2012 Sundance Breakouts

Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Clive Owen, Emily Blunt, Richard Gere, and James Marsden were just some of the stars onscreen at Sundance 2012. If the festival is the litmus test, it's been an incredibly fertile year for independent movies, with quirky comedies, political dramas, and documentaries that play like the tautest thrillers. Here's a roundup of some of the ones with the biggest buzz: