
Drama
Limited
Why Stop Now?
IFC Films
Comedy
Limited
Beloved
Sundance Selects
Musical
Limited
Chicken with Plums
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
NYC/LA
Cosmopolis
Entertainment One
Drama
Limited
Little White Lies
MPI Media Group
Comedy
Limited
Robot and Frank
Exclusive Media Group
Comedy
Limited
Compliance
Magnolia Pictures
Thriller
NYC/LA
Lawless
The Weinstein Company
Drama
Theaters
The Good Doctor
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited

September 2012's best movies were Raiders of the Lost Ark, Finding Nemo 3D, Solomon Kane and Unconditional.

For Ellen
Tribeca Film
Drama
Limited
The Words
CBS Films
Romance
Theaters
Hello I Must Be Going
Oscilloscope Labor...
Comedy
Limited
Keep the Lights On
Music Box Films
LGBTQIA+
Limited
Branded
Roadside Attractions
Mystery
Limited
Jackie
Tribeca Film
Drama
Limited
The Master
The Weinstein Company
Drama
Limited
The Perks of Being a Wa...
Summit Entertainment
Teen
Limited
Arbitrage
Lionsgate Studios
Drama
Limited
Last Ounce of Courage
Veritas Communicat...
Family
Limited
The Trouble With The Truth
Winning Edge Partners
Drama
Limited
Now Is Good
Pathé
Drama
Limited
Trouble With the Curve
Warner Bros. Pictures
Drama
Theaters
The Master
The Weinstein Company
Drama
N/A
End of Watch
Open Road Films
Drama
Limited
10 Years
Anchor Bay Films
Drama
Limited
Unconditional
Harbinger Pictures
Drama
Limited
About Cherry
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
17 Girls
Strand Releasing
Drama
Limited
Besties
Drama
N/A
Looper
TriStar Pictures
Adventure
Theaters
Won't Back Down
20th Century Studios
Drama
Theaters
Bringing Up Bobby
Monterey Media
Drama
Limited

October 2012's best movies were Here Comes the Boom, The Oranges, Pitch Perfect (10th Anniversary) and Lawrence of Arabia.

Funkytown
Remstar Films
Drama
Limited
Lawrence of Arabia
Sony Pictures
Drama
Limited
Taken 2
20th Century Studios
Action
Theaters
The Paperboy
Alchemy
Provocative
Limited
The Oranges
ATO Pictures
Drama
Limited
Wuthering Heights
Oscilloscope Labor...
Biography
Limited
Sister
Adopt Films
Drama
Limited
Little Red Wagon
Drama
Limited
Argo
Warner Bros. Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Nobody Walks
Magnolia Pictures
Comedy
Limited
Special Forces
Entertainment One
Thriller
Limited
Atlas Shrugged Part II
Atlas Distribution
Sci-Fi
Limited
Smashed
Sony Pictures Clas...
Comedy
Limited
Smiley
AMC Theatres Distr...
Thriller
Limited
Art Machine
Comedy
Limited
Middle of Nowhere
AFFRM
Drama
Limited
Least Among Saints
Brainstorm Media
Drama
Limited
Simon and the Oaks
Film Arcade
Drama
NYC/LA
Holy Motors
Indomina Releasing
Drama
Limited
Alex Cross
Summit Entertainment
Drama
Theaters
The Sessions
Searchlight Pictures
Drama
Limited
Chasing Mavericks
20th Century Studios
Drama
Theaters
The Loneliest Planet
Sundance Selects
Drama
Limited
Starlet
Music Box Films
Drama
NYC/LA
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November 2012's best movies were Wreck-It Ralph, Rise of the Guardians, Skyfall and To Kill A Mockingbird.

The Man with the Iron Fist
Universal Pictures
Martial Arts
Theaters
Flight
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Theaters
A Late Quartet
Entertainment One
Drama
Limited
This Must Be The Place
The Weinstein Company
Comedy
Limited
North Sea Texas
Strand Releasing
Drama
Limited
Jack and Diane
Magnolia Pictures
Romance
Limited
Skyfall
Sony Pictures
Thriller
Theaters
Lincoln
Touchstone Pictures
Historical
Limited
A Royal Affair
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
Dangerous Liaisons
Well Go USA
Foreign
Limited
The Comedy
Tribeca Film
Drama
Limited
Holy Motors
Indomina Releasing
Drama
Limited
To Kill A Mockingbird
Universal Pictures
Re-Release
Limited
Lincoln
Touchstone Pictures
Drama
Theaters
The Twilight Saga: Brea...
Summit Entertainment
Teen
Theaters
Anna Karenina
Focus Features
Drama
Limited
Price Check
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
Life of Pi
20th Century Studios
Shot-In-3D
Theaters
Hitchcock
Searchlight Pictures
Biography
Limited
Rust & Bone
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
Limited
Crossroad
Spot On Media
Drama
Limited
California Solo
Strand Releasing
Drama
Limited
Dragon
RADiUS-TWC
Drama
Limited

December 2012's best movies were Monsters, Inc. 3D, Tarantino XX: Pulp Fiction Event, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and End of Watch.

End of Watch
Open Road Films
Drama
Limited
Lay the Favorite
RADiUS-TWC
Comedy
Limited
In Our Nature
Cinedigm Entertain...
Drama
Limited
Hyde Park on Hudson
Focus Features
Historical
Limited
The Fitzgerald Family C...
Tribeca Film
Holiday
Limited
Heleno
Screen Media Films
Biography
Limited
Flying Lessons
New Films Internat...
Drama
Limited
Cheerful Weather for th...
IFC Films
Comedy
NYC Only
The Hobbit: An Unexpect...
Warner Bros. Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Any Day Now
Music Box Films
Drama
Limited
Cheerful Weather for th...
IFC Films
Drama
LA Only
Zero Dark Thirty
Sony Pictures
Thriller
NYC/LA
Amour (Love)
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
NYC/LA
Jack Reacher
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Theaters
The Impossible
Summit Entertainment
True Story
Theaters
Not Fade Away
Paramount Pictures
Music
Limited
On the Road
IFC Films
Adaptation
Limited
Django Unchained
The Weinstein Company
Western
Theaters
Parental Guidance
20th Century Studios
Family
Theaters
TABU
Adopt Films
Drama
NYC Only
Quartet
The Weinstein Company
Comedy
Limited
Promised Land
Focus Features
Drama
NYC/LA
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