2012 in movies

This is a list of movies that were released in the United States in 2012.

 Highest-grossing movies 

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

+ Highest-grossing films of 2012 Rank  Title  Studio  Worldwide gross 1 The Avengers Marvel Studios / Disney $1,511,757,910 2 Skyfall MGM / Columbia  $1,108,561,013 3 The Dark Knight Rises Warner Bros. / Legendary $1,084,439,099 4 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Warner Bros. / MGM / New Line  $1,017,003,568 5 Ice Age: Continental Drift Fox / Blue Sky $877,244,782 6 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Lionsgate / Summit Entertainment $829,224,737 7 The Amazing Spider-Man Columbia / Marvel Entertainment $752,216,557 8 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted DreamWorks $742,110,251 9 The Hunger Games Lionsgate $691,247,768		 10 Men in Black 3 Columbia $624,026,776

 Events 
1st AACTA International Awards
18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
32nd Golden Raspberry Awards
38th People's Choice Awards
38th Saturn 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

2012 movies
January – March
 ₪ - Movies that became a wide-release after their debut
W - Wide release in the United States of America
L - Limited release in the United States of America
R - Re-release in the United States of AmericaOpeningTitleStudioCast and crewGenreMediumRef.JANUARY 6 W The Devil Inside  Paramount Pictures / Insurge Pictures  William Brent Bell (director/screenplay); Matthew Peterman (screenplay); Fernanda Andrade, Isabella Rossi, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama, Suzan Crowley, Bonnie Morgan, Brian Johnson, Preston James Hillier, D.T. Carney  Horror  Live action   13 W Contraband  Universal Pictures  Baltasar Kormakur (director); Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Caleb Landry Jones, Lukas Haas, Diego Luna, J.K. Simmons  Action, Crime  Live action   Joyful Noise  Warner Bros.  Todd Graff (director/screenplay); Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, Kris Kristofferson  Comedy, Musical  Live action   R Beauty and the Beast 3D  Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios  Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (directors); Linda Woolverton (screenplay); Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury, Bradley Pierce, Rex Everhart, Jesse Corti, Hal Smith, Jo Anne Worley  Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance  Animation   L We Need to Talk About Kevin  Oscilloscope Laboratories  Lynne Ramsay (director/screenplay); Rory Kinnear (screenplay); Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller  Psychological thriller  Live-action   20 W Haywire  Relativity Media  Steven Soderbergh (director); Lem Dobbs (screenplay); Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas, Michael Angarano  Action  Live action   Red Tails  20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm  Anthony Hemingway (director); John Ridley (screenplay); Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrance Howard, Bryan Cranston, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Tristan Wilds, Cliff Smith, Kevin Phillips, Rick Otto, Lee Tergesen, Andre Royo, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, Marcus T. Paulk, Leslie Odom Jr., Michael B. Jordan, Jazmine Sullivan, Edwina Finley, Daniela Ruah, Stacie Davis, Gerald McRaney  Action, War  Live action   Underworld: Awakening  Screen Gems  Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein (directors); Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, India Eisley, Michael Ealy, Stephen Rea, Theo James, Charles Dance  Action, Horror  Live action   L Coriolanus  The Weinstein Company  Ralph Fiennes (director); John Logan (screenplay); Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain, James Nesbitt  Thriller  Live action   Miss Bala  Canana Films / 20th Century Fox  Gerardo Naranjo (director/screenplay); Mauricio Katz (screenplay); Stephanie Sigman, Irene Azuela, Miguel Couturier, Gabriel Heads, Noe Hernandez, James Russo, Jose Yenque  Action, Drama  Live action   27 W The Grey  Open Road Films  Joe Carnahan (director/screenplay); Ian MacKenzie Jeffers (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, James Badge Dale, Nonso Anozie  Action  Live action   Man on a Ledge  Summit Entertainment  Asger Leth (director); Pablo Fenjves, Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber (screenplay); Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Edward Burns, Titus Welliver, Génesis Rodríguez, Kyra Sedgwick  Crime  Live action   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, Debbie Reynolds, Debra Monk  Action, Comedy  Live action  FEBRUARY 3 W Big Miracle  Universal Pictures   Ken Kwapis (director); Jack Amiel, Michael Begler (screenplay); John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Danson  Drama, Adventure, Family  Live action   Chronicle  20th Century Fox  Josh Trank (director/screenplay); Max Landis (screenplay); Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly  Action, Sci-Fi  Live action   The Woman in Black  CBS Films  James Watkins (director); Jane Goldman (screenplay); Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White, Alisa Khazanova, Tim McMullan, Roger Allam, Daniel Cerqueira, Shaun Dooley, Mary Stockley, Cathy Sara, David Burke, Victor McGuire, Lucy May Barker  Horror  Live action   L W.E.  The Weinstein Company  Madonna (director/screenplay); Alex Keshishian (screenplay); Abbie Cornish, Oscar Isaac, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Dormer, Richard Coyle, James Fox, Laurence Fox  Drama, Romance  Live action   10 W 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 Guzman, Kristen Davis  Adventure, Family  Live action   Safe House  Universal Pictures  Daniel Espinosa (director); David Guggenheim (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Liam Cunningham, Brendon Gleeson, Vera Farmiga, Fares Fares, Nora Arnezeder, Joel Kinnaman, Rubén Blades Action, Crime, Mystery  Live action   The Vow   Screen Gems   Michael Sucsy (director); Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Jason Katims (screenplay); Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Scott Speedman, Jessica Lange, Sam Neill  Drama  Live action   R Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D  20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm  George Lucas (director/screenplay); Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Pernilla August, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Ray Park  Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi  Live action   L In Darkness   Sony Pictures Classics   Agnieszka Holland (director); David F. Shamoon (screenplay); Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup  War  Live action   Rampart   Millennium Entertainment   Oren Moverman (director); James Ellroy (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Ned Beatty  Crime  Live action   17 W Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance  Columbia Pictures / Marvel Knights  Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor (directors); Scott Dimple, Seth Hoffman, David Goyer (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, Fergus Riordan, Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth  Action, Adventure  Live action   The Secret World of Arrietty  Walt Disney Pictures / Studio Ghibli  Gary Rydstrom (director); Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Bridgit Mendler, David Henrie, Moises Arias  Adventure  Animation   This Means War  20th Century Fox  McG (director); Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg (screenplay); Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger, Abigail Spencer  Action, Adventure, Comedy  Live action   24 W 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  Live action   Gone  Summit Entertainment  Heitor Dhalia (director); Allison Burnett (screenplay); Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley, Michael Pare  Thriller  Live action   Good Deeds  Lionsgate  Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Rebecca Romijn, Brian J. White, Jamie Kennedy, Eddie Cibrian, Jordenn Thompson, Beverly Johnson, Phylicia Rashad, Gabrielle Union  Romance, Dramedy  Live action   Wanderlust  Universal Pictures  David Wain (director/screenplay); Ken Marino (screenplay); Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Malin Akerman, Justin Theroux, Ken Marino, Lauren Ambrose, Joe Lo Truglio, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Kathryn Hahn, Alan Alda  Comedy  Live action  MARCH 2 W Dr. Seuss' 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  Comedy, Musical, Adventure  Animation   Project X  Warner Bros.  Nima Nourizadeh (director); Matt Drake, Michael Bacall (screenplay); Miles Teller, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Thomas Mann, Alexis Knapp  Comedy  Live action   L Being Flynn  Focus Features  Paul Weitz (director/screenplay); Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor, Wes Studi, Julianne Moore  Drama  Live action   9 W A Thousand Words  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures  Brian Robbins (director); Steven Koren (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis, Clark Duke, Allison Janney, Ruby Dee, John Witherspoon  Comedy  Live action   John Carter  Walt Disney Pictures  Andrew Stanton (director/screenplay); Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon (screenplay); Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Haden Church, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston  Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure  Live action   Silent House  Open Road Films  Chris Kentis (director); Laura Lau (director/screenplay); Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, Haley Murphy, Adam Barnett  Horror, Thriller  Live action   L Friends with Kids ₪  Lionsgate / Roadside Attractions  Jennifer Westfeldt (director/screenplay); Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns  Comedy, Romance  Live action   Salmon Fishing in the Yemen  CBS Films / Lionsgate  Lasse Hallström (director); Simon Beaufoy (screenplay); Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked  Drama, Romance  Live action   16 W 21 Jump Street  Columbia Pictures / MGM  Phil Lord, Chris Miller (directors/screenplay); Michael Bacall (screenplay); Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Rob Riggle, DeRay Davis, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, Johnny Simmons, Johnny Pemberton, Dakota Johnson, Ellie Kemper, Johnny Depp  Action, Comedy  Live action   L Casa de Mi Padre  Pantelion Films / Lionsgate  Matt Piedmont (director); Andrew Steele (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Nick Offerman, Génesis Rodríguez, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  Action, Comedy  Live action   Detachment  Tribeca Film  Tony Kaye (director); Carl Lund (screenplay); Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, Betty Kaye, Sami Gayle, Bryan Cranston, William Petersen, Tim Blake Nelson, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, James Caan, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Renee Felice Smith  Drama  Live action   Jeff, Who Lives at Home  Paramount Vantage  Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass (directors/screenplay); Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Susan Sarandon, Evan Ross  Dramedy  Live action   Natural Selection  Cinema Guild  Robbie Pickering (director/screenplay); Rachael Harris, Matt O'Leary, Jon Gries, John Diehl  Comedy  Live action   23 W The Hunger Games  Lionsgate  Gary Ross (director/screenplay); Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray (screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Wes Bentley, Elizabeth Banks, Amandla Stenberg, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Toby Jones, Donald Sutherland, Alexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman  Action, Adventure,  Sci-Fi  Live action   L The Deep Blue Sea  Music Box Films  Terence Davies (director/screenplay); Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Ann Mitchell, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sarah Kants, Jolyon Coy  Drama, Romance  Live action   The Raid: Redemption ₪  Sony Pictures Classics  Gareth Evans (director/screenplay); Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Joe Taslim, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy  foreign action  Live action   30 W Mirror Mirror  Relativity Media  Tarsem Singh (director); Jason Keller, Melisa Wallack (screenplay); Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Robert Emms, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Mark Povinelli, Jordan Prentice, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Ronald Lee Clark, Martin Klebba, Joey Gnoffo, Sean Bean  Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure  Live action   Wrath of the Titans  Warner Bros.  Jonathan Liebesman (director); Dan Mazeau, David Leslie Johnson (screenplay); Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Edgar Ramirez, Rosamund Pike, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell  Action, Adventure, Fantasy  Live action   L Bully  The Weinstein Company  Lee Hirsch (director) Cynthia Lowen Lee Hirsch (producer)  Documentary  Live action  

