List of American films of 2012
This is a list of American films released in 2012.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | Release date |
| 12/12/12 | Jared Cohn | Sara Malakul Lane, Jesus Guevara, Steve Hanks, Carl Donelson, Laura Ramos | Horror | ||
| 2-Headed Shark Attack | Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray | Carmen Electra, Charlie O'Connell, Brooke Hogan, Christina Bach, David Gallegos | Horror | ||
| 16-Love | Adam Lipsius | Lindsey Shaw, Chandler Massey, Keith Coulouris, Lindsey Black, Susie Abromeit | Romantic comedy | Uptown 6 Productions | |
| 21 Jump Street | Phil Lord and Chris Miller | Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Ice Cube, Ellie Kemper, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Johnny Depp | Action comedy | Columbia Pictures, MGM Pictures Based on the TV series of the same name | |
| 28 Hotel Rooms | Matt Ross | Marin Ireland, Chris Messina, Robert Deamer, Brett Collier | Thriller | Oscilloscope Laboratories | |
| 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom | Jordan Roberts | Charlie Hunnam, Chris O'Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, Nora Dunn, Whitney Cummings, Ron Perlman, Chris Noth | Comedy | Variance Films | |
| 40 Days and Nights | Peter Geiger | Monica Keena, Christianna Carmine, Emily Sandifer, Alex Carter | Horror | ||
| 40 Point Plan | EW | Dave Nemeth, Tisha Rivera, Joe Comino, Nathan Kotzur, Christianne Christiensen | Solution-mentary | 40 Point Productions | July 27 |
| ' | Various | See Segments | Anthology, Horror comedy | Magnet Releasing | |
| About Cherry | Stephen Elliott | Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Dev Patel, Heather Graham, Lili Taylor, Diane Farr | Drama | IFC Films | |
| Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies | Richard Schenkman | Bill Oberst Jr., Jason Hughley, Jason Vail, Don McGraw, Christopher Marrone | Parody, Horror | ||
| ' | Timur Bekmambetov | Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Marton Csokas | Horror, Thriller | 20th Century Fox Based on the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith | June 22 |
| Act of Valor | Scott Waugh, Mike McCoy | Active Duty U.S. Navy SEALs, Roselyn Sánchez, Jason Cottle, Alex Veadov, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera | Action | Relativity Media | February 24 |
| After | Ryan Smith | Steven Strait, Karolina Wydra, Sandra Lafferty, Madison Lintz | Thriller | Mongrel Media | |
| ' | Steven C. Miller | Ray Wise, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig | Action | Anchor Bay Films | |
| Air Collision | Liz Adams | Reginald VelJohnson, Jordan Ladd, Gerald Webb | Action | ||
| Alex Cross | Rob Cohen | Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Giancarlo Esposito, Edward Burns, John C. McGinley, Cicely Tyson, Chad Lindberg, Carmen Ejogo, Stephanie Jacobsen, Yara Shahidi | Thriller | Summit Entertainment Based on Cross by James Patterson | October 19 |
| Alien Origin | Mark Atkins | Chelsea Vincent, Peter Pedrero, Philip Coc, Trey McCurley | Horror | ||
| Allegiance | Michael Connors | Bow Wow | War, Drama | Produced by Sandra Bullock | June 8 |
| Alter Egos | Jordan Galland | Sean Lennon, Danny Masterson, Geneva Carr, Kris Lemche, John Ventimiglia, Christine Evangelista | Comedy | TriStar Pictures | |
| ' | Justin Paul Ritter | Michael Villar, Marshall Hilton, Ryan McGivern | Horror | Anchor Bay Films | |
| ' | Marc Webb | Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Chris Zylka | Superhero | Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Relativity Media Based on the comic book of the same name by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko | July 3 |
| American Reunion | Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg | Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Seann William Scott, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Tara Reid, Shannon Elizabeth, Natasha Lyonne, Mena Suvari, Chris Owen, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, John Cho, Katrina Bowden, Jay Harrington | Comedy | Universal Pictures Preceded by American Wedding | April 6 |
| Any Day Now | Travis Fine | Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Gregg Henry, Jamie Anne Allman, Chris Mulkey | Drama | Music Box Films | |
| Apostle Peter and the Last Supper | Gabriel Sabloff | Robert Loggia, Bruce Marchiano, Sarah Prikryl | Drama | Virgil Films | |
| ' | Todd Lincoln | Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill, Luke Pasqualino, Suzanne Ford | Supernatural thriller | Warner Bros. Pictures Dark Castle Entertainment | August 24 |
| Arbitrage | Nicholas Jarecki | Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, Nate Parker | Drama | Lionsgate | September 14 |
| Arcadia | Olivia Silver | John Hawkes, Ryan Simpkins, Ty Simpkins, Kendall Toole | Drama | DViant Films | |
| Argo | Ben Affleck | Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Michael Parks, Tom Lenk, Christopher Stanley, Taylor Schilling, Ashley Wood, Chris Messina, Richard Kind, Titus Welliver, Rory Cochrane, Devansh Mehta, Omid Abtahi, Scoot McNairy, Kerry Bishé, Christopher Denham, Bob Gunton, Philip Baker Hall, Adrienne Barbeau, Fouad Hajji | Thriller | Warner Bros. Pictures Based on The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman | October 12 |
| Art Machine | Doug Karr | Joseph Cross, Jessica Szohr, Joey Lauren Adams, Meredith Hagner, Lynn Cohen | Drama | Sundial Pictures | |
| ' | John Putch | Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Esai Morales, Patrick Fabian, Kim Rhodes, Richard T. Jones, D. B. Sweeney, Paul McCrane, John Rubinstein, Robert Picardo, Ray Wise, Diedrich Bader, Bug Hall, Arye Gross, Rex Linn, Larisa Oleynik, Thomas F. Wilson, Teller, Sean Hannity, Juan Williams, Bob Beckel, Tamara Holder | Drama, Mystery | Atlas Distribution Company, Either Or Productions Based on the novel of the same name by Ayn Rand Preceded by ' | October 12 |
| ATM | David Brooks | Brian Geraghty, Alice Eve, Josh Peck, Mike O'Brian | Thriller | IFC Films | |
| Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer | Zack Beins | Mark Shonsey, Lindy Starr, Zachary Byron Helm, Lloyd Kaufman | Comedy, Horror | Bizjack Flemco | |
| ' | Joss Whedon | Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson | Superhero | Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios Based on the comic book of the same name by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby | May 4 |
| ' | Jay Chandrasekhar | Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn, Kevin Heffernan, Nat Faxon, Constance Zimmer | Comedy | Millennium Entertainment | |
| Bachelorette | Leslye Headland | Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, James Marsden, Kyle Bornheimer, Rebel Wilson, Adam Scott | Comedy | RADius-TWC, Gary Sanchez Productions | September 7 |
| Bad Ass | Craig Moss | Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, Ron Perlman, Shalim Ortiz, Jillian Murray, Winter Ave Zoli, Richard Riehle | Action | Samuel Goldwyn Films, 20th Century Fox | April 13 |
| Bad Kids Go to Hell | Matthew Spradlin | Cameron Deane Stewart, Augie Duke, Ali Faulkner, Roger Edwards, Amanda Alch, Marc Donato | Comedy, Thriller | Phase 4 Films | |
| Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 | William Lau | Kelly Sheridan, Nicole Oliver, Kathleen Barr, Tabitha St. Germain, Nakia Burrise | Adventure | Universal Studios Home Entertainment Preceded by Barbie in A Mermaid Tale | |
| ' | Zeke Norton | Kelly Sheridan, Ellie King, Jonathan Holmes, Allison Warnyca | Fantasy | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | |
| ' | Darren Lynn Bousman | Stephen Moyer, Mia Kirshner, Allie MacDonald | Horror | Anchor Bay Films | |
| Barricade | Andrew Currie | Eric McCormack, Jody Thompson, Donnelly Rhodes, Conner Dwelly, Ryan Grantham | Thriller | WWE Studios | |
| Batman Revealed | Chris Clark | David Stewart III, Chris Clark, Derek Mindler, Timothy Nugent, Jeff Trently, Jack Pinto, Tom Scholl | Thriller | DJMJ Entertainment | |
