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The following is an overview of the events of 2012 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Six box-office blockbusters from previous years (Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Titanic, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Finding Nemo, and Monsters, Inc.) were re-released in 3D and/or IMAX. 2012 also marked the debut for High Frame Rate technology. The first film using 48 fps image capture and projection, a higher frame rate than the film industry standard 24 fps, was The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures celebrated their 100th anniversaries in 2012, while the James Bond series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film, Skyfall.

Highest-grossing films

The top ten films released in 2012 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 2012^[1]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross
1	The Avengers	Disney	$1,519,557,910
2	Skyfall	MGM / Columbia	$1,108,561,013
3	The Dark Knight Rises	Warner Bros.	$1,084,939,099
4	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey		$1,021,103,568
5	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Fox	$877,244,782
6	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Lionsgate	$829,746,820
7	The Amazing Spider-Man	Columbia	$757,930,663
8	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Paramount	$746,921,274
9	The Hunger Games	Lionsgate	$694,394,724
10	Men in Black 3	Columbia	$624,026,776

The Hunger Games was the first film since Avatar to place at No. 1 for four consecutive weekends at the North American box office. After being re-released in 3-D in 2012, two films reached significant milestones: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace grossed $1.027 billion, becoming the eleventh film to surpass the $1 billion mark, and Titanic grossed $2.185 billion, becoming the second film to surpass the $2 billion mark, following Avatar. For the first time in history, four films that were released during the same year reached $1 billion. The Avengers grossed $1.519 billion and is the fourth highest-grossing film worldwide (twelfth film to reach $1 billion). Skyfall grossed over $1.1 billion and is the tenth highest-grossing film worldwide (fourteenth film to reach $1 billion). The Dark Knight Rises grossed $1.084 billion and is the eleventh highest-grossing film worldwide (thirteenth film to reach $1 billion). The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey grossed over $1.017 billion and is the eighteenth highest-grossing film worldwide (fifteenth film to reach $1 billion). Two other films (Ice Age: Continental Drift and Breaking Dawn – Part 2) are also among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. Ice Age: Continental Drift has become the eighth highest grossing animated film and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is the eleventh highest grossing animated film. Five other films (Brave, Wreck-It Ralph, The Lorax, and Hotel Transylvania) are also among the top 50 highest-grossing animated films.

2012 box office records

• 2012 has four films crossing the $1 billion mark, second only to 2015 with five films. It is also the second year, after 2010, in which two films released by the same studio have grossed over $1 billion, the studio being Warner Bros. in this case.
• 2012 has 13 films crossing the $500 million mark, second only to 2014 with 15 films.
• 2012 has six films in the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time, second only to 2015 with seven films.
• With 226 million admissions (1,900 million USD) in the world for French films in 2012 (582 films released in 84 countries), including 82^[2] million admissions in France (700 million USD), 2012 was the fourth best year since 1985. With 144 million admissions outside France (1,200 million USD),^[3] 2012 was the best year since at least 1994 (since Unifrance collects data),^[4] and the French cinema reached a market share of 2.95% of worldwide admissions and of 4.86% of worldwide sales.^[5][6] Three films particularly contributed to this record year: Taken 2, The Intouchables and The Artist.^[7] In 2012, films shot in French ranked 4th in admissions (145 million) behind films shot in English (more than a billion admissions in the US alone), Hindi (?: no accurate data but estimated at 3 billion for the whole India/Indian languages) and Chinese (275 million in China plus a few million abroad), but above films shot in Korean (115 million admissions in South Korea plus a few millions abroad) and Japanese (102 million admissions in Japan plus a few million abroad,^[8][9] a record since 1973 et its 104 million admissions). French-language movies ranked 2nd at in export (outside of French-speaking countries) after films in English.

Events

• 1st AACTA International Awards
• 17th Empire Awards
• 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards
• 38th Saturn Awards
• 47th Guldbagge Awards
• 62nd Berlin International Film Festival
• 65th British Academy Film Awards
• 69th Golden Globe Awards
• 69th Venice International Film Festival
• 84th Academy Awards
• 2012 Cannes Film Festival
• 2012 MTV Movie Awards
• 2012 Sundance Film Festival
• 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
• 25th European Film Awards

Awards

Category/Organization	18th Critics' Choice Awards January 10, 2013	70th Golden Globe Awards January 13, 2013		19th Screen Actors Guild Awards January 27, 2013	66th BAFTA Awards February 10, 2013	85th Academy Awards February 24, 2013
		Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Argo		Les Misérables	N/A	Argo
Best Director	Ben Affleck Argo			N/A	Ben Affleck Argo	Ang Lee Life of Pi
Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln		Hugh Jackman Les Misérables	Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln
Best Actress	Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty		Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook		Emmanuelle Riva Amour	Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor	Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master	Christoph Waltz Django Unchained		Tommy Lee Jones Lincoln	Christoph Waltz Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress	Anne Hathaway Les Misérables
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Tony Kushner Lincoln	Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained		N/A	David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook	Chris Terrio Argo
Best Screenplay, Original	Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained			N/A	Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained
Best Animated Film	Wreck-It Ralph	Brave		N/A	Brave
Best Original Score	Lincoln John Williams	Life of Pi Mychael Danna		N/A	Skyfall Thomas Newman	Life of Pi Mychael Danna
Best Original Song	"Skyfall" Skyfall			N/A	N/A	"Skyfall" Skyfall
Best Foreign Language Film	Amour			N/A	Amour

