Yahoo Lifestyle 38 Exciting Movies Coming Out This Fall That You'll Absolutely Want To See
Fall is just around the corner, and that means so many movies are about to be released. So whether you're getting cozy with a pumpkin spice latte at home or heading out to the theaters, here are 38 films coming out before the year's end that you'll want to make time for:
The films below are listed in chronological order based on their release date.
1.Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is back! The 1988 spook-comedy classic and three of its stars — Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, and Winona Ryder — returned for a sequel that recently premiered in theaters to largely positive reviews. This time around, it's Lydia Deetz (Ryder), who is raising a teen daughter of her own, Astrid (played by Jenna Ortega), when they're confronted with the unwelcome return of eccentric spirit Betelgeuse (Keaton).
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, and Willem Dafoe
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 6
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2.The Front Room
Brandy is in her dramatic actor era with the new A24 film The Front Room. The movie, which was released on September 6, follows an expectant mother who is increasingly at war with her disproving mother-in-law after she moved in with her and her husband. Worse, her MIL seems to have her eyes on their unborn child. The film has some serious horror movie pedigree as it's written and directed by Max and Sam Eggers. They're brothers of director Robert Eggers, who co-wrote The Lighthouse with Max and is featured later in this list for his upcoming film, Nosferatu.
Starring: Brandy, Kathryn Hunter, Neal Huff, and Andrew Burnap
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 6
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3.The Thicket
In this adaption of author Joe R. Lansdale's novel of the same name, a bounty hunter (Peter Dinklage) leads an unlikely team to find the infamous killer Cutthroat Bill (Juliette Lewis) who has taken a young woman hostage. The film debuted on September 6.
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Esmé Creed-Miles, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Leslie Grace, and Levon Hawke
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 6
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4.The Killer's Game
Dave Bautista is a hitman with a hit...on himself. After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Joe Flood (Bautista) puts a hit on himself only to later learn his condition is not fatal. Now, he must fend off his biggest foes to save himself and his relationship with Maize (Sofia Boutella).
Starring: Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Pom Klementieff, Terry Crews, Scott Adkins, and Ben Kingsley
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 13
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5.My Old Ass
Maisy Stella stars as Elliott, a newly 18-year-old who hallucinates her 39-year-old self (played by Aubrey Plaza) while on mushrooms during a camping trip, forcing both her current and future self to reconcile with their goals and dreams. Get ready to cry and call your mom!
Starring: Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Percy Hynes White, Kerrice Brooks, and Maddie Ziegler
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 13
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6.Transformers One
Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry lead the star-studded voice cast in this animated Transformers origin story about two "lonely worker bots who can't even transform." You probably know these bots by name: Orion (Hemsworth), aka Optimus Prime, and D-16 (Henry), aka Megatron.
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Jon Hamm, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, and Laurence Fishburne
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 20
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7.The Substance
The Demissance is here! Demi Moore stars in what looks to be a wild ride of a thriller. Legendary celeb Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore) copes with turning 50 by taking a substance promising youthfulness by unlocking a younger version of herself named Sue (Margaret Qualley). Of course, things don't seem to go quite as planned.
Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 20
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8.Never Let Go
Halle Berry plays a mother keeping herself and her two kids alive in their woodland home after a deadly entity destroyed much of the world. They've survived by staying physically attached to their house via long ropes. However, one of her sons is starting to believe there might not actually be a threat out there, leaving the family in peril.
Starring: Halle Berry, Anthony B. Jenkins, and Percy Daggs IV
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 20
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9.Wolfs
This one is for Ocean's Eleven fanatics. With Wolfs, George Clooney and Brad Pitt get the thriller-comedy treatment. They play opposing lone-wolf "fixers" who must reluctantly work together as their night increasingly goes awry.
