"Life of Pi" (2012) has a particularly simple plot: a boy, left alone with just his thoughts and a tiger, is stranded in the middle of the ocean.
Directed by: Dustin HoffmanWith: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly98 minutesRated PG-13 "Quartet" takes place at a home for elderly musicians who come together to perform in their retirement.
Michael Haneke's "Amour," which features French actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, follows the tender love story of an elderly Parisian couple as they are nearing the end of their lives.
While Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln" (2012) hit theaters last November, the film has continued to rivet audiences with its sweeping tale of the American Civil War.
"Hyde Park on Hudson" is an account told through the eyes of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's distant cousin and eventual lover (Laura Linney) of a momentous weekend in 1939 that saw the unprecedented visit by the reigning British monarch, George VI (Samuel West), to the president's home in upstate New York.
Quentin's Tarantino's "Django Unchained" is an antebellum-era "spaghetti" western with quite a bit of humor and violence, like most of the director's films.
Based on the beloved musical, "Les Miserables" is the story of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), a convict paroled after serving nineteen years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Denzel Washington, the action-filled drama "Flight" (2012) follows the story of airline pilot Whip Whitaker, who miraculously saves a plane from crashing and killing its passengers.
The 3-D, black-and-white stop-motion film "Frankenweenie" (2012), directed and produced by Tim Burton, follows the basic plotline of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" but adds that unmistakable stop-motion comedy-horror family vibe that made Burton famous.
"Cloud Atlas" (2012), written and directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, follows multiple storylines to explore how the past, present and future intertwine to influence one another.