2012 films

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Ref.
	5	Always from Darkness
J A N U A R Y	6	The Devil Inside	Paramount Pictures / Insurge Pictures	William Brent Bell (director/screenplay); Matthew Peterman (screenplay); Suzan Crowley, Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth	Horror, Drama	[10]
	11	Red Tails	20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm	Anthony Hemingway (director); John Ridley (screenplay); Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard	War, Drama	[11]
	13	Contraband	Universal Pictures	Baltasar Kormákur (director); Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi	Action, Crime	[12]
		Joyful Noise	Warner Bros.	Todd Graff (director/screenplay); Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Jeremy Jordan, Keke Palmer	Drama, Musical	[13]
	19	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema	Brad Peyton (director); Mark Gunn, Brian Gunn (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán	Adventure	[14]
		The Queen of Versailles	Magnolia Pictures	Lauren Greenfield (director); David Siegal, Jackie Siegal	Documentary	[15]
		Searching for Sugar Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Malik Bendjelloul (director); Rodriguez	Documentary	[16]
	20	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Benh Zeitlin (director/screenplay); Lucy Alibar (screenplay); Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry	Drama, Fantasy	[17]
		The Invisible War	Docurama Films	Kirby Dick (director/screenplay);	Documentary	[18]
		Payback	Zeitgeist Films	Jennifer Baichwal (director)	Documentary	[19]
		Robot & Frank	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Jake Schreier (director); Christopher Ford (screenplay); Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Peter Sarsgaard, Jeremy Sisto, Jeremy Strong	Comedy, Drama	[20]
		Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Magnet Releasing	Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim (director/screenplay); Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis	Comedy	[21]
		Underworld: Awakening	Screen Gems	Måns Mårlind, Bjorn Stein (directors); Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, India Eisley, Michael Ealy, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance	Thriller, Horror	[22]
	21	Arbitrage	Roadside Attractions	Nicholas Jalecki (director/screenplay); Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, Nate Parker	Drama	[23]
		Compliance	Magnolia Pictures	Craig Zobel (director/screenplay); Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy	Drama	[24]
		Detropia	ITVS	Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady (directors)	Documentary	[25]
	22	Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry	Sundance Selects	Alison Klayman (director/screenplay); Danqing Chen, Ying Gao, Gu Changwei	Documentary	[26]
		My Brother the Devil		Sally El Hosaini (director); James Floyd, Fady Elsayed, Saïd Taghmaoui	Drama
		Nobody Walks	Magnolia Pictures	Ry Russo-Young (director/screenplay), Lena Dunham (screenplay); John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, Justin Kirk	Comedy, Drama	[27]
		Safety Not Guaranteed	FilmDistrict	Colin Trevorrow (director/screenplay); Derek Connolly (screenplay); Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni	Comedy	[28]
		Shut Up and Play the Hits	Oscilloscope Laboratories	Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern (directors); James Murphy, Nancy Whang, Pat Mahoney, Gunnar Bjerk, Chuck Klosterman, Gavin Russom, Keith Wood, Al Doyle	Documentary	[29]
		Smashed	Sony Pictures Classics	James Ponsoldt (director/screenplay); Susan Burke (screenplay); Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally	Drama	[30]
	23	Bachelorette	The Weinstein Company	Leslye Headland (director/screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, James Marsden, Kyle Bornheimer, Rebel Wilson, Adam Scott	Comedy	[31]
		Chasing Ice	National Geographic	Jeff Orlowski (director)	Documentary	[32]
		The Imposter	The Indomina Group	Bart Layton (director); Frédéric Bourdin	Documentary	[33]
		John Dies at the End	Magnolia Pictures	Don Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, Doug Jones, Daniel Roebuck	Comedy, horror	[34]
		LUV	Indomina Media	Sheldon Candis (director/screenplay); Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert	Drama	[35]
		The Sessions	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Ben Lewin (director/screenplay); John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood	Drama	[36]
	26	Darling Companion	Sony Pictures Classics	Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Meg Kasdan (screenplay); Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Richard Jenkins, Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, Dianne Wiest, Sam Shepard	Drama	[37]
		For a Good Time, Call...	Focus Features	Jamie Travis (director); Katie Anne Naylon, Lauren Miller (screenplay); Ari Graynor, Seth Rogen, Lauren Miller, Justin Long, Mark Webber, James Wolk	Comedy	[38]
	27	Man on a Ledge	Summit Entertainment	Asger Leth (director); Pablo Fenjves, Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber (screenplay); Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Génesis Rodríguez, Ed Harris	Action, Drama	[39]
		One for the Money	Lionsgate	Julie Anne Robinson (director); Karen Ray, Stacy Sherman, Liz Brixius (screenplay); Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, Debbie Reynolds	Crime, Romance	[40]
		The Words	CBS Films	Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal (directors/screenplay); Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Ben Barnes	Drama	[41]
	28	Chronicle	20th Century Fox	Josh Trank (director/screenplay); Max Landis (screenplay); Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly	Sci-Fi, Drama	[42]
F E B R U A R Y	3	Big Miracle	Universal Pictures	Ken Kwapis (director); Jack Amiel, Michael Begler (screenplay); John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore	Drama	[43]
		The Woman in Black	CBS Films	James Watkins (director); Jane Goldman (screenplay); Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White	Horror, Thriller	[44]
	9	Farewell, My Queen	Cohen Media Group	Benoît Jacquot (director/screenplay); Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen	French, Drama	[45]
	10	Safe House	Universal Pictures	Daniel Espinosa (director); David Guggenheim (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard	Action	[46]
		The Vow	Screen Gems	Michael Sucsy (director); Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Jason Katims (screenplay); Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Scott Speedman, Jessica Lange, Sam Neill	Romance	[47]
		Exit Strategy	Ask Around Entertainment	Michael Whitton (director); Jameel Saleem, Kimelia Weathers, Quincy "QDeezy" Harris, Big Boy, Kevin Hart	Romantic comedy	[48]
	11	Iron Sky	Blind Spot Pictures	Timo Vuorensola (director); Johanna Sinisalo, Michael Kalesniko (screenplay); Julia Dietze, Peta Sergeant, Götz Otto, Chris Kirby, Udo Kier	Comedy, Sci-Fi	[49]
	12	Marley	Magnolia Pictures	Kevin Macdonald (director); Bob Marley	Documentary	[50]
		Tabu	Adopt Films	Miguel Gomes (director/screenplay); Mariana Ricardo (screenplay); Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira	Drama	[51]
	13	Jayne Mansfield's Car	Anchor Bay Films	Billy Bob Thornton (director/screenplay); Tom Epperson (screenplay); Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Billy Bob Thornton, Katherine LaNasa, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick, Frances O'Connor	Drama	[52]
	16	A Royal Affair	Magnolia Pictures	Nikolaj Arcel (director/screenplay); Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay); Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen	Historical Drama	[53]
	17	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Columbia Pictures / Warner Bros. / Marvel Knights	Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor (directors); Scott Dimple, Seth Hoffman, David Goyer (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Idris Elba, Christopher Lambert	Action, Fantasy	[54]
		This Means War	20th Century Fox	McG (director); Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg (screenplay); Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger	Action, Romance, Comedy	[55]
	24	Act of Valor	Relativity Media	"Mouse" McCoy, Scott Waugh (directors); Kurt Johnstad (screenplay); Active Duty Navy SEALs, Roselyn Sánchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle, Nester Serrano	Action, Drama	[56]
		Gone	Summit Entertainment	Heitor Dhalia (director); Allison Burnett (screenplay); Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley, Michael Paré	Drama, Thriller	[57]
		Good Deeds	Lionsgate	Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Rebecca Romijn, Brian J. White, Jamie Kennedy, Gabrielle Union	Romance, Drama	[58]
		Wanderlust	Universal Pictures	David Wain (director/screenplay); Ken Marino (screenplay); Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Malin Åkerman, Justin Theroux, Lauren Ambrose, Joe Lo Truglio, Kathryn Hahn, Alan Alda	Comedy	[59]
M A R C H	1	The Waiting Room	International Film Circuit	Peter Nicks (director);	Documentary	[60]
	2	Being Flynn	Focus Features	Paul Weitz (director/screenplay); Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Julianne Moore	Drama	[61]
		The Lorax	Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment	Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda (directors); Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Betty White, Jenny Slate	Family, Comedy, Musical	[62]
		Project X	Warner Bros.	Nima Nourizadeh (director); Matt Drake, Michael Bacall (screenplay); Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown	Comedy	[63]
	3	Fury	IFC Films	David Weaver (director/screenplay); Elan Mastai (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga, Tom Wilkinson	Crime, Thriller	[64]
	7	John Carter	Walt Disney Pictures	Andrew Stanton (director/screenplay); Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon (screenplay); Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Willem Dafoe	Action, Sci-Fi	[65]
	9	A Thousand Words	Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures	Brian Robbins (director); Steven Koren (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis, Clark Duke, Allison Janney	Comedy	[66]
		The Cabin in the Woods	Lionsgate	Drew Goddard (director/screenplay); Joss Whedon (screenplay); Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Williams, Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz	Horror	[67]
		The Raven	Relativity Media	James McTeigue (director); Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare (screenplay); John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson	Thriller	[68]
	10	3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom	Variance Films	Jordan Roberts (director/screenplay); Charlie Hunnam, Chris O'Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, Nora Dunn, Whitney Cummings, Ron Perlman, Chris Noth	Comedy	[69]
	11	Sinister	Summit Entertainment	Scott Derrickson (director/screenplay); C. Robert Cargill AKA Carlyle from Spill.com (screenplay); Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone, Clare Foley, Michael Hall D'Addario	Horror, Thriller	[70]
	12	21 Jump Street	Columbia Pictures / MGM	Phil Lord, Chris Miller (directors/screenplay); Michael Bacall (screenplay); Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum	Comedy, Action	[71]
		The Hunger Games	Lionsgate	Gary Ross (director/screenplay); Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray (screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland	Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller	[72]
	13	Casa de Mi Padre	Pantelion Films / Lionsgate	Matt Piedmont (director); Andrew Steele (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Génesis Rodríguez, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Nick Offerman, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez	Action, Comedy	[73]
	25	Thumbelina 2 (2012 film)	Warner Bros.	Gary Goldman (director); Don Bluth (director/screenplay); Jodi Benson, Gary Imhoff, Barbara Cook, Carol Channing, Charo, Gino Conforti, Gilbert Gottfried, John Hurt, Joe Lynch	Fantasy, Family	Animation

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| 2 Days in New York || Magnolia Pictures || Julie Delpy (director/screenplay); Alexia Landeau, Alexandre Nahon (screenplay); Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau, Alex Nahon || Comedy ||

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| The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!|| Columbia Pictures / Aardman Animations / Sony Pictures Animation || Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt (directors); Gideon Defoe (screenplay); Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Lenny Henry, Brian Blessed || Comedy, Action ||

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| Wrath of the Titans || Warner Bros. || Jonathan Liebesman (director); Dan Mazeau, David Leslie Johnson (screenplay); Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Édgar Ramírez, Rosamund Pike, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell, Lily James || Action, Adventure ||

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| Mirror Mirror || Relativity Media || Tarsem Singh (director); Jason Keller, Melisa Wallack (screenplay); Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Sean Bean || Fantasy, Adventure ||

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April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Ref.
A P R I L	3	Battleship	Universal Pictures / Hasbro	Peter Berg (director); Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber (screenplay); Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano	Action, Sci-Fi	[78]
	4	Tiger Eyes	Freestyle Releasing	Lawrence Blume (director/screenplay); Judy Blume (screenplay); Willa Holland, Amy Jo Johnson, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle, Cynthia Stevenson, Forest Fyre, Teo Olivares, Russell Means	Drama	[79]
	6	American Reunion	Universal Pictures	Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg (directors/screenplay); Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Dania Ramirez, Eugene Levy	Comedy	[80]
		The Cold Light of Day	Summit Entertainment	Mabrouk El Mechri (director); John Petro, Scott Wiper (screenplay); Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver	Action, Thriller	[81]
		Keyhole	Monterey Media	Guy Maddin (director/screenplay); George Toles (screenplay); Isabella Rossellini, Jason Patric, Kevin McDonald, Udo Kier, Brooke Palsson	Thriller	[82]
	7	Lockout	FilmDistrict	James Mather, Stephen St. Leger (director/screenplay); Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Lennie James, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun	Action, Sci-Fi	[83]
	11	Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Pictures / Marvel Studios	Joss Whedon (director/screenplay); Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgård, Cobie Smulders	Action, Adventure
	13	The Three Stooges	20th Century Fox	Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly (directors/screenplay); Mike Cerrone (screenplay); Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos, Sofía Vergara, Craig Bierko, Larry David, Jane Lynch	Comedy	[84]
	18	Cowgirls 'n Angels	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Timothy Armstrong (director); Timothy Armstrong, Stephen Blinn (screenplay); Bailee Madison, James Cromwell, Jackson Rathbone, Alicia Witt, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Frankie R. Faison, Dora Madison Burge, Leslie-Anne Huff, Drew Waters, Noel Coet, Mark Nutter, Amber Hayes, Richie McDonald	Family
	19	The Lucky One	Warner Bros.	Scott Hicks (director); Will Fetters (screenplay); Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Jay R. Ferguson, Blythe Danner	Drama, Romance	[85]
	20	Chimpanzee	Disneynature	Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield (directors); Tim Allen (narrator)	Documentary	[86]
		Jesus Henry Christ	EOne Films	Dennis Lee (director/screenplay); Toni Collette, Michael Sheen, Jason Spevack, Samantha Weinstein	Comedy	[87]
		Think Like a Man	Screen Gems	Tim Story (director); Keith Merryman, David A. Newman (screenplay); Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Terrence J, Jenifer Lewis, Romany Malco, Gary Owen, Gabrielle Union	Comedy, Romance	[88]
		To Rome with Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page	Comedy	[89]
	21	In Their Skin	IFC Midnight	Jeremy Power Regimbal (director); Joshua Close (screenplay); Selma Blair, James D'Arcy	Thriller	[90]
	22	Deadfall	Magnolia Pictures	Stefan Ruzowitzky (director); Zach Dean (screenplay); Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek, Kris Kristofferson	Drama, Thriller	[91]
	24	Lola Versus	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Daryl Wein (director/screenplay); Zoe Lister-Jones (screenplay); Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater, Bill Pullman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jay Pharoah, Debra Winger	Comedy, Romance	[92]
	25	Knife Fight	IFC Films	Bill Guttentag (director/screenplay); Chris Lehane (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jamie Chung, Richard Schiff, Amanda Crew, Julie Bowen	Political thriller	[93]
	27	The Five-Year Engagement	Universal Pictures	Nicholas Stoller (director/screenplay); Jason Segel (screenplay); Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans	Comedy, Romance	[94]
		Safe	Lionsgate	Boaz Yakin (director/screenplay); Jason Statham, Chris Sarandon, James Hong, Robert John Burke	Action, Crime	[95]
M A Y	4	LOL	Lionsgate	Lisa Azuelos (director); Lisa Azuelos, Kamir Aïnouz (screenplay); Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Douglas Booth, Ashley Greene	Comedy, Drama, Romance	[96]
	11	Dark Shadows	Warner Bros. / GK Films	Tim Burton (director); Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jonny Lee Miller	Comedy, Horror	[97]
		Piranha 3DD	Dimension Films	John Gulager (director); Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan (screenplay); Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Koechner, Chris Zylka, Katrina Bowden, Gary Busey, Christopher Lloyd, David Hasselhoff	Horror	[98]
	16	The Dictator	Paramount Pictures	Larry Charles (director); Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris	Comedy, Satire	[99]
		Moonrise Kingdom	Focus Features	Wes Anderson (director/screenplay); Roman Coppola (screenplay); Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton	Comedy, Romance	[100]
	17	Rust and Bone	Sony Pictures Classics	Jacques Audiard (director/screenplay); Thomas Bidegain (screenplay); Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts	Drama	[101]
	18	Crooked Arrows	Freestyle Releasing	Steve Rash (director); Todd Baird, Brad Riddell (screenplay); Brandon Routh, Gil Birmingham	Drama	[102]
		Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation	Eric Darnell (director/screenplay); Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon (directors); Noah Baumbach (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Frances McDormand, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain, Martin Short, Paz Vega, Frank Welker	Comedy	[103]
		What to Expect When You're Expecting	Lionsgate	Kirk Jones (director); Heather Hach, Shauna Cross (screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro	Comedy	[104]
	19	Antiviral	Alliance Films	Brandon Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Caleb Landry Jones	Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller	[105]
		Lawless	The Weinstein Company	John Hillcoat (director); Nick Cave (screenplay); Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Dane DeHaan	Crime, Action	[106]
	20	Amour	Sony Pictures Classics	Michael Haneke (director/screenplay); Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva	Drama	[107]
	22	Killing Them Softly	The Weinstein Company	Andrew Dominik (director/screenplay); Brad Pitt, Vincent Curatola, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini	Crime, Drama	[108]
	23	Holy Motors	Indomina Releasing	Leos Carax (director/screenplay); Denis Lavant, Édith Scob	Fantasy	[109]
		Men in Black 3	Columbia Pictures	Barry Sonnenfeld (director); Etan Cohen, David Koepp, Jeff Nathanson, Michael Soccio (screenplay); Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emma Thompson	Comedy, Fantasy	[110]
	24	The Paperboy	Millennium Films	Lee Daniels (director/screenplay); Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, David Oyelowo, Scott Glenn	Crime, Drama	[111]
	25	Chernobyl Diaries	Warner Bros.	Bradley Parker (director); Oren Peli, Carey Van Dyke, Steve Van Dyke (screenplay); Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Jesse McCartney, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Dmitri Diatchenko	Horror, Thriller	[112]
		Cosmopolis	Entertainment One	David Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, K'naan, Emily Hampshire, Samantha Morton, Paul Giamatti	Drama	[113]
	30	Prometheus	20th Century Fox	Ridley Scott (director); Damon Lindelof, Jon Spaihts (screenplay); Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall	Sci-Fi, Horror	[114]
		Snow White and the Huntsman	Universal Pictures	Rupert Sanders (director); Evan Daugherty, Hossein Amini, John Lee Hancock (screenplay); Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth	Action, Fantasy	[115]
J U N E	4	That's My Boy	Columbia Pictures	Sean Anders (director); David Caspe (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg	Comedy	[116]
	10	Brave	Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios	Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell (directors/screenplay); Irene Mecchi (screenplay); Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson	Adventure	[117]
	15	People Like Us	Touchstone Pictures / DreamWorks Studios	Alex Kurtzman (director/screenplay); Roberto Orci, Jody Lambert (screenplay); Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Jon Favreau, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Hall D'Addario	Drama	[118]
		Rock of Ages	Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema	Adam Shankman (director); Justin Theroux, Allan Loeb, Chris D'Arienzo (screenplay); Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston, Malin Åkerman, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise	Musical, Drama	[119]
	18	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Focus Features	Lorene Scafaria (director/screenplay); Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Adam Brody, Derek Luke, William Petersen	Comedy, Romance	[120]
	20	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	20th Century Fox	Timur Bekmambetov (director); Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay); Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Marton Csokas	Horror, Action, Fantasy	[121]
		It's a Disaster	Oscilloscope Laboratories	Todd Berger (director/screenplay); Rachel Boston, Kevin M. Brennan, David Cross, America Ferrera, Jeff Grace, Erinn Hayes, Blaise Miller, Julia Stiles	Comedy	[122]
	21	Pusher	Radius-TWC	Luis Prieto (director); Matthew Read (screenplay); Richard Coyle, Zlatko Burić	Drama, Crime	[123]
	24	Magic Mike	Warner Bros.	Steven Soderbergh (director); Reid Carolin (screenplay); Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Cody Horn, Joe Manganiello, Olivia Munn, Adam Rodríguez, Kevin Nash, Gabriel Iglesias	Drama	[124]
	27	Ice Age: Continental Drift	20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios	Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier (directors); Michael Berg, Jason Fuchs (screenplay); Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah	Adventure	[125]
	28	Katy Perry: Part of Me	Paramount Pictures / Insurge Pictures / MTV Films	Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsetz (directors); Katy Perry	Documentary, Music	[126]
	29	Madea's Witness Protection	Lionsgate	Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Doris Roberts, Denise Richards, Romeo Miller	Comedy	[127]
		Ted	Universal Pictures	Seth MacFarlane (director/screenplay); Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale	Comedy	[128]
	30	The Amazing Spider-Man	Columbia Pictures / Marvel Entertainment	Marc Webb (director); James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves (screenplay); Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Martin Sheen, Sally Field	Action, Fantasy	[129]

