Based on David Mitchell's 2004 novel of the same name, this is no easy movie to squeeze into a popcorn kernel-sized summary. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant and more play multiple characters for a time-traveling tale about the intersecting lives of people from the past, the present and the future. The Wachowski siblings (Lana and Andy) cowrote and codirected with Run Lola Run's Tom Tykwer. (Oct. 26)
Hang ten! Newcomer Jonny Weston stars as the late surfing legend Jay Moriarity from the '80s and '90s. Gerard Butler slimmed down and grew his hair out to play his mentor, Frosty Hesson. (Oct. 26)
Wu-Tang Clan founder Rza makes his directorial debut and stars in this Kung Fu action flick as a blacksmith in feudal China who must come to the rescue of his tiny village. Cowritten by horror impresario Eli Roth, the cast also includes Russell Crowe as a mysterious visitor as well as Lucy Liu and Pam Grier. (Nov. 2)
John C. Reilly is a video game bad guy who causes all kinds of trouble as he tries to transform into a hero by escaping to another game in his arcade. The animated movie also stars Jane Lynch, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman, Ed O'Neill and Mindy Kaling. (Nov. 2)
Denzel Washington is a pilot who becomes a celebrated hero after he crash lands his commercial plane to prevent a midair collision. However, an investigation uncovers what really happened during the flight. (Nov. 2)
Sean Penn practically dressed in drag (or as Robert Smith from The Cure) to play a retired rock star returning to New York City from Dublin to find the Nazi his estranged father had been hunting down before he died. (Nov. 2)
Get ready to be shaken and not stirred for the 23rd time. Daniel Craig returns as 007. The hunky spy is torn when M's secret past comes back to haunt her. Javier Bardem is the bad guy, Ralph Fiennes is a government agent and French beauty Bérénice Marlohe and British babe Naomie Harris are Bond girls. (Nov. 9)
Keira Knightly reunites with her Atonement director Joe Wright to play a 19th century Russian aristocrat who falls in love with Count Vronsky (Kick-Ass' Aaron Johnson). Rounding out the cast are Jude Law and Emily Watson, among others. (Nov. 16)
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard stars in this French-Belgian drama as a killer-whale trainer falling in love with a man (Matthias Schoenarts) who has returned to Antibes to be with his family. A horrifying accident brings them closer together. (Nov. 16)
Oscar alert! Steven Spielberg directs Daniel Day Lewis as the sixteenth president of the U.S. The epic drama focuses on the end of the Civil War and the last month's of his life and also includes Sally Field, John Hawkes, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jared Harris, Jackie Earle Haley, Tommy Lee Jones and Lee Pace. Need we say more? (Nov. 16)
Let the crying begin. It seems like just yesterday that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart first stole our hearts as Edward and Bella. The fifth installment of the vampire franchise marks the end of the blockbuster adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's bestselling book series. So, let's take our minds off that cheating scandal and relish our final trip to Forks, Wash. (Nov. 16)
Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson star in this remake of the 1984 action film about a group of high schoolers who come together during World War III to fight off the North Korean forces invading their small town. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's son, Connor Cruise, costars in his first major film role. (Nov. 21)
Ang Lee directs the big screen adaptation of the best-selling fantasy action novel about an Indian teenager (Suraj Sharma) who is stranded on a life raft with a Bengal tiger for 227 days. (Nov. 21)
This is the first of two new movies starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Here, the Hangover actor is a man who meets a troubled young woman (Lawrence) while trying to reconcile with his ex-wife after his release from a mental institution. (Nov. 21)
Uh-oh! Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) are joined by Jack Frost (Chris Pine) to save the world from The Nightmare King, aka The Boogeyman (Jude Law). The animated film 3-D adventure is based on William Joyce's The Guardians of Childhood book series. (Nov. 21)
Date movie alert! Gerard Butler is a former professional sports star coaching his son's soccer team and romancing a local gal (Jessica Biel) when he gets a shot at becoming an ESPN sportscaster. Judy Greer gets some sexy time with Butler, too. "He has the most hypnotic blue eyes," Greer says. "You get kind of lost in them." (Dec. 7)
They're baaack. In the first installment to the three-part prequel to the The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and a group of dwarves set off for the Lonely Mountain to bring back treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smuag (Benedict Cumberbatch). Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom reprise their LoR roles. (Dec. 14)
Oui! The Broadway musical gets the big-screen treatment with Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne belting out the show's unforgettable songs. Don't worry, it's not in French. (Dec. 14)
If you loved Monsters Inc. when it was first released in 2001, you're going to love it even more in 3-D. (Dec. 19)
Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow returns to the Middle East for an action drama about the search for Osama Bin Laden after 9/11. The star-studded cast includes Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt, Joel Edgerton, Kyle Chandler and more. (Dec. 19)
Based on a true story, Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts play a husband and wife on vacation with their kids when the 2004 tsunami hits. They fight to survive after they are separated in the disaster. (Dec. 21)
Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) is a former major in the U.S. Army Military Police digging deep into a case of military sniper who shot five people. Cruise wears a leather jacket, drives a Mustang and shows off his toned abs as he does what he does best—taking down the bad guys. Based on Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels. (Dec. 21)
It's the Knocked Up sequel! This time funnyman director and writer Judd Apatow zeros in on Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) as they navigate mid-life. Jason Segel, Melissa McCarthy, Megan Fox, Chris O'Dowd and more round out the cast. (Dec. 21)
Seems like the big screen adaption has been on a never-ending trip to the theaters. The Beat Generation is brought back to live by Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley. Oh, ya may have also heard that the Twilight starlet bares her boobs in a steamy sex scene that she says she is "really proud" of. (Dec. 21)