The Best Lesser-known Movies of 2012: An Evolving List
The best lesser-known movies, most without any advertising or theatrical release, that first got to be seen in 2012. Updated throughout the year!
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- DirectorSean AckermanStarsRumer WillisTrevor MorganHelena de CrespoPreston follows a beautiful but troubled young woman to a small island town where he begins to fall for her, but it all threatens to fall apart when he uncovers her family's dark past.
- DirectorEdward BurnsStarsEdward BurnsCaitlin FitzGeraldKerry BishéNewlyweds Buzzy and Katie find their blissful life disrupted by the arrival of his half-sister and news of her sister's marriage troubles.
- DirectorDennis LeeStarsJason SpevackToni ColletteMichael SheenAt the age of ten, Henry James Herman, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.
- DirectorDustin Lance BlackStarsJennifer ConnellyEd HarrisHarrison GilbertsonA sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
- DirectorDavid M. RosenthalStarsAbigail BreslinAlessandro NivolaElisabeth ShueA young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.
- DirectorBrady KiernanStarsSam RosenZoe Lister-JonesMichael ImperioliFormer high school classmates reunite by chance during a chaotic party-filled evening.
- DirectorJames WestbyStarsKatie O'GradyJohn KeyserStorm LargeA scathing black comedy of embarrassment, RID OF ME charts the emotional breakdown and rebirth of a woman ripe for self-discovery.
- DirectorWhit StillmanStarsGreta GerwigAdam BrodyLio TiptonA trio of girls set out to change the male-dominated environment of the Seven Oaks college campus, and to rescue their fellow students from depression, grunge and low standards of every kind.
- DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsDiane KeatonKevin KlineDianne WiestThe story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.
- DirectorJeff BalsmeyerStarsDallas RobertsJeremy RennerAyelet ZurerA rags-to-riches story of two friends, a small-time inventor and a sharky salesman, who hit rock bottom before coming up with a gizmo that becomes a worldwide phenomenon.
- DirectorJonathan SobolStarsScott CaanPaulo CostanzoJason JonesUpon learning they only have a few days left to live, three brothers set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes.
- DirectorKai BarryStarsZibby AllenNathan CozzolinoIan McHenryJed and Juko have always been best friends. And Juko has always loved Rory. But he's never been able to tell her how he feels because the timing has always been wrong. After a childhood spent crashing their teacher's car and building crazy mechanical contraptions trying to impress her, Jed and Juko find themselves all grown up. And now Rory is married. So much for timing. This leaves them only one option. They must build a time machine so Juko can go back and capture her heart before she gets engaged. But the clock is ticking. Jed's wife Nina is pregnant and she's not a fan of the idea. They quickly discover that building the time machine turns out to be the least of their problems.