Looking ahead, categorically

The Bank Job

In 1971 London, thieves steal millions of pounds’ worth of jewelry in a case with links to murder, corruption, a sex scandal and the royal family. Inspired by true events. Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows star. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Lionsgate, March 7.

Boarding Gate

Asia Argento stars as a former prostitute who becomes involved in a complex relationship with a young couple. Written and directed by Olivier Assayas. Michael Madsen, Carl Loong Ng and Kelly Lin also star. Magnet Releasing, March.

Cloverfield

A going-away party becomes a survival test for a group of friends when a giant monster descends on New York. J.J. Abrams produced. With Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas and T.J. Miller. Written by Drew Goddard. Directed by Matt Reeves. Paramount Pictures, Friday.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly star in a “reinvention” of the 1951 classic about the global impact of an enigmatic alien’s arrival. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Screenplay by David Scarpa. 20th Century Fox, Dec. 12.

Doomsday

A team of specialists enters a city that has been quarantined for 30 years to find a cure to the quickly spreading virus. With Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig and Malcolm McDowell. Written and directed by Neil Marshall. Rogue Pictures, March 14.

Eagle Eye

Two Americans are unwittingly involved in an assassination plot by a mysterious woman. With Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Mackie and Billy Bob Thornton. Screenplay by Travis Wright and John Glenn, and Hillary Seitz; story by Dan McDermott. Directed by D.J. Caruso. DreamWorks, distributed by Paramount Pictures, Aug. 8.

88 Minutes

Al Pacino plays a college professor and FBI forensics expert who has less than an hour and a half to determine the source of a death threat against him. Written by Gary Scott Thompson. Directed by Jon Avnet. TriStar Pictures, April 18.

Flawless

A diamond executive and a janitor plot a revenge caper. Starring Demi Moore and Michael Caine. Written by Edward Anderson. Directed by Michael Radford (“Il Postino”). Magnolia Pictures, March 28.

Funny Games

Writer-director Michael Haneke does an English-language makeover on his disturbing 1997 film about a vacationing family tormented by two unbalanced young men. Naomi Watts and Tim Roth star. Warner Independent Pictures, March 14.

Game

Gerard Butler and Michael C. Hall star in a chiller set in a dystopian future in which players can control other humans in an elaborate online competition. Written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Lionsgate, fall.

The Happening

Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel play a couple on the run in writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic tale. With John Leguizamo. 20th Century Fox, June 13.

The International

An Interpol agent and a Manhattan prosecutor embark on a dangerous, globe-trotting crusade to bring justice to a powerful multinational bank. Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star. Written by Eric Singer. Directed by Tom Tykwer. Columbia Pictures, Aug. 15.

Lakeview Terrace

A young interracial couple move into their California dream house and are harassed by their new neighbor, an LAPD officer. Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson star. Directed by Neil LaBute. Written by David Loughery and Howard Korder. Screen Gems, September.

The Night Watchman

A veteran LAPD officer struggles with the death of his wife and an investigation into his involvement in the killing of a fellow cop. With Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and Hugh Laurie. Written by James Elroy and David Ayer. Directed by Ayer. Fox Searchlight, TBA.

Passengers

Anne Hathaway stars as a young therapist assigned to counsel five survivors of a plane crash, but their accounts don’t match with the airline’s version and they begin to disappear. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia. Written by Ronnie Christensen. Columbia Pictures, TBA.

Possession

A freak accident leaves two brothers in a coma, but when one awakens he thinks he’s the other. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael Landes and Lee Pace star. Directed by Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist. Based on a 2002 Korean film. Yari Film Group Releasing, Feb. 29.

Quid Pro Quo

Writer-director Carlos Brooks’ psychological tale about a public radio reporter drawn into sinister happenings at a hospital. Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga star. Magnolia Pictures, May 9.

The Repossession Mambo

In the future, synthetic organs are the new upgradeable commodities, but failure to pay will bring a visit from two hard-working repo men (Forest Whitaker and Jude Law). Directed by Miguel Sapochnik. Written by Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner based on Garcia’s novel. Universal Pictures, TBA.

Righteous Kill

Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star as 30-year veteran New York police detectives assigned to a murder case that appears to be connected to one they solved years earlier. Directed by Jon Avnet. Screenplay by Russell Gewirtz. Overture Films, fall.

The Road

Viggo Mortensen stars in this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning post-apocalyptic novel. Screenplay by Joe Penhall. Directed by John Hillcoat. MGM/The Weinstein Co., fourth quarter.

Rogue

The passengers of a wildlife boat tour are stranded on a small patch of land in the crocodile-infested waters of Australia’s remote wetlands. With Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan, John Jarratt, Heather Mitchell and Sam Worthington. Written and directed by Greg McLean (“Wolf Creek”). Dimension Films, spring release.

Roman de Gare

Fanny Ardant stars as a bestselling crime novelist looking for new material -- and an escaped serial killer known as the Magician may just fill the bill. Dominique Pinon also stars. Directed by Claude Lelouch. In French with English subtitles. Samuel Goldwyn Films, May 2.

The Ruins

A group of friends’ trip to an archaeological site in Mexico turns into a terrifying struggle to survive. With Jonathan Tucker and Jena Malone. Screenplay by Scott B. Smith, based on his book. Directed by Carter Smith. DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, April 11.

Sin Nombre

A teenage Mexican gang member trying to outrun his past aligns himself with a Honduran woman and her efforts to reach the United States. With Edgar M. Flores, Paulina Gaytan, Kristyan A. Ferrer and Gabino Rodriguez. Written and directed by Cary Fukunaga. Focus Features, TBA.

Timecrimes

Traveling back in time one hour, a man meets himself triggering a series of disastrous events. With Karra Elejalde and Candela Fernandez. Written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo. In Spanish with English subtitles. Magnet Releasing, summer.

Traitor

Guy Pearce stars as a button-down FBI agent investigating a dangerous global conspiracy, and evidence points to a former U.S. military officer (Don Cheadle) who seems to be in all the right places at all the wrong times. Written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Overture Films, fall release.

Untitled Green Zone Thriller

Director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon re-team for this adaptation of “Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone” by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Universal Pictures, TBA.

Untitled Ridley Scott Film

Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott in this story of a CIA operative’s plan to infiltrate the network of a suspected terrorist leader in Jordan. Written by William Monahan and Steven Zaillian, based on the novel by David Ignatius. Warner Bros., Oct. 10.

Untitled X-Files Movie

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are back as the truth-seeking Mulder and the cynical Scully, respectively, in the duo’s second big-screen adventure. Directed by series creator Chris Carter. Screenplay by Carter and Frank Spotnitz. 20th Century Fox, July 25.

Untraceable

Diane Lane stars as an FBI cyber-criminologist tracking an Internet predator who lets the number of Web hits determine how quickly his victims die. Directed by Gregory Hoblit. Screenplay by Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker and Allison Burnett; story by Fyvolent and Brinker. Screen Gems, Jan. 25.

Vantage Point

Eight strangers with varying perspectives attempt to get to the truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. With Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt. Directed by Pete Travis. Written by Barry L. Levy. Columbia Pictures, Feb. 22.

Whiteout

A U.S. marshal (Kate Beckinsale) in Antarctica is swept up in a murder investigation with a rising body count and limited suspects. With Tom Skerritt. Written by Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber; based on Greg Rucka’s graphic novel. Directed by Dominic Sena. Warner Bros., third quarter.