January

 

1st

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

In the final days of Nazi Germany, a young boy deals with childhood strife and his struggles in the Hitler youth by turning to his imaginary friend and constant companion—Adolf himself. But things take a turn when he discover his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their house, with whom he forms a bond which challenges the lies he has been fed, forcing him to trust in his own conscience and reject a regime of hate on its last legs, in this comedic and farcical adaptation of the Christine Leunens novel.

Directed by Taika Waititi and starring Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson and Taika Waititi among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War

UK Release: 1st of January   US Release: 8th of November 2019

 

 

 

The Gentlemen (2020)

When an American drug kingpin in London looks to cash out of the business, a whole cast of the city’s gangsters converge on an opportunity, triggering a turf war as clever a manipulator looks to pull the strings for himself—in this latest all-star British crime comedy from the director of ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ and ‘Snatch’.

Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Hugh Grant, Matthew McConaughey and Charlie Hunnam among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy

UK Release: 1st of January   US Release: 24th of January

 

 

 

3rd

Line of Duty (2019)

When a disgraced cop kills a dangerous suspect, he’s plunged into a race against time to rescue a girl kidnapped by the abductor he reluctantly shot, while being pursued by another criminal intent on stopping him.

Directed by Steven C. Miller and starring Aaron Eckhart, Courtney Eaton and Giancarlo Esposito among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 3rd of January   US Release: 15th of November 2019

 

 

 

10th

1917 (2019)

In the trenches and front lines of the first world war, two young British soldiers are given a deadly mission—venture deep behind enemy lines to deliver a message and stop a doomed attack which will save the lives of 1600 men . . . including one of their brothers.

Directed by Sam Mendes and starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman and Colin Firth among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War

UK Release: 10th of January   US Release: 25th of December 2019

 

 

 

Uncut Gems (2019)

When he smells a score that could solve all his financial woes, a wheeler-dealer New York jeweler takes a major gamble which ropes-in professional athletes, bookies, ballers and his family, putting his head on the chopping block while he performs a tightrope con act on a journey of greed and excess, in the quest for the ultimate win.

Directed by Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie and starring Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel and Kevin Garnett among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 10th of January   US Release: 25th of December 2019

 

 

 

Seberg (2019)

A biographical political thriller based on the true story of 60s French New Wave star Jean Seberg’s struggle against the US government, after she became the target of illegal FBI surveillance after becoming involved with a civil rights activist and the Black Power movement.

Directed by Benedict Andrews and starring Kristen Stewart, Anthony Mackie and Zazie Beetz among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 10th of January   US Release: 13th of December 2019

 

 

17th

Bad Boys for Life (2020)

Stuck in the rut of middle age but still feisty as ever, Miami detectives Lowery and Burnett head for one last big ride when they face off against a dangerous Albanian mercenary with a lust for revenge, in this buddy cop sequel seventeen years in-the-making.

Directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Joe Pantoliano among others.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

UK Release: 17th of January   US Release: 17th of January

 

 

 

A Hidden Life (2019)

In the picturesque northern valleys and mountains of wartime Austria, a devout Christian farmer and conscientious objector has a crisis of conscience when drafted to serve in the German Wehrmacht, refusing to fight for the Nazis or swear allegiance to Hitler, putting untold pressure on his devoted wife and family and forcing him to pay the ultimate price for his beliefs and convictions.

Directed by Terrence Malick and starring August Diehl, Valerie Pachner and Karl Markovics among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, War

UK Release: 17th of January   US Release: 13th of December 2019

 

 

 

Bombshell (2019)

Tired of the toxic work environment and the exploitative behaviour of their boss, a group of women at Fox News band together to expose it all, creating a scandal that would rock a media empire and conservative mouthpiece, and take down the architect of it all—in this dramatisation of the Roger Ailes scandal from the director of ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’ and ‘Trumbo’.

Directed by Jay Roach and starring Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie and Nicole Kidman among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 17th of January   US Release: 20th of December 2019

 

 

 

Waves (2019)

A patriarch of an African-American family struggles to to keep the unit together when his tough love tendencies begin to push his teenage children away, as they focus on their own coming-of-age strife and struggle with the growing pains of love and finding their place in a tough world—in this tender and wistful portrait of family in contemporary America, from the director of ‘It Comes at Night’.

Directed by Trey Edward Shults and starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell and Sterling K. Brown among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 17th of January   US Release: 15th of November 2019

 

 

 

Just Mercy (2019)

With his choice of cases to pursue after graduating from Harvard, an idealistic young lawyer heads to the American south to defend a black man wrongly accused of a notorious murder, teaming up with a local advocate to engage in a protracted and dirty legal battle which soon mushrooms into a wider war for justice—in this biographical human drama based on the memoirs of Bryan Stevenson.

