November

 

1st

The Light Between Oceans (2016)

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander star as grieving lighthouse keepers living off the coast of Western Australia who rescue an abandoned baby and raise her as their own, only to be confronted by the heart-wrenching truth about their daughter in a drama from the director of ‘Blue Valentine’ and ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’.

Directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 1st of November   US Release: 2nd of September

 

 

 

4th

The Accountant (2016)

Ben Affleck stars as a gifted and obsessive forensic accountant who “creatively” manages the books for dangerous criminal organizations… and moonlights as an assassin in this action/thriller from the director of ‘Warrior’.

Directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick and J.K. Simmons among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 4th of November   US Release: 14th of October

 

 

 

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Fashion designer Tom Ford’s 2nd directorial outing is an ensemble dramatic thriller adapted from Austin Wright’s novel “Tony & Susan”, about a wealthy art dealer and divorcee whose life is thrown into turmoil when she’s pulled in by her ex-husband’s symbolic novel of violent revenge.

Directed by Tom Ford and starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 4th of November   US Release: 9th of December

 

 

 

Rupture (2016)

Noomi Rapace stars as young mother abducted by a mysterious cult-like group who subject her to fearsome and horrific experiments in an ominous compound, fearing for her life she must find the means to escape before being transformed beyond redemption in this unsettling sci-fi horror/thriller from the director of ‘Secretary’.

Directed by  Steven Shainberg and starring Noomi Rapace, Peter Stormare and Michael Chiklis among others.

Genre: Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 4th of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

10th

Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams stars as a linguist recruited by US authorities to determine the threat posed by the arrival of extra terrestrials on Earth after alien spacecraft begin to land all over the planet, a Sci-fi mystery/drama from the director of ‘Prisoners’ and ‘Sicario’.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker among others.

Genre: Sci-fi, Drama

UK Release: 10th of November   US Release: 11th of November

 

 

11th

American Pastoral (2016)

Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut and stars in an adaptation of Philip Roth’s prize-winning novel, about a successful Jewish-American man whose idyllic life unravels after his daughter becomes politically radicalized in America’s period of social upheaval during the Vietnam war and Civil Rights battles.

Directed by Ewan McGregor and starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 11th of November   US Release: 28th of October

 

 

 

The Innocents (2016)

World War II story based on a true story about a a French Red Cross doctor helping the survivors of Nazi atrocities in 1945 Poland, who gets caught up in the scandal of a local convent where many young nuns are discovered to be pregnant.

Directed by Anne Fontaine and starring Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek and Agata Kulesza among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, War

UK Release: 11th of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

15th

What Happened to Monday? (2016)

Noomi Rapace pulls serious overtime in this Sci-fi thriller set in a dystopian overpopulated future society with a strict one-child policy; where a clever set of sextuplets, who get around the system by sharing single-identity duty, embark on a risky mission to find one of their disappeared siblings while avoiding detection.

Directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe among others.

Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 15th of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

18th

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Spinoff/prequel to the iconic J.K. Rowling books and hugely successful ‘Harry Potter’ films; following the story of former Hogwarts student and writer Newt Scamander and his dangerous adventures in 1920s New York city, with its magical inhabitants and hostile muggles.

Directed by David Yates and starring Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell and Katherine Waterston among others.

Genre: Family, Adventure, Fantasy

UK Release: 18th of November   US Release: 18th of November

 

 

 

Indignation (2016)

American 1950s period drama adaptation of the Philip Roth novel set during the Korean War; following cultural and romantic struggles of a young Jewish man, after leaving New Jersey for a mid-western college education and developing a relationship with a beautiful but troubled young lady.

Directed by James Schamus and starring Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon and Tracy Letts among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 18th of November   US Release: 29th of July

 

 

 

I, Olga Hepnarová (2016)

Czech drama based on the true story of Olga Hepnarová, a psychologically troubled young lady who in 1973 became a mass murderer when she drove a truck into a crowd of people in Prague as revenge on a society that wronged her, becoming the last woman to be executed by the state in Czechoslovakia.

Directed by Petr Kazda & Tomás Weinreb and starring Michalina Olszanska, Martin Pechlát and Klára Melísková  among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 18th of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

23rd

Bad Santa 2 (2016)

A sequel to the 2003 black comedy sees world’s most most inappropriate Santa return to reunite with his cantankerous partner “Elf” for a big heist, only to be confronted with his past in another outrageous comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton.

Directed by Mark Waters and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates and Christina Hendricks among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 23rd of November   US Release: 23rd of November

 

 

 

25th

Allied (2016)

Director Robert Zemeckis’ (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) first foray int war films is a World War II drama/romance centered in North Africa; staring Brad Pitt as an intelligence agent and Marion Cottillard as a resistance fighter who fall in love while under cover subverting Nazi operations during the war, only to have their bond tested when their actions come back to haunt them.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard and Jared Harris among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance, War

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 23rd of November

 

 

 

A United Kingdom (2016)

Biographical drama based on the true story of Prince and future first prime minister Seretse Khama of Botswana and his controversial interracial relationship with his white British wife Ruth Williams, an early 1940s love story which endured even through political fallout and ramifications across the British empire.

Directed by Amma Asante and starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike and Jack Davenport among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 17th of February 2017

 

 

 

Paterson (2016)

Writer/director Jim Jarmusch’s reflective comedy/drama about a poetic New Jersey bus driver.

Directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani and Helen-Jean Arthur among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 28th of December

 

 

 

The Wailing (2016)

When a mysterious sickness and related murders spread through a South Korean village, an inept cop tries to investigate it in order to save his daughter who has insidiously become involved before all hell breaks loose, in this supernatural horror from director Hong-jin Na.

Directed by Hong-jin Na and starring Jung-min Hwang, Do Won Kwak and Jung-min Hwang among others.

Genre: Fantasy, Horror

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 3rd of June

 

 

 

Magnus (2016)

A biographical chronicle of young Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen; from troubled but gifted youngster struggling with growing pains while evolving his game by leaps and bounds, to becoming the youngest ever number one ranked player and world champion, we accompany this unique mind on a journey to chess superstardom and beyond.

Directed by Benjamin Ree and starring Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand among others.

Genre: Documentary

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 18th of November

 

 

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