| ' | Jay Oliva | Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Wade Williams | Superhero | Warner Bros. Based on the comic book The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller | - |
| ' | Jeremy Gardner | Jeremy Gardner, Adam Cronheim, Niels Bolle, Alana O'Brien | Drama, Horror | Screen Division | |
| Battlefield America | Chris Stokes | Marques Houston, Mekia Cox, Lynn Whitfield, Christopher Michael Jones, JoJo Wright, Tristen Carter, Valarie Pettiford, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Kida Burns, Zach Balandres, Carmen Bicondova, Edward Mandell, Kyle Brooks | Dance, Drama | Brian & Barrett Pictures, Cinedigm | June 1 |
| Battleship | Peter Berg | Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater, Jesse Plemons, John Tui, Gregory D. Gadson, Adam Godley, Peter MacNicol | Action, Science fiction | Universal Pictures, Bluegrass Films, Hasbro Studios Based on the board game of the same name by Hasbro | May 18 |
| ' | Barry Levinson | Kether Donohue, Kristen Connolly, Anthony Reynolds, Michael Beasley | Horror | Lions Gate Entertainment | |
| ' | Doug Langway | Gerald McCullouch, Joe Conti, Stephen Guarino, Kathy Najimy | Comedy, Drama | Preceded by BearCity | September 28 |
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin | Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Marilyn Barbarin, Kaliana Brower, Nicholas Clark, Henry D. Coleman, Levy Easterly, Philip B. Lawrence | Drama, Fantasy | Fox Searchlight Pictures, Journeyman Pictures, Cinereach, Court 13 Pictures Based on the play Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar | June 27 |
| Beauty and the Beast 3D | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | 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, Animated, Fantasy | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | January 13 |
| ' | Drake Doremus | Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Topher Grace, Matthew Gray Gubler, Caitriona Balfe, Oliver Muirhead | Social | YouTube, Facebook Preceded by Inside | |
| Being Flynn | Paul Weitz | Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor, Julianne Moore | Drama | Focus Features Based on the memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn | |
| Ben Banks | Bryce Clark | Mischa Barton, Melora Hardin, Katharine Towne, Kim Huffman | Comedy, Drama | Spotlight Pictures | |
| Bending the Rules | Artie Mandelberg | Adam "Edge" Copeland, Jamie Kennedy, Jennifer Esposito, Alicia Witt, Kevin Weisman, Philip Baker Hall, Jessica Walter | Buddy cop, Comedy | WWE Studios | March 9 |
| Bernie | Richard Linklater | Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey | Black comedy | Millennium Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment Based on the 1998 Texas Monthly magazine article Midnight in the Garden of East Texas by Skip Hollandsworth | April 27 |
| Best Man Down | Ted Koland | Justin Long, Jess Weixler, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin, Shelley Long, Frances O'Connor, Evan Jones | Drama | Magnolia Pictures | |
| ' | Lev L. Spiro | Marcus Coloma, Erin Cahill, Cedric Yarbrough, Frances Fisher, Briana Lane, Sebastian Roche, Kyle Gass, Jason Brooks, Amanda Fuller | Family film | Disney, Direct-to-DVD Preceded by Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | |
| Beyond | Josef Rusnak | Jon Voight, Teri Polo, Dermot Mulroney, Ben Crowley, Chloe Lesslie | Thriller | Anchor Bay Entertainment | |
| Big Miracle | Ken Kwapis | Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson, Vinessa Shaw, Ted Danson, Stephen Root, Rob Riggle, Michael Gaston, Megan Angela Smith | Family, Romantic drama | Universal Pictures Based on Freeing the Whales by Tom Rose | February 3 |
| Big Top Scooby-Doo! | Spike Brandt | Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey DeLisle, Mindy Cohn, Craig Ferguson | Family, Direct-to-DVD | Warner Bros. Preceded by Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire | |
| Bill W | Dan Carracino | About the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous | Documentary | Page 124 Productions | |
| Bindlestiffs | Andrew Edison | Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin, John Karna, Will Fordyce | Comedy | SModcast Pictures | |
| Black Rock | Katie Aselton | Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Will Bouvier, Jay Paulson | Horror | LD Entertainment | |
| Blood for Irina | Chris Alexander | Shauna Henry, Carrie Gemmell, David Goodfellow, Andre Becker, Mark Goodfellow | Horror | Autonomy Pictures | |
| Border Run | Gabriela Tagliavini | Sharon Stone, Billy Zane, Manolo Cardona, Rosemberg Salgado | Drama | Square One Entertainment | |
| ' | Tony Gilroy | Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Scott Glenn, Stacy Keach, Oscar Isaac, David Strathairn | Action, Spy film | Universal Pictures Preceded by The Bourne Ultimatum | August 3 |
| Brake | Gabe Torres | Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, JR Bourne, Tom Berenger, Pruitt Taylor Vince | Thriller | IFC Films | |
| Branded | Jamie Bradshaw and Aleksandr Dulerayn | Ed Stoppard, Leelee Sobieski, Jeffrey Tambor, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Max von Sydow | Science fiction | Roadside Attractions | September 7 |
| Brave | Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell | Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane | Adventure, Animated, Fantasy | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar | June 22 |
| Breaking Wind | Craig Moss | Heather Ann Davis, Eric Callero, Frank Pacheco | Parody | Lions Gate Entertainment | |
| Broken Roads | Justin Chambers | Sally Kirkland, Aidan Bristow, Shoshana Bush, Rolonda Watts | Drama | Synkronized Films | |
| The Broken Tower | James Franco | James Franco, Michael Shannon | Biographical drama | Premiered at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival | |
| Bully | Lee Hirsch | Bullying in U.S. schools. | Documentary | The Weinstein Company | March 30 |
| Butter | Jim Field Smith | Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde, Rob Corddry, Ashley Greene, Alicia Silverstone, Yara Shahidi, Hugh Jackman | Comedy | RADius-TWC | October 5 |
| ' | Drew Goddard | Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Brian J. White, Amy Acker, Tom Lenk | Horror thriller | Lionsgate | April 13 |
| Caesar and Otto's Deadly Christmas | Dave Campfield | Dave Campfield, Paul Chomicki, Felissa Rose, Linnea Quigley, Lloyd Kaufman | Horror comedy | Wild Eye Releasing Preceded by Caesar and Otto meet Dracula's Lawyer | |
| California Solo | Marshall Lewy | Robert Carlyle, Kathleen Wilhoite, Michael Des Barres, Danny Masterson | Drama | Strand Releasing | |
| California Winter | Odin Ozdil | Michael Ironside, Rutina Wesley, Erick Avari, Elizabeth Dominguez, Laura Cerón, Sean Patrick Murphy | Drama | Intrinsic Value Films | |
| Call Me Kuchu | Malika Zouhall-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright | Exploring the struggles of the LGBT community in Uganda, focusing in part on the 2011 murder of LGBT activist David Kato. | Documentary | Cinedigm | November 2 |
| ' | Jay Roach | Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox | Comedy | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| Caroline and Jackie | Adam Christian Clark | Marguerite Moreau, Bitsie Tulloch, David Giuntoli, Jason Gray-Stanford | Drama | Phase 4 Films | |
| Casa de Mi Padre | Matt Piedmont | Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, introducing Génesis Rodríguez, with Pedro Armendáriz and Nick Offerman, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez, Héctor Jiménez | Comedy | Pantelion Films, Gary Sanchez Productions, NALA Films | March 16 |
| Celeste and Jesse Forever | Lee Toland Krieger | Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Ari Graynor, Eric Christian Olsen, Will McCormack, with Elijah Wood and Emma Roberts, Rich Sommer, Rafi Gavron, Matthew Del Negro | Romantic comedy | Sony Pictures Classics | August 3 |
| ' | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns | About the Central Park jogger case | Documentary | Sundance Selects | |
