• Genres: Crime, Drama
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
• Directors: Nicolas Winding Refn

A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour.

• Genre: Comedy
• Year: 2011
• Cast: Sam Rockwell, Ari Graynor, Jonah Hill
• Director: David Gordon Green

A comedy about a college student on suspension who is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him.

• Genres: Drama, History, War
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis
• Directors: Steven Spielberg

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on.

• Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ching Wan Lau, Xun Zhou
• Directors: Tung-Shing Yee

The Great Magician (simplified Chinese: 大魔术师; traditional Chinese: 大魔術師) is a 2012 Hong Kong action fantasy film directed by Derek Yee and starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Lau Ching-wan and Zhou Xun.

• Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney
• Directors: Mike Mitchell

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

• Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
• Years: 2012
• Casts: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano
• Directors: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh

An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.

• Genres: Crime, Drama
• Years: 2008
• Casts: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey
• Directors: Robert Luketic

"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

• Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
• Directors: Michel Hazanavicius

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

• Genre: Documentary
• Year: 2011
• Cast: Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino
• Director: Alex Stapleton

A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.

• Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
• Years: 2012
• Casts: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata
• Directors: Julie Anne Robinson

Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.

• Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Years: 2011
• Casts: André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
• Directors: Aki Kaurismäki

When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.

• Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt
• Directors: Jason Reitman

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.

• Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts
• Directors: Clint Eastwood

As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Krista Kosonen, Kai Lehtinen, Viljami Nojonen
• Directors: Joona Tena

Joona Tena's psychological thriller Body of Water opened last weekend and went straight to number one with 7,925 admissions and 71 screens. The film combines old mythology and modern day environmental issues, starring Krista Kosonen, Kai Lehtinen and Peter Franz.

• Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
• Years: 2012
• Casts: Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo
• Directors: Anthony Hemingway

A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

• Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg
• Directors: Brad Bird

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.

• Genres: Crime, Thriller
• Years: 2012
• Casts: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell
• Directors: Asger Leth

As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion

• 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, Adventure, Drama
• Years: 2011
• Casts: Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoît Magimel
• Directors: Stéphane Rybojad

A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.

• 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