The Blu-ray.com Community Top 20 Films of 2012 (Please Read First Post)

[MarkJ801]

This is our third year doing the top films of the year, and the past two years were a lot of fun. Post your list of your 20 favorite films that were released in 2012.

Each of the films will receive a certain amount of points based on how you rank them. Last year we decided to try something new for this year by making your number one position worth 5 extra points (if you post a complete list, read rule #3), so here is how the rankings will work:

1. 25 Points
2. 19 Points
3. 18 Points
4. 17 Points
5. 16 Points
.....
16. 5 Points
17. 4 Points
18. 3 Points
19. 2 Points
20. 1 Point

So please make sure you rank all your films from most favorite and down. Don't put them in random order!


The final deadline will be February 20, 2013 - 12am Pacific Time.
That gives us over a month and a half to watch all the films you still want to see and update your lists. The results will be posted just in time for the Oscars telecast!



RULES
1. How to determine if a film is eligible - A film must have been released either limited, wide, on demand, or straight-to-dvd (which ever comes first) in the United States in 2012. This does not include film festivals or released internationally. It may be hard to determine if some films were released in 2012 or not, so that's what the strict rules on this are for.

Use the release dates on IMDb if you are unsure if it's eligible. For example, The Raid: Redemption was released in some countries and festivals in 2011, but did not get a limited release in the U.S. until March 23rd, 2012. So that film will count as eligible. Likewise, Zero Dark Thirty doesn't get a wide release until January, but it had a limited release on December 19th, 2012. So it will also count as a 2012 film.

Classic films that were re-released ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, such as Titanic, Finding Nemo and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Please do not include them on your list.

If you're unsure if a film is eligible, just ask and we will help figure it out for you!


2. Please only make one list - Make only one list on this thread. However, you are free to update and change your original post as often as you'd like until the deadline. It will make tallying very hard if there are multiple lists from one person. Just find your original post and click 'Edit' to make your changes.


3. How lists with less than 20 films will be counted - We had a lot of debate about this last year, so here is what we came up with. You are free to post as many films up to 20 as you wish (even 1 if that's all you want to post). However, if you post less than 10 films, your list will be pushed down to position 10. So your #1 will be worth 11 points instead of the full 20, #2 worth 10, and so on. This is to encourage everyone to post as many films as possible. If you post between 10 and 20 films, they will be worth the full points as listed at the top of this post (except for your number 1 film, it will be worth 20 points. In order to get the extra 5 points, you must list a full 20 films). Sorry to make it confusing, but this keeps it as fair as possible!

Previous Years:

[MarkJ801]

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2. Looper
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Django Unchained
5. Les Miserables
6. Seven Psychopaths
7. Life of Pi
8. Skyfall
9. The Cabin in the Woods
10. The Avengers
11. Zero Dark Thirty
12. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
13. 21 Jump Street
14. The Hunger Games
15. Wreck-It Ralph
16. The Dark Knight Rises
17. Chronicle
18. The Amazing Spider-Man
19. Lawless
20. Frankenweenie


Just missed the cut: The Grey, Lincoln, Prometheus, Moonrise Kingdom, ParaNorman


Never got to see: Argo, The Raid: Redemption, Brave, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cloud Atlas, The Master, Killing Them Softly, End of Watch, Arbitrage, Dredd, The Sessions, Amour

[Romulus]

Glad to see my film list outlines still being used to this day.

I haven't seen anywhere close to 20 movies this year... so here's a temporary list.

1. Django Unchained
2. Beasts of the Southern Wild
3. Skyfall
4. Oslo, August 31st
5. The Master
6. The Hobbit
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. Argo
9. Lincoln
10. Zero Dark Thirty
11. The Avengers
12. Moonrise Kingdom
13. The Grey
14. Life of Pi
15. The Raid: Redemption
16. Prometheus
17. The Cabin in the Woods

4 to go!

