The best movies released Thanksgiving week
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Thanksgiving week is one of the biggest for movie releases.
- Natalie Morin, PrettyFamous.com
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Thanksgiving traditions are unique to every family. Some play touch football in the yard before sitting down to eat while others prefer to eat early and then head straight to the movies.
Known to some Hollywood executives as "a huge family weekend," the days surrounding Thanksgiving kick off the lucrative holiday movie season. According to the New York Times, "every year film studios try to get their holiday movies — especially those aimed at family audiences — into theaters earlier and earlier." Just as christmas lights and music seem to pop out of nowhere the minute Halloween ends, movies similarly try to capitalize on captive holiday audiences as soon as they can.
With this in mind, PrettyFamous, an entertainment data site by Graphiq, identified the best movies that were released during the Thanksgiving holiday.
To determine which Thanksgiving releases top the rest, PrettyFamous first isolated movies released during the ten days prior to Thanksgiving and the three days that followed in a given year, starting in 1970. In order to qualify as a relatively well-received movie, the film needed to have at least 30,000 IMDb votes. The movies were then ranked according to their Smart Rating. This is a score out of 100 that takes into account a movie's Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer and Audience Score, IMDb rating, Metacritic Metascore, Gracenote rating and the cumulative inflation-adjusted box office gross. In the case of a tie, the film with the higher inflation-adjusted U.S. box office gross was favored.
Note: Descriptions for each movie are sourced (with minor edits) from Gracenote.
Compiled by Natalie Morin, PrettyFamous.com
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#100. Alien Resurrection
Brandywine Productions / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 66.36
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $70,507,300
U.S. release date: 11/26/1997
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman
Cloned Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and others (Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman) aboard a spaceship battle rampaging aliens.
#99. The Bodyguard
Tig Productions / Warner Bros. Entertainment
Smart Rating: 67.29
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $253,000,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/1992
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp
An ex-Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) falls for his client, an actress/singer (Whitney Houston) someone wants dead before the Academy Awards.
#98. Just Friends
Inferno Distribution / New Line Cinema
Smart Rating: 70.99
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $39,556,900
U.S. release date: 11/23/2005
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris
A music executive (Ryan Reynolds) tries to woo his high school crush (Amy Smart) while keeping his suspicious ex-girlfriend (Anna Faris) at bay.
#97. Love & Other Drugs
Fox 2000 Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 71.34
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $35,168,600
U.S. release date: 11/24/2010
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt
A pharmaceutical salesman (Jake Gyllenhaal) begins a tempestuous romance with a free-spirited Parkinson's patient (Anne Hathaway).
#96. Twilight
Temple Hill Entertainment / Summit Entertainment
Smart Rating: 73.45
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $210,743,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2008
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke
A high-school student (Kristen Stewart) is caught up in a romance with a vampire (Robert Pattinson), whose family has renounced the drinking of blood.
#95. Australia
20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 76.93
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $54,545,200
U.S. release date: 11/26/2008
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham
An English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) and a cattleman (Hugh Jackman) drive a herd across the Australian Outback to save her ranch from a hostile takeover.
#94. Anna Karenina
Working Title Films / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 77.89
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $13,215,900
U.S. release date: 11/16/2012
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law
A 19th-century Russian aristocrat (Keira Knightley) faces a difficult decision when her husband (Jude Law) finds out about her scandalous affair with a dashing cavalry officer (Aaron Taylor-Johnson).
#93. Three Men and a Baby
Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 78.24
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $350,036,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/1987
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson
Three Manhattan bachelors (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson) grow paternal minding a baby girl left on their doorstep.
#92. Bobby
Bold Films / The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 78.26
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $13,172,000
U.S. release date: 11/17/2006
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Harry Belafonte, William H. Macy
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
#91. Beowulf
Shangri-La Entertainment / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 78.55
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $93,933,400
U.S. release date: 11/16/2007
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie
After destroying the demon Grendel, a mighty warrior (Ray Winstone) faces an even more potent enemy in the form of its seductive, vengeful mother (Angelina Jolie).
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#90. The Next Three Days
Highway 61 Films / Lionsgate
Smart Rating: 78.66
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $22,965,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/2010
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Brian Dennehy
A man fails in his attempts to establish his wife's innocence of murder, and she has no appeals left, so he (Russell Crowe) hatches an elaborate plan to break her out of prison.
#89. Legend
Anton Capital Entertainment / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 79.32
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,865,770
U.S. release date: 11/20/2015
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis
Reggie Kray (Tom Hardy) and his unstable twin brother Ronnie rapidly rise through the London underworld to become two of the most infamous gangsters of the 1960s.
#88. Hitchcock
The Montecito Picture Company / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 79.34
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $6,196,340
U.S. release date: 11/23/2012
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson
Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) lends her customary support to husband Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) as he directs "Psycho," but her reservations about the film's production cause a strain in their marriage.
#87. Scrooged
Mirage Productions / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 80.11
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $116,516,000
U.S. release date: 11/23/1988
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe
A ruthless TV-network chief (Bill Murray) meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come.
#86. The Fountain
Protozoa Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 80.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $11,919,700
U.S. release date: 11/22/2006
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn
A man (Hugh Jackman) seeks immortality by traveling through the past, present and future. Along the way he learns about love, death and what it means to be alive.
#85. The Night Before
Good Universe / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 81.31
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $43,035,700
U.S. release date: 11/20/2015
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie
As their annual reunion tradition comes to an end, three lifelong friends (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie) plan a night of debauchery and hilarity by searching for the Nutcracka Ball, the Holy Grail of Christmas parties in New York.
#84. Solaris
Lightstorm Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 81.6
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $19,721,500
U.S. release date: 11/27/2002
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies
A widowed psychologist (George Clooney) arrives at a space station to investigate the unexplained behavior of a group of scientists.
#83. Rent
Revolution Studios / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 81.65
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $35,246,800
U.S. release date: 11/23/2005
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Jesse L. Martin
Artists, junkies and misfits in New York's East Village struggle with poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
#82. Penguins of Madagascar
DreamWorks Animation / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 82.93
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $83,390,500
U.S. release date: 11/26/2014
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights
Plucky penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with a savvy spy (Benedict Cumberbatch) to thwart a tentacled villain's (John Malkovich) plans to take over the world.
