December 2011 Movies

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Dec. 22, 2012

Best Movies Released December 2011

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Set in Hawaii, a wealthy landowner takes his two daughters on a search for his wife's lover in the hopes of keeping his family together.

George Clooney, Judy Greer, Alexander Payne, Jim Burke, Jim Thomas, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, Shailene Woodley

R Comedy Family

72%

  • 3.7
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Michael Fassbender will play Brandon, a 30-something man living in New York, who is unable to manage his sex life.

Michael Fassbender, Nicole Beharie, Steve McQueen, Ian Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale

NC-17 Drama Comedy

81%

  • 4
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New York

A haunting erotic fairy tale about a student who drifts into prostitution and finds her niche as a woman who sleeps, drugged, in a ‘Sleeping Beauty chamber’ while men do to her what she can‘t remember the next morning.

Emily Browning, Julia Leigh, Jessica Brentnall

Drama Thriller

72%

  • 3.6
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A biopic of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Luc Besson

R Drama Political 2 hrs, 7 mins

65%

  • 3.8
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The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a gang in line, a job which gets passed on to a long-suffering subordinate.

Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina

R Crime

29%

  • 4
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Lost souls throughout Los Angeles search for meaning and redemption and affect each other in ways they don’t always see.

Dane Cook, Julie Benz, Matt Leutwyler, Miranda Bailey, Amanda Marshall, Gillian Vigman, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kali Hawk

R Drama

81%

  • 3
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In shock and denial over his Marine father's death in combat, high school lacrosse star Conor Sullivan (Kellan Lutz) starts acting out in self destructive ways until he's kicked off the team and sent to a wilderness lacrosse camp run by his dad's combat buddy (Adam Beach). Strengthened by the support and understanding of his new found love (Ashley Greene) and though a deep understanding of the game and its Native American roots, he opens his eyes to the true meaning of sportsmanship, love and life.

Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Michael F. Sears, Martin Dugard, Gabrielle Anwar, Chord Overstreet, William Mapother, Adam Beach

PG Drama Action Sports 1 hr, 26 mins

79%

  • 2.7
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New York / Los Angeles

Follows the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized car - all the while, organized crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends. Amongst the other elite rival drivers in the tournament, JP falls for the alluring Sonoshee - but will she prove his undoing, or can a high speed romance survive a mass destruction race?

Takeshi Koike

Animation 1 hr, 42 mins

79%

  • 3.5
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Chucho has always played the Devil in his town's Nativity Play, but the new pastor gives the role to someone else and the two men engage in a battle between good and evil.

Emilio Portes

R Comedy

42%

  • 3
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A New York-set relationship ensemble story.

Ice Cube, Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Sienna Miller, Josh Duhamel, Garry Marshall, Katherine Fugate, Abigail Breslin

PG-13 Comedy Sequel Romance Ensemble

83%

  • 3.5
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Described as a cross between "Superbad" and "Adventures in Babysitting."

Michael De Luca, Max Records, Ari Graynor, David Gordon Green, Josh Bratman, Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka, Jonah Hill

R Comedy Teen

80%

  • 3.3
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A thirtysomething, divorced, young-adult fiction writer in Minneapolis returns to her hometown to chase the ex-boyfriend, who’s now married with a kid, that got away.

Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Beth Kono, Jason Reitman, Mason Novick, Russell Smith, Diablo Cody, Patton Oswalt

R Drama Comedy Romance

77%

  • 3.8
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New York / Los Angeles

The story of a spy-hunt within the highest echelons of the British Secret Intelligence Service.

Tom Hardy, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Liza Chasin, Ciaran Hinds, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, John Hurt

R Action Thriller

86%

  • 3.8
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A biopic about the affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

Madonna, Richard Coyle, Colin Vaines, Abbie Cornish, Oscar Isaac, James D'Arcy, David Parfitt, Kris Thykier

R Drama Biography Romance

44%

  • 4.4
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New York / Los Angeles

The movie, based on Lionel Shriver's novel, tells the story of a smart, educated New York mother who does her best to raise a son she never wanted in the first place. He turns out to be extremely difficult and is at the center of the woman's marital breakdown before going on a killing spree at his high school with a crossbow.

