Holiday movies: 42 titles to watch this season

42 titles » Everything from prestigious award contenders to action-packed popcorn movies is on tap during the movie world’s Oscar season.

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"The Impossible" » A vacationing family is separated by the 2004 tsunami in this survival tale starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts.

"The Last Stand" » Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to leading-man status as an Arizona sheriff who must stop an escaped drug cartel leader from getting to the Mexican border.

"Mama" » A couple (Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) must raise two nieces, found in the woods after five years alone, in this horror thriller.

Jan. 25

"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" » Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton star in this action-packed movie, which imagines the gingerbread-eating siblings as paranormal-seeking killers.

"Movie 43" » A raunchy anthology comedy with 12 directors and a slew of stars (Emma Stone, Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Bell, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman and more).

"Parker" » Jason Statham plays an ethical thief who is betrayed by his crew, so he partners with Jennifer Lopez to take revenge, in this thriller based on Donald E. Westlake’s books.

Into February

"Amour" » Director Michael Haneke’s Palme D’Or-winning drama about a couple in their 80s (Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva) and a tragedy that strikes at the heart of their marriage.

"On The Road" » Director Walter Salles ("The Motorcycle Diaries") adapts Jack Kerouac’s classic novel of two guys (Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley) and a girl (Kristen Stewart) traveling across America.

"Rust and Bone" » A drama in which a Belgian man (Matthias Schoenaerts) relocates to Antibes and falls for a killer-whale trainer (Marion Cotillard) — who suffers a horrific accident.

"Tabu" » A love story in two parts — the first set in contemporary Portugal, the second flashing back to colonial Africa in the 1960s.

"West of Memphis" » A hard-hitting documentary uncovers evidence in the killing of three boys in an Arkansas town — and the three teens wrongfully put on Death Row in the case.

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