J A N U A R Y | 6 | The Devil Inside | Paramount Pictures / Insurge Pictures | William Brent Bell (director/screenplay); Matthew Peterman (screenplay); Suzan Crowley, Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth | Horror, Drama | [10] |
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| 11 | Red Tails | 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm | Anthony Hemingway (director); John Ridley (screenplay); Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard | War, Drama | [11] |
| 13 | Contraband | Universal Pictures | Baltasar Kormákur (director); Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi | Action, Crime | [12] |
| Joyful Noise | Warner Bros. | Todd Graff (director/screenplay); Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Jeremy Jordan, Keke Palmer | Drama, Musical | [13] |
| 19 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema | Brad Peyton (director); Mark Gunn, Brian Gunn (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán | Adventure | [14] |
| The Queen of Versailles | Magnolia Pictures | Lauren Greenfield (director); David Siegal, Jackie Siegal | Documentary | [15] |
| Searching for Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | Malik Bendjelloul (director); Rodriguez | Documentary | [16] |
| 20 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Benh Zeitlin (director/screenplay); Lucy Alibar (screenplay); Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry | Drama, Fantasy | [17] |
| The Invisible War | Docurama Films | Kirby Dick (director/screenplay); | Documentary | [18] |
| Payback | Zeitgeist Films | Jennifer Baichwal (director) | Documentary | [19] |
| Robot & Frank | Samuel Goldwyn Films | Jake Schreier (director); Christopher Ford (screenplay); Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Peter Sarsgaard, Jeremy Sisto, Jeremy Strong | Comedy, Drama | [20] |
| Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie | Magnet Releasing | Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim (director/screenplay); Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis | Comedy | [21] |
| Underworld: Awakening | Screen Gems | Måns Mårlind, Bjorn Stein (directors); Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, India Eisley, Michael Ealy, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance | Thriller, Horror | [22] |
| 21 | Arbitrage | Roadside Attractions | Nicholas Jalecki (director/screenplay); Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, Nate Parker | Drama | [23] |
| Compliance | Magnolia Pictures | Craig Zobel (director/screenplay); Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy | Drama | [24] |
| Detropia | ITVS | Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady (directors) | Documentary | [25] |
| 22 | Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | Sundance Selects | Alison Klayman (director/screenplay); Danqing Chen, Ying Gao, Gu Changwei | Documentary | [26] |
| Nobody Walks | Magnolia Pictures | Ry Russo-Young (director/screenplay), Lena Dunham (screenplay); John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, Justin Kirk | Comedy, Drama | [27] |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | FilmDistrict | Colin Trevorrow (director/screenplay); Derek Connolly (screenplay); Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni | Comedy | [28] |
| Shut Up and Play the Hits | Oscilloscope Laboratories | Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern (directors); James Murphy, Nancy Whang, Pat Mahoney, Gunnar Bjerk, Chuck Klosterman, Gavin Russom, Keith Wood, Al Doyle | Documentary | [29] |
| Smashed | Sony Pictures Classics | James Ponsoldt (director/screenplay); Susan Burke (screenplay); Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally | Drama | [30] |
| 23 | Bachelorette | The Weinstein Company | Leslye Headland (director/screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, James Marsden, Kyle Bornheimer, Rebel Wilson, Adam Scott | Comedy | [31] |
| Chasing Ice | National Geographic | Jeff Orlowski (director) | Documentary | [32] |
| The Imposter | The Indomina Group | Bart Layton (director); Frédéric Bourdin | Documentary | [33] |
| John Dies at the End | Magnolia Pictures | Don Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, Doug Jones, Daniel Roebuck | Comedy, horror | [34] |
| LUV | Indomina Media | Sheldon Candis (director/screenplay); Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert | Drama | [35] |
| The Sessions | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Ben Lewin (director/screenplay); John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood | Drama | [36] |
| 26 | Darling Companion | Sony Pictures Classics | Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Meg Kasdan (screenplay); Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Richard Jenkins, Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, Dianne Wiest, Sam Shepard | Drama | [37] |
| For a Good Time, Call… | Focus Features | Jamie Travis (director); Katie Anne Naylon, Lauren Miller (screenplay); Ari Graynor, Seth Rogen, Lauren Miller, Justin Long, Mark Webber, James Wolk | Comedy | [38] |
| 27 | Man on a Ledge | Summit Entertainment | Asger Leth (director); Pablo Fenjves, Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber (screenplay); Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Génesis Rodríguez, Ed Harris | Action, Drama | [39] |
| One for the Money | Lionsgate | Julie Anne Robinson (director); Karen Ray, Stacy Sherman, Liz Brixius (screenplay); Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, Debbie Reynolds | Crime, Romance | [40] |
| The Words | CBS Films | Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal (directors/screenplay); Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Ben Barnes | Drama | [41] |
| 28 | Chronicle | 20th Century Fox | Josh Trank (director/screenplay); Max Landis (screenplay); Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly | Sci-Fi, Drama | [42] |
F E B R U A R Y | 3 | Big Miracle | Universal Pictures | Ken Kwapis (director); Jack Amiel, Michael Begler (screenplay); John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore | Drama | [43] |
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| The Woman in Black | CBS Films | James Watkins (director); Jane Goldman (screenplay); Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White | Horror, Thriller | [44] |
| 9 | Farewell, My Queen | Cohen Media Group | Benoît Jacquot (director/screenplay); Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen | French, Drama | [45] |
| 10 | Safe House | Universal Pictures | Daniel Espinosa (director); David Guggenheim (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds | Action | [46] |
