2024 new movies: release schedule for this year's new movies

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After 2023 saw massive movie-going events like Barbenheimer, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the surprise of the year in Sound of Freedom, what lies in store with the slate of 2024 new movies? We're taking a macro look at it all right here, giving you a complete look at the 2024 movie release schedule.

To be clear, the list below includes only movies that are going to be playing in movie theaters; check out our what's new on Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Max and Paramount Plus features to stay up to date on what new movies are coming to the exclusively to streaming services.

We'll be updating this list as more information about the slate of 2024 new movies becomes available. However, we already got the long-awaited Dune sequel, plus new franchise entries for A Quiet Place, Bad Boys and Deadpool are on the way, as well as new movies from Robert Zemeckis, M. Night Shyamalan, Tim Burton and more. Check it all out below.

October 2024 new movies

The Apprentice

Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice

Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice (Image credit: APPRENTICE PRODUCTIONS/ONTARIO INC)
  • Release date: October 11 (US)
  • Cast: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova
  • Director: Ali Abbasi

Ahead of Election Day in the US, The Apprentice, a new movie focusing on a young Donald Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) as he is taken under the wing of infamous New York lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), is coming to movie theaters. Unsurprisingly, the movie has been a lightning rod for people on both sides of the political spectrum, but people will get to see it for themselves soon.

Piece by Piece

Piece by Piece

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  • Release date: October 11
  • Cast: Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg
  • Director: Morgan Neville

The story of musician Pharrell Williams is told in the documentary Piece by Piece, but it's not your typical doc. The story of Williams' life and career is going to be depicted entirely in LEGOs.

The Silent Hour

  • Release date: October 11 (US, limited)
  • Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Sandra Mae Frank, Mekhi Phifer, Mark Strong
  • Director: Brad Anderson

In The Silent Hour, Joel Kinnaman stars as a Boston police who after an accident on the job now suffers from hearing loss. However, this makes him the only one who can help a deaf witness when the killers she saw return to silence her.

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Christopher Reeve in Superman

Christopher Reeve in Superman (Image credit: WARNER BROS/ALAMY/COURTESY OF SUNDANCE INSTITUTE)
  • Release date: October 11 (US); November 1 (UK)
  • Directors: Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui

Superman is flying back into theaters this year. Not James Gunn's new Superman movie, but rather Christopher Reeve, arguably the most iconic actor to don the cape. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a documentary that tracks the actors rise to stardom and his life following a nearly fatal horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed. The documentary got a special two-day screening in movie theaters in September, but is now getting a wide release in movie theaters across the country.

Terrifier 3

David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown in Terrifier 3

David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown in Terrifier 3 (Image credit: ScreamBox)
  • Release date: October 11
  • Cast: David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Samantha Scaffidi, Elliott Fullam, Jason Patric
  • Director: Damien Leone

Fans are getting more of the horror franchise that reportedly made people pass out in movie theaters, as Art the Clown is back at it in Terrifier 3. Now he's taking over another holiday, as the movie is set to be a Christmas horror movie.

We Live in Time

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in We Live in Time

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in We Live in Time (Image credit: A24)
  • Release date: October 11 (US)
  • Cast: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh
  • Director: John Crowley

Oscar nominees Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh as a couple whose journey is the center of the movie We Live in Time. Told through snapshots of their life together, audiences are going to see the young stars fall in love but be rocked by a difficult truth.

Anora

Mikey Madison in Anora

Mikey Madison in Anora (Image credit: Cannes Film Festival)
  • Release date: October 18 (US)
  • Cast: Mikey Madison, Yuriy Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn
  • Director: Sean Baker

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner (the first US movie to win the honor since 2011) is getting a prime Oscar season release date this fall. From Sean Baker, the director behind Tangerine and The Florida Project, Anora is about a young sex worker who gets to enact her own Cinderella story when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch, though his family has a few objections to their relationship.

Rumours

Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, and Takehiro Hira in Rumours

Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis and Takehiro Hira in Rumours (Image credit: Bleecker Street)
  • Release date: October 18 (US); December 6 (UK)
  • Cast: Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Charles Dance, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Roy Dupuis, Takehiro Hira, Zlatko Buric
  • Director: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson

What do you get when you mix a G7 conference with zombies? Rumours. The new movie is a political satire starring Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander as a group or world leaders forced to prove they can handle a crisis when one breaks out in the form of the undead.

Smile 2

Naomi Scott in Smile 2

Naomi Scott in Smile 2 (Image credit: Paramount Pictures)
  • Release date: October 18
  • Cast: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo, Dylan Gelula, Ray Nicholson
  • Director: Parker Finn

Putting new meaning to a creepy smile, the 2022 horror movie Smile became a surprise hit. So no surprise, Smile 2 is on the way. Naomi Scott stars the new main character, a pop star that begins to be haunted by the mysterious smile that brings death alongside it.

Conclave

Ralph Fiennes in Conclave

Ralph Fiennes in Conclave (Image credit: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features)
  • Release date: October 25 (US); November 15 (UK)
  • Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini
  • Director: Edward Berger

Conclave takes us inside that only few get to see: the Vatican as they embark on selecting a new pope; however, the process becomes even more complicated when a conspiracy that could shake the foundation of the Catholic Church. The movies is the latest from the acclaimed director of All Quiet on the Western Front.

The Room Next Door

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in The Room Next Door

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in The Room Next Door (Image credit: Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Release date: October 25 (UK); December 20 (US limited)
  • Cast: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto, Raúl Arévalo, Melina Mathews, Victoria Luengo
  • Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language feature debut with The Room Next Door, an adaptation of the Sigrid Nunez book What Are You Going Through. Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton play friends that reconnect after years apart in what is sure to be an intimate and powerful drama.

Venom: The Last Dance

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

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  • Release date: October 25
  • Cast: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, Stephen Graham
  • Director: Kelly Marcel

Venom: The Last Dance is the final chapter in Sony and Tom Hardy's Venom movies. the anti-hero is back, but this time he is on the run as military forces look to capture him. But that's not all, other symbiotes from Venom's home planet are arriving on Earth and are likely going to make a big mess of things.

November 2024 new movies

Blitz

Elliott Heffernan in Blitz

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  • Release date: November 1
  • Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Paul Weller
  • Director: Steve McQueen

Oscar-winner Steve McQueen directs his first narrative feature since 2018 with the World War 2 drama Blitz. The story centers around a 9-year-old boy who goes missing during then Nazi bombing campaign of London and his mother's search for him.

Here

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in Here

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in Here (Image credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment)
  • Release date: November 1 (US)
  • Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery
  • Director: Robert Zemeckis

It's a Forrest Gump reunion 30 years later. Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are starring in the new movie Here together, which is a multi-generational story about different families and the special place they inhabit.

Juror No. 2

Nicholas Hoult and Clint Eastwood on set of Juror No. 2

Nicholas Hoult and Clint Eastwood on set of Juror No. 2 (Image credit: Claire Folger/Warner Bros.)
  • Release date: November 1
  • Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Zoey Deutch, Chris Messina, Gabriel Basso, Leslie Bibb, Kiefer Sutherland
  • Director: Clint Eastwood

Legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood keeps rolling at 94 years young, as he directs the new courtroom thriller Juror No. 2, which centers on the titular juror (played by Nicholas Hoult), who is dealing with a severe moral dilemma that could sway the outcome of the murder trial he is sitting on.

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

  • Release date: November 1
  • Cast: Luke David Blumm, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Paul Sparks, Ethan Slater
  • Director: Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger

Sylvester Stallone produces this based on a true story tale of survival about a young boy who gets separated from his family (as the title makes clear) on a mountain in Maine. As a massive search takes place, the boy must attempt to survive the harsh conditions.

A Real Pain

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain (Image credit: Sundance Film Festival)
  • Release date: November 1 (US, limited)
  • Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes
  • Director: Jesse Eisenberg

Sundance breakout A Real Pain is heading to movie theaters for all audiences this fall. The second directorial effort from Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg, this movie sees him star alongside Succession's Kieran Culkin as two mismatched cousins who travel to Poland to honor their beloved grandmother and explore their family history.

Small Things Like These

Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These

Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These (Image credit: Lionsgate)
  • Release date: November 1 (UK); November 8 (US)
  • Cast: Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh
  • Director: Tim Mielants

Cillian Murphy's first movie since winning Best Actor for Oppenheimer is the drama Small Things Like These, where he plays a coal merchant working to support his family that discovers a dark secret about the local convent. Murphy is once again being praised for this performance, as is Oscar-nominee Emily Watson as one of the nuns at the convent.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Judy Greer, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez, Molly Wright and Pete Holmes in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

Judy Greer, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez, Molly Wright and Pete Holmes in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. (Image credit: Allen Fraser/Lionsgate)
  • Release date: November 8
  • Cast: Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright, and Lauren Graham
  • Director: Dallas Jenkins

Barbara Robinson's Christmas family book and play is being made into a movie (for the second time), as The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will help make the festive season in 2024. The movie comes from the creator of The Chosen, who here will tell the story of a group of "the worst kids in the history of the world" as they put on a Christmas pageant at their church.

Paddington in Peru

Paddington Bear leans out of the train in Paddington 2.

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  • Release date: November 8 (UK); January 17, 2025 (US)
  • Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Imelda Staunton, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Antonio banderas, Carla Tous
  • Director: Dougal Wilson

Everyone's favorite bear returns with Paddington in Peru. As the title suggests, the movie is going to pick up its London roots from the first two movies and take place mainly in Peru and along the Amazon rainforest. The movie right now is not slated to come out to early 2025 for US audiences, but fingers crossed they move it up closer to the UK release date so we can enjoy the wholesome fun these movies have been.

Heretic

Hugh Grant in Heretic

Hugh Grant in Heretic (Image credit: A24)
  • Release date: November 15 (US); November 1 (UK)
  • Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East
  • Directors: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

After years of the loveable lead of romantic comedies, Hugh Grant is relishing in playing some bad guys. Heretic sees him play a really bad guy, who traps two young missionaries in his home and puts them through a psychological test around their beliefs. Another A24 movie from this year should have many fans excited.

