October

 

4th

Joker (2019)

A failed comedian takes his inability to bring joy badly, as the pressures of a troubled life and the toxicity of the world around transform him into a smiling sociopath and criminal mastermind, in this 1980s iconic villain alternative origin story from the director of ‘Old School’ and ‘The Hangover’.

Directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz and Robert De Niro among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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

 

 

 

Judy (2019)

Struggling with relationships and addiction, and with her star waning, Judy Garland arrives in London in the late 1960s to revive her career and perform in a series of sold-out shows, which would prove to be her last, in this biographical drama based on the award-winning ‘End of the Rainbow’ stage musical.

Directed by Rupert Goold and starring Renée Zellweger, Rufus Sewell and Finn Wittrock among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Musical

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

 

 

 

Good Posture (2019)

Coasting through life and relying on others to enable her lifestyle, a young Brooklyn native is forced to move in with a family friend and celebrated author after the collapse of her latest relationship, only to discover new purpose in fending for herself, and forging an unlikely mentorial relationship.

Directed by Dolly Wells and starring Grace Van Patten, Emily Mortimer and Ebon Moss-Bachrach among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 4th of October   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019)

A documentary chronicle of the history of industry-changing Soul and R&B record label Motown Records; from its birth and heyday in Detroit of the 60s to its relocation to L.A. in the 70s, and all the legendary artists who came through its doors and changed the face of popular music.

Directed by Benjamin Turner & Gabe Turner and starring Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson and Martha Reeves among others.

Genre: Documentary, Music

UK Release: 4th of October   US Release: 24th of August

 

 

 

In the Tall Grass (2019)

When a brother and sister hear young cries for help from a mighty field of tall grass in rural Kansas, they soon discover the what lurks inside is more than just a young boy, as they’re plunged into a struggle for survival against the resident evil . . . with seemingly no way out

Directed by Vincenzo Natali and starring Patrick Wilson, Harrison Gilbertson and Rachel Wilson among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

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

 

 

 

11th

Gemini Man (2019)

A once top international hitman on the downward slide finds his retirement plans scuppered when he must face off against a younger clone of himself, as their clash raises existential questions for both while unraveling a conspiracy surrounding the people who manipulated them.

Directed by Ang Lee and starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Clive Owen among others.

Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 11th of October   US Release: 4th of October

 

 

 

The Day Shall Come (2019)

Where the impoverished see a non-violent black preacher trying to bring hope to the Miami slums in brother Moses, the FBI see an opportunity to manufacture a dangerous radical and bring him down, as they hatch all manner of absurd schemes to entice and indoctrinate a harmless and delusional revolutionary—in this timely satirical farce from the bold comedic mind which brought us ‘Four Lions’.

Directed by Christopher Morris and starring Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick and Denis O’Hare among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 11th of October   US Release: 27th of September

 

 

 

Abominable (2019)

When a Beijing teenager discovers an escaped magical Yeti on her roof, she embarks on an epic adventure across Asia to return him to his Himalayan family, as they team up with friends to escape the attentions of powerful corporate forces looking to return him to science lab captivity.

Directed by Jill Culton & Todd Wilderman and starring Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai and Sarah Paulson among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 11th of October   US Release: 27th of September

 

 

 

Farming (2019)

In the hopes of a better future for their son, a Nigerian family ‘farms out’ their young son to a white, working-class British family in 1960s London, only for him to rebel against his difficult foster circumstances and join a feared white skinhead gang, in this autobiographical drama and directorial debut from actor-turned-director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

Directed by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and starring Damson Idris, Kate Beckinsale and Gugu Mbatha-Raw among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 11th of October   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

American Woman (2019)

When her teen mom daughter mysteriously goes missing in small town America, a woman struggles to raise her infant grandson while maintaining hope that she’ll see her only child again, as her life begins to crumble around her—in this taught human drama from the producers of ‘Fences’ and ‘Manchester by the Sea’.

Directed by Jake Scott and starring Sienna Miller, Christina Hendricks and Aaron Paul among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 11th of October   US Release: 14th of June

 

 

 

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

Having escaped his nightmarish meth-cooking captivity, a frenzied Jesse Pinkman goes on the run only to be pursued by a whole host of shady characters and the authorities, in this film follow-up to the hugely popular ‘Breaking Bad’ television series.

Directed by Vince Gilligan and starring Aaron Paul, Charles Baker and more.

Genre: Crime, Drama

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

 

 

 

18th

Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

After joining forces and surviving the first wave of the zombie apocalypse, Columbus, Tallahasse, Wichita, and Little Rock head through the American heartland and try to survive the threat of new evolved zombies and fellow survivors, in this sequel to the 2009 road trip horror/comedy.

Directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson among others.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror

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

 

 

 

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

Maleficent’s complex relationship with Princess Aurora is further complicated by the arrival of powerful Queen Ingrith, as new alliances form to face a whole new threat from outside . . . and perhaps within, battling to protect the moors and their magical kingdom—as Disney give us a sequel to their own 2014 dark take on the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ fairy tale.

Directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer among others.

