Opening
Title
Production company
Cast and crew
O C T O B E R
2
On the Rocks
Apple TV+ / A24 / American Zoetrope
Sofia Coppola (director/screenplay); Rashida Jones , Bill Murray , Marlon Wayans , Jessica Henwick , Jenny Slate
[ 169]
Spontaneous
Paramount Pictures / Awesomeness Films / Jurassic Party Productions
Brian Duffield (director/screenplay); Katherine Langford , Charlie Plummer , Hayley Law , Piper Perabo , Rob Huebel , Yvonne Orji
[ 170]
Vampires vs. the Bronx
Netflix / Universal Pictures
Osmany Rodriguez (director/screenplay); Blaise Hemingway (screenplay); Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV , Sarah Gadon , Coco Jones , The Kid Mero , Method Man , Chris Redd , Shea Whigham
[ 171]
Possessor
Neon / Well Go USA Entertainment / Elevation Pictures / Ingenious Media
Brandon Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Andrea Riseborough , Christopher Abbott , Rossif Sutherland , Tuppence Middleton , Sean Bean , Jennifer Jason Leigh
[ 172]
Death of Me
Saban Films
Darren Lynn Bousman (director); Arli Margolis, James Morley III, David Tish (screenplay); Maggie Q , Alex Essoe , Luke Hemsworth
[ 173]
The Call
Voltage Pictures / Cinedigm
Timothy Woodward Jr. (director); Patrick Stibbs (screenplay); Lin Shaye , Tobin Bell
[ 174]
6
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
Universal Pictures
Mike Elliott (director); David H. Steinberg , Blayne Weaver (screenplay); Madison Pettis , Lizze Broadway , Piper Curda , Natasha Behnam, Darren Barnet , Zachary Gordon
[ 175]
The Lie
Amazon Studios / Blumhouse Productions
Veena Sud (director/screenplay); Mireille Enos , Peter Sarsgaard , Joey King
Black Box
Amazon Studios / Blumhouse Productions
Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. (director/screenplay); Stephen Herman (screenplay); Mamoudou Athie , Phylicia Rashad
7
Hubie Halloween
Netflix / Happy Madison Productions
Steven Brill (director); Adam Sandler , Tim Herlihy (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Kevin James , Julie Bowen , Ray Liotta , Rob Schneider , June Squibb , Kenan Thompson , Shaquille O'Neal , Steve Buscemi , Maya Rudolph
[ 176]
Books of Blood
Hulu
Brannon Braga (director/screenplay); Adam Simon (screenplay); Britt Robertson , Anna Friel , Rafi Gavron , Yul Vazquez
[ 177]
8
Charm City Kings
HBO Max / Warner Max / Overbrook Entertainment
Angel Manuel Soto (director); Sherman Payne (screenplay); Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Meek Mill , Will Catlett, Teyonah Parris
[ 178]
9
The War with Grandpa
101 Studios / Brookdale Studios
Tim Hill (director); Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember (screenplay); Robert De Niro , Uma Thurman , Rob Riggle , Oakes Fegley , Cheech Marin , Jane Seymour , Christopher Walken
[ 179]
A Rainy Day in New York
MPI Media Group
Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Timothée Chalamet , Elle Fanning , Selena Gomez , Jude Law , Diego Luna , Liev Schreiber
[ 180]
Yellow Rose
Stage 6 Films
Diane Paragas (director/screenplay); Annie J. Howell, Celena Cipriaso (screenplay); Eva Noblezada , Dale Watson , Princess Punzalan , Lea Salonga
[ 163]
The 40-Year-Old Version
Netflix
Radha Blank (director/screenplay); Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Reed Birney
[ 181]
13
Nocturne
Amazon Studios / Blumhouse Productions
Zu Quirke (director/screenplay); Sydney Sweeney , Madison Iseman , Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw
Evil Eye
Amazon Studios / Blumhouse Productions
Elan Dassani, Rajeev Dassani (directors); Madhuri Shekar (screenplay); Sarita Choudhury , Sunita Mani , Omar Maskati , Bernard White
15
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
Netflix / Walden Media / The Montecito Picture Company
Rachel Talalay (director); Joe Ballarini (screenplay); Tamara Smart, Oona Laurence , Tom Felton , Indya Moore
[ 182]
16
Love and Monsters
Paramount Pictures / Entertainment One / 21 Laps Entertainment
Michael Matthews (director); Matthew Robinson , Brian Duffield (screenplay); Dylan O'Brien , Jessica Henwick , Dan Ewing , Ariana Greenblatt, Michael Rooker
[ 183]
Honest Thief
Open Road Films / Briarcliff Entertainment
Mark Williams (director/screenplay); Steve Allrich (screenplay); Liam Neeson , Kate Walsh , Robert Patrick , Anthony Ramos , Jeffrey Donovan , Jai Courtney
[ 184]
Clouds
Disney+
Justin Baldoni (director); Kara Holden (screenplay); Fin Argus , Sabrina Carpenter , Madison Iseman , Lil Rel Howery , Neve Campbell , Tom Everett Scott
[ 185]
The Devil Has a Name
Momentum Pictures
Edward James Olmos (director); Robert McEveety (screenplay); David Strathairn , Kate Bosworth , Pablo Schreiber , Edward James Olmos, Katie Aselton , Haley Joel Osment , Alfred Molina , Martin Sheen
[ 186]
The Kid Detective
Stage 6 Films
Evan Morgan (director/screenplay); Adam Brody , Sophie Nélisse , Tzi Ma , Wendy Crewson , Sarah Sutherland
Alone
Lionsgate
Johnny Martin (director); Matt Naylor (screenplay); Tyler Posey , Summer Spiro, Robert Ri'chard , Donald Sutherland
[ 187]
2 Hearts
Freestyle Releasing
Lance Hool (director); Veronica Hool, Robin U. Russin (screenplay); Jacob Elordi , Adan Canto , Tiera Skovbye , Radha Mitchell
The Opening Act
RLJE Films
Steve Byrne (director/screenplay); Jimmy O. Yang , Alex Moffat , Cedric the Entertainer
[ 188]
20
Tremors: Shrieker Island
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Don Michael Paul (director/screenplay); Brian Brightly (screenplay); Michael Gross , Jon Heder
[ 189]
22
The Witches
HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / ImageMovers
Robert Zemeckis (director/screenplay); Kenya Barris , Guillermo del Toro (screenplay); Anne Hathaway , Octavia Spencer , Stanley Tucci , Jahzir Bruno, Codie-Lei Eastick, Kristin Chenoweth , Chris Rock
[ 190]
23
Over the Moon
Netflix / Pearl Studio / Sony Pictures Imageworks
Glen Keane (director); Audrey Wells (screenplay); Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo , Ken Jeong , John Cho , Ruthie Ann Miles , Margaret Cho , Sandra Oh
[ 191]
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Amazon Studios
Jason Woliner (director); Peter Baynham , Sacha Baron Cohen , Jena Friedman , Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer , Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova
[ 192]
After We Collided
Open Road Films / Voltage Pictures
Roger Kumble (director); Anna Todd, Mario Celaya (screenplay); Josephine Langford , Hero Fiennes Tiffin , Dylan Sprouse , Shane Paul McGhie , Candice King , Khadijha Red Thunder, Inanna Sarkis , Samuel Larsen , Selma Blair
[ 193]
The Empty Man
20th Century Studios
David Prior (director/screenplay); James Badge Dale , Marin Ireland , Stephen Root , Ron Canada , Robert Aramayo , Joel Courtney , Sasha Frolova
[ 194]
Synchronic
XYZ Films / Well Go USA Entertainment
Justin Benson , Aaron Moorhead (directors) Justin Benson (screenplay); Anthony Mackie , Jamie Dornan
[ 195]
Bad Hair
Hulu
Justin Simien (director/screenplay); Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams , Jay Pharoah , Lena Waithe , Blair Underwood , Laverne Cox
[ 196]
Friendsgiving
Saban Films
Nicol Paone (director/screenplay); Malin Åkerman , Kat Dennings , Aisha Tyler , Chelsea Peretti , Ryan Hansen
[ 197]
28
The Craft: Legacy
Columbia Pictures / Blumhouse Productions
Zoe Lister-Jones (director/screenplay); Cailee Spaeny , Gideon Adlon , Lovie Simone , Zoey Luna, Michelle Monaghan , David Duchovny
[ 198]
Holidate
Netflix
John Whitesell (director); Tiffany Paulsen (screenplay); Emma Roberts , Luke Bracey , Kristin Chenoweth
[ 199]
30
Come Play
Focus Features / Amblin Partners / Reliance Entertainment
Jacob Chase (director/screenplay); Gillian Jacobs , John Gallagher Jr. , Azhy Robertson, Winslow Fegley
[ 200]
His House
Netflix / Regency Enterprises / BBC Films
Remi Weekes (director/screenplay); Wunmi Mosaku . Sope Dirisu , Matt Smith
[ 201]
Spell
Paramount Pictures / Paramount Players
Mark Tonderai (director); Kurt Wimmer (screenplay); Omari Hardwick , Loretta Devine
[ 202]
N O V E M B E R
1
Sweet Taste of Souls
TriCoast Entertainment
Terry Ross (director); F. Scott Mudgett (screenplay), Honey Lauren, John Salandria, Mark Valeriano, Amber Gaston, Sarah J. Bartholomew, Thom Michael Mulligan , Frank Papia
[ 203]
6
Jungleland
Vertical Entertainment / Scott Free Productions
Max Winkler (director/screenplay); Theodore B. Bressman, David Branson Smith (screenplay); Charlie Hunnam , Jack O'Connell , Jessica Barden , Jonathan Majors , John Cullum
[ 204]
Let Him Go
Focus Features
Thomas Bezucha (director/screenplay); Diane Lane , Kevin Costner , Lesley Manville , Will Brittain , Jeffrey Donovan
[ 205]
The Informer
Aviron Pictures / Thunder Road Films
Andrea Di Stefano (director/screenplay); Matt Cook, Rowan Joffe (screenplay); Joel Kinnaman , Rosamund Pike , Common , Ana de Armas , Clive Owen
[ 206]
The Dark and the Wicked
RLJE Films
Bryan Bertino (director/screenplay); Marin Ireland , Michael Abbott Jr., Xander Berkeley
[ 207]
11
Hillbilly Elegy
Netflix / Imagine Entertainment
Ron Howard (director); Vanessa Taylor (screenplay); Amy Adams , Glenn Close , Gabriel Basso , Haley Bennett , Freida Pinto , Bo Hopkins , Owen Asztalos
[ 208]
Television Event
Impact Partners / Common Room Productions
Jeff Daniels (director); Nicholas Meyer , Stephanie Austen, Ted Koppel , Robert Papazian, Brandon Stoddard
[ 209]
13
Mank
Netflix
David Fincher (director); Jack Fincher (screenplay); Gary Oldman , Amanda Seyfried , Lily Collins , Arliss Howard , Tom Pelphrey , Sam Troughton , Ferdinand Kingsley , Tuppence Middleton , Tom Burke , Joseph Cross , Jamie McShane , Toby Leonard Moore , Monika Gossmann, Charles Dance
[ 210]
Freaky
Universal Pictures / Blumhouse Productions
Christopher Landon (director/screenplay); Michael Kennedy (screenplay); Vince Vaughn , Kathryn Newton , Katie Finneran , Celeste O'Connor , Misha Osherovich , Alan Ruck
[ 211]
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Netflix
David E. Talbert (director/screenplay); Forest Whitaker , Keegan-Michael Key , Hugh Bonneville , Anika Noni Rose , Madalen Mills, Phylicia Rashad , Ricky Martin
[ 212]
Dreamland
Vertical Entertainment
Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (director); Nicolaas Zwart (screenplay); Finn Cole , Margot Robbie , Travis Fimmel , Kerry Condon , Darby Camp , Garrett Hedlund , Lola Kirke
[ 213]
Fatman
Saban Films / Ingenious Media
Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms (directors/screenplay); Mel Gibson , Walton Goggins , Marianne Jean-Baptiste
[ 214]
The Life Ahead
Netflix
Edoardo Ponti (director/screenplay); Ugo Chiti (screenplay); Sophia Loren , Ibrahima Gueye, Abril Zamora, Renato Carpentieri , Babak Karimi
[ 215]
The Climb
Sony Pictures Classics
Michael Angelo Covino (director/screenplay); Kyle Marvin (screenplay); Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Covino, Gayle Rankin , Talia Balsam , George Wendt , Judith Godrèche
Chick Fight
Quiver Distribution / Redbox
Paul Leyden (director); Joseph Downey (screenplay); Malin Åkerman , Bella Thorne , Fortune Feimster , Alec Baldwin
[ 216]
19
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
Netflix
Michael Rohl (director); Robin Bernheim , Megan Metzger (screenplay); Vanessa Hudgens , Sam Palladio , Nick Sagar
[ 217]
20
Run
Hulu / Lionsgate
Aneesh Chaganty (director/screenplay); Sev Ohanian (screenplay); Sarah Paulson , Kiera Allen , Pat Healy , Sara Sohn
[ 218]
Sound of Metal
Amazon Studios
Darius Marder (director/screenplay); Abraham Marder (screenplay); Riz Ahmed , Olivia Cooke , Paul Raci , Lauren Ridloff , Mathieu Amalric
[ 219]
Jiu Jitsu
The Avenue Entertainment
Dimitri Logothetis (director/screenplay); James McGrath (screenplay); Alain Moussi , Frank Grillo , JuJu Chan , Tony Jaa , Nicolas Cage
[ 220]
24
Buddy Games
Saban Films / WWE Studios
Josh Duhamel (director/screenplay); Bob Schwartz, Jude Weng (screenplay); Josh Duhamel, Dax Shepard , Olivia Munn
25
The Croods: A New Age
Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation
Joel Crawford (director); Kevin Hageman, Dan Hageman, Paul Fisher, Bob Logan (screenplay); Nicolas Cage , Emma Stone , Ryan Reynolds , Peter Dinklage , Leslie Mann , Kelly Marie Tran , Catherine Keener , Clark Duke , Cloris Leachman
[ 221]
Happiest Season
Hulu / TriStar Pictures / Entertainment One
Clea DuVall (director/screenplay); Mary Holland (screenplay); Kristen Stewart , Mackenzie Davis , Alison Brie , Aubrey Plaza , Dan Levy , Mary Holland, Victor Garber , Mary Steenburgen
[ 222]
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Netflix / Escape Artists
George C. Wolfe (director); Ruben Santiago-Hudson (screenplay); Viola Davis , Chadwick Boseman , Glynn Turman , Colman Domingo , Michael Potts , Jeremy Shamos , Taylour Paige , Dusan Brown, Jonny Coyne
[ 223]
The Christmas Chronicles 2
Netflix / 1492 Pictures
Chris Columbus (director/screenplay); Matt Lieberman (screenplay); Kurt Russell , Goldie Hawn , Darby Camp , Julian Dennison , Jazhir Bruno, Judah Lewis , Kimberly Williams-Paisley , Tyrese Gibson , Andrew Morgado
Uncle Frank
Amazon Studios / Miramax
Alan Ball (director/screenplay); Paul Bettany , Sophia Lillis , Peter Macdissi , Judy Greer , Steve Zahn , Lois Smith , Margo Martindale , Stephen Root
[ 224]
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
Disney+
Taylor Swift (director/screenplay); Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff , Aaron Dessner , Justin Vernon
26
Superintelligence
HBO Max / Warner Max / New Line Cinema
Ben Falcone (director); Steve Mallory (screenplay); Melissa McCarthy , Bobby Cannavale , Brian Tyree Henry , Jean Smart , James Corden
[ 225]
27
Black Beauty
Disney+ / Constantin Film / JB Pictures
Ashley Avis (director/screenplay); Mackenzie Foy , Kate Winslet , Claire Forlani , Fern Deacon , Iain Glen
D E C E M B E R
4
The Prom
Netflix
Ryan Murphy (director); Chad Beguelin , Bob Martin (screenplay); Meryl Streep , James Corden , Jo Ellen Pellman, Nicole Kidman , Keegan-Michael Key , Andrew Rannells , Ariana DeBose , Kerry Washington
[ 226]
All My Life
Universal Pictures
Marc Meyers (director); Todd Rosenberg (screenplay); Jessica Rothe , Harry Shum Jr. , Kyle Allen, Chrissie Fit , Jay Pharoah , Marielle Scott, Keala Settle
[ 227]
Godmothered
Disney+ / Walt Disney Pictures
Sharon Maguire (director); Kari Granlund, Melissa Stack (screenplay); Isla Fisher , Jillian Bell , Santiago Cabrera
Half Brothers
Focus Features
Luke Greenfield (director); Eduardo Cisneros, Jason Shuman (screenplay); Luis Gerardo Méndez , Connor Del Rio
Wander
Saban Films
April Mullen (director); Tim Doiron (screenplay); Aaron Eckhart , Katheryn Winnick , Heather Graham , Roger Dorman, Tommy Lee Jones
Black Bear
Momentum Pictures
Lawrence Michael Levine (director/screenplay); Aubrey Plaza , Christopher Abbott , Sarah Gadon
10
Let Them All Talk
HBO Max / Warner Max
Steven Soderbergh (director); Deborah Eisenberg (screenplay); Meryl Streep , Candice Bergen , Gemma Chan , Lucas Hedges , Dianne Wiest
[ 228]
11
The Midnight Sky
Netflix / Smokehouse Pictures
George Clooney (director); Mark L. Smith (screenplay); George Clooney, Felicity Jones , David Oyelowo , Tiffany Boone , Demián Bichir , Kyle Chandler , Caoilinn Springall
[ 229]
Songbird
STX Films / Platinum Dunes
Adam Mason (director/screenplay); Simon Boyes (screenplay); KJ Apa , Sofia Carson , Craig Robinson , Bradley Whitford , Peter Stormare , Alexandra Daddario , Paul Walter Hauser , Demi Moore
[ 230]
Wild Mountain Thyme
Bleecker Street / Likely Story
John Patrick Shanley (director/screenplay); Emily Blunt , Jamie Dornan , Jon Hamm , Dearbhla Molloy , Christopher Walken
Safety
Disney+ / Walt Disney Pictures
Reginald Hudlin (director); Nick Santora (screenplay); Jay Reeves, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Corinne Foxx , Matthew Glave , James Badge Dale
Wander Darkly
Lionsgate
Tara Miele (director/screenplay); Sienna Miller , Diego Luna , Beth Grant , Aimee Carrero , Tory Kittles , Vanessa Bayer
I'm Your Woman
Amazon Studios
Julia Hart (director/screenplay); Jordan Horowitz (screenplay); Rachel Brosnahan , Arinzé Kene , Marsha Stephanie Blake , Bill Heck , Frankie Faison
[ 231]
The Stand In
Saban Films
Jamie Babbit (director); Sam Bain (screenplay); Drew Barrymore , Michael Zegen , T.J. Miller , Holland Taylor
[ 232]
Archenemy
Voltage Pictures / RLJE Films
Adam Egypt Mortimer (director/screenplay); Joe Manganiello , Skylan Brooks , Zolee Griggs, Paul Scheer , Amy Seimetz , Glenn Howerton
[ 233]
Farewell Amor
IFC Midnight
Ekwa Msangi (director/screenplay); Ntare Mwine , Zainab Jah , Jayme Lawson , Joie Lee
[ 234]
18
Monster Hunter
Screen Gems / Constantin Film / Tencent Pictures / Toho / AB2 Digital Pictures
Paul W. S. Anderson (director/screenplay); Milla Jovovich , Tony Jaa , Tip "T.I." Harris , Meagan Good , Diego Boneta , Josh Helman , Jin Au-Yeung , Ron Perlman
[ 235]
Greenland
STX Films / Thunder Road Films
Ric Roman Waugh (director); Chris Sparling (screenplay); Gerard Butler , Morena Baccarin , David Denman , Hope Davis , Roger Dale Floyd, Andrew Bachelor , Merrin Dungey , Holt McCallany , Scott Glenn
[ 236]
Fatale
Lionsgate
Deon Taylor (director); David Loughery (screenplay); Hilary Swank , Michael Ealy , Mike Colter , Geoffrey Owens , Denise Dowse
[ 237]
Skylines
Vertical Entertainment / XYZ Films / Ingenious Media
Liam O'Donnell (director/screenplay); Lindsey Morgan , Jonathan Howard , Daniel Bernhardt , Rhona Mitra , James Cosmo , Alexander Siddig
[ 238]
Hunter Hunter
IFC Midnight
Shawn Linden (director/screenplay); Devon Sawa , Camille Sullivan , Nick Stahl , Summer H. Howell
[ 239]
Breach
Saban Films
John Suits (director); Edward John Drake , Corey William Large (screenplay); Cody Kearsley , Bruce Willis , Thomas Jane
[ 240]
21
Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You
Netflix
Paul Dugdale (director); Ariana Grande
[ 241]
23
Sylvie's Love
Amazon Studios
Eugene Ashe (director/screenplay); Tessa Thompson , Nnamdi Asomugha , Ryan Michelle Bathe , Aja Naomi King , Eva Longoria
[ 242]
25
Wonder Woman 1984
Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Films / Atlas Entertainment / The Stone Quarry / HBO Max
Patty Jenkins (director/screenplay); Geoff Johns , David Callaham (screenplay); Gal Gadot , Chris Pine , Kristen Wiig , Pedro Pascal , Robin Wright , Connie Nielsen
[ 243]
Soul
Disney+ / Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios
Pete Docter (director/screenplay); Mike Jones , Kemp Powers (screenplay); Jamie Foxx , Tina Fey , Graham Norton , Rachel House , Alice Braga , Richard Ayoade , Phylicia Rashad , Donnell Rawlings , Questlove , Angela Bassett , Daveed Diggs , Wes Studi , Fortune Feimster , Zenobia Shroff
[ 244]
We Can Be Heroes
Netflix / Troublemaker Studios / Double R Productions
Robert Rodriguez (director/screenplay); Priyanka Chopra Jonas , Pedro Pascal , YaYa Gosselin , Boyd Holbrook , Adriana Barraza , Haley Reinhart , Sung Kang , Taylor Dooley, Christian Slater
[ 245]
News of the World
Universal Pictures / Playtone / Perfect World Pictures
Paul Greengrass (director/screenplay); Luke Davies (screenplay); Tom Hanks , Helena Zengel
[ 246]
One Night in Miami...
Amazon Studios
Regina King (director); Kemp Powers (screenplay); Kingsley Ben-Adir , Eli Goree , Aldis Hodge , Leslie Odom Jr. , Lance Reddick , Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette Robinson , Beau Bridges , Lance Reddick
[ 247]
Promising Young Woman
Focus Features / FilmNation Entertainment
Emerald Fennell (director/screenplay); Carey Mulligan , Bo Burnham , Alison Brie , Clancy Brown , Jennifer Coolidge , Laverne Cox , Connie Britton
[ 248]
30
Pieces of a Woman
Netflix / Bron Studios
Kornél Mundruczó (director); Kata Wéber (screenplay); Vanessa Kirby , Shia LaBeouf , Molly Parker , Sarah Snook , Iliza Shlesinger , Benny Safdie , Jimmie Fails , Ellen Burstyn
[ 249]