#81. Candy
Renaissance Films
Smart Rating: 83
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $52,573
U.S. release date: 11/17/2006
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush
A fatherly chemistry professor (Geoffrey Rush) indulges two young lovers (Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish) in their ever-increasing heroin habits.
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#80. The Addams Family
Orion Pictures / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 83.89
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $193,540,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/1991
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
Gomez (Raul Julia), Morticia (Anjelica Huston) and their ghoulish household are prey to a scam involving long-lost Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd).
#79. My Girl
Imagine Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 84.11
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $104,769,000
U.S. release date: 11/27/1991
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd
An 11-year-old (Anna Chlumsky) meets a boy (Macaulay Culkin) and grows up at her widowed father's (Dan Aykroyd) funeral home in the summer of '72.
#78. Déja Vu
Touchstone Pictures / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Smart Rating: 84.31
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $75,279,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/2006
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel
A time-folding federal agent (Denzel Washington) falls in love with a New Orleans woman (Paula Patton) who is targeted to be murdered.
#77. Talk to Her
El Deseo S.A. / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 84.6
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $12,231,100
U.S. release date: 11/22/2002
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti
A lonely male nurse bonds with an Argentine journalist while they maintain vigils over the comatose women they love.
#76. A Dangerous Method
Recorded Picture Company / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 84.92
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $6,007,820
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender
Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) treats Sabina (Keira Knightley), a beautiful and unbalanced patient, using the methods of his mentor, Dr. Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), but a rivalry between the doctors forms as each falls under her spell.
#75. The Mist
Dimension Fims / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 84.94
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $29,259,300
U.S. release date: 11/21/2007
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden
Trapped townspeople (Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden) face monsters inside and out after a supernatural fog engulfs their Maine community.
#74. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Color Force / Lionsgate Films
Smart Rating: 85.09
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $281,666,000
U.S. release date: 11/20/2015
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) faces mortal traps, deadly enemies and moral choices when she and her closest friends (Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth) leave District 13 to assassinate President Snow and liberate the citizens of war-torn Panem.
#73. Treasure Planet
Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.16
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $50,220,000
U.S. release date: 11/27/2002
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short
Young Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) competes with a band of pirates while searching for treasure in outer space.
#72. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Color Force / Lionsgate Films
Smart Rating: 85.24
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $337,480,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2014
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
After shattering the games forever, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) finds herself in District 13, fighting to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.
#71. Addams Family Values
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.28
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $74,960,200
U.S. release date: 11/19/1993
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
Upon arrival of their mustachioed baby, Morticia (Anjelica Huston) and Gomez (Raul Julia) hire a greedy nanny who targets Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd).
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#70. Mrs. Doubtfire
Blue Wolf Productions / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 85.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $359,510,000
U.S. release date: 11/24/1993
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan
Estranged from his wife (Sally Field), an out-of-work actor (Robin Williams) masquerades as a nanny to be with his children.
#69. Spy Game
Beacon Pictures / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.58
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $83,407,400
U.S. release date: 11/19/2001
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack
A CIA agent (Robert Redford) tries to rescue his one-time protege (Brad Pitt) who awaits execution in a Chinese prison.
#68. The Danish Girl
Working Title Films / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 85.91
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $11,105,800
U.S. release date: 11/27/2015
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts
With support from his loving wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander), artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) prepares to undergo one of the first sex-change operations.
#67. The Good Dinosaur
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.92
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $123,070,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/2015
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah Nipay-Padilla
With help from a friendly Neanderthal boy (Jack Bright), a young dinosaur (Raymond Ochoa) embarks on an epic adventure to reunite with his beloved family (Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand).
#66. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Millennium Films / Firstlook Studios
Smart Rating: 86.09
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,875,740
U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer
A substance-abusing cop (Nicolas Cage) is locked in a downward spiral as he probes the drug-related murders of five illegal immigrants from Senegal.
#65. The Road
2929 Productions / The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 86.1
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $8,960,500
U.S. release date: 11/25/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron
A father (Viggo Mortensen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) try to keep the dream of civilization alive as they wander through a post-apocalyptic landscape.
#64. Unbreakable
Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.12
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $130,748,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/2000
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn
The sole survivor (Bruce Willis) of a horrific train crash, questioning his existence, finds counsel in a mysterious stranger (Samuel L. Jackson).
#63. The Last Samurai
Radar Pictures / Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 86.23
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $143,115,000
U.S. release date: 11/29/2003
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall
In the 1870s a Westerner (Tom Cruise) is caught in the middle of a battle between Japan's emperor and the samurai.
#62. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Nickelodeon Movies / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.29
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $107,166,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/2004
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence
SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) and Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) head for Shell City to retrieve King Neptune's stolen crown and save the life of Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown).
#61. Rise of the Guardians
DreamWorks Animation / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.59
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $106,736,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2012
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher
Winter sprite Jack Frost (Chris Pine) must save the day when an evil boogeyman (Jude Law) schemes to stop the world's children from believing in Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny and other immortal Guardians.
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#60. Back to the Future Part II
Amblin Entertainment / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.6
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $222,523,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/1989
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
A young man (Michael J. Fox) and his inventor friend (Christopher Lloyd) must take a DeLorean time machine to 2015.
#59. Syriana
Participant Media / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.64
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $61,665,200
U.S. release date: 11/23/2005
MPAA rating: R
Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright
The war on terror becomes personal for a CIA agent (George Clooney), while a proposed merger between oil companies leads to political intrigue.
#58. They Live
Alive Films / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.8
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $24,541,900
U.S. release date: 11/23/1988
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster
When two men (Roddy Piper, Keith David) put on special sunglasses they see aliens and subliminal messages.
#57. Sleepy Hollow
Mandalay Pictures / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.82
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $143,777,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/1999
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson
A Colonial-era constable (Johnny Depp) probes a series of grisly decapitations in an upstate New York hamlet.
#56. My Week With Marilyn
The Weinstein Company / Entertainment Film Distributors
Smart Rating: 86.98
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $15,972,200
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh
A production assistant (Eddie Redmayne) introduces Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) to the pleasures of the British countryside during the filming of "The Prince and the Showgirl."
