October

 

4th

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

After leaning into his mental and emotional unravelling and unleashing anarchy on the streets of Gotham city, an institutionalised Arthur Fleck meets a kindred spirit soulmate as they form a strong bond over a shared madness and join forces to share it with the city, in this sequel to the 2019 alternate cinematic universe Joker origin story.

Directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and Zazie Beetz among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Crime, Drama, Musical

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

 

 

 

A Different Man (2024)

In a bid to to reverse his neurofibromatosis, an American man undergoes a procedure to have his face extensively reconstructed, only to be plunged into an identity crisis and become obsessed with another man with a similar condition who takes the stage role he was born to play, in a production based on his former life.

Directed by Aaron Schimberg and starring Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson and Renate Reinsve among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller

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

 

 

 

The Platform 2 (2024)

Back in the dystopian Spanish multi-levelled future prison where inmates are fed on a descending platform and those on the upper level take more than their fair share, a couple of bottom-dwelling prisoners take it upon themselves to upend the brutal system and triumph in a violent fight for survival in this sequel to the 2019 hit.

Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia and starring Milena Smit, Hovik Keuchkerian and Óscar Jaenada among others.

Genre: Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 4th of October (Netflix)   US Release: 4th of October (Netflix)

 

 

 

11th

Terrifier 3 (2024)

Sienna Shaw and the survivors of the Halloween massacre by the evil Art the Clown in Miles County look forward to moving on into the Christmas season, only to be plunged into a whole new terror when the demon returns with Yuletide murder on the mind in this third instalment of the seasonal slasher series.

Directed by Damien Leone and starring David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera and Jason Patric among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

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

 

 

 

Transformers One (2024)

Long before they were enemies and rival leaders of the Autobots and Decepticons, young buddies Optimus Prime and Megatron team up with their companions on an adventure to level-up and fulfil their destiny, only for their paths to diverge and change the fate of their homeworld Cybertron forever, in this animated origin story instalment of the hit mass media franchise.

Directed by Josh Cooley and starring Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Scarlett Johansson among others.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

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

 

 

 

Salem’s Lot (2024)

Successful author Ben Mears returns to his Maine childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot to reconnect with his youth and write his new book, only to discover that his hometown has been taken over by a ruthless vampire preying on some locals and converting others, plunging him and some allies in a fight for the very soul of Salem’s Lot in this latest adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel.

Directed by Gary Dauberman and starring Lewis Pullman, Bill Camp and Pilou Asbæk among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 11th of October   US Release: 3rd of October (HBO Max)

 

 

 

Lonely Planet (2024)

On an idyllic artist’s retreat in Morocco, a solitary novelist looking for inspiration to pull her out of her writer’s block meets a beguiling younger man and begins a friendship, which soon develops into an unexpected and passionate love affair that threatens to turn both their lives upside down.

Directed by Susannah Grant and starring Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth and Diana Silvers among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 11th of October (Netflix)   US Release: 11th of October (Netflix)

 

 

 

17th

Brothers (2024)

Two very different twin brothers with a long criminal family history plan a risky heist and embark on a dangerous road trip, reconnecting with old flames and their dodgy estranged mother along the way, as one’s reluctance and intentions to reform drives them apart while they must reconcile before their shady lives catch up with them for good.

Directed by Max Barbakow and starring Josh Brolin, Peter Dinklage and Brendan Fraser among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy

UK Release: 17th of October (Amazon Prime Video)   US Release: 17th of October (Amazon Prime Video)

 

 

 

18th

Smile 2 (2024)

A young global pop superstar’s plans for a new world tour are turned upside down by a traumatic incident which unleashes a paranoia over a dark parasitic force which stalks her with brutal smiling suicides, as she’s forced to confront the troubling ghosts of her past before it can completely consume her and move on in this sequel to the disturbing 2022 horror hit.

Directed by Parker Finn and starring Naomi Scott, Kyle Gallner and Dylan Gelula among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 18th of October   US Release: 18th of October

 

 

 

The Apprentice (2024)

A pulsating period biopic, meditation on American capitalism and portrait of a magnate turned cult figure and unlikely world leader, charting the rise of a young Donald Trump through 1970s and ’80s New York real estate, as his personality and life ethos is shaped by his close relationship with a questionable mentor—US government lawyer turned New York political “fixer” and attorney to the mob Roy Cohn.

Directed by Ali Abbasi and starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 18th of October   US Release: 18th of October

 

 

 

The Wild Robot (2024)

When an advanced robot assistant in a hi-tech future becomes stranded on a deserted island populated by only flora & fauna, she forms a strong and unlikely bond with the local animals and becomes the foster parent of an orphaned baby goose, only for her mysterious past and the outside human world to comes a-calling and force her into a difficult choice in this animated adaptation of the bestselling Peter Brown novel by the co-creator of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’.

Directed by Chris Sanders and starring Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal and Bill Nighy among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-fi

UK Release: 18th of October   US Release: 27th of September

 

 

 

Timestalker (2024)

Life is risky and repetitive for Agnes, a hapless British maiden unlucky in love and doomed to be reincarnated a century after every grim death she suffers after repeatedly falling for the wrong man, in this surrealist period rom-com dramedy from the creator of ‘Prevenge’.

Directed by Alice Lowe and starring Alice Lowe, Jacob Anderson and Nick Frost among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

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

 

 

 

Flight Risk (2024)

A prop plane flight turns into a mid-air struggle for survival over the Alaskan wilderness for the pilot and the US Air Marshal and fugitive she’s taking to trial, after trust is broken and suspicions rise when not everyone on board turns out to be what they seem.

Directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace among others.

Genre: Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 18th of October   US Release: 18th of October

 

 

 

25th

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

On the run and hunted by forces from both their worlds, Eddie Brock and his symbiote Venom embark on one last big border-hopping hurrah to try and save themselves and prevent a galactic conflict in this third instalment of the Sony Spider-Man Universe spin-off series.

Directed by Kelly Marcel and starring Tom Hardy, Juno Temple and Chiwetel Ejiofor among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

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

 

 

 

Emilia Pérez (2024)

A jaded Mexican lawyer is recruited to help a notorious cartel boss escape the business and authorities, and make a life-changing transition to become her true self 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: 25th of October   US Release: 1st of November

 

 

 

The Room Next Door (2024)

Two estranged long-time friends—one a best-selling novelist the other a war correspondent who once worked together in the same publication—reunite over a serious cancer diagnosis for one of them, as they bond over recounted life experiences and strengthen a rekindled friendship over the deeply personal and unthinkable request from a dying woman, as celebrated Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar makes his English language debut and brings together two modern Hollywood greats.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton and John Turturro among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 25th of October   US Release: 20th of December

 

 

 

The Front Room (2024)

An expectant mother’s life is turned upside down when her husband’s newly widowed mother comes to live with them, bringing with her a religious fervour and difficult personality which makes life a living hell for her daughter in law, and sinister for the young family and those around them.

Directed by Max Eggers & Sam Eggers and starring Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap and Kathryn Hunter among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

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

 

 

 

Don’t Move (2024)

Injected with a slow-acting paralysing agent by a sadistic serial killer in the deep forests of Big Sur, a young woman fights against time to survive before her body shuts down and she becomes his prey.

Directed by Brian Netto and Adam Schindler and starring Kelsey Asbille, Finn Wittrock and Daniel Francis among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 25th of October (Netflix)   US Release: 25th of October (Netflix)

 

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