April – June

 ₪ - Films that achieved wide-release status after initial releaseOpeningTitleStudioCast and crewGenreMediumRef.APRIL 4 R Titanic 3D  Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Fox  James Cameron (director/screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Francis Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Bernard Hill, David Warner, Victor Garber, Jonathan Hyde, Eric Braeden, Bernard Fox,  Suzy Amis  Adventure, Drama  Live action  align="center"|  6 W American Reunion  Universal Pictures  Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg (directors/screenplay); Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Mena Suvari, Jennifer Coolidge, Natasha Lyonne, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Shannon Elizabeth  Comedy  Live action   L Damsels in Distress  Sony Pictures Classics  Whit Stillman (director/screenplay); Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore, Hugo Becker, Billy Magnussen, Ryan Metcalf, Jermaine Crawford, Aubrey Plaza  Dramedy  Live action   13 W 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  Live action   Lockout  Open Road Films / FilmDistrict  James Mather, Stephen St.Leger (director/screenplay); Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Lennie James, Vincent Regan, Tim Plester, Anne-Solenne Hatte, Yan Dron, Patrick Cauderlier, Milorad Kapor, Bojan Peric, Mark Tankersley  Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller  Live action   The Three Stooges  20th Century Fox  Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly (directors/screenplay); Mike Cerrone (screenplay); Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Sasso, Sean Hayes, Jane Lynch, Larry David, Stephen Collins, Sofía Vergara, Jennifer Hudson  Comedy  Live action   20 W Chimpanzee  Disneynature  Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield (directors); Tim Allen (narrator)  Nature documentary  Live action   The Lucky One  Warner Bros.  Scott Hicks (director); Will Fetters (screenplay); Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Jay R. Ferguson, Riley Thomas Stewart, Adam Lefevre, Blythe Danner  Drama, Romance  Live action   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  Live action   27 W The Five-Year Engagement  Universal Pictures  Nicholas Stoller (director/screenplay); Jason Segel (screenplay); Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans  Comedy  Live action   The Pirates! Band of Misfits Columbia Pictures / Aardman Animations / Sony Pictures Animation  Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt (directors); Gideon Defoe (screenplay); Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant  Family  Animation   The Raven  Relativity Media   James McTeigue (director); Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare (screenplay); John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen  Thriller  Live action   Safe  Lionsgate  Boaz Yakin (director/screenplay); Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Anson Mount, Robert John Burke  Action  Live action   L Bernie  Millennium Entertainment  Richard Linklater (director/screenplay); Skip Hollandsworth (screenplay); Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Rip Torn  Comedy, Drama  Live action  MAY 4 W The Avengers  Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Pictures  Joss Whedon (director/screenplay); Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgård, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg  Action, Adventure  Live action   L A Little Bit of Heaven  Millennium Entertainment  Nicole Kassell (director); Gren Wells (screenplay); Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Peter Dinklage, Kathy Bates, Steve Weber, Whoopi Goldberg  Comedy, Drama, Romance  Live action   The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  Fox Searchlight Pictures  John Madden (director); Ol Parker (screenplay); Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie  Comedy, Drama  Live action   11 W Dark Shadows  Warner Bros.  Tim Burton (director); Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jonny Lee Miller, Gulliver McGrath  Gothic Comedy  Live action   L Girl in Progress  Pantelion Films  Patricia Riggen (director/screenplay); Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio Derbez  Comedy/Drama  Live action   Under African Skies  A&E IndieFilms  Joe Berlinger (director); Paul Simon, Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Paul McCartney, David Byrne, Peter Gabriel  Documentary  Live action   16 W The Dictator  Paramount Pictures  Larry Charles (director); Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Megan Fox, John C. Reilly, J.B. Smoove  Comedy  Live action   18 W Battleship  Universal Pictures  Peter Berg (director); Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber (screenplay); Alexander Skarsgård, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, Liam Neeson, Asano Tadanobu  Action, Adventure  Live action   What to Expect When You're Expecting  Lionsgate  Kirk Jones (director); Heather Hach, Shauna Cross (screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Chace Crawford, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro, Ben Falcone, Joe Manganiello, Thomas Lennon  Comedy, Romance  Live action   24 W 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 Bolso Berdal, Dmitri Diatchenko  Horror, Thriller  Live action   25 W 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, Emma Thompson, Alice Eve, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nicole Scherzinger, David Rasche  Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi  Live action   L The Intouchables  Gaumont Film Company  Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano (director/screenplay); François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaia Bellugi, Cyril Mendy, Christian Ameri  Comedy, Drama, Romance  Live action   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  Live action  JUNE 1 W Snow White & the Huntsman  Universal Pictures  Rupert Sanders (director); Evan Daugherty, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Hossein Amini, John Lee Hancock, Jez Butterworth (screenplay); Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Chris Hemsworth, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Izzard, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Stephen Graham, Ray Winstone, Lily Cole, Sam Spruell, Liberty Ross, Noah Huntley, Nick Frost  Action, Adventure, Fantasy  Live action   L Piranha 3DD  Dimension Films  John Gulager (director); Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan (screenplay); Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Hector Jimenez, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer, David Hasselhoff  Comedy, Horror, Thriller  Live action   8 W Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation  Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon (directors); Eric Darnell, Noah Baumbach (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Frances McDormand, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain, Martin Short, Paz Vega  Comedy, Family  Animation   Prometheus  20th Century Fox  Ridley Scott (director/screenplay); Damon Lindelof, John Spaihts (screenplay); Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green  Sci-Fi  Live action   L Safety Not Guaranteed  FilmDistrict   Colin Trevorrow (director/screenplay); Derek Connolly (screenplay); Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Kristen Bell, Jenica Bergere, Jeff Garlin, Karan Soni, Lynn Shelton, Mary Lynn Rajskub  Comedy  Live action   Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding  IFC Films   Bruce Beresford (director); Christina Mengert & Joe Muszynski (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Nat Wolff, Kyle MacLachlan, Rosanna Arquette  Dramedy  Live action   15 W Rock of Ages  Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema   Adam Shankman (director); Justin Theroux, Allan Loeb, Chris D'Arienzo (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige, Malin Akerman  Rock Musical  Live action   That's My Boy  Columbia Pictures   Sean Anders (director); David H. Caspe (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Eva Amurri, Susan Sarandon, James Caan, Milo Ventimiglia, Will Forte, Colin Quinn, Todd Bridges, Vanilla Ice, Ian Ziering  Comedy  Live action   22 W Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter  20th Century Fox  Timur Bekmambetov (director); Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay); Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alan Tudyk, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Rufus Sewell  Action, Horror, Supernatural Thriller  Live action   Brave  Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios  Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell (directors); Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi (screenplay); Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane, John Ratzenberger  Adventure, Comedy  Animation   Seeking a Friend for the End of the World  Focus Features  Lorene Scafaria (director/screenplay); Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt, William Petersen  Comedy  Live action   L To Rome with Love  Sony Pictures Classics  Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page  Comedy, Romance  Live action   29 W Madea's Witness Protection  Lionsgate  Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Doris Roberts, Tom Arnold, Denise Richards, Danielle Campbell, Devan Leos, Romeo Miller, John Amos, Marla Gibbs  Comedy  Live action   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 Rodriguez, Kevin Nash, Gabriel Iglesias  Comedy  Live action   People Like Us  Touchstone Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures  Alex Kurtzman (director/screenplay); Roberto Orci, Jody Lambert (screenplay); Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Jon Favreau, Michael Hall D'Addario, Philip Baker Hall  Drama  Live action   Ted  Universal Pictures  Seth MacFarlane (director/screenplay); Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale, Patrick Warburton, Jessica Stroup, Laura Vandervoort  Comedy  Live action / Animation  