#55. Happy Feet
Animal Logic / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 87
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $232,759,000
U.S. release date: 11/17/2006
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman
Born without the ability to sing, a young emperor penguin (Elijah Wood) expresses himself and hopes to attract a mate through his amazing dancing talent.
#54. The Land Before Time
Sullivan Bluth Studios / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.12
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $91,750,600
U.S. release date: 11/18/1988
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Judith Barsi
An orphaned dinosaur and his new friends face a danger-laden journey to a beautiful, food-rich valley.
#53. Anastasia
20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 87.35
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $86,237,100
U.S. release date: 11/21/1997
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd
Years after losing her family to evil Rasputin, Czar Nicholas' grown daughter is able to reunite with her grandmother in Paris.
#52. Bad Santa
Tryptich Pictures / Dimension Films
Smart Rating: 87.54
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $77,356,800
U.S. release date: 11/26/2003
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly
Two criminals (Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox) disguise themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob stores at Christmastime.
#51. Kal Ho Naa Ho
Dharma Productions / Yash Raj Films
Smart Rating: 87.67
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,302,220
U.S. release date: 11/27/2003
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Jaya Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta
A young woman (Preity Zinta) falls for a carefree man, but she believes he is in love with someone else.
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#50. GoldenEye
Eon Productions / MGM/UA Production Company
Smart Rating: 88.02
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $164,810,000
U.S. release date: 11/17/1995
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco
A secret weapon's theft sends Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) to Russia, where a pretty computer programmer (Izabella Scorupco) helps him track an ex-cohort (Sean Bean) believed dead.
#49. John Grisham's The Rainmaker
American Zoetrope / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.32
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $67,802,300
U.S. release date: 11/21/1997
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight
A Memphis law school graduate (Matt Damon) aids a battered wife (Claire Danes) and fights a corporate lawyer (Jon Voight) for insurance benefits for a dying man.
#48. The American President
Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.34
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $91,792,800
U.S. release date: 11/17/1995
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen
A political rival turns the widowed president's (Michael Douglas) romance with an environmental lobbyist (Annette Bening) into an election-year issue.
#47. Broken Embraces
El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 88.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,533,600
U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo
A man tells his assistant the story of how he lost both his sight and the love of his life.
#46. The Princess and the Frog
Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $115,303,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/2009
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey
A fateful kiss leads a young woman (Anika Noni Rose) and a royal amphibian (Bruno Campos) on an adventure through the bayous of Louisiana.
#45. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Heydey Films / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.86
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $320,607,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/2010
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) leave Hogwarts behind on a mission to destroy the Horcruxes, the secrets to Voldemort's power and immortality.
#44. Arthur Christmas
Aardman Animations / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.89
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $48,930,600
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy
Santa's youngest son (James McAvoy) sets out on an urgent mission to deliver a present to a forgotten child before Christmas morning dawns.
#43. The Blind Side
Alcon Entertainment / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.92
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $282,750,000
U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron
A well-to-do white family (Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw) takes in a homeless black teen and helps him realize his potential on and off the football field.
#42. Rust and Bone
Why Not Productions / UGC Distribution
Smart Rating: 89.04
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,127,940
U.S. release date: 11/23/2012
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure
A bouncer (Matthias Schoenaerts) rescues a woman (Marion Cotillard) from a barroom brawl, and their relationship evolves into love after she loses both her legs in a marine park accident.
#41. 21 Grams
This is that / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 89.36
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $20,929,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2003
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts
The lives of a terminally ill professor (Sean Penn) and an ex-convict (Benicio Del Toro) intersect with a woman (Naomi Watts) who lost her family in a car accident.
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Malpaso Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.36
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $48,790,400
U.S. release date: 11/24/1993
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern
A Texas Ranger (Clint Eastwood) hunts an escaped convict (Kevin Costner) who takes a 7-year-old boy hostage in 1963.
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Beijing Film Studio / Chengtian Entertainment
Smart Rating: 89.43
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $689,975
U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang
In the early part of the 3rd century, three kingdoms in China wage a massive war, culminating in the battle of Red Cliffs.
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Les Armateurs / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 89.58
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $9,014,560
U.S. release date: 11/21/2003
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin
This animated film follows elderly Frenchwoman Madame Souza as she becomes involved in international intrigue when her grandson, Champion, a professional cyclist, is kidnapped and taken abroad.
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Warner Independent Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.64
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $7,738,340
U.S. release date: 11/26/2004
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster
A Frenchwoman (Audrey Tautou) hires a private investigator to find her fiance (Gaspard Ulliel), a soldier presumed to have died in World War I.
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Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.07
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $146,004,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2007
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden
Banished by an evil queen, a princess (Amy Adams) from a fairy tale world lands in modern Manhattan, where music, magic and "happily ever after" are sorely lacking.
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Heydey Films / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.26
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $351,913,000
U.S. release date: 11/18/2005
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Signs of Voldemort's return emerge as Harry's (Daniel Radcliffe) friends (Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) help him prepare for a tournament with Europe's best student wizards.
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Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.41
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $93,378,000
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper
Kermit, Miss Piggy and the other Muppets join forces with their fans to raise $10 million to save Muppet Studios from a greedy Texan (Chris Cooper) who wants to raze the building and drill for oil.
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Fox 2000 Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 90.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $145,038,000
U.S. release date: 11/18/2005
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin
Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) forms an enduring bond with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon) and struggles with drug addiction on the way to music stardom.
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Walt Distney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.54
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $125,547,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2008
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman
Thinking he has real superpowers, the canine star (John Travolta) of a hit TV show travels cross-country from Hollywood to New York to rescue his owner and co-star (Miley Cyrus).
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Walt Distney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.61
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $934,165
U.S. release date: 11/28/2014
MPAA rating: NR
Starring: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman
A troubled widow (Essie Davis) discovers that her son is telling the truth about a monster that entered their home through the pages of a children's book.
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Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.82
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $218,253,000
U.S. release date: 11/24/2010
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy
Crowned with 70 feet of magical golden hair, Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) strikes a deal with a charming thief (Zachary Levi) to spring her from her prison tower.
