November

 

1st

Anora (2024)

A spirited young New York exotic dancer and working girl finds a seemingly fairytale way out of the sex industry when she beguiles and swiftly marries a wild and wealthy young Russian, only for his disapproving parents and their minions to try and put an end to this ill-advised impromptu marriage . . . with hilariously chaotic consequences in this latest vibrant contemporary indie film study on sex workers and disenfranchised Americans from the writer/director of ‘Tangerine’ and ‘The Florida Project’.

Directed by Sean Baker and starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eidelshtein and Luna Sofía Miranda among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 1st of November   US Release: 18th of October

 

 

 

Blitz (2024)

In the midst of the Nazi bombings of the British capital, a young East End mother struggles to track down the son she sent to the country for safety, but who decided to return alone and traverse a dangerous and scarred city back to his home in this striking period portrait of wartime London and its people from the director ‘Hunger’ and ’12 Years a Slave’.

Directed by Steve McQueen and starring Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan and Harris Dickinson among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War

UK Release: 1st of November   US Release: 1st of November

 

 

 

Heretic (2024)

Two pious young female Mormon missionaries knock on the wrong door when they try to spread the word to a peculiar man who turns out to be a charming wolf in sheep’s clothing, as they’re plunged into a life & death, cat & mouse game of belief that leaves them questioning everything they know.

Directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and starring Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher and Hugh Grant among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 1st of November   US Release: 15th of November

 

 

 

Juror #2 (2024)

While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, a young family man is plunged into an existential crisis and finds himself in the middle of a moral dilemma involving the victim, placing him into an impossible decision which could either help convict the wrong or free the right man, in this courtroom drama from Hollywood legend and director of ‘Unforgiven’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’.

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch and J.K. Simmons among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 1st of November   US Release: 15th of November

 

 

 

Small Things Like These (2024)

In mid-1980s small town Ireland in the lead up to the Christmas season, a family man and coal/timber merchant’s life is turned upside down when he stumbles upon the disturbing secrets of the local convent, forcing him to face his own past and the community’s relationship with the church to expose those who take advantage of their position, in this adaptation of the Claire Keegan novel.

Directed by Tim Mielants and starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson and Ciarán Hinds among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 1st of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

8th

Paddington in Peru (2024)

Paddington and the Brown family’s Peruvian trip to visit his beloved aunt Lucy turns into to a rainforest and mountain adventure when she mysteriously vanishes from her bear retirement home on her own quest, as they recruit colourful locals to help track her down in this third instalment of the big screen adaptations of the beloved children’s literature character.

Directed by Dougal Wilson and starring Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville and starring Emily Mortimer among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 8th of November   US Release: 17th of January 2025

 

 

Red One (2024)

When Santa Claus is mysteriously kidnapped by criminal forces, the imposing North Pole head of security recruits a capable tracker with a questionable past on a globe-trotting mission to battle dark forces and rescue Saint Nick before Christmas is destroyed.

Directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans and J.K. Simmons among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

UK Release: 8th of November   US Release: 15th of November

 

 

 

Piece by Piece (2024)

The life & times of experimental artist and superstar musician Pharrell Williams are brought to life via the magic of the LEGO big screen treatment, as his rise through the various corners of the music industry is charted through the voices of the people who helped to shape him, all illuminated by the magical animation of the LEGO world where real world limitations are removed and imagination runs wild.

Directed by Morgan Neville and starring Pharrell Williams, Morgan Neville and Timbaland among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical

UK Release: 8th of November   US Release: 11th of October

 

 

Bird (2024)

In run down working-class modern day Kent, a teenager struggles to balance an adolescence alongside her drug dealer scoundrel young father and hard-headed older brother, with her younger siblings under the roof of their troubled mother and her abusive new lover across town, only to have her mind and little world expanded by the arrival of an enigmatic free-spirited stranger in town searching for his own past . . . and with a surreal secret, in this latest marginalised coming-of-age tale from the writer/director of ‘Fish Tank’ and ‘American Honey’.

Directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski and Barry Keoghan among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 8th of November   US Release: 8th of November

 

 

 

13th

Emilia Pérez (2024)

Tired of defending criminals and helping them evade justice, a jaded Mexican lawyer is recruited to help a notorious cartel boss escape the business and the authorities, and make a life-changing transition to become her true self, only to find that the past is not so easily left behind in this unconventional Mexican crime/musical fever dream from the director of ‘A Prophet’ and ‘Rust & Bone’.

Directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller

UK Release: 13th of November (Netflix)   US Release: 13th of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

15th

Gladiator II (2024)

Many years after Maximus’s glorious death defending the sanctity of Rome, Lucilla’s now adult and bitter son puts his difficult past behind him to follow the fate of his mother’s former lover and take on the bloody sands of the Colosseum, whilst pulling on a thread which threatens to unravel a corrupt and bloated empire in this Ridley Scott sequel 24 years in the making.

Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Connie Nielsen among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

UK Release: 15th of November   US Release: 22nd of November

 

 

 

Joy (2024)

Vehemently opposed by the Church, the media and political classes, and the medical establishment in the UK of the late 1960s into the the early 70s, a young embryology nurse, an ambitious scientist and a veteran surgeon defy the odds to pioneer in vitro egg fertilisation and change society, creating the first “test tube baby” and changing lives forever in this dramatisation of the birth of IVF.

Directed by Ben Taylor and starring Thomasin McKenzie, Bill Nighy and James Norton among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

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

 

 

 

22nd

Wicked (2024)

Two very different young witches from Oz—one a narcissistic popular princess with hidden heart and the other a green outcast with a powerful potential—form an unlikely bond at a magical university but are caught in a conspiracy for power which sets them on a path towards legendary opposing destinies, in this blockbuster screen adaptation of the smash hit stage musical.

Directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh among others.

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

UK Release: 22nd of November   US Release: 22nd of November

 

 

 

Joy (2024)

Vehemently opposed by the Church, the media and political classes, and the medical establishment in the UK of the late 1960s into the the early 70s, a young embryology nurse, an ambitious scientist and a veteran surgeon defy the odds to pioneer in vitro egg fertilisation and change the world, creating the first “test tube baby” and changing lives forever in this dramatisation of the birth of IVF.

Directed by Ben Taylor and starring Thomasin McKenzie, Bill Nighy and James Norton among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 22nd of November (Netflix)   US Release: 22nd of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

The Piano Lesson (2024)

In 1930s Pittsburgh during in the aftermath of the Great Depression, the Charles family reflect on their difficult story as African Americans in the tumultuous history of the United States, seen though the legacy of their family heirloom piano and its own origins as they struggle to decide what to do with it and the implications for their past and future, in this adaptation of the stage play from August Wilson.

Directed by Malcolm Washington and starring John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler and Samuel L. Jackson among others.

Genre: Drama, Music

UK Release: 22nd of November (Netflix)   US Release: 22nd of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

Spellbound (2024)

In the magical world of Lumbria and a kingdom in crisis, a teenage princess embarks on adventure to break the spell which transformed her royal parents into monsters, discovering herself in the process and helping to unite and save her kingdom in this animated fantasy musical adventure from the co-director of ‘Shrek’ and ‘Shark Tale’.

Directed by Vicky Jenson and starring Rachel Zegler, John Lithgow and Jenifer Lewis among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical

UK Release: 22nd of November (Netflix)   US Release: 22nd of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

29th

Moana 2 (2024)

Now an experienced young wayfinder with her own ocean-crossing stories under her belt, intrepid Polynesian chief’s daughter Moana receives an unexpected call from her ancestors and embarks on a dangerous new all-singing adventure into long-lost waters to find a hidden island and break a curse on Oceania to unite the people of the seas . . . recruiting new allies and reuniting with a larger-than-life demigod along the way in this sequel to the 2016 Disney smash hit animation.

Directed by David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller and starring Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson and Temuera Morrison among others.

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical

UK Release: 29th of November   US Release: 27th of October

 

 

 

Conclave (2024)

After the unexpected death of the Catholic church’s leader, a respected Cardinal is charged with leading the Conclave in its secretive effort to select a new Pope only to be drawn into a conspiracy by powerful players to undermine and destroy certain candidates, which he must unravel and expose before the foundations of the Church are irreversibly shaken, in this tense character mystery drama adaptation of the 2016 Robert Harris novel.

Directed by Edward Berger and starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 29th of November   US Release: 25th of October

 

 

 

All We Imagine as Light (2024)

In modern day Mumbai, three hospital workers struggle with everyday living, as one’s life is upended by a gift from her estranged husband and by her younger roommate’s determination to find a place of her own to indulge in her desires with her own boyfriend, in this contemporary drama meditation on working-class life in big city India.

Directed by Payal Kapadia and starring Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha and Chhaya Kadam among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 29th of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

That Christmas (2024)

An East England Christmas chronicle set on the Suffolk coast, where young Danny struggles to get into the Yuletide spirit taking over his new small town whilst trying to adjust to a new life where mum works long and hard at the hospital, while his new school experience under the thumb of a strict teacher is proving tricky, only for the town’s Christmas plans to be threatened by a series of unfortunate events, and for Danny be plunged in the middle of the miracle which might save it all.

Directed by Simon Otto and starring Bill Nighy, Brian Cox and Jack Wisniewski among others.

Genre: Family, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

UK Release: 29th of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Your Monster (2024)

Having hit rock bottom and struggling to dig herself out of the hole her life has become, a soft-spoken musical theatre actress finds a fearsome yet beguiling monster living in her closet, as they form an unlikely bond which helps her conquer her trauma, find her own voice and unleash suppressed rage in this modern “beauty and the beast” dark comedy-romance take on female emancipation.

Directed by Caroline Lindy and starring Melissa Barrera, Tommy Dewey and Edmund Donovan among others.

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance

UK Release: 29th of November   US Release: 25th of October

 

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