| The Vow | Screen Gems | Michael Sucsy (director); Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Jason Katims (screenplay); Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Scott Speedman, Jessica Lange, Sam Neill | Romance | [47] |
| Exit Strategy | Ask Around Entertainment | Michael Whitton (director); Jameel Saleem, Kimelia Weathers, Quincy “QDeezy” Harris, Big Boy, Kevin Hart | Romantic comedy | [48] |
| 11 | Iron Sky | Blind Spot Pictures | Timo Vuorensola (director); Johanna Sinisalo, Michael Kalesniko (screenplay); Julia Dietze, Peta Sergeant, Götz Otto, Chris Kirby, Udo Kier | Comedy, Sci-Fi | [49] |
| 12 | Marley | Magnolia Pictures | Kevin Macdonald (director); Bob Marley | Documentary | [50] |
| Tabu | Adopt Films | Miguel Gomes (director/screenplay); Mariana Ricardo (screenplay); Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira | Drama | [51] |
| 13 | Jayne Mansfield’s Car | Anchor Bay Films | Billy Bob Thornton (director/screenplay); Tom Epperson (screenplay); Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Billy Bob Thornton, Katherine LaNasa, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick, Frances O’Connor | Drama | [52] |
| 16 | A Royal Affair | Magnolia Pictures | Nikolaj Arcel (director/screenplay); Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay); Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen | Historical Drama | [53] |
| 17 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Columbia Pictures / Warner Bros. / Marvel Knights | Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor (directors); Scott Dimple, Seth Hoffman, David Goyer (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Idris Elba, Christopher Lambert | Action, Fantasy | [54] |
| This Means War | 20th Century Fox | McG (director); Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg (screenplay); Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger | Action, Romance, Comedy | [55] |
| 24 | Act of Valor | Relativity Media | “Mouse” McCoy, Scott Waugh (directors); Kurt Johnstad (screenplay); Active Duty Navy SEALs, Roselyn Sánchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle, Nester Serrano | Action, Drama | [56] |
| Gone | Summit Entertainment | Heitor Dhalia (director); Allison Burnett (screenplay); Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley, Michael Paré | Drama, Thriller | [57] |
| Good Deeds | Lionsgate | Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Rebecca Romijn, Brian J. White, Jamie Kennedy, Gabrielle Union | Romance, Drama | [58] |
| Wanderlust | Universal Pictures | David Wain (director/screenplay); Ken Marino (screenplay); Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Malin Åkerman, Justin Theroux, Lauren Ambrose, Joe Lo Truglio, Kathryn Hahn, Alan Alda | Comedy | [59] |
M A R C H | 1 | The Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | Peter Nicks (director); | Documentary | [60] |
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| 2 | Being Flynn | Focus Features | Paul Weitz (director/screenplay); Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Julianne Moore | Drama | [61] |
| The Lorax | Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment | Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda (directors); Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Betty White, Jenny Slate | Family, Comedy, Musical | [62] |
| Project X | Warner Bros. | Nima Nourizadeh (director); Matt Drake, Michael Bacall (screenplay); Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown | Comedy | [63] |
| 3 | Fury | IFC Films | David Weaver (director/screenplay); Elan Mastai (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga, Tom Wilkinson | Crime, Thriller | [64] |
| 7 | John Carter | Walt Disney Pictures | Andrew Stanton (director/screenplay); Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon (screenplay); Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Willem Dafoe | Action, Sci-Fi | [65] |
| 9 | A Thousand Words | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | Brian Robbins (director); Steven Koren (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis, Clark Duke, Allison Janney | Comedy | [66] |
| The Cabin in the Woods | Lionsgate | Drew Goddard (director/screenplay); Joss Whedon (screenplay); Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Williams, Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz | Horror | [67] |
| The Raven | Relativity Media | James McTeigue (director); Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare (screenplay); John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson | Thriller | [68] |
| 10 | 3,2,1… Frankie Go Boom | Variance Films | Jordan Roberts (director/screenplay); Charlie Hunnam, Chris O’Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, Nora Dunn, Whitney Cummings, Ron Perlman, Chris Noth | Comedy | [69] |
| 11 | Sinister | Summit Entertainment | Scott Derrickson (director/screenplay); C. Robert Cargill AKA Carlyle from Spill.com (screenplay); Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, Vincent D’Onofrio, James Ransone, Clare Foley, Michael Hall D’Addario | Horror, Thriller | [70] |
| 12 | 21 Jump Street | Columbia Pictures / MGM | Phil Lord, Chris Miller (directors/screenplay); Michael Bacall (screenplay); Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum | Comedy, Action | [71] |
| The Hunger Games | Lionsgate | Gary Ross (director/screenplay); Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray (screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | [72] |
| 13 | Casa de Mi Padre | Pantelion Films / Lionsgate | Matt Piedmont (director); Andrew Steele (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Génesis Rodríguez, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Nick Offerman, Efren Ramirez, Adrián Martínez | Action, Comedy | [73] |
| 28 | 2 Days in New York | Magnolia Pictures | Julie Delpy (director/screenplay); Alexia Landeau, Alexandre Nahon (screenplay); Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau, Alex Nahon | Comedy | [74] |
| The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists | Columbia Pictures / Aardman Animations / Sony Pictures Animation | Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt (directors); Gideon Defoe (screenplay); Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Lenny Henry, Brian Blessed | Comedy, Action | [75] |
| Wrath of the Titans | Warner Bros. | Jonathan Liebesman (director); Dan Mazeau, David Leslie Johnson (screenplay); Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Édgar Ramírez, Rosamund Pike, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell | Action, Adventure | [76] |
| 30 | Mirror Mirror | Relativity Media | Tarsem Singh (director); Jason Keller, Melisa Wallack (screenplay); Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Sean Bean | Fantasy, Adventure | [77] |