• Genres: Drama, Biography
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant
• Directors: Phyllida Lloyd

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

• Genres: Action, Adventure
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Jet Li, Siu-Wong Fan, Xun Zhou
• Directors: Hark Tsui

Incoherent and inconsistent, this martial arts action-adventure spectacular from master Hong Kong director Hark Tsui is yet another disappointing outing for actor Jet Li, with 3D unable to add anything extra special to the wuxia genre. The action is dominated by wire work – with characters spinning and jumping impossibly as they fight it out with swords, daggers and throwing knives, but the story starts spinning out of control as well, as too many plotlines compete for attention.

• Genres: Action, Drama, Sport
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton
• Directors: Gavin O'Connor

The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament

• Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Music
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink
• Directors: George Miller

Mumble's son, Erik, is struggling to realize his talents in the Emperor Penguin world. Meanwhile, Mumble and his family and friends discover a new threat their home -- one that will take everyone working together to save them.

• Genres: Drama, Documentary, History
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Michael Jackson

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon on Blu-ray this November. A newly produced retrospective of the King of Pop's legendary career, the documentary focuses on Jackson (This Is It) through the eyes of his mother, Katherine, who gives her perspective regarding her son's successes and failures. The film also features recollections from Michael's sister, Rebbie, and his brother, Tito.

• Genres: Action, Mystery, Adventure, Animation, Family
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig
• Directors: Steven Spielberg

Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor. But someone else is in search of the ship.

• Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Taylor Lautner, Alfred Molina, Lily Collins
• Directors: John Singleton

A thriller centered on a young man who sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.

• Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Crime
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Justin Timberlake
• Directors: Andrew Niccol

In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.

• Genre: Horror
• Year: 2011
• Cast: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Christopher Nicholas Smith
• Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling
• Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children.

• Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo
• Directors: Shawn Levy

Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.

• Genres: Sci-Fi, Drama
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg
• Directors: Lars von Trier

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide into the Earth.

• Genres: Action, Drama, Adventure, History, War
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Jackie Chan, Bingbing Li, Winston Chao
• Directors: Jackie Chan, Li Zhang

A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty.

• Genres: Action, Fantasy
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Charlene Choi, Vivian Hsu, Alfred Hsing
• Directors: Siu-Tung Ching

White Snake (Eva Huang), while in the guise of a beautiful woman, falls in love with a young herbalist named Xu Xian (Raymond Lam). Using the help of the Green Snake (Charlene Choi) is a risk to life is sent to the human world and married to Xu Xian. However, ironically, it goes way Fa Hai (Jet Li), a magician from the temple Zing Shan. A furious battle is about to begin …

• Genre: Drama
• Year: 2011
• Cast: Lauren Lee Smith, Maximilian Simonischek, Stacy Keach
• Director: Philipp Kadelbach

This lavish drama recreates one of the most infamous air disasters in history, that of the Hindenburg. The much lauded, giant airship had been the toast of Nazi Germany when construction completed, but in 1937 it, along with its passengers and crew, was destroyed when its cargo of gas combusted. This dramatization of the events traces the Hindenburg’s fateful flight and its aftermath...

• Genres: Thriller, Horror
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Emma Bell, Arlen Escarpeta, Nicholas D'Agosto
• Directors: Steven Quale

Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse learn there's no way you can cheat Death.

• Genres: Action, Thriller
• Years: 2011

An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.

• Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Animation, Family
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Hank Azaria, Katy Perry, Jonathan Winters
• Directors: Raja Gosnell

When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.

• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury
• Directors: Mark Waters

The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel.

• Genres: Action, Mystery, Fantasy, Adventure
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
• Directors: David Yates

The end begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione go back to Hogwarts to find and destroy Voldemort's final horcruxes...