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Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.04
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $138,994,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/1996
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner
Picard (Patrick Stewart), Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and the others set off to stop the half-robot Borg from sabotaging the first warp drive flight in 2063.
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Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.32
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $226,503,000
U.S. release date: 11/26/1986
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks
Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Kirk (William Shatner) and the Enterprise time-travel to modern-day San Francisco to bring humpback whales to the 23rd century.
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Good Machine / Warner Sogefilms A.I.E.
Smart Rating: 91.4
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,010,030
U.S. release date: 11/21/2001
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
The newest resident at a remote Spanish orphanage contends with a brutal janitor, a bully and a youngster's ghost.
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Hell's Kitchen Films / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.42
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $20,471,400
U.S. release date: 11/26/2003
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger
A handsome actor (Paddy Considine), his wife (Samantha Morton) and their two daughters emigrate from Ireland and search for success in New York.
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Color Force / Lionsgate Films
Smart Rating: 91.42
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $432,015,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/2013
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
After their unprecedented victory in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark embark on a Victors Tour. Katniss senses rebellion is stirring, but a cruel change in the upcoming 75th Hunger Games may change Panem forever.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 92.29
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $109,713,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/2015
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson
Long-retired boxer Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) agrees to train Apollo Creed's son (Michael B. Jordan) to become a fighter, even as the former champ battles an opponent deadlier than any he ever faced in the ring.
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Eon Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 92.57
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $196,333,000
U.S. release date: 11/17/2006
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen
After receiving a license to kill, British agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) enters a high-stakes poker game with Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a man who finances terrorist groups.
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Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.24
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $283,084,000
U.S. release date: 11/23/1983
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
A strong-willed woman (Shirley MacLaine) and her equally independent daughter (Debra Winger) keep the lines of communication open as each deals with the curveballs life throws at them.
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Chartoff-Winkler Productions / United Artists
Smart Rating: 93.25
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $472,243,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/1976
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith
Heavyweight champ Apollo Creed gives Philadelphia club fighter Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) a title shot.
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Syalis D.A. / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.33
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $65,918,600
U.S. release date: 11/22/1995
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci
A New York bookie (Robert De Niro) and his pal (Joe Pesci) turn a Las Vegas casino into an empire, but one money-hungry wife (Sharon Stone) helps bring it down.
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G.W. Films Limited / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.33
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $127,238,000
U.S. release date: 11/24/1974
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates an American industrialist's murder aboard the world-famous luxury train.
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Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.37
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $407,691,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/2013
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff
A fearless young princess (Kristen Bell) sets out with a mountaineer (Jonathan Groff) to find her sister (Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped their kingdom in eternal winter.
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Fox 2000 Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.49
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $129,017,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2012
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu
After the freighter they're on sinks in a storm, a teenager (Suraj Sharma) and a Bengal tiger wind up on a small lifeboat and must learn to trust each other to survive.
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Road Movies / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.54
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,292,100
U.S. release date: 11/18/1984
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell
A lost man (Harry Dean Stanton) surfaces, reunites with his brother (Dean Stockwell) and son, and finds his wife (Nastassja Kinski) working in a peep show.
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GK Films / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.64
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $77,778,300
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield
A resourceful orphaned boy (Asa Butterfield) and a bookish girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) set out on a quest to unlock a secret left to him by the boy's late father (Jude Law).
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Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 93.67
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $11,756,900
U.S. release date: 11/24/1999
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña
Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his father, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.
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The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 93.79
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $38,362,100
U.S. release date: 11/22/2013
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley
Journalist Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) helps Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) search for her long-lost son, who was taken from her by nuns in an Irish convent and sold into adoption when she was an unwed teenager.
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Number 9 Films / StudioCanal
Smart Rating: 93.97
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $12,706,400
U.S. release date: 11/20/2015
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler
Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) spots the beautiful, elegant Carol (Cate Blanchett) perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.
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Good Machine / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 94
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $48,067,000
U.S. release date: 11/23/2001
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl
A tragedy involving a doctor (Tom Wilkinson), his wife (Sissy Spacek) and their college-age son (Nick Stahl) reveals the chasm in the relationship.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
Smart Rating: 94.07
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $20,605,200
U.S. release date: 11/18/1983
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon
In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas.
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Black Bear Pictures / StudioCanal
Smart Rating: 94.14
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $91,222,500
U.S. release date: 11/28/2014
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Genius British logician and cryptologist Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) helps crack Germany's Enigma Code during World War II but is later prosecuted by his government for illegal homosexual acts.
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The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 94.28
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $136,350,000
U.S. release date: 11/16/2012
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
An unexpected bond begins to form between a man (Bradley Cooper) trying to rebuild his life and a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) promising to help him reunite with his estranged wife.
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Axon Films / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 94.77
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $35,046,500
U.S. release date: 11/26/2008
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin
In San Francisco, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) becomes the first openly gay man elected to a notable U.S. public office, before being assassinated by Dan White in 1978.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 95.47
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $95,760,500
U.S. release date: 11/27/1976
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden
A TV executive (Faye Dunaway) boosts her ratings with a mad anchorman (Peter Finch) who thinks he speaks for God.
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La Petite Reine / Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 95.77
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $47,062,100
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
The arrival of sound in motion pictures signals the end of one superstar's (Jean Dujardin) career, while a young ingenue (Bérénice Bejo) stands poised to hit the big time.
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Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.91
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $366,637,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/1992
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin
Disney's version of a tale about an Arabian thief who finds a magic lamp and tries to win a princess's heart.
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Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Smart Rating: 96.06
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $349,742,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/1999
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
When a toy collector kidnaps Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys band together to bring him home.
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UK Film Council / The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 96.07
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $150,853,000
U.S. release date: 11/26/2010
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
An extraordinary friendship forms between England's King George VI (Colin Firth) and the Australian actor/speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) who helps him overcome a stammer.
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Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 97.43
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $345,806,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/1995
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
A flashy new action hero's arrival creates upset in a community of toys that comes to life when people are absent.
- Natalie Morin, PrettyFamous.com
Disney
Thanksgiving traditions are unique to every family. Some play touch football in the yard before sitting down to eat while others prefer to eat early and then head straight to the movies.
Known to some Hollywood executives as "a huge family weekend," the days surrounding Thanksgiving kick off the lucrative holiday movie season. According to the New York Times, "every year film studios try to get their holiday movies — especially those aimed at family audiences — into theaters earlier and earlier." Just as christmas lights and music seem to pop out of nowhere the minute Halloween ends, movies similarly try to capitalize on captive holiday audiences as soon as they can.
With this in mind, PrettyFamous, an entertainment data site by Graphiq, identified the best movies that were released during the Thanksgiving holiday.
To determine which Thanksgiving releases top the rest, PrettyFamous first isolated movies released during the ten days prior to Thanksgiving and the three days that followed in a given year, starting in 1970. In order to qualify as a relatively well-received movie, the film needed to have at least 30,000 IMDb votes. The movies were then ranked according to their Smart Rating. This is a score out of 100 that takes into account a movie's Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer and Audience Score, IMDb rating, Metacritic Metascore, Gracenote rating and the cumulative inflation-adjusted box office gross. In the case of a tie, the film with the higher inflation-adjusted U.S. box office gross was favored.
Note: Descriptions for each movie are sourced (with minor edits) from Gracenote.
Compiled by Natalie Morin, PrettyFamous.com
#100. Alien Resurrection
Brandywine Productions / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 66.36
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $70,507,300
U.S. release date: 11/26/1997
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman
Cloned Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and others (Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman) aboard a spaceship battle rampaging aliens.
#99. The Bodyguard
Tig Productions / Warner Bros. Entertainment
Smart Rating: 67.29
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $253,000,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/1992
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp
An ex-Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) falls for his client, an actress/singer (Whitney Houston) someone wants dead before the Academy Awards.
#98. Just Friends
Inferno Distribution / New Line Cinema
Smart Rating: 70.99
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $39,556,900
U.S. release date: 11/23/2005
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris
A music executive (Ryan Reynolds) tries to woo his high school crush (Amy Smart) while keeping his suspicious ex-girlfriend (Anna Faris) at bay.
#97. Love & Other Drugs
Fox 2000 Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 71.34
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $35,168,600
U.S. release date: 11/24/2010
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt
A pharmaceutical salesman (Jake Gyllenhaal) begins a tempestuous romance with a free-spirited Parkinson's patient (Anne Hathaway).
#96. Twilight
Temple Hill Entertainment / Summit Entertainment
Smart Rating: 73.45
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $210,743,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2008
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke
A high-school student (Kristen Stewart) is caught up in a romance with a vampire (Robert Pattinson), whose family has renounced the drinking of blood.
#95. Australia
20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 76.93
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $54,545,200
U.S. release date: 11/26/2008
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham
An English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) and a cattleman (Hugh Jackman) drive a herd across the Australian Outback to save her ranch from a hostile takeover.
#94. Anna Karenina
Working Title Films / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 77.89
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $13,215,900
U.S. release date: 11/16/2012
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law
A 19th-century Russian aristocrat (Keira Knightley) faces a difficult decision when her husband (Jude Law) finds out about her scandalous affair with a dashing cavalry officer (Aaron Taylor-Johnson).
#93. Three Men and a Baby
Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 78.24
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $350,036,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/1987
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson
Three Manhattan bachelors (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson) grow paternal minding a baby girl left on their doorstep.
#92. Bobby
Bold Films / The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 78.26
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $13,172,000
U.S. release date: 11/17/2006
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Harry Belafonte, William H. Macy
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
#91. Beowulf
Shangri-La Entertainment / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 78.55
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $93,933,400
U.S. release date: 11/16/2007
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie
After destroying the demon Grendel, a mighty warrior (Ray Winstone) faces an even more potent enemy in the form of its seductive, vengeful mother (Angelina Jolie).
#90. The Next Three Days
Highway 61 Films / Lionsgate
Smart Rating: 78.66
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $22,965,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/2010
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Brian Dennehy
A man fails in his attempts to establish his wife's innocence of murder, and she has no appeals left, so he (Russell Crowe) hatches an elaborate plan to break her out of prison.
#89. Legend
Anton Capital Entertainment / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 79.32
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,865,770
U.S. release date: 11/20/2015
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis
Reggie Kray (Tom Hardy) and his unstable twin brother Ronnie rapidly rise through the London underworld to become two of the most infamous gangsters of the 1960s.
#88. Hitchcock
The Montecito Picture Company / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 79.34
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $6,196,340
U.S. release date: 11/23/2012
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson
Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) lends her customary support to husband Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) as he directs "Psycho," but her reservations about the film's production cause a strain in their marriage.
#87. Scrooged
Mirage Productions / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 80.11
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $116,516,000
U.S. release date: 11/23/1988
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe
A ruthless TV-network chief (Bill Murray) meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come.
#86. The Fountain
Protozoa Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 80.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $11,919,700
U.S. release date: 11/22/2006
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn
A man (Hugh Jackman) seeks immortality by traveling through the past, present and future. Along the way he learns about love, death and what it means to be alive.
#85. The Night Before
Good Universe / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 81.31
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $43,035,700
U.S. release date: 11/20/2015
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie
As their annual reunion tradition comes to an end, three lifelong friends (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie) plan a night of debauchery and hilarity by searching for the Nutcracka Ball, the Holy Grail of Christmas parties in New York.
#84. Solaris
Lightstorm Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 81.6
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $19,721,500
U.S. release date: 11/27/2002
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies
A widowed psychologist (George Clooney) arrives at a space station to investigate the unexplained behavior of a group of scientists.
#83. Rent
Revolution Studios / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 81.65
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $35,246,800
U.S. release date: 11/23/2005
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Jesse L. Martin
Artists, junkies and misfits in New York's East Village struggle with poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
#82. Penguins of Madagascar
DreamWorks Animation / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 82.93
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $83,390,500
U.S. release date: 11/26/2014
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights
Plucky penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with a savvy spy (Benedict Cumberbatch) to thwart a tentacled villain's (John Malkovich) plans to take over the world.