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Ref.
J U L Y	6	Savages	Universal Pictures	Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Don Winslow, Shane Salerno (screenplay); Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Benicio del Toro, Salma Hayek	Crime, Drama	[130]
	11	Dredd	Lionsgate / Reliance Entertainment	Pete Travis (director); Alex Garland (screenplay); Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris	Action	[131]
	16	The Dark Knight Rises	Warner Bros. / DC Comics	Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Jonathan Nolan (screenplay); Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman	Action	[132]
	25	Ruby Sparks	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris (directors); Zoe Kazan (screenplay); Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould, Chris Messina, Deborah Ann Woll	Drama	[133]
	27	Step Up Revolution	Summit Entertainment	Scott Speer (director); Jenny Mayer (screenplay); Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Misha Gabriel, Peter Gallagher	Dance, Drama	[134]
		The Watch	20th Century Fox	Akiva Schaffer (director); Jared Stern, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade	Comedy	[135]
A U G U S T	3	Celeste and Jesse Forever	Sony Pictures Classics	Lee Toland Krieger (director); Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (screenplay); Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Ari Graynor, Emma Roberts, Eric Christian Olsen	Comedy, Drama	[136]
		Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	20th Century Fox	David Bowers (director); Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky (screenplay); Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Steve Zahn, Peyton List, Robert Capron	Comedy, Family	[137]
		ParaNorman	Focus Features	Chris Butler (director/screenplay); Sam Fell (director); Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Bernard Hill, John Goodman, Jodelle Ferland, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein	Fantasy	[138]
		Total Recall	Columbia Pictures	Len Wiseman (director); Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback (screenplay); Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale	Action, Sci-Fi	[139]
	4	100 Bloody Acres	Cyan Films	Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes (director/screenplay); Damon Herriman, Angus Sampson, Anna McGahan	Horror, comedy	[140]
	8	Hope Springs	Columbia Pictures / Mandate Pictures / MGM	David Frankel (director); Vanessa Taylor (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell	Romance, Drama	[141]
	10	7 Boxes	Shoreline Entertainment	Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori (Directors); Celso Franco, Lali Gonzalez, Nelly Davalos, Jim Hyuk Johnny Kim, Víctor Sosa, Nico García	Action, Thriller	[142]
		The Bourne Legacy	Universal Pictures	Tony Gilroy (director/screenplay); Dan Gilroy (screenplay); Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Oscar Isaac, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Stacy Keach, Scott Glenn	Action, Thriller	[143]
		The Campaign	Warner Bros.	Jay Roach (director); Chris Henchy, Shawn Harwell (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox, P. J. Byrne	Comedy	[144]
		Goats	Image Entertainment	Christopher Neil (director); Mark Poirier (screenplay); David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Graham Phillips, Ty Burrell, Keri Russell, Justin Kirk, Dakota Johnson	Comedy, Drama	[145]
	15	Ek Tha Tiger	Yash Raj Films	Kabir Khan (director/screenplay); Neelesh Mira (screenplay); Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif	Action, Romance	[146]
		The Odd Life of Timothy Green	Walt Disney Pictures	Peter Hedges (director/screenplay); Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, C.J. Adams, Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest, Odeya Rush, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, M. Emmet Walsh, Lois Smith, Common	Drama, Fantasy	[147]
	17	The Expendables 2	Lionsgate	Simon West (director), Sylvester Stallone, Richard Wenk (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jet Li, Scott Adkins, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Yu Nan, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger	Action	[148]
		Sparkle	TriStar Pictures / Stage 6 Films	Salim Akil (director); Mara Brock Akil (screenplay); Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Tamela Mann, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, CeeLo Green	Drama, Musical	[149]
	22	Hit and Run	Open Road Films	Dax Shepard (director/screenplay); David Palmer (director); Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Kristin Chenoweth	Action, Comedy	[150]
	24	The Apparition	Warner Bros.	Todd Lincoln (director/screenplay); Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton	Horror	[151]
		Premium Rush	Columbia Pictures	David Koepp (director/screenplay); John Kamps (screenplay); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Wolé Parks, Jamie Chung, Aasif Mandvi	Action	[152]
	29	The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure	Lionsgate Films/Romar Entertainment/Kenn Viselman Presents	Matthew Diamond (director); Scott Stabile (screenplay); Toni Braxton, Cloris Leachman, Christopher Lloyd, Chazz Palminteri, Cary Elwes, Jaime Pressly	Family, Comedy, Musical	[153]
	30	The Possession	Lionsgate	Ole Bornedal (director); Juliet Snowden, Stiles White (screenplay); Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick	Horror, Thriller	[154]
	31	Argo	Warner Bros. / GK Films	Ben Affleck (director); Chris Terrio (screenplay); Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston	Drama	[155]
		Hyde Park on Hudson	Focus Features	Roger Michell; Richard Nelson (screenplay); Bill Murray, Laura Linney	Comedy, Drama	[156]
S E P T E M B E R	1	Frances Ha	IFC Films	Noah Baumbach (director/screenplay); Greta Gerwig (screenplay); Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner	Drama, comedy	[157]
		The Master	The Weinstein Company	Paul Thomas Anderson (director/screenplay); Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Laura Dern	Drama	[158]
	2	To the Wonder	Magnolia Pictures	Terrence Malick (director/screenplay); Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem	Romance, drama	[159]
	3	Resident Evil: Retribution	Screen Gems / Constantin Film	Paul W. S. Anderson (director/screenplay); Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Colin Salmon, Boris Kodjoe, Michelle Rodriguez, Shawn Roberts, Johann Urb, Kevin Durand, Li Bingbing	Action, Horror	[160]
	6	Looper	TriStar Pictures / FilmDistrict	Rian Johnson (director/screenplay); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo	Action, Sci-Fi	[161]
		Thanks for Sharing	Lionsgate	Stuart Blumberg (director/screenplay); Matt Winston (screenplay); Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad, Joely Richardson, Pink	Comedy, drama	[162]
	7	Anna Karenina	Focus Features	Joe Wright (director); Tom Stoppard (screenplay);Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Olivia Williams, Emily Watson, Alicia Vikander, Ruth Wilson, Domhnall Gleeson	Drama	[163]
		Girl Most Likely	Lionsgate	Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman (directors); Michelle Morgan (screenplay); Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Christopher Fitzgerald, Darren Criss	Comedy	[164]
		Raaz 3D	Vishesh Films	Vikram Bhatt (director); Shagufta Rafiq (screenplay); Bipasha Basu, Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta	Horror	[165]
		Seven Psychopaths	CBS Films	Martin McDonagh (director/screenplay); Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson	Crime, Comedy	[166]
		Taken 2	20th Century Fox	Olivier Megaton (director); Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, D. B. Sweeney, Luke Grimes, Rade Šerbedžija	Action, Thriller	[167]
	8	The Brass Teapot	Magnolia Pictures	Ramaa Mosley (director); Tim Macy (screenplay); Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, Alexis Bledel, Alia Shawkat, Bobby Moynihan	Fantasy, comedy	[168]
		Cloud Atlas	Warner Bros.	Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski (directors/screenplay); Tom Hanks, Jim Sturgess, David Gyasi, Jim Broadbent, Ben Whishaw, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Bae Doona, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, James D'Arcy, Keith David, Zhou Xun	Drama, Sci-Fi	[169]
		End of Watch	Open Road Films	David Ayer (director/screenplay); Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, Frank Grillo, America Ferrera, Cody Horn	Action, Drama	[170]
		Hotel Transylvania	Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation	Genndy Tartakovsky (director); Don Rhymer (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, CeeLo Green	Comedy, Family, Fantasy	[171]
		A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman	Trinity	Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett (directors); Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Terry Jones	Comedy	[172]
		Much Ado About Nothing	Lionsgate / Roadside Attractions	Joss Whedon (director/screenplay); Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Fran Kranz	Comedy	[173]
		The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Summit Entertainment	Stephen Chbosky (director/screenplay); Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller	Drama	[174]
		Silver Linings Playbook	The Weinstein Company	David O. Russell (director/screenplay); Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Anupam Kher, Chris Tucker	Drama	[175]
	9	The Impossible	Summit Entertainment	Juan Antonio Bayona (director); Sergio G. Sánchez (screenplay); Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor	Drama	[176]
		Quartet	The Weinstein Company	Dustin Hoffman (director); Ronald Harwood (screenplay); Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon	Drama, Comedy	[177]
		Stuck in Love	Millennium Entertainment	Josh Boone (director/screenplay); Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff, Liana Liberato, Kristen Bell	Drama	[178]
	10	A Late Quartet	Entertainment One	Yaron Zilberman (director/screenplay); Seth Grossman (screenplay); Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken	Drama	[179]
		The Lords of Salem	Anchor Bay Films	Rob Zombie (director/screenwriter); Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Ken Foree, Patricia Quinn, Dee Wallace, María Conchita Alonso, Judy Geeson, Meg Foster	Horror	[180]
	14	Barfi!	LLC	Anurag Basu (director/screenplay); Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D'Cruz	Drama, Romance	[181]
		Emperor	Lionsgate / Roadside Attractions	Peter Webber (director); Vera Blasi, David Klass (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masatoshi Nakamura, Kaori Momoi, Colin Moy	Drama, war	[182]
		Stolen	Millennium Films	Simon West (director); David Guggenheim (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Malin Åkerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston	Action	[183]
	20	Frankenweenie	Walt Disney Pictures	Tim Burton (director); John August (screenplay); Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Winona Ryder	Comedy, Horror, Fantasy	[184]
	21	The Collection	LD Entertainment	Marcus Dunstan (director); Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton (screenplay); Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick	Horror	[185]
		Head Games	Variance Films	Steve James (director); Christopher Nowinski, Bob Costas, Keith Primeau	Documentary	[186]
		House at the End of the Street	Relativity Media	Mark Tonderai (director); David Loucka (screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows	Thriller	[187]
		Trouble with the Curve	Warner Bros.	Robert Lorenz (director); Randy Brown (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Matthew Lillard, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman	Drama, Sports	[188]
	24	Pitch Perfect	Universal Pictures	Jason Moore (director); Kay Cannon, Jeff Roda (screenplay); Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Skylar Astin, Adam DeVine, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks	Comedy, Musical	[189]
	27	Red Dawn	20th Century Fox	Dan Bradley (director); Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, Vincent Newman, Tony Gilroy (screenplay); Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Adrianne Palicki, Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan	Action	[190]
	28	Life of Pi	20th Century Fox	Ang Lee (director); David Magee (screenplay); Suraj Sharma, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Gérard Depardieu, Rafe Spall	Drama, Adventure	[191]
		Won't Back Down	20th Century Fox	Daniel Barnz (director/screenplay); Brin Hill (screenplay); Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Ving Rhames, Rosie Perez	Drama	[192]

October–December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Ref.
O C T O B E R	6	Not Fade Away	Paramount Vantage	David Chase (director/screenplay); Bella Heathcote, John Magaro, Jack Huston	Drama	[193]
	8	Lincoln	Touchstone Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / 20th Century Fox	Steven Spielberg (director); Tony Kushner (screenplay); Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones	Drama	[194]
	10	Rise of the Guardians	Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation	Peter Ramsey (director); David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay); Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jude Law	Adventure	[195]
	12	Here Comes the Boom	Columbia Pictures	Frank Coraci (director); Allan Loeb, Kevin James (screenplay); Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Bas Rutten	Comedy, Action	[196]
	13	Television	Chabial	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (director); Anisul Haque (screenplay); Shahir Huda Rumi, Chanchal Chowdhury, Mosharraf Karim, Nusrat Imrose Tisha	Drama	[197]
	14	Flight	Paramount Pictures	Robert Zemeckis (director); John Gatins (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Brian Geraghty, Melissa Leo	Drama	[198]
	19	Alex Cross	Summit Entertainment	Rob Cohen (director); James Patterson, Kerry Williamson, Marc Moss (screenplay); Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox	Crime, Action	[199]
		Paranormal Activity 4	Paramount Pictures	Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost (directors); Zack Estrin (screenplay); Kathryn Newton, Katie Featherston, Matt Shively, Stephen Dunham, Alexondra Lee, Brady Allen, Aiden Lovekamp	Horror	[200]
	20	Best Man Down	Magnolia Pictures	Ted Koland (director/screenplay); Justin Long, Jess Weixler, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin, Shelley Long, Frances O'Connor	Comedy, drama	[201]
		Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away	Paramount Pictures	Andrew Adamson (director/screenplay); Erica Linz, Igor Zaripov, John Clarke	Performance	[202]
		Hello Herman	Freestyle Releasing	Michelle Danner (director) John Buffalo Mailer (screenplay); Norman Reedus, Martha Higareda, Garrett Backstrom	Drama	[203]
	23	Skyfall	MGM / Columbia Pictures	Sam Mendes (director); Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, John Logan (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Judi Dench	Action	[204]
	26	Chasing Mavericks	20th Century Fox	Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted (directors); Kario Salem (screenplay); Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer	Biography, Drama	[205]
		Fun Size	Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies	Josh Schwartz (director); Max Werner (screenplay); Victoria Justice, Jane Levy, Thomas Mann, Chelsea Handler, Thomas McDonell, Osric Chau	Comedy	[206]
		Silent Hill: Revelation	Open Road Films	Michael J. Bassett (director/screenplay); Adelaide Clemens, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell, Deborah Kara Unger, Martin Donovan	Horror	[207]
	29	Wreck-It Ralph	Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios	Rich Moore (director); Jennifer Lee, Phil Johnston (screenplay); John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk	Family	[208]
N O V E M B E R	2	The Man with the Iron Fists	Universal Pictures	RZA (director/screenplay); Eli Roth (screenplay); Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, Byron Mann, RZA, Rick Yune, David Bautista, Jamie Chung	Action, Fantasy	[208]
	12	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Yash Raj Films	Yash Chopra (director); Aditya Chopra, Devika Bhagat (screenplay); Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif	Romance, Drama	[209]
	14	Bullet to the Head	Warner Bros.	Walter Hill (director/screenplay); Alessandro Camon (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christian Slater, Jason Momoa	Crime, action	[210]
	16	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Lionsgate / Summit Entertainment	Bill Condon (director); Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay); Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning	Fantasy, Drama	[211]
	20	Nema Aviona Za Zagreb	Spectrum Film	Louis van Gasteren (director); Joke Meerman (screenplay); Louis van Gasteren, Timothy Leary, Meher Baba	Documentary	[212]
	23	Hitchcock	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Sacha Gervasi (director); John McLaughlin (screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Michael Wincott, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, James D'Arcy, Toni Collette, Kurtwood Smith	Drama	[213]
		Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger	BBC Films	Debbie Isitt (director); David Tennant, Joanna Page, Marc Wootton, Pam Ferris, Jake Pratt, Bessie Cursons	Family Comedy	[214]
	28	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema / MGM	Peter Jackson (director/screenplay); Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro (screenplay); Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis	Fantasy	[215]
	29	Back to 1942	China Film Group Corporation	Feng Xiaogang (director); Liu Zhenyun (screenplay); Zhang Guoli, Chen Daoming, Li Xuejian, Zhang Hanyu, Fan Wei, Feng Yuanzheng, Xu Fan, Tim Robbins, Adrien Brody	Drama	[216]
	30	Dino Time	CJ Entertainment	Yoon-suk Choi, John Kafka (director); James Greco, Zachary Rosenblatt (screenplay); Jane Lynch, Rob Schneider, Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin, Pamela Adlon, Yuri Lowenthal, Melanie Griffith	Adventure, Family	[217]
		Talaash: The Answer Lies Within	Reliance Big Pictures	Reema Kagti (director/screenplay); Zoya Akhtar (screenplay); Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui	Crime, Thriller	[218]
D E C E M B E R	7	Playing for Keeps	FilmDistrict / Open Road Films	Gabriele Muccino (director); Robbie Fox (screenplay); Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Judy Greer, Catherine Zeta-Jones	Comedy, Romance	[219]
		The Fitzgerald Family Christmas	Tribeca Film	Edward Burns (director/produced/written); Kerry Bishe; Heather Burns; Connie Britton; Caitlin Fitzgerald; Anita Gillette; Tom Guiry; Ed Lauter; Mike McGlone; Noah Emmerich	Comedy, Drama	[220]
	11	Django Unchained	The Weinstein Company / Columbia Pictures	Quentin Tarantino (director/screenplay); Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington	Action, Drama	[221]
	19	The Guilt Trip	Paramount Pictures / Skydance Productions	Anne Fletcher (director); Dan Fogelman (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen	Comedy	[222]
		Zero Dark Thirty	Columbia Pictures / Universal Pictures	Kathryn Bigelow (director); Mark Boal (screenplay); Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Chris Pratt	Thriller, Drama	[223]
	21	Jack Reacher	Paramount Pictures / Skydance Productions	Christopher McQuarrie (director/screenplay); Josh Olson (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, Jai Courtney, Robert Duvall, Michael Raymond-James, Alexia Fast	Action, Thriller, Crime	[224]
		This Is 40	Universal Pictures	Judd Apatow (director/screenplay); Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow	Comedy, Drama	[225]
	25	Les Misérables	Universal Pictures	Tom Hooper (director); William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried	Musical	[226]
		Parental Guidance	20th Century Fox	Andy Fickman (director); Joe Syracuse, Lisa Addario, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf	Comedy	[227]
	28	Promised Land	Focus Features	Gus Van Sant (director); Matt Damon, John Krasinski (screenplay); Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand	Drama	[228]