| Changing the Game | Rel Dowdell | Tony Todd, Sean Riggs, Irma P. Hall, Sticky Fingaz, Brandon Ruckdashel, Dennis L.A. White | Drama | Lions Gate Entertainment | |
| Chasing Ice | Jeff Orlowski | Publicizing the effects of climate change | Documentary | Submarine Deluxe | |
| Chasing Mavericks | Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted | Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin, Taylor Handley, Scott Eastwood, Greg Long, Peter Mel, Zach Wormhoudt | Biography, Drama | Fox 2000 Pictures, Walden Media | October 26 |
| Chernobyl Diaries | Bradley Parker | Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Dimitri Diatchenko | Horror | Warner Bros., Alcon Entertainment Based on The Diary of Lawson Oxford by Oren Peli | May 25 |
| Chimpanzee | Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield | A young chimpanzee named Oscar finds himself alone in the African forests until he is adopted by another chimpanzee. Narrated by Tim Allen. | Nature documentary | Disneynature | April 20 |
| ' | Brian Levant | Braeden Lemasters, Daniel Stern, Stacey Travis, Valin Shinyei, David W. Thompson | Family | Warner Bros. Preceded by A Christmas Story | |
| Christmas with the Dead | Terrill Lee Lankford | Damian Maffei, Brad Maule, Kasey Lansdale | Horror | Drive-in Movies Based on the short story Christmas with the Dead by Joe R. Lansdale | |
| Chronicle | Josh Trank | Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly, Ashley Hinshaw, Anna Wood, Joe Vaz | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox, Davis Entertainment | February 3 |
| ' | Sam Kadi | Khaled El Nabawy, Agnes Bruckner, Rizwan Manji | Drama | Monterey Media | |
| Clash of the Empires | Joseph Lawson | Christopher Judge, Bai Ling, Sun Korng, Kyle Morris | Fantasy | ||
| Cloud Atlas | Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer | Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant | Adventure, Drama, Epic | Warner Bros. Pictures Based on the novel of the same name by David Mitchell | October 26 |
| ' | Mabrouk El Mechri | Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis, Verónica Echegui, Roschdy Zem, Oscar Jaenada, Joseph Mawle, Caroline Goodall, Rafi Gavron, Emma Hamilton, Michael Budd, Jim Piddock, Paloma Bloyd, Colm Meaney | Action thriller | Summit Entertainment | September 7 |
| ' | Marcus Dunstan | Josh Stewart, Courtney Lauren Cumming, Christopher McDonald, Lee Tergesen, Randall Archer, Shannon Kane | Horror, Thriller | LD Entertainment | |
| Come Morning | Derrick Sims | Michael Ray Davis, Thor Wahlestedt, Elise Rovinsky, Thomas Moore, Blake Logan | Thriller | Fabled Motion Pictures | |
| ' | Rick Alverson | Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alexia Rasmussen, Gregg Turkington, James Murphy | Black comedy | Tribeca Film, Glass Eye Pix | November 9 |
| Compliance | Craig Zobel | Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Ashlie Atkinson, Phillip Ettinger, James McCaffrey | Drama | Magnolia Pictures | August 17 |
| Contraband | Baltasar Kormákur | Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Caleb Landry Jones, Lukas Haas, Diego Luna, J. K. Simmons | Action thriller | Universal Pictures, Relativity Media Remake of the Icelandic 2008 film Reykjavik-Rotterdam by Arnaldur Indriðason and Óskar Jónasson | January 13 |
| Cowgirls 'n Angels | Timothy Armstrong | Bailee Madison, James Cromwell, Jackson Rathbone, Alicia Witt, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Frankie Faison | Family | Samuel Goldwyn Films | |
| Crave | Charles de Lauzirika | Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Ron Perlman, Edward Furlong, Christopher Stapleton, William Gines | Drama | Phase 4 Films | |
| Crazy Eyes | Adam Sherman | Lukas Haas, Madeline Zima, Jake Busey, Tania Raymonde, Ray Wise | Drama | Strand Releasing | |
| Crooked Arrows | Steve Rash | Brandon Routh, Crystal Allen, Chelsea Ricketts, Dennis Ambriz, Michael Hudson, Gil Birmingham, Tyler Hill | Drama, Sports | Marker Entertainment | May 18 |
| Damsels in Distress | Whit Stillman | Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore, Hugo Becker, Billy Magnussen, Ryan Metcalf, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Jermaine Crawford, Aubrey Plaza, Zach Woods, Taylor Nichols, Carolyn Farina | Dramedy | Sony Pictures Classics | April 6 |
| ' | Christopher Nolan | Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman | Crime drama, Superhero | Warner Bros. Pictures Preceded by The Dark Knight | July 20 |
| Dark Shadows | Tim Burton | Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jonny Lee Miller, Gulliver McGrath | Horror comedy | Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures Based on the gothic soap opera of the same name by Dan Curtis | May 11 |
| Dark Tide | John Stockwell | Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown, Luke Tyler, Mark Elderkin | Action | Wreckin Hill Entertainment | |
| ' | Damian Lee | Andy Garcia, Kim Coates, Deborah Kara Unger, Eva Longoria, Forest Whitaker | Thriller | Magnolia Pictures | |
| Darling Companion | Lawrence Kasdan | Mark Duplass, Richard Jenkins, Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Shepard, Dianne Wiest, Ayelet Zurer | Comedy | Sony Pictures Classics | April 20 |
| Day One | Nathan Frankowski | Kat Dennings, Chad Michael Murray, Rupert Friend, Corbin Bleu, Juliana Harkavy, Brian Patrick Clarke | Drama | Two Streets Entertainment | |
| Dead Before Dawn | April Mullen | Devon Bostick, Christopher Lloyd, Martha MacIsaac, Brandon Jay McLaren | Horror comedy | Gaiam Vivendi | |
| Dead Man's Burden | Jared Moshe | Barlow Jacobs, Clare Bowen, David Call, Richard Riehle, Joseph Lyle Taylor | Western | Cinedigm | |
| Deadfall | Stefan Ruzowitzky | Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Jason Cavalier, Charlie Hunnam, Kris Kristofferson, Alain Goulem | Drama | Magnolia Pictures | |
| Deadline | Curt Hahn | Eric Roberts, Steve Talley, J.D. Souther, David Dwyer | Drama | Freestyle Releasing Based on the novel Grievances by Mark Ethridge | |
| ' | Roel Reiné | Luke Goss, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, Robin Shou, Eugene Khumbanyiwa | Action | Universal Pictures Preceded by Death Race 2 | |
| Deep Dark Canyon | Abe Levy | Ted Levine, Spencer Treat Clark, Nick Eversman, Martin Starr, Matthew Lillard | Thriller | Colorfast Pictures | |
| Detachment | Tony Kaye | Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Betty Kaye, Sami Gayle, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, James Caan | Drama | Tribeca Film | |
| Detention of the Dead | Alex Craig Mann | Jacob Zachar, Alexa Nikolas, Christa B. Allen, Jayson Blair | Horror comedy | Anchor Bay Films Based on the play of the same name by Rob Rinow | |
| ' | William Brent Bell | Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama, Suzan Crowley, Bonnie Morgan, Brian Johnson, Preston James Hillier, D. T. Carney | Horror | Paramount Pictures | |
| ' | David Bowers | Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Connor Fielding, Owen Fielding, Peyton List, Karan Brar, Melissa Roxburgh, Grayson Russell, Laine MacNeil, Sachin Tyler Sadachcharan | Comedy | 20th Century Fox, Color Force Based on ' and the book of the by Jeff Kinney Preceded by ' | |
| ' | Larry Charles | Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Jason Mantzoukas, John C. Reilly, Megan Fox, B. J. Novak, Bobby Lee, Kevin Corrigan, J. B. Smoove, Adeel Akhtar, Fred Melamed | Comedy | Paramount Pictures Based on Zabibah and the King by Saddam Hussein | May 16 |
| Divorce Invitation | S.V. Krishna Reddy | Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jonathan Bennett, Paul Sorvino, Lainie Kazan, Elliott Gould | Romantic comedy | November 15 | |
| Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino | Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks, Don Johnson, Laura Cayouette, James Russo, Tom Wopat, Misty Upham, Rex Linn, Cooper Huckabee, Doc Duhame, M. C. Gainey, Bruce Dern, Ned Bellamy, Franco Nero, Jonah Hill, Robert Carradine, James Parks, Tom Savini, Quentin Tarantino | Western | The Weinstein Company, Columbia Pictures | December 25 |
| ' | Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass | Mark Kelly, Steve Zissis, Jennifer Lafleur, Julie Vorus | Comedy | Fox Searchlight Pictures | |
| Don't Change the Subject | Mike Stutz | Focuses on suicide and using the concept of changing topic | Documentary | ||
| Dracula Reborn | Patrick McManus | Corey Landis, Victoria Summer, Krash Miller, Stuart Rigby, Ian Pfister | Horror | Phase 4 Films | |
| Dragon Eyes | John Hyams | Cung Le, Peter Weller, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Crystal Mantecon, Kristopher Van Varenberg | Action | After Dark Films | |
| Dysfunctional Friends | Corey Grant | Stacey Dash, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Wesley Jonathan, Stacy Keibler, Terrell Owens | Comedy | Image Entertainment | |
| ' | Q. Allan Brocka | Chris Salvatore, Harmony Santana, Aaron Milo, Chris Puckett, Daniel Skelton | Comedy | Ariztical Entertainment Preceded by ' | |
| Eden | Megan Griffiths | Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary, Beau Bridges, Scott Mechlowicz | Thriller | Phase 4 Films | |
| Elevator | Stig Svendsen | Christopher Backus, Anita Briem, John Getz, The Pace Twins, Devin Ratray | Thriller | Eagle Films | |
| Elf-Man | Ethan Wiley | Wee Man, Jeffrey Combs, Mackenzie Astin, Carly Robell | Comedy | Anchor Bay Entertainment | |
| Emperor | Peter Webber | Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, Eriko Hatsune | War drama | Krasnoff Foster Productions | |
| End of Watch | David Ayer | Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Martinez, America Ferrera, Frank Grillo, David Harbour | Crime drama | Open Road Films, Exclusive Media | September 28 |
| Evidence | Howie Askins | Ryan McCoy, Brett Rosenberg, Abigail Richie, Ashley Bracken, Zack Fahey, Blaine Gray | Horror | Showbox Entertainment | |
| Evil Head | Doug Sakmann | Joanna Angel, Tommy Pistol, Veruca James, Danny Wylde | Horror | Burning Angel | |
| Excision | Richard Bates, Jr. | AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, Malcolm McDowell | Horror | Anchor Bay Films | |
| Exit Strategy | Michael Whitton | Jameel Saleem, Noelle Balfour, Kimelia Weathers, Fuzzy Fantabulous, Liz Hernandez | Romantic Comedy | Ask Around Entertainment | |
| ' | Simon West | Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Scott Adkins, Yu Nan, Amanda Ooms, Novak Djokovic | Action | Lionsgate, Millennium Films, Nu Image Preceded by The Expendables | |
| Extracted | Nir Paniry | Sasha Roiz, Rodney Eastman, Dominic Bogart, Jenny Molin, Nick Jamison, Brad Culver | Thriller | Phase 4 Films | |
| Filly Brown | Youssef Delara | Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, Emilio Rivera | Drama | Pantellion Films | |
| Finding Nemo 3D | Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana, Bruce Spence, Allison Janney, Elizabeth Perkins, Geoffrey Rush, Brad Garrett, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, Vicki Lewis | Adventure, Animated | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar | September 14 |
| Fire with Fire | David Barrett | Josh Duhamel, 50 Cent, Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Richard Schiff | Action | Lions Gate Entertainment | |
| ' | Jon Kasdan | Dylan O'Brien, Britt Robertson, Craig Roberts, Joshua Malina, James Frecheville | Comedy | Destination Films | |
| ' | Edward Burns | Edward Burns, Connie Britton, Heather Burns, Kerry Bishé, Marsha Dietlein | Comedy | Tribeca Film | |
| ' | Nicholas Stoller | Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans, Chris Pratt, Kevin Hart, Mindy Kaling, Chris Parnell, Dakota Johnson, David Paymer, Mimi Kennedy, Brian Posehn, Jacki Weaver | Romantic comedy | Universal Pictures | |
| ' | Michael Damian | Clint Black, Lisa Hartman-Black, Kacey Rohl, Siobhan Williams, Lily Pearl Black | Family film, Direct-to-DVD | 20th Century Fox Preceded by Flicka 2 | |
| Flight | Robert Zemeckis | Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood and Melissa Leo, Tamara Tunie, Nadine Velazquez | Drama | Paramount Pictures | |
| For a Good Time, Call... | Jamie Travis | Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller, Mark Webber and Justin Long, Seth Rogen, Mimi Rogers, Nia Vardalos, James Wolk | Comedy | Focus Features | |
| For Ellen | So Yong Kim | Paul Dano, Jon Heder, Jena Malone, Margarita Levieva, Shaylena Mandigo | Drama | Tribeca Film | |
| For the Love of Money | Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman | Yehuda Levi, Delphine Chanéac, Cody Longo, Jeffrey Tambor, Jonathan Lipnicki | Action, Drama | Lions Gate Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment | |
| ' | Lawrence Roeck | Josh Hutcherson, Hayden Panettiere, Lauren Bacall, Alfred Molina, Dina Eastwood | Drama | Big Air Studios | |
| Forgetting the Girl | Nate Taylor | Christopher Denham, Anna Camp, Elizabeth Rice, Paul Sparks, Joel de la Fuente | Drama | RAM Releasing Based on the short story of the same name by Peter Moore Smith | |
| Fortress | Michael R. Phillips | Bug Hall, Donnie Jeffcoat, Sean McGowan, Manu Intiraymi, Howard Gibson | Drama | Bayou Pictures | |
| Frankenweenie | Tim Burton | Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Winona Ryder, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell | Animated, Horror comedy | Walt Disney Pictures | October 5 |
| Friends with Kids | Jennifer Westfeldt | Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns | Comedy | Lionsgate | March 9 |
| Fun Size | Josh Schwartz | Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, Jane Levy, Chelsea Handler, Thomas McDonell, Osric Chau, Jackson Nicoll, Josh Pence, Johnny Knoxville, Thomas Middleditch, Ana Gasteyer, Holmes Osborne, James Pumphrey, Willam Belli, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo | Comedy, Teen | Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies | October 26 |
| Gambit | Michael Hoffman | Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Tom Courtenay, Stanley Tucci | Comedy | CBS Films | November 21 |
| Gayby | Jonathan Lisecki | Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas | Comedy | Hubbhobb, Wolfe Video | March 12 |
| ' | Neveldine/Taylor | Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Christopher Lambert, Idris Elba | Superhero | Columbia Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment Based on the comic book of the same name by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich and Mike Ploog Preceded by Ghost Rider | February 17 |
| Girl in Progress | Patricia Riggen | Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio Derbez | Comedy-drama | Lionsgate, Pantelion Films | May 11 |
| God Bless America | Bobcat Goldthwait | Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton | Comedy | Magnolia Pictures | May 11 |
| Gone | Heitor Dhalia | Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley | Thriller | Summit Entertainment, Lakeshore Entertainment, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment | February 24 |
| Good Deeds | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Brian J. White, Eddie Cibrian, Rebecca Romijn, Jamie Kennedy, Phylicia Rashād, Gabrielle Union | Romantic drama | Lionsgate, Tyler Perry Studios | February 24 |
| The Grey | Joe Carnahan | Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, James Badge Dale | Action thriller, Adventure drama | Open Road Films, Scott Free Productions Based on the short story Ghost Walker by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers | January 27 |
| The Guilt Trip | Anne Fletcher | Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen | Comedy | Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions | December 19 |
| Haywire | Steven Soderbergh | Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Mathieu Kassovitz, Michael Angarano, with Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas | Action thriller | Relativity | January 20 |
| Hello I Must Be Going | Todd Louiso | Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, Christopher Abbott, John Rubinstein, Dan Futterman, Julie White | Dramedy, Romance | Oscilloscope Laboratories | September 7 |
