October – December
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast & Crew | ||
| O C T O B E R |
2 | W | Capitalism: A Love Story | The Weinstein Company | Michael Moore |
| The Invention of Lying | Warner Bros. | Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., John Hodgman, Tina Fey, Christopher Guest, Jeffrey Tambor, Nate Corddry, Jason Bateman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Stephen Merchant | |||
| Whip It | Fox Searchlight | Dir.: Drew Barrymore; Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig, Zoë Bell, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon | |||
| Zombieland | Columbia | Dir.: Ruben Fleischer; Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard | |||
| L | A Serious Man | Focus | Dirs.: Joel and Ethan Coen; Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin, Simon Helberg, Fyvush Finkel, Michael Lerner, George Wyner, Steve Park | ||
| L | Jackboots on Whitehall | Vertigo Films | Dirs., The McHenry Brothers; Cast, Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Alan Cumming, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Pam Ferris, Richard Griffiths, Richard E. Grant, Dominic West, Stephen Merchant | ||
| 9 | W | Couples Retreat | Universal | Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Carlos Ponce, Faizon love, Jean Reno, Ken Jeong | |
| L | Bronson | Vertigo Films | Dir.: Nicolas Winding Refn; Scrs.: Brock Norman Brock & Nicolas Winding Refn; Cast: Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Amanda Burton, Kelly Adams, Andrew Forbes | ||
| The Damned United | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir.: Tom Hooper; Scr.: Peter Morgan; Cast: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall | |||
| An Education ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir., Lone Scherfig; Scr., Nick Hornby; Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Sally Hawkins, Matthew Beard | |||
| Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | Dir, Jeff Stilson, Cast; Chris Rock | |||
| Trucker | Monterey Media | Dir./Scr.: James Mottern; Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Jimmy Bennett, Joey Lauren Adams, Benjamin Bratt | |||
| 10 | L | Virginia Creepers | Horse Archer Productions | Dir./Scr.: Sean Kotz and Christopher Valluzzo; Cast: Mr. Lobo, Dick Dyszel, John Dimes | |
| 16 | W | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | Dir., F. Gary Gray; Cast, Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Michael Gambon, Viola Davis, Leslie Bibb, Regina Hall, Colm Meaney | |
| The Stepfather | Screen Gems | Dir., Nelson B. McCormick; Pro., Greg Moordian, Mark Morgan; Wir., J. S. Cardone; Cast, Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Amber Heard, Sela Ward | |||
| Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | Dir., Spike Jonze; Scr., Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers; Cast, Max Records, Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Mark Ruffalo | |||
| L | Black Dynamite | Apparition | Dir., Scott Sanders; Cast, Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall | ||
| Janky Promoters | Third Rail | Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Young Jeezy | |||
| The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | Dir.: Sebastián Silva; Scr.: Pedro Peirano & Sebastián Silva; Cast: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Alejandro Goic, Andrea García-Huidobro, Mariana Loyola, Agustín Silva | |||
| Love the Beast | Vivendi Entertainment | Eric Bana, Jay Leno, Jeremy Clarkson, Phil McGraw aka Dr. Phil | |||
| 23 | W | Amelia | Fox Searchlight | Dir., Mira Nair; Scr., Ronald Bass; Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Mia Wasikowska, William Cuddy | |
| Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | Dir., David Bowers; animated voices of, Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron, Ryan Stiles, Tony Matthews, Madeline Carroll, Sterling Beaumon, Moises Arias, Victor Bonavida | |||
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Universal | Dir., Paul Weitz; Cast, John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, Patrick Fugit, Ray Stevenson, Michael Cerveris, Frankie Faison, Jane Krakowski, Orlando Jones, Kristen Schaal, Salma Hayek | |||
| Saw VI | Lionsgate | Dir., Kevin Greutert; Pro., Mark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan, Leigh Whannell; Wir., Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton; Cast, Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Shawnee Smith, Tanedra Howard | |||
| L | Antichrist | IFC Films | Dir. & Scr.: Lars von Trier; Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg | ||
| Ong Bak 2: The Beginning | Magnolia Pictures | Dir., Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai; Cast, Tony Jaa | |||
