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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 2012
987 movies from 2012, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Blue Exorcist: The Movie
2012 · Animation
Bojhena Shey Bojhena
2012 · Romance
Ripples of Desire
2012 · Drama
Allegiance
2012 · Thriller
Promised Land
2012 · Drama
Quartet
2012 · Drama
Prince of the City
2012 · Crime
Yamudiki Mogudu
2012 · Comedy
Tabu
2012 · Drama
Django Unchained
2012 · Action
Les Miserables
2012 · Drama
Parental Guidance
2012 · Comedy
Room on the Broom
2012 · Family
El Presidente
2012 · War
Vampire Sisters
2012 · Family
The Last Tycoon
2012 · Drama
The Haunting of Helena
2012 · Thriller
Jack Reacher
2012 · Action
This Is 40
2012 · Comedy
Not Fade Away
2012 · Drama
Body Fat Index of Love
2012 · Comedy
Sarocharu
2012 · Drama
Bavuttiyude Namathil
2012 · Comedy
Da Thadiya
2012 · Comedy
The Pee Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life
2012 · Family
Dabangg 2
2012 · Action
Aquí y Allá (Here and There)
2012 · Drama
On the Road
2012 · Adventure
The Impossible
2012 · Action
Barbara
2012 · Drama
Yaare Koogadali
2012 · Action
Karmayodha
2012 · Crime
The Guilt Trip
2012 · Comedy
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · Action
Amour
2012 · Drama
Love 911
2012 · Comedy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown
2012 · Animation
Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
2012 · Animation
The Girl
2012 · Drama
Neethaane En Ponvasantham
2012 · Romance
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