Leads: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman

Director: Michel Hazanavicius

French director Michel Hazanavicius' black-and-white silent film follows George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a silent-era film star struggling to make it in the talkies. Set in Hollywood in the period 1927 to 1932, this witty and visually enthralling homage to early cinema features has already won numerous awards and despite being a silent B&W, many think it could win an Oscar or two.

Leads: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Deborah Kara Unger, Yorick van Wageningen, James Nesbitt

Director: Emilio Estevez

"The Way" is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son (played by Emilio Estevez), killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son's desire to finish the journey.

Leads: Patrick Huard, Antoine Bertrand, Julie Le Breton

Director: Ken Scott (Directed Seducing Dr. Lewis)

Ken Scott’s colourful Québécois comedy follows a 42 year-old slacker (Patrick Huard) who coasts through life with minimal effort and maintains a complicated relationship with Valerie, a young policewoman. Just as she tells him she's pregnant, he's informed that the sperm he once donated has fathered no less than 533 children, 142 of whom have filed a class action lawsuit to determine the identity of their biological father, known only by the pseudonym Starbuck.

Leads: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Dominique Frot, Frédéric Pierrot, Aidan Quinn, Karina Hin

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

While researching an article on the Vel'd'Hiv Roundup in 1942 France, Julia, an American journalist stumbles across the story of Sarah, a ten year old Jewish girl who desperately tried to save her younger brother from the police by locking him in a cupboard. Through her research, Julia comes across a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah and change the way she sees the world.

Leads: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Dominic Cooper

Director: Simon Curtis

This film is already generating Oscar-worthy performance buzz - a stunning Michelle Williams does an uncanny portrayal of the tormented sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe; from her kitten-esque voice to her slinky walk, Williams is the main event in this picture. This film is not a biopic of the actress, but offers a snapshot of Monroe at the height of her career. The movie captures a mere week behind the scenes of her life while married to playwrite Arthur Miller, her third husband, while filming with Sir Lawrence Olivier.