October

 

6th

The Exorcist: Believer (2023)

50 years after her daughter was brutally possessed by a demon, Chris MacNeil is called upon when a couple of young girls bring back an unwanted guest from their trip to the woods, as their families and the local community are terrorised and turn to a rare witness to evil, trying to put the trauma behind her, as director David Gordon Green and Blumhouse rework another classic horror series.

Directed by David Gordon Green and starring Ellen Burstyn, Leslie Odom Jr. and Lidya Jewett among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 6th of October   US Release: 6th of October

 

 

 

Golda (2023)

Caught by a surprise offensive from a coalition of Arab states against Israel in 1973, the Jewish nation’s 4th prime minister and first female leader Golda Meir struggles to hold the country’s political system together while courting its American allies during the complexities of the Cold War, and ensuring the survival of her fledgling nation by winning the Yom Kippur War, as a controversial global figure—equal parts lionised and reviled—gets the Hollywood treatment.

Directed by Guy Nattiv and starring Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin and Liev Schreiber among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 6th of October   US Release: 25th of August

 

 

 

The Great Escaper (2023)

A 90-year-old British World War II veteran escapes his care home to connect with fellow soldiers commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and remembering the fallen in Normandy, inadvertently creating a media sensation while reaffirming his long marriage to his ailing beloved wife back home, as the real life Bernard Jordan story gets the big screen treatment.

Directed by Oliver Parker and starring Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson and John Standing among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 6th of October   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

BlackBerry (2023)

At the turn of the 21st century a couple of Canadian buddies and aspiring technology inventors team up with a hard-nosed businessman to launch a new breed of mobile phone—the smartphone—unleashing a device which would revolutionise the business and silicon valley whilst creating a frenzy, only to have their empire slowly crumble against the pressure of giant competitors and the management of their business in this Hollywood true tech story.

Directed by Matt Johnson and starring Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton and Matt Johnson among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 6th of October   US Release: 12th of May

 

 

 

Totally Killer (2023)

When a mysterious masked serial killer returns after 35 years to once again terrorise a US town, a spirited teenager accidentally time travels to the 1980s to connect with her teen mom and save her unsuspecting friends by stopping the “Sweet Sixteen Killer” before he starts.

Directed by Nahnatchka Khan and starring Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt and Julie Bowen among others.

Genre: Comedy, Horror

UK Release: 6th of October (Amazon Prime Video)   US Release: 6th of October (Amazon Prime Video)

 

 

 

Fair Play (2023)

A young woman’s passionate relationship with her fellow hedge fund manager boyfriend is tested to the limit when she gets the promotion he wanted at their cutthroat New York firm, as tensions rise at the office and their policy-violating courtship conspires with a changing professional dynamic to place them on a collision course which threatens their careers and their fragile engagement.

Directed by Chloe Domont and starring Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich and Eddie Marsan among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller

UK Release: 6th of October (Netflix)   US Release: 6th of October (Netflix)

 

 

 

13th

Dalíland (2023)

Struggling to re-ignite his creative juices and remain relevant in the 1970s whilst his curious marriage begins to hit the rocks, Salvador Dalí takes on an ambitious young assistant and aspiring artist to help him prepare for an impending show, as the youngster is about to be taken on a wild ride through Dalíworld in this cinematic later-life portrait of an eccentric artist and 20th century cultural icon.

Directed by Mary Harron and starring Ben Kingsley, Barbara Sukowa and Christopher Briney among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 13th of October   US Release: 9th of June

 

 

 

Sumotherhood (2023)

Trying to make their mark on the streets of London, a couple of inept hustlers and wannabe gangsters hatch a selection of ill-fated schemes robbing banks and stars in clubs, only to be inadvertently drawn into the city’s serious criminal underworld . . . with hilarious consequences in this parody of 21st century UK urban crime dramas.