Red One

Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans in Red One

Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans in Red One (Image credit: Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Release date: November 15 (US)
  • Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Kristofer Hivju, Nick Kroll, Wesley Kimmel, J.K. Simmons
  • Director: Jake Kasdan

Christmas arrives early for movie fans, as The Rock and Captain America team up to save Santa Claus in the action comedy Red One. Though it arrives before Thanksgiving in the US (TBD November release everywhere else), the movie should be playing in theaters no matter when one you want to start watching Christmas movies this year.

Gladiator 2

Paul Mescal in Gladiator 2

Paul Mescal in Gladiator 2 (Image credit: AIDAN MONAGHAN/PARAMOUNT PICTURES)
  • Release date: November 22
  • Cast: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal
  • Director: Ridley Scott

Movie fans are getting the chance to return to the colosseum with Ridley Scott's long awaited sequel to his Best Picture-winning movie Gladiator. However, one key component will be missing from Gladiator 2 — Russell Crowe's Maximus won't be back (not surprising considering how the first movie ended). There's still plenty of star power in the movie though to make up for that, including Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal and Connie Nielsen headlining the cast.

Wicked

Cynthia Erivo in Wicked

Cynthia Erivo in Wicked (Image credit: Universal Pictures)
  • Release date: November 22
  • Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Bowen Yang, Keala Settle, Brownwyn James, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode
  • Director: Jon M. Chu

The hit Broadway musical is getting a movie adaptation, as Wicked is set to be one of the bigger movies of 2024. The musical is actually being split into two parts (part two is currently dated for November 21, 2025). In case you aren't familiar with Wicked, it is a prequel story to The Wizard of Oz, telling how Elphaba and Glinda became the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch, respectively. Can the movie enter into the conversation of best movie musicals

Moana 2

Moana in Moana 2

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  • Release date: November 27
  • Cast: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson
  • Director: Dave Derrick Jr. 

Moana 2 is setting sail in 2024. Originally supposed to be a TV series, Disney made the call to switch it to a feature-length movie. The story sees Moana receive an unexpected call from her ancestors that requires her to journey to the seas of Oceania into dangerous waters. Providing songs for Moana and Maui to sing this time are Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear, Opetaia Foa'i and Mark Mancina.

Queer

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer (Image credit: Yannis Drakoulidi/A24)
  • Release date: November 27 (US, limited)
  • Cast: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Henrique Zaga, Omar Apollo
  • Director: Luca Guadagnino

Queer made quite the stir on the fall festival circuit, with many people calling the performance by Daniel Craig in Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel one of the best of the actor's career. In the movie, Craig plays an American expat in Mexico City who breaks from his solitary life when he forms a connection with a young student.

September 5

  • Release date: November 27 (US, limited)
  • Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch
  • Director: Tim Fehlbaum

September 5 is a contained thriller chronicling the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Games from the control room of ABC Sports as they figure out how to cover the event. The movie has garnered a good amount of buzz following its debuts at some of the major fall film festivals, and will see a limited release in late November before expanding nationwide in December.

December 2024 new movies

The End

  • Release date: December 6
  • Cast: Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, Lennie James, Michael Shannon
  • Director: Joshua Oppenheimer

Whose ready for a post-apocalyptic musical? From the director of The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, The End focuses the only family that survived the end of the world, complete with classical musical numbers and a star-studded cast that includes Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon. This one could be wonderfully weird.

Nightbitch

Amy Adams in Nightbitch

Amy Adams in Nightbitch (Image credit: Searchlight Pictures)
  • Release date: December 6
  • Cast: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Patrick Snowden, Emmett James Snowden, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Archana Rajan, Jessica Harper
  • Director: Marielle Heller

Amy Adams' next movie hits screens in December, an adaptation of the Rachel Yoder satirical novel Nightbitch, which is being directed by Can You Ever Forgive Me? helmer Marielle Heller. The story about a woman who raises her toddler mostly alone as her husband is frequently away on business trips. Things go surreal when she realizes she may be transforming into a protective dog.

Y2K

Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison in Y2K

Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison in Y2K (Image credit: Nicole Rivelli/A24)
  • Release date: December 6
  • Cast: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, The Kid Laroi, and Fred Durst
  • Director: Kyle Mooney

Too young to remember the panic around Y2K? Then let this new comedy from Saturday Night Live veteran Kyle Mooney enlighten you, as the likes of Rachel Zelger, Jaeden Martell and Julian Dennison must fight for their lives as the clock strikes midnight on the 20th century. Find out more about Y2K here.

Kraven the Hunter

Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the Kraven the Hunter poster

Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Kraven the Hunter  (Image credit: Sony Pictures)
  • Release date: December 13
  • Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, Ariana DeBose, Christopher Abbott, Alessandro Nivola, Fred Hechhinger
  • Director: J.C. Chandor

The second Sony/Marvel movie of 2024 brings another classic Spider-Man character to the big screen for the first time in Kraven The Hunter. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the greatest hunter in the world, set to go up against Russell Crowe and others.

Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim concept art

(Image credit: Warner Bros. Animation)
  • Release date: December 13
  • Cast: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Miranda Otto, Luke Pasqualino, Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman, Jude Akuwudike, Bilal Hasna, Janine Duvitski
  • Director: Kenji Kamiyama

The Lord of the Rings universe is expanding, not just in its story but also in its format. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an animated feature (with some reports suggesting it may lend closely to anime style) that tells the story of Helm's Deep 183 years before the events of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies.

Nickel Boys

Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse in Nickel Boys

(Image credit: L. Kasimu Harris/Orion Picitures)
  • Release date: December 13 (US, limited)
  • Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
  • Director: RaMell Ross

Colson Whitehead's acclaimed novel Nickel Boys about two Black teens in the 1960s that become friends under the harsh conditions of a juvenile reformatory is coming to the big screen. Whitehead's work was previously adapted into the acclaimed TV series The Underground Railroad, so expectation will be high for this story to reach the screen.

Babygirl

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in Babygirl

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in Babygirl (Image credit: Niko Tavernise/A24)
  • Release date: December 20 (UK); December 25 (US)
  • Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Jean Reno, Sophia Wilde
  • Director: Hailina Reijn

Babygirl, hailing from A24 and the director of Bodies Bodies Bodies, is a workplace drama that sees Nicole Kidman play a high-powered CEO who risks it all when she begins an affair with a much younger intertn.

The Brutalist

Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in The Brutalist

Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in The Brutalist (Image credit: Venice Film Festival)
  • Release date: December 20 (US, limited)
  • Cast: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Jonathan Hyde
  • Director: Brady Corbet

Billed as an epic, The Brutalist depicts a Hungarian immigrant and his wife's journey over decades in America that sees them attempt to escape from poverty when the husband wins an architecture contract from a wealthy patron. The movie already has snagged a major award, as director Brady Corbet was given the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival.

Mufasa: The Lion King

Young Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King

(Image credit: Disney)
  • Release date: December 20
  • Cast: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, John Kani
  • Director: Barry Jenkins

After rebooting The Lion King in 2019 with hyper-realistic animal characters, Disney is returning to Pride Rock once again with Mufasa: The Lion King, but this time with a story that focuses on Mufasa's origin story. How did the young lion become the respected king that we see in The Lion King? That's what we expect this movie to explore.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

First look at Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3

First look at Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Image credit: Paramount Pictures)
  • Release date: December 20
  • Cast: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Idris Elba, Jim Carrey
  • Director: Jeff Fowler

Sonic raced into movie theaters in 2020 (after a little character design tweak the internet demanded) and became an instant hit. So much so that we are getting Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in 2024. There's not a whole lot we know about the plot of the movie yet, save that the character Shadow (teased in the image above and to be voiced by Keanu Reeves) is set to be a new villain in the movie.

Better Man

Jonno Davies in Better Man

Jonno Davies in Better Man (Image credit: Paramount Pictures)
  • Release date: December 25 (US limited, expanding January 17, 2025); December 26 (UK)
  • Cast: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies,  Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvaney, Frazer Hadfield, Tom Budge, Anthony Hayes
  • Director: Michael Gracey

British pop icon Robbie Williams is getting the music biopic treatment with Better Man, but there is a bit of twist — Williams is going to appear as a monkey in the movie (voiced by Williams, motion-capture performance by Jonno Davies). With thsi unique perspective, the movie will follow the rise and fall of Williams' career and all the different facets of fame.

The Fire Inside

Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry in The Fire Inside

Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry in The Fire Inside (Image credit: Sabrina Lantos/Amazon MGM Studios)
  • Release date: December 25 (US)
  • Cast: Ryan Destiny, Brian Tyree Henry, Olunike Adeliyi
  • Director: Rachel Morrison

What would a year be without an inspiring sports movie? Looking to deliver that to us in 2024 is The Fire Inside, which tells the story of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, who wants to become the first woman to win a gold medal in boxing when a women's section of the sport was added to the 2012 Olympics.

Nosferatu

Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu

Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu (Image credit: Focus Features)
  • Release date: December 25
  • Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney, Willem Dafoe
  • Director: Robert Eggers

The original movie vampire is back. Not Dracula, but Nosferatu. A modern-day remake of the classic 1922 vampire movie, Robert Eggers brings his touch to the proceedings along with an exceptional cast, led by an actor who knows how to play terrifying monsters, Bill Skarsgård.

Released movies

Self Reliance

Jake Johnson and Biff Liff in Self Reliance

Jake Johnson and Biff Liff in Self Reliance (Image credit: Courtesy of Hulu)
  • Released: January 3 (US, one night only)
  • Cast: Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Morales, Emily Hampshire, Mary Holland, Christopher Lloyd, Wayne Brady, Andy Samberg,  Boban Marjanović
  • Director: Jake Johnson

Self Reliance had a special one-night only screening in AMC movie theaters in the US before the movie premieres on streaming, specifically Hulu. The movie's Rotten Tomatoes score has it at a 63% "Fresh" as of January 8, with general audiences that have seen it giving it a positive rating 85% of the time.

Self Reliance does not have a UK release date as of this time.

Night Swim

Night Swim poster

(Image credit: Universal Pictures)
  • Released: January 5
  • Cast: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren
  • Director: Bryce McGuire

The producing team behind M3GAN, which kick started the 2023 box office, was behind Night Swim. This new horror movie didn't cause the same kind of buzz, dubbed "Rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes and coming in second at the box office in its opening weekend.

The Beekeeper

Jason Statham in The Beekeeper

Jason Statham in The Beekeeper (Image credit: MGM)
  • Released: January 12
  • Cast: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad, Jeremy Irons
  • Director: David Ayer

The latest Jason Statham action movie, The Beekeeper was a relatively well received "B" movie (get it?). In it, Statham stars as a retired operative of a secretive government organization meant to operate outside the normal structures to do what is right. However, when someone close to him is scammed by a large phishing operation, he goes on a rampage to get justice.

The Book of Clarence

RJ Cyler and LaKeith Stanfield in The Book of Clarence

RJ Cyler and LaKeith Stanfield in The Book of Clarence (Image credit: Morris Puccio/Legendary Entertainment)
  • Released: January 12 (US); January 19 (UK)
  • Cast: LaKeith Stanfield, Omar Sy, Anna Diop, RJ Cyler, David Oyelowo, Michael Ward, Alfre Woodard, Teyana Taylor, Caleb McLaughlin, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, James McAvoy, Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Director: Jeymes Samuel

The biblical epic came back in 2024, but with a bit of a twist. The Harder They Fall director Jeymes Samuel re-teamed with LaKeith Stanfield and a great ensemble for The Book of Clarence, telling the story of a man who sees the power and influence Jesus of Nazareth has gathered and wants it, though using a few shortcuts.

Read WTW's The Book of Clarence review.

Mean Girls

Bebe Wood, Renee Rapp and Avantika in Mean Girls

Bebe Wood, Renee Rapp and Avantika in Mean Girls (Image credit: Jojo Whilden/Paramount)
  • Released: January 12 (US); January 19 (UK)
  • Cast: Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows
  • Director: Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr.

A new generation of Mean Girls hit the big screen in 2024, with a musical version of the teen classic, based on the Broadway production, brought fans back to high school to deal with the Plastics, first crushes and more. Rotten Tomatoes has critics giving the movie a "Fresh" score of 70%.

Founder's Day

Founder's Day

(Image credit: Mainframe Pictures)
  • Released: January 19 (US)
  • Cast: Naomi Grace, Devin Druid, Emilia McCarthy, Amy Hargreaves, Catherine Curtin, William Russ
  • Director: Erik Bloomquist

Founder's Day brought another dose of horror to January at movie theaters. In this indie scarer, a small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election. Critics were split on the movie, with it earning a 50% on Rotten Tomatoes.

I.S.S.

Ariana DeBose in I.S.S.

Ariana DeBose in I.S.S. (Image credit: Bleecker Street)
  • Released: January 19 (US)
  • Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, Pilou Asbæk, John Gallagher Jr.
  • Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Ariana DeBose went from wishing on a star in Wish to flying amongst them in the sci-fi thriller I.S.S. DeBose and others star as a group of US astronauts who begin a mission at the International Space Station with their Russian colleagues. However, when a worldwide conflict breaks out, both groups are ordered by their countries to take the I.S.S., by any means necessary.

Read What to Watch's I.S.S. review.

Sunrise

Alex Pettyfer in Sunrise

Alex Pettyfer in Sunrise (Image credit: Lionsgate)
  • Released: January 19 (US)
  • Cast: Guy Pearce, Alex Pettyfer, Kurt Yaeger, Crystal Yu, William Gao, Olwen Fouere
  • Director: Andrew Baird

Sunrise is a different take on the vampire story that is hoping to intrigue movie fans. The story centers on a dark visitor that feeds on blood, who is returning to a small town where a crime was previously committed. However, after being shown kindness by some and hatred by others, will he choose redemption or revenge?

Which Brings Me to You

  • Released: January 19 (US)
  • Cast: Lucy Hale, Nat Wolff
  • Director: Peter Hutchings

Rom-com indie movie Which Brings Me to You stars Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff. The two play strangers who meet at a wedding and decide to hook up, but instead they end up sharing their past romantic failings to try and figure out why they have been unlucky in love thus far. It could be a hidden gem for movie fans, with critics giving it a "Fresh" score on Rotten Tomatoes.

American Star

Ian McShane in American Star

Ian McShane in American Star (Image credit: IFC Films)
  • Released: January 26 (US)
  • Cast: Ian McShane, Nora Arnezeder, Thomas Kretschman
  • Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego

Ian McShane goes from helping to facilitate John Wick's kills to becoming a hitman himself in American Star, an indie thriller. The story follows McShane's assassin on his final assignment on a remote island. However, when his target is delayed, he finds himself breaking protocol and forming connections with some of the locals.

Miller's Girl

Martin Freeman and Jenna Ortega in Miller's Girl

Martin Freeman and Jenna Ortega in Miller's Girl (Image credit: Lionsgate)
  • Released: January 26 (US)
  • Cast: Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega, Bashir Salahuddin, Gideon Adlon, Dagmara Domińczyk
  • Director: Jade Halley Bartlett

Fan-favorites Martin Freeman and Jenna Ortega pair up for Miller's Girl, a sexy thriller that sees a questionable relationship form between a literary teacher and a talented student. Ortega has impressed in almost everything she's done, and she looks like a classic femme fatale in this one.

Read WTW's Millers' Girl review. Also get some additional insight into the movie in our interview with director Jade Halley Bartlett.

Sometimes I Think About Dying

Daisy Ridley in Sometimes I Think About Dying

Daisy Ridley in Sometimes I Think About Dying (Image credit: M2K Films)
  • Released: January 26 (US)
  • Cast: Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia Debonis, Meg Stalter, Brittany O'Grady
  • Director: Rachel Lambert

Initially premiering back at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Daisy Ridley's dark comedy Sometimes I Think About Dying sees her star as Fran, an introverted person who strikes up a relationship with the new employee in her office. But will Fran's personality allow her to have an honest connection?

Argylle

Dua Lip Henry Cavill in Argylle

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  • Released: February 2
  • Cast: Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena
  • Director: Matthew Vaughn

Matthew Vaughn previously subverted the spy genre with Kingsman: The Secret Service, but he's playing around with it again in Argylle, which follows a spy novelist (Bryce Dallas Howard) who inadvertently gets mixed up with an underground syndicate when her fiction novel approves to be more real than she knew.

Read WTW's Argylle review.

Scrambled

  • Released: February 2 (US)
  • Cast: Leah McKendrick, Ego Nwodim, Andrew Santino, Adam Rodriguez, Laura Cerón, Clancy Brown June Diane Raphael, Yvonne Strahovski
  • Director: Leah McKendrick

Scrambled is a different kind of love story, one of self-acceptance. Scrambled sees a 30-something eternal bridesmaid, Nellie, confront her lack of romantic prospects and a doctor's warning about her future risk of having children by freezing her eggs. But this expensive process has its own challenges and forces her to confront past lovers, dreams and regrets.

Suncoast

Nico Parker in Suncoast

Nico Parker in Suncoast (Image credit: Eric Zachanowich/Searchlight Pictures)
  • Released: February 2 (select US theaters); February 9 (streaming)
  • Cast: Nico Parker, Woody Harrelson, Laura Linney, Ella Anderson, Daniella Taylor, Amarr, Ariel Martin
  • Director: Laura Chinn

One of the first 2024 Sundance movies released to general audiences, Suncoast is a coming-of-age dramedy about Doris (Parker), who attempts to have some semblance of the normal teenage experience while also needing to help care for her ill mother. Harrelson and Linney headline the supporting cast, as an activist that Doris befriends and Doris' mother, respectively.

Read WTW's Suncoast review.

Drift

Cynthia Erivo in Drift

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  • Released: February 9 (US)
  • Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat, Ibrahima Ba, Honor Swinton Byrne, Zainab Jah, Suzy Bemba, Vincent Vermignon
  • Director: Anthony Chen

After first premiering at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the Cynthia Erivo-led drama Drift has arrived in US movie theaters (a limited release first, then a national rollout on February 16). Erivo plays a refugee who attempts to recover from the life she left with the help of a rootless tour guide (Shawkat).

Lisa Frankenstein

Kathryn Newton in Lisa Frankenstein

Kathryn Newton in Lisa Frankenstein (Image credit: Focus Features)
  • Released: February 9 (US); March 22 (UK)
  • Cast: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest, Henry Eikenberry 
  • Director: Zelda Williams

Oscar-winning Juno screenwriter returned with the 80s'-enthused twist of the Frankenstein story, Lisa Frankenstein. Rising star Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) leads this comedy/horror/romance mashup that sees her titular character form a crush on a handsome, reanimated corpse.

Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness poster

(Image credit: Bleecker Street)
  • Released: February 9
  • Cast: Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young, Chuku Modu, Iola Evans, Arno Lüning, Luna Mwezi
  • Director: Andrew Cumming

Out of Darkness takes audiences back 45,000 years ago, as it depicts a group that comes upon an challenging landscape that they intend to make their new home. However, they soon find out that they are not alone, as some kind on monster haunts the land and now them as well.

Bob Marley: One Love

Kingsley Ben-Adir in Bob Marley: One Love

(Image credit: Chiabella James/Paramount Pictures)
  • Released: February 14
  • Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Anthony Welsh, Michael Gandolfini, Umi Myers, Nadine Marshall
  • Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

With Hollywood's affinity for music biopics, getting one on Bob Marley was just a matter of time. Bob Marley: One Love shared the reggae legend's message of peace and love, with Kingsley Ben-Adir capturing the magnetic presence of Marley.

