Clockwise from top left: Invisible Beauty, Foe, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds Snakes, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and Nyad.

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Clockwise from top left: Invisible Beauty, Foe, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds Snakes, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and Nyad.

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With no end in sight for the Hollywood strikes, we check in on new film releases for the fall. Our critics share recommendations for more than 25 films coming out between now and Thanksgiving.

September

Nia Vardalos as Toula in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3.

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Nia Vardalos wrote and directed this third installment in an unexpected franchise springing from her 2002 romantic comedy. Toula and Ian take their daughter and some of their family members to Greece for a reunion. Expect lots of beautiful scenery and, most importantly, the great and good Andrea Martin. — Linda Holmes

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Invisible Beauty Bethann Hardison’s self-portrait (co-directed with Frédéric Tcheng) chronicles the pioneering Black model’s rise and influence in a rigid, often-hostile fashion industry. After triumphing on the runway in a 1973 “Battle of Versailles” that pitted French designer royalty against American newcomers, Hardison founded a modeling agency and focused on changing the industry from the inside. She nurtured a community of models of color, including superstars Naomi Campbell, Iman and Tyson Beckford. — Bob Mondello

Cassandro Gael García Bernal is the titular real-life, gay luchador (wrestler) dreaming of being something other than the runt who gets smashed by the big guy. Someone suggests that he try being an “exotico” (a fey wrestling caricature), but they always lose, and he wants to win. Bernal is engaging, sexy and charismatic in the ring, and director Roger Ross Williams makes sure you hear the anti-gay slurs turn into cheers for the little guy. A Sundance Festival favorite. — Bob Mondello

Dumb Money In Craig Gillespie’s reality-based comedy, Paul Dano plays a guy with a Reddit page who went up against big hedge funds in 2021 in what became known as the “GameStop short squeeze.” The Reddit page recommended GameStop stock and its followers bought it. Hedge funds (Seth Rogen is their chief fall guy) saw them as amateurs (“dumb money”) and bet against the stock, assuming that it would fall. Small investors kept buying, making millions as the hedge funds lost billions. A feel-good comedy, yes? — Bob Mondello

Eve Hewson as Flora in Flora and Son.

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Flora and Son When writer/director John Carney tackles a music-inflected story — Once, Sing Street, Begin Again — it pretty much always comes out crowd-pleasing. This one involves a single mom (Eve Hewson) who rescues a guitar from a dumpster hoping to find a hobby for her disaffected teen son, and when he’s not interested, she goes online to take lessons from Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Now, how could that not be a charmer? — Bob Mondello

October

Strange Way of Life I’d wager there isn’t a more sultry trailer this season than Pedro Almodóvar’s first (hopefully not last!) Hollywood Western. The iconic director once turned down the opportunity to direct Brokeback Mountain but clearly maintained his mission to queer the Western on his own terms. There couldn’t be a sexier casting coup than a gunslinging Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke revisiting an old romance — delivered with Almodóvar’s signature color palette, dark humor and emotional precision. — Bilal Qureshi

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in Foe.

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Foe Australian director Garth Davis’ Lion starring Dev Patel was a deeply moving and underrated breakthrough, and in this otherwise quieter fall season, Davis’ latest family drama is one of the more promising and mysterious arrivals. The brooding and brilliant Paul Mescal joins Saoirse Ronan as a husband and wife forced to make a harrowing choice in a dystopian future. The sci-fi stakes are being kept cryptic, but the performances excerpted in the trailer suggest an awards season powerhouse. — Bilal Qureshi

Nathan Lane and Megan Mullally in Dicks: The Musical.

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Dicks: The Musical In a bizarre-o musical take on The Parent Trap, a pair of businessmen learn they’re long-lost twins and plot to get their divorced parents back together again. It’s a conceit that’s just out-there enough to succeed with the right creative elements. Luckily, director Larry Charles (Seinfeld, Borat) and performers Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane and Bowen Yang (playing, appropriately, God) are all involved. — Aisha Harris

Alden Ehrenreich as Luke and Phoebe Dynevor as Emily in Fair Play.

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Fair Play Written and directed by Chloe Domont, this story is about a couple, played by Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich, whose relationship is upended by a promotion at a hedge fund. That might sound like an unusual premise, but the thriller made a splash at Sundance and promises to tackle some interesting dynamics about gender and power. — Linda Holmes

What Happens Later Ex-lovers who’d just as soon never see each other again are stranded at a small regional airport during a snowstorm. Sounds like hell, but if the exes are played by Meg Ryan and David Duchovny, and if Ryan also steps behind the camera as co-writer and director, it might make a winning rom-com, yes? That’s the theory. It’ll be Ryan’s first appearance on-screen in eight years. — Bob Mondello

JaNae Collins, Lily Gladstone, Cara Jade Myers and Jillian Dion in Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Killers of the Flower Moon Monumental in scope (and in running time at three-plus hours), Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation of David Grann’s nonfiction book is a true-crime drama about greed and homicide in 1920s Oklahoma. Cattle rancher Robert De Niro enlists his gullible nephew (Leonardo DiCaprio) in an intricate scheme to rob the Osage Nation of the oil under the “worthless” land to which its people had been exiled. Lily Gladstone plays Mollie, a wrenching figure in an escalating tragedy certain to be remembered during awards season. — Bob Mondello

Radical On the first day of sixth grade in a Mexican border town, students dodge hostage-dragging pickup trucks on their way to school and, once inside, are mostly bored. Except in Sergio’s classroom, where students float in “boats” (upside-down desks), trying not to capsize as part of a lesson about density and mass that only Sergio thinks they have the smarts to pursue. The film, based on a true story, has an uplifting take that’s conventional but proves winning. — Bob Mondello

Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in Nyad.

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Nyad Annette Bening is swimming legend Diana Nyad and Jodie Foster is her longtime pal and reluctant coach, Bonnie Stoll, in this recounting of Nyad’s several attempts, in her 60s, to swim the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida’s Key West without a shark cage. She’d failed when still in her prime, but now — out of shape but determined — she wants another go. With Mother Nature throwing everything she has at them, Bening and Foster are garnering raves, as is the cinematography. — Bob Mondello

Niousha Noor as Shirin in The Persian Version.

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The Persian Version Immigrant angst and intergenerational collisions have always been at the heart of American cinema, and in recent years there have been even more specific and nuanced portrayals — from Hulu’s Ramy to Netflix’s Beef. Now I can’t wait for filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz’s big-screen Persian Version of that classic coming-of-self story. A hit at this year’s Sundance, it’s about a queer young woman and her Iranian mother, told through dance numbers, pop songs, sex, comedy and palpable heart. — Bilal Qureshi

Dear David Those of us who love web comic author Adam Ellis’ funny, creepy, sexy queer work have always expected him to break into the mainstream. Few of us expected it to happen this way, though. Dear David dramatizes a Twitter thread (no, seriously) that Ellis wrote in 2017, while he was still working at BuzzFeed, about encountering the ghost of a small boy in his apartment. The Tweet went viral, and here we are. Look, Lana Turner was discovered at a drugstore. — Glen Weldon

The Killer Bland title aside, David Fincher’s crime thriller looks like a fun, intense time at the movies in the tradition of John Wick. Michael Fassbender — in his first film since 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix — plays an assassin who goes head-to-head with his employers and might be losing his mind. It also features Tilda Swinton and is based on an acclaimed French graphic novel series. Following Fincher’s last feature, Mank, his return to the brooding psychological genre is a welcome one. — Aisha Harris

Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers.

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The Holdovers This comedy-drama reteams director Alexander Payne with his Sideways star Paul Giamatti in the story of an embittered teacher at a boarding school forced to supervise students who stay on campus over Christmas break. It’s Payne, so despite the setting, don’t expect maudlin, sentimental Dead Poets Society-type uplift. No, we’ll likely get lots of flintiness and passive-aggression. And if we get any moments of human connection, they’ll feel surprising — and fully earned. — Glen Weldon

November

Quiz Lady The triumphant year of the R-rated female-led comedy continues here, with Sandra Oh and Awkwafina playing estranged sisters who set aside their resentment to compete together on a game show. Jason Schwartzman and Will Ferrell also star, but really all you need to know is that Oh, primarily known for playing Type A overachievers, is portraying the hot mess sibling of the family — and that should be more than enough of a selling point. — Aisha Harris

Rustin Biopics can often be a rote slog, but the fact that this centers on the gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and stars the fantastic Colman Domingo (who is himself gay) is promising. Director George C. Wolfe’s previous work for the stage and screen has never been dull, and the cast is stacked with some of our finest character actors, including Glynn Turman, CCH Pounder, Jeffrey Wright and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. — Aisha Harris

The Marvels Brie Larson returns as Carol Danvers, and meets up with Iman Vellani and Teyonah Parris as Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, in the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Directed by Nia DaCosta, the film will present a number of questions: What’s the status of the theatrical elements of the MCU? What will be the effect of releasing a big Marvel movie with very limited promotion during the strikes? The strong trio of MCU women is a reason for optimism. — Linda Holmes

Erika Alexander as Coraline and Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in American Fiction.

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American Fiction First off, this cast: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, Sterling K. Brown. (And more!) Also, this creator: Cord Jefferson, in his feature directing debut. His fingerprints have been all over some great TV from the last few years, including Watchmen. And finally, the subject: In an adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure, Wright plays a notable author who unwittingly finds huge success with a novel full of Black stereotypes and must contend with the monster he has unleashed. — Aisha Harris

Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds Snakes.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds Snakes In this prequel to the original trilogy, it’s 64 years before Katniss Everdeen brought down the regime of President Coriolanus Snow. District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) is prepping to fight in the 10th Hunger Games, ironically, mentored by that same Coryo Snow (Tom Blyth), who is then 18. Also on hand, Game inventors Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage, and Jason Schwartzman as TV host “Lucky” Flickerman, presumed ancestor to Stanley Tucci’s character. — Bob Mondello

Next Goal Wins.

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Next Goal Wins Writer/director Taika Waititi’s last couple of films (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Love and Thunder) showed signs that his sharp, defiantly off-kilter sensibility might be losing its singular vigor. Here’s hoping that in tackling this tale (along with co-screenwriter Iain Morris) about a sozzled, washed-up soccer coach (Michael Fassbender) trying to help the hapless American Samoan soccer team, Waititi is back on firm creative ground. If he manages to invert some sports-movie clichés along the way, all the better. — Glen Weldon

Napoleon Ridley Scott’s action epic traces the rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, with Scott’s favorite Gladiator, Joaquin Phoenix, as the arrogant, height-challenged despot. Vanessa Kirby is Napoleon’s adored Josephine, and while much of her part has been trimmed from the director’s original four-hour cut, Scott says he hopes the long version will find a home on streaming. Wide-screen battles reportedly among the most enormous ever filmed offer an argument for seeing it first in theaters. — Bob Mondello

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Maestro Much of the early attention has gone to a debate about the prosthetic nose that Bradley Cooper uses in his portrayal of composer Leonard Bernstein. But the film, which Cooper directed and co-wrote with Josh Singer, got solid reviews on the festival circuit in Venice. Carey Mulligan plays Bernstein’s wife, Felicia Montealegre, and that’s likely to be a potent on-screen combination. — Linda Holmes

Wish If the Disney folks had just one wish, it might well be for a hit animated comedy, after a run of box office misfires (Raya and the Last Dragon, Strange World, Lightyear, Elemental) and three pandemic-era Disney+ exclusives (Luca, Soul, Turning Red). Ariana DeBose voices Asha, a teenager in a land where wishes come true, though not always in the way you expect. Chris Pine is King Magnifico, who’s the keeper of wishes, and Alan Tudyk is a goat with lots to say when given a chance. — Bob Mondello

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Saltburn Little is known about Emerald Fennell’s directorial follow-up to Promising Young Woman, but early word out of test screenings is that it’s a sexually explicit version of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Barry Keoghan plays a college student who becomes obsessed with his schoolmate Jacob Elordi’s wealth, family — and charisma. We’re about due for a revisit to Brideshead Revisited that takes the sub out of the queer subtext, not to mention a chance for Keoghan to play a lead role at last. — Glen Weldon

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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Raven Jackson’s directorial debut spans decades and generations of a Mississippi family, primarily through the eyes of Mack (played as a kid by Kaylee Nicole Johnson and as a young adult by Charleen McClure). The nonlinear film is lushly visualized and evokes the weight of time and the significance of life moments big and small. I had the fortune of catching its Sundance debut, and a wordless scene between two characters lingers with me as one of the absolute best cinematic moments of the year. — Aisha Harris

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It’s not always easy to find out which movies are hitting theaters each week, especially as the ongoing Hollywood strikes have led to many release date changes. With awards season starting to heat up, there are more dramas and prestige productions in theaters for the next few months. Meanwhile October will bring a wealth of scary fare, while November and December should see family-friendly films and crowdpleasers for the holidays.

“Expend4bles,” the fourth installment in the “Expendables” franchise, comes out this week, with Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham reprising their roles and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Megan Fox joining the cast. Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl adaptation of “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch, will have a limited theatrical release this week before its Netflix premiere the following week. Also releasing in select theaters before streaming on Apple TV+ is musical “Flora and Son,” with Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Next week, be on the lookout for science-fiction thriller “The Creator,” starring John David Washington and Gemma Chan.

Check back each week to find the latest releases in theaters, from big-budget wide releases to niche independent titles.

Wednesday, September 20

“Canary”

Oscilloscope (Wide)

“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”

Netflix (Limited)

Thursday, September 21

“Roots of Fire”

First Run (Limited)

“Shaky Shivers”

Fathom Events (Limited)

Friday, September 22

“It Lives Inside”

Neon (Limited)

“Dark Asset”

Saban Films (Limited)

“I Can”

Kappa Distribution (Limited)

“Uncharitable”

Abramorama (Limited)

“Reptile”

Netflix (Limited)

“Flora and Son”

Apple TV+ (Limited)

“Expend4bles”

Lionsgate (Wide)

“Barber”

Brainstorm Media (Limited)

“Condition of Return”

Stonecutter Media (Limited)

“Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms”

Well Go USA Entertainment (Limited)

“The Great Indian Family”

Yash Raj Films USA Inc.

“Man on the Run”

The Smoking Section/Evergreen Media (Limited)

“Stop Making Sense”

A24 (Limited)

Saturday, September 23

“Howl’s Moving Castle”

Fathom Events (Limited)

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The Best Movies category awards the best-reviewed film regardless of their release, whether they went straight to streaming or swung onto the silver screen. Spider-Man: No Way Home became the mega-cultural event that would entice moviegoers back into theaters, and it lived up to the hype for critics, as well. It was a music-filled year with In the Heights, West Side Story, and Summer of Soul. On the heavy side, some big tomatoes for Pig and a career-best Nicolas Cage, Jane Campion’s first-in-11-years The Power of the Dog, and A Quiet Place Part II, everyone’s collective exhalation through horror. Meanwhile, Raya and the Last Dragon, The Mitchells vs the Machines, and Coda brought representative, progressive ingredients to family storytelling.

The order reflects Tomatometer scores (as of December 31, 2021) after adjustment from our ranking formula, which compensates for variation in the number of reviews when comparing movies or TV shows.

(July 23)

Based on the graphic novel “Sandcastle” by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters, “Old” centers on a family on a tropical holiday. Things take a turn when they discover a secluded beach that causes them to age rapidly— reducing their entire lives into a single day. From thriller veteran director M. Night Shyamalan, it stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, Embeth Davidtz, Eliza Scanlen, Emun Elliott, Kathleen Chalfant and Thomasin McKenzie.

