Argo
Argo is a dramatic thriller film directed by Ben Affleck.
A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
Release date: 31 August 2012
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Budget: $44.5 million
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman
The Master
Release date: 1 September 2012
Genre: Drama
Budget: $35 million
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams
Looper
Release date: 6 September 2012
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Budget: $30 million
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels
Anna Karenina
Release date: 7 September 2012
Genre: Drama
Budget: £31 million
Directed by: Joe Wright
Starring: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kelly Macdonald
Taken 2
Release date: 7 September 2012
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Budget: $45 million
Directed by: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Rade Serbedzija
Cloud Atlas
Release date: 8 September 2012
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Budget: $102 million
Directed by: Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski
Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant
End of Watch
Release date: 8 September 2012
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Budget: $7 million
Directed by: David Ayer
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick
The Impossible
Release date: 9 September 2012
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Budget: $45 million
Directed by: Juan Antonio Bayona
Starring: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland
Life Of Pi
Release date: 28 September 2012
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Budget: $120 million
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Adil Hussain, Gerard Depardieu, Rafe Spall
Skyfall
Release date: 23 October 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Budget: $150−200 million
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Judi Dench
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Release date: 28 November 2012
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Budget: $200–315 million
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis
Django Unchained
Release date: 25 December 2012
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Budget: $100 million
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks, Don Johnson
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Pt. 2
Release date: 14 November 2012
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Budget: $120 million
Directed by: Bill Condon
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Billy Burke
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Release date: 17 January 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Budget: $6 million
Directed by: Roel Reine
Starring: Victor Webster, Bostin Christopher, Temuera Morrison, Krystal Vee, Selina Lo, Kimbo Slice, Dave Batista
Underworld: Awakening
Release date: 19 January 2012
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Budget: $70 million
Directed by: Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Sandrine Holt, Theo James, Michael Ealy, India Eisley, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance
Chronicle
Release date: 28 January 2012
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Budget: $15 million
Directed by: Josh Trank
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russel, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Ashley Hinshaw
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Release date: 17 February 2012
Genre: Action, Comedy
Budget: $57 million
Directed by: Eric Rodriguez
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Christopher Lambert, Idris Elba
The Hunger Games
Release date: 12 March 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Budget: $78 million
Directed by: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland
Wrath of the Titans
Release date: 28 March 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Budget: $150 million
Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Edgar Ramirez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson
The Avengers
Release date: 11 April 2012
Genre: Action
Budget: $220 million
Directed by: Joss Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson
Men in Black III
Release date: 14 May 2012
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Budget: $215 million
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bill Hader, David Rasche, Emma Thompson
Moonrise Kingdom
Release date: 16 May 2012
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Budget: $16 million
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Starring: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban
Amour
Release date: 20 May 2012
Genre: Drama, Romance
Budget: €7.29 million
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
Killing Them Softly
Release date: 22 May 2012
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Budget: $15 million
Directed by: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Sam Shepard
Prometheus
Release date: 30 May 2012
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Budget: $130 million
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron
The Amazing Spider-Man
Release date: 13 June 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Budget: $230 million
Directed by: Marc Webb
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Martin Sheen, Sally Field
The Dark Knight Rises
Release date: 16 July 2012
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Budget: $250–300 million
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman
Total Recall
Release date: 2 August 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Budget: $125 million
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, Bill Nighy
The Expendables 2
Release date: 8 August 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Budget: $100 million
Directed by: Simon West
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Freelancers
Release date: 10 August 2012
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Budget: $20 million
Directed by: Jessy Terrero
Starring: 50 Cent, Forest Whitaker, Robert De Niro