Read WTW's Bob Marley: One Love review.

Madame Web

Dakota Johnson in Madame Web

(Image credit: Sony Pictures)
  • Released: February 14
  • Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor, Tahar Ramin, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts, Adam Scott
  • Director: S.J. Clarkson

Sony is growing its web (pun fully intended) of Spider-Man off shoot projects in 2024, with the launch of Madame Web. Dakota Johnson plays the comic book character that can see the future and who must protect a group of young girls that are the target of a dangerous villain hoping to prevent them from fulfilling their futures as fellow superheroes. With only one Marvel Cinematic Universe movie hitting theaters this year, Madame Web is looking to help fulfill the superhero fanbase.

What About Love

Marielle Jaffe in What About Love

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  • Released: February 14 
  • Cast: Andy Garcia, Sharon Stone, Marielle Jaffe, Miguel Angel Munoz, Jose Coronado, Maia Morgenstern, Ian Glen
  • Director: Klaus Menzel

What About Love is a generational romance drama, focusing on the love of both a younger couple (played by Marielle Jaffe and Miguel Angel Munoz) and one of their parents (played by Andy Garcia and Sharon Stone).

Bleeding Love

Clara McGregor and Ewan McGregor in Bleeding Love

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  • Released: February 16 
  • Cast: Ewan McGregor, Clara McGregor
  • Director: Emma Westenberg

Real-life father and daughter Ewan and Clara McGregor star Bleeding Love, a road-trip drama that sees an estranged father and daughter forced to confront their issues and a drastic incident, meeting an array of eccentric characters along the way. Clara McGregor helped develop the story along with screenwriter Ruby Caster, while director Emma Westenberg makes her directorial debut with the movie.

Land of Bad

Russell Crowe in Land of Bad

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  • Released: February 16
  • Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle
  • Director: William Eubank

Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth headlined Land of Band, a military drama where a Delta Force team is ambushed and in dire straits, relying on a seasoned drone operator to help them get home. The movie comes from Underwater and Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin director William Eubank.

Lights Outs

  • Released: February 16
  • Cast: Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Scott Adkins, Jamie King, Mekhi Phifer
  • Director: Christian Sesma

Lights Out is an indie action movie that dives into the world of underground fighting, as an ex-soldier and an ex-con team up to dominate the ring. But soon enough they have both cops and criminals after them.

Drive-Away Dolls

Geraldine Viswanathan and Margaret Qualley in Drive-Away Dolls

Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in Drive-Away Dolls (Image credit: Focus Features)
  • Released: February 23 (US); March 15 (UK)
  • Cast: Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, Matt Damon
  • Director: Ethan Coen

After Joel Coen made his solo directing debut with The Tragedy of Macbeth in 2021, Ethan Coen has branched out on his own with Drive-Away Dolls, a road-trip comedy that finds two young women in need of a fresh start get mixed up in with a group of inept criminals. Ethan Coen goes back to the offbeat humor that has defined many of the Coen Brothers' movies to date.

Read our Drive-Away Dolls review.

Ordinary Angels

Hilary Swank in Ordinary Angels

Hilary Swank in Ordinary Angels (Image credit: Lionsgate)
  • Released: February 23 (US)
  • Cast: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Nancy Travis, Tamala Jones, Drew Powell, Amy Acker, Skywalker Hughes, Emily Mitchell
  • Director: Jon Gunn

Ordinary Angels is the inspirational true story of a hair-dresser struggling with sobriety who finds renewed purpose in helping a family with a little girl battling a life-threatening illness.

Wicked Little Letters

A side view of Rose (Jessie Buckley) shouting at Edith (Olivia Colman) in Wicked Little Letters

Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman in Wicked Little Letters (Image credit: Studiocanal)
  • Released: February 23 (UK), March 29 (US)
  • Cast: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Gemma Jones, Malachi Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Timothy Spall
  • Director: Thea Sharrock

The bizarre real-life scandal dubbed the "Seaside Mystery" and "Littlehampton Letters" gets its own movie adaptation with Wicked Little Letters, which features Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and Oscar-nominee Jessie Buckley in its main roles. The story revolves around a series of letters that caused a stir in the small community of Littlehampton, including the divulging of a potential murder suspect.

Dune: Part Two

Timothee Chalamet in Dune: Part Two

(Image credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Released: March 1
  • Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Stephen McKinnley, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Christopher Walken
  • Director: Denis Villeneuve

The next chapter in Denis Villeneuve's epic adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune continues with Dune: Part Two. We had expectations that the sequel to the Oscar-winning sci-fi movie would have premiered in 2023, but better late than never. With the likes of Austin Butler, Florence Pugh and Christopher Walken joining an already star-studded cast, this is likely one of the biggest movies of the year.

Read our Dune: Part Two review.

Problemista

Julio Torres and Tilda Swinton in Problemista

Julio Torres and Tilda Swinton in Problemista (Image credit: A24)
  • Released: March 1 (expanding in subsequent weeks)
  • Cast: Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Isabella Rossellini, Larry Owens, Catalina Saavedra, Greta Lee
  • Director: Julio Torres

Julio Torres' directorial debut Problemista is now playing in movie theaters. The comedy writer pairs with Tilda Swinton for this unique story of an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador trying to make his dreams come true in New York, who is stuck working for an erratic art-world outcast who is his only hope to stay in the country.

Cabrini

  • Released: March 8
  • Cast: Cristiana Dell'Anna, John Lithgow, David Morse, Giancarlo Giannini
  • Director: Alejandro Monteverde

The historical drama Carbini focuses on the true story of Mother Francesca Cabrini, an Italian Immigrant whose work in New York City to provide housing and health care for hundreds of orphaned children would help her one day be recognized as a saint.

Imaginary

Pyper Braun in Imaginary

Pyper Braun in Imaginary (Image credit: Parrish Lewis/Lionsgate)
  • Released: March 8
  • Cast: DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Veronica Falcon, Betty Buckley
  • Director: Jeff Wadlow

While we got Seth MacFarlane's foulmouthed teddy bear Ted in a TV series this year, teddy bear Chauncey is here to scare us in Imaginary. This horror movie asks the questions, what happens when we forget about the imaginary friends we had when we were kids. The answer appears to be they get quite angry.

Kung Fu Panda 4

Po (Jack Black) and Zhen (Awkwafina) in Kung Fu Panda 4

Po (Jack Black) and Zhen (Awkwafina) in Kung Fu Panda 4 (Image credit: DreamWorks Animation)
  • Released: March 8 (US); releases March 28 in UK
  • Cast: Jack Black, Violas Davis, Awkwafina, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Ian McShane, Ke Huy Quan
  • Director: Mike Mitchell and Stephanie Stine

Kung Fu Panda returns with the fourth movie in the animated franchise. Kung Fu Panda 4 is going to see Po having to take the next step in his journey, but threatening that is the villainous Chameleon, who can shape shift into any enemy from Po's past. Let's get ready for some more Kung Fu fighting.

Read our Kung Fu Panda 4 review.

Love Lies Bleeding

Katy O'Brian and Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding

Katy O'Brian and Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding (Image credit: Anna Kooris/A24)
  • Released: March 8 (US); releases May 3 in the UK
  • Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov
  • Director: Rose Glass

After making its debut at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Love Lies Bleeding is now playing for general moviegoers. The 80s-set movie is the second effort from Saint Maud breakout Rose Glass. Here she tells a dark, violent revenge story headline by Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian.

Arthur the King

Simu Liu and Mark Wahlberg in Arthur the King

Simu Liu and Mark Wahlberg in Arthur the King (Image credit: Carlos Rodriguez/Courtesy of Lionsgate)
  • Released: March 15 (US); March 22 (UK)
  • Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ali Suliman, Paul Guilfoyle, Bear Grylls
  • Director: Simon Cellan Jones

Be won over by another adorable pooch on the big screen, as Arthur the King recounts the inspiring story of a dog that bonded with an adventure racing team as they traveled 435 miles over 10 days. Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu and Nathalie Emmanuel are among the human stars, but viewers are going to fall in love with the dog playing Arthur.

Read WTW's Arthur the King review.

The American Society of Magical Negros

Justice Smith, David Alan Grier and Aisha Hinds in The American Society of Magical Negroes

Justice Smith, David Alan Grier and Aisha Hinds in The American Society of Magical Negroes (Image credit: Focus Features)
  • Released: March 15
  • Cast: Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Rupert Friend, Nicole Byer
  • Director: Kobi Libii

The debut feature of writer/director Kobi Libii, The American Society of Magical Negroes is a bold first shot. The movie is a satire about a young man who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to making white people's lives easier.

DogMan

  • Released: March 15 (US)
  • Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Christopher Denham, Clemens Schick, John Charles Aguilar, Grace Palma
  • Director: Luc Besson

Luc Besson, the director of classics like The Professional and The Fifth Element, returns with the new movie DogMan, about a misfit (played by Caleb Landry Jones) that finds salvation through the love of his dogs. Read the DogMan reviews after it premiered at the Venice Film Festival if you want to get an idea of what people are saying.

French Girl

Evelyne Brochu and Zach Braff in French Girl

Evelyne Brochu and Zach Braff in French Girl (Image credit: Courtesy of Paramount Global Content Distribution Group)
  • Released: March 15
  • Cast: Zach Braff, Evelyne Brochu, Luc Picard, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Isabelle Vincent, Charlotte Aubin, Muriel Dutil, William Fichtner, Vanessa Hudgens
  • Directors: James A. Woods & Nicolas Wright 

This indie rom-com (which is hitting digital on March 19 if it isn't available in theaters near you) follows a hopeless romantic, who finds his proposal plans thrown into chaos when his girlfriend is swept away to Quebec by a job offer at the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac from her ex, a sophisticated celebrity chef. Determined to keep their love alive, he leaves Brooklyn for her hometown, only to find himself hilariously out of his depth in attempting to charm her hard-to-impress, French-speaking family.

Knox Goes Away

Michael Keaton in Knox Goes Away

Michael Keaton in Knox Goes Away (Image credit: Saban Films)
  • Released: March 15
  • Cast: Michael Keaton, James Marsden, Al Pacino, Marcia Gay Harden
  • Director: Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton directs himself and a solid cast of well-known actors in the indie-thriller Knox Goes Away. The movie is about a contract killer who is suffering from dementia offered an opportunity to redeem himself by saving his adult son, who he has an estranged relationship with.

One Life

  • Released: January 1 (UK); March 15 (US)
  • Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Lena Olin, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, Alex Sharp, Romola Garai
  • Director: James Hawes

Based on the incredible true story, One Life details the work of Nicky Winton, a British stock broker who travels to Prague in the days before World War Two and takes on the mission of helping hundreds of children escape and find refuge in England.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

The Ghostbusters firehouse is taking over in the deep freeze as seen in the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire teaser trailer

(Image credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment)
  • Released: March 22
  • Cast: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Celeste O'Connor, Logan Kim, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts
  • Director: Gil Kenan

Who you going to call? The new generation of Ghostbusters! Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which introduced a new quartet of ghost fighting heroes. But in this movie they will have to go up against a force that can literally scare people to death.

Read our Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review.

Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate (Image credit: Neon)
  • Released: March 22
  • Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tabasco, Alvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli
  • Director: Michael Mohan

Sydney Sweeney continues her movie star rise, with Immaculate her second movie of 2024 following Madame Web. This time she stars in a horror movie as a woman of devout faith who comes to an illustrious covenant in the Italian countryside. But she soon learns that the covenant harbors dark and horrifying secrets. 

Read our Immaculate review.

Sleeping Dogs

Russell Crowe in Sleeping Dog

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  • Released: March 22
  • Cast: Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Márton Csókás, Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, Tommy Flanagan
  • Director: Adam Cooper

Russell Crowe stars as a former detective who is battling memory loss. But when he is called upon to solve a brutal murder he can't recall, things revealed about his forgotten past lead to a chilling truth.

Asphalt City

  • Released: March 29 (US)
  • Cast: Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan, Kali Reis, Michael Pitt, Mike Tyson
  • Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Hop in the ambulance with Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan in Asphalt City, a drama that follows a young paramedic and the grizzled veteran he is paired with as they work the night shift in New York City.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Kong wielding an axe in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

(Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Released: March 29
  • Cast: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Kaylee Hottle, Dan Stevens, Fala Chen
  • Director: Adam Wingard

Even after we got Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and Godzilla Minus One in 2023, there's more monster mayhem with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. A direct sequel to Godzilla vs Kong, this movie reteams the two titans as a new forced threatens the world.

Read our Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire review.

Coup de Chance

  • Released: April 5 (US)
  • Cast: Lou de Laage, Niels Schneider, Melvil Poupaud
  • Director: Woody Allen

Woody Allen's latest movie, Coup de Chance, was generating underground screenings and the sharing of questionable links, but the controversial filmmaker's 50th movie ultimately received a theatrical release in the US for one week before heading online. Starring an all French cast, the movie centers on a self-aware trophy wife who reconnects with an old chum, but her husband has a less than typical French response to the concept of extramarital affairs.

The First Omen

Nell Tiger Free in The First Omen

(Image credit: 20th Century Studios)
  • Released: April 5
  • Cast: Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sonia Braga, Ralph Ineson, Bill Nighy
  • Director: Arkasha Stevenson

Horror franchise The Omen is going back to the very beginning in The First Omen. The movie takes place before Damien, instead focusing on a young American woman who travels to Rome to begin life of service to the church. However, she begins to question her faith when she uncovers a terrifying conspiracy with the goal of bringing about evil incarnate.

Housekeeping for Beginners

  • Released: April 5
  • Cast: Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, Dzada Selim, Sara Klimoska, Rozafë Çelaj, Ajse Useini
  • Director: Goran Stolevski

Housekeeping for Beginners received a limited release in US movie theaters in April by Focus Features. From director Goran Stovelski, who earned strong praise for his movies You Won't Be Alone and Of An Age, tells the story of a mixed family forced to come together when Dita is forced to raise her girlfriend's two kids.

Monkey Man

Dev Patel in Monkey Man

Dev Patel in Monkey Man (Image credit: Universal Pictures)
  • Released: April 5
  • Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Ashwini Kalsekar, Adithi Kalkunte, Sikandar Kher, Makarand Deshpande
  • Director: Dev Patel

Inspired by the Indian legend Hanuman, Dev Patel has co-written, makes his directing debut and stars in Monkey Man. Seeking vengeance for his mother's murder and the continued systemic oppression of the poor and powerless, Patel's Kid finds his way into the sinister elite's circle and has his best chance ever to take them down.

Read WTW's Monkey Man review.

Arcadian

  • Released: April 12
  • Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Joe Dixon, Samantha Coughlan
  • Director: Benjamin Brewer

Nicolas Cage is back on the big screen, as he stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller about a father and his twin sons trying to survive dangerous creature that in the night. Will this be another Nic Cage fan favorite or one of his more head scratching movie picks?

Civil War

Kirsten Dunst in Civil War

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  • Released: April 12
  • Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson
  • Director: Alex Garland

Alex Garland, the writer/director of critically acclaimed movies that thrill and make you think like Ex Machina, Annihilation and Men, is back with another movie, which explores the worst-case scenario for America's political discourse, a second civil war. Kirsten Dunst leads Civil War, which looks to be another exciting entry from Garland.

Read WTW's Civil War review.

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

  • Released: April 12 (US)
  • Cast: Jermaine Fowler, June Squibb, Simone Joy Jones, Nicole Richie, Ms. Pat, Olympian Gus Kenworthy, Donielle Tremaine Hansley, Miles Fowler, Iantha Richardson, Tyriq Withers
  • Director: Wade Allain-Marcus

A remake of the 1991 movie of the same name, the new Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is ramping things up a bit, as the movie has been given an R-rating (the original was rated PG-13).

Sasquatch Sunset

Sasquatch Sunset family

(Image credit: Bleecker Street)
  • Released: April 12 (US)
  • Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek, Nathan Zellner
  • Director: Davie Zellner & Nathan Zellner

Who's ready to get weird, because 2024 movies may not get any weirder than Sasquatch Sunset. The  movie follows a year in the life of a family, the only thing is it's a family of sasquatches living in the wild. Big name stars Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough are unrecognizable as they don makeup to look like the legendary creatures.

Sting

  • Released: April 12 (US); May 3 (UK)
  • Cast: Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Ryan Corr, Jermaine Fowler
  • Director: Kiah Roache-Turner

An all new creature feature is here to entertain audiences, as Sting center around a 12-year-old girl's pet spider, who transforms from a seemingly innocent, even charming pet to a giant, flesh-eating monster.

Abigail

Alisha Weir in Abigail

Alisha Weir in Abigail (Image credit: Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures)
  • Released: April 19
  • Cast: Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, Kathryn Networn, Angus Cloud, Will Catlett, Giancarlo Esposito
  • Director: Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett)

Abigail, the latest movie from directing duo Radio Silence, focuses on a group of kidnappers that take the 12-year-old daughter of a powerful underworld figure in the hopes of collecting $50 million. However, this is no ordinary little girl.

Radio Silence has proven they are some of the best in the horror game right now with Ready or Not, Scream (2022) and Scream VI.

Hard Miles

  • Released: April 19 (US)
  • Cast: Matthew Modine, Sean Astin, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Jahking Guillory, Jackson Kelly, Damien Diaz, Zachary T. Robbins, Leslie David Baker
  • Director: R.J. Daniel Hanna

Based on a true story, Hard Miles is about a prison social worker who takes a group of teenage convicts and forms a cycling team to compete in a 1,000-mile ride.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Henry Cavill and the cast of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Alex Pettyfer, Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Henry Golding in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Image credit: Daniel Smith/Lionsgate)

Directed by Guy Ritchie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a World War Two action-comedy loosely based on the true events described in the best-selling book of the same name by historian, Damian Lewis. Broadly, the movie tells the story of the first-ever special forces group established by the UK Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and a select group of military officials (which also included James Bond creator, Ian Fleming) during the war. It features a massive, all-star cast, including Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Eiza González, Henry Golding and Cary Elwes.

Read our The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare review.

Boy Kills World

Bill Skarsgard in Boy Kills World

Bill Skarsgård in Boy Kills World (Image credit: Courtesy of Roadside Attractions)
  • Released: April 26
  • Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Famke Janssen, Sharlto Copley, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Andrew Koji, H. Jon Benjamin
  • Director: Moritz Mohr

Bill Skarsgård was on the wrong side of a fight against Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 4, but now he is the relentless hero in Boy Kills World. In the action movie he stars as a deaf and mute man who is ought for revenge against the gangster that murdered his family. What makes this different than a movie like 2023's Silent Night, is that Skarsgård's character isn't voiceless to the audience, as H. Jon Benjamin (Archer) is voicing his inner thoughts, practically ensuring plenty of laughs.

Breathe

Jennifer Hudson in Breathe

Jennifer Hudson in Breathe (Image credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment)
  • Released: April 26
  • Cast: Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis, Raúl Castillo, Common, Sam Worthington 
  • Director: Stefon Bristol

Breathe is a sci-fi thriller set in a future where the Earth is left uninhabitable, forcing Maya and her daughter Zora to live underground, with trips to the surface only possible by a special suit developed by her deceased husband. However, when people claiming to know the truth about her husband's fate, Maya cautiously accepts them, only to learn they are not who they claim to be.

Cash Out

  • Released: April 26
  • Cast: John Travolta, Kristin Davis, Lukas Haas, Quavo
  • Director: IVES

The heist thriller Cash Out starring John Travolta received a day-and-date release on the big screen and on digital (meaning it released in movie theaters in select locations, but also online ). The movie centers on a retired thief thrust into a hare-brained scheme to rob a bank by his younger brother. But things quickly go awry.