[Mandalorian]

1. The Avengers (9/10)
2. Django Unchained (8.5/10)
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (9/10)
4. Life of Pi (8/10)
5. Argo (8/10)

6. Silver Linings Playbook (8/10)
7. Zero Dark Thirty (8/10)
8. The Dark Knight Rises (8/10)
9. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (8/10)
10. Wreck-It Ralph (8/10)

11. Skyfall (8/10)
12. Looper (8/10)
13. End of Watch (8.5/10)
14. The Amazing Spider-Man (8/10)
15. Seven Psycopaths (8/10)

16. Lincoln (8/10)
17. Marley - Bob Marley Documentary (9/10)
18. Jack Reacher (8/10)
19. Brave (8/10)
20. Prometheus (8/10)

Honorable Mentions: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 (8/10), 21 Jump Street (7/10), ParaNorman (7/10), Moonrise Kingdom (7/10), This is 40 (7/10), Jeff Who Lives at Home (7/10), Bully (8/10), The Hunger Games (7.5/10), John Carter (7/10)

[Walts Ghost]

Tentative list for the moment, until I see a few more films that I've missed.

FINAL LIST:

1. Argo
2. Silver Linings Playbook
3. The Avengers
4. Lincoln
5. Django Unchained
6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
7. Skyfall
8. Looper
9. Flight
10. Safety Not Guaranteed
11. Moonrise Kingdom
12. Cloud Atlas
13. John Carter
14. Wreck-It Ralph
15. Jack Reacher
16. The Amazing Spider-Man
17. Frankenweenie
18. The Secret World of Arrietty
19. Get the Gringo
20. 21 Jump Street

[Shanderson88]

1. Argo
2. Cloud Atlas
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Looper
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Prometheus
8. The Grey
9. The Avengers
10. The Raid: Redemption
11. Wreck-It Ralph
12. The Hunger Games
13. The Secret World of Arriety
14. John Carter
15. Chronicle
16. 21 Jump Street
17. The Amazing Spider Man
18. Magic Mike
19. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
20. Flight

[Snicket]

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
5. Argo
6. Prometheus
7. Safety Not Guaranteed
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Life of Pi
10. Skyfall

(I'll reserve this post for my list, as I have yet to see some I need to for a proper list.)

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Shanderson88

1. Cloud Atlas
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Prometheus
4. The Avengers
5. Wreck-It Ralph
6. The Hunger Games
7. John Carter
8. Chronicle
9. The Amazing Spider Man
10. 21 Jump Street
11. The Bourne Legacy
12. Brave
13. Seeking A Friend for the End of the World
14. Rise of the Guardians
15. Jeff, Who Lives at Home
16. American Reunion
17. The Five Year Engagement
18. Sinister
19. The Woman in Black
20.


Still a lot of movies I plan to see before the deadline, so this list will likely be dramatically different...


Any chance the deadline could be one day later? I preordered Argo on a blind buy and it won't be at my door until the 19th (release day). Would love for a chance to see it before completing my list

I would like to see 'Argo' as well before I post my list. An extension would be great.

[Jasonic]

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Brave
3. The Avengers
4. Lincoln
5. The Cabin In the Woods
6. Django Unchained
7. Skyfall
8. Cloud Atlas
9. Life of Pi
10. Argo
11. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
12. Silver Linings Playbook
13. Wreck-It Ralph
14. The Secret World of Arrietty
15. Zero Dark Thirty
16. The Perks of Being A Wallflower
17. The Grey
18. Prometheus
19. 21 Jump Street
20. The Amazing Spider-Man

[MarkJ801]

I watched Lawless and Hitchcock, trying to decide if they should be added to my list or not. I think Lawless definitely will be, but it's hard to knock something off the list. I wish we could post 30 films haha.

[nolfoc]

1. The Avengers
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Django Unchained
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. American Reunion
6. The Expendables 2
7. Goon
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
9. 21 Jump Street
10. Snow White and the Huntsman
11. The Amazing Spiderman
12. The Cabin in the Woods
13. Total Recall
14. The Hunger Games
15. Dredd
16. Rock of Ages
17. End of Watch
18. Skyfall
19. Argo
20. Jack Reacher

still need to see Wreck-It-Ralph, Rise of the Guardians, The Hobbit, Moonrise Kingdom

[Hucksta G]

Originally Posted by MarkJ801

I watched Lawless and Hitchcock, trying to decide if they should be added to my list or not. I think Lawless definitely will be, but it's hard to knock something off the list. I wish we could post 30 films haha.

