Best award winning movies with rigorous directing from 2012

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with rigorous directing from 2012! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with rigorous directing from 2012, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Blancanieves (2012)

A black and white silent movie, based on the Snow White fairy tale, that is set in a romantic version of 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.

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2012-09-28 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Maribel Verdú, Macarena García

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #106 for
    great soundtrack
  2. Ranked #114 for
    juicy atmosphere
  3. Ranked #114 for
    cruel twist

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2 A Hijacking (2012)

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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2012-02-29 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling

Rating

rating icon 6.832
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #86 for
    spoon-feeding
  2. Ranked #117 for
    cross-cut editing
  3. Ranked #210 for
    cinema verite

Trailer

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3 The Hunt (2012)

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

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2012-10-25 | Drama

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen

Rating

rating icon 8.101
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #49 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #55 for
    innocent man
  3. Ranked #124 for
    proof positive

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4 Argo (2012)

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

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2012-10-11 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston

Rating

rating icon 7.276
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #52 for
    exceptional
  2. Ranked #62 for
    great story
  3. Ranked #69 for
    remarkable

Trailer

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5 Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe—for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack—temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink’s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.

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2012-06-29 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry

Rating

rating icon 6.817
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #21 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #38 for
    extraordinary
  3. Ranked #84 for
    ramshackle house

Trailer

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6 Lore (2012)

Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.

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2012-08-02 | Drama / War

Cast

Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina

Rating

rating icon 6.843
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #85 for
    matte shot
  2. Ranked #148 for
    Survival Movie
  3. Ranked #194 for
    perilous journey

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7 Amour (2012)

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

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2012-09-20 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva

Rating

rating icon 7.768
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #34 for
    masterpiece
  2. Ranked #38 for
    cruel twist
  3. Ranked #104 for
    downward spiral

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8 Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

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2012-12-19 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke

Rating

rating icon 6.987
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #38 for
    masterpiece
  2. Ranked #49 for
    good story
  3. Ranked #105 for
    with memorable moments

Trailer

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9 No (2012)

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

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2012-08-09 | Drama / History

Cast

Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro

Rating

rating icon 7.173
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #112 for
    cross-cut editing
  2. Ranked #129 for
    historical interest
  3. Ranked #196 for
    shoo in

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10 Wadjda (2012)

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Quran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

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2012-08-31 | Drama

Cast

Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #204 for
    rambunctious
  2. Ranked #220 for
    tour de force
  3. Ranked #264 for
    like The Book Thief

Trailer

Wadjda trailer
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