So far, The A.V. Club has looked at the best films of 2012 and put a spotlight on the films we consider to be the…

Cast
John Cusack (Jackson Curtis)Thandiwe Newton (Laura Wilson)Chiwetel Ejiofor (Adrian Helmsley)Amanda Peet (Kate Curtis)Oliver Platt (Carl Anheuser)Tom McCarthy (Gordon Silberman)Woody Harrelson (Charlie Frost)Danny Glover (President Thomas Wilson)Liam James (Noah Curtis)Morgan Lily (Lilly Curtis)Zlatko Buric (Yuri Karpov)Beatrice Rosen (Tamara)Alexandre Haussmann (Alec)Philippe Haussmann (Oleg)Johann Urb (Sasha)John Billingsley (Professor West)Chin Han (Tenzin)Osric Chau (Nima)
Director
Roland Emmerich
Synopsis
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
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