| Motherhood | Freestyle Releasing | Dir., Katherine Dieckmann; Cast, Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver, Anthony Edwards | |||
| (Untitled) | Samuel Goldwyn | Dir., Jonathan Parker; Cast, Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Vinnie Jones, Zak Orth | |||
| L | The Marine 2 | WWE Films | Ted DiBiase Jr. | ||
| 28 | W | This Is It | Columbia Pictures | Dir.: Kenny Ortega; Cast, Michael Jackson | |
| 30 | L | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Stage 6 Films | Dir., Troy Duffy; Cast, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins, Jr., Julie Benz, Billy Connolly, Peter Fonda | |
| Gentlemen Broncos | Fox Searchlight | Dir. Jared Hess; W: Jared and Jerusha Hess; S: Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge | |||
| Skin | Jour De Fete | Dir./Scr.: Anthony Fabian; Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige | |||
| N O V E M B E R |
6 | W | The Box | Warner Bros. | Dir.: Richard Kelly; Cast: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Gillian Jacobs |
| A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir. Robert Zemeckis; Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Colin Firth, Lesley Manville | |||
| The Fourth Kind | Universal | Milla Jovovich | |||
| The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | Dir. Grant Heslov; Cast: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Stephen Lang, Rebecca Mader | |||
| L | Precious ‡ | Lionsgate | Dir., Lee Daniels; Cast, Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz | ||
| That Evening Sun | Dogwood Entertainment | Dir./Scr.: Scott Teems; Cast: Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Mia Wasikowska, Carrie Preston, Barry Corbin, Dixie Carter, Barlow Jacobs, Brian Keith, Anthony Reynolds | |||
| 13 | W | 2012 | Columbia | Dir. & Scr. Roland Emmerich; Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Morgan Lily, Liam James, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Jimi Mistry | |
| The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio | Focus | Dir./Scr.: Richard Curtis; Cast: Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Rhys Ifans, Katherine Parkinson, Talulah Riley, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, January Jones, Emma Thompson, Chris O'Dowd, Rhys Darby, Will Adamsdale, Tom Wisdom, Gemma Arterton, Sinead Matthews, Stephen Moore, Olegar Fedoro, Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly (Ant & Dec) | |||
| L | Fantastic Mr. Fox ‡ | 20th Century Fox | Dir. and Scr., Wes Anderson; Scr. Noah Baumbach; Cast, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Eric Chase Anderson, Wallace Wolodarsky, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Jarvis Cocker, Helen McCrory, Michael Gambon, Hugo Guinness, Robin Hurlstone, | ||
| The Messenger | Oscilloscope Pictures | Dir.: Oren Moverman; Scr.: Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman; Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Merritt Wever, Jeremy Strong, Gaius Charles | |||
| Uncertainty | IFC Films | Dir. & Scr.: Scott McGehee & David Siegel; Cast: Lynn Collins, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Assumpta Serna, Olivia Thirlby | |||
| Lesbian Vampire Killers | Momentum Pictures | Dir, Phil Claydon; Cast, James Corden, Mathew Horne | |||
| The Young Victoria | Apparition | Dir., Jean-Marc Vallée Scr., Julian Fellowes Cast Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson, Mark Strong | |||
| 20 | W | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. Pictures | Dir. John Lee Hancock; Cast: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates, Lily Collins, Jae Head, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Adriane Lenox | |
| New Moon | Summit Entertainment | Dir. Chris Weitz, Cast, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed | |||
| Planet 51 | TriStar Pictures | Dir., Jorge Blanco; Cast, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese, James Corden, Mathew Horne | |||
| L | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | First Look Studios | Dir. Werner Herzog; Cast, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit, Brad Dourif | ||
| Broken Embraces | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir. Pedro Almodóvar; Cast: Penélope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave | |||
| Nativity! | E1 Entertainment | Dir.: Debbie Isitt; Cast: Martin Freeman, Pam Ferris, Alan Carr, Jake Pratt, Bessie Cursons, Ricky Tomlinson, various child contestants on Britain's Got Talent | |||
| 25 | W | Ninja Assassin | Warner Bros. | Dir., James McTeigue; Cast, Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune | |
| Old Dogs | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir. Walt Becker, Cast. John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Bernie Mac, Seth Green, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon, Conner Rayburn, Ella Bleu Travolta, Ann-Margret, Rita Wilson, Amy Sedaris | |||
| L | Me and Orson Welles | Freestyle Releasing | Dir.: Richard Linklater; Scr.: Holly Gent Palmo & Vincent Palmo, Jr.; Cast: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin, James Tupper, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Zoe Kazan | ||
| The Princess and the Frog ‡ | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir.: John Musker, Ron Clements; Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, Peter Bartlett, Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, John Goodman | |||
| The Road | The Weinstein Co. | Dir., John Hillcoat; Scr., Joe Penhall; Cast, Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce | |||
| 27 | L | St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Ealing Studios | Dir. Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson Cast Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, David Tennant, Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud, Talulah Riley, Gemma Arterton, Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs, Juno Temple, Celia Imrie, Katherine Parkinson, Tamsin Egerton | |
| D E C E M B E R |
4 | W | Armored | Screen Gems | Dir., Antal Nimród; Pro., Sam Raimi; Cast, Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia |
| Brothers | Lionsgate | Dir.: Jim Sheridan; Scr.: David Benioff; Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard | |||
| Everybody's Fine | Miramax | Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Katherine Moennig, Melissa Leo | |||
| Transylmania | Full Circle Releasing | James DeBello, Musetta Vander, Tony Denman | |||
| L | Up in the Air ‡ | Paramount Pictures | Dir.: Jason Reitman; Scr.: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner; Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, Amy Morton, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Zach Galifianakis | ||
| 11 | W | Invictus | Warner Bros. | Dir.: Clint Eastwood; Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Scott Eastwood | |
| L | The Lovely Bones ‡ | Paramount/DreamWorks | Dir. and Scr.: Peter Jackson; Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rose McIver, Michael Imperioli, Amanda Michalka | ||
| A Single Man | The Weinstein Company | Dir.: Tom Ford; Scr.: Tom Ford & David Scearce; Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult, Ginnifer Goodwin, Paulette Lamouri, John Hamm | |||
| 16 | L | Crazy Heart ‡ | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Dir./Scr.: Scott Cooper; Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Beth Grant, Sarah Jane Morris | |
| 18 | W | Avatar | 20th Century Fox | Dir. and Scr., James Cameron; Cast, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, CCH Pounder | |
| Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Columbia | Marc Lawrence (writer & director); Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Elisabeth Moss, Mary Steenburgen, Sam Elliott, Michael Kelly, Kim Shaw | |||
| L | Nine ‡ | The Weinstein Company | Dir., Rob Marshall; Cast, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson | ||
| 23 | W | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | 20th Century Fox/Regency Enterprises | Dir., Betty Thomas; Cast, Jason Lee, David Cross, Zachary Levi, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, Quest Crew, Honor Society, Charice Pempengco | |
| L | The Last Station | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir. & Scr., Michael Hoffman Cast Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti, Kerry Condon, Patrick Kennedy | ||
| 25 | W | It's Complicated | Universal Pictures | Dir. & Scr., Nancy Meyers; Cast, Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Lake Bell, John Krasinski, Rita Wilson, Hunter Parrish, Daryl Sabara, Zoe Kazan | |
| Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | Dir.: Guy Ritchie; Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Geraldine James, James Fox, Kelly Reilly, Robert Mallet | |||
| L | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir. & Scr., Terry Gilliam; Cast, Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell | ||
| 30 | L | The White Ribbon | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir. & Scr., Michael Haneke; Cast Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbichler, Marisa Growaldt | |
| The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Columbia Pictures / Paramount Pictures | Dir., Jodie Markell; Cast, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Jennifer Sipes | |||
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