Steve Coogan

Aside from a solemn family drama and a not-all-there sci-fi adventure, this might be the weekend to check out the summer movies you've missed in recent weeks.

It was a night for classic Hollywood star power to blend with the youthful glow of filmmaking's future as the 13th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards Gala unfolded in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday.

Thanksgiving weekend is a wonderful chance to hang with your family-and when you've had enough of that, you might want to escape to the movies. The weather is going to be terrible in the Eastern U.S. the next few days; all the more reason to catch up on some of the best films of the season.

The box office crown will certainly  land on the new Hunger Games installment; but we're betting the quiet story of a simple woman seeking the fate of her son will ultimately be remembered more fondly.