Opening
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Title
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Studio
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Cast and crew
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Genre
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O C T O B E R
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6
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The Departed |
Warner Bros. Pictures / Plan B Entertainment / Initial Entertainment Group / Vertigo Entertainment |
Martin Scorsese (director); William Monahan (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin |
Crime, Drama
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Employee of the Month |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Greg Coolidge (director/screenplay); Don Calame, Chris Conroy (screenplay); Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick, Brian George, Harland Williams, Efren Ramirez, Marcello Thedford, Tim Bagley, Danny Woodburn |
Comedy
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning |
New Line Cinema / Platinum Dunes |
Jonathan Liebesman (director); Sheldon Turner (screenplay); Andrew Bryniarski, Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, Lee Tergesen, R. Lee Ermey |
Slasher
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Trailer Park Boys: The Movie |
Alliance Atlantis / Odeon Films |
Mike Clattenburg (director/screenplay); Robb Wells (screenplay); Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth, Jonathan Torrens, Patrick Roach, Cory Bowles, Michael Jackson, Lucy DeCoutere, Sarah E. Dunsworth |
Comedy, Crime
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13
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The Grudge 2 |
Columbia Pictures / Ghost House Pictures |
Takashi Shimizu (director); Stephen Susco (screenplay); Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Edison Chen, Sarah Roemer, Teresa Palmer |
Horror
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Man of the Year |
Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions |
Barry Levinson (director/screenplay); Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler |
Comedy, Drama
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The Marine |
20th Century Fox / WWE Studios |
John Bonito (director); Alan B. McElroy, Michelle Gallagher (screenplay); John Cena, Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, Anthony Ray Parker, Abigail Bianca, Damon Gibson, Manu Bennett, Jerome Ehlers, Drew Powell, Jeff Chase |
Action
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One Night with the King |
Gener8Xion Entertainment |
Michael O. Sajbel (director); Stephan Blinn (screenplay); Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Rhys-Davies, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Tom Lister Jr., Jonah Lotan, John Noble, James Callis |
Epic
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20
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Flags of Our Fathers |
Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Amblin Entertainment |
Clint Eastwood (director); William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis (screenplay); Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Walker, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough and Benjamin Walker |
War
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Flicka |
20th Century Fox / Fox 2000 Pictures |
Michael Mayer (director); Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten, Dallas Roberts, Nick Searcy, Danny Pino |
Adventure, Drama
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Marie Antoinette |
Columbia Pictures / Tohokushinsha Film / American Zoetrope |
Sofia Coppola (director/screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Steve Coogan, Tom Hardy |
Comedy, Drama
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The Prestige |
Touchstone Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Newmarket Films |
Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Jonathan Nolan (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, David Bowie |
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
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27
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Babel ‡ |
Paramount Vantage / Anonymous Content / Central Films / Media Rights Capital |
Alejandro González Iñárritu (director); Guillermo Arriaga (screenplay); Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Kōji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Elle Fanning, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Michael Peña |
Drama
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Dirty Sanchez: the Movie |
Vertigo Films / MTV Europe |
Jim Hickey (director); Matthew Pritchard, Michael Locke (The Pain Men), Lee Dainton, Dan Joyce |
Reality
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Saw III |
Lions Gate Entertainment / Twisted Pictures |
Darren Lynn Bousman (director); Leigh Whannell (screenplay); Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, J. Larose |
Horror
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N O V E M B E R
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3
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Borat |
20th Century Fox |
Larry Charles (director); Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell Campbell, Pamela Anderson |
Comedy, Mockumentary
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Flushed Away |
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation / Aardman Animations |
David Bowers, Sam Fell (directors); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan, William Davies (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Jean Reno, Shane Richie |
Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause |
Walt Disney Pictures / Boxing Cat Films |
Michael Lembeck (director); Ed Decter, John J. Strauss (screenplay); Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ann-Margret, Alan Arkin, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Peter Boyle, Kevin Pollak |
Christmas, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure
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Volver ‡ |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Pedro Almodóvar (director/screenplay); Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave |
Drama
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9
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Breaking and Entering |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Miramax Films / Alliance Films |
Anthony Minghella (director/screenplay); Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Rafi Gavron, Martin Freeman, Juliet Stevenson, Ed Westwick, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga |
Romance, Crime, Drama
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10
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A Good Year |
20th Century Fox / Scott Free Productions / Dune Entertainment / Ingenious Film Partners |
Ridley Scott (director); Marc Klein (screenplay); Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Didier Bourdon, Abbie Cornish, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore |
Romance, Comedy, Drama
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Harsh Times |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
David Ayer (director/screenplay); Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Tammy Trull, Terry Crews, Noel Gugliemi, Craig Ricci Shaynak, J.K. Simmons, Armando Riesco, Emilio Rivera |
Crime
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The Return |
Rogue Pictures |
Asif Kapadia (director); Adam Sussman (screenplay); Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott, Kate Beahan, Sam Shepard |
Horror, Thriller
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Stranger Than Fiction |
Columbia Pictures / Mandate Pictures |
Marc Forster (director); Zach Helm (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt |
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
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17
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Bobby ‡ |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Bold Films |
Emilio Estevez (director/screenplay); Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Heather Graham, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater |
Drama
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Casino Royale |
Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Eon Productions |
Martin Campbell (director); Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Caterina Murino, Ivana Miličević, Simon Abkarian |
Spy
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For Your Consideration ‡ |
Warner Independent Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Shangri-La Entertainment |
Christopher Guest (director/screenplay); Eugene Levy (screenplay); Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban |
Comedy
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Happy Feet |
Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / The Kennedy/Marshall Company / Animal Logic |
George Miller (director/screenplay); John Collee, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman (screenplay); Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin |
Animation, Musical, Comedy
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Let's Go to Prison |
Universal Pictures / Carsey-Werner |
Bob Odenkirk (director); Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Michael Patrick Jann (screenplay); Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, David Koechner, Dylan Baker, Michael Shannon, Bob Odenkirk |
Comedy
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22
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Deck the Halls |
20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises / Dune Entertainment |
John Whitesell (director); Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Don Rhymer (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Jorge Garcia, Jackie Burroughs, Fred Armisen |
Christmas, Comedy
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Déjà Vu |
Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Scott Free Productions |
Tony Scott (director); Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer, Adam Goldberg, Bruce Greenwood, Elden Henson, Erika Alexander, Elle Fanning |
Sci-Fi, Thriller
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The Fountain |
Warner Bros. Pictures / Regency Enterprises / Protozoa Pictures |
Darren Aronofsky (director/screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie, Cliff Curtis, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy, Ethan Suplee |
Epic, Romance, Drama
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Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny |
New Line Cinema / Red Hour Films |
Liam Lynch (director/screenplay); Jack Black, Kyle Gass (screenplay); Jack Black, Kyle Gass, JR Reed, Ronnie James Dio, Ben Stiller, Paul F. Tompkins, Dave Grohl |
Musical, Comedy
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D E C E M B E R
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1
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The Nativity Story |
New Line Cinema / Temple Hill Entertainment |
Catherine Hardwicke (director); Mike Rich (screenplay); Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend |
Drama
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Turistas |
Fox Atomic / 2929 Entertainment |
John Stockwell (director); Michael Arlen Ross (screenplay); Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Agles Steib, Miguel Lunardi |
Horror
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Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Myriad Pictures / National Lampoon |
Mort Nathan (director); David Drew Gallagher (screenplay); Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Holly Davidson |
Comedy
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8
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Apocalypto |
Touchstone Pictures / Icon Productions |
Mel Gibson (director/screenplay); Farhad Safinia (screenplay); Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Gerardo Taracena, Israel Contreras, Dalia Hernández, Ian Uriel, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza |
Epic, Adventure
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Blood Diamond |
