It’s finally December and almost the end of the year! Christmas break is also close, but in the meantime, you can beat the cold by going to a few movies! This month is filled with an array of fun films, so let’s get into the top five.

Jumanji: The Next Level (PG-13)- December 13

In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang gets back together, but this time the game has changed. As they return to the Jumanji game to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is what it was before. The players will have to brave new levels unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to snowy mountains, in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

Directed By: Jake Kasdan

Screenwriter: Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black

Genre: Action/Adventure

Richard Jewell (R)- December 13

Richard Jewell is based on the true story of a security guard who reported on the knapsack bomb that was found at the 1996 Summer Olympics and helped to clear bystanders. But soon after he found himself vilified and suspected of being involved in the terrorist plot.

Directed By: Clint Eastwood

Screenwriter: Billy Ray

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates

Genre: Drama/True Story

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (PG-13)- December 20

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker takes off where the last film ended, it will also be the last installment of this Star Wars journey. In the film, the surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more as Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron’s journey continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle breaks out.

Directed By: J.J. Abrams

Screenwriter: J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio

Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver

Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi

Cats (PG)- December 20

Cats takes the famous Broadway Musical of the same name to the big screen. The film focuses on a tribe of cats called the Jellicles who must decide nightly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life. 

Directed By: Tom Hooper

Screenwriter: Tom Hooper, Lee Hall

Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden

Genre: Drama/Musical

Spies in Disguise (PG)- December 25

Super spy Lance Sterling and young scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is pretty much none of that. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and innovation, creating all of the cool gadgets Lance uses on his missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way. And if this odd couple can’t learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril.

Directed By: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane

Screenwriter: Brad Copeland

Starring: Will Smith, Tom Holland, Rashida Jones 

Genre: Adventure/Family

There sure are a lot of great movies coming out this month, and some of them have been pretty long-awaited. But if you aren’t a fan of any of those, there are still a few more movies coming out this month.

December 6

Playmobil: The Movie 

December 13

Black Christmas

December 20

Bombshell

Superintelligence

December 25

Little Women 

A Hidden Life