Amour
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Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke (screenplay)
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert
With their only daughter living thousands of miles away, a retired, elderly couple's relationship is severely tested when Georges's wife, Anne has an attack.
Argo
Director: Ben Affleck
Writer: Chris Terrio (screenplay), Joshuah Bearman (article)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman
Based on the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation, six American diplomatic personnel fugitives are attempted to be extracted by the authorities out of Iran.
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Writer: Lucy Alibar (screenplay, stage play "Juicy and Delicious") and Benh Zeitlin (screenplay)
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry and Levy Easterly
Six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love when her temperamental father falls ill, and her bayou community is threatened with the unleashing of ancient aurochs.
Django Unchained
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio
A bounty hunter sets out to recover his wife from a Mississippi plantation with the help of his mentor.
Les Miserables
Director: Tom Hooper
Screenwriter: William Nicholson
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway
In this musical adaptation set in 19th century France, fugitive Jean Valjean takes responsibility for a factory workers daughter. A decision that changes their lives forever.
Life of Pi
Writer: David Magee (screenplay), Yann Martel (novel)
Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan and Adil Hussain
After surviving getting lost at sea, Pi is taken on an epic journey of adventure and discovery and forms a bond with a Bengal tiger.
Lincoln
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tony Kushner (screenplay), Doris Kearns Goodwin (book) (in part)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and David Strathairn
Based during the Civil War, the film offers a first-hand insight into the tough decisions and troubles that US President Abraham Lincoln had to face.
Silver Linings Playbook
Director: David O. Russell
Writer: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro
After struggling with anger and mental health issues, a former teacher moves back home with his parents. Things get more complicated when he meets Tiffany, a woman with troubles of her own.
Zero Dark Thirty
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writer: Mark Boal (screenplay)
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton and Chris Pratt
Based on the hunt for al-Queda terrorist leader, Osama Bin Laden, the film documents the ten year journey taken and the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6's victory.