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Around here, the Venice Film Festival marks the start of the fall movie season. Stars will glide in on gondolas and unveil some of this year’s most promising titles, including new movies from some of our favorite directors — Sofia Coppola (Priscilla), David Fincher (The Killer), Michael Mann (Ferrari), and Pablo Larraín (El Conde) among them. Most will hit U.S. theaters in the weeks and months to come alongside the likes of Killers of the Flower Moon, Dune 2, and Ridley Scott’s take on Napoleon. Strap in for awards season, in other words, though this fall is packing more than just statue bait. Did you know we’re now up to ten Saw movies? Ten! A24, meanwhile, has made its first musical: Dicks: The Musical, which until recently we’d been calling F**king Identical Twins. And Harmony Korine will surely bamboozle us all with Aggro Dr1ft, a film shot all in infrared(?) and at least partly preoccupied with demonic crime lords and swords(??). There’s too much weird and great and silly stuff coming to squeeze into one paragraph. So we’ll let Vulture’s esteemed movies writers guide you from here.

September

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

“A lot has happened since my big fat Greek wedding,” says Nia Vardalos in the trailer for the third installment in what is now officially a cinematic franchise. In this one, Vardalos and her clan head to Greece for a family reunion in honor of her late father, Gus, played by Michael Constantine, who died in 2021. John Corbett, a man who truly knows his lane, is back again as another much-beloved love interest of the early aughts. (In theaters September 8.) —Rachel Handler

A Haunting in Venice

Kenneth Branagh’s latest Hercule Poirot mystery adapts one of Agatha Christie’s lesser-known works, 1969’s Hallowe’en Party, and ports the action (a murder at a séance) from a small English village to Venice. Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, and Branagh’s Belfast boys Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill are among the suspects — or, perhaps, the victims. (In theaters September 15.) —Nate Jones

Dumb Money

In this Big Short–esque, Craig Gillespie–directed financial biodrama — the highest-profile project in an onslaught of GameStop-related limited series, documentaries, TV movies, docuseries, and feature films headed to the screen — Paul Dano portrays Keith Gill, the securities broker who brought Wall Street to its knees in 2021. He grew an initial $53,000 investment into a $48 million fortune by relentlessly cheerleading junk stock from GameStop across social media and Reddit threads — inspiring a grassroots amateur-investor revolution that wrested power away from hedge-fund managers to stranglehold the options-trading market. Think: Moneyball for shitposting stonks bros. (In select theaters September 15 and wide release October 6.) —Chris Lee

The Creator

In this dystopian sci-fi thriller from Welsh Rogue One director Gareth Edwards, AI is the enemy. John David Washington plays an ex-special forces agent in a world of robots-versus-humans warfare tasked with a mission to assassinate the elusive mastermind behind advanced artificial-intelligence tech that could either obliterate mankind or finally enable lasting peace. Traveling into the “dark heart of AI-occupied territory,” however, David discovers the weapon he’s hunting is but a small child (or at least a cyborg in kid’s clothing), triggering some latent paternal instinct. From there, at least judging from its trailer, there are more tonal similarities to Children of Men than The Terminator. (In theaters September 29.) —C.L.

More anticipated films:

Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (in theaters September 1), Perpetrator (streaming on Shudder September 1), The Good Mother (in theaters September 1), The Equalizer 3 (in theaters September 1), The Nun 2 (in theaters September 8), Sitting in Bars With Cake (streaming on Prime Video September 8), Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (in theaters September 8), Rotting in the Sun (in theaters September 8), Satanic Hispanics (in theaters September 14), Love at First Sight (streaming on Netflix September 15), A Million Miles Away (streaming on Prime Video September 15), El Conde (streaming on Netflix September 15), Outlaw Johnny Black (in theaters September 15), Elevator Game (streaming on Shudder September 15), The Inventor (in theaters September 15), The Saint of Second Chances (streaming on Netflix September 19), Expend4bles (in theaters September 22), Stop Making Sense (in theaters September 22), Cassandro (streaming on Prime Video September 22), Drive-Away Dolls (in theaters September 22), Barber (in theaters and on demand September 22), It Lives Inside (in theaters September 22), No One Will Save You (streaming on Hulu September 22), Spy Kids: Armageddon (streaming on Netflix September 22), Dicks: The Musical (in theaters September 29), The Kill Room (in theaters September 29), Saw X (in theaters September 29), She Came to Me (in theaters September 29), Flora and Son (streaming on Apple TV+ September 29), and Fair Play (in theaters September 29 and streaming October 13).

October

Killers of the Flower Moon

It already showed at Cannes to many hosannas and some controversy, and yet Martin Scorsese’s nearly four-hour adaptation of David Grann’s history about the Osage murders of the 1920s continues to be one of the most anticipated films of the year. That’s partly because it unites longtime Scorsese actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro onscreen in one of the director’s movies for the first time. The film itself is spectacular and complicated: It isn’t the true-crime mystery the book was, nor is it really a western or a gangster movie. Rather, it’s the story of a tragic, bizarre, heartbreaking marriage. And despite all the fine work by the bigger names in the cast, at the center of it all, carrying so much of the film’s emotional weight, is Lily Gladstone, who will surely be a major star by the time this year is over. (In theaters October 6.) —Bilge Ebiri

Anatomy of a Fall

When it premiered at Cannes, there was little doubt that Justine Triet’s existential procedural was headed for a big win; it wound up with the Palme d’Or. Can it break through with a broader audience when it opens in the U.S.? Bet on it: This impeccably acted tale of a German academic suspected of murder in France after her husband’s death from a mysterious fall isn’t just a thoughtful exploration of the nature of uncertainty and innocence — it’s also a riveting courtroom drama that often prompts mid-movie applause whenever it shows. And not just for the absolutely infectious cover of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” from the Hamburg-based Bacao Rhythm Steel Band that plays repeatedly throughout the movie. (In theaters October 13.) —B.E.

Priscilla

Sofia Coppola, the maestro of movies about women adjacent to power, turns to what looks like an ideal topic: Priscilla Presley’s relationship with Elvis Presley, which began when she was the painfully young age of 14. Coppola has cast the baby-faced Cailee Spaeny as her star (Jacob Elordi plays the King), and is drawing from Presley’s own 1985 memoir, with the results looking to be as troubling as they are dreamlike. (In theaters October 27.) —Alison Willmore

More anticipated films:

Strange Way of Life (in theaters October 4), Foe (in theaters October 6), Cat Person (in theaters October 6), The Burial (in select theaters October 6 and streaming on Prime Video October 13), Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (streaming on paramount+ October 6), Reptile (streaming on Netflix October 6), Totally Killer (streaming on Prime Video October 6), True Love (in theaters October 6), PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (in theaters October 13), The Exorcist: Believer (in theaters October 13), The Persian Version (in theaters October 13), Ordinary Angels (in theaters October 13), What Happens Later (in theaters October 13), The Delinquents (in theaters October 18), Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (in theaters October 19), Nyad (in theaters October 20), Radical (in theaters October 20), The Other Zoe (in theaters October 20), Underdoggs (in theaters October 20), Old Dads (streaming on Netflix October 20), Pigeon Tunnel (in theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ October 20), Full Circle (in theaters October 20), Four Daughters (in theaters October 27), Fingernails (in theaters October 27), Five Nights at Freddy’s (in theaters October 27), Sight (in theaters October 27), and Pain Hustlers (streaming on Netflix October 27)

November

Dune: Part Two 

Remember how Denis Villeneuve’s Dune just kind of … ended? Well, good news: The plan all along had been to adapt only the first half of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic, and since that worked pretty well for everyone involved, Denis Co. are coming back to finish the job. Timothée Chalamet will become Muad’Dib by nature, and Zendaya will hopefully get more than a few lines. Plus Austin Butler, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, and Florence Pugh. (In theaters November 3.) —N.J.

The Killer

Michael Fassbender’s been off-screen since his last turn as Magneto in 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix; this fall, the toothy Irish actor is back in two plum roles. In addition to showing off his comedic side in Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, Fassbender’s taking the title role in David Fincher’s The Killer, adapted from the French graphic novel of the same name. Admittedly, the film world is not exactly short on stories about enigmatic assassins, but given the talent involved — the cast also includes Charles Parnell and Tilda Swinton — this seems like the kind of project that will be fueled by its sense of style and cool. (Streaming on Netflix November 10.) —A.W.

