I haven’t seen a film yet this year that I’d give over 4 stars, with “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, “Midnight in Paris”, and “Crazy, Stupid Love” qualifying as the 3 best films of the year so far.

Thankfully, the next 4 months provide 25 titles (OK “The Help” is from August, but I haven’t seen it) that are sure to produce some high quality films, with some easily having 5-star potential! (Click the titles for more info)

25. Apollo 18 (September 2)

Directed by: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego

24. The Sitter (December 9)

Directed by: David Gordon Green. Starring: Jonah Hill

23. The Big Year (October 14)

Directed by: David Frankel. Starring: Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson.

22. The Help (August 9)

Directed by: Tate Taylor. Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis.

21. Wanderlust (October 7)

Directed by: David Wain. Written by: Ken Marino. Starring: Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston.

20. We Bought A Zoo (December 23)

Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Matt Damon.

19. Young Adult (December 9)

Directed by: Jason Reitman. Written by: Diablo Cody. Starring: Charlize Theron.

18. We Need To Talk About Kevin (December 2)

Directed by: Lynne Ramsay. Starring: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly.

17. The Artist (November 23)

Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius.

16. 50/50 (September 30)

Directed by: Jonathan Levine. Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen.

UPDATE 08/31: I got to see an advance screening of this last night and it is already my first 4 1/2 star film!

15. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (November 18)

Directed by: Tomas Alfredson. Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy.

14. Hugo (November 23)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sasha Baron Cohen.

13. Carnage (December 16)

Directed/Written by: Roman Polanski. Starring: Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly.

12. A Dangerous Method (November 23)

Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightly, Vigo Mortenson.

11. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (December 25)

Directed by: Stephen Daldry. Written By: Eric Roth. Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn.

10. Contagion (September 9)

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet.

9. The Muppets (November 23)

Directed by: James Bobin. Written by: Jason Segel, Nicolas Stoller. Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, The Muppets.

8. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (December 21)

Directed by: Brad Bird. Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner.

7. War Horse (December 28)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: David Thewlis.

6. The Descendants (November 23)

Directed by: Alexander Payne. Written by: Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash. Starring: George Clooney.

5. Moneyball (September 23)

Directed by: Bennett Miller. Written by: Aaron Sorkin, Steve Zaillian. Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt. 

4. Drive (September 16)

Directed by: Nicolas Refn. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston.

3. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (December 21)

Directed by: David Fincher. Written by: Steve Zaillian. Starring: Roony Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer.

2. The Ides of March (October 7)

Directed/Written by: George Clooney. Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti.

1. J. Edgar (November 9)

Directed by: Clint Eastwood. Written by: Dustin Lance Black. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts.