Favourite Movies of 2012
My "official" year-end top list.Year by the first general/non-festival release listed…
2012
Wesley Mead’s year in review
Films by week
Jan
Dec
- 386 Films watched
- 32.2 Average per month
- 7.4 Average per week
Milestones
First Film
Jan 3
Most Watched
twice
Last Film
Dec 31
Featured lists
Viewed at the cinema: 2012
Movies seen at the cinema in 2012
Favourite Movies of 2012 (by UK cinema release)
My other best-of-year lists are based on IMDb release year; this list…
Genres, Countries & Languages
Breakdown
2012 Releases Older
Watches Re-watches
Reviewed Not Reviewed
Stars
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10 films
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9 films
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8 films
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7 films
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7 films
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6 films
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6 films
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6 films
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6 films
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6 films
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6 films
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6 films
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5 films
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5 films
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5 films
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5 films
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5 films
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5 films
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5 films
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5 films
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Directors
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11 films
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9 films
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6 films
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6 films
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5 films
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5 films
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4 films
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3 films
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3 films
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3 films
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3 films
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3 films
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3 films
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2 films
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2 films
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2 films
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2 films
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2 films
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2 films
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2 films
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★ 5.0
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Crew & Studios
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Producers
Scott Rudin 12
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Writers
Woody Allen 11
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Editors
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Cinematography
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Production Design
Bo Welch 2
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Visual Effects
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Composers
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Sound
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Costumes
Ann Roth 3
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Make-Up
Ve Neill 4
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Studios
Paramount 21
Canal+ 9
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Co-Directors
Steve Purcell 4.5
Barry Cook 4.0
Chris Hopewell 4.0
Anthony Stacchi 2.0
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Producers
Ari Handel 5.0
Brad Fischer 5.0
Gabrielle Mahon 5.0
Jennifer Roth 5.0
Jerry Fruchtman 5.0
Jon Avnet 5.0
Joseph P. Reidy 5.0
Peter Fruchtman 5.0
Rick Schwartz 5.0
Rose Garnett 5.0
