2025 new movies: release schedule for this year's new movies
Keep up with 2025's movie release schedule all in one place.

2024 at the movies took movie fans from Arrakis to Oz (and a bunch of other places in between). Where will we go in 2025? Get an idea with our full look at the 2025 release schedule for new movies.
We're keeping track of all of the new films coming out in 2025 (exclusively on the big screen, no streaming only titles here), from the big franchises — including the latest entries in the MCU to Wicked: For Good — to more adult-driven movies or family-friendly titles. We'll keep this list updated as new movies are added or in the event that release dates shift so you can know exactly what is coming out in a given week and what exciting movies are on their way.
Check out our complete rundown of the 2025 new movies release schedule directly below.
May
Bring Her Back
- Release date: May 30
- Cast: Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Sally Hawkins
- Directors: Danny and Michael Philippou
The directors of horror hit Talk to Me return with their sophomore effort, Bring Her Back, reuniting with A24. This movie focuses on a brother and sister who uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother, played by Sally Hawkins.
Karate Kid: Legends
- Release date: May 30
- Cast: Ben Wang, Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, Ming-Na Wen, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley
- Director: Jonathan Entwistle
While Cobra Kai was a huge hit on Netflix, we haven't had a new Karate Kid movie since 2010's The Karate Kid when Jackie Chan debuted as Mr. Han, while we haven't seen Ralph Macchio in a Karate Kid movie since 1989. But they are now teaming up to teach a new student in Karate Kid: Legends. This feels like a movie that has the potential to bridge all the generations that have watched and loved these TV shows and movies.
The Phoenician Scheme
- Release date: May 30
- Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayodae, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Riz Ahemd
- Director Wes Anderson
- Read WTW's The Phoenician Scheme review
Wes Anderson returns with his latest movie, The Phoenician Scheme. Benicio del Toro and new collaborators Mia Threapleton and Michael Cera headline this movie that follows a wealthy European businessman and his daughter. But as always there are plenty of familiar Anderson collaborators set to appear. As a big fan of Anderson, this is one of my most anticipated movies of the summer.
June
Ballerina
- Release date: June 6
- Cast: Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Gabriel Byrne, Catalina Sandino Moreno,Norman Reedus, Keanu Reeves
- Director: Len Wiseman
The Life of Chuck
- Release date: June 6
- Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillian, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harvey Guillen, Mark Hamill, Jacob Trembaly, Matthew Lillard, Daivd Dastmalchian, Kate Siegel
- Director: Mike Flanagan
The Ritual
- Release date: June 6
- Cast: Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowan, Patricia Heaton
- Director: David Midell
How to Train Your Dragon
- Release date: June 13
- Cast: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Julian Denison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Nick Frost
- Director: Dean DeBlois
Materialists
- Release date: June 13
- Cast: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal
- Director: Celine Song
The Unholy Trinity
- Release date: June 13
- Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Brandon Lessard
- Director: Richard Gray
28 Years Later
- Release date: June 20
- Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Erin Kellyman
- Director: Danny Boyle
Bride Hard
- Release date: June 20
- Cast: Rebel Wilson, Justin Hartley, Anna Chlumsky, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Sherry Cola, Anna Camp, Stephen Dorff
- Director: Simon West
Elio
- Release date: June 20
- Cast: Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldana, Brad Garrett, Jameela Jamil, Shirley Henderson, Remy Edgerly
- Director: Adrian Molina, Madeline Sharafian & Don Shi
Everything's Going to Be Great
- Release date: June 20
- Cast: Bryan Cranston, Allison Janney, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Jack Champion, Simon Rex, Chris Cooper
- Director: Jon S. Baird
F1
- Release date: June 27
- Cast: Brad Pitt, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Damson Idris, Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia, Samson Kayo
- Director: Joseph Kosinski
M3GAN 2.0
- Release date: June 27
- Cast: Allison Williams, Jemaine Clement, Violet McGraw, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jenna Davis, Timm Sharp, Aristotle Athari, Jen Van Epps, Ivanna Sakhno
- Director: Gerard Johnstone
Ponyboi
- Release date: June 27
- Cast: Dylan O'Brien, River Gallo, Murray Bartlett
- Director: Esteban Arango
Sorry, Baby
- Release date: June 27 (limited)
- Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges
- Director: Eva Victor
July
Jurassic World Rebirth
- Release date: July 2
- Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
- Director: Gareth Edwards
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
- Release date: July 11 (limited)
- Cast: Lexi Venter, Embeth Davidtz, Zikhona Bali
- Director: Embeth Davidtz
Superman
- Release date: July 11
- Cast: David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Skyler Gisondo, Wendell Pierce, Anthony Carrigan, Edi Gatheig, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced
- Director: James Gunn
Eddington
- Release date: July 18
- Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O'Connell, Micheal Ward, Amélie Hoeferle, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Austin Butler, Emma Stone
- Director: Aris Aster
I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Release date: July 18
- Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddy Prinze Jr., Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Haur-King
- Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Smurfs
- Release date: July 18
- Cast: Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Dan Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña, Kurt Russell, John Goodman
- Director: Chris Miller & Matt Landon
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
- Release date: July 25
- Cast: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Julia Garner, Ralph Ineson
- Director: Matt Shakman
Folktales
- Release date: July 25
- Director: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
Home
- Release date: July 25
- Cast: Pete Davidson, John Glover, Bruce Altman
- Director: James DeMonaco
Oh, Hi!
- Release date: July 25
- Cast: Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan
- Director: Sophie Books
Together
- Release date: July 30
- Cast: Alison Brie, Dave Franco
- Director: Michael Shanks
August
The Bad Guys 2
- Release date: August 1
- Cast: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Awkwafina, Zazie Beetz, Richard Ayoade, Lilly Singh, Alex Borstein, Maria Bakalova, Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Brooks
- Director: Pierre Perifel & JP Sans
The Naked Gun
- Release date: August 1
- Cast: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Kevin Durand, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, Liza Koshy
- Director: Akiva Schaffer
Freakier Friday
- Release date: August 8
- Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Chad Michael Murray, Julia Butters, Mark Harmon, Stephen Tobolowsky, Manny Jacinto
- Director: Nisha Ganatra
Weapons
- Release date: August 8
- Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner
- Director: Zach Cregger
Clika
- Release date: August 15
- Cast: Jay Dee, Eric Roberts
- Director: Michael Greene
Nobody 2
- Release date: August 15
- Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Sharon Stone, Christopher Lloyd, Colin Hanks
- Director: Timo Tjahjanto
Americana
- Release date: August 22
- Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Simon Rex, Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon
- Director: Tony Tost
Eden
- Release date: August 22
- Cast: Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, Sydney Sweeney, Toby Wallace, Felix Kammerer
- Director: Ron Howard
Highest 2 Lowest
- Release date: August 22
- Cast: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky
- Director: Spike Lee
Honey Don't!
- Release date: August 22
- Cast: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, Chris Evans
- Director: Ethan Coen
Splitsville
- Release date: August 22
- Cast: Adria Arjona, Dakota Johnson, Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Covino
- Director: Michael Angelo Covino
Caught Stealing
- Release date: August 29
- Cast: Austin Butler, Zoe Kravtiz, Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Matt King, Bad Bunny
- Director: Darren Aronofsky
The Roses
- Release date: August 29
- Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoe Chao, Belinda Bromilow, Kate McKinnon
- Director: Jay Roach
The Toxic Avenger
- Release date: August 29
- Cast: Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jane Levy, Jacob Tremblay, Julian Kostov, Macon Blair, Taylour Paige
- Director: Macon Blair
September
The Conjuring: Last Rites
- Release date: September 5
- Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
- Director: Michael Chaves
Twinless
- Release date: September 5
- Cast: Dylan O'Brien, James Sweeney, Lauren Graham
- Director: James Sweeney
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
- Release date: September 12
- Cast: Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Dominic West, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Douglas Reith, Joely Richardson, Paul Giammatti, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale, Arty Froushan
- Director: Simon Curtis
The Long Walk
- Release date: September 12
- Cast: Judy Greer, Charlie Plummer, Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Ben Wang
- Director: Francis Lawrence
Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues
- Release date: September 12
- Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Questlove, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood
- Director: Rob Reiner
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
- Release date: September 19
- Cast: Colin Farrell, Margot Robbie, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe, Billy Magnussen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Sarah Gadon, Brandon Perea
- Director: Kogonada
HIM
- Release date: September 19
- Cast: Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, Tim Heidecker, Jim Jefferies Guapdad 4000, Tierra Whack
- Director: Justin Tipping
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
- Release date: September 26
- Cast: Laila Lockhart Kraner
- Director: Ryan Crego
One Battle After Another
- Release date: September 26
- Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Alana Haim, Wood Harris
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
The Strangers: Chapter 2
- Release date: September 26
- Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath
- Director: Renny Harlin
October
Anemone
- Release date: October 3
- Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samuel Bottomley, Safia Oakley-Green, Samantha Morton
- Director: Roman Day-Lewis
Roofman
- Release date: October 3
- Cast: Channing Tatum, Juno Temple, Peter Dinklage, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Emory Cohen, Uzo Aduba, Tony Revolori, Molly Price, Melonie Diaz, Lilly Collias
- Director: Derek Cianfrance
The Smashing Machine
- Release date: October 3
- Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt
- Director: Benny Safdie
After the Hunt
- Release date: October 10 (limited)
- Cast: Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield
- Director: Luca Guadagnino
Animal Friends
- Release date: October 10
- Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Aubrey Plaza, Jason Momoa, Dan Levy, Lil Rel Howery, Addison Rae, Ellie Bamber
