August

 

7th

The Last House (2026)

Inexplicably sealed in their home by a mysterious force with no way out, a young family of four in modern day America must work together to survive while their supplies run low, and keep the faith to unravel the mystery of their captivity and an apocalyptic world unraveling around them if they hope to finally get out.

Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Greta Lee, Wagner Moura and Noah Alexander Sosnowski among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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

 

 

 

The Summer Book (2025)

Still reeling from the loss of her mother and raised by her grieving father, a nine-year-old Scandinavian girl has a formative and transformative summer on an island in the Gulf of Finland with her grandmother, healing together as they connect to the natural world around them and restore their faith in life in the face of loss and grief in this big screen adaptation of the beloved novel by Tove Jansson.

Directed by Charlie McDowell and starring Glenn Close, Anders Danielsen Lie and Emily Matthews among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 7th of August   US Release: 19th of September 2025

 

 

 

Ice Cream Man (2026)

Chaos and carnage come to suburban America as a quiet summer town is turned into a mad slaughterhouse when a creepy ice cream man rolls into town with mysterious treats, which soon turns the local children into marauders, as a group of youngsters and adults join forces to survive and unravel the mystery of this sinister visitor to stop their town’s new perverse pied piper.

Directed by Eli Roth and starring Ari Millen, Eli Roth and Charlie Storey among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 7th of August   US Release: 7th of August

 

 

 

Super Troopers 3 (2026)

Everyone’s favourite bumbling and inappropriate Vermont state troopers are back and disastrous as ever, trying to crack a new local drug ring and clashing with rival law enforcement, while Thorny tries to sabotage his sister’s engagement to his obnoxious colleague Farva as a big Indian wedding looms large in this 3rd installment of the popular comedy franchise.

Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan and Brian Cox among others.

Genre: Crime, Comedy

UK Release: 7th of August   US Release: 7th of August

 

 

 

14th

The End of Oak Street (2026)

Life for a typical 1980s American family is turned upside down when things start to take a strange turn in their quiet suburban neighbourhood, and plunges them into a struggle for survival when a cosmic event transports their whole block to a strange far away place, bringing them face to face with a terrifying prehistoric threat they must avoid to unravel the mystery that put them there.

Directed by David Robert Mitchell and starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor and P.J. Byrne among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 14th of August   US Release: 14th of August

 

 

 

Tony (2026)

Self-obsessed and struggling with direction whilst in desperate need of discipline in the mid-1970s, a college kid and aspiring writer finds what he was looking for and a new life path when he lands a job at a Massachusetts seaside restaurant, sending his culinary juices flowing as he connects with a mentor and local friends and sets off on a path to eventual globetrotting fame and admiration in this big screen portrait of the origins of the late celebrated chef Anthony Bourdain.

Directed by Matt Johnson and starring Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones and Antonio Banderas among others.

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 14th of August   US Release: 21st of August

 

 

 

Lady (2026)

At the lavish country estate of eccentric and flamboyant British aristocrat “Lady Isabella”, a camera crew captures the artistic flourishes of their host only for her to be plunged into an existential crisis and for their documentary to take a strange surrealist turn in this mockumentary send up of the English ruling class.

Directed by Samuel Abrahams and starring Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston and Juliet Cowan among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mockumentary

UK Release: 14th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Momo and the Time Thieves (2025)

Living in the ruins of an ancient amphitheatre in a fictional time and place, a young orphan girl with a mysterious past and a unique gift for listening befriends the locals and helps them with their problems, only to uncover a conspiracy by a sinister corporation and its grey agents who convince the locals to save their time in a bank only to steal it for themselves, as she teams up with a magical turtle and a mysterious master to unlock the secrets of time and expose the thieves in this adaptation of the beloved German fantasy novel by Michael Ende.

Directed by Christian Ditter and starring Alexa Goodall, Martin Freeman and Claes Bang among others.

Genre: Family, Adventure, Fantasy

UK Release: 14th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Sunny Dancer (2026)

Reeling from surviving cancer and dreading her parents’ summer plans for her, a spirited British teen loner’s reluctance turns to hope when she meets a group of friends who change her life and outlook for the future when she joins a summer “chemo camp” in this life-affirming dramedy from British actor/writer/director George Jaques.

Directed by George Jaques and starring Bella Ramsey, Neil Patrick Harris and Ruby Stokes among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 14th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Holy Days (2026)

With their convent crumbling and facing the prospect of re-development, a trio of eccentric elderly nuns in 1970s New Zealand embark on an epic and madcap road trip across the country to save their home and re-unite a grieving young boy in their care with his remaining family.

Directed by Nat Boltt and starring Judy Davis, Miriam Margolyes and Judy Davis among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 14th of August   US Release: 27th of March

 

 

 

21st

Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Fed up of years of chasing the untouchable Road Runner and being smashed by dodgy ACME products for his troubles, Wile E. Coyote hires attorney Kevin Avery to take on the questionable corporation, only to find that his new lawyer has his own legal nemesis who is defending ACME and determined to shut them down . . . with crazy consequences for all, in this hybrid animation/live-action big screen adaptation of the classic Looney Tunes legends.

Directed by Dave Green and starring John Cena, Will Forte and Jeff Bergman among others.

Genre: Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy

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

 

 

 

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

Hired to direct a sequel to a long-running slasher film franchise “Camp Miasma”, a young filmmaker secures the reclusive star of the original movie for her project only to become infatuated with her mysterious leading lady, as their collaboration soon descends into a a menacing and steamy fever dream while the darkness of their narrative and the film’s legacy comes to life around them.

Directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson and Patrick Fischler among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 21st of August   US Release: 7th of August

 

 

 

Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)

Struggling to raise her daughter alone in her childhood home, a young mother’s world is turned upside down when she discovers a mystical ability to travel between dimensions into a realm of purgatory, and can bring the undead into the human world, plunging herself and our world into a terrifying struggle for survival when the demons discover her frightening powers in this sequel and latest installment of the popular horror franchise.

Directed by Jacob Chase and starring Amelia Eve, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Lin Shaye among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 21st of August   US Release: 21st of August

 

 

 

Mutiny (2026)

Out for revenge after his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect, a skilled and ruthless operator boards a large cargo ship to avenge his late employer only to unravel an international criminal conspiracy which he must stop . . . with as much violence as possible.

Directed by Jean-François Richet and starring Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallis and Adrian Lester among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 21st of August   US Release: 21st of August

 

 

 

& Sons (2026)

Convinced of his imminent death and stewing in isolation, a celebrated but reclusive and eccentric ageing British novelist summons his estranged family to his remote country manor, not to seek forgiveness and reconciliation for his abandonment and multiple indiscretions but to reveal the truth about a secret which will upend the lives of his resentful sons and ex-wife, as years of anger and acrimony come to the surface and forces them to confront the family demons together.

Directed by Pablo Trapero and starring Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Noah Jupe among others.

Genre: Drama

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

 

 

 

28th

The Dog Stars (2026)

In a post-apocalyptic North America where humanity is all but wiped out by a deadly virus, a widowed pilot and his trusty dog defend their small community of fellow survivors against the dangers of this brave new world and the savagery of the “reapers” who stalk the plains, only to find a new purpose in the dangerous quest to find the other remnants of mankind worthy of rescuing out there, in this adaptation of the acclaimed Peter Heller novel by legendary director Ridley Scott.

Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and Margaret Qualley among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 28th of August   US Release: 28th of August

 

 

 

One Night Only (2026)

In an alternate society where per-marital sex is legal for only one night of the year, a couple of New York strangers bump into each other and wish themselves luck on their quests across the city to get laid, a journey which will inevitably lead them to each other.

Directed by Will Gluck and starring Callum Turner, Monica Barbaro and Molly Ringwald among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

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

 

 

 

De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)

After the 1940 collapse of his country to Nazi Germany, a little known French general in exile in Britain defies the odds to become a resistance leader, convincing the world that the battle for his county is not over whilst mobilising an international network to join their cause of freedom against a seemingly unstoppable force, in this first part of a two part chronicle of the iconic French statesman.

Directed by Antonin Baudry and starring Simon Abkarian, Simon Russell Beale and Benoît Magimel among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Biography, Drama, War

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

 

 

 

I Want Your Sex (2026)

A naive young studio assistant at an art studio gets more than he bargained for when he catches the eye of his boss—a powerful and domineering contemporary artist with few inhibitions—as he becomes her muse and sexual slave which plunges him into an exploitative world of sex and obsession, power and betrayal . . . where seemingly everything goes.

Directed by Gregg Araki and starring Cooper Hoffman, Olivia Wilde and Charli XCX among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller

UK Release: 28th of August   US Release: 31st of July

 

 

 

Colony (2026)

A South Korean biotech conference becomes a living nightmare for a young professor and her fellow attendees when a virulent mutating virus is unleashed by a terrorist and the authorities seal everyone inside, plunging them into a horrific struggle for survival again the murderous and rampaging infected in this Korean body horror/thriller from the makers of ‘Train to Busan’.

Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan and Ji Chang-wook among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 28th of August   US Release: 28th of August

 

 

 

Bitter Christmas (2026)

An imaginative contemporary Spanish character dramedy following the fate of a filmmaker in a creative rut who finds inspiration in the loss of a close friend and collaborator, as he creates a female filmmaking alter ego to unleash a suppressed creativity and channel a story, only for the line between the two and between fiction and reality to become blurred, and uncomfortable truths to be revealed which risk losing themselves.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Bárbara Lennie and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

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

 

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