| Here Comes the Boom | Frank Coraci | Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Charice Pempengco, Bas Rutten, Reggie Lee, Joe Rogan, Mike Goldberg, Greg Germann, Jason Miller, Melissa Peterman, Bruce Buffer, Krzysztof Soszynski | Comedy, Sports | Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions | October 12 |
| Hick | Derick Martini | Chloë Grace Moretz, Eddie Redmayne, Ray McKinnon, Rory Culkin, Juliette Lewis, Blake Lively, Alec Baldwin | Drama | Phase 4 Films Based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Portes | May 11 |
| High School | John Stalberg, Jr. | Adrien Brody, Sean Marquette, Matt Bush, Colin Hanks, Adhir Kalyan and Michael Chiklis, Robert Bailey, Jr., Mykelti Williamson, Andrew Wilson | Comedy | Anchor Bay Films, Parallel Media | June 1 |
| Hit and Run | Dax Shepard, David Palmer | Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Rosenbaum, Joy Bryant, Ryan Hansen, Beau Bridges | Action comedy | Open Road Films | August 24 |
| Hope Springs | David Frankel | Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell | Comedy | Columbia Pictures, Mandate Pictures, MGM Pictures | August 10 |
| Hotel Transylvania | Genndy Tartakovsky | Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Cee Lo Green | Animated, Comedy | Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation | September 28 |
| House at the End of the Street | Mark Tonderai | Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows and Elisabeth Shue, Nolan Gerard Funk, James Thomas, Allie MacDonald, Jonathan Malen, Jon McLaren, Eva Link | Horror thriller | Relativity Media | September 21 |
| The Hunger Games | Gary Ross | Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, with Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland, Willow Shields, Paula Malcomson, Amandla Stenberg, Alexander Ludwig, Dayo Okeniyi, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jacqueline Emerson, Leven Rambin, Jack Quaid, Toby Jones, Wes Bentley, Latarsha Rose | Action drama, Science fiction | Lionsgate Based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins | March 23 |
| I Do | Glenn Gaylord | David W. Ross, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Grant Bowler, Alicia Witt | Drama | Festival premiere; entered general release in 2013. | July 18 |
| ' | Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier | Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Chris Wedge, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Aziz Ansari, Drake, Jeremy Renner, Wanda Sykes, Matt Bennett, Nicki Minaj, Ester Dean, Rebel Wilson, Joy Behar, Nick Frost, J. B. Smoove, Heather Morris, Josh Gad, Alan Tudyk, Kunal Nayyar, Alain Chabat | Animated, Family | 20th Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios Preceded by ' | July 13 |
| Jack Reacher | Christopher McQuarrie | Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo, Robert Duvall | Crime drama | Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions Based on One Shot by Lee Child | December 21 |
| Jayne Mansfield's Car | Billy Bob Thornton | Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Billy Bob Thornton, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson | Drama | A.R. Films | February 13 |
| Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Jay and Mark Duplass | Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Rae Dawn Chong | Comedy | Paramount Vantage | March 16 |
| John Carter | Andrew Stanton | Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Willem Dafoe, Bryan Cranston, Polly Walker, Daryl Sabara | Action, Science fiction | Walt Disney Pictures Based on A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs | March 9 |
| ' | Brad Peyton | Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán, Kristin Davis | Action-adventure, Family | New Line Cinema Preceded by Journey to the Center of the Earth | February 10 |
| Joyful Noise | Todd Graff | Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, Kris Kristofferson | Comedy, Musical | Alcon Entertainment | January 13 |
| ' | Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz | Chronicling the life and career of singer Katy Perry. Scenes are taken from the 2011 California Dreams Tour at Staples Center, Los Angeles | Concert, Documentary | Paramount Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, MTV Films, Insurge Pictures | July 5 |
| Keep the Lights On | Ira Sachs | Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, David Anzuelo, Maria Dizzia, Julianne Nicholson, Souléymane Sy Savané, Paprika Steen | Drama | Music Box Films, Alarum Pictures, Parts and Labor, Tiny Dancer Films | September 7 |
| Killer Joe | William Friedkin | Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, Thomas Haden Church, Marc Macaulay | Crime thriller, Dark comedy | LD Entertainment | July 27 |
| A Late Quartet | Yaron Zilberman | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir, Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Imogen Poots, Liraz Charhi, Wallace Shawn | Drama | Entertainment One, RKO Pictures | November 2 |
| Lawless | John Hillcoat | Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Dane DeHaan, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce | Drama, Gangster | The Weinstein Company Based on The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant | August 29 |
| Liberal Arts | Josh Radnor | Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, John Magaro, Elizabeth Reaser, Zac Efron | Comedy-drama | IFC Films, Tom Sawyer Entertainment | September 14 |
| Life of Pi | Ang Lee | Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu | Action-adventure, Drama | 20th Century Fox Fox 2000 Pictures Rhythm and Hues Based on the novel of the same name by Yann Martel | November 21 |
| Lincoln | Steven Spielberg | Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones | Biopic, Political drama | Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media Based in part on ' by Doris Kearns Goodwin | November 9 |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | Nicole Kassell | Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Lucy Punch, Romany Malco, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Bates | Romantic comedy | The Film Department, Millennium Entertainment | May 4 |
| Lockout | James Mather and Stephen St. Leger | Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun, Lennie James, Peter Stormare | Action, Science fiction | FilmDistrict, Open Road Films | April 13 |
| Lola Versus | Daryl Wein | Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister-Jones, Bill Pullman, Debra Winger, Hamish Linklater, Cheyenne Jackson | Romance | Fox Searchlight Pictures | June 8 |
| The Loneliest Planet | Julia Loktev | Gael García Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, Bidzina Gujabidze | Thriller | Sundance Selects Based on Expensive Trips Nowhere by Tom Bissell | October 26 |
| Looper | Rian Johnson | Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Qing Xu, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Garret Dillahunt | Science fiction | TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict | September 28 |
| Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda | Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Betty White, Jenny Slate | Animated, Family | Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment Based on the children's book of the same name by Dr. Seuss | March 2 |
| The Lucky One | Scott Hicks | Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Jay R. Ferguson, Blythe Danner | Romantic drama | Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures Based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks | April 20 |
| ' | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon | 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, Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, John DiMaggio, Conrad Vernon | Animated, Family | Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images Preceded by ' | June 8 |
| Madea's Witness Protection | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Denise Richards, Doris Roberts, Romeo Miller, Tom Arnold, John Amos, Marla Gibbs, Danielle Campbell, Devan Leos, Jeff Joslin | Comedy | Lionsgate, Tyler Perry Studios | June 29 |
| Magic Mike | Steven Soderbergh | Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodríguez, Gabriel Iglesias | Comedy-drama | Warner Bros. Pictures | June 29 |
| The Magic of Belle Isle | Rob Reiner | Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Kenan Thompson | Drama | Magnolia Pictures | July 6 |
| Maladies | Carter | James Franco, Catherine Keener, Fallon Goodson | Drama | N/A | June 22 |
| Man on a Ledge | Asger Leth | Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Burns, Titus Welliver, Génesis Rodríguez, Kyra Sedgwick, Ed Harris | Thriller | Summit Entertainment | January 27 |
| The Man with the Iron Fists | RZA | Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, Byron Mann, RZA, Rick Yune, David Bautista, Jamie Chung | Martial arts | Universal Pictures, Strike Entertainment | November 2 |
| Marley | Kevin Macdonald | The life of reggae singer Bob Marley. | Biographical, Documentary | Magnolia Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment | April 20 |
| The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson | Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern | Drama | The Weinstein Company | September 14 |
| Men in Black 3 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Rip Torn, Emma Thompson, Alice Eve, Nicole Scherzinger, Jemaine Clement, Bill Hader, Keone Young, Yuri Lowenthal | Sci-fi comedy | Columbia Pictures, Amblin Entertainment Preceded by Men in Black II | May 25 |
| Mirror Mirror | Tarsem Singh | Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Sean Bean, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Robert Emms, Mark Povinelli, Danny Woodburn, Jordan Prentice, Ronald Lee Clark, Sebastian Saraceno, Martin Klebba, Joe Gnoffo, Bonnie Bentley, Nadia Verrucci | Comedy, Fantasy | Relativity Media Based on Snow White by the Brothers Grimm | March 30 |
| Monsters, Inc. 3D | Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, David Silverman | John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, Frank Oz | Family, Animated | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar | December 19 |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson | Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, Harvey Keitel, Marc Rizzo, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward | Drama | Focus Features | May 25 |
| Nobody Walks | Ry Russo-Young | John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, India Ennenga, Justin Kirk | Comedy-drama | Magnolia Pictures | October 12 |
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Peter Hedges | Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams, Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest, Odeya Rush, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Arden, Lois Smith, David Morse, Common, Rhoda Griffis, Sharon Morris, Jason Davis, Cullen Moss | Dramedy, Fantasy | Walt Disney Pictures | August 15 |
| One for the Money | Julie Anne Robinson | Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, Debbie Reynolds | Action comedy | Lionsgate, Lakeshore Entertainment Based on the novel of the same name by Janet Evanovich | January 27 |
| One Small Hitch | John Burgess | Shane McRae, Aubrey Dollar, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Belushi | Romantic comedy | N/A | November 8 |
| The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Matthew Diamond | Toni Braxton, Cloris Leachman, Christopher Lloyd, Chazz Palminteri, Cary Elwes and Jaime Pressly, Maya Stange | Family, Musical | Kenn Viselman Presents | August 29 |
| The Oranges | Julian Farino | Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Alia Shawkat, Adam Brody, Leighton Meester | Romantic comedy | ATO Pictures, Likely Story, Olympic Pictures | October 5 |
| The Paperboy | Lee Daniels | Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, John Cusack, Nicole Kidman, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, Scott Glenn, Nikolette Noel, Ned Bellamy | Drama | Millennium Films, Nu Image Films Based on the novel of the same name by Pete Dexter | October 5 |
| Paranormal Activity 4 | Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman | Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Brady Allen, Aiden Lovekamp, Stephen Dunham, Alexondra Lee | Supernatural horror | Paramount Pictures Preceded by Paranormal Activity 3 | October 19 |
| ParaNorman | Sam Fell, Chris Butler | Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, John Goodman, Jeff Garlin, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elaine Stritch, Tucker Albrizzi, Alex Borstein, Jodelle Ferland | Animated, Horror comedy, Thriller | Focus Features, Laika | August 17 |
| Parental Guidance | Andy Fickman | Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush | Comedy, Family | 20th Century Fox, Walden Media, Chernin Entertainment | December 25 |
| Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding | Bruce Beresford | Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Elizabeth Olsen, Nat Wolff, Rosanna Arquette, Kyle MacLachlan | Dramedy | IFC Films | June 8 |
| People Like Us | Alex Kurtzman | Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D'Addario, Mark Duplass, Philip Baker Hall, Jon Favreau, Michelle Pfeiffer | Drama | Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment | June 29 |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky | Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott, Joan Cusack, Paul Rudd | Dramedy, Teen | Summit Entertainment Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Chbosky | September 21 |
| Piranha 3DD | John Gulager | Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, David Koechner, Chris Zylka, Katrina Bowden, Gary Busey, Christopher Lloyd, David Hasselhoff, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer, Meagan Tandy, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Clu Gulager, Paul James Jordan, Adrian Martinez, Shanica Knowles | Horror comedy | Dimension Films | June 1 |
| Pitch Perfect | Jason Moore | Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Skylar Astin, Freddie Stroma, Alexis Knapp, Adam DeVine, Ester Dean, Brock Kelly, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins | Comedy, Musical | Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Gold Circle Films Based on the novel of the same name by Mickey Rapkin | September 28 |
| The Possession | Ole Bornedal | Natasha Callis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Davenport, Grant Show, Matisyahu | Supernatural horror | Lionsgate, Ghost House Pictures | August 31 |
| Premium Rush | David Koepp | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung | Action | Columbia Pictures | August 24 |
| Price Check | Michael Walker | Parker Posey, Eric Mabius, Annie Parisse, Josh Pais, Edward Herrmann, Remy Auberjonois, Jayce Bartók, Samrat Chakrabarti, Cheyenne Jackson, Stephen Kunken, Amy Schumer, Matt Servitto, Mackenzie Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton | Comedy | IFC Films | November 16 |
| Project X | Nima Nourizadeh | Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Alexis Knapp, Nichole Bloom, Dax Flame, Miles Teller, Kirby Bliss Blanton | Comedy | Warner Bros., Silver Pictures | March 2 |
| Prometheus | Ridley Scott | Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron | Action, Horror, Science fiction | 20th Century Fox | June 8 |
| ' | Charles Band | Kip Canyon, Jean Louise O'Sullivan, Oto Brezina, Scott Anthony King, Stephanie Sanditz, Brad Potts, Ian Roberts | Horror | Full Moon Features | October 9 |
| The Queen of Versailles | Lauren Greenfield | The "riches to rags" trajectory of high-living former model Jackie Siegel and her attempt to build a Florida version of France's Palace of Versailles. | Documentary | Magnolia Pictures | July 20 |