Challengers

Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O'Connor in Challengers

Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O'Connor in Challengers (Image credit: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures)
  • Released: April 26
  • Cast: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor
  • Director: Luca Guadagnino

At long last, audiences can finally watch the sexy tennis thriller starring Zendaya, Challengers. The movie, the latest from Oscar-nominated director Luca Guardagnino, follows the relationship between three tennis players, who mix passion on and off the court. The movie's initial trailer, featuring a Beyond needle drop, certainly got people's attention.

Read WTW's Challengers review.

Unsung Hero

Paul Luke Bonnefant, Daisy Betts, Kirrilee Berger, Joel Smallbone, Tenz McCall, JJ Pantano, Angus K. Caldwell and Diesel La Torraca in Unsung Hero

Paul Luke Bonnefant, Daisy Betts, Kirrilee Berger, Joel Smallbone, Tenz McCall, JJ Pantano, Angus K. Caldwell and Diesel La Torraca in Unsung Hero (Image credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate)
  • Released: April 26
  • Cast: Daisy Betts, Joel Smallbone, Kirrilee Berger, Jonathan Jackson, Lucas Black, with Candace Cameron Bure, Terry O’Quinn
  • Director: Joel Smallbone, Richard L. Ramsey

Unsung Hero is based on the true story of how the band King + Country picked up roots from Australia and made their way to the US, relying on their faith and love of music to realize their dreams. A member of the family, Josh Smallbone, both co-directs and stars in the movie.

Evil Does Not Exist

Evil Does Not Exist

(Image credit: Sideshow/Janus Films)
  • Released: May 3 (US)
  • Cast: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani
  • Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

After earning multiple Oscar nominations for his movie Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi returns with his next movie, Evil Does Not Exist. The movie centers on a community outside of Tokyo that learn that a "glamping" site is going to be constructed near them, which leads to tensions between the developers and the locals.

The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy (Image credit: Universal Pictures)
  • Released: May 3
  • Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winstone Duke, Stephanie Hsu
  • Director: David Leitch

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt help kick off the summer blockbuster season with the action comedy The Fall Guy. Gosling plays a stunt man who is hoping to rekindle his romance with his director, played by Blunt. When the movie's star goes missing, it gives him the chance to do just that by tracking him down. Though he soon finds himself in a bigger conspiracy.

Read WTW's The Fall Guy review.

I Saw the TV Glow

Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine in I Saw the TV Glow

Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine in I Saw the TV Glow (Image credit: Zoey Kang/A24)
  • Released: May 3
  • Cast: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Fred Durst, Danielle Deadwyler
  • Director: Jane Schoenbrun

Well-regarded after its premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, I Saw the TV Glow hails from A24 and brings a unique spin to the horror genre from rising director Jane Schoenbrun. It's an interesting alternative to the more blockbuster fare that starts to roll out as summer arrives.

Tarot

Jacob Batalon in Tarot

(Image credit: Slobodan Pikula/Sony Pictures Entertainment)
  • Released: May 3
  • Cast: Jacob Batalon, Alana Boden, Adain Bradley, Avantika, Humberly González, Wolfgang Novogratz, Larsen Thompson, Harriet Slater, Olwen Fouéré
  • Director: Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg

Tarot sees a group of friends play with a deck of tarot cards, but soon after begin dying in the way that was predicted. Can they do anything to change their fate?

Wildcat

  • Released: May 3 (US)
  • Cast: Maya Hawke, Laura Linney, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cooper Hoffman, Philip Ettinger, Rafael Casal
  • Director: Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke teams up with his daughter Maya Hawke to tell the story of author Flannery O'Connor. Specifically, Wildcat will focus on O'Connor's struggles to publish her first novel.

Gasoline Rainbow

  • Released: May 10
  • Cast: Tony Aburto, Micah Bunch, Nichole Dukes, Nathaly Garcia, Makai Garza
  • Directors: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross

From the directors of Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, Gasoline Rainbow is another cinema verite-style story of five teenagers from a small town in Oregon who head out on a road trip as part of the end of their high school careers. Their goal, the Pacific coast some 500 miles away.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

King of the Planet of the Apes

(Image credit: 20th Century Studios)
  • Released: May 10
  • Cast: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macron, William H. Macy
  • Director: Wes Ball

Andy Serkis' time with the Planet of the Apes movies may be over, but the franchise lives on with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The movie takes place several generations after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes, where a young ape undertakes a journey that could decide the fate of both apes and humans.

Read WTW's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review.

The Last Stop in Yuma County

  • Released: May 10
  • Cast: Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Sierra McCormick, Nicholas Logan, Michael Abbott Jr., Connor Paolo, Alexandra Essoe, Robin Bartlett, Jon Proudstar, Sam Huntington, Ryan Masson, Barbara Crampton, Gene Jones, Faizon Love, Richard Brake
  • Director: Francis Galluppi

Hitting theaters then same day that it becomes available to watch online, The Last Stop in Yuma County is a modern western that sees a young knife salesman thrust into a hostage situation.

Poolman

  • Released: May 10 (US)
  • Cast: Chris Pine, Annette Bening, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Danny DeVito, John Ortiz, DeWanda Wise, Ray Wise
  • Director: Chris Pine

Chris Pine makes his directorial debut with Poolman, a comedy mystery that sees also star as a hapless philosopher who discovers a plot to steal water from Los Angeles.

Babes

Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau talking to each other in Babes

(Image credit: NEON)
  • Released: May 17 (US)
  • Cast: Ilana Glazer, Simone Recasner, Hasan Minhaj, Stephan James, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bernhard
  • Director: Pamela Adlon

Now that her critically acclaimed TV series Better Things has wrapped up, Pamela Adlon is taking her talents to the big screen, teaming up with Ilana Glazer for the new comedy Babes, which tells the story of a woman who becomes pregnant from a one-night stand and leans on her married best friend to guide her through.

Back to Black

Marisa Abela in Back to Black

(Image credit: Focus Features)
  • Released: May 17 (US); April 12 (UK)
  • Cast: Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville
  • Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson

Amy Winehouse was a powerhouse singer that was tragically lost at the age of 27. Her story is the subject of the new movie Back to Black, where she will be played by Industry star Marisa Asbela. Per the filmmakers, the movie "crashes through the looking glass of celebrity" as it chronicles Winehouse's rise to fame.

Read WTW's Back to Black review.

IF

Cailey Fleming and Blue in IF

(Image credit: Paramount Pictures)
  • Released: May 17
  • Cast: Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fiona Shaw, Steve Carrell, Alan Kim, Cailey Fleming, Louis Gossett Jr., Bobby Monihan, Matt Damon, Jon Stewart, Emily Blunt, Maya Rudolph, Awkwafina, Vince Vaughn, Sam Rockwell, Sebastian Maniscalco, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Meloni
  • Director: John Krasinski

We've gotten multiple movies about imaginary friends in 2024, but IF is more wholesome experience than the horror movie Imaginary. John Krasinski directs an all-star cast in a story that follows a little girl that gains the ability to see and talk to all imaginary friends, many of whom have been forgotten. Star Ryan Reynolds described the movie as a "live-action Pixar film."

Read WTW's IF review.

The Strangers: Chapter 1

The Strangers: Chapter 1

(Image credit: Courtesy of John Armour for Lionsgate)
  • Released: May 17
  • Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Guitierrez, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath
  • Director: Renny Harlin

A reboot of the horror movie The Strangers from the 2000s, The Strangers: Chapter 1 is the first in a planned trilogy. It focuses on a young couple whose car breaks down and is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin, where they are terrorized by three masked strangers with no mercy and no motive.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Image credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Released: May 24
  • Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Alyla Browne, Tom Burke
  • Director: George Miller

George Miller returned to the world of Mad Max, but this time for a movie entirely devoted to Mad Max: Fury Road breakout character Furiosa. Played by Charlize Theron in Fury Road, Anya Taylor-Joy steps in to play a younger Furiosa. But with Miller still behind the camera and Chris Hemsworth as the movie's new villain, another high-octane adventure was delivered with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Read WTW's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review.

The Garfield Movie

Garfield in The Garfield Movie

(Image credit: DNEG Animation/Project G Productions)
  • Released: May 24
  • Cast: Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillen, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang
  • Director: Mark Dindal

Garfield, who hates Mondays but loves lasagna, got another movie. Unlike the previous two movies that mixed live action and animation, The Garfield Movie is fully animated, with Chris Pratt voicing the iconic character. Joining Pratt is Samuel L. Jackson voicing Garfield's father, who returns after Garfield has been adopted by Jon.

Hit Man

Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in Hit Man

Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in Hit Man (Image credit: Courtesy of Netflix)
  • Released: May 24 (select theaters)
  • Cast: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Molly Bernard, Evan Holtzman
  • Director: Richard Linklater

Receiving a limited play in movie theaters before it premieres on Netflix a couple of weeks later, Hit Man is the latest movie from acclaimed director Richard Linklater and another starring role for Glen Powell, who also co-wrote the script with Linklater. The movie is a comedy based on the true story of a man who posed as a hit man to help police with sting operations, only to fall for one of the people he is supposed to be setting up. It earned rave reviews on the festival circuit over the last few months.

Ezra

Robert De Niro and William Fitzgerald raise fists with Bobby Cannavale in the background in Ezra

Robert De Niro, Bobby Cannavale and William Fitzgerald in Ezra (Image credit: Mister Smith Entertainment)
  • Released: May 31 (US)
  • Cast: Bobby Cannavale, William Fitzgerald, Rose Byrne, Robert De Niro
  • Director: Tony Goldwyn

Bobby Cannavale stars as stand-up comic Max, who raises his austic son alongside his ex-wife (Rose Byrne) and father (Robert De Niro). Ezra first premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where we got some solid buzz, before releasing to audiences as part of the 2024 summer movie season.

