2012 in Film or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Reel

By: Ed Benn

150 last year. Can I outdo myself? Stay tuned!

• 01
  Kung Fu Panda 2
  Jennifer Yuh
• 02
  As Good as It Gets
  James L. Brooks
• 03
  The Adjustment Bureau
  George Nolfi
• 04
  Kill List
  Ben Wheatley
• 05
  Terri
  Azazel Jacobs
• 06
  The Guard
  John Michael McDonagh
• 07
  In Bruges
  Martin McDonagh
• 08
  Shrek 2
  Andrew Adamson
• 09
  Pearl Jam Twenty
  Cameron Crowe
• 10
  50/50
  Jonathan Levine
• 11
  Fast Five
  Justin Lin
• 12
  Youth in Revolt
  Miguel Arteta
• 13
  Moneyball
  Bennett Miller
• 14
  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  Tomas Alfredson
• 15
  Real Steel
  Shawn Levy
• 16
  In Time
  Andrew Niccol
• 17
  Warrior
  Gavin O'Connor
• 18
  Buried
  Rodrigo Cortés
• 19
  A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
  Todd Strauss-Schulson
• 20
  Drive
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 21
  Inside Man
  Spike Lee
• 22
  Sherlock Holmes
  Guy Ritchie
• 23
  The Ides of March
  George Clooney
• 24
  Beginners
  Mike Mills
• 25
  Puss in Boots
  Chris Miller
• 26
  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  David Yates
• 27
  The Revenant
  D. Kerry Prior
• 28
  Immortals
  Tarsem Singh
• 29
  A Dangerous Method
  David Cronenberg
• 30
  Inception
  Christopher Nolan
• 31
  The Devil's Double
  Lee Tamahori
• 32
  Young Adult
  Jason Reitman
• 33
  The Adventures of Tintin
  Steven Spielberg
• 34
  Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  Quentin Tarantino
• 35
  John Carter
  Andrew Stanton
• 36
  The Trip
  Michael Winterbottom
• 37
  The Help
  Tate Taylor
• 38
  A Simple Plan
  Sam Raimi
• 39
  Hugo
  Martin Scorsese
• 40
  The Dead
  Howard J. Ford
• 41
  The Prodigies
  Antoine Charreyron
• 42
  Livid
  Julien Maury
• 43
  Chronicle
  Josh Trank
• 44
  We Need to Talk About Kevin
  Lynne Ramsay
• 45
  Juan of the Dead
  Alejandro Brugués
• 46
  Sleep Tight
  Jaume Balagueró
• 47
  Love
  William Eubank
• 48
  The Theatre Bizarre
  Buddy Giovinazzo
• 49
  [REC] 3: Genesis
  Paco Plaza
• 50
  Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  Quentin Tarantino
• 51
  The Abyss
  James Cameron
• 52
  The Hunger Games
  Gary Ross
• 53
  Brick
  Rian Johnson
• 54
  The Killing
  Stanley Kubrick
• 55
  The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• 56
  The Secret World of Arrietty
  Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• 57
  Spider-Man
  Sam Raimi
• 58
  Stone
  John Curran
• 59
  Rio
  Carlos Saldanha
• 60
  Blade
  Stephen Norrington
• 61
  Like Crazy
  Drake Doremus
• 62
  The Cabin in the Woods
  Drew Goddard
• 63
  Blade Runner
  Ridley Scott
• 64
  The Muppets
  James Bobin
• 65
  Haywire
  Steven Soderbergh
• 66
  The Woman in Black
  James Watkins
• 67
  Mother
  Bong Joon-ho
• 68
  Las acacias
  Pablo Giorgelli
• 69
  Rampart
  Oren Moverman
• 70
  Spider-Man 2
  Sam Raimi
• 71
  Goon
  Michael Dowse
• 72
  The Grey
  Joe Carnahan
• 73
  Hulk
  Ang Lee
• 74
  The Incredible Hulk
  Louis Leterrier
• 75
  Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• 76
  U Turn
  Oliver Stone
• 77
  The Artist
  Michel Hazanavicius
• 78
  Carnage
  Roman Polanski
• 79
  Lethal Weapon
  Richard Donner
• 80
  Spider-Man 3
  Sam Raimi
• 81
  The Divide
  Xavier Gens
• 82
  The Sitter
  David Gordon Green
• 83
  Lethal Weapon 2
  Richard Donner