| Rampart | Oren Moverman | Woody Harrelson, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robert Wisdom, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi | Crime drama | Millennium Entertainment | February 10 |
| The Raven | James McTeigue | John Cusack, Alice Eve, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Pam Ferris, Sergej Trifunović, Ian Virgo, Sam Hazeldine, Brendan Coyle, M. Emmet Walsh | Thriller | Rogue, Relativity Media | April 27 |
| Red Dawn | Dan Bradley | Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Action, War | FilmDistrict Based on the 1984 film of the same name | November 21 |
| Red Hook Summer | Spike Lee | Clarke Peters, Nate Parker, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, introducing Toni Lysaith and Jules Brown, Heather Simms, James Ransone, De'Adre Aziza, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Spike Lee | Dramedy | 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Variance Films | August 10 |
| Red Lights | Rodrigo Cortés | Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Toby Jones, Joely Richardson, Elizabeth Olsen and Robert De Niro, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Burn Gorman, Karen David, Craig Roberts | Psychological thriller | Millennium Entertainment | July 13 |
| Red Tails | Anthony Hemingway | Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Daniela Ruah, Bryan Cranston, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Ryan Early, Method Man, Elijah Kelley, Ne-Yo, Tristan Wilds, Kevin Phillips, Robert Kazinsky, Lee Tergesen, Andre Royo, Marcus T. Paulk, Michael B. Jordan | Action drama, War | 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm | January 20 |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Mira Nair | Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi | Political thriller | Mirabai Films Doha Film Institute | April 26 |
| ' | Paul W. S. Anderson | Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Kevin Durand, Sienna Guillory, Shawn Roberts, Aryana Engineer, Colin Salmon, Johann Urb, Boris Kodjoe, Li Bingbing, Oded Fehr, Mika Nakashima | Science fiction Thriller | Screen Gems Preceded by ' | September 14 |
| Rise of the Guardians | Peter Ramsey, William Joyce | Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Dakota Goyo | Action-adventure, Animated, Family | Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation Based on The Guardians of Childhood book series by William Joyce | November 21 |
| Robot & Frank | Jake Schreier | Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Jeremy Strong, Jeremy Sisto, Peter Sarsgaard, Susan Sarandon | Dramedy | Samuel Goldwyn Films, Stage 6 Films | August 17 |
| Rock of Ages | Adam Shankman | Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Åkerman, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise | Musical, Romantic comedy | New Line Cinema Based on the 2006 Broadway musical of the same name by Chris D'Arienzo | June 15 |
| Ruby Sparks | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould, Chris Messina, Alia Shawkat, Deborah Ann Woll | Romantic comedy | Fox Searchlight Pictures | July 25 |
| Safe | Boaz Yakin | Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Anson Mount, Robert John Burke, James Hong, Reggie Lee, Danny Hoch, Danni Lang, Igor Jijikine, David Kim | Action | Lionsgate | April 27 |
| Safe House | Daniel Espinosa | Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Rubén Blades, Nora Arnezeder, Robert Patrick | Action thriller | Universal Pictures, Relativity Media | February 10 |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | Colin Trevorrow | Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin, Mary Lynn Rajskub | Comedy | FilmDistrict | June 8 |
| Samsara | Ron Fricke | Exploring the wonders of the world from the mundane to the miraculous. | Documentary | Oscilloscope Laboratories Preceded by Baraka | August 24 |
| Savages | Oliver Stone | Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, Uma Thurman, Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro, Emile Hirsch, John Travolta, Joel David Moore, Demián Bichir, Mía Maestro, Trevor Donovan, Sandra Echeverría, Gillian Zinser | Crime thriller | Universal Pictures, Relativity Media Based on the novel of the same name by Don Winslow | July 6 |
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Lorene Scafaria | Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Adam Brody, Derek Luke, William Petersen, Connie Britton, Patton Oswalt, Melanie Lynskey, Rob Corddry, Melinda Dillon, Rob Huebel, Gillian Jacobs, T. J. Miller, Amy Schumer, Jim O'Heir | Comedy | Focus Features, Mandate Pictures, Indian Paintbrush | June 22 |
| The Sessions | Ben Lewin | John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks, Rhea Perlman, Adam Arkin, William H. Macy, W. Earl Brown, Blake Lindsley, Robin Weigert, Rusty Schwimmer, Jenni Baird | Drama | Fox Searchlight Pictures | October 26 |
| ' | Michael J. Bassett | Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Deborah Kara Unger, Martin Donovan, Malcolm McDowell, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Heather Marks | Horror thriller | Open Road Films Based on Silent Hill 3 created by Konami Preceded by Silent Hill | October 26 |
| Silent House | Chris Kentis and Laura Lau | Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, Haley Murphy | Horror | Open Road Films Based on The Silent House by Oscar Estevez | March 9 |
| Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Anupam Kher, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker | Comedy-drama, Romance | The Weinstein Company Based on the novel of the same name | November 21 |
| Sinister | Scott Derrickson | Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, James Ransone, Clare Foley, Michael Hall D'Addario, Vincent D'Onofrio | Supernatural horror | Summit Entertainment | October 12 |
| Skyfall | Sam Mendes | Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Albert Finney, Judi Dench | Spy Action | Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | November 9 |
| Sleepwalk with Me | Mike Birbiglia | Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, Cristin Milioti, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane, Marylouise Burke, Loudon Wainwright III, Aya Cash, David Wain, Marc Maron, Sondra James, Kristen Schaal, Jessi Klein, Wyatt Cenac | Comedy | IFC Films | August 24 |
| Smashed | James Ponsoldt | Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kyle Gallner, Mary Kay Place, Octavia Spencer, Bree Turner, Mackenzie Davis, Patti Allison, Richmond Arquette, Natalie Dreyfuss | Dramatic comedy | Sony Pictures Classics | October 12 |
| Snow White & the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders | Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Johnny Harris, Eddie Marsan, Brian Gleeson, Lily Cole, Sam Spruell, Vincent Regan, Noah Huntley | Action, Fantasy | Universal Pictures Based on Snow White by The Brothers Grimm | June 1 |
| Sound of My Voice | Zal Batmanglij | Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling, Avery Pohl | Psychological thriller | Fox Searchlight Pictures | April 27 |
| Sparkle | Salim Akil | Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Cee Lo Green | Drama, Musical | TriStar Pictures | August 17 |
| 3D | George Lucas | Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Pernilla August, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Ray Park, Silas Carson, Sofia Coppola, Keira Knightley, Samuel L. Jackson | Sci-fi | 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm | February 10 |
| Step Up Revolution | Scott Speer | Ryan Guzman, Kathryn McCormick, Misha Gabriel, Cleopatra Coleman, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Adam G. Sevani, Tommy Dewey and Peter Gallagher | Dance, Drama, Romance | Summit Entertainment Preceded by Step Up 3D | July 27 |
| Stolen | Simon West | Nicolas Cage, Danny Huston, Malin Åkerman, Sami Gayle, Mark Valley and Josh Lucas | Action thriller | Millennium Films | September 14 |
| The Swan Princess Christmas | Richard Rich | Yuri Lowenthal, Elle Deets, David Lodge, G. K. Bowes, Doug Stone, Brian Nissen, Clayton James Mackay, James Arrington, Joey Lotsko | Animated, Family, 3D | Preceded by ' Direct-to-video | November 6 |
| The Tall Man | Pascal Laugier | Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris, Colleen Wheeler, Garwin Sanford, Janet Wright, Eve Harlow, John Mann, Teach Grant, Ferne Downey, introducing Jakob Davies and Stephen McHattie | Horror, Mystery | Image Entertainment | August 31 |
| Ted | Seth MacFarlane | Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale, Patrick Warburton, Jessica Stroup, Laura Vandervoort, Ralph Garman | Comedy | Universal Pictures, Fuzzy Door Productions, Media Rights Capital | June 29 |
| That's My Boy | Sean Anders | Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Eva Amurri, Susan Sarandon, James Caan, Milo Ventimiglia, Will Forte, Colin Quinn, Todd Bridges, Vanilla Ice, Ian Ziering, Rex Ryan, Luenell, Ciara, Peggy Stewart, Tony Orlando, Alan Thicke, Dan Patrick, Blake Clark, Nick Swardson, Ana Gasteyer, Baron Davis | Comedy | Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Relativity Media | June 15 |
| Think Like a Man | Tim Story | Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence J, Romany Malco, Gabrielle Union, Steve Harvey, Gary Owen, Chris Brown, Wendy Williams, Tony Rock, La La Anthony, Sherri Shepherd, Tika Sumpter, Keri Hilson, Kelly Rowland, Jenifer Lewis | Romantic comedy | Screen Gems Based on the self-help book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey | April 20 |
| This Is 40 | Judd Apatow | Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, John Lithgow, Megan Fox and Albert Brooks, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Melissa McCarthy, Robert Smigel, Charlyne Yi | Comedy | Universal Pictures | December 21 |
| This Means War | McG | Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Abigail Spencer, Til Schweiger, Laura Vandervoort, Leela Savasta, Angela Bassett | Comedy, Spy film | 20th Century Fox | February 17 |
| A Thousand Words | Brian Robbins | Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis, Clark Duke, Allison Janney, Ariel Winter, Steve Little, John Witherspoon, Jack McBrayer | Comedy-drama | Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures | March 9 |
| The Three Stooges | Farrelly brothers | Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Sasso, Sean Hayes, Jane Lynch, Larry David, Brian Doyle-Murray, Sofía Vergara, Jennifer Hudson, Lin Shaye, Stephen Collins, Carly Craig, Craig Bierko, Kirby Heyborne, Isaiah Mustafa, Dwight Howard, Kate Upton | Comedy | 20th Century Fox Based on the original comedy shorts of the same name | April 13 |
| Thunderstruck | John Whitesell | Kevin Durant, Taylor Gray, Brandon T. Jackson, Doc Shaw, Jim Belushi | Family, Sports comedy | Warner Premiere | August 24 |
| Titanic 3D | James Cameron | 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, Danny Nucci, Lewis Abernathy, Nicholas Cascone | Drama | Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment | April 4 |
| Tomorrow You're Gone | David Jacobson | Michelle Monaghan, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Dorff | Thriller | November 1 | |
| Total Recall | Len Wiseman | Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho and Bill Nighy, Bokeem Woodbine | Action thriller, Science fiction | Columbia Pictures Inspired by We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick | August 3 |
| Touchback | Don Handfield | Brian Presley, Melanie Lynskey, Marc Blucas, with Kurt Russell and Christine Lahti, Sarah Wright, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Drew Powell, Kevin Covais, Steve Turner, James Duval | Drama | Anchor Bay Films | April 13 |
| Trouble with the Curve | Robert Lorenz | Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake and John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Scott Eastwood | Drama, Sports | Warner Bros. Pictures | September 21 |
| ' | Bill Condon | Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Julia Jones, Booboo Stewart, Billy Burke, Sarah Clarke, MyAnna Buring, Maggie Grace, Casey LaBow, Michael Sheen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Christopher Heyerdahl, Chaske Spencer, Christian Camargo, Mía Maestro, Mackenzie Foy, Dakota Fanning, Cameron Bright, Charlie Bewley, Daniel Cudmore, Noel Fisher, Guri Weinberg, Lee Pace, Joe Anderson, Judi Shekoni, Tracey Huggins, J. D. Pardo, Rami Malek | Fantasy romance | Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment Based on Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer Preceded by ' | November 16 |
| ' | Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein | Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley and Charles Dance | Action, Horror | Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment Preceded by | January 20 |
| The Unspeakable Act | Dan Sallitt | Tallie Medel, Sky Hirschkron, Aundrea Fares, Kati Schwartz, Caroline Luft, Eleanore Pienta, Collin Summers, Caitlin Mehner, Mike Faist, Liz Toonkel, Jessica Pinfield, Sunita Mani, Kate Lyn Sheil, Gonzalo Cordova, Zelda Knapp | Drama, Coming of age | The Cinema Guild | April 19 |
| V/H/S | Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence | A series of found-footage shorts. | Anthology, Horror | Magnolia Pictures, Magnet Releasing | October 5 |
| Virginia | Dustin Lance Black | Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Emma Roberts, Harrison Gilbertson, Amy Madigan, Carrie Preston and Toby Jones | Dramedy | Entertainment One | May 18 |
| The Vow | Michael Sucsy | Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman and Jessica Lange | Romantic drama | Spyglass Entertainment, Screen Gems | February 10 |
| Wanderlust | David Wain | Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Malin Åkerman, Kathryn Hahn, Lauren Ambrose and Alan Alda | Comedy | Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions, Alliance Films | February 24 |
| The Watch | Akiva Schaffer | Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Nicholas Braun, Will Forte, Erin Moriarty, Billy Crudup, Doug Jones | Sci-fi comedy | 20th Century Fox | July 27 |
| What to Expect When You're Expecting | Kirk Jones | Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro | Romantic comedy | Lionsgate, Alcon Entertainment Based on the self-help book of the same name by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel | May 18 |
| Won't Back Down | Daniel Barnz | Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Rosie Perez, Ving Rhames, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Holly Hunter | Drama | 20th Century Fox, Walden Media | September 28 |
| The Words | Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal | Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde and Zoe Saldana, Ben Barnes, Nora Arnezeder | Drama | CBS Films | September 7 |
| Wrath of the Titans | Jonathan Liebesman | Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Édgar Ramírez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, with Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson | Action-adventure, Fantasy | Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures Preceded by Clash of the Titans | March 30 |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore | John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Mindy Kaling, Joe Lo Truglio, Ed O'Neill, Dennis Haysbert, Adam Carolla, Horatio Sanz, and Rich Moore | Animated, Comedy, Family | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | November 2 |
| Goodbye Promise | David Branin | Gregor Collins, Sarah Prikryl, Brian Ronalds | Drama, Independent movie | David Branin, Gregor Collins, Karen Worden, Indiegogo | June 1 |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Kathryn Bigelow | Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Taylor Kinney, Mark Duplass, Frank Grillo, Stephen Dillane, Édgar Ramírez, Harold Perrineau, Reda Kateb, Jennifer Ehle, James Gandolfini, Scott Adkins, Mark Valley, Ricky Sekhon, John Barrowman | Action thriller | Columbia Pictures | December 21 |