July – September

 ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial releaseOpeningTitleStudioCast and crew Genre MediumRef.JULY 3 The Amazing Spider-Man  Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios   Marc Webb (director); James Vanderbilt (screenplay); Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Denis Leary, Irrfan Khan, Campbell Scott  Action, Adventure  Live action  5 Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D  Paramount Pictures / Insurge Pictures / MTV Films  Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsetz (directors); Katy Perry  Documentary, Music  Live action   6 Savages  Universal Pictures  Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Don Winslow, Shane Salerno (screenplay); Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Emile Hirsch, Demian Bichir  Crime, Thriller  Live action   13 Ice Age: Continental Drift  20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios  Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier (directors); Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, J.B. Smoove, Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes, Peter Dinklage, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer, Drake, Heather Morris, Joy Behar, Nicki Minaj, Josh Gad, Alan Tudyk, Nick Frost, Kunal Nayyar, Alain Chabat  Adventure, Comedy, Family  Animation   Red Lights  Millennium Entertainment  Rodrigo Cortes (director/screenplay); Cillian Murphy, Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Olsen, Toby Jones  Thriller  Live action   20 The Dark Knight Rises  Warner Bros.  Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Emma Thomas (producer); Jonathan Nolan (screenplay); Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Modine, Cillian Murphy, Nestor Carbonell, Liam Neeson, Alon Abutbul  Action, Thriller  Live action   27 Step Up Revolution  Summit Entertainment  Scott Speer (director); Jenny Mayer (screenplay); Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Misha Gabriel, Peter Gallagher  Musical  Live action   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, Will Forte, Billy Crudup  Comedy, Sci-Fi  Live action  AUGUST 3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days  20th Century Fox  David Bowers (director); Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Devon Bostick, Steve Zahn  Comedy, Family  Live action   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  Live action   Total Recall  Columbia Pictures  Len Wiseman (director); Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback (screenplay); Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, John Cho  Action, Sci-Fi  Live action   10 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, Romance  Live action   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  Comedy  Live action   Hope Springs  Columbia Pictures  David Frankel (director); Vanessa Taylor (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell  Comedy  Live action   15 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   Dramedy  Live action   17 The Expendables 2  Lionsgate  Simon West (director), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Liam Hemsworth  Action  Live action   ParaNorman  Focus Features  Chris Butler (director/screenplay); Sam Fell (director); Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jodelle Ferland, Elaine Stritch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alex Borstein  Comedy, Thriller, Adventure  Animation   Sparkle  TriStar Pictures  Salim Akil (director); Mara Brock Akil (screenplay); Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Cee Lo Green  Drama, Musical  Live action   24 The Apparition  Warner Bros.  Todd Lincoln (director/screenplay); Carl Ellsworth (screenplay); Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill, Luke Pasqualino, Suzanne Ford  Horror, Supernatural Thriller  Live action   Hit and Run  Open Road Films  Dax Shepard (director/screenplay); David Palmer (director); Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Beau Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner, Michael Rosenbaum, Joy Bryant, Ryan Hansen  Action, Comedy, Romance  Live action   Premium Rush  Columbia Pictures  David Koepp (director/screenplay); John Kamps (screenplay); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung  Action  Live action   31 For A Good Time, Call...  Focus Features  Jamie Travis (director); Katie Anne Naylon, Lauren Anne Miller (screenplay); Ari Graynor, Seth Rogen, Lauren Anne Miller, Justin Long, Mark Webber, James Wolk  Comedy  Live action   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  Drama  Live action   The Possession  Lionsgate  Ole Bornedal (director); Juliet Snowden, Stiles White (screenplay); Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick  Horror  Live action   The Tall Man  Image Entertainment  Pascal Laugier (director/screenplay); Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris  Suspense thriller  Live action  SEPTEMBER 7 The Cold Light of Day  Summit Entertainment  Mabrouk El Mechri (director); John Petro, Scott Wiper (screenplay); Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Echegui  Action  Live action   Gangster Squad  Warner Bros.  Ruben Fleischer (director); Will Beall (screenplay); Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie, Nick Nolte  Drama  Live action   14 Finding Nemo 3D  Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios  Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (directors); Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (screenplay); Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Vicki Lewis, Stephen Root, Geoffrey Rush, Elizabeth Perkins, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana  Family  Animation   The Perks of Being a Wallflower  Summit Entertainment   Stephen Chbosky (director/screenplay); Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Mae Whitman, Nina Dobrev, Johnny Simmons, Dylan McDermott  Drama  Live action   Resident Evil: Retribution  Screen Gems   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, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi  Live action   21 Dredd  Lionsgate  Pete Travis (director); Alex Garland (screenplay); Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey  Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi  Live action   House at the End of the Street  Relativity Media   Mark Tonderai (director); David Loucka (screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows  Horror, Thriller  Live action   Killing Them Softly  The Weinstein Company  Andrew Dominik (director/screenplay); Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Sam Rockwell, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Vincent Curatola, Bella Heathcote, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Linara Washington  Crime, Comedy  Live action   The Words  CBS Films   Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal (directors/screenplay); Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Ben Barnes, John Hannah, Nora Arnezeder, J.K. Simmons  Drama, Thriller  Live action   28 End of Watch  Open Road Films  David Ayer (director/screenplay); Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick, Frank Grillo, America Ferrera  Crime  Live-action   Hotel Transylvania  Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation  Genndy Tartakovsky (director); Don Rhymer (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, David Koechner, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Cee Lo Green  Comedy, Family  Animation   Looper (film)  TriStar Pictures / FilmDistrict  Rian Johnson (director/screenplay); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo  Action, Thriller  Live action   Trouble with the Curve  Warner Bros.  Robert Lorenz (director); Randy Brown (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Matthew Lillard, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman  Drama, Sports  Live action   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  Live action  