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Nationality	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Bob Anderson	89	English	Stuntman, Choreographer	Star Wars The Lord of the Rings
	2	Silvana Gallardo	58	American	Actress	Windwalker Death Wish II
	3	Joaquín Martínez	81	Mexican-American	Actor	Jeremiah Johnson House of Cards
	3	Jenny Tomasin	73	English	Actress	The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
	4	Harry Fowler	85	English	Actor	Went the Day Well? Hue and Cry
	5	Frederica Sagor Maas	111	American	Screenwriter	The Plastic Age Dance Madness
	9	Mae Laborde	102	American	Actress	Pineapple Express The Heartbreak Kid
	10	Lila Kaye	82	English	Actress	An American Werewolf in London Nuns on the Run
	11	Richard Bruno	87	American	Costume Designer	The Karate Kid Chinatown
	11	David Whitaker	81	English	Composer	Hammerhead Run Wild, Run Free
	13	Morgan Jones	83	American	Actor	Not of This Earth Apache Woman
	20	Marion Mathie	73	English	Actress	Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Lolita
	21	Eiko Ishioka	73	Japanese	Costume Designer	Bram Stoker's Dracula Immortals
	23	Bingham Ray	57	American	Film executive	co-founded October Films
	24	Theo Angelopoulos	76	Greek	Director, Writer	Eternity and a Day Ulysses' Gaze
	24	James Farentino	82	American	Actor	Bulletproof The Final Countdown
	26	Ian Abercrombie	77	English-American	Actor	Young Frankenstein The Lost World: Jurassic Park
	26	Dimitra Arliss	79	American	Actress	The Sting The Other Side of Midnight
	29	John Rich	86	American	Director	Boeing Boeing  Easy Come, Easy Go
	30	Frederick Treves	86	English	Actor	Defence of the Realm Sweeney 2
February	1	Don Cornelius	75	American	Actor	Cleopatra Jones No Way Back
	3	Ben Gazzara	81	American	Actor	Anatomy of a Murder Road House
	3	Zalman King	69	American	Actor, Director, Screenwriter	Trip with the Teacher Galaxy of Terror
	4	Andrew Wight	51	Australian	Screenwriter, Producer	Sanctum Ghosts of the Abyss
	5	Sam Coppola	79	American	Actor	Serpico Saturday Night Fever
	5	Bill Hinzman	75	American	Actor, Director	Night of the Living Dead Legion of the Night
	6	Peter Breck	82	American	Actor	Shock Corridor Benji
	8	Phil Bruns	80	American	Actor	Flashdance My Favorite Year
	8	Laurie Main	89	Australian-American	Actor	Freaky Friday Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
	11	Whitney Houston	48	American	Actress, Singer, Producer	The Bodyguard Waiting to Exhale
	12	Zina Bethune	66	American	Actress, Choreographer	Sunrise at Campobello Who's That Knocking at My Door
	12	David Kelly	82	Irish	Actor	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Stardust
	13	Russell Arms	92	American	Actor, Singer	The Man Who Came to Dinner Captains of the Clouds
	16	Elyse Knox	94	American	Actress	The Mummy's Tomb Hay Foot
	16	Dick Anthony Williams	77	American	Actor	Dog Day Afternoon Edward Scissorhands
	18	Peter Halliday	87	English	Actor	The Swordsman Madhouse
	18	Ric Waite	78	American	Cinematographer	Red Dawn Footloose
	20	Sullivan Walker	68	Trinidadian-American	Actor	The Firm Crocodile Dundee
	21	Gladys O'Connor	108	English-Canadian	Actress	Police Academy 3: Back in Training Billy Madison
	23	Bruce Surtees	74	American	Cinematographer	Dirty Harry Beverly Hills Cop
	25	Martha Stewart	89	American	Actress	Surf Party Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
	26	Ed Brigadier	62	American	Actor	Anderson's Cross The Jane Austen Book Club
	26	Richard Carpenter	82	English	Actor, Screenwriter	The Terrornauts Mystery Submarine
	29	Dennis Chinnery	84	English	Actor	The Plague of the Zombies Bullseye!
	29	Davy Jones	66	English	Actor, Singer	The Brady Bunch Movie Head
March	1	Phillip R. Allen	72	American	Actor	Mommie Dearest The Onion Field
	1	Jerome Courtland	85	American	Actor, Producer	The Man from Colorado Battleground
	2	Don Marion	94	American	Actor	The Star Boarder Children of Divorce
	3	Leonardo Cimino	94	American	Actor	Dune Moonstruck
	3	Ralph McQuarrie	82	American	Designer, Illustrator	Star Wars Raiders of the Lost Ark
	4	Joan Taylor	82	American	Actress	Fighting Man of the Plains On Dangerous Ground
	5	Philip Madoc	77	Welsh-English	Actor	Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde Hell Boats
	5	Robert B. Sherman	86	American	Composer	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The Jungle Book
	9	Dennis Bowen	61	American	Actor	Restraining Order Bye Bye Love
	9	Terry Teene	70	American	Actor, Singer	Raging Bull Die Laughing
	10	Jean Giraud	73	French	Designer, Illustrator	Alien Tron
	11	Faith Brook	90	English	Actress	Jungle Book Wicked As They Come
	19	Ulu Grosbard	83	Belgian-American	Director, Producer	The Subject Was Roses Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
	21	Robert Fuest	84	English	Director, Screenwriter	Just Like a Woman Wuthering Heights
	21	Tonino Guerra	92	Italian	Screenwriter	Blowup Zabriskie Point
	25	Hal E. Chester	91	American	Actor, Producer. Screenwriter	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Night of the Demon
	25	Bill Weston	70	English	Stuntman, Actor	Batman Titanic
	27	Warren Stevens	92	American	Actor	Forbidden Planet The Barefoot Contessa
	27	Garry Walberg	90	American	Actor	Two-Minute Warning King Kong
	28	Neil Travis	73	American	Film Editor	Dances with Wolves Patriot Games
	29	Luke Askew	80	American	Actor	Easy Rider Cool Hand Luke
April	1	Jamaa Fanaka	69	American	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	Penitentiary Penitentiary II
	2	Jimmy Little	75	Australian	Actor, Singer	Until the End of the World Shadow of the Boomerang
	3	Nicholas King	79	American	Actor	The Long, Hot Summer The Young Lions
	8	Rikiya Yasuoka	64	Japanese	Actor	Black Rain The Toxic Avenger Part II
	9	Barry Cahill	90	Canadian-American	Actor	Grand Theft Auto ...tick...tick...tick...
	9	Carol Adams	94	American	Actress	Sis Hopkins Ridin' on a Rainbow
	10	Grant Tilly	74	Australian	Actor	30 Days of Night Nate and Hayes
	11	Rainer Penkert	90	German	Actor	The Longest Day Paper Tiger
	13	Marilyn Lovell Matz	81	American	Actress, Singer	Ghosts of Mississippi Scream Blacula Scream
	14	William Finley	71	American	Actor	The Black Dahlia Double Negative
	14	Jonathan Frid	87	Canadian	Actor	House of Dark Shadows Seizure
	14	Martin Poll	89	American	Producer	Nighthawks Love and Death
	15	Paul Bogart	92	American	Director, Producer	Marlowe Class of '44
	15	Murray Rose	73	English-Australian	Actor	Ice Station Zebra Ride the Wild Surf
	18	Dick Clark	82	American	Actor, Producer	Spy Kids Because They're Young
	18	Robert O. Ragland	80	American	Composer	Abby Project Kill
	19	Levon Helm	71	American	Actor, Singer	Coal Miner's Daughter The Right Stuff
	20	Peter Carsten	83	German	Actor	The Quiller Memorandum The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
	25	Paul L. Smith	75	American	Actor	Popeye Red Sonja'
	26	Margie Stewart	92	American	Actress	Wonder Man Music in Manhattan
	28	Walter Mathews	85	American	Actor	Nighthawks The Lawyer
	28	Patricia Medina	92	English	Actress	Mr. Arkadin Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
	29	Joel Goldsmith	54	American	Composer	Star Trek: First Contact Shiloh
	30	George Murdock	81	American	Actor	The X-Files The American President
May	1	Charles Pitts	65	American	Actor	Soul Men Black Snake Moan
	2	Charlotte Mitchell	85	English	Actress	The Romantic Age The Happiest Days of Your Life
	2	Tracy Reed	69	English	Actress	Casino Royale Hammerhead
	2	Digby Wolfe	82	English-American	Actor	The Jungle Book Stage Fright
	4	Mort Lindsey	89	American	Composer	I Could Go On Singing The Birdcage
	6	James Isaac	51	American	Director, Producer, Special Effects	Jason X Skinwalkers
	6	George Lindsey	83	American	Actor	Ensign Pulver Snowball Express
	8	Maurice Sendak	83	American	Producer, Production Designer	Where the Wild Things Are Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
	9	Vidal Sassoon	84	English-American	Hairstylist	Rosemary's Baby Be My Guest
	10	Joyce Redman	93	English-Irish	Actress	Othello Tom Jones
	11	Roland Shaw	91	English	Composer, Arranger	Song of Norway Konga
	12	Ruth Foster	92	American	Film Editor, Actress	Cyborg 2087 The Object of Beauty
	13	Donald "Duck" Dunn	70	American	Actor, Composer	The Blues Brothers Vampires
	15	Henry Denker	99	American	Screenwriter	Time Limit The Hook
	18	Paul O'Sullivan	68	Canadian	Actor	It Takes Two High Spirits
	18	Richard Rabago	68	American	Actor	The Sand Pebbles Big Trouble in Little China
	22	Janet Carroll	71	American	Actress	Risky Business The Omega Code
	24	Lee Rich	93	American	Producer	Passenger 57 The Score
	27	Dee Caruso	83	American	Screenwriter	Which Way to the Front? The World's Greatest Athlete
	28	Matthew Yuricich	89	American	Special Effects Artist	Field of Dreams Die Hard
	31	Christopher Challis	91	English	Cinematographer	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
June	2	Richard Dawson	79	English-American	Actor	The Running Man King Rat
	2	Kathryn Joosten	72	American	Actress	The Package Best Men
	4	Stan Jolley	86	American	Art Director, Production Designer	Witness Superman
	5	Caroline John	71	English	Actress	Santa Claus: The Movie Love Actually
	5	Ray Bradbury	90	American	Writer	Moby Dick It Came from Outer Space
	7	J. Michael Riva	63	American	Production Designer	Lethal Weapon A Few Good Men
	8	Frank Cady	96	American	Actor	Rear Window When Worlds Collide
	11	Ann Rutherford	94	American	Actress	Gone with the Wind A Christmas Carol
	14	Yvette Wilson	48	American	Actress	Friday Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
	16	Susan Tyrrell	67	American	Actress	Cry-Baby The Chipmunk Adventure
	16	Giuseppe Bertolucci	65	Italian	Director, Screenwriter	Berlinguer, I Love You 1900
	17	George Leech	90	English	Actor, Stuntman	James Bond
	18	Victor Spinetti	82	Welsh	Actor	A Hard Day's Night The Return of the Pink Panther
	19	Richard Lynch	72	American	Actor	Halloween Invasion U.S.A.
	26	Nora Ephron	71	American	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	Sleepless in Seattle When Harry Met Sally...
	27	Don Grady	68	American	Actor, Composer	Ma Barker's Killer Brood Cash McCall
	27	Bruce Guerin	93	American	Actor	Revelation The Salvation Hunters
	28	Paul Stassino	81	Cypriot	Actor	Thunderball Exodus
July	2	Ben Davidson	72	American	Actor	Conan the Barbarian Necessary Roughness
	3	Andy Griffith	86	American	Actor	A Face in the Crowd Angel in My Pocket
	4	Eric Sykes	89	English	Actor	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Others
	8	Ernest Borgnine	95	American	Actor	Marty From Here to Eternity
	13	Wayne Massarelli	62	American	Make-up Artist	My Fellow Americans The Muppets Take Manhattan
	13	Sage Stallone	36	American	Actor, Director, Producer	Rocky V Daylight
	13	Ginny Tyler	86	American	Actress, Singer	Son of Flubber The Sword in the Stone
	13	Richard D. Zanuck	77	American	Producer	Jaws Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	14	Avis Hope Eckelberry	56	American	Film Editor	The Flintstones Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
	14	Michael Turner	90	South African	Actor	Cry Freedom
	15	Celeste Holm	95	American	Actress	All About Eve Tom Sawyer
	16	William Asher	90	American	Producer	Muscle Beach Party Beach Blanket Bingo
	16	Martin Kenzie	56	English	Camera Operator	Star Wars Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
	17	Morgan Paull	67	American	Actor	Blade Runner Patton
	18	Rajesh Khanna	69	Indian	Actor	Anand Amar Prem
	19	Tom Davis	59	American	Actor	Coneheads Evolution
	20	Simon Ward	70	English	Actor	The Three Musketeers I Start Counting
	20	Tony Epper	73	American	Stuntman, Actor	Dick Tracy Nowhere to Run
	21	Angharad Rees	63	Welsh	Actress	Hands of the Ripper To Catch a Spy
	22	Fern Persons	101	American	Actress	Risky Business Class
	22	Frank Pierson	87	American	Director, Screenwriter	A Star Is Born Dog Day Afternoon
	24	Chad Everett	76	American	Actor	Mulholland Drive Psycho
	24	Sherman Hemsley	74	American	Actor	Love at First Bite Mr. Nanny
	26	Lupe Ontiveros	69	American	Actress	The Goonies Selena
	26	Mary Tamm	62	English	Actress	The Odessa File The Likely Lads
	27	Norman Alden	87	American	Actor	Back to the Future The Transformers: The Movie
	27	R. G. Armstrong	95	American	Actor	El Dorado Ride the High Country
	27	Geoffrey Hughes	68	English	Actor	The Bofors Gun Till Death Us Do Part
	27	Tony Martin	98	American	Actor, Singer	Follow the Fleet Murder on a Bridle Path
	29	John P. Finnegan	86	American	Actor	JFK The Natural
	30	Jonathan Hardy	71	New Zealand	Actor, Director	Backstage Moulin Rouge!
	31	Gore Vidal	86	American	Actor, Screenwriter	Bob Roberts Gattaca
August	6	Marvin Hamlisch	68	American	Composer	The Way We Were Sophie's Choice
	8	Sancho Gracia	75	Spanish	Actor	Antony and Cleopatra The Call of the Wild
	9	Al Freeman, Jr.	78	American	Actor	Finian's Rainbow Malcolm X
	9	Mel Stuart	83	American	Director, Producer	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
	10	Irving Fein	101	American	Producer	18 Again! Oh, God! You Devil
	10	Carlo Rambaldi	86	Italian	Special Effects Artist	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Nightwing
	11	Bill Rafferty	68	American	Actor	Above the Rim Mad City
	13	Joan Roberts	94	American	Actress	The Model and the Marriage Broker Lovely to Look At
	14	Ron Palillo	63	American	Actor	Skatetown, U.S.A. Surf II
	14	Phyllis Thaxter	92	American	Actress	Superman Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
	15	Biff Elliot	89	American	Actor	I, the Jury House of Bamboo
	16	William Windom	88	American	Actor	To Kill a Mockingbird For Love or Money
	18	George Bowers	68	American	Director, Editor	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Roll Bounce
	19	Tony Scott	68	English	Director, Producer	Top Gun Unstoppable
	20	Phyllis Diller	95	American	Actress	Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! The Sunshine Boys
	21	Tissa David	91	American	Animator	Chicago 10 The Thief and the Cobbler
	22	Jeffrey Stone	86	American	Actor	The Girl in the Kremlin Drive a Crooked Road
	23	Jerry Nelson	78	American	Puppeteer, Actor	The Muppet Movies Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
	24	Steve Franken	80	American	Actor	Angels & Demons The Trumpet of the Swan
	24	Claire Malis	69	American	Actress	Moving Heartbreakers