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

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

 

 

 

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Armed with the ambition to break free and the dream of becoming a wrestler, a young man with Down’s syndrome escapes his care home and embarks on an epic rafting trip through American South with his new scoundrel buddy and his kind carer, on their way to fulfill a promise and get him to his hero’s wrestling school.

Directed by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz and starring Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 18th of October   US Release: 23rd of August

 

 

 

The Laundromat (2019)

When a widow begins to suspect she’s being defrauded, her inquiries take her to a law firm in Panama and its shifty partners, uncovering a global offshore financial conspiracy which engulfs some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential people—in Steven Soderbergh’s satirical adaptation of the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

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

 

 

 

Non-Fiction (2018)

Struggling to adapt to a changing industry, a Parisian publisher begins to lose faith in one of his authors while the romantic relationships around them take some amusing turns, in this comedic and romantic study of adaptation to a changing and increasingly digitised world from the director of ‘Carlos’ and ‘Personal Shopper’.

Directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche and Vincent Macaigne among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

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

 

 

 

Official Secrets (2019)

With the ‘war on terror’ escalating in 2003, a British intelligence worker risks everything when she leaks classified information to the press about the Blair government’s questionable activities, and its collusion with the Americans to influence the UN on the impending and hugely unpopular invasion of Iraq, in this biographical political drama from the director of ‘Rendition’ and ‘Eye in the Sky’.

Directed by Gavin Hood and starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith and Ralph Fiennes among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 18th of October   US Release: 30th of August

 

 

 

23rd

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Twenty-seven years after the events of ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’, when the past visits the present in a fight for the future, Sarah Connor and the T-800 return to protect a young woman and her hybrid cyborg-human companion from a rampaging, new generation advanced liquid metal Terminator.

Directed by Tim Miller and starring Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

UK Release: 25th of October   US Release: 1st of November

 

 

 

25th

Monos (2019)

In the remote mountains and jungles of Latin America, a small close-knit colony of armed, ritualistic young commandos lives wild and trains intensely while waiting for orders. But when a hostage situation escalates and tragedy strikes, the group dynamics shift and their behaviour becomes more extreme, as they’re placed into further conflict with the outside world, their shadowy guerrilla organisation . . . and inevitably themselves.

Directed by Alejandro Landes and starring Sofia Buenaventura, Moises Arias and Julianne Nicholson among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War

UK Release: 25th of October   US Release: 13th of September

 

 

 

Black and Blue (2019)

After an honest Detroit rookie cop witnesses and records a police murder of a drug dealer, she’s plunged into a struggle for survival after being framed and becoming the target of dirty cops, the neighbourhood . . . and the town’s deadliest gang.

Directed by Deon Taylor and starring Naomie Harris, Frank Grillo and Tyrese Gibson among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

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

 

 

 

The Addams Family (2019)

The world’s favourite kooky ghoulish family gets the big screen animated treatment, and are back to teach us about family and being neighbourly . . . in their own inimitable, finger-clicking way.

Directed by Greg Tiernan & Conrad Vernon and starring Charlize Theron, Oscar Isaac and Chloë Grace Moretz among others.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 25th of October   US Release: 11th of October

 

 

 

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

In the modern day San Francisco Bay Area, a young black man teams up with his best friend to reclaim his family’s former large Victorian house in the Fillmore District, a neighbourhood long changed and claimed by gentrification, as they become squatters and the last custodians of a personal history and a community now lost.

Directed by Joe Talbot and starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors and Danny Glover among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 25th of October   US Release: 7th of June

 

 

 

By the Grace of God (2019)

Forced to relive the painful memories of abuse from his childhood, a French husband and father is confronted with the priest who created them, as he re-connects with former friends and other victims to force a reluctant church to take action and correct the mistakes of the past . . . with consequences for the present.

Directed by François Ozon and Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet and Swann Arlaud among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama

UK Release: 25th of October   US Release: 18th of June

 

 

 

Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

With his career waning in 1970s USA, comedian and entertainer Rudy Ray Moore creates a larger-than-life alter ego, giving birth to fake pimp superstar ‘Dolemite’ and a Blaxploitation figure which would become a film and pop culture phenomenon.

Directed by Craig Brewer and starring Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes and Mike Epps among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

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

 

 

 

The Beach Bum (2019)

On the streets and beaches of Southern Florida, a self-styled middle-aged hedonistic stoner and burnout lives by his own rules, crossing paths with all the quirky and crazy denizens around him, on a quest to finish his great American novel before all the debauchery . . . and the law finally catch up with him.

Directed by Harmony Korine and starring Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg and Isla Fisher among others.

Genre: Comedy

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

 

 

31st

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Forty years after the events at the Overlook hotel and with his psychic abilities in full flow, Danny Torrance struggles to rebuild his life while being haunted by the past, only to meet a young kindred ‘shining’ spirit who he must protect from a dangerous cult with unnatural lives who prey on people like them—in both an adaptation of the Stephen King novel and a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic ‘The Shining’.

Directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran and Rebecca Ferguson among others.

Genre: Horror

UK Release: 31st of October   US Release: 8th of November

 

 

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