October – December

 ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial releaseOpeningTitleStudioCast and crew Genre Medium Ref.OCTOBER 5 Butter  The Weinstein Company  Jim Field Smith (director); Jason Micallef (screenplay); Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone, Ty Burrell, Yara Shahidi, Ashley Greene, Olivia Wilde  Comedy  Live action   Frankenweenie  Walt Disney Pictures  Tim Burton (director); John August (screenplay); Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell  Comedy, Horror  Animation   Pitch Perfect  Universal Pictures  Jason Moore (director); Kay Cannon (screenplay); Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Adam DeVine, Alexis Knapp, Brittany Snow  Comedy  Live action   Sinister  Summit Entertainment  Scott Derrickson (director/screenplay); C. Robert Cargill AKA Carlyle from Spill.com (screenplay); Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone, Fred Dalton Thompson, Nicholas King, Clare Foley, Victoria Leigh, Juliet Rylance, Michael Hall D'Addario  Crime, Horror  Live action   Taken 2  20th Century Fox  Olivier Megaton (director); Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Rade Sherbedgia, Luke Grimes  Action  Live action   12 Argo  Warner Bros.   Ben Affleck (director); Chris Terrio (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kerry Bishe, Kyle Chandler, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Victor Garber, Zeljko Ivanek, Richard Kind, Scoot McNairy, Chris Messina, Michael Parks, Taylor Schilling  Political, Thriller  Live action   Gambit  CBS Films  Michael Hoffman (director); Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (screenplay); Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Sir Tom Courtenay, Stanley Tucci, Cloris Leachman  Comedy, Crime  Live action   Here Comes the Boom  Columbia Pictures   Frank Coraci (director); Allan Loeb, Kevin James (screenplay); Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Charice  Action, Comedy  Live action   The Master  The Weinstein Company  Paul Thomas Anderson (director/screenplay); Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Amy Adams, Rami Malek  Drama  Live action   19 The Big Wedding  Lionsgate  Justin Zackham (director/screenplay); Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Robin Williams, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes, Diane Keaton  Comedy, Romance  Live action   Paranormal Activity 4  Paramount Pictures  Zack Estrin (screenplay)  Supernatural Horror  Live action   Untitled David Chase Film Paramount Vantage  David Chase (director/screenplay); Brad Garrett, James Gandolfini, Bella Heathcote, Christopher MacDonald, Molly Price, Lisa Lampanelli, John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill  Drama, Musical  Live action   26 Alex Cross  Summit Entertainment  Rob Cohen (director); James Patterson, Kerry Williamson, Marc Moss (screenplay); Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns, Jean Reno  Crime  Live action   Fun Size  Paramount Pictures / MTV Films  Josh Schwartz (director); Max Werner (screenplay); Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, Thomas McDonell, Thomas Middleditch, Chelsea Handler  Comedy  Live action   Of Men and Mavericks  20th Century Fox  Curtis Hanson (director); Gerard Butler, Leven Rambin, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Taylor Handley  Biography, Drama, Sports  Live action   Silent Hill: Revelation 3D  Open Road Films  Michael J. Bassett (director/screenplay); Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell  Horror  Live Action  NOVEMBER 2 21 and Over  Relativity Media  Jon Lucas, Scott Moore (director/screenplay); Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Skylar Astin, Sarah Wright, Francois Chau, Jonathan Keltz, Daniel Booko, Dustin Ybarra  Comedy  Live action   Flight  Paramount Pictures / Lionsgate  Robert Zemeckis (director); John Gatins (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Geraghty, John Goodman, Tamara Tunie  Drama  Live action   Seven Psychopaths  CBS Films  Martin McDonagh (director/screenplay); Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Olga Kurylenko, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits  Dark comedy  Live action   Wreck-It Ralph  Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios  Rich Moore (director); John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch  Comedy  Animation   9 Skyfall  Columbia Pictures / MGM  Sam Mendes (director); Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Javier Bardem, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Helen McCrory, Ola Rapace, Tonia Sotiropoulou  Action, Adventure   Live action   16 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2  Summit Entertainment  Bill Condon (director); Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay); Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Billy Burke, Rami Malek, Maggie Grace, Mackenzie Foy, Tracey Higgins, Judi Shekoni, Omar Metwally, Andrea Gabriel, Angela Sarafyan, Marlane Barnes, Lisa Howard, Patrick Brennan, Noel Fisher, Guri Weinberg, Lee Pace, Toni Trucks, Bill Tangradi, Erik Odom, Valorie Curry, Joe Anderson, Olga Fonda, Janelle Froehlich, Masami Kosaka, Sebastio Lemos, Amadou Ly, Ty Olsson, Wendell Pierce, Carolina Virguez  Romance, Thriller, Drama  Live action   21 Life of Pi  20th Century Fox  Ang Lee (director); David Magee (screenplay); Tobey Maguire, Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Gérard Depardieu  Drama  Live action   Red Dawn  Open Road Films / FilmDistrict  Dan Bradley (director); Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, Vincent Newman, Tony Gilroy (screenplay); Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan  Action, Drama, War  Live action   Rise of the Guardians  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation  Peter Ramsey, William Joyce (directors); David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay); Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Dakota Goyo  Action, Adventure, Family  Animation   The Silver Linings Playbook  The Weinstein Company  David O. Russell (director/screenplay); Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Shea Whigham  Comedy  Live action  DECEMBER 7 Hyde Park on Hudson  Focus Features  Roger Mitchell (director); Richard Nelson (screenplay); Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Wilson, Elizabeth Marvel, Eleanor Bron  Biography, Crime  Live action   14 Les Misérables  Universal Pictures  Tom Hooper (director); William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks  Drama, Epic Musical  Live action   The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema / MGM  Peter Jackson (director/screenplay); Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro (screenplay); Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Graham McTavish, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Barry Humphries, Mikael Persbrandt, Lee Pace, Stephen Fry, Luke Evans, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Ryan Gage, Mike Mizrahi, Jeffrey Thomas, Conan Stevens, Bret McKenzie, Billy Connolly  Adventure, Fantasy  Live action   19 Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Osama bin Laden Film  Columbia Pictures  Kathryn Bigelow (director); Mark Boal (screenplay); Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Édgar Ramírez, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Nash Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Harold Perrineau  Action  Live action   21 Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away  Paramount Pictures / Insurge Pictures / The Weinstein Company  Andrew Adamson (director/screenplay)  Adventure, Family  Live action   One Shot  Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros.  Christopher McQuarrie (director/screenplay); Josh Olson (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Alexia Fast, Robert Duvall, Jai Courtney, Werner Herzog  Action  Live action   This Is 40  Universal Pictures  Judd Apatow (director/screenplay); Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Megan Fox, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Melissa McCarthy, Robert Smigel, Charlene Yi  Comedy  Live action   25 Django Unchained  Columbia Pictures / The Weinstein Company  Quentin Tarantino (director/screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Dennis Christopher, Gerald McRaney, Laura Cayouette, M.C. Gainey, Don Johnson, Kerry Washington, Anthony LaPaglia, RZA, Tom Wopat, James Remar, James Russo, Todd Allen  Action, Western  Live action   The Guilt Trip  Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Fox  Anne Fletcher (director); Dan Fogelman (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen, Adam Scott, Colin Hanks  Comedy  Live action   Parental Guidance  20th Century Fox  Andy Fickman (director); Joe Syracuse, Lisa Addario, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Bailee Madison  Comedy  Live action   Playing the Field  Open Road Films / FilmDistrict  Gabriele Muccino (director); Robbie Fox (screenplay); Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Noah Lomax, James Tupper  Drama, Sports  Live action   The Great Gatsby  Warner Bros.  Baz Luhrmann (director/screenplay); Craig Pearce (screenplay);  Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, Amitabh Bachchan, Callan McAuliffe  Drama  Live action  