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Austin Abrams, and Amy Ryan
Where: In theaters and on Apple TV+
Release date: September 20 in theaters and September 27 on Apple TV+
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10.Lee
Kate Winslet stars as Vogue war photographer Lee Miller in this World War II biopic, which depicts Miller's struggle to overcome sexism and disregard in her pursuit of documenting the realities of the brutal war.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgård, Marion Cotillard, Andy Samberg, and Andrea Riseborough
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 27
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11.Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola's long-awaited passion project about a dystopian architect is finally coming to theaters. Coppola ideated the film in the '70s and began working on it in the '80s. Adam Driver leads the cast as the aforementioned architect who battles the city's merciless mayor (Giancarlo Esposito). The highly anticipated film received mixed reviews at the Cannes Film Festival in the spring, and The New Yorker called it "madly captivating."
Starring: Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Voight, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, and Laurence Fishburne
Where: In theaters
Release date: September 27
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12.House of Spoils
A chef (Ariana DeBose) and an investor (Arian Moayed) take a big swing and open a restaurant on a gorgeous country estate. But their perfect plan goes awry when the chef is haunted by the estate's previous and deceased owner.
Starring: Ariana DeBose, Barbie Ferreira, and Arian Moayed
Where: On Prime Video
Release date: October 3
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13.It's What's Inside
A group of friends struggle to navigate an excruciatingly intense and out-of-body collective experience after tripping together in this Netflix thriller.
Starring: Gavin Leatherwood, Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, Devon Terrell, Alycia Debnam-Carey, David Thompson, Nina Bloomgarden, and Reina Hardesty
Where: Netflix
Release date: October 4
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14.Joker: Folie à Deux
Lady Gaga is entering her anti-hero era. She joins the Joker universe as Harley Quinn and acts alongside Joaquin Phoenix as the famed green-haired comic book villain, a role that won him an Oscar in 2019 for the first film. In this sequel, Joker meets and falls in love with Harley. Based on the gorgeously shot trailer, expect fantasy sequences and musical numbers.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga
Where: In theaters
Release date: October 4
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15.The Outrun
Based on Scottish journalist Amy Liptrot's 2017 memoir of the same name, The Outrun follows an expat in London (played by Saoirse Ronan) who returns to her native rocky Orkney Islands home in Scotland while attempting to recover from alcoholism.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Saskia Reeves, and Stephen Dillane
Where: In theaters
Release date: October 4
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16.Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live is getting the "based on a true story" treatment courtesy of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Juno director Jason Reitman. Starring The Fabelmans' Gabriel LaBelle as SNL creator Lorne Michaels, the film follows the long-running and hallmark sketch show's rocky debut in 1975. It boasts a seriously star-studded cast, including Rachel Sennott, Lamorne Morris, Kaia Gerber, Dylan O'Brien, Nicholas Braun, and Willem Dafoe among many, many others.
Starring: Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cooper Hoffman, Ella Hunt, Cory Michael Smith, Dylan O'Brien, Lamorne Morris, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Kim Matula, Nicholas Braun, Kaia Gerber, Finn Wolfhard, Andrew Barth Feldman, Jon Batiste, Matthew Rhys, Naomi McPherson, Tommy Dewey, Taylor Gray, and Willem Dafoe
Where: In theaters
Release date: October 11
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17.We Live In Time
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh look like they're going to make us sob in this A24 romance film about a couple navigating love, illness, parenting, and ultimately staying in the present. Bring tissues!
Starring: Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh
Where: In theaters
Release date: October 11
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18.Anora
The Florida Project and Tangerine director Sean Baker has made a career out of telling stories of people living on the edges of society. He's back with a love story about Anora, a Brooklyn sex worker (Mikey Madison) who enters into a sudden marriage with the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eidelstein).
Starring: Mikey Madison and Mark Eidelstein
Where: In theaters
Release date: October 18
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19.Smile 2
In this sequel to the 2022 film Smile, Naomi Scott stars as a pop star embarking on a world tour only to be increasingly haunted by her past.
