Many movie buffs argue the holiday season is the best time for movies. Studios release Oscar-worthy flicks and family-friendly fare—there’s something for everyone. This year is no different. From dramas, historical stories and family-fantasies, this year’s holiday movies will not disappoint.

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Dec 25, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. There’s already Oscar buzz surrounding this adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story from the 1920s. Pitt is Button, a man born in his 80s who ages backwards starting from the end of World War I and ending in the 21st century. Button struggles, loves and finds joy in life and sadness in death; he can no more control the passing of time just like the rest of us. The stellar supporting cast includes Tilda Swinton and Julia Ormond. Read more about the Oscar buzz surrounding The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in Entertainment Weekly magazine.

2. Valkyrie; Dec 26, starring Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh. This historical drama made headlines back in 2007 when the German government denounced Cruise’s Scientology beliefs and refused to allow the movie to be filmed in Berlin. In the movie, which is set at the height of World War II, Cruise plays Claus von Stauffenberg a German officer who led a plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944. Read more about the movie controversy and the real-life von Stauffenberg in Time magazine. Read a review of Valkyrie in Entertainment Weekly magazine.

3. Cadillac Records: Dec. 5, starring Beyonce Knowles and Adrien Brody. Cadillac Records is the latest installment in the popular genre of music bio-pics. The movie is set in 1950s Chicago and follows the lives of several American musical legends like Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry. Read more about the movie and the legendary musicians in Rolling Stone magazine, Spin magazine and Billboard magazine.

4. Marley & Me: Dec. 25, starring Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and Alan Arkin. From the director of The Devil Wears Prada comes this heart-warming family comedy based on John Grogan’s bestselling book by the same name. Wilson and Aniston are a couple who adopt a misbehaving Labrador retriever. Of the movie, director David Frankel told Entertainment Weekly magazine, "It’s about a marriage and a family. It’s about maturing, growing old and confronting mortality." Read more about this movie in Entertainment Weekly magazine and O magazine.

5. Bedtime Stories: Dec. 25, starring Adam Sandler and Keri Russell. In this family-friendly comedy-fantasy Adam Sandler is a wacky uncle whose wacky bedtime stories he tells to his niece and nephew start to come true in real life. Read more about this family-friendly Disney movie in kids in family magazines like Family Circle and FamilyFun.