‘Tis the season to be jolly?

In Hollywood, it’s the season for year-end awards hopefuls to be panic-stricken, anxious and paranoid as each day brings a different focus on yet another would-be contender.

This Holiday Film Preview looks at seasonal highlights who hope to stay the course to Oscar night March 10.

Nov. 22-29

Julia Roberts costars with Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali in an eerie drama “Leave the World Behind.”

Epic in size and scope Sir Ridley Scott’s unusual take makes Joaquin Phoenix’s Bonaparte in “Napoleon” a semi-comical killer in wars with Russia and England.

Highlighting its first century of animation, Disney’s “Wish” is a musical fantasy with “West Side Story” Oscar winner Ariana DeBose’s plucky heroine singing her heart out to oppose a treacherous king with the help of her talking goat.

Jon Baptiste’s charmed life with Grammys and a Carnegie Hall symphonic commission changed once his wife Suleika Jaouad’s cancer returned. “American Symphony,” on Netflix Nov. 29, follows their path onstage, off and even with his therapist.

Dec. 1

Bradley Cooper does triple duty – writer-director and star– of “Maestro,” about the legendary conductor-composer (“West Side Story”) Leonard Bernstein’s unconventional marriage with his beloved Felicia (Carey Mulligan).

“Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce” – following Taylor Swift’s cinematic version of her Eras Tour, Beyonce documents her Renaissance World Tour which ended Oct. 1.

“Silent Night” marks the return to American cinema of Hong Kong’s influential action stylist John Woo in a revenge film starring Joel Kinnaman that is truly silent, not a word of dialogue.

Dec. 7-8

Sara Bareilles’s “Waitress: The Musical” is a film version of her Broadway musical hit. She wrote the music and lyrics and now stars.

Dec. 13

“The Iron Claw” stars Zac Efron as the eldest of the real-life Von Erich wrestling brothers, a family both celebrated and doomed.

Dec. 15

Timothée Chalamet stars in “Wonka,” a prequel of Roald Dahl’s beloved story.

Outrageous, sexual and comical “Poor Things” won the top prize at Venice and reunites Emma Stone with Yorgos Lanthimos, her “The Favourite” director.

Dec. 22

“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” a sequel, again stars Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson.

“Migration” is an animated tale of mallard ducks flying south from, surprisingly, “The White Lotus” creator Mike White.

Dec. 24

A transformed Adam Driver is Enzo Ferrari, the driving force behind the world’s best 1950s race car in “Ferrari.”

Dec. 25

The new musical version of “The Color Purple” teams Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino and “Little Mermaid” star Halle Bailey.

George Clooney directs “The Boys in the Boat,” highlighting the improbable victory of the 1936 US rowing team at Hitler’s Berlin Olympics.

Dates subject to change

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