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7th

Frankenstein (2025)

A brilliant and ambitious but troubled and egotistical 18th century Swiss scientist goes too far in his obsession with creating life and playing God, destroying his life and those around him with his fearsome but tragic creation in this adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic by the writer/director of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ and ‘The Shape of Water’.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Sci-fi

UK Release: 7th of November (Netflix)   US Release: 7th of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

Predator: Badlands (2025)

A rookie outcast Predator on his first big hunt teams up with a spirited Weyland-Yutani android with a past to survive a dangerous remote planet and bag the ultimate but most dangerous prey, in this latest chapter of the classic alien hunter franchise.

Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 7th of November   US Release: 7th of November

 

 

 

Die My Love (2025)

In rural contemporary America, the seemingly idyllic life of a wife and new mom in the remote countryside begins to fall apart when her behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and her sanity slips, as she fights to manage contradictory thoughts of freedom and entrapment, motherhood and womanhood in the midst of an identity crisis, while her frustrated husband and the people around her struggle to hold things together before they lead to tragedy in this striking portrait of post-partum psychosis from the writer/director of ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ and ‘You Were Never Really Here’.

Directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson and Sissy Spacek among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 7th of November   US Release: 7th of November

 

 

 

The Choral (2025)

In a Yorkshire village in midst of first world war devastation and an escalating battle of attrition on the Western front, a choral society devastated by the loss of its members to the war turns to the local youngsters and a new talented but controversial and colourful choir master with a past to turn their fortunes around, and give the community hope for the future . . . even in the face of darkness and hopelessness.

Directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Ralph Fiennes, Alun Armstrong and Roger Allam among others.

Genre: Drama, History, Music, War

UK Release: 7th of November   US Release: 25th of December

 

 

 

Anemone (2025)

A pair of troubled estranged middle-aged brothers reunite in isolated rural Northern England and come together to confront the ghost of their pasts and scars from serving their country, and the trauma that pulled them apart sending one of them into isolation for decades, trying to stop a cycle of trauma from ensnaring the next generation of their family.

Directed by Ronan Day-Lewis and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean and Samantha Morton among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 7th of November   US Release: 10th of October

 

 

 

12th

The Running Man (2025)

In a dystopian near future America, a down-on-his-luck man looking for a big payday and a way out of his downward spiral signs up for a brutal and beloved game show, plunging him in a struggle to stay alive and cause mayhem while the show’s ruthless hunters try to take him out before he can win big or reveal the truth about the totalitarian government who runs it all, in this new adaptation of the Stephen King novel from the director of ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and ‘Baby Driver’.

Directed by Edgar Wright and starring Glen Powell, Josh Brolin and Colman Domingo among others.

Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 12th of November   US Release: 14th of November

 

 

 

14th

Nuremberg (2025)

In the aftermath of World War II devastation and the horrors of the holocaust, a US Army psychiatrist is tasked with evaluating the remaining Nazi leadership accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity before the Nuremberg trials, forming an uncomfortable bond with top Nazi leader Hermann Göring whilst trying to develop an understanding of the face of true evil on earth.

Directed by James Vanderbilt and starring Rami Malek, Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, History, War

UK Release: 14th of November   US Release: 7th of November

 

 

 

Alpha (2025)

The life of a 13-year-old girl and her North African family in France is turned upside down when she comes home with a strange and fateful tattoo, while the world round them is plunged into turmoil by a mysterious virus burning through society and her uncle drowns deeper into his devastating addiction, in this intense dark family drama and unconventional coming-of-age tale from the writer/director of ‘Raw’ and ‘Titane’.

Directed by Julia Ducournau and starring Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim and Golshifteh Farahani among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror

UK Release: 21st of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025)

Having previously been inducted into the secret “Eye” organisation but growing apart over time, the elite illusionist squad of the “Four Horsemen” reunite and recruit a new generation of young master magicians to pull off a dangerous diamond heist from a powerful international crime syndicate, in this latest instalment of the popular ‘Now You See Me’ series.

Directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Rosamund Pike among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller

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

 

 

 

Nouvelle Vague (2025)

In Paris of the late 1950s, French film critic Jean-Luc Godard decides the best way to challenge the filmmaking conventions of the time is by making his own feature debut, gathering a rag-tag group of like-minded characters behind and in front of the camera to craft a seminal independent picture and a pillar of the revolutionary French New Wave of cinema—1960’s ‘Breathless’.

Directed by Richard Linklater and starring Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch and Aubry Dullin among others.

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 14th of November (Netflix)   US Release: 14th of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

Keeper (2025)

A romantic rural getaway to an isolated cabin in the woods for a couple takes a paranoid turn when they begin to question each other and themselves, only to turn into a living nightmare when an evil force makes its presence felt, plunging them into a struggle for survival and a fight against their troubled past in this psychological horror/thriller from the director of ‘Longlegs’.

Directed Osgood Perkins and starring Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland and Christin Park among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

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

 

 

 

21st

Wicked: For Good (2025)

After being painfully driven apart, Elphaba now in exile and demonised by the Oz establishment fights to expose the truth about The Wizard, while Glinda is elevated to the heights of glamour as the superstar cheerleader for Oz whilst promised to Prince Fiyero, only for two former magical students come together one final time to try and save their friendship before Elphaba becomes The Wicked Witch of the West for good and their futures are set in stone, in this all-singing second part of the big screen adaptation of the smash hit stage musical.

Directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey among others.

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Romance

UK Release: 21st of November   US Release: 21st of November

 

 

 

Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)

After getting brutal revenge on the SS platoon that hunted him and surviving World War II, an ultra-tough stoic Finnish war veteran turned prospector and “man who refuses to die” returns to his rural family home to dismantle and build it elsewhere, only to get caught in a deadly cat-and-mouse chase with the ruthless Soviet commander who murdered his family, in this sequel to the 2022 Finnish survivalist revenge thriller.

Directed by Jalmari Helander and starring Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang and Richard Brake among others.

Genre: Action, Thriller, War

UK Release: 21st of November   US Release: 21st of November

 

 

 

The Thing with Feathers (2025)

Still reeling from the death of his wife, an artist and father of two struggles to balance his grief with the weight of raising his boys alone, only for his grip on reality to slip when one of his illustrations seems to come to life and begins to both stalk and counsel him, taking a bizarre and intimidating form—a humanoid crow.

Directed by Dylan Southern and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Henry Boxall and Richard Boxall among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 21st of November   US Release: 28th of November

 

 

 

The Ice Tower (2025)

In 1970’s France an escapee teenage orphan finds an unlikely but hypnotic belonging on the set of the fantasy film adaptation of one of her favourite stories ‘The Snow Queen’ and with the folks making it, only to become obsessed with the mesmerising actress playing the titular lead, who proves as beguiling and mysterious as the character she’s playing.

Directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic and starring Marion Cotillard, Clara Pacini and August Diehl among others.

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

UK Release: 21st of November   US Release: 28th of November

 

 

 

Train Dreams (2025)

In the rural frontier of early 20th century USA, a logger and railroad worker struggles to raise a young family while toiling with the tough but beautiful work in the deep forests of the Pacific Northwest, as he finds peace and purpose helping to create the building blocks of a rapidly-changing modern America in this adaptation of the acclaimed novella by Denis Johnson.

Directed by Clint Bentley and starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones and William H. Macy among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 21st of November (Netflix)   US Release: 21st of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

26th

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)

A young priest’s new assignment to a small town upstate New York Catholic parish becomes complicated when he begins to clash with its domineering preacher, and turns into a nightmare when the fiery father is mysteriously murdered with the entire congregation under suspicion and him as the prime suspect—enter celebrity sleuth ‘Benoit Blanc’ to untangle the mystery and expose uncomfortable secrets about the whole flock while unravelling an unlikely conspiracy, in this third instalment of the Netflix franchise from the director of ‘Looper’ and ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi’.

Directed by Rian Johnson and starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor and Glenn Close among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 26th of November   US Release: 26th of November

 

 

 

28th

Zootropolis 2 (2025)

In the anthropomorphic animal metropolis of Zootopia, intrepid rabbit cop Judy Hopps reunites with her mischievous fox friend Nick Wilde to solve a case which threatens to turn their mammal utopia upside down after the arrival of a mysterious reptile, in this sequel to Disney’s hit 2016 animation.

Directed by Jared Bush & Byron Howard and starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman and Ke Huy Quan among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery

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

 

 

 

Christy (2025)

A tough young West Virginian makes a name for herself with a meteoric rise through the nascent female boxing ranks in the 1990s as she helps to raise the profile of the sport, whilst facing an even bigger battle outside the ring as she struggles to reconcile her ambitions and her sexuality with a toxic marriage of convenience to her abusive husband/trainer/manager, which would prove a tougher and more dangerous fight than any in the squared circle in this true story chronicle of legendary American boxing pioneer Christy Martin.

Directed by David Michôd and starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster and Katy O’Brian among others.

Genre: Biography, Fact-based, Drama, Sport

UK Release: 28th of November   US Release: 7th of November

 

 

 

Blue Moon (2025)

In 1943 respected but declining New York lyricist Lorenz Hart battles with his self confidence in an uncomfortable opening night for his former writing partner Richard Rodgers and his new partner Oscar Hammerstein II’s soon-to-be Broadway smash hit ‘Oklahoma!’, whilst allowing himself some hope for love albeit unrequited with the young woman of his dreams, in this melodic, fast-talkin’ character dramedy chamber piece underdog portrait of a forgotten American songwriting great, from the director of ‘Dazed and Confused’ and ‘Boyhood’.

Directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott and Margaret Qualley among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music

UK Release: 28th of November   US Release: 24th of October

 

 

 

Pillion (2025)

A quiet humble young British gay man’s relationship with his supportive parents is turned upside down when he becomes enamoured by a big manly biker, and becomes his submissive in a sub-dom relationship, entering a whole new world of possibilities and risks while pushing his boundaries and finding and a new definition of love, in this provocative yet charming leather-clad LGBTQ+ romantic dramedy from debutant director Harry Lighton.

Directed by Harry Lighton and starring Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård and Lesley Sharp among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 28th of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Primitive War (2025)

When a late 1960s Green Beret platoon vanishes during the Vietnam war, a skilled US army search and rescue squad heads to a remote jungle valley to track them down, only to be themselves plunged into a savage struggle for survival when they uncover a primordial world with wild and prehistoric dangers they couldn’t possibly imagine.

Directed by Luke Sparke and starring Jeremy Piven, Ryan Kwanten and Nick Wechsler among others.

Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller, War

UK Release: 28th of November   US Release: 21st of August

 

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