Thanksgiving

Based on the trailer for this outlandishly violent, ’70s-style slasher movie (which showcases a topless cheerleader doing the splits onto a carving knife), writer-director Eli Roth’s feature-length Turkey Day takeout will be an exercise in arterial splatter and downmarket production values — if not all-around bad taste. Expect cheesy kills and terrible puns (“This year there will be no leftovers!”), body reveals in the style of yesteryear schlock, and cheap jump scares with a wink. That is all to say: a deeply referential reimagining of down-and-dirty cinema from one of the most hated filmmakers in Hollywood. (In theaters November 17.) —C.L.

May December

Todd Haynes reunites with frequent collaborator Julianne Moore, who plays Gracie Atherton-Yoo, a Savannah housewife who once went to jail for having a sexual relationship with the 13-year-old boy who’s now her 23-years-younger husband (Charles Melton). Gracie’s efforts to smooth over the scandals of the past start to fail when an actress (Natalie Portman) who’s been cast to play Gracie in a movie arrives to shadow the couple, asking questions they aren’t entirely ready to answer. It’s Ingmar Bergman’s Persona by way of Mary Kay Letourneau. (In theaters November 17.) —A.W.

Next Goal Wins 

Despite many others’ claims to doing so, Taika Waititi appears to be one of the few franchise directors actively pursuing a one-for-them, one-for-me strategy. He followed up Thor: Ragnarok with the Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit. Now he’s following up Thor: Love and Thunder with this based-on-fact comedy about Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender), the down-on-his-luck former footballer who was hired to coach American Samoa’s moribund national soccer team in 2011. The film had its share of production delays, most notably when co-star Armie Hammer got canceled and his scenes were reshot with Will Arnett. That’s kind of funny already. (In theaters November 17.) —B.E.

Napoleon

Ridley Scott historical epics can be tedious or magnificent — sometimes both. But there’s also a reason why Stanley Kubrick spent the better part of three decades trying to make a Napoleon Bonaparte movie — it’s a story filled with heroism and lunacy and tragedy, with outsize emotions, elaborate betrayals, massive battles, and a cast of fascinating characters. And Scott might be the director best able to juggle all those elements today: Now 85, he has been in an unusually creative period in recent years, making confident, ambitious entertainment that still retains a sense of personality. Napoleon looks to be perhaps the most extravagant film of his career.  (In theaters November 22.) —B.E.

More anticipated films:

American Fiction (in theaters November 3), Nyad (streaming on Netflix November 3), Fingernails (streaming on Apple TV+ November 3), Quiz Lady (streaming on Hulu November 3), Rustin (in theaters November 3), The Holdovers (in theaters November 10), The Marvels (in theaters November 10), Dream Scenario (in theaters November 10), Marmalade (in theaters November 10), Best. Christmas. Ever! (streaming on Netflix November 16), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (in theaters November 17), Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (streaming on Peacock November 17), Trolls Band Together (in theaters November 17), May December (in theaters November 17), Leo (streaming on Netflix November 21), Maestro (in theaters November 22), Saltburn (in theaters November 24), and Wish (in theaters November 22)

December

Poor Things

In Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest, an adaptation of Alisdair Gray’s 1992 novel, Emma Stone is back and ultra-bizarre as Bella Baxter, a Victorian woman who drowns and is then brought back to life by Willem Dafoe’s Dr. Godwin Baxter, a “brilliant and unorthodox scientist.” Bella is, in her new and undead state, wonky — her “brain and body are not quite synchronized,” which means she does things like punch strangers in the face and run off with Mark Ruffalo on a “whirlwind adventure” across the world. Expect a lot of the Lanthimos classics: fish-eye lenses, choreographed dance sequences, Emma Stone going the hell off, deadpan line delivery, displays of ravenous horniness, and people dramatically slapping one another. (In theaters December 8.) —R.H.

Anyone But You

Glenn Powell and Sydney Sweeney have such crackling chemistry that their efforts to promote this Will Gluck rom com — the flirty CinemaCon appearance! the video of Sweeney falling off a sofa into Powell’s arms! — got the internet convinced the pair were an IRL item. We’ll see if that connection translates to the screen, where the two will play former nemeses who pretend to be in a relationship while at a friend’s wedding. (In theaters December 15.) —A.W.

Wonka

Timothee Chalamet portrays the eccentric Everlasting Gobstopper inventor in this prequel to 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Unlike Gene Wilder’s take on the character (a guy all too accepting of child dismemberment and blueberrification), Chalamet leans into whimsy, adding youthful mischief to Wonka’s madcap bombast while standing up to haters in the “Chocolate Cartel.” There are supposedly seven musical numbers although none of that song and dance has appeared in a trailer to date. Did we mention Hugh Grant plays an Oompa Loompa? (In theaters December 15.) —C.L.

Ferrari

Michael Mann has been trying to make this film about the legendary race car manufacturer Enzo Ferrari for decades now; the script dates back to the days of Last of the Mohicans and Heat. Adam Driver plays the lead role, and Penelope Cruz plays his wife Laura. The film is not a typical biopic, taking place during one pivotal and dramatic season in the auto maker’s fortunes. And given that it’s Mann, it’s a fair bet to say that the emotional, intimate components of the protagonists’ lives will be given as much weight as the car racing. (In theaters December 25.) —B.E.

More anticipated films:

Godzilla Minus One (in theaters December 1), Eileen (in theaters December 1), The Bikeriders (in theaters December 1), Magazine Dreams (in theaters December 8), Leave the World Behind (streaming on Netflix December 8), The Zone of Interest (in theaters December 8), Raging Grace (in theaters December 8), Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (in theaters December 15), Maestro (streaming on Netflix December 20), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (in theaters December 20), Migration (in theaters December 22), Strangers (in theaters December 22), The Iron Claw (in theaters December 22), Rebel Moon (streaming on Netflix December 22), The Color Purple (in theaters December 25), The Boys in the Boat (in theaters December 25), Occupied City (in theaters December 25), and Praise This (in theaters December 31)

Even more anticipated films that could (or should or might) come out this fall:

The Boy and the Heron

Hayao Miyazaki retired from filmmaking after The Wind Rises in 2013, but there’s no keeping a grouchy workaholic genius down. Just a few years after that, the animation legend unretired to start work on what would eventually be called The Boy and the Heron. Like The Wind Rises, this new film is set during World War II, this time focusing on a 12-year-old boy who, while grieving the death of his mother and struggling to adjust to a new home, finds his way to a magical dimension. —A.W.

Plus: Aggro Dr1ft, The Curse, The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar, The Archies, Hit Man, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Origin, Evil Does Not Exist, Finestkind, and The Sweet East

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Welcome to our preview of Netflix’s upcoming Original slate of new movies headed to the service for the remainder of 2023 – July through December. 

Speaking of 2024, you can see all the movies Netflix has in the works for next year and beyond in our separate preview here. Want to see all the English-language movies that have made their way onto Netflix in 2023?

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Now just a quick note on a few films:

• Two movies that could hit Netflix in 2023 (according to Netflix’s 2023 upfront blog post) have yet to be confirmed are The Old Guard 2 and Carry-On.
• Damsel, the fantasy action movie starring Millie Bobby Brown, has been dropped from the 2023 schedule and is expected to arrive in 2024.
• A Family Affair was originally scheduled to release in November 2023 but has been dropped from the 2023 roster.
• Spaceman, Players and Shirley have also been dropped from the 2023 schedule.
• Lift, originally scheduled for August 2023, will now be released on Netflix on January 12th, 2024.

Now without further ado, here’s a look forward at every movie still yet to release throughout the rest of 2023:

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Netflix Original Movies Confirmed for 2023

Note: Movies added between January and July 2023 have been removed

Happiness for Beginners

Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Vicky Wright
Cast: Ellie Kemper, Luke Grimes, Nico Santos, Blythe Danner, Ben Cook, Shayvawn Webster, Esteban Benito, Gus Birney, Julia Shiplett

Coming to Netflix on July 27th

HAPPINESS FOR BEGINNERS (2023) – CR: Barbara Nitke/Netflix

Coming from Cranetown Media, Ellie Kemper (best known for Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) will be playing the role of Helen Carpenter in this adaptation of the Katherine Center novel.

