Holiday films 2011
Release date: Nov. 23
Kermit, Miss Piggy and pals reunite for a telethon to save their theater from a greedy oilman. With Jason Segel and Amy Adams.
Release date: Nov. 23
A production assistant (Eddie Redmayne) hangs with Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) during filming of "The Prince and the Showgirl." With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Watson.
Release date: Nov. 23
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan (Asa Butterfield) living in a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Release date: Nov. 23
Famed psychoanalysts Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) spar over Jung's involvement with a disturbed Russian patient (Keira Knightley).
Release date: Nov. 23
When the delivery of Christmas presents goes awry, Santa's son Arthur (James McAvoy) steps in to save the day.
Release date: Nov. 25
A black-and-white silent film about a declining movie star (Jean Dujardin) who falls for a rising starlet (Berenice Bejo).
Release date: Dec. 2
Ralph Fiennes directs and stars in a Shakespeare adaptation about an exiled Roman hero who teams with an enemy (Gerard Butler) to take revenge on the city.
Release date: Dec. 2
Michael Fassbender stars in this NC-17 rated film about a sex addict whose world spirals out of control after his younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment.
Release date: Dec. 9
An ensemble including Halle Berry, Robert De Niro, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele and Sarah Jessica Parker maneuver through the last night of the year.
Release date: Dec. 9
John Le Carre's spymaster George Smiley (Gary Oldman) tries to ferret out a Cold War Soviet mole in British intelligence. With Colin Firth and Tom Hardy.
Release date: Dec. 9
The world's worst babysitter (Jonah Hill) takes on three kids during a one-night prowl through New York City.
Release date: Dec. 9
Madonna directs a tale juxtaposing a modern lonelyheart (Abbie Cornish) and Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough), lover of British King Edward VIII.
Release date: Dec. 9
A mother (Tilda Swinton) grapples with grief and feelings of responsibility after her teenage son (Ezra Miller) goes on a high-school killing spree. With John C. Reilly.
Release date: Dec. 9
A writer (Charlize Theron) rekindles high school connections on a trip back to her hometown. Jason Reitman directs, screenplay by Diablo Cody ("Juno").
Release date: Dec. 16
Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Watson (Jude Law) square off against criminal mastermind Moriarty (Jared Harris). Noomi Rapace, of Sweden's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," also stars.
Release date: Dec. 16
Tom Cruise goes rogue after his Impossible Missions Force becomes the scapegoat for a Kremlin bombing. Jeremy Renner also stars.
Release date: Dec. 16
Two couples (Christoph Waltz, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Jodie Foster) try to sort things out after their sons' schoolyard fight, but what begins as a civil discussion soon devolves into chaos. Roman Polanski directs.
Release date: Dec. 21
Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara star in the best-selling tale of a brilliant but deeply troubled computer hacker. Directed by David Fincher.
Release date: Dec. 21
Steven Spielberg directs and Peter Jackson produces this 3-D motion-capture adventure based on Belgian writer Herge's tales. With Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis and Daniel Craig.
Release date: Dec. 21
Glenn Close plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Mia Wasikowska, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Janet McTeer and Brendan Gleeson.
Release date: Dec. 23
Angelina Jolie's directing debut follows a romance set against the turmoil of the war in Bosnia during the 1990s.
Release date: Dec. 23
Matt Damon stars in the story of a single father who buys a rundown zoo for his family. With Scarlett Johansson, directed by Cameron Crowe.
Release date: Dec. 25
A boy (Thomas Horn) searches for a message he believes was left for him by his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks. With Sandra Bullock.
Release date: Dec. 25
Five people stranded in Moscow fight for survival after an alien attack. With Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby.
Release date: Dec. 25
Steven Spielberg directs a saga following a horse on a sweeping journey across the landscape of World War I. Jeremy Irvine plays a young man who enlists in order to find his horse and bring him home.
Release date: Dec. 30
Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher in a drama about the conservative prime minister who changed the face of Britain. With Jim Broadbent.