I've seen 48 movies from this calender year within the year itself, and there's still a few like Lincoln, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Looper, Dredd, Rock of Ages and even Breaking Dawn Part II that I'm yet looking forward to seeing. But, I doubt any of them stand a chance to top the years frontrunner. A good number of my favorite movies, not just movies I 'like', but ones that are a shoe-in for being in my pantheon of favorites are historic accomplishments in entertainment. Star Wars, the most successful film ever (or is someone going to pay a few billion to make sequels to Gone with the Wind?) Star Trek the Motion Picture, from cancelled TV show that didn't make it to even 90 episodes to being a big budget, high grossing, movie & television franchise spawning, behemoth... The Lord of the Rings Trilogy ('Nuff said). Tron Legacy, a sequel 28 years later! What Marvel did with The Avengers, and the movies leading up to it in the prior 4 years...
Just the poster for Avengers still gives me chills, like it's impossible to be real. It's a Wizard Magazine Casting Call column come to life! It's what comic fans have dreamed of; the simplest formula for Hollywood to have success with super-heroes. Don't re-invent the wheel. Respect the creativity in the comics, and just put them on screen, as uncompromised as possible.
One small disclaimer, on the numbers, The Hobbit tied with the avengers, but it's only ⅓ The Hobbit, so second place... makes the Hobbit : Desolation of Smaug 2013's movie to beat!
- The Avengers
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Skyfall
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Cloud Atlas
- John Carter
- Starship Troopers: Invasion
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part 1
- The Woman in Black
- Men In Black 3
- Dark Shadows
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
- Iron Sky
- Django Unchained
- Justice League: Doom
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- Game Change
- Paranormal Activity 4
- Brave
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- Total Recall
- William Shatner's Get a Life!
- The Expendables 2
- The Hunger Games
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- Snow White and the Huntsman
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Underworld: Awakening
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
- Prometheus
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Wrath of the Titans
- Lockout
- Mirror Mirror
- ParaNorman
- Katy Perry: Part of Me
- Piranha DD
- The Raven
- This Means War
- 21 Jump Street
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
- Magic Mike
- Chronicle
- The Grey
- Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
- Man on a Ledge
- Silent Hill: Revelation
- Chernobyl Diaries