Scott Franklin 5.0
Claudie Ossard 5.0
Beau Flynn 5.0
Eric Watson 5.0
Palmer West 5.0
Andrew Macdonald 5.0
Dona Holloway 5.0
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Writers
Andres Heinz 5.0
Mark Heyman 5.0
Joseph Stefano 5.0
Robert Bloch 5.0
Matt Damon 5.0
Darren Aronofsky 5.0
Hubert Selby Jr. 5.0
Rian Johnson 5.0
David Lynch 5.0
Matthew Vaughn 5.0
David McKenna 5.0
Brad Bird 5.0
Tim McCanlies 5.0
Albert Hackett 5.0
Frances Goodrich 5.0
Frank Capra 5.0
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Editors
Hervé Schneid 5.0
Bob Wyman 5.0
Bob Ducsay 5.0
Duwayne Dunham 5.0
Eddie Hamilton 5.0
William Hornbeck 5.0
Robert Frazen 5.0
Joe Walker 5.0
James Thomas 5.0
Dede Allen 5.0
Anne-Sophie Bion 5.0
Paul Mullen 5.0
Robert Hoffman 5.0
Jay Deuby 5.0
Justin Weinstein 5.0
Philip Shane 5.0
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Cinematography
John L. Russell 5.0
Brian Tufano 5.0
Steve Yedlin 5.0
Eigil Bryld 5.0
Tony Kaye 5.0
Steven Wilzbach 5.0
Joseph F. Biroc 5.0
Joseph Walker 5.0
Sean Bobbitt 5.0
Mathieu Vadepied 5.0
Don Burgess 5.0
Tim Fleming 5.0
James Glennon 5.0
Jas Shelton 5.0
James J. Miller 5.0
Peter Robertson 5.0
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Production Design
David Stein 5.0
Thérèse DePrez 5.0
Joseph Hurley 5.0
Aline Bonetto 5.0
Daniel Kolarov 5.0
Volker Schäfer 5.0
Missy Stewart 5.0
Judy Rhee 5.0
Niki Longmuir 5.0
Tracey Gallacher 5.0
Ed Verreaux 5.0
Chris Lowe 5.0
Joe Howard 5.0
Dan Olexiewicz 5.0
J. Kyler Black 5.0
Jon Gary Steele 5.0
Alan Bodner 5.0
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Visual Effects
Colleen Bachman 5.0
Alain Carsoux 5.0
Edouard Valton 5.0
Stephen Jennings 5.0
Alexis Vieil 5.0
David Danesi 5.0
Laurent Brett 5.0
Chris Buchinsky 5.0
Erik Henry 5.0
Lars Erik Hansen 5.0
Henrik Fett 4.8
Andreas Deja 4.5
Alex Jaeger 4.5
Bastiaan Koch 4.5
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Composers
Edouard Dubois 5.0
Yann Tiersen 5.0
Krzysztof Komeda 5.0
Nathan Johnson 5.0
Ilan Eshkeri 5.0
John Murphy 5.0
Marius De Vries 5.0
Anne Dudley 5.0
Michael Kamen 5.0
Dimitri Tiomkin 5.0
Bill Lee 5.0
Harry Escott 5.0
Ludovico Einaudi 5.0
Ludovic Bource 5.0
Glen Hansard 5.0
Markéta Irglová 5.0
David Kitay 5.0
Jeppe Kaas 5.0
Trond Bjerknes 5.0
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Sound
Dror Gescheit 5.0
Wayne Lemmer 5.0
Jean Umansky 5.0
Vincent Arnardi 5.0
Gus Van Sant 5.0
Kelley Baker 5.0
Owen Langevin 5.0
Patrick Winters 5.0
Richard Moore 5.0
Tom E. Dahl 5.0
Stephen Barden 5.0
Colin Nicolson 5.0
Jonathan Miller 5.0
Alan Splet 5.0
Pat Jackson 5.0
Rob Fruchtman 5.0
James Harrison 5.0
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Costumes
Angela Mirabella 5.0
Jennifer Ingram 5.0
Nicci Schinman 5.0
Nina Cinelli 5.0
Helen Colvig 5.0
Carolyn Grifel 5.0
Rachael Fleming 5.0
Dana Kay Hart 5.0
Leoisick Castro 5.0
Sharen Davis 5.0
Yvonne Bastidos 5.0
Laurent Guinci 5.0
Nicole Young 5.0
Sammy Sheldon 5.0
Doug Hall 5.0
Eugene Joseff 5.0
Melissa Toth 5.0
Laura Baker 5.0
Paula Truman 5.0
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Make-Up
Marjorie Durand 5.0
Todd Kleitsch 5.0
Vesna Estord 5.0
Leslie A. Sebert 5.0
Robert McCann 5.0
Nikki I Brown 5.0
Stacy Kelly 5.0
Heather Fraker 5.0
Gordon Bau 5.0
Matiki Anoff 5.0
Nick London 5.0
Cheryl Ann Nick 5.0
Ronnie Specter 5.0
Max Henriquez 5.0
Angie Wells 5.0
Jed Dornoff 5.0
Kelcey Fry 5.0
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Studios
France 3 Cinéma 5.0
Claudie Ossard Productions 5.0
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen 5.0
MMC Independent 5.0
Tapioca Films 5.0
Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) 5.0
Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership 5.0
Figment Films 5.0
Noel Gay Motion Picture Company 5.0
William Castle Productions 5.0
FilmDistrict 5.0
Wesley’s most liked review
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days 2012
I continue to maintain that the Diary of a Wimpy Kid films are among the most underrated of the past few years. They're slight, episodic and silly, but they're fantastically entertaining; I'd love a TV series based on these characters.
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Highs and Lows
Highest Average
Average weighted rating:
4.4
Lowest Average
Average weighted rating:
0.9
Most Popular
Average weighted rating:
3.7
Most Obscure
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