- Director: Peter Atencio
Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Release date: October 10
- Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, Tonatiuh
- Director: Bill Condon
Tron: Ares
- Release date: October 10
- Cast: Jared Leto, Jeff Bridges, Jodie Turner-Smith, Evan Peters, Gillian Anderson, Greta Lee, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Hasan Minhaj, Sarah Desjardins
- Director: Joachim Ronning
The Black Phone 2
- Release date: October 17
- Cast: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Jeremy Davies, Madeleine McGraw, Demian Bichir, Miguel Mora
- Director: Scott Derrickson
Blue Moon
- Release date: October 17
- Cast: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott, Bobby Cannavale
- Director: Richard Linklater
Good Fortune
- Release date: October 17
- Cast: Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, Stephen McKinnley Henderson
- Director: Aziz Ansari
Bugonia
- Release date: October 24 (limited), October 31 (wide)
- Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Alicia Silverstone
- Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Deliver Me from Nowhere
- Release date: October 24
- Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young, Gaby Hoffmann, David Krumholtz, Marc Maron, Johnny Cannizzaro, Harisson Gilbertson, Chris Jaymes, Matthew Anthony Pellicano
- Director: Scott Cooper
Mortal Kombat 2
- Release date: October 24
- Cast: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Damon Herriman, Tati Gabrielle Martyn Ford, Max Huang and Ana Thu Nguyen star, with Chin Han, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada
- Director: Simon McQuoid
Regretting You
- Release date: October 24
- Cast: Willa Fitzgerald, Allison Williams, McKenna Grace, Clancy Brown, Dave Franco, Scott Eastwood, Mason Thames
- Director: Josh Boone
The Thing with Feathers
- Release date: October 31
- Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis
- Director: Dylan Southern
November
Predator: Badlands
- Release date: November 7
- Cast: Elle Fanning
- Director: Dan Trachtenberg
The Running Man
- Release date: November 7
- Cast: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Katy O'Brian, William H. Macy, Emilia Jones, Michael Cera, Karl Glusman, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Colman Domingo
- Director: Edgar Wright
Jay Kelly
- Release date: November 14
- Cast: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Emily Mortimer, Bill Crudup, Laura Dern, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Riley Keough, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Lecky, Thaddea Graham, Jim Broadbent, Eve Hewson, Alba Rohrwacher, Lenny Henry, Josh Hamilton, Greta Gerwig
- Director: Noah Baumbach
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
- Release date: November 14
- Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Arianna Greenblatt, Dominic Sessa, Justice Smith
- Director: Ruben Fleischer
Sisu 2
- Release date: November 21
- Cast: Jorma Tommila, Richard Brake, Stephen Lang
- Director: Jalamari Helander
Wicked: For Good
- Release date: November 21
- Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode
- Director: Jon M. Chu
Zootopia 2
- Release date: November 26
- Cast: Jason Bateman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Shakira
- Director: Jared Bush & Byron Howard
Hamnet
- Release date: November 27
- Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn
- Director: Chloé Zhao
December
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
- Release date: December 5
- Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Matthew Lillard, Elizabeth Lail
- Director: Emma Tammi
Ella McCay
- Release date: December 12
- Cast: Emma Mackey, Woody Harrelson, Ayo Edebiri, Kumail Nanjiani, Jack Lowden, Rebecca Hall, Jamie Lee Curtis, Albert Brooks
- Director: James L. Brooks
Scarlet
- Release date: December 12
- Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Silent Night, Deadly Night
- Release date: December 12
- Cast: Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, David Tomlinson
- Director: Mike P. Nelson
Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Release date: December 19
- Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
- Director: James Cameron
The SpongeBob Movie: The Search for Squarepants
- Release date: December 19
- Cast: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Brian Doyle-Murray, Rodger Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence, Carolyn Lawrence
- Director: Derek Drymon
Anaconda
- Release date: December 25
- Cast: Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Thandiwe Newton, Steve Zahn, Daniela Melchior, Selton Mello
- Director: Tom Gormican
The Housemaid
- Release date: December 25
- Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Sydeny Sweeney
- Director: Paul Feig
Marty Supreme
- Release date: December 25
- Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler the Creator, Fran Drescher, Penn Jillette, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary, Abel Ferrera and Sandra Bernard
- Director: Josh Safdie
Sarah's Oil
- Release date: December 25
- Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Zachary Levi, Bridget Regan, Garret Dillahunt
- Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh
Song Sung Blue
- Release date: December 25
- Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, Ella Anderson, King Princess, Mustafa Shakir, Hudson Hilbert Hensley
- Director: Craig Brewer
Released movies
The Damned
- Released: January 3
- Cast: Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Lewis Gribben, Siobhan Finneran, Rory McCann
- Director: Thordur Palsson
- The Damned review
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
- Released: January 10
- Cast: Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson
- Director: Christian Gudegast
- Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review
Alarum
- Released: January 17
- Cast: Scott Eastwood, Willa Fitzgerald, Sylvester Stallone, Mike Colter
- Director: Michael Polish
One of Them Days
- Released: January 17
- Cast: Keke Palmer, SZA, Maude Apatow, Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Katt Williams
- Director: Lawrence Lamont
- One of Them Days review
Wish You Were Here
- Released: January 17
- Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman, Mena Massoud, Jimmie Fails, Gabby Kono-Abdy, Jennifer Grey, Kelsey Grammer
- Director: Julia Stiles
Wolf Man
- Released: January 17
- Cast: Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Matilda Firth
- Director: Leigh Whannell
The Colors Within
- Released: January 24
- Cast: Sayu Suzukawa, Akari Takaishi
- Director: Naoko Yamada
Flight Risk
- Released: January 24
- Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, Topher Grace
- Director: Mel Gibson
- Flight Risk review
Inheritance
- Released: January 24
- Cast: Phoebe Dynevor, Rhys Ifans
- Director: Neil Burger
Presence
- Released: January 24
- Cast: Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Lang, Eddy Maday, Julia Fox
- Director: Steven Soderbergh
Companion
- Released: January 31
- Cast: Jack Quaid, Sophie Thatcher, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend
- Director: Drew Hancock
- Companion review
Dog Man
- Released: January 31 (US); February 7 (UK)
- Cast: Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Billy Boyd, Ricky Gervais
- Director: Peter Hastings
Like Father Like Son
- Released: January 31
- Cast: Dylan Flashner, Dermot Mulroney, Ariel Winter, Vivica A. Fox, Mayim Bialik,
- Director: Barry Jay
Love Me
- Released: January 31 (US)
- Cast: Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun
- Directors: Sam Zuchero & Andy Zuchero
Armand
- Released: February 7 (US)
- Cast: Renate Reinsve
- Director: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Bring Them Down
- Released: February 7
- Cast: Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Colm Meaney
- Director: Chris Andrews
Heart Eyes
- Released: February 7 (US); February 14 (UK)
- Cast: Jordana Brewster, Devon Sawa, Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding
- Director: Josh Ruben
I'm Still Here
- Released: February 7 (US); February 21 (UK)
- Cast: Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello
- Director: Walter Salles
Love Hurts
- Released: February 7
- Cast: Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose, Daniel Wu, Sean Astin, Mustafa Shakir, Lip Tipton, Rhys Darby, Marshawn Lynch, André Eriksen
- Director: JoJo Eusebio
Parthenope
- Released: February 7 (US, limited); May 2 (UK)
- Cast: Celeste Dalla Porta, Gary Oldman, Stefania Sandrell, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Isabella Ferrari, Silvia Degrandi, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Daniele Rienzo, Dario Aita, Marlon Joubert, Alfonso Santagata, Biagio Izzo, Peppe Lanzetta
- Director: Paolo Sorrentino
- Parthenope review
Captain America: Brave New World
- Released: February 14
- Cast: Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Xosha Roquemore, Carl Lumbly, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, Harrison Ford
- Director: Julius Onah
Paddington in Peru
- Released: February 14 (US)
- Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas
- Director: Dougal Wilson
- Read WTW's Paddington in Peru review
Cleaner
- Released: February 21
- Cast: Daisy Ridley, Taz Skylar, Clive Owen
- Director: Martin Campbell
The Monkey
- Released: February 21
- Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Laura Mennell, Christian Convery, Sarah Levy, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell
- Director: Osgood Perkins
The Unbreakable Boy
- Released: February 21
- Cast: Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy, Patricia Heaton, Jacob Laval
- Director: Jon Gunn
Last Breath
- Released: February 28
- Cast: Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, Cliff Curtis
- Director: Alex Parkinson
- Read WTW's Last Breath review
My Dead Friend Zoe
- Released: February 28
- Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Utkarsh Ambudkar
- Director: Kyle Hausmann-Stokez
Riff Raff
- Released: February 28
- Cast: Ed Harris, Jennifer Coolidge, Bill Murray, Pete Davidson, Gabrielle Union, Miles J. Harvey, Lewis Pullman, Emanuela Postacchini, Michael Angelo Corvino
- Director: Dito Montiel
Superboys of Malegaon
- Released: February 28
- Cast: Adarsh Gourav, Shashank Arora, Vineet Kumar Singh, Anuj Singh Duhan, Saqib Ayub, Pallav Singh, Manjiri Pupala, Muskkaan Jaferi and Riddhi Kuma
- Director: Reema Kagti
Uppercut
- Released: February 28
- Cast: Ving Rhames, Luiii, Jordan E. