Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Summary: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Release Date: October 26, 2012

Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery

Directors: Tom Tykwer

, Lana Wachowski

, Lilly Wachowski

Writers: David Mitchell

, Lana Wachowski

, Tom Tykwer

Runtime: 2 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cloud Atlas Productions, X-Filme Creative Pool, Anarchos Pictures, Ascension Pictures, Dreams of Dragon Picture, Five Drops, Media Asia Group

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Countries: United States, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, United Kingdom, Spain

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 102,000,000

Domestic: $ 27,108,272

International: $ 103,408,152

The Avengers (2012)

Summary: Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.

Release Date: May 04, 2012

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Joss Whedon

Writers: Joss Whedon

, Zak Penn

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Marvel Studios, Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+, Epix (I), FX Network, Hotstar

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Movie budget: $ 220,000,000

Domestic: $ 623,357,910

International: $ 897,180,626

Looper (2012)

Summary: In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassin...

Release Date: September 28, 2012

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director: Rian Johnson

Writer: Rian Johnson

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: R

Production: TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict, Endgame Entertainment, Ram Bergman Productions

Countries: United States, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 66,486,205

International: $ 110,020,614

Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony (2012)

Summary: Profiling the cross-demographic fanaticism for the ostensibly girl-orientated television series, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010).

Release Date: January 19, 2013

Genre: Documentary

Director: Laurent Malaquais

Writer: Nat Segaloff

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Big Focus Television, DreamWorks, Fox 2000 Pictures

Distributor: Amazon.com, Big Focus Television, Logo, Scrnland

Countries: United States, Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 350,000

The Legend of Korra (2012)

Summary: Avatar Korra fights to keep Republic City safe from the evil forces of both the physical and spiritual worlds.

Release Date: April 14, 2012

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation

Runtime: 0 h 23 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Ginormous Madman, Nickelodeon Animation Studios

Country: United States

Language: English

3 - NEO-MARXISM

On the Road (2012)

Summary: Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.

Release Date: May 23, 2012

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Anime

Director: Walter Salles

Writers: Jack Kerouac

, Jose Rivera

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: MK2 Productions, American Zoetrope, Jerry Leider Company, Vanguard Films, Film4, France 2 Cinéma, France Télévisions, Canal+, Ciné+, VideoFilmes, K&S Films, Nomadic Pictures, SPAD Films

Distributor: IFC Films, Sundance Selects, American Movie Classics (AMC)

Countries: France, United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 744,296

International: $ 8,873,081

2 - NEO-MARXISM

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Summary: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

Release Date: November 30, 2012

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Andrew Dominik

Writers: Andrew Dominik

, George V. Higgins

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: R

Production: Plan B Entertainment, 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Annapurna Pictures

Distributor: Inferno Distribution, Anchor Bay Entertainment, KVH Media Group

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 15,026,056

International: $ 22,904,409

2 - NEO-MARXISM

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Summary: Bane, an imposing terrorist, attacks Gotham City and disrupts its eight-year-long period of peace. This forces Bruce Wayne to come out of hiding and don the cape and cowl of Batman again.

Release Date: July 20, 2012

Genres: Action, Adventure

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Jonathan Nolan

, Christopher Nolan

, David S. Goyer

Runtime: 2 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, DC Entertainment

Distributor: Warner Bros., Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: Batman

Movie budget: $ 250,000,000

Domestic: $ 448,149,584

International: $ 666,825,482

Spring Breakers (2012)

Summary: Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.

Release Date: March 22, 2013

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Harmony Korine

Writer: Harmony Korine

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Muse Productions, Division Films, O' Salvation, Iconoclast, MJZ, RabbitBandini Productions, Radar Pictures

Distributor: A24, Annapurna Pictures, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,124,284

International: $ 17,891,843

Les Misérables (2012)

Summary: In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who, for decades, has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

Release Date: December 25, 2012

Genres: Drama, Musical, History

Director: Tom Hooper

Writers: William Nicholson

, Alain Boublil

, Claude-Michel Schönberg

Runtime: 2 h 38 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd., Relativity Media

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 61,000,000

Domestic: $ 149,260,140

International: $ 293,497,389

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Summary: A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

Release Date: December 14, 2012

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Philippa Boyens

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 2 h 49 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), New Line Cinema, WingNut Films

Distributor: Warner Bros., Fathom Events

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Middle Earth

Movie budget: $ 180,000,000

Domestic: $ 303,030,651

International: $ 714,076,499

Rooftop Prince (2012)

Summary: Crown Prince Lee Gak transports 300 years into the future following the death of his wife; in 21st century Seoul, he meets Joo Se-Na, a woman with an uncanny resemblance to the deceased princess.

Release Date: March 21, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Runtime: 1 h 05 min

Production: SBS Plus, Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

To the Arctic 3D (2012)

Summary: A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.

Release Date: April 20, 2012

Genres: Documentary, Short

Director: Greg MacGillivray

Writer: Stephen Judson

Runtime: 0 h 40 min

MPAA: G

Production: IMAX, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Warner Bros.

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 14,560,838

International: $ 9,134,550

Design Is One: The Vignellis (2012)

Summary: A documentary on two of the world's most influential designers -- Lella and Massimo Vignelli.

Release Date: October 18, 2012

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Directors: Kathy Brew

, Roberto Guerra

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Distributor: First Run Features

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 16,386

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Summary: Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.

Release Date: September 28, 2012

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Writers: Peter Baynham

, Robert Smigel

, Todd Durham

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: G

Production: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Happy Madison Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Freeform, Nickelodeon Network, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Franchise: Hotel Transylvania

Movie budget: $ 85,000,000

Domestic: $ 148,313,048

International: $ 210,062,555

Production: Filmax, Televisión Española (TVE), Ono, Canal+ España, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3), Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Rec Génesis A.I.E.

[REC] 3: Genesis (2012)

Summary: A couple's wedding day turns horrific as some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness.

Release Date: March 30, 2012

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: Paco Plaza

Writers: Luiso Berdejo

, Paco Plaza

, David Gallart

Runtime: 1 h 20 min

MPAA: R

Distributor: Filmax International, Magnet Releasing, Scream Factory, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: Spain

Language: Spanish

Movie budget: $ 6,400,000

Domestic: $ 9,600

International: $ 11,010,375

Grassroots (2012)

Summary: After losing his job, a journalist reluctantly agrees to help his oddball friend with his bid to earn a seat on the Seattle City Council.

Release Date: November 09, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writers: Phil Campbell

, Stephen Gyllenhaal

, Justin Rhodes

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: Votiv Films, MRB Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 12,356

International: $ 7,136

Here Comes the Boom (2012)

Summary: A high-school biology teacher looks to become a successful mixed martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to prevent extracurricular activities from being axed at his cash-strapped school.

Release Date: October 12, 2012

Genres: Action, Comedy, Sport

Director: Frank Coraci

Writers: Allan Loeb

, Kevin James

, Rock Reuben

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Columbia Pictures, Hey Eddie, Broken Road Productions, Happy Madison Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 42,000,000

Domestic: $ 45,290,318

International: $ 27,809,854