The Dead Don't Hurt

Viggo Mortensen in The Dead Don't Hurt

Viggo Mortensen in The Dead Don't Hurt (Image credit: Shout! Studios)
  • Released: May 31 (US)
  • Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps, Solly McLeod, Garret Dillahunt, Danny Huston
  • Director: Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen wrote and directed his new western, The Dead Don't Hurt, which sees him star as a Dutch immigrant who begins a relationship with a French Canadian immigrant (Krieps) in 1860s US. But when the Civil War separates them, trouble arises on the homefront.

Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams

(Image credit: Neon)
  • Released: May 31
  • Director: Pablo Berger

One of the five nominees for Best Animated Feature at the 2024 Oscars finally got a US release, as Robot Dreams arrived in movie theaters on May 31. The critically-acclaimed story is about a dog and robot, who form a fast friendship but unfortunately become separated.

Summer Camp

Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard in Summer Camp

Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard in Summer Camp (Image credit: Roadside Attractions)
  • Released: May 31
  • Cast: Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Eugene Levy, Beverly D'Angelo, Dennis Haysbert, Nicole Richie, Josh Peck
  • Director: Castille Landon

Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard head to camp, as the three screen legends star in the comedy Summer Camp as life-long friends hoping to keep their friendship going by revisiting the summer camp where they first met.

Young Woman and the Sea

Daisy Ridley in Young Woman and the Sea

Daisy Ridley in Young Woman and the Sea (Image credit: Disney)
  • Released: May 31
  • Cast: Daisy Ridley, Stephen Graham, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sian Clifford, Kim Bodnia, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fleshler
  • Director: Joachim Rønning 

Daisy Ridley stars in the inspirational sports drama Young Woman and the Sea, which chronicles Trudy Ederle's real-life pursuit of being the first woman to swim the 21-mile English Channel. The movie got such a strong reaction in test screenings that it was pulled from premiering exclusively on Disney Plus and given a theatrical release.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as Marcus and Mike bumping fists in Bad Boys: Ride or Die

(Image credit: Sony Pictures)
  • Released: June 7
  • Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Tasha Smith, Melanie Liburd, Eric Dane, Rhea Seehorn 
  • Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

Bad Boys for life indeed, as Will Smith and Martin Lawrence teamed up once again for the cop action franchise. Bad Boys: Ride or Die follows up Bad Boys for Life, and sees the pair have to deal with a conspiracy that frames their old boss and eventually them as well.

Read our Bad Boys: Ride or Die review.

I Used to Be Funny

  • Released: June 7 (New York; expanding in subsequent weeks)
  • Cast: Rachel Sennott, Olga Pesta, Jason Jones, Sabrina Jalees, Caleb Hearon, Ennis Esmer, Dani Kind
  • Director: Ally Pankiw

Rachel Sennott has become an indie darling over the last few years with her roles in Shiva Baby, Bodies Bodies Bodies and Bottoms. Her latest see's her play a stand-up comedian struggling with PTSD who must decide if she should join the search for missing teenage girl that she used to nanny.

Tuesday

Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Tuesday

Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Tuesday (Image credit: Courtesy of A24)
  • Released: June 7 (limited in US)
  • Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Arinze Kene
  • Director: Daina O. Pusic

Julia Louis-Drefyus is primarily known for her comedy, but she gives a dramatic turn in the new movie Tuesday, as she plays the mother of a terminally ill teen when they both begin to see and interact with the spirit of Death, embodied by a large talking bird.

The Watchers

Dakota Fanning in The Watchers

Dakota Fanning in The Watchers (Image credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Released: June 7
  • Cast: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell
  • Director: Ishana Night Shymalan

There's a new Shymalan in Hollywood, as M. Night Shymalan's daughter Ishana Night Shymalan makes her directing debut with The Watchers (though she has previously directed episodes of The Servant). Based on a A.M. Shine book, The Watchers follows Mina, who stumbles upon an enclosure that serves as a kind of zoo for monstrous creatures that come out when the sun goes down.

FYI, in the UK/Ireland the movie is actually called The Watched.

Read our The Watchers ending explained piece if you need some additional context after watching the movie.

Firebrand

Alicia Vikander and Jude Law in Firebrand

Alicia Vikander and Jude Law in Firebrand (Image credit: Larry Horricks/Roadside Attractions)
  • Released: June 14
  • Cast: Jude Law, Alicia Vikander,  Eddie Marsan, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale, Erin Doherty 
  • Director: Karim Aïnouz 

The period drama Firebrand sees Jude Law take on the king-sized role of Henry VIII, with Alicia Vikander starring as his final wife, Katherine Parr. The movie actually first screened at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, so it was a long wait for general audiences to get a look at it.

Inside Out 2

Anxiety, an orange-coloured, frazzled looking emotion

(Image credit: Disney Pixar)
  • Released: June 14
  • Cast: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Maya Hawke
  • Director: Kelsey Mann

The thoughts inside your head are back on the big screen, as Pixar has released Inside Out 2. It's years later and young Riley is now a teenager. But with that comes new emotions that Joy (Poehler), Sadness (Smith), Anger (Black), Fear (Hale) and Disgust (Lapira) are going to have to learn to work with.

Read WTW's Inside Out 2 review.

The Bikeriders

Austin Butler in The Bikeriders

Austin Butler in The Bikeriders (Image credit: 20th Century Studios)
  • Released: June 21
  • Cast: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy
  • Director: Jeff Nichols

The Austin Butler and Tom Hardy movie The Bikeriders rode into movie theaters in the summer of 2024. The period drama was counter programming to action, animated and comedy movies that dominate the summer.

Read WTW's The Bikeriders review.

The Exorcism

Russell Crowe in The Exorcism

Russell Crowe in The Exorcism (Image credit: Vertical)
  • Released: June 21
  • Cast: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg, David Hyde Pierce
  • Director: Joshua John Miller

It's just not a year at the movies unless we get an exorcism movie. The Exorcism stars Russell Crowe as an actor in a movie about performing an exorcism, only for the spiritual practice to be needed on set for real.

Janet Planet

Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler in Janet Planet

Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler in Janet Planet (Image credit: Courtesy of A24)
  • Released: June 21 (limited, expanding in subsequent weeks)
  • Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Will Patton, Sophie Okonedo, Elias Koteas
  • Director: Annie Baker

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker makes her feature writing and directing debut with the A24 movie Janet Planet. Led by Julianne Nicholson, the movie focuses on a mother and her 11-year-old daughter as they spend the summer together in rural Massachusetts, where the young girl's imagination is able to enthrall her and others.

Kinds of Kindness

Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe in Kinds of Kindness

Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe in Kinds of Kindness (Image credit: Searchlight Pictures)
  • Released: June 21 (limited, expanding in subsequent weeks)
  • Cast: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Joe Alwy, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schaefer
  • Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Just a little more than seven months after their Oscar-winning collaboration Poor Things was released in movie theaters, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are back together in the movie Kinds of Kindness, with another all-star ensemble cast telling separate stories in this anthology movie.

Thelma

Richard Roundtree and June Squibb in Thelma

(Image credit: Sundance)
  • Released: June 21
  • Cast: June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell
  • Director: Josh Margolin

One of the hits from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Thelma is a different kind of action movie, one that stars 94-year-young Oscar-nominated actress June Squibb as the hero. Squibb plays an elderly woman who goes on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her after she was duped in a phone scam.

Daddio

Sean Penn in front of a taxi in Daddio

(Image credit: Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Released: June 28 (US)
  • Cast: Sean Penn, Dakota Johnson
  • Director: Christy Hall

An indie darling of the summer season is Daddio, the debut movie for writer/director Christy Hall. Dakota Johnson stars as a woman who takes a cab from JFK Airport and strikes up a deep conversation with her cab driver, played by Sean Penn.

Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1

Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga

Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga (Image credit: Richard Foreman/Warner Bros.)
  • Released: June 28
  • Cast: Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Will Patton, Tatanka Means, Owen Crow Shoe, Ella Hunt, Jamie Campbell Bower
  • Director: Kevin Costner

The movie that (allegedly) brought an end to Yellowstone. Between the hit TV show and his Best Picture-winning movie Dances with Wolves, Kevin Costner is no stranger to a big western, but he took it to another level with the scope of Horizon: An American Saga, which explores the lure of the Old West in not just one movie, but two, though when we are going to get Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 now is a bit of a mystery.

Read WTW's Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 review.

A Quiet Place: Day One

Djimon Honsou and Lupita Nyong'o in A Quiet Place: Day One

Djimon Honsou and Lupita Nyong'o in A Quiet Place: Day One (Image credit: Paramount Pictures)
  • Released: June 28
  • Cast: Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Djimon Hounsou 
  • Director: Michael Sarnoski

While A Quiet Place Part II showed what happened for the Abbott family the day the aliens arrived in a flashback scene, A Quiet Place: Day One dives deeper into their arrival on Earth, specifically in New York City. The movie follows a group of new characters (and one familiar one) as they must learn to survive as the aliens crash land and start causing havoc. 

Despicable Me 4

Gru readies a weapon on stage in front of a crowd in Despicable Me 4

(Image credit: Illumination Entertainment/Universal Studios)
  • Released: July 3
  • Cast: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Miranda Cosgrove, Steven Coogan
  • Director: Chris Renaud

The Minions have had their fun with their own movies, but adult Gru made his big screen comeback in Despicable Me 4, with more wild antics from Gru and his family.

MaXXXine

Mia Goth and Halsey in MaXXXine

Mia Goth and Halsey in MaXXXine (Image credit: Justin Lubin/A24)
  • Released: July 5 (US); August 9 (UK)
  • Cast: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Bacon
  • Director: Ti West

The third entry in Ti West's horror trilogy that began with X and Pearl, MaXXXine transports the story to 1980s Hollywood, where adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx is on the verge of her big break, though her bloody past could derail it all. Mia Goth returns as the lone holdover the previous two movies, while a star-studded supporting cast joins her this time around.