Yeah, despite what many people seem to think on here, I think 2012 was a strong year and it will be sad to bump off more films on my top 20 as I see more oscar hopefuls, I already lost Cabin in the Woods to Life of Pi. It also feels weird to not have Lawless or Holy Motors on my top 20, but to me that just shows the strength of the year.

[CZAR]

I watched John Carter & Think Like a Man. John Carter was pretty bad so it doesnt make the cut. Think Like a Man just makes it at number 20 bumping off The Divide. It obviously wont be on the list for long since its at number 20 but for now its there lol. Got Em!!

[Propellarhead9]

1.The Avengers
2. Looper
3. The Dark Knight Rises
4. Cabin In The Woods
5. Prometheus
6. Chronicle
7. End of Watch
8. The Hobbit
9. Premium Rush
10. Dredd
11. Lawless
12. The Hunger Games
13. Brave
14. Ted
15. The Bourne Legacy
16. Paranorman
17. The Amazing Spider-Man
18. 21 Jump Street
19. The Woman In Black
20. Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World

These are based off what I've actually seen.

[Travis]

1. Prometheus
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Avengers
4. Total Recall
5. The Amazing Spider-Man
6. Underworld: Awakening
7. Safe House
8. Dark Shadows
9. 21 Jump Street
10. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
11. Brave
12. Bourne Legacy
13. MIB III
14. Ice Age: Continental Drift
15. Contraband
16. Man on a Ledge
17. Snow White and the Huntsman
18. John Carter
19. Ted
20. Chronicle
    

[PeroK3]

1. Django Unchained
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Master
4. Skyfall
5. 21 Jump Street
6. Ted
7. Prometheus
8. The Avengers
9. The Man with the Iron Fists
10. Argo
11. Flight
12. Cabin in the Woods
13. Wreck-It Ralph

[Mithrandir-Grey]

1. Brave
2. Dark Shadows
3. Avengers
4. Amazing Spider-man
5. Life of Pi
6. Frankenweenie
7. Silver Linings Playbook
8. Moonrise Kingdom
9. Dark Knight Rises
10. Paranorman
11. Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
12. Django Unchained
13. Wreck-It-Ralph
14. The Secret World of Arrietty
15. Prometheus
16. Looper
17. Snow White and the Huntsman
18. Perks of Being A Wallflower
19. Argo
20. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted



Final list finally. So hard as seen loads of amazing movies recently. So many just missed making it. It's been a good year.

[See u at da party!]

1. Django Unchained
2. Dark Knight Rises
3. Expendables 2
4. Looper
5. Skyfall
6.The Grey
7. Prometheus
8. Lawless
9. The Raid Redemption
10. Argo
11. Lincoln
12. Dredd
13. Safe
14. Ted
15. The Cabin in the Woods
16. Taken 2
17. End Of Watch
18. Savages
19.The Campaign
20. Alex Cross


That was tough getting the last 7 or so, because those movies were not to good, but I wanted to come up with 20.

[montereypop]

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Cloud Atlas
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. Django Unchained
6. Amour
7. Looper
8. Skyfall
9. Moonrise Kingdom
10. Argo
11. The Master
12. Killing Them Softly
13. Life of Pi
14. The Raid: Redemption
15. Smashed
16. The Impossible
17. The Cabin in the Woods
18. Rust and Bone
19. The Sessions
20. Seven Psychopaths

[Photogenic]

I will update this list once I've seen some more of the holiday releases. The films below are the only ones I would rate above *** that Ive seen.

1. Argo
2. Lincoln
3. Skyfall
4. Brave
5. MIB 3
6. The Amazing Spider-Man
7. The Dark Knight Rises