The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. The red one is on a quest for his precious blanket, which is lost in Mandy Patinkin's unpleasant lair. (Columbia)
All the Pretty Horses. Billy Bob Thornton directs Matt Damon as a teenage cowboy on a Mexican sojourn that embraces romance and murder. (Columbia)
American Beauty. Kevin Spacey as a beleaguered suburbanite who decides to revisit his adolescence. (DreamWorks)
Angela's Ashes. Three young actors portray Frank McCourt, whose Pulitzer-winning memoir of his childhood in Ireland is the basis for Alan Parker's film. With Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle. (Paramount)
Any Given Sunday. Oliver Stone directs a drama about an aging quarterback (Dennis Quaid), a young challenger (Jamie Foxx), a pressured coach (Al Pacino) and an ambitious team owner (Cameron Diaz). (Warner Bros.)
Assassin. Director Chen Kaige tells the story of a concubine (Gong Li) who falls in love with the man whom she has hired to assassinate the Han king in 20th century B.C. China. (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Astronaut's Wife. An accident in space has a profound impact on astronaut Johnny Depp and his wife Charlize Theron. (New Line)
August 32nd on Earth. After surviving a car accident, a woman enlists her best friend and heads for the Utah desert to conceive a child. (Alliance Atlantic)
The Best Man. Written and directed by Spike Lee's cousin Malcolm D. Lee, the romantic comedy pivots on a wedding and a past affair that's described in the writer's new novel. (Universal)
Bicentennial Man. Robin Williams as an android with increasingly strong human impulses. Chris Columbus directs, from Isaac Asimov's novel. (Touchstone)
The Big Tease. A young Scottish hairdresser travels to L.A. for a big celebrity hairdressing competition. (Warner Bros.)
The Bone Collector. Denzel Washington plays a quadriplegic forensics expert whose spirits are revived when he comes across a difficult and dangerous case. (Universal)
Committed. That's an understatement in describing Heather Graham, who searches for her husband after he's a no-show at his birthday party. Written and directed by Lisa Kreuger ("Manny & Lo"). (Miramax)
Double Jeopardy. Ashley Judd seeks her son and the killer of her husband--a crime for which she was framed. Cynical parole officer Tommy Lee Jones stands in her way. Directed by Bruce Beresford. (Paramount)
Dreaming of Joseph Lees. Rupert Graves stars in a blend of psychological thriller and romantic melodrama set in 1950s rural England. (Fox Searchlight)
End of Days. Security agent Arnold Schwarzenegger must protect Robin Tunney from the Devil himself--he's on the prowl for an unholy union, as he is every turn of the millennium. (Universal)
The End of the Affair. When novelist Ralph Fiennes' passion for his former lover Julianne Moore is rekindled, complex issues of life and death are raised. Neil Jordan directs. (Columbia)
Felicia's Journey. Director Atom Egoyan follows "The Sweet Hereafter" with a thriller about a woman (Elaine Cassidy) who's assisted by a man (Bob Hoskins) who might not be what he seems. (Artisan Entertainment)
The Five Senses. Five overlapping stories of self-discovery are played out against the backdrop of a child's disappearance. (Alliance Atlantic)
Galapagos. Follow marine biologist Carole Baldwin in Imax 3-D as she dives 3,000 feet into the sea. (Imax)
Galaxy Quest (tentative title). An aging TV actor is enlisted to save the planet in a sci-fi action-comedy directed by Harold Ramis. (DreamWorks)
Girl Interrupted. Psychiatrist Vanessa Redgrave and nurse Whoopi Goldberg help Winona Ryder reclaim her life after two years in a New England psychiatric hospital. (Columbia)
Gossip. A rumor that's planted as part of a college class project escalates out of control, leading to betrayal and revenge. (Warner Bros.)
The Green Mile. Stephen King's story about the unusual relationship between a death row inmate (Michael Clarke Duncan) and the head guard (Tom Hanks). (Warner Bros.)
Guinevere. Audrey Wells ("The Truth About Cats and Dogs") wrote and directs a drama about a woman's conflicted relationship with an older man. With Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea and Gina Gershon. (Miramax)
Hanging Up. Diane Keaton directs Delia and Nora Ephron's script about three sisters (Keaton, Meg Ryan and Lisa Kudrow) dealing with a dying dad. (Columbia)
Holy Smoke. Cult-buster Harvey Keitel falls in love with client Kate Winslet. (Miramax)
Hoofbeats. A heroic horse faces long odds against survival in the desert of Namibia. (Columbia)
An Ideal Husband. Writer-director Oliver Parker adapts the Oscar Wilde play, with Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore and Jeremy Northam spinning webs of romantic intrigue. (Miramax)
I Dreamed of Africa. Kim Basinger finds both joy and hardship when she fulfills her dream of emigrating to Africa. Hugh Hudson directs a story based on Kuki Gallman's memoir. (Columbia)