The story follows Helen, who signs up for a wilderness survival course after divorcing.

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Miraculous: Ladybug Cat Noir, The Movie

Genre: Animation, Family
Director:  Jeremy Zag
Cast: Cristina Vee Valenzuela, Bryce Papenbrook, Keith Silverstein

Coming to Netflix on July 28th

Excludes France, Germany, Greece, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.

Cr: © 2023 – The Awakening Production – SND

This is the first major feature film based on the global Miraculous franchise.

Miraculous: Ladybug Cat Noir, The Movie follows ordinary teenager Marinette, whose life in Paris goes superhuman when she becomes Ladybug. Bestowed with magical powers of creation, Ladybug must unite with her opposite, Cat Noir, to save Paris as a new villain unleashes chaos on the city.

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Heart Of Stone

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director: Tom Harper
Cast: Gal Gadot, Jamie Doran, Alia Bhatt

Coming to Netflix on August 11th

Picture: Netflix

Netflix won this movie from Skydance, which will see Gal Gadot pegged as being Netflix’s equivalent of Mission: Impossible or 007. Gadot plays Rachel Stone, an intelligence operative who is on the hunt for a valuable and dangerous asset.

The movie was filmed throughout early 2022, with a first look later released in September 2022 at TUDUM.

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The Monkey King

Genre: Animation
Director: Anthony Stacchi
Cast: Jimmy O. Yang, Stephanie Hsu, BD Wong, Jodi Long

Coming to Netflix on August 18th

Picture: Netflix

The Monkey King is an action-packed family comedy that follows a monkey and his magical fighting Stick as they team up on an epic quest to go head to head against gods, demons, dragons, and the greatest enemy of all, Monkey’s own ego!

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You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah!

Director: Sammi Cohen
Cast: Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Samantha Lorraine, Dylan Hoffman, Sarah Sherman, Dan Bulla, Ido Mosseri, Jackie Hoffman and Luis Guzmán

Coming to Netflix on August 25th

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One of the four Adam Sandler movies released on Netflix in 2023 (yes, four!) will be this new comedy based on the book by Fiona Rosenbloom with the script penned by Alison Peck.

Here’s what you can expect from the new movie:

“A girl’s bat mitzvah plans comedically unravel and threaten to ruin one of the most important events of her young life.”

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Choose Love

Genre: Romantic Comedy, Interactive
Director: Stuart McDonald
Cast: Laura Marano, Avan Jogia, Jordi Webber and Scott Michael Foster

Coming to Netflix on August 31st

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Using Netflix’s interactive software (see the full list of interactive titles here), best known for its use with Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, this title will see you picking the romance choices for Cami Conway.

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Love at First Sight (fka The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight)

Genre: Romance
Director: Vanessa Caswill
Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Jameela Jamil, Rob Delaney, Sally Phillips

Coming to Netflix on September 15th

Picture: ACE Entertainment

Coming from Ace Entertainment, this new Netflix teen romance will hope to follow in the successful footprints of other titles from the studio, including The Perfect Date, and To All The Boys.

Here’s the official logline for the new romance movie:

“After missing her flight from New York to London, Hadley (Haley Lu Richardson) meets Oliver (Ben Hardy) in a chance encounter at the airport that sparks an instant connection. A long night on the plane together passes in the blink of an eye but upon landing at Heathrow, the pair are separated and finding each other in the chaos seems impossible. Will fate intervene to transform these seat mates into soul mates?”

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Carga Máxima / Overhaul

Genre: Action
Director: Tomas Portella
Cast: Milhem Corta, Sheron Menezzes, Thiago Martins, Paulo Vilhena
Language: Brazillian Portuguese

Coming to Netflix on September 27th

Picture: Netflix

From Brazil, this new action-focused crime thriller is about a truck racing driver who uses his talents to be in the service of a cargo theft gang but soon wants out of the criminal world.

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Street Flow 2

Language: French
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kery James, Jammeh Diangana, Bakary Diombera

Coming to Netflix on September 27th

Street Flow 2 – Production Still Image

Here’s what you can expect from the second installment of this French drama:

“Two years after his brush with death, Demba tries to turn his life around and resist the desire for revenge. Noumouké gets involved in brawls between rival neighborhoods, and Soulaymaan, torn between his convictions and ambitions, takes his first steps as a lawyer. Can the three brothers resist the wave of violence and the brutality of the events that befall them?”

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Ballerina

Language:
Genre: Action
Cast: Jun Jong-seo, Kim Ji-hun, Park Yu-rim

Coming to Netflix on October 6th

Picture: Netflix

Netflix has already released some excellent Korean action movies in 2023 so far (Kill Boksoon was our favorite), and Ballerina is high up our list of most anticipated movies to round out the year.

In the movie, we’ll see an ex-bodyguard grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn’t protect and sets out to fulfill her dear friend’s last wish: revenge.

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Pain Hustlers

Genre: Drama
Director: David Yates
Cast: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, Chloe Coleman, Jay Duplass, Brian D’Arcy James, Amit Shah, and Andy Garcia

Will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2023

Coming to Netflix on October 27th

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Coming from the director of Harry Potter and the Fantastic Beasts movies, this biopic is akin to the likes of The Wolf of Wall Street. The movie follows a blue-collar woman who takes a job at a pharmaceutical start-up that looks to be on its last legs, but thanks to some financial footwork (and a bit of crime), they become successful.

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Wingwomen / Voleuses

Language: French
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Mélanie Laurent, Manon Bresch

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For most audiences, Mélanie Laurent will be the most recognizable in this new drama out of Netflix France best known for her role in the Quentin Tarantino movie, Inglorious Bastards.

Produced by Gaumont Television, the movie is about two expert thieves who recruit a new member to assist with another heist.

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The Killer

Genre: Action, Crime
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Monique Ganderton, Monika Gossmann, Sala Baker

Coming to Netflix on November 10th

The Killer. Michael Fassbender as The Killer in The Killer. Cr. Netflix ©2023

David Fincher’s next big Netflix project began production on November 1st, 2021, and was filmed on location around the globe through to the end of 2022.

The movie is about an elite assassin who tries to retire to Mexico following a psychological crisis. However, he is quickly brought back into the fold.

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Rustin

Genre: Biography
Director: George C. Wolfe
Cast: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Audra McDonald, Jeffrey Wright, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts

International Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival

Coming to Netflix on November 17th

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A new biopic on the gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin who was most known for organizing the 1963 march on Washington.

It comes from the Obamas production company Higher Ground Productions.

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Leo

Genre: Animation
Director: Robert Smigel, Robert Marianetti, David Wachtenheim
Cast: Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Cecily Strong, Jason Alexander, Rob Schneider, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler

Coming to Netflix on November 21st (Shifted a day forward – was originally due to release on November 22nd)

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Originally in development at STX Entertainment, Leo will be headed exclusively to Netflix and is just one of the many Adam Sandler projects in development.

Described as an animated musical, the movie is about a class lizard going through the final year of elementary school.

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May December 

Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton

Coming to Netflix on December 1st – only in the United States.

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After debuting at the Cannes Film Festival, Netflix picked May December up for distribution in the United States.

The new movie is written by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik about a married couple who come under pressure once an actress arrives on their doorstep to research for a film on their lives.

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Leave the World Behind

Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Esmail
Cast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon

Coming to Netflix on December 8th

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Sam Esmail writes and directs this new movie with an all-star cast. Esmail is best known for Mr. Robot on USA Network and is adapting the works of Rumaan Alam for this feature film.

Here’s what you can expect:

“A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.”

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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 

Director: Sam Fell
Voice Cast: David Bradley, Bella Ramsey, Zachary Levi, Imelda Staunton, Daniel Mays

Coming to Netflix on December 15th

Picture: Aardman

It’s been a hot minute, but a sequel for Chicken Run is on its way to Netflix. Aardman Animation and Netflix have worked on several projects, including Robin Robin and Shaun the Sheep, which will expand to the first full feature exclusive to Netflix globally in 2021.

The sequel will see the return of Babs, Ginger, Rocky, and Fletcher living on their new island after escaping Tweedy’s farm.

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Rebel Moon: Part 1

Genre: Sci-fi, Fantasy
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Bae Doona, Ray Fisher, with Charlie Hunnam and Anthony Hopkins

Coming to Netflix on December 22nd

The Rebel Moon movie, which Snyder originally pitched as a Star Wars story many moons ago, is expected to kick off a brand-new fantasy universe.

Here’s the official logline:

“When a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Balisarius, the desperate people dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to helm them make a stand.”

The Stone Quarry (Snyder’s production company) and Grand Electric are behind the project.

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Undated 2023 Netflix Movie Releases

Note: Listed in alphabetical order.

Best. Christmas. Ever!

Genre: Romantic comedy
Director: Mary Lambert
Cast: Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood, Matt Cedeño, and Jason Biggs

From writers Charles Shyer and Todd Calgi Gallicano, this is Netflix’s big new Christmas romantic comedy.

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Fair Play

Genre: Drama
Director: Chloe Domont
Cast: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan

International Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2023

Confirmed for Release in 2023

One of the acquisitions from the Sundance Film Festival was Fair Play which Netflix continues to confirm will debut in 2023.

Here’s the logline:

“An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.”

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Maestro

Genre: Biopic, Music
Director: Bradley Cooper
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis

World premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August/September 2023

Confirmed for Release in 2023

Picture: Netflix

Produced by Amblin Entertainment (Steven Spielberg’s outfit), this movie serves as a biopic for the famous composer Leonard Bernstein and, more importantly, the relationship between him and Felicia.

 

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Nyad

Genre: Biopic Drama
Director: Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Cast: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Ethan Jones Romero, Luke Cosgrove, Jeena Yi, Eric T. Miller

World premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2023

Coming to Netflix in Fall 2023

First look at Nyad on Netflix

A sports biopic on Diana Nyad (played by Annette Bening) is the 64-year-old marathon swimmer who attempted to become the first ever to swim from Cuba to Florida.

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Reptile

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director: Grant Singer
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian, Alicia Silverstone, Domenick Lombardozzi, Frances Fisher, Ato Essandoh, Michael Carmen Pitt, Karl Glusman, and Matilda Lutz

World premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2023

Picture: Netflix

Benicio Del Toro plays the role of Nichols, a New England detective who is relentless at his job.

The movie began filming in September 2021 and wrapped in November 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Scoop

Genre: Biopic, Drama
Cast: Rufus Sewell, Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Billie Piper, Romola Garai

Cast for Netflix’s Scoop movie

This new British production comes from director Philip Martin and writer Peter Moffat.

Here’s what you can expect:

“An inside account of the women journalists who broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the scoop of the decade, leading to the catastrophic fall from grace of the queen’s “favorite son,” Prince Andrew.”

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Spy Kids: Armageddon 

Genre: Kids, Comedy
Cast: Zachary Levi, Billy Magnussen, Giana Rodriguez

Not Yet Confirmed by Netflix for Release in 2023 

Pictured: Spy Kids 4

Robert Rodriguez is returning to the director’s chair once again for another Spy Kids entry which is coming exclusively to Netflix. It comes via Skydance Media and Spyglass Media Group.

Here’s what you can expect from the new reboot:

“The children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful game developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, leading them to become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.”

Production on the movie took place between June and September 2022, with Rodriguez confirming a 2023 release (Netflix has yet to do so, however).

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The Archies

Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Cast: Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Yuvraj Menda, Agastya Nanda and Vedang Raina

Picture: Netflix

Adapting the famous Archie Comics, this new Indian production resembles Netflix’s version of Greece. It’s an all-singing and dancing adaptation set in 1960s India.

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The Count / El Conde

Genre: Horror
Director: Pablo Larraín
Cast: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger

World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August/September 2023

Picture: Pablo Larrain/Netflix

Originating out of Chile, this new movie revolves around a vampire that’s around 250 years old and decides that he wants his life to end.

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The Kitchen

Genre: Sci-fi
Written Directed by: Kibwe Tavares
Starring: Kano and Jedaiah Bannerman

Picture: Getty Images / GQ

In development for over seven years, The Kitchen is scheduled to release on Netflix in “Late 2023,” according to producer Kareem Adeshina.

Here’s what you can expect from The Kitchen:

“The Kitchen is set in a dystopian 2044 London where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been forced to live in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the city. We follow an estranged father and son that come together to build a relationship as they battle to survive in a system that is stacked against them.”

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Rupert Friend, Dev Patel

World premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August/September 2023

Confirmed for release on Netflix in 2023

Picture: Netflix

Netflix notably purchased the entire Roald Dahl library, and one of their most ambitious projects announced so far is a new Wes Anderson movie with an all-star cast assembled.

The movie adapts a series of short stories focusing on Henry Sugar’s character and is set to be 39 minutes long.

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What are you looking forward to watching on Netflix in 2023? Let us know in the comments down below.

This “Barbie” just scored the biggest domestic opening weekend of 2023.

Marking a hot-pink, record-breaking bright spot for a film industry still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and now disrupted by two massive strikes, Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Barbie” debuted in first place at the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $155 million in the United States and Canada. The PG-13 comedy easily defeated Universal Pictures’ “Oppenheimer,” which opened in second place with $80.5 million — an impressive number for an R-rated film — according to studio estimates.

Those already lofty earnings ballooned to $162 million for “Barbie” and $82.4 million for “Oppenheimer” when studios reported final numbers Monday.

In addition to notching the biggest launch of the year — ahead of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($146.4 million) — Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” also scored the best domestic debut of all time for a title directed by a woman, surpassing 2019’s “Captain Marvel” ($153 million).

The combined returns of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” helped make this the highest-grossing weekend since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, according to measurement firm Comscore, and the fourth-highest grossing weekend ever at the domestic box office ($302 million, per Sunday estimates).

Perhaps even more important is how those records were set.

Historically, the highest-grossing weekends have been primarily fueled by one major franchise installment dominating the market (“Avengers: Endgame” in 2019, “Avengers: Infinity War” in 2018, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in 2015). This is the first time two competing movies have opened to more than $100 million and $80 million in the same frame. And unlike the aforementioned record-setters, neither “Barbie” nor “Oppenheimer” is a superhero movie, sequel or reboot — signaling a triumph for (relatively) original storytelling in an industry increasingly dependent on preexisting franchises.

That’s a huge deal, especially when you consider that — before “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” — the domestic box office was lagging 16.1% and 6.6% behind the year-to-date earnings of 2019 and 2022, respectively, according to Comscore. And the record is unlikely to be beaten any time soon, as the ongoing strikes by Hollywood’s writers and actors will prevent talent from promoting forthcoming work.

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Suffice it to say the film industry received a much-needed shot in the arm thanks to the cinematic, cultural phenomenon that is “Barbenheimer.” For months, people around the world have anticipated the simultaneous releases of Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” — two auteur-driven studio tentpoles so thematically opposed that movie fans have been fusing them in memes, posters, T-shirts, TikTok videos and now, theaters.

“There’s certainly some cross-pollination going on,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore.

“Film buffs will be created this weekend after maybe some people who had no intention to see ‘Barbie’ will now see that. Others who had no intention to see ‘Oppenheimer’ — because of ‘Barbenheimer’ — are going to want to see both. And that’s really cool.”

Taken together, this trifecta of films has beleaguered industry-watchers breathlessly anticipating a boost to the summer box office, with the kind of ticket sales needed to soothe Hollywood’s frayed nerves when it comes to the future of the big screen.

As of Sunday morning, it was clear that many thousands of moviegoers indeed had seen both — often back to back. AMC Theaters reported Friday that more than 60,000 loyalty program members had reserved tickets to watch “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” on the same day.

Cinemas across the country were packed with moviegoers dressed in bubblegum pink and/or charcoal costumes to celebrate the movie event of the summer. On social media, fans fervently debated which film they should watch first. (A self-professed Nolan fanatic, Dergarabedian opted to start with the grim “Oppenheimer” and chase it with “Barbie.”)

“It’s so rare,” said Dergarabedian, who couldn’t remember a dual-opening weekend generating this much collective buzz since 2000’s “The Patriot” and “The Perfect Storm.”

“I mean, this is marketing catnip. … To have this situation where you have these two films, linked together in this way … rival studios but yet having this sort of baked-in camaraderie here.”

The viral social media phenomenon, inspired by the same-day release of ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ is the best advertising campaign for moviegoing that no studio could’ve come up with.

Undoubtedly boosted by the popularity of the “Barbenheimer” double feature, the feminist flick about a doll come to life and the historical drama about the father of the atomic bomb over-performed in the United States and Canada. It also doesn’t hurt that both features boast marquee directors and A-list casts headlined by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (“Barbie”) and Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”).

“This was a phenomenal experience for people who love movies on the big screen,” Michael O’Leary, president of the National Assn. of Theatre Owners, said in a statement.

“It was a truly historic weekend and continues the positive box office momentum of 2023. More importantly, it proves once again that America loves going to the movies to see great films.”

The much-memed, long-awaited feature from director Greta Gerwig is a delightful comic fantasy that promotes and deconstructs its own Mattel doll brand.

And it’s not just ticket sales that matter in this industry-revitalizing moment.

“If you’re going to see that double feature … you’re going to be at the theater for a long time,” Dergarabedian said.

“That’s a lot of popcorn, a lot of soda, a lot of drinks, a lot of food, a lot of exposure to in-theater marketing and trailers. … It’s like the Super Bowl for movie theaters this weekend. And that’s going to be a really good thing … for the business moving forward.”

Star Ryan Gosling and director Greta Gerwig open up about Ken’s journey to toxic masculinity and back in their comedy based on the iconic Mattel toys.

It’s worth noting that “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” are more than commercial successes. Both movies have also fared exceedingly well with critics and audiences, which bodes well for their box-office futures.

“Barbie” notched a stellar 90% fresh rating on review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, while “Oppenheimer” came in even higher at 94%. Each picture received an A grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore.

“We need to look at the long-term playability of both of these films, because they’re going to have … very different journeys to their final box-office result,” Dergarabedian said.

“‘Barbie’ certainly will be more front-loaded … But ‘Oppenheimer’ is going to build on it being a different type of summer-style movie. This feels like a movie that’s certainly gonna be recognized come awards season. So it’s going to have a very long life in the public consciousness.”

As the human heart in a comedy filled with neurotic dolls, the ‘Ugly Betty’ award-winner is ready to take a bolder step toward the big screen with ‘Barbie.’

One important caveat on awards: The strikes have the potential to hinder Oscar campaigns for both films.

Although members of the Writers Guild of America have been on the picket lines for weeks, Warner Bros. and Universal lucked out with plenty of time to promote their respective titles before the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA dropped the other shoe on July 14. (Backed by Mattel, “Barbie” had a particularly robust marketing strategy involving viral character posters, custom dolls, a star-studded soundtrack and a real-life Malibu Dreamhouse.)

“They really got in under the wire in a sense, because their marketing message was so strong and so amplified,” Dergarabedian said.

Rounding out the top five at the domestic box office this weekend were Angel Studios’ “Sound of Freedom,” which grossed $20.1 million in its third frame for a North American total of $124.7 million; paramount Pictures’ “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” which added $19.5 million in its sophomore outing for a North American cumulative of $118.8 million; and Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which earned $6.7 million in its fourth weekend for a North American haul of $159 million.

Opening in wide release next weekend are A24’s “Talk to Me,” GKIDS’ “The First Slam Dunk” and Disney’s “Haunted Mansion.”

Thanks to the recent arrest of accused serial killer Rex Heuermann, Lifetime will re-release its true crime movie “The Gilgo Beach Killer” updated with new information.

Airing Aug. 6 at 8 p.m., the movie is part of the network’s  “Ripped from the Headlines” August programming.

Previously titled “The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother’s Hunt for Justice,” the movie originally aired in February 2021. 

It depicted a fictionalized version of the true story of Mari Gilbert (Kim Delaney), a grieving mother who searched for what happened to her sex-worker daughter Shannan (Katharine Isabelle, “Hannibal”) who vanished after a ‘date’ on Long Island. 

Mari’s dogged pursuit of the truth eventually led to the police uncovering 11 bodies of young women discovered buried in shallow graves along Ocean Parkway in the area of Jones Beach State Park in 2010 and 2011. 

Tragically, Mari Gilbert was stabbed to death by her other daughter in 2016, before she could see Shannan’s killer caught.

In the movie’s original synopsis, it said, “Though the search for the killer is still ongoing, Mari’s passionate dedication to giving her daughter and other forgotten women a voice, and the attention they deserve, has kept the case alive with hopes of a breakthrough soon.” 

However, there was a breakthrough in the case on July 14.

Heuermann, 59  –  a New York City architect and married dad of two – was arrested and charged in three of the killings: Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello. 

He was caught after DNA from the hair of victim Megan Waterman matched his DNA, which investigators took from a discarded pizza crust in January.

Lifetime’s “The Gilgo Beach Killer” will feature new content from executive producer and Emmy Award-winning journalist Deborah Norville, who will provide updated and new details about the case. 

Lifetime did not respond when The Post reached out for comment about what the new information will be. 

However, there’s plenty of material, including the reactions of the suspected serial killer’s “embarrassed” family and friends. 

“When we initially informed them about their husband, their father, they were shocked,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told CNN. 

“They were disgusted — they were embarrassed. So, if you ask me, I don’t believe they knew about this double life that Mr. Heuermann was living.”

More sex workers have also come forward alleging that they had encounters with Heuermann, and his “disgusted” wife Asa Ellerup, 59, has filed for divorce. 

Details have also emerged about his behavioral patterns, including stalking and butchering animals.

Actor Billy Baldwin, who is the brother of Alec Baldwin, has also revealed that the accused killer was his former classmate. 

Lifetime’s special airing of “The Gilgo Beach Killer” is slated for Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. 

Welcome to the seventh edition of my monthly roundup for 2023, where I dive into the heart of Netflix’s
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ever-expanding movie library. So far, this year has seen quite the array of films added to the platform, catering to just about every taste imaginable. From riveting dramas to heartwarming comedies, and captivating documentaries to action-packed thrillers, Netflix continues to deliver a diverse film roster.

In this article, I’ll explore the cream of the crop: the absolute best movies added to Netflix in 2023 thus far. This list strikes a delicate balance, as I’ve not only chosen the movies that have made the biggest cultural impact but also the films with which I shared a profound viewing experience. Here, you’ll find a refreshing mix between the popular and the hidden gems. So get ready.

65

Prepare for a thrilling ride back in time with 65. After crash-landing on Earth 65 million years ago, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) and survivor Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) must navigate a world teeming with prehistoric threats. Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, this exhilarating sci-fi suspense movie transports you to a time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and survival was a daily battle.

They Cloned Tyrone

Immerse yourself in a thrilling journey of discovery and danger with They Cloned Tyrone. Jamie Foxx, John Boyega, and Teyonah Parris star as an unlikely trio who stumble upon a nefarious government conspiracy while investigating a peculiar incident. Directed by Juel Taylor, this riveting mystery caper serves up twists and turns that will keep you hooked from start to finish.

To Leslie

Dive deep into the gritty heart of West Texas with To Leslie, an emotionally-charged story of a single mother, brilliantly portrayed by Oscar-nominated Andrea Riseborough. After winning the lottery, Leslie’s life spirals into chaos as her fortune dwindles, forcing her into a high-stakes choice. A deeply human tale about the devastating cycle of addiction, this film is further enriched by stellar performances from Allison Janney, Andre Royo, and Marc Maron. Masterfully directed by Michael Morris, To Leslie will linger long after the credits roll.

Seasons

Venture into the delightfully unpredictable world of Seasons, a heartwarming romantic comedy directed by Easy Ferrer. Unravel the compelling love story between two best friends, enacted beautifully by Lovi Poe and Carlo Aquino, who dare to take risks and seek love anew, only to potentially find it in each other. Seasons breaks away from the typical romantic comedy mold, promising a captivating viewing experience from the Philippines that delights while holding firm to the genre’s intrinsic charm.