Fly Me to the Moon

Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum in Fly Me to the Moon

Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum in Fly Me to the Moon (Image credit: Dan McFadden/Sony Pictures Entertainment)
  • Released: July 12
  • Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Jim Rash, Ray Romano, Anna Garcia, Donald Elise Watkins, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Nick Dillenburg, Christian Zuber, Woody Harrelson
  • Director: Greg Berlanti

Fly Me to the Moon is a romantic-comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum against the backdrop of the space race of the 1960s, as a marketing maven (Johansson) is brought in to boost NASA's image, including creating a fake moon landing just in case the real one doesn't go as planned (having some fun with the conspiracy theory).

Read our Fly Me to the Moon review.

Longlegs

Maika Monroe in Longlegs

(Image credit: Neon)
  • Released: July 12 (US)
  • Cast: Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe
  • Director: Osgood Perkins

Maika Monroe stars as an FBI agent assigned an unsolved serial killer case with ties to the occult, with all signs pointing to Nicolas Cage being the killer. Longlegs has become a sleeper hit this year.

Sing Sing

Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing key art

Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing key art (Image credit: A24)
  • Released: July 12 (US); August 30 (UK)
  • Cast: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San José, and Paul Raci
  • Director: Greg Kwedar

Oscar nominee Colman Domingo stars in the A24 drama Sing Sing, which is based on the real-life program that sees incarcerated men use Shakespeare to help in their rehabilitation. Starring alongside Domingo is Clarence Maclin, who is one of many former incarcerated actors that make their movie debut with Sing Sing.

Twisters

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and Glen Powell in Twisters

(Image credit: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/Amblin Entertainment)
  • Released: July 19
  • Cast: Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Maura Tierney, Anthony Ramos, Sasha Lane, Kiernan Shipka, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack
  • Director: Lee Isaac Chung

Twister got a reboot with the Twisters, a new entry to the natural disaster movie genre. Behind the camera is Minari director Lee Isaac Chung, who tackled a big-budget blockbuster for the first time, while rising stars Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones headline the Twisters cast.

Read our Twisters review.

The Good Half

  • Released: July 23 (US)
  • Cast: Nick Jonas, Brittany Snow, David Arquette, Alexandra Shipp, Matt Walsh, Elisabeth Shue
  • Director: Robert Schwartzman

A special two-night screening for the movie The Good Half was shown by Fathom Events on July 23 and 25 in 900 US movie theaters. The movie stars Nick Jonas as a writer who travels back to Cleveland for his mother's funeral and reunites with his family and meets new friends as he is forced to come to terms with his past.

The Beast Within

  • Released: July 26
  • Cast: Kit Harrington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo
  • Director: Alexander J. Farrell

Kit Harrington headlines the horror movie The Beast Within, which follows a young girl question her family's isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds after a series of strange events. When she opts to follow her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the forest, she discovers something she is not prepare for.

Deadpool & Wolverine

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool 3

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool 3 (Image credit: Marvel Studios)
  • Released: July 26
  • Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, Shioli Kutsuna, Rob Delaney, Karan Soni, Leslie Uggams, Matthew Macfayden, Emma Corrin 
  • Director: Shawn Levy

The Merc with the Mouth is back, as Ryan Reynolds once again dons the red suit to play Deadpool. That's not all though, as Hugh Jackman returns as Wolverine and Jennifer Garner is reprising her character Elektra from the original Daredevil movie. With Deadpool & Wolverine, they pulled out all the stops.

D

Izaac Wang in Didi

Izaac Wang in Didi (Image credit: Focus Features)
  • Released: July 26; August 2 (UK)
  • Cast: Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen
  • Director: Sean Wang

Sundance breakout Didi is an alternative to the big blockbusters of the summer, as Sean Wang's coming of age story follows a 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy who learns valuable lessons before going to high school, including how to skate, how to flirt and the importance of family.

Mothers' Instinct

Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain sitting next to each other in Mothers' Instinct

Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain in Mothers' Instinct (Image credit: StudioCanal and Neon)
  • Released: July 26 (US)
  • Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Anders Danielsen Lie, Josh Charles
  • Director: Benoit Delhomme

Acting powerhouses Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain star in this period drama about two friends whose relationship is forever changed following an incident involving their children.

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon

(Image credit: Sony Pictures)
  • Released: August 2
  • Cast:  Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Lil Rel Howery
  • Director: Carlos Saldanha

The beloved children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon received a movie adaptation in 2024. In it, an adult Harold decides that he wants to experience life in the real world, so he goes exploring with his purple crayon and his friends.

Trap

Josh Hartnett in Trap

Josh Hartnett in Trap (Image credit: Warner Bros.)
  • Released: August 2 (US), August 9 (UK)
  • Cast: Josh Harnett
  • Director: M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan is back with his latest twisty thriller Trap. Josh Hartnett stars as a dorky dad just taking his daughter to the concert of her favorite pop star. But when he learns that the police have surrounded the arena he becomes concerned because his secret is at risk of being revealed: that he is the serial killer that they are looking for.

Read our Trap review.

Borderlands

Cate Blanchett, Ariana Greenblatt, Kevin Hart, Florian Munteanu and Jamie Lee Curtis in Borderlands

Cate Blanchett, Ariana Greenblatt, Kevin Hart, Florian Munteanu and Jamie Lee Curtis in Borderlands (Image credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate)
  • Released: August 9
  • Cast: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt
  • Director: Eli Roth

While TV fans got an adaptation of Fallout in 2024, movie fans have their own massive video game adaptation on the way in Borderlands. Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart lead a massive ensemble in the Eli Roth-directed movie, which sees various hunters head to a distant planet in search of advanced alien technology.

Cuckoo

Cuckoo star Hunter Schafer hiding behind a bookcase while a hooded figure lingers in the background

Hunter Schafer in Cuckoo (Image credit: NEON)
  • Released: August 9 
  • Cast: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas
  • Director: Tilman Singer

The horror/thriller Cuckoo centers on a teenage girl forced to move to with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem.

It Ends With Us

Blake Lively in It Ends With Us

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively in It Ends With Us (Image credit: Sony Pictures)
  • Released: August 9
  • Cast: Blake Lively, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate, Justin Baldoni, Hasan Minhaj
  • Director: Justin Baldoni

The best-selling novel from Collen Hoover is received a movie adaptation, with a star-studded cast that includes Blake Lively and 1923 breakout star Brandon Sklenar. After more than 90 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, It Ends With Us fans got the chance to see the powerful romance drama play out on the big screen.

Read our It Ends With Us review.

Alien: Romulus

Cailee Spaeny in Alien: Romulus

(Image credit: 20th Century Studios)
  • Released: August 16
  • Cast: Isabela Merced, Cailee Spaeny, Archie Renaux, David Jonsson, Aileen Wu, Spike Fearn
  • Director: Fede Alvarez

The Alien franchise continues. Though Fede Alvarez took over as a director, Ridley Scott still served as a producer on Alien: Romulus. As for what movie fans can expect, a young cast is at the center of this sci-fi story, as they are the latest group to go against the infamous Xenomorph.

Read our Alien: Romulus review.

My Penguin Friend

  • Released: August 16 (US)
  • Cast: Jean Reno, Adriana Barraza 
  • Director: David Schurmann

Based on a true story, My Penguin Friend tells the story of a lonely fisherman who rescues a lost penguin and the pair's incredible friendship. A non-animated family movie to change things up a bit.

Rob Peace

Jay Will as Robert Peace in Rob Peace

Jay Will in Rob Peace (Image credit: Paramount)
  • Released: August 16 (US)
  • Cast: Jay Will, Mary J. Blige, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Camila Cabello
  • Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor

Oscar-nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor made Rob Peace his second directorial outing, depicting a true story of a brilliant young man who does everything he can to fight for the freedom of his wrongly convicted father.

Between the Temples

  • Released: August 23
  • Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly De Leon, Caroline Aaron, Robert Smigel, Madeline Weinstein
  • Director: Nathan Silver

After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival all the way back in January, indie comedy Between the Temples is now playing. Jason Schwartzman stars as a cantor in grief and struggling to find his voice when he comes across his old music teacher, Carla, who is seeking to convert to Judaism and wants to have her own Bat Mitzvah. Between the Temples is "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes.

Channing Tatum in Blink Twice

Channing Tatum in Blink Twice (Image credit: Amazon/MGM Studios)
  • Released: August 23
  • Cast: Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis, Alia Shawkat
  • Director: Zoë Kravitz

Zoë Kravitz got behind the camera and made her directorial debut with the psychological thriller Blink Twice. Naomi Ackie stars as a cocktail waitress who hits it off with a tech billionaire (Tatum) at a gala event and is invited for a dream vacation on his private island. However, the dream soon turns into a nightmare as something is amiss on the island.

Read WTW's Blink Twice review.

The Crow

Bill Skarsgard in The Crow

Bill Skarsgård in The Crow (Image credit: Larry Horricks/Yellow Flower LLC)
  • Released: August 23
  • Cast: Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, Danny Huston, Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila and Jordan Bolger
  • Director: Rupert Sanders

The Crow is a remake of the 90s comic book adaptation. In this updated telling of the story Bill Skarsgård plays Eric Draven, who sacrifices himself to save his love and becomes the Crow, mercilessly seeking revenge, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put wrong things right.

The Forge

  • Released: August 23
  • Cast: Karen Abercrombie, Priscilla C. Shirer, Cameron Arnett, Aspen Kennedy 
  • Director: Alex Kendrick

Another faith-based movie in 2024, The Forge comes from the team behind the likes of War Room, Overcomer and Courageous. In this latest story, a high school graduate learns that his life has a higher meaning then he could have ever known.

Greedy People

Himesh Patel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Greedy People

Himesh Patel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Greedy People (Image credit: Lionsgate)
  • Released: August 23 (US)
  • Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Himesh Patel, Lily James, Tim Blake Nelson, Uzo Aduba, Simon Rex
  • Director: Potsy Ponciroli

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