Starring: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Dylan Gelula, Kyle Gallner, and Miles Gutierrez-Riley
Where: In theaters
Release date: October 18
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20.Venom: The Last Dance
Venom has returned for round three. This time, Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and his symbiote Venom each face their own threats in this Marvel film.
Starring: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, and Stephen Graham
Where: In theaters
Release date: October 25
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21.Blitz
12 Years a Slave and Small Axe director Steve McQueen's new film chronicles a young boy, George (Elliott Heffernan), who is sent to live in the countryside during the Blitz but is determined to return to his mother, Rita (Saoirse Ronan), in London. However, George soon finds himself in trouble, and Rita must frantically search for him.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Paul Weller, and Harris Dickinson
Where: In theaters and on Apple TV+
Release date: November 1 in theaters and November 22 on Apple TV+
A trailer is not yet available.
22.Conclave
If you've ever wondered how a pope is elected, Conclave offers a fictional account of the highly secretive process. Based on Robert Harris's 2016 novel of the same name, the film stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal leading efforts to name a new leader of the Catholic Church only to learn unsavory news about the recently deceased Pope. Directed by All Quiet on the Western Front's Edward Berger, Conclave looks like a feast for the cinephile's eyes.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini
Where: In theaters
Release Date: November 1 in select theaters and November 8 nationwide
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23.Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
A suburban family unites for what might be their last Christmas Eve in their long-standing home.
Starring: Michael Cera, Francesca Scorsese, Elsie Fisher, Sawyer Spielberg, and Maria Dizzia
Where: In theaters
Release Date: November 8
A trailer is not yet available.
24.Here
Tom Hanks reunites with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis for this decades-spanning (really, centuries-spanning) film about all that occurs on one parcel of land, especially the eventual house that a couple (played by Hanks and Robin Wright) are fortunate to call their home.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, and Michelle Dockery
Where: In theaters
Release date: November 1
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25.Heretic
If Hugh Grant starring in an A24 horror film was on your bingo card, well then you're one lucky winner. The legendary rom-com leading man has been making unexpected choices lately like starring in the HBO whodunnit miniseries The Undoing and playing an Oompa-Loompa in Wonka. Now, he's taking on the role of a horror movie villain in Heretic as a seemingly unsuspecting man who locks two Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionaries (Yellowjackets' Sophie Thatcher and The Fabelmans' Chloe East) in his home.
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East
Where: In theaters
Release date: November 15
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26.Red One
Santa (played by an absolutely ripped J.K. Simmons) has been kidnapped and the only people who can save him are The Rock and Chris Evans. This action film about literally saving Christmas looks like a fun, high-wired, and family-friendly time.
Starring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Chris Evans, J.K. Simmons, Bonnie Hunt, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka, and Nick Kroll
Where: In theaters
Release date: November 15
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27.Gladiator II
Paul Mescal is picking up Russell Crowe's mantle as a new generation's Gladiator in this sequel to the juggernaut 2000 film. Notably, Crowe is not expected to appear in the film as his character Maximus. Instead, the sequel is set over 20 years after the first film and chronicles Mescal as Lucilla (Connie Nielsen)'s son who is forced into slavery and must fight as a gladiator to conquer the oppressive rulers suppressing Rome's people.
Starring: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, and Djimon Hounsou
Where: In theaters
Release date: November 22
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28.Wicked
"Defying Gravity"? More like defying expectations. After years of false starts, the blockbuster musical Wicked is finally coming to the big screen. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are starring as Elphaba and Glinda in the two-film adaption by In the Heights and Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu. With the second film coming out almost exactly a year later in 2025, Wicked fever is about to become more "Popular" than ever.
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Peter Dinklage, Bowen Yang, and Bronwyn James
Where: In theaters
Release date: November 22
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29.Moana 2
Disney is firmly in the sequel game, and now it's time to check in with Moana. This time, Moana has even further to go as she sets her eyes on an ancient island in hopes of bringing unity to all of Oceania.
