Let’s face it: Daniel Radcliffe has probably already been in the most successful movie of his career. With the last Harry Potter movie earning more than a billion dollars worldwide, Radcliffe has little chance of topping that film.

“Albert Nobbs,” the new film written, produced, and ultimately brought to life by Glenn Close, depicts an intimate and heart-wrenching portrait of a woman who disguises herself as a man in 19th-century Ireland.

Because the studios hold all their important movies until the end of the year so they are Oscar-eligible, the movies that come out right after New Years are never that significant. However, we in Cadenza don’t want you to not see any movies all semester, so here are some of our best (and worst) bets.

If you want to see the formula for a successful ensemble romantic comedy, look at “Love, Actually.” The British Christmas flick has already become a classic, and for good reason. The stories are all engaging and understated, and they connect to one another without stretching the boundaries of coincidence.

I know how busy Washington University students are during the semester, so there are probably a lot of movies you wanted to see but just couldn’t find the time to. Here are ten movies to watch over winter break (or during reading week, when anything seems better than studying some more). “50/50”: Wash. U.

“The Artist” (Nov. 23) Normally, a black-and-white silent film from a French director with two unknowns in the leading roles wouldn’t be something this highly anticipated. “The Artist,” however, has been charming audiences since its debut at Cannes.

The Muppets were a very important part of my childhood. I was Beaker for Halloween once and won a costume contest. Watching the Muppets 4D experience at Disney World remains the only time I’ve ever been okay with a 4D movie. So when I heard they were making a new movie, I was both excited and terrified.

“Shuffle” is a feature by filmmaker Kurt Kuenne, who has been best-known for his documentary “Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father.” That was one of the best movies of 2008—an unflinchingly honest, sometimes brutal documentary about Kuenne’s murdered close friend, Andrew Bagby.

Clint Eastwood is a legendary actor and director. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the best actors of his generation. J. Edgar Hoover was a ridiculous and polarizing figure about whom most of America knows very little. It should all make for a damn good movie, but it is instead just a mediocre experience. It’s uneven and stunningly average.

From its poster, “Like Crazy” looks like the perfect panacea to a world sick of marriages that only last 72 days. For the first act of the movie, this appears to be the case; Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) are caught up in the throes of young love.