Fall films 2012
A writer (Bradley Cooper) must face the music after plagiarizing a novel. Zoe Saldana and Jeremy Irons also star.
"The Master"
A World War II Navy veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) falls under the spell of a charismatic cult leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
"Resident Evil: Retribution"
Milla Jovovich resumes her battle against a plague of zombies.
"Dredd"
An executioner (Karl Urban) fights a drug epidemic in post-apocalyptic America.
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and Ezra Miller star in the teen coming-of-age tale based on the book of the same name.
"House at the End of the Street"
A dream house becomes a place of terror for a mom and her daughter (Elisabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence).
"Looper"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a hitman assigned to bump off his future self (Bruce Willis) in a time-travel thriller.
"Hotel Transylvania"
Adam Sandler provides the voice of Dracula in an animated monster mash.
"Trouble with the Curve"
An aging baseball scout (Clint Eastwood) enlists his daughter (Amy Adams) on his latest talent trip.
"Frankenweenie"
Tim Burton updates his early short film with an animated feature about a boy resurrecting his dead dog.
"Pitch Perfect"
Anna Kendrick and her college chums compete in the warbling world of a cappella singing.
"Argo"
Ben Affleck directs and stars in a rescue thriller set against the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
"Killing Them Softly"
Brad Pitt's an enforcer tracking three hoods who robbed a mob-protected card game.
"Alex Cross"
A homicide investigator (Tyler Perry) squares off against a serial killer (Matthew Fox).
"Cloud Atlas"
Tom Hanks and Halle Berry lead an ensemble of stars in multiple roles for an epic saga that spans centuries.
"Chasing Mavericks"
Gerard Butler and Jonny Weston star in the true-life story of surfer Jay Moriarity.
"The Sessions"
A polio patient (John Hawkes) in an iron lung enlists a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) so he can lose his virginity.
"Wreck-It Ralph"
A second-banana video game character (voiced by John C. Reilly) sets out on his own in this animated comedy.
"Flight"
Denzel Washington's a pilot hailed as a hero after miraculously landing his damaged jetliner, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.
"Skyfall"
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in a thriller sparked by secrets out of the past of his boss, M (Judi Dench). Javier Bardem plays the villain, while Sam Mendes directs.
"Lincoln"
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as the 16th president in this film, focusing on the last few months of his life. Steven Spielberg directs.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2"
Kristen Stewart adjusts to her after-life as a vampire in the finale of the supernatural fantasy.
"Anna Karenina"
Keira Knightley and Jude Law star in a new take on Leo Tolstoy's romantic epic.
"Rise of the Guardians"
An animated tale pits Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and other mythical beings against an evil spirit.
"Life of Pi"
Ang Lee directs a 3-D story of a young man stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
"Hyde Park on Hudson"
Franklin Roosevelt (Bill Murray) is host to Britain's king and queen on the eve of World War II.
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"The Lord of the Rings" mastermind Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth for the first film of his three-part prelude.
"This is 40"
Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprise their "Knocked Up" roles in Judd Apatow's marital comedy.
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker") directs a saga about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
"Jack Reacher"
Tom Cruise is an ex-military cop chasing a deadly sniper.
"Les Miserables"
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway sing in the big-screen adaptation of the musical based on Victor Hugo's classic.
"Django Unchained"
Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz star in Quentin Tarantino's pre-Civil War bounty-hunter adventure.