#81. Candy
Renaissance Films
Smart Rating: 83
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $52,573
U.S. release date: 11/17/2006
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush
A fatherly chemistry professor (Geoffrey Rush) indulges two young lovers (Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish) in their ever-increasing heroin habits.
#80. The Addams Family
Orion Pictures / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 83.89
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $193,540,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/1991
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
Gomez (Raul Julia), Morticia (Anjelica Huston) and their ghoulish household are prey to a scam involving long-lost Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd).
#79. My Girl
Imagine Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 84.11
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $104,769,000
U.S. release date: 11/27/1991
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd
An 11-year-old (Anna Chlumsky) meets a boy (Macaulay Culkin) and grows up at her widowed father's (Dan Aykroyd) funeral home in the summer of '72.
#78. Déja Vu
Touchstone Pictures / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Smart Rating: 84.31
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $75,279,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/2006
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel
A time-folding federal agent (Denzel Washington) falls in love with a New Orleans woman (Paula Patton) who is targeted to be murdered.
#77. Talk to Her
El Deseo S.A. / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 84.6
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $12,231,100
U.S. release date: 11/22/2002
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti
A lonely male nurse bonds with an Argentine journalist while they maintain vigils over the comatose women they love.
#76. A Dangerous Method
Recorded Picture Company / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 84.92
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $6,007,820
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender
Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) treats Sabina (Keira Knightley), a beautiful and unbalanced patient, using the methods of his mentor, Dr. Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), but a rivalry between the doctors forms as each falls under her spell.
#75. The Mist
Dimension Fims / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 84.94
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $29,259,300
U.S. release date: 11/21/2007
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden
Trapped townspeople (Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden) face monsters inside and out after a supernatural fog engulfs their Maine community.
#74. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Color Force / Lionsgate Films
Smart Rating: 85.09
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $281,666,000
U.S. release date: 11/20/2015
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) faces mortal traps, deadly enemies and moral choices when she and her closest friends (Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth) leave District 13 to assassinate President Snow and liberate the citizens of war-torn Panem.
#73. Treasure Planet
Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.16
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $50,220,000
U.S. release date: 11/27/2002
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short
Young Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) competes with a band of pirates while searching for treasure in outer space.
#72. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Color Force / Lionsgate Films
Smart Rating: 85.24
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $337,480,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2014
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
After shattering the games forever, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) finds herself in District 13, fighting to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.
#71. Addams Family Values
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.28
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $74,960,200
U.S. release date: 11/19/1993
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
Upon arrival of their mustachioed baby, Morticia (Anjelica Huston) and Gomez (Raul Julia) hire a greedy nanny who targets Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd).
#70. Mrs. Doubtfire
Blue Wolf Productions / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 85.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $359,510,000
U.S. release date: 11/24/1993
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan
Estranged from his wife (Sally Field), an out-of-work actor (Robin Williams) masquerades as a nanny to be with his children.
#69. Spy Game
Beacon Pictures / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.58
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $83,407,400
U.S. release date: 11/19/2001
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack
A CIA agent (Robert Redford) tries to rescue his one-time protege (Brad Pitt) who awaits execution in a Chinese prison.
#68. The Danish Girl
Working Title Films / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 85.91
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $11,105,800
U.S. release date: 11/27/2015
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts
With support from his loving wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander), artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) prepares to undergo one of the first sex-change operations.
#67. The Good Dinosaur
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.92
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $123,070,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/2015
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah Nipay-Padilla
With help from a friendly Neanderthal boy (Jack Bright), a young dinosaur (Raymond Ochoa) embarks on an epic adventure to reunite with his beloved family (Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand).
#66. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Millennium Films / Firstlook Studios
Smart Rating: 86.09
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,875,740
U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer
A substance-abusing cop (Nicolas Cage) is locked in a downward spiral as he probes the drug-related murders of five illegal immigrants from Senegal.
#65. The Road
2929 Productions / The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 86.1
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $8,960,500
U.S. release date: 11/25/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron
A father (Viggo Mortensen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) try to keep the dream of civilization alive as they wander through a post-apocalyptic landscape.
#64. Unbreakable
Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.12
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $130,748,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/2000
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn
The sole survivor (Bruce Willis) of a horrific train crash, questioning his existence, finds counsel in a mysterious stranger (Samuel L. Jackson).
#63. The Last Samurai
Radar Pictures / Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 86.23
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $143,115,000
U.S. release date: 11/29/2003
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall
In the 1870s a Westerner (Tom Cruise) is caught in the middle of a battle between Japan's emperor and the samurai.
#62. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Nickelodeon Movies / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.29
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $107,166,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/2004
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence
SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) and Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) head for Shell City to retrieve King Neptune's stolen crown and save the life of Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown).
#61. Rise of the Guardians
DreamWorks Animation / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.59
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $106,736,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2012
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher
Winter sprite Jack Frost (Chris Pine) must save the day when an evil boogeyman (Jude Law) schemes to stop the world's children from believing in Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny and other immortal Guardians.
#60. Back to the Future Part II
Amblin Entertainment / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.6
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $222,523,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/1989
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
A young man (Michael J. Fox) and his inventor friend (Christopher Lloyd) must take a DeLorean time machine to 2015.
#59. Syriana
Participant Media / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.64
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $61,665,200
U.S. release date: 11/23/2005
MPAA rating: R
Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright
The war on terror becomes personal for a CIA agent (George Clooney), while a proposed merger between oil companies leads to political intrigue.
#58. They Live
Alive Films / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.8
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $24,541,900
U.S. release date: 11/23/1988
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster
When two men (Roddy Piper, Keith David) put on special sunglasses they see aliens and subliminal messages.
#57. Sleepy Hollow
Mandalay Pictures / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.82
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $143,777,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/1999
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson
A Colonial-era constable (Johnny Depp) probes a series of grisly decapitations in an upstate New York hamlet.
#56. My Week With Marilyn
The Weinstein Company / Entertainment Film Distributors
Smart Rating: 86.98
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $15,972,200
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh
A production assistant (Eddie Redmayne) introduces Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) to the pleasures of the British countryside during the filming of "The Prince and the Showgirl."
#55. Happy Feet
Animal Logic / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 87
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $232,759,000
U.S. release date: 11/17/2006
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman
Born without the ability to sing, a young emperor penguin (Elijah Wood) expresses himself and hopes to attract a mate through his amazing dancing talent.
#54. The Land Before Time
Sullivan Bluth Studios / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.12
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $91,750,600
U.S. release date: 11/18/1988
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Judith Barsi
An orphaned dinosaur and his new friends face a danger-laden journey to a beautiful, food-rich valley.
#53. Anastasia
20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 87.35
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $86,237,100
U.S. release date: 11/21/1997
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd
Years after losing her family to evil Rasputin, Czar Nicholas' grown daughter is able to reunite with her grandmother in Paris.
#52. Bad Santa
Tryptich Pictures / Dimension Films
Smart Rating: 87.54
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $77,356,800
U.S. release date: 11/26/2003
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly
Two criminals (Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox) disguise themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob stores at Christmastime.
#51. Kal Ho Naa Ho
Dharma Productions / Yash Raj Films
Smart Rating: 87.67
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,302,220
U.S. release date: 11/27/2003
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Jaya Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta
A young woman (Preity Zinta) falls for a carefree man, but she believes he is in love with someone else.
#50. GoldenEye
Eon Productions / MGM/UA Production Company
Smart Rating: 88.02
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $164,810,000
U.S. release date: 11/17/1995
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco
A secret weapon's theft sends Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) to Russia, where a pretty computer programmer (Izabella Scorupco) helps him track an ex-cohort (Sean Bean) believed dead.
#49. John Grisham's The Rainmaker
American Zoetrope / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.32
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $67,802,300
U.S. release date: 11/21/1997
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight
A Memphis law school graduate (Matt Damon) aids a battered wife (Claire Danes) and fights a corporate lawyer (Jon Voight) for insurance benefits for a dying man.
#48. The American President
Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.34
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $91,792,800
U.S. release date: 11/17/1995
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen
A political rival turns the widowed president's (Michael Douglas) romance with an environmental lobbyist (Annette Bening) into an election-year issue.
#47. Broken Embraces
El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 88.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,533,600
U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo
A man tells his assistant the story of how he lost both his sight and the love of his life.
#46. The Princess and the Frog
Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $115,303,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/2009
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey
A fateful kiss leads a young woman (Anika Noni Rose) and a royal amphibian (Bruno Campos) on an adventure through the bayous of Louisiana.
#45. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Heydey Films / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.86
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $320,607,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/2010
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) leave Hogwarts behind on a mission to destroy the Horcruxes, the secrets to Voldemort's power and immortality.
#44. Arthur Christmas
Aardman Animations / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.89
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $48,930,600
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy
Santa's youngest son (James McAvoy) sets out on an urgent mission to deliver a present to a forgotten child before Christmas morning dawns.
#43. The Blind Side
Alcon Entertainment / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.92
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $282,750,000
U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron
A well-to-do white family (Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw) takes in a homeless black teen and helps him realize his potential on and off the football field.
#42. Rust and Bone
Why Not Productions / UGC Distribution
Smart Rating: 89.04
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,127,940
U.S. release date: 11/23/2012
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure
A bouncer (Matthias Schoenaerts) rescues a woman (Marion Cotillard) from a barroom brawl, and their relationship evolves into love after she loses both her legs in a marine park accident.
#41. 21 Grams
This is that / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 89.36
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $20,929,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2003
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts
The lives of a terminally ill professor (Sean Penn) and an ex-convict (Benicio Del Toro) intersect with a woman (Naomi Watts) who lost her family in a car accident.
Malpaso Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.36
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $48,790,400
U.S. release date: 11/24/1993
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern
A Texas Ranger (Clint Eastwood) hunts an escaped convict (Kevin Costner) who takes a 7-year-old boy hostage in 1963.
Beijing Film Studio / Chengtian Entertainment
Smart Rating: 89.43
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $689,975
U.S. release date: 11/20/2009
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang
In the early part of the 3rd century, three kingdoms in China wage a massive war, culminating in the battle of Red Cliffs.
Les Armateurs / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 89.58
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $9,014,560
U.S. release date: 11/21/2003
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin
This animated film follows elderly Frenchwoman Madame Souza as she becomes involved in international intrigue when her grandson, Champion, a professional cyclist, is kidnapped and taken abroad.
Warner Independent Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.64
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $7,738,340
U.S. release date: 11/26/2004
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster
A Frenchwoman (Audrey Tautou) hires a private investigator to find her fiance (Gaspard Ulliel), a soldier presumed to have died in World War I.
Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.07
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $146,004,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2007
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden
Banished by an evil queen, a princess (Amy Adams) from a fairy tale world lands in modern Manhattan, where music, magic and "happily ever after" are sorely lacking.
Heydey Films / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.26
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $351,913,000
U.S. release date: 11/18/2005
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Signs of Voldemort's return emerge as Harry's (Daniel Radcliffe) friends (Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) help him prepare for a tournament with Europe's best student wizards.
Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.41
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $93,378,000
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper
Kermit, Miss Piggy and the other Muppets join forces with their fans to raise $10 million to save Muppet Studios from a greedy Texan (Chris Cooper) who wants to raze the building and drill for oil.
Fox 2000 Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 90.46
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $145,038,000
U.S. release date: 11/18/2005
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin
Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) forms an enduring bond with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon) and struggles with drug addiction on the way to music stardom.
Walt Distney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.54
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $125,547,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2008
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman
Thinking he has real superpowers, the canine star (John Travolta) of a hit TV show travels cross-country from Hollywood to New York to rescue his owner and co-star (Miley Cyrus).
Walt Distney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.61
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $934,165
U.S. release date: 11/28/2014
MPAA rating: NR
Starring: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman
A troubled widow (Essie Davis) discovers that her son is telling the truth about a monster that entered their home through the pages of a children's book.
Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.82
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $218,253,000
U.S. release date: 11/24/2010
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy
Crowned with 70 feet of magical golden hair, Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) strikes a deal with a charming thief (Zachary Levi) to spring her from her prison tower.
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.04
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $138,994,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/1996
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner
Picard (Patrick Stewart), Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and the others set off to stop the half-robot Borg from sabotaging the first warp drive flight in 2063.
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.32
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $226,503,000
U.S. release date: 11/26/1986
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks
Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Kirk (William Shatner) and the Enterprise time-travel to modern-day San Francisco to bring humpback whales to the 23rd century.
Good Machine / Warner Sogefilms A.I.E.
Smart Rating: 91.4
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,010,030
U.S. release date: 11/21/2001
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
The newest resident at a remote Spanish orphanage contends with a brutal janitor, a bully and a youngster's ghost.
Hell's Kitchen Films / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.42
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $20,471,400
U.S. release date: 11/26/2003
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger
A handsome actor (Paddy Considine), his wife (Samantha Morton) and their two daughters emigrate from Ireland and search for success in New York.
Color Force / Lionsgate Films
Smart Rating: 91.42
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $432,015,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/2013
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
After their unprecedented victory in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark embark on a Victors Tour. Katniss senses rebellion is stirring, but a cruel change in the upcoming 75th Hunger Games may change Panem forever.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 92.29
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $109,713,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/2015
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson
Long-retired boxer Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) agrees to train Apollo Creed's son (Michael B. Jordan) to become a fighter, even as the former champ battles an opponent deadlier than any he ever faced in the ring.
Eon Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 92.57
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $196,333,000
U.S. release date: 11/17/2006
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen
After receiving a license to kill, British agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) enters a high-stakes poker game with Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a man who finances terrorist groups.
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.24
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $283,084,000
U.S. release date: 11/23/1983
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
A strong-willed woman (Shirley MacLaine) and her equally independent daughter (Debra Winger) keep the lines of communication open as each deals with the curveballs life throws at them.
Chartoff-Winkler Productions / United Artists
Smart Rating: 93.25
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $472,243,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/1976
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith
Heavyweight champ Apollo Creed gives Philadelphia club fighter Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) a title shot.
Syalis D.A. / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.33
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $65,918,600
U.S. release date: 11/22/1995
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci
A New York bookie (Robert De Niro) and his pal (Joe Pesci) turn a Las Vegas casino into an empire, but one money-hungry wife (Sharon Stone) helps bring it down.
G.W. Films Limited / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.33
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $127,238,000
U.S. release date: 11/24/1974
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates an American industrialist's murder aboard the world-famous luxury train.
Walt Disney Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.37
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $407,691,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/2013
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff
A fearless young princess (Kristen Bell) sets out with a mountaineer (Jonathan Groff) to find her sister (Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped their kingdom in eternal winter.
Fox 2000 Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.49
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $129,017,000
U.S. release date: 11/21/2012
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu
After the freighter they're on sinks in a storm, a teenager (Suraj Sharma) and a Bengal tiger wind up on a small lifeboat and must learn to trust each other to survive.
Road Movies / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.54
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,292,100
U.S. release date: 11/18/1984
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell
A lost man (Harry Dean Stanton) surfaces, reunites with his brother (Dean Stockwell) and son, and finds his wife (Nastassja Kinski) working in a peep show.
GK Films / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.64
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $77,778,300
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield
A resourceful orphaned boy (Asa Butterfield) and a bookish girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) set out on a quest to unlock a secret left to him by the boy's late father (Jude Law).
Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 93.67
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $11,756,900
U.S. release date: 11/24/1999
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña
Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his father, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.
The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 93.79
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $38,362,100
U.S. release date: 11/22/2013
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley
Journalist Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) helps Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) search for her long-lost son, who was taken from her by nuns in an Irish convent and sold into adoption when she was an unwed teenager.
Number 9 Films / StudioCanal
Smart Rating: 93.97
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $12,706,400
U.S. release date: 11/20/2015
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler
Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) spots the beautiful, elegant Carol (Cate Blanchett) perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.
Good Machine / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 94
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $48,067,000
U.S. release date: 11/23/2001
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl
A tragedy involving a doctor (Tom Wilkinson), his wife (Sissy Spacek) and their college-age son (Nick Stahl) reveals the chasm in the relationship.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
Smart Rating: 94.07
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $20,605,200
U.S. release date: 11/18/1983
MPAA rating: PG
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon
In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas.
Black Bear Pictures / StudioCanal
Smart Rating: 94.14
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $91,222,500
U.S. release date: 11/28/2014
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Genius British logician and cryptologist Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) helps crack Germany's Enigma Code during World War II but is later prosecuted by his government for illegal homosexual acts.
The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 94.28
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $136,350,000
U.S. release date: 11/16/2012
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
An unexpected bond begins to form between a man (Bradley Cooper) trying to rebuild his life and a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) promising to help him reunite with his estranged wife.
Axon Films / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 94.77
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $35,046,500
U.S. release date: 11/26/2008
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin
In San Francisco, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) becomes the first openly gay man elected to a notable U.S. public office, before being assassinated by Dan White in 1978.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 95.47
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $95,760,500
U.S. release date: 11/27/1976
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden
A TV executive (Faye Dunaway) boosts her ratings with a mad anchorman (Peter Finch) who thinks he speaks for God.
La Petite Reine / Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 95.77
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $47,062,100
U.S. release date: 11/23/2011
MPAA rating: PG-13
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
The arrival of sound in motion pictures signals the end of one superstar's (Jean Dujardin) career, while a young ingenue (Bérénice Bejo) stands poised to hit the big time.
Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.91
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $366,637,000
U.S. release date: 11/25/1992
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin
Disney's version of a tale about an Arabian thief who finds a magic lamp and tries to win a princess's heart.
Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Smart Rating: 96.06
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $349,742,000
U.S. release date: 11/19/1999
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
When a toy collector kidnaps Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys band together to bring him home.
UK Film Council / The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 96.07
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $150,853,000
U.S. release date: 11/26/2010
MPAA rating: R
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
An extraordinary friendship forms between England's King George VI (Colin Firth) and the Australian actor/speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) who helps him overcome a stammer.
Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 97.43
U.S. box office gross (inflation-adjusted): $345,806,000
U.S. release date: 11/22/1995
MPAA rating: G
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
A flashy new action hero's arrival creates upset in a community of toys that comes to life when people are absent.
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