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Best Movies of 2012, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
68 films from 2012 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Django Unchained ('2012), at 8.5 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.2. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Vow, 6.8 on IMDb against 43 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Django Unchained '2012 | Drama / Western | 8.5 | 87% | 81 | 8.2 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2 | The Dark Knight Rises '2012 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 8.4 | 87% | 78 | 7.8 | Christopher Nolan |
| 3 | The Avengers '2012 | Sci-Fi / Action | 8.0 | 91% | 69 | 8.1 | Joss Whedon |
| 4 | The Hunt '2012 | Drama | 8.3 | 92% | 77 | 8.1 | Thomas Vinterberg |
| 5 | Life of Pi '2012 | Drama | 7.9 | 86% | 79 | 7.4 | Ang Lee |
| 6 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey '2012 | Fantasy / Action | 7.8 | 64% | 58 | 7.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 7 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower '2012 | Drama | 7.9 | 85% | 67 | 7.8 | Stephen Chbosky |
| 8 | Skyfall '2012 | Action / Thriller | 7.8 | 92% | 81 | 7.3 | Sam Mendes |
| 9 | Silver Linings Playbook '2012 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.7 | 92% | 81 | 7.2 | David O. Russell |
| 10 | Argo '2012 | Drama / Thriller | 7.7 | 96% | 86 | 7.3 | Ben Affleck |
| 11 | Wreck-It Ralph '2012 | Animation / Comedy | 7.7 | 87% | 72 | 7.4 | Rich Moore |
| 12 | Moonrise Kingdom '2012 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.7 | 93% | 84 | 7.7 | Wes Anderson |
| 13 | End of Watch '2012 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 85% | 68 | 7.4 | David Ayer |
| 14 | Looper '2012 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.4 | 93% | 84 | 6.9 | Rian Johnson |
| 15 | Les Misérables '2012 | Drama | 7.5 | 70% | 63 | 7.3 | Tom Hooper |
| 16 | The Raid '2012 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.6 | 87% | 73 | 7.4 | Gareth Evans |
| 17 | The Impossible '2012 | Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 81% | 73 | 7.4 | J. A. Bayona |
| 18 | Zero Dark Thirty '2012 | Thriller / Drama | 7.4 | 91% | 95 | 7.0 | Kathryn Bigelow |
| 19 | The Hunger Games '2012 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 7.2 | 84% | 68 | 7.2 | Gary Ross |
| 20 | Flight '2012 | Drama | 7.3 | 77% | 76 | 6.9 | Robert Zemeckis |
| 21 | Cloud Atlas '2012 | Drama / Sci-Fi | 7.3 | 65% | 55 | 6.9 | Lilly Wachowski |
| 22 | 21 Jump Street '2012 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 7.2 | 85% | 69 | 6.9 | Phil Lord |
| 23 | Lincoln '2012 | Drama | 7.3 | 90% | 87 | 6.8 | Steven Spielberg |
| 24 | Lawless '2012 | Crime / Drama / Western | 7.2 | 67% | 58 | 7.1 | John Hillcoat |
| 25 | Rise of the Guardians '2012 | Action / Animation / Fantasy | 7.2 | 74% | 58 | 7.4 | Peter Ramsey |
| 26 | Brave '2012 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.1 | 78% | 69 | 7.0 | Brenda Chapman |
| 27 | Pitch Perfect '2012 | Comedy / Musical / Romance | 7.1 | 81% | 66 | 7.3 | Jason Moore |
| 28 | Hotel Transylvania '2012 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.1 | 45% | 47 | 7.0 | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| 29 | Dredd '2012 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 80% | 60 | 6.9 | Pete Travis |
| 30 | Seven Psychopaths '2012 | Comedy / Crime | 7.1 | 82% | 66 | 6.8 | Martin McDonagh |
| 31 | The Master '2012 | Drama | 7.1 | 85% | 86 | 7.1 | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 32 | The Amazing Spider-Man '2012 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.0 | 71% | 66 | 6.8 | Marc Webb |
| 33 | Prometheus '2012 | Sci-Fi / Mystery / Horror | 7.0 | 73% | 64 | 6.6 | Ridley Scott |
| 34 | The Cabin in the Woods '2012 | Horror / Mystery / Comedy | 7.0 | 92% | 72 | 6.7 | Drew Goddard |
| 35 | Jack Reacher '2012 | Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action | 7.0 | 64% | 50 | 6.7 | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 36 | Chronicle '2012 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller | 7.0 | 85% | 69 | 6.9 | Josh Trank |
| 37 | Frankenweenie '2012 | Animation / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi | 6.9 | 87% | 74 | 7.0 | Tim Burton |
| 38 | Ted '2012 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.9 | 68% | 62 | 6.5 | Seth MacFarlane |
| 39 | The Vow '2012 | Drama / Romance | 6.8 | 30% | 43 | 7.2 | Michael Sucsy |
| 40 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted '2012 | Animation / Comedy | 6.8 | 78% | 60 | 6.7 | Eric Darnell |
| 41 | Sinister '2012 | Horror / Thriller / Mystery | 6.8 | 64% | 53 | 6.9 | Scott Derrickson |
| 42 | Men in Black 3 '2012 | Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi | 6.8 | 67% | 58 | 6.5 | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| 43 | American Reunion '2012 | Comedy | 6.7 | 45% | 49 | 6.4 | Jon Hurwitz |
| 44 | Safe House '2012 | Action / Thriller | 6.7 | 52% | 52 | 6.5 | Daniel Espinosa |
| 45 | Project X '2012 | Comedy | 6.7 | 28% | 46 | 6.9 | Nima Nourizadeh |
| 46 | The Grey '2012 | Action / Thriller | 6.7 | 80% | 64 | 6.6 | Joe Carnahan |
| 47 | The Lucky One '2012 | Drama / Romance | 6.4 | 20% | 39 | 7.2 | Scott Hicks |
| 48 | John Carter '2012 | Action / Sci-Fi | 6.6 | 52% | 51 | 6.4 | Andrew Stanton |
| 49 | The Lorax '2012 | Animation | 6.4 | - | 46 | 6.5 | Chris Renaud |
| 50 | The Bourne Legacy '2012 | Action / Thriller | 6.6 | 56% | 61 | 6.3 | Tony Gilroy |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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