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson and Jamie Foxx among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 17th of January   US Release: 25th of December 2019

 

 

 

24th

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)

When his idyllic country childhood is abruptly ended by tragedy and the arrival of a callous step-family, an aspiring young author is bludgeoned by the harsh realities of life and learns the meaning of strife on the streets of early Victorian London, only to be rescued by eccentric estranged relatives and return to the formative path of gentlemanhood. But when once again faced with a destitution which threatens all the dear characters he’s gathered in his orbit, ‘David Copperfield’ faces the new architect of his misery to secure a future long struggled for.

Directed by Armando Iannucci and starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 24th of January   US Release: 8th of May

 

 

 

The Turning (2020)

A young nanny arrives at a stately manor to care for a couple of wealthy young orphans, only to be drawn into their troubling peculiarities, and discover that their mansion hides secrets which plunge her into a struggle for survival, in this modern adaptation of the Henry James novella.

Directed by Floria Sigismondi and starring Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard and Brooklynn Prince among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery

UK Release: 24th of January   US Release: 24th of January

 

 

 

The Grudge (2020)

Investigating a family murder in her neighbourhood, a young detective discovers that the house in question is cursed, as she is forced to enter it to save her own family from the demonic spirits which now stalk her, in this ‘interquel’ reboot of the popular horror franchise remade from the Japanese series.

Directed by Nicolas Pesce and starring Andrea Riseborough, Betty Gilpin and John Cho among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 24th of January   US Release: 3rd of January

 

 

 

31st

The Lighthouse (2019)

The bleakness of a 19th century New England island lighthouse holds the fate of its caretakers, one an ornery veteran seaman and the other his newly arrived Canadian apprentice, whose suspicion and resentment towards his new master grows as the claustrophobic days tick over, becoming a struggle for survival when he learns of the mysterious fate of the man he has replaced, in this frightening and hallucinatory period tale from the director of ‘The Witch’.

Directed by Robert Eggers and starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe and Valeriia Karaman among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 31st of January   US Release: 18th of October 2019

 

 

 

Uncut Gems (2019)

When he smells a score that could solve all his financial woes, a wheeler-dealer New York jeweler takes a major gamble which ropes-in professional athletes, bookies, ballers and his family, putting his head on the chopping block while he performs a tightrope con act on a journey of greed and excess, in the quest for the ultimate win.

Directed by Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie and starring Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel and Kevin Garnett among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 31st of January (Netflix)   US Release: 25th of December 2019

 

 

 

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

The story of American treasure and paragon of decency Fred Rogers, the TV legend whose decency and simplicity touched hearts of generations, while tackling thorny social issues in his own inimitable way—all told through the prism of his transformative encounter with a cynical and damaged Esquire journalist . . . whose life was about to be transformed.

Directed by Marielle Heller and starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys and Wendy Makkena among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 31st of January   US Release: 22nd of November 2019

 

 

 

Richard Jewell (2019)

During the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, a humble security guard becomes an instant hero when he saves scores of people from a pipe bomb planted at an event, only to be thrown into turmoil when unjustly fingered by authorities and a ravenous media as a possible suspect, in this latest biographical drama and true American tale from Clint Eastwood.

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell and Kathy Bates among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 31st of January   US Release: 13th of December 2019

 

 

 

The Rhythm Section (2019)

A young woman assumes a fearsome identity and hatches a diabolical plan for revenge after discovering that the plane crash which killed her family was a conspiracy.

Directed by Reed Morano and starring Blake Lively, Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown among others.

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 31st of January   US Release: 31st of January

 

 

 

Queen & Slim (2019)

A young couple’s fateful first date turns them into outlaws after a depressingly routine traffic stop, as they go on the run across a racially-charged and divided USA while finding true love in each other’s arms, in this socially-reflective black America take on the ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ myth.

Directed by Melina Matsoukas and starring Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith and Chloë Sevigny among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 31st of January   US Release: 27th of November 2019

 

 

 

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

Terry Gilliam’s thirty year in-the-making labour of love finally hits UK screens in the form of a self-referential filmmaking fable, following the fate of a jaded advertising executive who is plunged into a time-jumping adventure when a cobbler with Don Quixote delusions mistakes him for his trusty sidekick Sancho Panza—as he is drawn deeper into the man’s madness only to embrace and become lost in it, and find humanity in the process.

Directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce and Olga Kurylenko among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 31st of January   US Release: 19th of April 2019

 

 

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