Holiday movies 2012
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as the 16th president in this film, focusing on the last few months of his life. Steven Spielberg directs.
"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.
"Anna Karenina"
Keira Knightley and Jude Law star in a new take on Leo Tolstoy's romantic epic.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2"
Kristen Stewart adjusts to her after-life as a vampire in the finale of the supernatural fantasy.
"Life of Pi"
Ang Lee directs a 3-D story of a young man stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
"Red Dawn"
A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers in this remake of the 1984 film of the same name.
"Rise of the Guardians"
An animated tale pits Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and other mythical beings against an evil spirit.
"Silver Linings Playbook"
A former teacher (Bradley Cooper) moves in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife after a stint in a mental institution, and finds a kindred spirit in a young widow (Jennifer Lawrence). David O. Russell directs.
"Hitchcock"
A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) during the filming of "Psycho."
"Rust and Bone"
Marion Cotillard stars as a killer whale trainer who loses her legs in a tragic accident.
"Killing Them Softly"
Brad Pitt plays an enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
"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.
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker") directs a saga about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, with Jessica Chastain playing a CIA analyst.
"The Impossible"
Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor star in this film based on the true story of a family vacationing at a Thai resort in 2004 when the devastating tsunami hit.
"Jack Reacher"
Tom Cruise plays the former military cop from Lee Child's best-selling novels, as he investigates a sniper case.
"Not Fade Away"
"The Sopranos" creator David Chase directs this coming-of-age film about suburban New Jersey teens who form a rock band in the 1960s. With "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini.
"On the Road"
Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley star in director Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's classic book.
"This is 40"
Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprise their "Knocked Up" roles in Judd Apatow's marital comedy.
"Django Unchained"
Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz star in Quentin Tarantino's pre-Civil War bounty-hunter adventure.
"Les Miserables"
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway sing in the big-screen adaptation of the musical based on Victor Hugo's classic and directed by Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech").
"The Guilt Trip"
An inventor (Seth Rogen) and his mother (Barbra Streisand) embark on a road together together so he can sell his latest invention.
"Quartet"
Dustin Hoffman directs this film about a British retirement home for musicians that's upended by the arrival of an opera singer (Maggie Smith).