Now that the film year of 2012 is finally done and dusted, here is a listĀ of the most promising films of 2013:
1. ‘Untitled Terrence Malick Project’ (Director: Terrence Malick of ‘Tree of Life’ fame; cast: Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara)
2. ‘Knight Of Cups’ (Director: Terrence Malick of ‘Tree of Life’ fame; cast: Christian Bale, Teresa Palmer, Natalie Portman)
3. ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ (Director: Martin Scorsese of ‘Taxi Driver’ fame; cast: Leonardo Di Caprio, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Bernthal, Johah Hill)
4. ‘Gravity’ (Director: Alfonso Cuaron of ‘Childern Of Men’ fame; cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Basher Savage, Eric Michels)
5. ‘The Counselor’ (Director: Ridley Scott of ‘Blade Runner’ fame; cast: Brad Pitt, Goran Visnjic, Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem)
6. ‘Foxcatcher’ (Director: Bennett Miller of ‘Capote’ fame; cast: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller)
7. ‘The Monumnets Men’ (Director: George Clooney of ‘Good Night And Good Luck’ fame; cast: Geroge Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Daniel Craig)
8. ‘August: Osage County’ (Director: John Wells, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play; cast: Meryl Streep, Bennedict Cumberbatch, Ewan McGregor, Abigail Breslin)
9. ‘Captain Phillips’ (Director: Paul Greengrass of ‘United 93’ fame; cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey)
10. ‘Untitled David O’Russell Project’ (Director: David O’Russell of ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ fame; cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner)
11. ‘Labour Day’ (Director: Jason Reitman of ‘Juno’ fame; cast: Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Toby Maguire, James Van Der Beek)
12.’Elysium’ (Director: Neil Blomkamp of ‘District 9’ fame; cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley)
13. ‘To The Wonder’ (Director: Terrence Malick of ‘Tree Of Life’ fame; cast: Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams)
14. ‘Nymphomaniac’ (Director: Lars Von Trier of ‘Melancholia’ fame; cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard)
15. ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ (Director: John Lee Hancock’ story of the making of Mary Poppins; cast: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti)
16. ‘Nebraska’ (Director: Alexander Payne of ‘Sideways’ fame; cast: Bod Odenkirk, Stacey Keach, Bruce Dern)
17. ‘Trance’ (Director: Danny Boyle of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ fame; cast: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel)
18. ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ (Director: Wes Anderson of ‘The Royal Tenembaums’ fame; cast: Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan)
19. ‘The Hunt’ (Director: Thomas Vinterberg; cast: Mads Mikkelsen)
20. ‘The Great Gatsby’ (Director: Baz Lurhman of ‘Moulin Rogue’ fame; cast: Leonardo Dicaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire)
21. ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ (Directors: The Coen Brothers of ‘No Country For Old Men’ fame; cast: Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake)
22. ‘Only God Forgives’ (Director: Nicolas Winding Refn of ‘Drive’ fame; cast: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Scott Thomas, Tom Burke)
23. ‘Twelve Years A Slave’ (Director: Steve McQueen of ‘Hunger’ fame; cast: Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Bennedict Cummberbatch, Quvenzhane Wallis)
24. ‘The Butler’ (Director: Lee Daniels of ‘Precious’ fame; cast: Alan Rickman, Robin Williams, John Cusack)
25. ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ (Director: Jean-Marc Vallee; cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto)
26. ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ (Director: J.J. Abrams of ‘Star Trek’ fame; cast: Bennedict Cummberbatch, Chris Pyne, Zachary Quinto)
27. ‘Oldboy’ (Director: Spike Lee of ‘Do The Right Thing Fame’; cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen)
28. ‘Diana’ (Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel, cast: Naomi Watts)
29. ‘Blue Jasmin’ (Director: Woody Allen of ‘Annie Hall’ fame; cast: Cate Balnchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard)
30. ‘Out Of The Furnace’ (Director: Scott Cooper of ‘Carzy Heart’ fame; cast: Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe)
31. ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ (Director: Peter Jackson of ‘The Lord Of Rings’ trilogy; cast: Martin Freedman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage)
32. ‘Serena’ (Director: Susanne Bier of ‘In A Better World’ fame; cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Toby Jones)
33. ‘A Most Wanted Man’ (Director: Anton Corbijn of ‘The Constant Gardener’ fame; cast: Robin Wright, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams)
34. ‘A Place Beyond The Pines’ (Director: Derek Cianfrance of ‘Blue Valentine’ fame; cast: Ryan Gosling, Rose Byrne, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes)
35. ‘Monsters University’ (Director: Dan Scanlon of ‘Monsters Inc.’ fame; cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi)