Los Angeles: Here are highlights of Hollywood's fall and holiday movie lineup:
SEPTEMBER
Arbitrage: Richard Gere stars in a Wall Street thriller about a deceitful hedge-fund manager negotiating a merger.
Dredd: An executioner (Karl Urban) fights a drug epidemic in post-apocalyptic America.
End of Watch: Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena are cops minding the mean streets of Los Angeles.
Finding Nemo: The beloved father-son animated fish tale returns in a 3-D version.
Hotel Transylvania: Adam Sandler provides the voice of Dracula in an animated monster mash.
The House at the End of the Street: A dream house becomes a place of terror for a mom and her daughter (Elisabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence).
Looper: Joseph Gordon-Levitt's a hitman assigned to bump off his future self (Bruce Willis) in a time-travel thriller.
The Master: A World War II Navy veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) falls under the spell of a charismatic cult leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and Ezra Miller star in a teen coming-of-age tale.
Resident Evil: Retribution: Milla Jovovich resumes her battle against a plague of zombies.
Trouble with the Curve: An aging baseball scout (Clint Eastwood) enlists his daughter (Amy Adams) on his latest talent trip.
Won't Back Down: Two moms (Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis) fight to save their kids' inner-city school.
The Words: A writer (Bradley Cooper) must face the music after plagiarizing a novel.
OCTOBER
Alex Cross: A homicide investigator (Tyler Perry) squares off against a serial killer (Matthew Fox).
Argo: Ben Affleck directs and stars in a rescue thriller set against the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
Cloud Atlas: Tom Hanks and Halle Berry lead an ensemble of stars in multiple roles for an epic saga that spans centuries.
Chasing Mavericks: Gerard Butler and Jonny Weston star in the true-life story of surfer Jay Moriarity.
Frankenweenie: Tim Burton updates his early short film with an animated feature about a boy resurrecting his dead dog.
Fun Size: A girl and her little brother get a lesson in school popularity on Halloween.
Here Comes the Boom: A teacher and ex-wrestler (Kevin James) moonlights as a mixed martial-arts fighter to save his school's music program.
Killing Them Softly: Brad Pitt's an enforcer tracking three hoods who robbed a mob-protected card game.
Paranormal Activity 4: The supernatural franchise makes its annual return for Halloween.
Pitch Perfect: Anna Kendrick and her college chums compete in the warbling world of a cappella singing.
The Sessions: A polio patient (John Hawkes) in an iron lung enlists a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) so he can lose his virginity.
Sinister: A collection of home movies unleashes horror on a crime novelist (Ethan Hawke) and his family.
Taken 2: Liam Neeson's back as a fierce ex-agent protecting his kin against a crime boss.
NOVEMBER
Anna Karenina: Keira Knightley and Jude Law star in a new take on Leo Tolstoy's romantic epic.
Flight: Denzel Washington's a pilot hailed as a hero after miraculously landing his damaged jetliner.
Life of Pi: Ang Lee directs a 3-D story of a man stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
Lincoln: Steven Spielberg directs, Daniel Day-Lewis stars as the 16th president.
The Man with the Iron Fists: Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu star with director RZA in a martial-arts battle for gold in China.
Red Dawn: Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson are among U.S. youths battling overseas invaders.
Rise of the Guardians: An animated tale pits Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and other mythical beings against an evil spirit.
Silver Linings Playbook: An ex-con (Bradley Cooper) rebuilds his life with help from a mysterious woman (Jennifer Lawrence). With Robert De Niro.
Skyfall: Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in a thriller sparked by secrets out of the past of his boss, M (Judi Dench).
This Must Be the Place: Sean Penn's a reclusive former rock star on a road trip of revenge over his late father.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2: Kristen Stewart adjusts to her after-life as a vampire in the finale of the supernatural fantasy.
Wreck-It-Ralph: A second-banana video game character (voiced by John C. Reilly) sets out on his own in this animated comedy.
DECEMBER
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away: Executive producer James Cameron presents a 3-D saga set amid the dreamy acrobatics of Cirque du Soleil.
Django Unchained: Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz star in Quentin Tarantino's pre-Civil War bounty-hunter adventure.
The Guilt Trip: Seth Rogen's on a cross-country road trip with his overbearing mom (Barbra Streisand).
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: 'The Lord of the Rings' mastermind Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth for chapter one of his three-part prelude.
Hyde Park on Hudson: Franklin Roosevelt (Bill Murray) is host to Britain's king and queen on the eve of World War II.
Jack Reacher: Tom Cruise is an ex-military cop chasing a deadly sniper.
Les Miserables: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway croon in the big-screen adaptation of the musical based on Victor Hugo's classic.
Monsters, Inc.: John Goodman and Billy Crystal's cartoon creature-feature is back on screen in 3-D.
Parental Guidance: Grandparents (Billy Crystal and Bette Midler) clash with their daughter (Marisa Tomei) over raising her three kids.
This Is 40: Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprise their Knocked Up roles in Judd Apatow's marital comedy.
Zero Dark Thirty: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) directs a saga about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
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