Starring: Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Where: In theaters
Release date: November 27
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30.Sweethearts
Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga are close (perhaps too close?) friends who decide to break up their respective high school sweethearts' relationships while home for Thanksgiving break.
Starring: Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga
Where: HBO Max
Release date: November 28
A trailer is not yet available.
31.Y2K
This A24 horror comedy chronicles a group of teenagers (led by Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, and Julian Dennison) celebrating New Year's Eve in 1999. Except, in this film, the world actually does end. Even better, Saturday Night Live alum Kyle Mooney directed and co-wrote the film.
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, The Kid Laroi, Julian Dennison, Fred Durst, and Alicia Silverstone
Where: In theaters
Release date: December 6
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32.Kraven the Hunter
Kraven the Hunter is Marvel's latest comic book character to get the big-picture treatment. Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the anti-hero in an origin story film that looks to be in the same vein as Tom Hardy's Venom and Jared Leto's Moribus.
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, and Ariana DeBose
Where: In theaters
Release date: December 13
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33.Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog (Ben Schwartz) is back again. Sonic must take down Shadow (Keanu Reeves) with the help of none other than his former adversary Doctor Eggman (Jim Carrey).
Starring: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Krysten Ritter, Tika Sumpter, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, and Idris Elba
Where: In theaters
Release date: December 20
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34.Mufasa: The Lion King
Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk director Barry Jenkins is back with a Lion King prequel about Mufasa's origin story. Aaron Pierre voices Mufasa, while Kelvin Harrison Jr. voices his adoptive brother Scar. Several actors who voiced characters in the 2019 adaption of The Lion King are back, including Beyoncé as Nala. Speaking of which, Blue Ivy Carter is making her feature film debut, voicing Nala and Simba (Donald Glover)'s daughter, Kiara.
Starring: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Mads Mikkelsen, Thandiwe Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Donald Glover, Beyoncé, and Blue Ivy Carter
Where: In theaters
Release date: December 20
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35.Babygirl
Nicole Kidman stays booked and busy. In the past few months, she's starred in the rom-com A Family Affair with Zac Efron and the whodunnit miniseries The Perfect Couple — both for Netflix. Next up, she's got a theatrical release and an intriguing one at that. Kidman is set to play a New York CEO who starts a relationship with her intern, played by Harris Dickinson. Bodies Bodies Bodies' director Halina Reijn is behind the film.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, and Sophie Wilde
Where: In theaters
Release date: December 25
36.A Complete Unknown
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold is back with another musician biopic. Having directed Joaquin Phoenix to an Oscar nomination as Johnny Cash (and Reese Witherspoon to a win as June Carter) in 2005's Walk the Line, Mangold is now turning his attention to Bob Dylan. Timothée Chalamet plays the folk singer-songwriter as he rises to acclaim in the '60s.
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, and Edward Norton
Where: In theaters
Release date: December 25
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37.The Fire Inside
The Fire Inside chronicles the real-life story of Flint, Michigan, boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields who became the first American to win a gold medal in boxing at the 2012 London Olympics. She'd triumphantly go on to win gold again four years later in Rio. The film is Rachel Morrison's directorial debut, though you've probably seen her work before. She's also an Oscar-nominated cinematographer whose credits include Black Panther, Mudbound, and Fruitvale Station. Plus, Moonlight director Barry Jenkins wrote The Fire Island, too.
Starring: Ryan Destiny, Brian Tyree Henry, De'Adre Aziza, and Oluniké Adeliyi
Where: In theaters
Release date: December 25
Watch the trailer below:
38.Finally, Nosferatu
Bill Skarsgård stars as the 19th-century titular vampire and Lily-Rose Depp plays the woman he's haunting in the latest horror film from The Northman and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers.
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron-Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Ineson, Emma Corrin, Nicholas Hoult, Simon McBurney, and Willem Dafoe
Where: In theaters
Release date: December 25
Watch the trailer below:
