December

 

2nd

Sully: Miracle on the Hudson (2016)

Clint Eastwood directs and Tom Hanks stars in a biographical drama about Chesley Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who saved 155 lives when he made an emergency landing of his crippled Airbus on New York’s Hudson River after it was struck by a flock of birds in 2009.

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Laura Linney and Aaron Eckhart among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 2nd of December   US Release: 9th of September

 

 

 

Bleed for This (2016)

Miles Teller stars in a biographical drama about the life of “The Pazmanian Devil” Vinny Pazienza; self-styled, ferocious East Coast American boxer and former Middleweight world champion, who miraculously recovered from a near life & career-ending spinal injury to build a legendary sporting legacy.

Directed by Ben Younger and starring Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart and Katey Sagal among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 2nd of December   US Release: 23rd of November

 

 

 

Moana (2016)

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and newcomer Auli’i Cravalho star in Disney’s animated Polynesian adventure, following the exploits of a talented young navigator and a mighty demi-god as they team up on a quest across the Pacific to find a fabled island.

Directed by   Ron Clements & John Musker and starring Dwayne Johnson, Auli’i Cravalho and Alan Tudyk among others.

Genre: Family, Adventure, Animation

UK Release: 2nd of December   US Release: 23rd of November

 

 

 

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2016)

Big-screen adaptation of the bestselling children’s novel about Molly Moon; a young British orphan who discovers a magical book which gives her hypnotism powers, which she uses to become a super star and embark on a life-changing adventure in this family fantasy.

Directed by Christopher N. Rowley and starring  Raffey Cassidy, Dominic Monaghan and Emily Watson among others.

Genre: Family, Adventure, Fantasy

UK Release: 2nd of December   US Release: 14th of Aug

 

 

 

7th

Office Christmas Party (2016)

A business branch manager decides to go all-out to secure a client and throws an almighty Christmas party after his CEO boss and sister threaten to shut him down, but things get quickly out of hand in this festive comedy featuring some of the hottest US comedy talent.

Directed by  Josh Gordon & Will Speck and starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman and Olivia Munn among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 7th of December   US Release: 9th of December

 

 

 

9th

The Birth of a Nation (2016)

Nate Parker writes, directs and stars in a biographical drama about the life of Nat Turner; an early 19th century slave and preacher in the antebellum south, who led a violent rebellion in Virginia against white slave owners and their plantations, and in the process became an American symbol of resistance and revolution which endures nearly 200 years later.

Directed by Nate Parker and starring Nate Parker, Armie Hammer and Aja Naomi King among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 9th of December   US Release: 7th of October

 

 

 

Snowden (2016)

Oliver Stone directs and Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in a biographical drama about former CIA/NSA analyst and infamous whistleblower Edward Snowden; seen as a hero by some and a traitor by others, wanted by the American government for leaking thousands of classified documents to the media, which exposed the alarming extent to which the US conducts surveillance globally and on its own citizens.

Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Rhys Ifan among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 9th of December   US Release: 16th of September

 

 

 

I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)

A small-town misfit teenager with homicidal tendencies and struggling against going down the serial killer rabbit-hole puts his proclivities to use when a real killer surfaces, now he must struggle against his own demons to help track down this new one in this macabre indie drama/thriller.

Directed by Billy O’Brien and starring Max Records, Christopher Lloyd and Laura Fraser among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 9th of December   US Release: 26th of August

 

 

 

15th

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

The 1st of the Disney era Star Wars “Anthology” films is a prequel, set before the events of ‘A New Hope’, where a talented trouble-maker joins the rebellion against the Empire on a mission to steal the blueprints for the first “Death Star”.

Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelsohn and Forest Whitaker among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

UK Release: 15th of December   US Release: 16th of December

 

 

 

19th

Ballerina (2016)

A 19th century French orphan girl leaves her rural roots for the glamour of Paris, forging a new identity on her way to the esteem of the Grand Opera House in this French indie animation.

Directed by Eric Summer & Éric Warin and starring Elle Fanning, Maddie Ziegler and Dane DeHaan among others.

Genre: Family, Animation, Adventure

UK Release: 19th of December   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

21st

Passengers (2016)

Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt star as the only two conscious people in a colonial transport spaceship, after a malfunction wakes them from their cryo-sleep 90 years too early in this Sci-fi drama/romance from the director of ‘The Imitation Game’.

Directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt and Michael Sheen among others.

Genre: Sci-fi, Adventure, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 21st of December   US Release: 21st of December

 

 

 

26th

Collateral Beauty (2016)

A successful executive caught in a deep and dark existential funk begins writing letters to the concepts of love, time and death which connect us all; only to be confronted with the personifications of these concepts in an uplifting human drama starring Will Smith and featuring an all-star cast..

Directed by David Frankel and starring Will Smith, Kate Winslet and Keira Knightley among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 26th of December   US Release: 16th of December

 

 

 

30th

Why Him? (2016)

A straight-laced middle-aged man loses his cool when he meets his daughter’s inappropriate young wealthy tech mogul boyfriend, with whom he develops a resentful rivalry in this irreverent festive comedy from the director of ‘Along Came Polly’ and ‘I Love You, Man’.

Directed by John Hamburg and starring Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Zoey Deutch among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 30th of December   US Release: 26th of December