Warner Bros. Pictures / Bedford Falls Productions / Virtual Studios / Initial Entertainment Group |
Edward Zwick (director); Charles Leavitt (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Stephen Collins |
War, Thriller
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The Holiday |
Columbia Pictures / Universal Pictures / Relativity Media / Waverly Films |
Nancy Meyers (director/screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Edward Burns, Eli Wallach, Rufus Sewell, Lindsay Lohan, James Franco, Shannyn Sossamon, Kathryn Hahn, Odette Yustman |
Romance, Comedy
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15
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Charlotte's Web |
Paramount Pictures / Walden Media / The Kerner Entertainment Company / Nickelodeon Movies |
Gary Winick (director); Susannah Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Dominic Scott Kay, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford, Thomas Haden Church, Beau Bridges, Kevin Anderson |
Family
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Dreamgirls ‡ |
DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures |
Bill Condon (director/screenplay); Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal |
Musical, Drama
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Eragon |
20th Century Fox / Davis Entertainment |
Stefen Fangmeier (director); Peter Buchman (screenplay); Edward Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weisz, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, Joss Stone, Alun Armstrong |
Action, Fantasy
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The Pursuit of Happyness |
Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Overbrook Entertainment / Escape Artists Motion Pictures |
Gabriele Muccino (director); Steven Conrad (screenplay); Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, Dan Castellaneta, James Karen, Kurt Fuller |
Biography, Drama
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19
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Salvage |
Off Hollywood Pictures |
Joshua Crook, Jeffrey Crook (directors/screenplay); Lauren Currie, Cody Darbe, Chris Ferry, Maureen Olander, John P. Miller, Jessica DeLong, Sam Dahler |
Horror
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20
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Letters from Iwo Jima ‡ |
Warner Bros. Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Amblin Entertainment / Malpaso Productions |
Clint Eastwood (director); Iris Yamashita (screenplay); Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryō Kase, Nakamura Shidō II, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki |
War
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Rocky Balboa |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios |
Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Geraldine Hughes, Tony Burton, Lou DiBella, James Francis Kelly III |
Sports, Drama
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21
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Curse of the Golden Flower ‡ |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Zhang Yimou (director/screenplay); Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Qin Junjie, Liu Ye, Ni Dahong, Chen Jin, Li Man |
Wuxia, Drama
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22
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The Good Shepherd |
Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions / TriBeCa Productions / American Zoetrope |
Robert De Niro (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Gabriel Macht, William Hurt, Joe Pesci, John Turturro, Billy Crudup, Tammy Blanchard, Michael Gambon, Lee Pace, Eddie Redmayne |
Spy
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Night at the Museum |
20th Century Fox / Dune Entertainment / 1492 Pictures / 21 Laps Entertainment |
Shawn Levy (director); Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson, Jake Cherry, Kim Raver, Steve Coogan, Patrick Gallagher, Charles Q. Murphy, Paul Rudd |
Fantasy, Comedy
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We Are Marshall |
Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Thunder Road Pictures |
McG (director); Jamie Linden (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, January Jones, Brian Geraghty, David Strathairn |
Drama, Biography
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25
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Black Christmas |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films / 2929 Entertainment / Hard Eight Pictures |
Glen Morgan (director/screenplay); Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, Andrea Martin, Crystal Lowe, Karin Konoval |
Slasher
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Children of Men ‡ |
Universal Pictures / Strike Entertainment / Hit and Run Productions |
Alfonso Cuarón (director/screenplay); Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata (screenplay); Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Pam Ferris, Peter Mullan, Danny Huston |
Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
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Notes on a Scandal ‡ |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Richard Eyre (director); Patrick Marber (screenplay); Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson, Michael Maloney, Joanna Scanlan |
Psychological Thriller, Drama
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29
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Arthur and the Invisibles ‡ |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / EuropaCorp |
Luc Besson (director/screenplay); Céline Garcia (screenplay); Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, David Bowie, Mia Farrow, Snoop Dogg, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Ron Crawford, Jason Bateman, Anthony Anderson |
Adventure, Fantasy, Live-Action/Animation
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Pan's Labyrinth ‡ |
Picturehouse / Telecinco Cinema |
Guillermo del Toro (director/screenplay); Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Federico Luppi |
Fantasy
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