| Project X | Nima Nourizadeh | teen film, comedy film, found footage film |
| In the Land of Blood and Honey | — | romance film, drama film, war film |
| The Vow | Michael Sucsy | romance film, drama film, biographical film |
| About Cherry | Stephen Elliott | drama film |
| Soul Surfer | Sean McNamara | drama film, sport film, biographical film, surf film, documentary film |
| Best New Starlets 2012 | William H. Nutsack | pornographic film |
| The Darkest Hour | Chris Gorak | action film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher | mystery film, drama film, crime thriller film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, rape and revenge film, thriller film |
| Submarine | Richard Ayoade | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, drama film |
| J. Edgar | Clint Eastwood | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, flashback film, biographical film |
| 3 Musketeers | Cole S. McKay | action film, mockbuster, thriller film |
| Puss in Boots | Chris Miller | coming-of-age film, fantasy film, comedy film, action film, cinematic fairy tale, flashback film |
| Contagion | Steven Soderbergh | drama film, action film, thriller film, disaster film |
| The Thing | Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | monster film, horror film, science fiction film, slasher film |
| Horizon | Sam Hain | pornographic film, science fiction film |
| Spy Kids: All the Time in the World | Robert Rodriguez | time-travel film, comedy film, action film, spy film |
| Moneyball | Bennett Miller | drama film, sport film, biographical film |
| Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels | Greg Tiernan | — |
| 10 Years | Jamie Linden | drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau | Western film, action film, alien invasion, thriller film, speculative fiction film, science fiction film |
| Prom | Joe Nussbaum | romance film, teen film, comedy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Mega Piranha | Eric Forsberg, Stuart Gillard | romance film, science fiction horror film, comedy horror film, fantasy film, comedy film, action film, mockbuster, horror film, thriller film, adventure film, independent film, science fiction film +2 |
| 30 Minutes or Less | Ruben Fleischer | mystery film, comedy film, action comedy film, crime film |
| Monte Carlo | Thomas Bezucha | romantic comedy film, family film |
| Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | Mike Disa | fantasy film, comedy film, children's film |
| Win Win | Tom McCarthy | sport film, comedy drama |
| The Smurfs | Raja Gosnell | fantasy film, comedy film, children's film |
| Born Bad | Jared Cohn | teen film, crime film |
| The Company Men | John Wells | drama film |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Michael Bay | action film, alien invasion, thriller film, science fiction film |
| Something Borrowed | Luke Greenfield | romantic comedy |
| Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | mystery film, monster film, action film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | comedy film, flashback film |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall | fantasy film, comedy film, action film, pirate film, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film, zombie film, adventure film |
| Ballistica | Gary Jones | action film |
| Fast Five | Justin Lin | action film, crime thriller film, heist film, crime film |
| Jumping the Broom | Salim Akil | comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Thor | Kenneth Branagh | superhero film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Mother and Child | Rodrigo García Márquez | drama film |
| Rio | Carlos Saldanha | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, musical film |
| Paul | Greg Mottola | science fiction film, parody film, buddy film, science fiction comedy |
| Pron: The XXX Parody | Sam Hain, Lee Roy Myers | pornographic film, parody film |
| Insidious | James Wan | mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, ghost film, supernatural film, psychological horror fiction |
| Sucker Punch | Zack Snyder | fantasy film, girls with guns, action film, thriller film |
| The Adjustment Bureau | George Nolfi | romance film, fantasy film, action film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| Prison Girls | William H. Nutsack | pornographic film, prison film |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Alex Zamm | comedy film, children's film |
| Hall Pass | Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly | romantic comedy |