John C. Reilly, Steven Soderbergh, Tilda Swinton, Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno, Luc Roeg

R Drama

73%

  • 3.5
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In shock and denial over his Marine father's death in combat, high school lacrosse star Conor Sullivan (Kellan Lutz) starts acting out in self destructive ways until he's kicked off the team and sent to a wilderness lacrosse camp run by his dad's combat buddy (Adam Beach). Strengthened by the support and understanding of his new found love (Ashley Greene) and though a deep understanding of the game and its Native American roots, he opens his eyes to the true meaning of sportsmanship, love and life.

Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Michael F. Sears, Martin Dugard, Gabrielle Anwar, Chord Overstreet, William Mapother, Adam Beach

PG Drama Action Sports 1 hr, 26 mins

79%

  • 2.7
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Three women are thrust into an extraordinary situation involving a psychopathic hitman, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.

Curtis Jackson, Malin Akerman, Kate Mara, Bruce Willis, Randall Emmett, Megan Ellison, Aaron Harvey, Forest Whitaker

R Drama Thriller

79%

  • 2.9
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An intense character drama about four men who look within themselves and find emptiness.

Neil LaBute, Mark Pellington, Rob Cowan, Norman Reiss, Glenn Porter, Jeremy Piven, Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe

R Drama

65%

  • 1
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A charismatic ladies-man cons women for a living until he finally meets his match when some of his former conquests develop a crafty plan.

Maneesh Sharma

Comedy 2 hrs, 20 mins

96%

  • 3.4
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In Nazi-occupied Poland, a sewer worker and petty thief begin sheltering Jews in underground tunnels for profit.

Agnieszka Holland

R Drama

63%

  • 3.7
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New York

A documentary made over the course of 15 years telling the story of Victor DeNoble's journey from research scientist to star informant against the tobacco industry.

Charles Evans Jr

PG Documentary

67%

  • 4
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A thirtysomething, divorced, young-adult fiction writer in Minneapolis returns to her hometown to chase the ex-boyfriend, who’s now married with a kid, that got away.

Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Beth Kono, Jason Reitman, Mason Novick, Russell Smith, Diablo Cody, Patton Oswalt

R Drama Comedy Romance

77%

  • 3.8
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More adventures with Alvin and the Chimpunks. And this time in 3-D!

Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Glenn Berger, Jenny Slate, Karen Rosenfelt, Jesse McCartney, Anna Faris, Amy Poehler

G Comedy Sequel Family Animation 3D Shot-In-3D Live-Action/CGI

73%

  • 4.1
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Robert Downey stars as Sherlock Holmes; Jude Law plays protege Watson, and Rachel McAdams stars as love interest Irene Adler.

Guy Ritchie, Rachel McAdams, Jude Law, Kelly Reilly, Lionel Wigram, Dan Lin, Robert Downey Jr., Noomi Rapace

PG-13 Action Adventure Sequel Mystery

88%

  • 4.4
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This documentary chronicles how Hollywood writer-director producer Roger Corman created his cult film empire, one low-budget success at a time, capitalizing on undiscovered talent, and pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking.

Alex Stapleton

Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

60%

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The return of Ethan Hunt. Plot details are being kept under a lid of secrecy. Said to be a globe-trotting adventure, as production is scheduled to take place in Prague, Dubai and Vancouver.

Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames, Michael Nyqvist, Léa Seydoux, Brad Bird, J.J. Abrams

PG-13 Action Adventure Sequel IMAX

82%

  • 4.6
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New York / Los Angeles

An absentee father returns home to a small town in East Texas and discovers a household of crystal meth addicts.

Anson Mount, David Pomes, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho

Drama

71%

  • 3.7
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New York / Los Angeles

Two sets of parents meet after their sons are involved in a schoolyard fight. The meeting goes disastrously wrong when each pair attacks the other’s parenting skills before turning on each other about problems in their own marriages.

Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, Matt Dillon, Roman Polanski

R Drama

62%

  • 3.7
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A journalist-investigator and a precocious computer hacker become embroiled in life-threatening mysteries as they attempt to expose institutions that pull the strings behind the scenes.

Yorick van Wageningen, Rooney Mara, Scott Rudin, Christopher Plummer, Steven Berkoff, Elodie Yung, David Fincher, Ole Sondberg

R Drama Crime Remake Adaptation

79%

  • 4.3
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The return of Ethan Hunt. Plot details are being kept under a lid of secrecy. Said to be a globe-trotting adventure, as production is scheduled to take place in Prague, Dubai and Vancouver.

Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames, Michael Nyqvist, Léa Seydoux, Brad Bird, J.J. Abrams

PG-13 Action Adventure Sequel IMAX

82%

  • 4.6
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A junior reporter follow stories to the ends of the earth, even though he often finds his own life in jeopardy. His able assistants include a white dog named Snowy, the lunatic Captain Haddock, the muddled genius Professor Calculus and the Thompson Twins.

Steven Spielberg, Nick Frost, Peter Jackson, Edgar Wright, Andy Serkis, Toby Jones, Stephane Sperry, Ken Kamins

PG Drama Action Adventure Family Kids

85%

  • 3.8
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New York / Los Angeles

Set in a luxury hotel in Dublin, "Albert Nobbs" is a Gosford Park-style “below stairs” drama featuring Glenn Close as a woman in Nineteenth Century Ireland who disguises herself as a man in order to survive.

Rodrigo Garcia, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Alan Moloney, John Banville, Glenn Close, Michael Gambon, Janet McTeer

R Drama

91%

  • 4.4
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A family uses their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo with 200 exotic animals facing destruction.

Scarlett Johansson, Angus MacFadyen, John Michael Higgins, Elle Fanning, Colin Ford, Cameron Crowe, Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn

PG Drama Comedy Family True Story

88%

  • 4.5
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New York / Los Angeles

A love story about a man and a woman meeting on the brink of the Bosnian war in 1992.

Angelina Jolie, Tim Headington, Graham King, Rade Serbedzija, Zana Marjanovic

R Drama Romance 2 hrs, 7 mins

69%

  • 3.6
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"Dance, dance, or we are lost." Pina Bausch's final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for director Wim Wenders' (WINGS tribute to the legendary choreographer. The documentary features interviews with and performances by Bausch's beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life.

Wim Wenders

PG Documentary Dance 3D 1 hr, 46 mins

67%

  • 2.5
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Having conquered the Asian underworld, Don sets his sights set on Europe.

Farhan Akhtar

Sequel Crime

79%

  • 4
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"The Darkest Hour" is a "28 Days"-like thriller about a group of kids struggling to survive in Russia after an alien invasion.

Emile Hirsch, Joel Kinnaman, Timur Bekmambetov, Chris Gorak, Tom Jacobson, Monnie Wills, Jon Spaihts, Les Bohem

PG-13 Action Thriller Suspense Horror Sci-Fi 3D Shot-In-3D

73%

  • 3.7
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Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Great War, storyline charts the extraordinary friendship between a boy and a horse who are separated but whose fates continue to intertwine over the course of WWI.

Steven Spielberg, Lee Hall, Jeremy Irvine, Frank Marshall, Revel Guest, Richard Curtis, Tom Hiddleston, David Thewlis

PG-13 Drama Adventure Adaptation Epic

63%

  • 4.3
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Oskar Schell, a nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

Tom Hanks, Scott Rudin, Jeffrey Wright, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, James Gandolfini, Stephen Daldry, Eric Roth

PG-13 Drama Adaptation

86%

  • 3.8
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Buzzy and Katie are a newly married couple when Buzzy's impulsive half-sister Linda arrives at their doorstep expecting to stay for an indefinite period in their Tribeca loft.

Edward Burns

Drama

38%

  • 2
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A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Dee Rees

Drama

75%

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The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan (Thomas Dekker), one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a kid himself. He has no choice but to look after his three-year-old son Nate, since mom Cindy (Lynn Collins) is an alcoholic. But one snowy day, Ethan's good intentions are thwarted by a moment of thoughtlessness, resulting in tragedy. A local prosecutor (Jeremy Piven) haunted by his past goes after Ethan, and the ensuing confusion and casting of blame begins to tear the town apart.

Gaby Dellal, Thomas Dekker, Colin A. Campbell, Rachel Clentworth, Lynn Collins, Julian Domingues, Chris Ippolito, Jeremy Piven

R Drama 1 hr, 32 mins

64%

  • 4.3
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Set in Contemporary Iran, Nader And Simin, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents’, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader…

Asghar Farhadi

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 3 mins

56%

  • 4
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Story will focus on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the 17 days before the Falklands War in 1982.

Meryl Streep, Damian Jones, Michael Hirst, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Phyllida Lloyd, Abi Morgan, Anthony Head

PG-13 Drama Biography 1 hr, 45 mins

68%

  • 4
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Top December 2011 Movie Trailers

Shame Theatrical Trailer
The Darkest Hour Theatrical Trailer
Young Adult Theatrical Trailer
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