Directed by Adam Deacon and starring Adam Deacon, Jazzie Zonzolo and Jennifer Saunders among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy

UK Release: 13th of October   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

20th

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

In Oklahoma of the 1920s a series of unexplained murders in the land of the oil-rich Osage Nation sparks an FBI investigation which uncovers a sobering conspiracy, triggering the breakdown of communities and forcing a man caught between to worlds to fatefully choose a side in this epic true story adaptation of David Grann’s historical book, and a masterful meditation on greed and indigenous exploitation from the Great Martin Scorsese.

Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 20th of October   US Release: 20th of October

 

 

 

Foe (2023)

In the not-too-distant future, the quiet farm life and marriage of a young couple are thrown into turmoil by a mysterious and connected visitor with an off-world job offer for him, and a bizarre companionship proposal for her, in this unsettling relationship thriller with a twist from the director of ‘Lion’.

Directed by Garth Davis and starring Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 20th of October   US Release: 6th of October

 

 

 

It Lives Inside (2023)

Struggling to balance her cultural identity with her school life and her estrangement from a spiralling former best friend, an Indian-American teenager inadvertently unleashes a demon living inside and slowly feeding on her fear and anxiety, as it begins to drive her mad and hurt those around her, forcing her to find a way to kill it before it consumers her.

Directed by Bishal Dutta and starring Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa and Mohana Krishnan among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 20th of October   US Release: 22nd of September

 

 

 

Trolls Band Together (2023)

Branch’s past comes back to surprise the trolls when his estranged bother visits and everyone finds out about the family’s boy band past, as they re-unite the brothers on an adventure to rescue their imprisoned other sibling and bring melody back to the Troll kingdom in this latest instalment of the popular animated family series . . . with new music by NSYNC.

Directed by Walt Dohrn & Tim Heitz and starring Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick and Eric André among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music

UK Release: 20th of October   US Release: 17th of November

 

 

 

Old Dads (2023)

A trio of middle-aged best friends and new dads find themselves hilariously out of step with current culture and struggling to understand a rapidly changing world after they sell their company to a bold millennial, as comedian-turned-actor Bill Burr combines his fearless social commentary with a classic fish-out-of-water comedy in his directorial debut.

Directed by Bill Burr and starring Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 20th of October (Netflix)   US Release: 20th of October (Netflix)

 

 

 

25th

Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

The night shift for a young new security guard at a run-down themed family pizza place takes a sinister turn when the mascots come to life with murderous intentions, plunging him into a struggle to survive an animatronic massacre, as the popular video game series gets the big screen Blumhouse treatment.

Directed by Emma Tammi and starring Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard and Mary Stuart Masterson among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 25th of October   US Release: 27th of October

 

 

 

27th

Pain Hustlers (2023)

A struggling single mom with charisma and drive transforms her life when she joins a failing pharmaceutical start-up run by an equally ambitious hustler, helping to turn it into a runaway success, only for everything to come crashing down when the company and their efforts become part of a criminal conspiracy with serious consequences for more than just their investors, in this fast-paced corporate crime drama take on the American opioid crisis.

Directed by David Yates and starring Chris Evans, Emily Blunt and Andy Garcia among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama

UK Release: 27th of October (Netflix)   US Release: 27th of October (Netflix)

 

 

 

Retribution (2023)

A normal daily commute becomes a twisted game for a banking executive and his children when a sinister shadowy player puts a bomb in his car, threatening to blow them up if they get out or fail to complete a series of deadly incriminating tasks, as he leads the authorities and the city on a rampaging mission to find the sinister culprit and get revenge.

Directed by Nimród Antal and starring Liam Neeson, Jack Champion and Lilly Aspell among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 27th of October   US Release: 25th of August

 

 

 

Doctor Jekyll (2023)

The respected Dr. Nina Jekyll develops a friendship with her new assistant as they join forces to try and prevent Jekyll’s sinister alter ego Mr. Hyde from emerging and destroying their lives, in this modern alternative take on the classic 19th century gothic novella from Robert Louis Stevenson.

Directed by Joe Stephenson and starring Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers and Lindsay Duncan among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery

UK Release: 27th of October   US Release: N/A

 

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