Notable deaths

Month Date Name Age Nationality Profession Notable filmsJanuary 1  Bob Anderson  89  English  Stuntman, Swordmaster  Star Wars • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl • The Princess Bride • Barry Lyndon • Highlander • Die Another Day • First Knight • The Mask of Zorro • The Phantom 2  Silvana Gallardo  58  American  Actress  Windwalker • Death Wish II • Solar Crisis • Out of the Dark  3  Joaquín Martínez  81  Mexican-American  Actor  Jeremiah Johnson • Ulzana's Raid • Revenge • The House of the Spirits • Die Another Day • The Odd Couple II • House of Cards • Who'll Stop the Rain • He Is My Brother 4  Harry Fowler  85  English  Actor  Went the Day Well? • Hue and Cry • Fire Maidens from Outer Space • I Was Monty's Double • The Nanny • Chicago Joe and the Showgirl 5  Frederica Sagor Maas  111  American  Screenwriter  The Plastic Age • Dance Madness • The Waning Sex • Rolled Stockings • Red Hair • The Way of All Flesh 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 • Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde 11  Richard Bruno  87  American  Costume Designer  Goodfellas • The Karate Kid • Raging Bull • Chinatown • The Color of Money • Under Siege • Eraser • The Untouchables • Species II 11  David Whitaker  80  English  Composer  Hammerhead • Run Wild, Run Free • Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde • Vampira • Dominique • The Sword and the Sorcerer • Shadow Run  13  Morgan Jones  83  American  Actor  Not of This Earth • Apache Woman • Forbidden Planet • Fear Strikes Out • Bells Are Ringing 20  Marion Mathie  73  English  Actress  Dracula Has Risen from the Grave • Lolita • An Honourable Murder  21  Eiko Ishioka  73  Japanese  Costume Designer  Bram Stoker's Dracula • Immortals • The Cell • Mirror Mirror • The Fall  24  James Farentino  82  American  Actor  Bulletproof • The Final Countdown • Ensign Pulver • The Last Producer • Banning 26  Ian Abercrombie  77  English  Actor  Army of Darkness • Rango • Young Frankenstein • Wild Wild West • MouseHunt  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars • Addams Family Values  26  Dimitra Arliss  79  American  Actress  The Sting • The Other Side of Midnight • A Perfect Couple • Xanadu • Firefox • It's My Party  • Bless the Child 30  Frederick Treves  86  English  Actor  Defence of the Realm • Sweeney 2 • The Elephant Man • Nighthawks • SunshineFebruary 3  Ben Gazzara  81  American  Actor  The Big Lebowski • Road House • 13 • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie • Summer of Sam • The Thomas Crown Affair • Opening Night • Voyage of the Damned • Dogville  5  Sam Coppola  79  American  Actor  Serpico • Saturday Night Fever • Fatal Attraction • Jacob's Ladder 5  Bill Hinzman  75  American  Actor, Director  Night of the Living Dead • River of Darkness • The Majorettes • Legion of the Night • Santa Claws • Evil Ambitions • Flesheater 6  Peter Breck  82  American  Actor  Shock Corridor • Benji • The Sword and the Sorcerer • Thunder Road 8  Laurie Main  89  Australian  Actor  The Strongest Man in the World • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo • Freaky Friday • Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore • The Great Mouse Detective  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights • The Phantom of the Opera  8  Phil Bruns  80  American  Actor  Flashdance • My Favorite Year • The Great Waldo Pepper • Ed • Inferno • A Thousand Clowns • Return of the Living Dead Part II • The Stunt Man • Nickelodeon • Corvette Summer • Love Bites 11  Whitney Houston  48  American  Actress, Singer, Producer  The Bodyguard • Waiting to Exhale • The Preacher's Wife • The Princess Diaries • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement • Sparkle 12  David Kelly  82  Irish  Actor  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • Stardust • Waking Ned • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London • Laws of Attraction • The Italian Job 16  Dick Anthony Williams  77  American  Actor  Dog Day Afternoon • Edward Scissorhands • The Jerk • Summer Rental • The Deep 18  Ric Waite  78  American  Cinematographer  Red Dawn • Footloose • 48 Hrs. • Adventures in Babysitting • Cobra 20  Sullivan Walker  68  Trinidadian  Actor  The Firm • Crocodile Dundee • Get Rich or Die Tryin' • The Exterminator 23  Bruce Surtees  74  American  Cinematographer  Dirty Harry • Beverly Hills Cop • Risky Business • Lenny • Corrina, Corrina • Escape from Alcatraz • Pale Rider • Firefox • License to Drive 29  Davy Jones  66  English  Actor, Singer   The Brady Bunch Movie • Head • Treasure IslandMarch 2  Leonardo Cimino  94  American  Actor  Dune • Moonstruck • Waterworld • Cradle Will Rock • The Freshman • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead • Hudson Hawk • The Seventh Sign  3  Ralph McQuarrie  82  American  Designer, Illustrator  Star Wars • Raiders of the Lost Ark • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial • Jurassic Park • Cocoon 5  Robert B. Sherman  86  American  Composer  Summer Magic • Mary Poppins • The Happiest Millionaire • The Jungle Book • The Aristocats • Bedknobs and Broomsticks • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • Snoopy, Come Home • Charlotte's Web • Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland • The Sword in the Stone • The Parent Trap • Tom Sawyer • The Slipper and the Rose • The Magic of Lassie 10  Jean Giraud  73  French  Designer, Illustrator  Alien • Tron • Masters of the Universe • The Fifth Element • Willow 27  Warren Stevens  92  American  Actor  Forbidden Planet • The Barefoot Contessa • Madigan • Hot Spell • The Frogmen 28  Neil Travis  73  American  Film Editor  Dances with Wolves • Patriot Games • Outbreak • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines • Cocktail • Stepmom • Cujo  29  Luke Askew  80  American  Actor  Easy Rider • Cool Hand Luke • The Green Berets • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid • Wanda Nevada • Frailty April 10  Grant Tilly  74  Australian  Actor  Race for the Yankee Zephyr • Nate and Hayes • Brilliant Lies 14  William Finley  71  American  Actor  The Black Dahlia • Sisters • Double Negative • Phantom of the Paradise   14  Jonathan Frid  87  Canadian  Actor  House of Dark Shadows • Seizure   14  Martin Poll  89  American  Producer  The Lion in Winter • Nighthawks • Love and Death • The Possession of Joel Delaney • The Appointment 19  Levon Helm  71  American  Singer, Actor  Coal Miner's Daughter • The Right Stuff • Shooter • Fire Down Below • In the Electric Mist 28  Patricia Medina  92  English  Actress  Mr. Arkadin • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion • Plunder of the Sun • Botany Bay • Phantom of the Rue Morgue • Sangaree • Latitude Zero 29  Joel Goldsmith  54  American  Composer  Star Trek: First Contact • Shiloh • Laserblast • The Man with Two Brains • Kull the Conqueror • Moon 44 30  George Murdock  81  American  Actor  The X-Files • The American President • Orange County • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier • Earthquake • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Any Which Way You Can May 2  Charlotte Mitchell  85  English  Actress  The Romantic Age • The Happiest Days of Your Life • Laughter in Paradise • The Man in the White Suit • Lady Godiva Rides Again • Curtain Up • The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan • Street Corner • Lost • Village of the Damned • Dentist in the Chair • Nearly a Nasty Accident • Dentist on the Job • Blood on Satan's Claw • Jim the World's Greatest • The French Lieutenant's Woman  6  James Isaac  51  American  Director  Jason X • Skinwalkers • Pig Hunt • The Horror Show 6  George Lindsey  83  American  Actor  Ensign Pulver • Snowball Express • Charley and the Angel • Robin Hood • The Aristocats • Treasure of Matecumbe • The Rescuers • Cannonball Run II • Take This Job and Shove It 8  Maurice Sendak  83  American  Writer, Illustrator  Where the Wild Things Are • Where the Wild Things Are • The Little Bear Movie • Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak • Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life 14  Louise Latimer  96  American  Actress  There's Always Tomorrow • Murder on a Bridle Path • Bunker Bean • The Plot Thickens • California Straight Ahead! • Wings Over Honolulu 18  Richard Rabago  68  Japanese-American  Actor  The Sand Pebbles • Big Trouble in Little China • The Bad News Bears Go to Japan 22  Janet Carroll  71  American  Actress  Risky Business • Enough • Forces of Nature • Family Business • Born to Be Wild 28  Matthew Yuricich  89  American  Special Effects Artist  Field of Dreams • Die Hard • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • Ghostbusters • Dances with Wolves • Fright Night • Logan's Run • 1941 • Vibes • Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man 31  Christopher Challis  91  English  Cinematographer  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • Mary, Queen of Scots • Top Secret! • Two for the Road • A Shot in the Dark June  2  Richard Dawson  79  American  Actor  The Running Man • King Rat • Treasure Island • The Devil's Brigade 2  Kathryn Joosten  72  American  Actress  The Package • Best Men • Cheaper by the Dozen 2 • Wedding Crashers • Bedtime Stories • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel • Hostage  4  Stan Jolley  86  American  Art Director, Production Designer  Witness • Superman • Taps • Caddyshack • The Grass Harp 7  J. Michael Riva  63  American  Production Designer  Lethal Weapon • A Few Good Men • Iron Man • The Color Purple • The Goonies • Django Unchained • Charlie's Angels  8  Frank Cady  96  American  Actor  Rear Window • When Worlds Collide • Ace in the Hole  11  Ann Rutherford  94  American  Actress  Gone with the Wind • A Christmas