Living

Living is a profound, heart-wrenching journey helmed by Oliver Hermanus and featuring Oscar-nominated Bill Nighy in an unforgettable role. Based on Akira Kurosawa’s classic Ikiru, this film takes us into the life of a civil servant, desolate and facing a grim diagnosis, yet ignited by an unexpected friendship and newfound purpose. With an equally compelling cast including Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, and Tom Burke, this film is an introspective masterpiece of cinema.

Take Care of Maya

In Take Care of Maya, Henry Roosevelt directs a riveting social and cultural documentary that unwraps an unsettling nightmare for Jack and Beata Kowalski. A simple hospital visit spirals into a tragic tale of medical child abuse, questioning the diagnoses that shatter a Florida family’s life. This investigative film is a disturbing yet compelling exploration of the darker side of healthcare, where truth is elusive, and suspicion can lead to heartbreak.

Extraction 2

Prepare to be immersed in an adrenaline-fueled odyssey with Extraction 2. Chris Hemsworth returns as Tyler Rake, a mercenary who barely survived his last mission and is now tasked with a daring rescue mission for a notorious Georgian gangster’s family. Scripted by Joe Russo and directed by Sam Hargrave, this action thriller, boasting performances from Golshifteh Farahani, Olga Kurylenko, and Idris Elba, is an edge-of-your-seat journey you won’t want to miss.

The Magician’s Elephant

Take an extraordinary journey with young Peter in The Magician’s Elephant, directed by Wendy Rogers. Peter, portrayed by Noah Jupe, embarks on a quest to find his missing sister, guided by a fortune teller’s advice to seek a magician with an elephant. The film, blending whimsy and magic, leads audiences through a tale of self-belief, courage, and the undertaking of seemingly impossible tasks.

The Perfect Find

In The Perfect Find, we meet a woman on the edge of 40, navigating her way through a series of life-altering risks. Gabrielle Union shines in this feel-good romantic comedy, directed by Numa Perrier, about love, ambition, and the delicate balance between the two. With a star-studded cast featuring Keith Powers, Aisha Hinds, D. B. Woodside, La La Anthony, and Gina Torres, it’s a joyous, heartwarming journey of self-discovery and courage.

JUNG_E

Step into the future with JUNG_E, a postapocalyptic cyberpunk tale where the weight of the world and a decades-long war rest on the shoulders of a scientist, portrayed by Kang Soo-yeon. Tasked with cloning her mother, a heroic soldier, she grapples with deep emotional turmoil and the unforgiving reality of warfare. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and featuring Kim Hyun-joo, and Ryu Kyung-soo, JUNG_E is an enthralling exploration of humanity and technology.

We Have a Ghost

Encounter the unknown with We Have a Ghost, a charming story of an unusual friendship between a teenage boy and a ghost. When Kevin (Winston) discovers Ernest (Harbour) in his new home, a heartwarming bond forms. But when his father (Mackie) attempts to profit from Ernest, their world unravels. Directed by Christopher Landon, this movie is an enchanting blend of humor, warmth, and intrigue.

Bird Box Barcelona

Bird Box Barcelona thrusts you into a dystopian world where unseen forces wreak havoc on the global population. Sebastián and his daughter Anna navigate the desolate streets of Barcelona, encountering other survivors and an even graver threat than they ever imagined. With stellar performances by Georgina Campbell, Mario Casas, Patrick Criado, and Diego Calva, and directed by David and Àlex Pastor, this gripping saga keeps you guessing till the very end.

The Out-Laws

Experience the hilarity of mistaken identity in The Out-Laws, where Owen Browning (Adam DeVine), a straight-laced bank manager, becomes convinced that his future in-laws are infamous outlaws. Directed by Tyler Spindel and starring Nina Dobrev, Ellen Barkin, and Pierce Brosnan, this comedic romp is filled with twists, turns, and plenty of laughter.

Rebelión

Step into the intimate world of Joe Arroyo, the brilliant Colombian salsa singer, with Rebelión. Directed by José Luis Rugeles, this film brings to life the claustrophobic journey of this musical genius, whose voice could not be restrained on stage. Featuring Jhon Narváez, this narrative is a captivating exploration of an iconic figure and his battle against an ever-present sense of vulnerability.

Missing

Missing is a gripping techno-thriller directed by Will Merrick and Nick Johnson. Storm Reid stars as June, a determined daughter whose mother disappears in Colombia. Armed with technology and tenacity, she embarks on an international quest for truth. But as she digs deeper, more questions arise, creating a web of intrigue that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.

Murder Mystery 2

Murder Mystery 2, directed by Jeremy Garelick, brings back the dynamic duo of Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. Now operating a private detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz find themselves entangled in an international investigation involving abduction. With irreverent humor, wilder adventures, and an intriguing exploration of their relationship, this sequel proves more fun and engaging than its predecessor.

A Man Called Otto

Directed by Marc Forster, A Man Called Otto tells the story of a grumpy widower, Otto Anderson, portrayed by Tom Hanks. His life is turned upside down when a vivacious pregnant woman, Marisol, moves next door. A seemingly ordinary encounter evolves into a heartfelt journey of friendship and rediscovery, making this film a touching testament to human connection.

True Spirit

True Spirit, directed by Sarah Spillane, brings the true story of 16-year-old Australian sailor Jessica Watson to life. The film captures her audacious dream of becoming the youngest sailor to traverse the world solo, confronting her deepest fears. Featuring Teagan Croft as Watson, this narrative captures the thrilling realities of a daring adventure while honoring Watson’s seafaring legacy.

The Woman King

Step back into the 1800s with The Woman King, a film about a group of female warriors determined to protect their African kingdom of Dahomey. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Viola Davis as Gen. Nanisca, the movie portrays the thrilling fight against a foreign enemy that threatens their existence. The movie delivers an epic story of courage and resilience that is sure to thrill viewers.

Hunger

Sitisiri Mongkolsiri’s Hunger is a thought-provoking exploration of haute cuisine. Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying stars as Aoy, a woman who navigates the space between her family’s traditional noodle shop and Thailand’s prestigious luxury chef’s table team. The film skillfully interrogates the role of food in social advancement, offering an engaging tale of gastronomic identity and desire.

The Snowman

Embark on a chilling journey with Detective Harry Hole in The Snowman. Directed by Tomas Alfredson and featuring Michael Fassbender as the lead detective, the film tells the story of a search for a devious sociopath known as “The Snowman Killer.” Despite initial criticism, the movie’s suspenseful plot and cat-and-mouse chase have garnered a cult following.

The Son

In The Son, Florian Zeller portrays the upheaval in Peter’s life when he learns of his son’s struggles. Played by Hugh Jackman, Peter navigates the emotional turmoil to care for his troubled teenage son, Nicholas. The film draws viewers into a poignant exploration of fatherhood, offering a touching narrative that underscores the strength of family bonds.

Your Place or Mine

Your Place or Mine is a charming nod to the romantic comedies of the 2000s, directed by Aline Brosh McKenna. Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher star as best friends who swap houses and lives for a week. This delightful exchange reveals surprising truths about their desires and needs, creating a charming tale that romantic comedy lovers will adore.

You People

You People, directed by Kenya Barris, takes viewers on a comedic ride. It starts with a simple mistake: Ezra Cohen, played by Jonah Hill, hops into the wrong car, driven by Amira Mohammed, portrayed by Lauren London. This hilarious mix-up leads to a chaotic, heartwarming journey of two families who, despite their differences, are united in meddling in their children’s lives.

The Raid 2

Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2 is an adrenaline-fueled sequel that pushes the boundaries of action. Iko Uwais reprises his role as rookie cop Rama, who, after surviving a deadly gang war, is now plunged into even deadlier criminal underworlds. This exhilarating journey of survival and destruction will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

The Pale Blue Eye

In The Pale Blue Eye, Scott Cooper introduces viewers to a quaint military community where everyone knows everyone. That is until a murder rocks the town, and renowned detective Augustus Landor, played by Christian Bale, steps in. Assisted by a young poet named Edgar Allan Poe, the pair unravel a web of sinister suspects and chilling secrets.