	25	Florencio Amarilla	77	Paraguayan	Actor	100 Rifles Patton
	31	Max Bygraves	89	English	Actor, Singer	Tom Brown's Schooldays Charley Moon
	31	Joe Lewis	68	American	Actor, Stuntman	Bloodmoon Force: Five
September	1	Hal David	91	American	Composer	Lost Horizon What's New Pussycat?
	3	Michael Clarke Duncan	54	American	Actor	The Green Mile Armageddon
	6	Jake Eberts	71	Canadian	Producer	The Way Back Oceans
	6	Frank Godwin	95	English	Producer	Woman in a Dressing Gown Operation Bullshine
	7	Louise LaPlanche	93	American	Actress	The Hunchback of Notre Dame Strike Up the Band
	8	Leigh Hamilton	62	New Zealand-American	Actress	Hocus Pocus Forced Vengeance
	10	Vondell Darr	93	American	Actress	The City That Never Sleeps The Pony Express
	10	Lance LeGault	75	American	Actor	Home on the Range Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
	10	Stanley Long	78	English	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	The Wife Swappers Adventures of a Taxi Driver
	10	John Moffatt	89	English	Actor	The Silent Enemy A Night to Remember
	12	Jon Finlayson	74	Australian	Actor	Lonely Hearts Evil Angels
	13	Edgar Metcalfe	78	English	Actor	Evil Angels Percy's Progress
	14	Stephen Dunham	48	American	Actor	The Mummy Paranormal Activity 4
	14	Winston Rekert	63	Canadian	Actor	Agnes of God The Blue Man
	16	John Ingle	84	American	Actor	Hostage Senseless
	16	Roman Kroitor	85	Canadian	Director, Producer	In the Labyrinth City of Gold
	21	Michael Rye	94	American	Actor	Hugo the Hippo Hands of a Stranger
	25	Andy Williams	84	American	Actor, Singer	I'd Rather Be Rich Something in the Wind
	26	Johnny Lewis	28	American	Actor	The Runaways Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
	27	Herbert Lom	95	Czech-English	Actor	A Shot in the Dark The Return of the Pink Panther
	28	Michael O'Hare	60	American	Actor	Last Exit to Brooklyn C.H.U.D.
	30	Turhan Bey	90	Austrian-American	Actor	Shadows on the Stairs The Mummy's Tomb
October	2	Marjorie Lane	100	American	Actress, Singer	Born to Dance Broadway Melody of 1936
	7	Larry Block	69	American	Actor	Shamus Slap Shot
	7	Hank Moonjean	82	American	Producer	Dangerous Liaisons Stealing Home
	8	Ken Sansom	85	American	Actor	The Tigger Movie Piglet's Big Movie
	9	Harris Savides	55	American	Cinematographer	Gerry Elephant
	10	Alex Karras	77	American	Actor	Blazing Saddles Porky's
	10	Robert Litz	62	American	Screenwriter	House of Cards Rappin'
	10	Leo O'Brien	41	American	Actor	The Last Dragon Rappin'
	12	Norm Grabowski	79	American	Actor	The Cannonball Run Hooper
	13	Gary Collins	74	American	Actor	Hangar 18 Airport
	14	John Clive	79	English	Actor	A Clockwork Orange Yellow Submarine
	18	Sylvia Kristel	60	Dutch	Actress	Private Lessons Private School
	20	Joe Melia	77	English	Actor	Sweeney! Oh! What a Lovely War
	22	Carolyn Conwell	82	American	Actress	Torn Curtain The Boston Strangler
	22	Russell Means	72	American	Actor	The Last of the Mohicans Pocahontas
	24	Peggy Ahern	95	American	Actress	Our Gang Excuse Me
	26	Mac Ahlberg	81	Swedish	Cinematographer	Beverly Hills Cop III The Brady Bunch Movie
	26	Natina Reed	32	American	Actress, Singer	Bring It On Honey
	27	Robert W. Castle	81	American	Actor	Philadelphia Rachel Getting Married
	28	Bob Brunner	78	American	Screenwriter	The Other Sister Exit to Eden
	30	Leonard Termo	77	American	Actor	Fight Club Ali
	31	Brian Cobby	83	English	Actor	Evita The Tell-Tale Heart
	31	Teri Shields	79	American	Actress, Producer	Endless Love Wanda Nevada
November	5	Olympe Bradna	93	French-American	Actress	Souls at Sea The Night of Nights
	5	Margaret Nichols	82	American	Animator	Charlotte's Web Who Framed Roger Rabbit
	6	Clive Dunn	92	English	Actor, Singer	Dad's Army The Magic Christian
	7	Richard Robbins	71	American	Composer	Howards End The Remains of the Day
	8	Lucille Bliss	96	American	Actress	Cinderella Alice in Wonderland
	8	Roger Hammond	76	English	Actor	The King's Speech Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
	9	Bobbi Jordan	75	American	Actress	Mame A Guide for the Married Man
	9	Pat Renella	83	American	Actor	X-15 Beverly Hills Brats
	13	Ray Zone	65	American	Film historian and artist
	17	Katherine Kath	92	English	Actress	Katherine Moulin Rouge
	17	Bonnie Lynn Fields	68	American	Actress	Bye Bye Birdie Angel in My Pocket
	21	Dann Cahn	89	American	Film Editor	The Octagon Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
	21	Deborah Raffin	59	American	Actress	Once Is Not Enough Death Wish 3
	22	Mel Shaw	97	American	Animator, Screenwriter	The Lion King Beauty and the Beast
	23	Larry Hagman	81	American	Actor, Director	Fail Safe Nixon
	23	John Kemeny	87	Hungarian-Canadian	Producer	Iron Eagle II Atlantic City
	25	Dinah Sheridan	92	English	Actress	Genevieve The Railway Children
	26	Martin Richards	80	American	Producer	Chicago Fort Apache, The Bronx
	27	Bob Kellett	84	English	Director, Producer, Screenwriter	Are You Being Served? F/X2
	28	Don Rhymer	51	American	Screenwriter	Rio Surf's Up
	29	Susan Luckey	74	American	Actress	The Music Man Carousel
	29	Benjamin Tatar	82	American	Actor	The Wind and the Lion Battle of the Bulge
December	3	Eileen Moran	60	American	Visual Effects	The Lord of the Rings Rise of the Planet of the Apes
	7	Jeni Le Gon	96	American	Actress	Bones Bright Road
	7	Rusty Mills	49	American	Animator	An American Tail Happily Ever After
	8	Hal Schaefer	87	American	Composer, Actor	The Money Trap There's No Business Like Show Business
	10	Marla English	77	American	Actress	Voodoo Woman The She-Creature
	10	Ed Grady	89	American	Actor	The Notebook Lolita
	10	Patricia Kennedy	96	Australian	Actress	The Getting of Wisdom My Brilliant Career
	11	Ravi Shankar	92	Indian-American	Composer	Gandhi Charly
	12	Don Medford	95	American	Director	The Hunting Party The Organization
	13	Jack Hanlon	96	American	Actor	Our Gang The General
	14	Kenneth Kendall	88	Indian-English	Actor	2001: A Space Odyssey They Came from Beyond Space
	16	Axel Anderson	83	German-Puerto Rican	Actor	Assassins Bananas
	18	Danny Steinmann	70	American	Director, Screenwriter	Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Savage Streets
	21	Daphne Oxenford	93	English	Actress	That'll Be the Day Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
	22	Cliff Osmond	75	American	Actor	The Fortune Cookie Kiss Me, Stupid
	24	Richard Rodney Bennett	76	English	Composer	Nicholas and Alexandra Murder on the Orient Express
	24	Charles Durning	89	American	Actor	The Sting Dog Day Afternoon
	24	Lee Hartman	82	American	Animator, Actor	Sleeping Beauty Night of the Living Dead
	24	Jack Klugman	90	American	Actor	12 Angry Men Days of Wine and Roses
	26	Gerry Anderson	83	English	Director, Producer, Screenwriter	Crossroads to Crime Thunderbirds Are Go
	27	Harry Carey, Jr.	91	American	Actor	Gremlins Back to the Future Part III
	28	Jon Finch	71	English	Actor	Kingdom of Heaven The Vampire Lovers
	30	Mike Hopkins	53	New Zealand	Sound Editor	Transformers The Lord of the Rings
	30	Gloria Pall	85	American	Actress	Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

References

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