Carol • Pride and Prejudice • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 14  Yvette Wilson  48  American  Actress  Friday • Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood • Blankman  17  Susan Tyrrell  67  American  Actress  Cry-Baby • The Chipmunk Adventure • Fat City • Big Top Pee-wee • Forbidden Zone • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden • Fire and Ice 19  Richard Lynch  72  American  Actor  Halloween • Invasion U.S.A. • Little Nikita • The Sword and the Sorcerer • The Seven-Ups • Deathsport • Werewolf • Scarecrow 26  Nora Ephron  71  American  Director, Screenwriter, Producer  Sleepless in Seattle • When Harry Met Sally... • You've Got Mail • Silkwood • Bewitched • Julie & Julia • Michael • Lucky Numbers • Hanging Up • Mixed Nuts 27  Don Grady  68  American  Actor  Ma Barker's Killer Brood • Cash McCallJuly 2  Ben Davidson   72  American  Actor  Conan the Barbarian • Necessary Roughness • The Black Six  3  Andy Griffith  86  American  Actor  A Face in the Crowd • Onionhead • Angel in My Pocket • The Second Time Around • Daddy and Them • Waitress • No Time for Sergeants • Spy Hard  4  Eric Sykes  89  English  Actor  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire • The Others • Son of Rambow • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines • Monte Carlo or Bust 8  Ernest Borgnine  95  American  Actor  Marty • From Here to Eternity • The Dirty Dozen • Ice Station Zebra • The Poseidon Adventure • The Neptune Factor • Law and Disorder • The Flight of the Phoenix • Escape from New York • Small Soldiers • The Black Hole • RED • The Wild Bunch • The Devil's Rain • BASEketball • McHale's Navy • Strange Wilderness 13  Sage Stallone  36  American Actor, Director, Producer  Rocky V • Daylight • Chaos • Moscow Zero • Promises Written in Water 13  Ginny Tyler  86  American Actress, Singer  Son of Flubber • The Sword in the Stone • Mary Poppins • Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 13  Richard D. Zanuck  77  American  Producer  Jaws • Driving Miss Daisy • Cocoon • Road to Perdition • Big Fish • The Sugarland Express • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street • Deep Impact • Rules of Engagement • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • Dark Shadows • Yes Man • Reign of Fire • Alice in Wonderland • Planet of the Apes • True Crime • The Verdict • Mulholland Falls • Clash of the Titans 14  Avis Hope Eckelberry  56  American  Film Editor  The Flintstones • Romy and Michele's High School Reunion • Cobb • There Goes My Baby • Forget Paris • Mr. Saturday Night • The Last Boy Scout 15  Celeste Holm  95  American  Actress  All About Eve • Tom Sawyer • Gentleman's Agreement • Come to the Stable • High Society 17  Morgan Paull  67  American  Actor  Blade Runner • Patton • Norma Rae • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again • Fade to Black • The Swarm • Uncle Sam 19  Tom Davis  59  American  Actor  Coneheads • Evolution • Blues Brothers 2000 • Trading Places  20  Simon Ward  70  English  Actor  Zulu Dawn • The Three Musketeers • Hitler: The Last Ten Days • if.... • I Start Counting • Quest for Love • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed • Young Winston • Aces High • Deadly Strangers • Holocaust 2000 • Dominique • The Monster Club • Double X: The Name of the Game • Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights 21  Angharad Rees  63  English  Actress  Hands of the Ripper • To Catch a Spy • Under Milk Wood • The Love Ban • Moments	 22  Fern Persons  101  American  Actress  Risky Business • Class • Hoosiers • Prelude to a Kiss • Grandview, U.S.A. • On the Right Track 22  Frank Pierson  87  American  Director, Screenwriter  A Star Is Born • King of the Gypsies • Cat Ballou • The Happening • Cool Hand Luke • The Anderson Tapes • Dog Day Afternoon • In Country • Presumed Innocent 24  Chad Everett  76  American  Actor  Mulholland Drive • Psycho • Airplane II: The Sequel • The Firechasers • First to Fight • The Singing Nun • Made in Paris • Johnny Tiger  24  Sherman Hemsley  74  American  Actor  Love at First Bite • Mr. Nanny • Club Fed • Stewardess School • Home of Angels • Sprung • Jane Austen's Mafia! • Senseless • Screwed 26  Lupe Ontiveros  69  American  Actress  The Goonies • Selena • As Good as It Gets • Our Family Wedding • Cheech & Chong's Next Movie • Universal Soldier • This Christmas  26  Mary Tamm  62  English  Actress  The Odessa File • The Likely Lads • Doghouse • Tales That Witness Madness 27  Norman Alden  87  American  Actor  Back to the Future • Ed Wood • Patch Adams • The Sword in the Stone • Good Times • They Live • K-PAX • Transformers: The Movie • Semi-Tough 27  R. G. Armstrong  95  American  Actor  El Dorado • Predator • Dick Tracy • Reds • Stay Hungry • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid • Children of the Corn • Heaven Can Wait  27  Geoffrey Hughes  68  English  Actor  The Bofors Gun • Till Death Us Do Part • The Virgin Soldiers • Smashing Time • Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall • Carry On at Your Convenience	 27  Tony Martin  98  American  Actor, Singer  Follow the Fleet • Murder on a Bridle Path • The Poor Little Rich Girl • Pigskin Parade • The Holy Terror • You Can't Have Everything • Ali Baba Goes to Town • Kentucky Moonshine • Up the River • Ziegfeld Girl 29  John P. Finnegan  86  American  Actor  JFK • The Natural • Mars Attacks! • Last Action Hero • An American Tail • Vegas Vacation • Nickelodeon • Gloria • Big Man on Campus 30  Jonathan Hardy  71  New Zealand  Actor, Director  Backstage • Moulin Rouge! • Mad Max • The Devil's Playground • Mr. Reliable • My Letter to George 31  Gore Vidal  86   American  Actor  Bob Roberts • Gattaca • With Honors • Caligula August 6  Marvin Hamlisch  68  American  Composer  The Way We Were • Sophie's Choice • Three Men and a Baby • Bananas • The Informant! • The Spy Who Loved Me • Save the Tiger • The Mirror Has Two Faces • D.A.R.Y.L. 9  Al Freeman, Jr.  78  American  Actor  Finian's Rainbow • Malcolm X • Down in the Delta • Castle Keep • The Detective Black Like Me • Sniper's Ridge • This Rebel Breed • The Troublemaker • Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored 9  Mel Stuart  83  American  Director, Producer  Four Days in November • If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium • I Love My Wife • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • One Is a Lonely Number • Wattstax • The White Lions • Mean Dog Blues  10  Irving Fein  101  American  Producer  18 Again! • Oh, God! You Devil • Just You and Me, Kid 10  Carlo Rambaldi  86  Italian  Special Effects Artist  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial • A Lizard in a Woman's Skin • King Kong • Possession • Cameron's Closet • Alien 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 • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives • Snake Eater • Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster • Wind • Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 14  Phyllis Thaxter  92  American  Actress  Superman • Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo • Bewitched • Week-End at the Waldorf • Tenth Avenue Angel • The Sea of Grass • Living in a Big Way • Blood on the Moon • Act of Violence • No Man of Her Own • The Breaking Point • Jim Thorpe – All-American • Fort Worth • Springfield Rifle • Women's Prison • The World of Henry Orient   15  Biff Elliot  89  American  Actor  I, the Jury • House of Bamboo • Between Heaven and Hell • The True Story of Jesse James • The Enemy Below • Pork Chop Hill • PT 109 • Blood Bath • The Navy vs. the Night Monsters • Day of the Wolves • The Hard Ride • Kotch • Save the Tiger • That's Life! 16  William Windom  88  American  Actor  To Kill a Mockingbird • For Love or Money • Hour of the Gun • The Detective • The Gypsy Moths • Brewster McCloud • The Mephisto Waltz • Fools' Parade • Now You See Him, Now You Don't • The Man • Planes, Trains and Automobiles • Miracle on 34th Street • The Americanization of Emily • She's Having a Baby • Grandview, U.S.A. • Last Plane Out • True Crime • Escape from the Planet of the Apes • Uncle Buck • Sommersby 19  Tony Scott  68   English  Director, Producer  Top Gun • Unstoppable • Crimson Tide • Prometheus • Beverly Hills Cop II • Man on Fire • The Last Boy Scout • The Taking of Pelham 123 • True Romance  • Enemy of the State • Spy Game • Déjà Vu • The A-Team • RKO 281 • In Her Shoes  20  Phyllis Diller  95   American  Actress  The Sunshine Boys • A Bug's Life • Splendor in the Grass • The Fat Spy • Eight on the Lam • The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell • Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! • Mad Monster Party • The Adding Machine • The Nutcracker Prince • Happily Ever After 23  Jerry Nelson  78   American  Puppeteer, Actor  The Muppet Movie • Sesame Street presents Follow That Bird • The Great Muppet Caper • The Dark Crystal • The Muppets Take Manhattan • Winners Take All • RoboCop 2 • The Muppet Christmas Carol • Muppet Treasure Island • Muppets from Space • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland • The Muppets  24  Steven Franken  80  American  Actor  Angels & Demons • The Trumpet of the Swan • Agent Red • Nurse Betty • The Omega Code • The Party • Follow Me, Boys! • Wild Wild Winter • The Time Travelers • The Americanization of Emily • Cop Hater • Stage Struck 25  Neil Armstrong  82   American  Actor  Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey • Fly Me to the Moon 31  Max Bygraves  89  English  Actor, Singer  Tom Brown's Schooldays • Charley Moon • A Cry from the Streets • Bobbikins • Spare the Rod 31  Joe Lewis  68  American  Actor, Stuntman  Bloodmoon • Force: Five • Jaguar Lives! • Circle of Iron • The Wrecking Crew • The Green BeretsSeptember 