The Best (And Worst) Movies of 2012 — Plus Best Docs, Best for Families, Most Fun, and More

Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:00 am

My list of the best movies of 2012:

 

Zero Dark Thirty

Argo

Lincoln

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Brave

Silver Linings Playbook

Middle of Nowhere

The Avengers

ParaNorman

Runners-up: Life of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom, Arbitrage, The Sessions, Looper, Skyfall, Wreck-It Ralph

 

Best documentaries (any could be included in the top ten of the year): The Queen of Versailles, Searching for Sugar Man, Chasing Ice, The Waiting Room, Escape Fire, Brooklyn Castle, How to Survive a Plague

 

The top 10 for families:

 

 

 

Brave

ParaNorman

Wreck-It Ralph

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Mirror, Mirror

Pirates: Band of Misfits

The Secret World of Arietty

Hotel Translyvania

Frankenweenie

Ice Age: Continental Drift

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