Movies to watch this winter: A guide to 2013's best late releases

Your week-by-week guide to the most promising upcoming movies, from The Hunger Games to The Wolf of Wall Street

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November is just around the corner, which means that we're right in the middle of 2013's awards season for movies. The past few weeks have seen the release of some major contenders for a Best Picture Academy Award, with acclaimed movies like Captain Phillips, Gravity, and 12 Years a Slave earning heaps of positive reviews and conquering the box office.

But don't swear off the movie theater just yet — there are several months until the Oscars, and many studios are just about to unleash their heaviest hitters. What movies are worth watching in the last two months of 2013? Let The Week be your guide:

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.