1  Hal David  91  American  Songwriter  Lost Horizon • What's New Pussycat? • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • Casino Royale • Two Gals and a Guy • On Her Majesty's Secret Service  3  Michael Clarke Duncan  54  American  Actor  The Green Mile • Sin City • Armageddon • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby • Kung Fu Panda • School for Scoundrels • The Whole Nine Yards • Daredevil • The Island • Planet of the Apes • A Night at the Roxbury • Green Lantern • Bulworth • The Scorpion King • See Spot Run •  Cats & Dogs • The Last Mimzy • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins • Brother Bear • Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li • Racing Stripes • The Underground Comedy Movie 6  Jake Eberts  71  Canadian  Producer  The Way Back • Oceans • Two Brothers • Open Range • The Legend of Bagger Vance • Grey Owl • The Wind in the Willows • Super Mario Bros. • A River Runs Through It •City of Joy • Dances with Wolves • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 6  Frank Godwin  95  English  Producer  Woman in a Dressing Gown • Operation Bullshine • Sammy's Super T-Shirt • No Trees in the Street • Don't Bother to Knock • Demons of the Mind  7  Louise LaPlanche  93  American  Actress  The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Strike Up the Band • Holiday Inn • Road to Morocco • Dutch • Memories of Me • Practically Yours • Frenchman's Creek • And the Angels Sing • Lady in the Dark • Riding High • Lady of Burlesque • Star Spangled Rhythm • Young and Willing 8  Leigh Hamilton  62  New Zealand-American  Actress  Hocus Pocus • Forced Vengeance • Gas Food Lodging • A Man, a Woman, and a Bank • Paramedics 10  Vondell Darr  93  American  Actress  The City That Never Sleeps • The Pony Express • On Trial • That Certain Age • Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever • Scouts to the Rescue • Strike Up the Band • Little Nellie Kelly • The Chocolate Soldier 10  Lance LeGault  75  American  Actor  Home on the Range • Mortal Kombat: Annihilation • Iron Eagle • Stripes • Coma • The Kentucky Fried Movie • Catch My Soul • The Young Runaways • The Swinger • Roustabout • Viva Las Vegas • Kissin' Cousins • Girls! Girls! Girls! 10  Stanley Long  78  English  Director, Screenwriter, Producer  The Wife Swappers • Adventures of a Taxi Driver • Adventures of a Private Eye • Adventures of a Plumber's Mate • Eskimo Nell • The Sorcerers • Groupie Girl 10  John Moffatt  89  English  Actor  The Silent Enemy • A Night to Remember • Tom Jones • Julius Caesar • Lady Caroline Lamb • Murder on the Orient Express • Galileo • Britannia Hospital • Prick Up Your Ears • Loser Takes All 12  Jon Finlayson  74  Australian  Actor  Lonely Hearts • Evil Angels • My First Wife • Mad Dog Morgan • The Great Macarthy • Alvin Purple Rides Again 13  Edgar Metcalfe  78  English  Actor  Evil Angels • Percy's Progress • Plugg 14  Stephen Dunham  48  American  Actor  The Mummy • Paranormal Activity 4 • Savages • Get Smart • Monster-in-Law • Catch Me If You Can • Anger Management • Traffic • Nothing Sacred • The Last Samurai   14  Winston Rekert  63  Canadian  Actor  Agnes of God • The Blue Man • Heartaches • Toby McTeague 16  John Ingle  84  American  Actor  Hostage • Senseless • Batman & Robin • Death Becomes Her • Repossessed • RoboCop 2  • Heathers • Amazon Women on the Moon • True Stories 16  Roman Kroitor  85  Canadian  Director, Producer  In the Labyrinth • City of Gold • Lonely Boy • Nobody Waved Good-bye • Stones at the Max • CyberWorld 21  Michael Rye  94  American  Actor  Hugo the Hippo • Hands of a Stranger • Two Lost Worlds • Rivers of Fire and Ice 25  Andy Williams  84  American  Actor, Singer  I'd Rather Be Rich • Something in the Wind • Kansas City Kitty • Janie  26  Johnny Lewis  28  American  Actor  Lovely Molly • The Runaways • Alien vs. Predator: Requiem • Felon • One Missed Call • Raise Your Voice • Pretty Persuasion • Underclassman  27  Herbert Lom  95  Czech-English  Actor  The Pink Panther Films • The Pope Must Die • King Solomon's Mines • The Dead Zone • Dorian Gray • Count Dracula • Mysterious Island • A Shot in the Dark • The Phantom of the Opera • Spartacus • El Cid • The Ladykillers • Hopscoth • The Dark Tower Secret Mission • The Young Mr Pitt • Hotel Reserve • The Seventh Veil • Night Boat to Dublin 28  Michael O'Hare  60  American  Actor  Last Exit to Brooklyn • C.H.U.D. • The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper • The Promise • The Ambulance 30  Turhan Bey  90  Austrian-American  Actor  Shadows on the Stairs • The Mummy's Tomb • The Falcon Takes Over • Arabian Nights • The Mad Ghoul • Background to Danger • The Gay Falcon • The Climax • Dragon Seed • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves • Crazy House • Captive Wild Woman • Out of the Blue • Parole, Inc. • The Amazing Mr. X • Night in Paradise • Healer • Possessed by the NightOctober 2  Marjorie Lane  100  American  Actress, Singer  Born to Dance • Broadway Melody of 1936 • Rosalie • Broadway Melody of 1938 7  Larry Block  69  American  Actor  Shamus • Slap Shot • Heaven Can Wait • Hardcore • First Family • After Hours • Cocktail • Betsy's Wedding • My Blue Heaven • Big Night • Isn't She Great • Bait • Don't Say a Word 7  Hank Moonjean  82  American  Producer  Dangerous Liaisons • Stealing Home • Stroker Ace • Sharky's Machine • Paternity • The Incredible Shrinking Woman • Smokey and the Bandit II • Hooper • The Great Gatsby • Child's Play • The Singing Nun • WUSA • Move • The Secret Life of an American Wife • Welcome to Hard Times • Spinout 8  Ken Sansom  85  American  Actor  The Tigger Movie • Piglet's Big Movie • Pooh's Heffalump Movie • The Chipmunk Adventure • Starchaser: The Legend of Orin • Herbie Rides Again • The Sting • The Long Goodbye • Funny Lady • Airport 1975 • Shinbone Alley 9  Harris Savides  55  American  Cinematographer  Gerry • Elephant • Last Days • The Bling Ring • Zodiac • Whatever Works • American Gangster • Somewhere • Greenberg • Margot at the Wedding • Heaven's Prisoners • Finding Forrester • Milk • Restless • The Game • Birth 10  Alex Karras  77  American  Actor  Blazing Saddles • Porky's • Buffalo '66 • Against All Odds • FM • Victor Victoria • When Time Ran Out • Nobody's Perfekt • Paper Lion 10  Robert Litz  62  American  Screenwriter  House of Cards • Rappin 10  Leo O'Brien  41  American  Actor  The Last Dragon • Rappin' • New Jack City 12  Norm Grabowski  79  American  Actor  The Cannonball Run • Hooper • The Towering Inferno • Herbie Rides Again • Blackbeard's Ghost • The Happiest Millionaire • The Gnome-Mobile • Out of Sight • The Monkey's Uncle • Girl Happy • Roustabout • The Wheeler Dealers • The Misadventures of Merlin Jones • Son of Flubber • The Chapman Report • The Honeymoon Machine • College Confidential • Girls Town • The Beat Generation • The Naked and the Dead 13  Gary Collins  74  American  Actor  Hangar 18 • Airport • Angel in My Pocket • The Pigeon That Took Rome • Killer Fish • Beautiful 14  John Clive  79  English  Actor  A Clockwork Orange • Yellow Submarine • The Italian Job • The Pink Panther Strikes Again • Smashing Time • Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse • Carry On Abroad • The Magnet • Carry On Dick • That's Carry On! 18  Sylvia Kristel  60  Dutch  Actress  Private Lessons • Private School • Lady Chatterley's Lover • The Arrogant • Red Heat • The Nude Bomb • The Concorde ... Airport '79 • The Fifth Musketeer 20  Joe Melia  77  English  Actor  Sweeney! • Oh! What a Lovely War • Modesty Blaise • Too Many Crooks • The Intelligence Men • Antony and Cleopatra • Follow a Star • Privates on Parade • The Wildcats of St Trinian's • The Odd Job 22  Carolyn Conwell  82  American  Actress  Torn Curtain • The Boston Strangler • Cheech & Chong's Next Movie • The Magnificent Seven Ride • Adam at Six A.M. 22  Russell Means  72  American  Actor  Natural Born Killers • Pocahontas • The Last of the Mohicans • Thomas and the Magic Railroad • Pathfinder • Wagons East! • The Last Shot 24  Peggy Ahern  95  American  Actress  Our Gang • Excuse Me • The Call of the Wild 26  Mac Ahlberg  81  Swedish  Cinematographer  Beverly Hills Cop III • The Brady Bunch Movie • A Very Brady Sequel • Good Burger • Oscar • House • The Seduction • Zone Troopers • My Boyfriend's Back • Innocent Blood • The Horror Show • DeepStar Six • The Graduates of Malibu High  26  Natina Reed  32  American  Actress, Singer  Bring It On • Honey 27  Robert W. Castle  81  American  Actor  Philadelphia • Rachel Getting Married • The Manchurian Candidate Lost Souls • Beloved • Cop Land • Sleepers • The Funeral • Big Night • The Addiction • The Truth About Charlie 28  Bob Brunner  78  American  Screenwriter  The Other Sister • Exit to Eden  30  Leonard Termo  77  American  Actor  Fight Club • Ali • Godzilla • Gettysburg • Gods and Generals • Ruby • Gone Fishin' • Mojave Moon • Lost Highway • Ed Wood • Year of the Dragon • Johnny Dangerously • Turk 182 • Nowhere to Run • Mobsters • Bloodhounds of Broadway • The Pope of Greenwich Village • The Cotton Club • Homeboy • A Prayer for the Dying • Heart Like a Wheel • Barfly 31  Brian Cobby  83  English  Actor  Evita • The Tell-Tale Heart • The Breaking Point • Paris by Night 31  Teri Shields  79  American  Actress, Producer  Endless Love • Wanda Nevada • Backstreet Dreams • SaharaNovember 5  Olympe Bradna  93  French-American  Actress  Souls at Sea • The Night of Nights • College Holiday • High, Wide, and Handsome • Stolen Heaven 5  Margaret Nichols  82  American  Animator  Charlotte's Web • Who Framed Roger Rabbit • The Little Mermaid • The Transformers: The Movie • My Little Pony: The Movie • Oliver & Company • The Rescuers Down Under • The Black Cauldron • Heidi's Song • Shinbone Alley 6  Clive Dunn  92  English  Actor, Singer  Dad's Army • The Magic Christian • The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu • The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom • Boys Will Be Boys • Good Morning, Boys • A Yank at Oxford • Boys in Brown • The Fast Lady • The Mouse on the Moon • Crooks and Coronets 7  Richard Robbins  71  American  Composer  Howards End • The Remains of the Day • The White Countess • Le Divorce • The Golden Bowl • Jefferson in Paris • Slaves of New York • My Little Girl • Maurice • A Room with a View • Heat and Dust • The Girl 8  Lucille Bliss  96  American  Actress  Cinderella • Alice in Wonderland • One Hundred and One Dalmatians • The Secret of NIMH • Assassination • Miracle Mile • Robots 8  Roger Hammond  76  English  Actor  The King's Speech • National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj • Keeping Mum • Around the World in 80 Days • A Good Woman • Richard III • Persuasion • The Madness of King George • Morons from Outer Space • Royal Flash • A Touch of Love 9  Bobbi Jordan  75  American  Actress  Mame • A Guide for the Married Man • Fast Forward 9  Pat Renella  83  American  Actor  X-15 • Beverly Hills Brats • A Piece of the Action • Bullitt • In Like Flint • A Gathering of Eagles • The Silencers • Dayton's Devils • Riot on Sunset Strip • Moonchild • Run for the Roses 17  Bonnie Lynn Fields  68  American  Actress  Bye Bye Birdie • Angel in My Pocket • Funny Girl • The Comic • Sweet Charity • Kissin' Cousins • The Five Pennies 21  Dann Cahn  89  American  Film Editor  The Octagon • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls • Salsa • Pittsburgh • Heaven with a Gun • Forever, Darling • Tough Enough 21  Deborah Raffin  59  American  Actress  Death Wish 3 • Touched by Love • The Sentinel • The Dove • 40 Carats • Once Is Not Enough • God Told Me To • Dance of the Dwarfs 22  Mel Shaw  97  American  Animator, Screenwriter  The Lion King • Beauty and the Beast • Bambi • The Rescuers • The Great Mouse Detective • The Fox and the Hound • The Black Cauldron 23  Larry Hagman  81  American  Actor, Director  Primary Colors • Nixon • JFK• Superman • The Eagle Has Landed • Fail-Safe • S.O.B. • Ensign Pulver • The Big Bus • Mother, Jugs & Speed • Harry and Tonto • Stardust • In Harm's Way • The Group • Checkered Flag or Crash • The Hired Hand • Beware! The Blob 23  John Kemeny  87  Hungarian-Canadian  Producer  Iron Eagle II • Atlantic City • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz • The Gate • The Wraith • The Boy in Blue • The Bay Boy • White Line Fever • Quest for Fire • Ice Castles • The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar • Don't Let the Angels Fall 25  Dinah Sheridan  92  English  Actress  Genevieve • The Railway Children • Calling Paul Temple • Appointment in London • Get Cracking • For You Alone • The Huggetts Abroad • Where No Vultures Fly • The Sound Barrier • The Mirror Crack'd • The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan 26  Martin Richards  80  American  Producer  Chicago • Fort Apache, The Bronx • The Boys from Brazil • Some of My Best Friends Are... 27  Bob Kellett  84  English  Director, Producer, Screenwriter  Are You Being Served? • F/X2 • Haunted • Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! • Up the Front • San Ferry Ann • A Home of Your Own • Just like a Woman • Futtocks End • Up the Chastity Belt • Up Pompeii All I Want Is You... and You... and You... • Spanish Fly • Girl Stroke Boy • The Alf Garnett Saga 28  Don Rhymer  51  American  Screenwriter  Rio • Surf's Up • Big Momma's House • Big Momma's House 2 • The Santa Clause 2 • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London • The Honeymooners • Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son • Deck the Halls • Carpool 29  Susan Luckey  74  American  Actress  The Music Man • Carousel • Deep in My Heart • Teenage Rebel 29  Benjamin Tatar  82  American  Actor  The Wind and the Lion • Battle of the Bulge • The Cemetery Club • Two Evil Eyes • Land Raiders • Crack in the World • The Long Duel • Bang Bang Kid • The Christmas Kid • The Thin Red LineDecember 3  Eileen Moran  60  American  Visual Effects  The Lord of the Rings • Rise of the Planet of the Apes • The Adventures of Tintin • King Kong • X-Men: The Last Stand • Fight Club • Bridge to Terabithia • Eragon • I, Robot • Jumper • Frequency • The Water Horse • 30 Days of Night • Lake Placid • EDtv 7  Jeni Le Gon  96  American  Actress  Bones • Bright Road • Easter Parade • Stormy Weather • I Walked with a Zombie • Arabian Nights • Fools for Scandal • I Shot Jesse James • Sundown • Ali Baba Goes to Town 7  Rusty Mills  49  American  Animator  An American Tail • Happily Ever After • Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 8  Hal Schaefer  87  American  Composer, Actor  The Money Trap • There's No Business Like Show Business • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes • A Star Is Born • With a Song in My Heart • The Secret Fury • The Amsterdam Kill 10  Ed Grady  89  American  Actor  The Notebook • Lolita • A Simple Twist of Fate • Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice • Consenting Adults • Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken • D.A.R.Y.L. • Not Without My Daughter • The Handmaid's Tale • From the Hip • Chattahoochee • New Best Friend • Wolfman 10  Patricia Kennedy  96  Australian  Actress  The Getting of Wisdom • My Brilliant Career • Country Life • Road to Nhill • The Office Picnic 11  Ravi Shankar  92  Indian-American  Composer  Gandhi • Charly • Raga • Chappaqua 12  Don Medford  95  American  Director  The Hunting Party • The Organization • To Trap a Spy 13  Jack Hanlon  96  American  Actor  Our Gang • The General • The Easiest Way • The Shakedown 14  Kenneth Kendall  88  Indian-English  Actor  2001: A Space Odyssey • They Came from Beyond Space • The Reckless Moment • The Brain 16  Axel Anderson  83  German-Puerto Rican  Actor  Assassins • Bananas • Battle of the Bulge • The Reaping • The Delta Factor • Finger on the Trigger • An American Romance 18  Danny Steinmann  70  American  Director, Screenwriter  Friday the 13th: A New Beginning • Savage Streets • The Unseen 21  Daphne Oxenford  93  English  Actress  That'll Be the Day • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed • Sweet William 22  Cliff Osmond  75  American  Actor  The Fortune Cookie • Kiss Me, Stupid • Irma la Douce • Invasion of the Bee Girls • The Front Page • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again • The Mouse and His Child • In Search of a Golden Sky • The Great Brain 24  Richard Rodney Bennett  76  English  Composer  Nicholas and Alexandra • Murder on the Orient Express • Billion Dollar Brain • Far from the Madding Crowd • Four Weddings and a Funeral • Yanks • The Return of the Soldier • The Brink's Job • Enchanted April • Equus • The Witches • The Nanny • Secret Ceremony • Lady Caroline Lamb • Face in the Night • The Accuser 24  Charles Durning  89  American  Actor  The Sting • Dog Day Afternoon • The Muppet Movie • Scarface • Dick Tracy • Spy Hard • O Brother, Where Art Thou? • Tootsie • To Be or Not to Be • When a Stranger Calls • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas • Sisters • The Hindenburg • The Front Page • Two of a Kind • Meatballs III: Summer Job • Solarbabies • Tough Guys • Breakheart Pass • Cop • Twilight's Last Gleaming • The Fury • The Greek Tycoon • Starting Over • North Dallas Forty • The Final Countdown •  True Confessions • The Choirboys • Mass Appeal • The Music of Chance • V.I. Warshawski • The Hudsucker Proxy • Dirty Deeds • Good Dick • State and Main 24  Lee Hartman  82  American  Animator, Actor  Sleeping Beauty • Night of the Living Dead • There's Always Vanilla • Paul Bunyan 24  Jack Klugman  90  American  Actor  12 Angry Men • Days of Wine and Roses • I Could Go On Singing • Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? • The Detective • Goodbye, Columbus • Two-Minute Warning • Dear God •  When Do We Eat? • The Split • Cry Terror! • The Yellow Canary • Time Table 26  Gerry Anderson  83  English  Director, Producer, Screenwriter  Crossroads to Crime • Thunderbirds Are Go • Thunderbird 6 • Doppelgänger 27  Harry Carey, Jr.  91  American  Actor  Gremlins • Back to the Future Part III • The Exorcist III • Tombstone • Crossroads • Mask • The Searchers • The Long Riders • Take a Hard Ride • Something Big • Big Jake • Breaking In • The Whales of August • Death of a Gunfighter • The Undefeated • The Devil's Brigade • Billy the Kid vs. Dracula • The Rare Breed • 3 Godfathers • Bandolero! • Nickelodeon • Sunchaser • Cherry 2000 • Dirty Dingus Magee • One More Time • Cyborg 2087 • The Ballad of Josie 28  Jon Finch  71  English  Actor  Kingdom of Heaven • The Vampire Lovers • The Horror of Frankenstein • Sunday Bloody Sunday • The Final Programme • Death on the Nile • Breaking Glass • Frenzy • Lady Caroline Lamb • Peter and Paul • Darklands • Macbeth • Giro City 30  Mike Hopkins  53  New Zealand  Sound Editor  Transformers • The Lord of the Rings • King Kong • Public Enemies • Kung Fu Panda • Dreamgirls • The Ring Two • Superman • Blade Runner • Octopussy • Romeo and Juliet • The Last Emperor • The Last Grenade • Valkyrie • Return to Oz • The Bounty • Mr. Wrong • The Frighteners • Whore • Heavenly Creatures • Braindead • War Party • Time Bandits • A Countess from Hong Kong 30  Gloria Pall  85  American  Actress  Abbott and Costello Go to Mars • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea • Jailhouse Rock • The French Line • The Night of the Hunter • All Ashore • Ada • Elmer Gantry • Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation • The Brothers Karamazov • This Could Be the Night • The Crimson Kimono • Hot Shots • The Garment Jungle

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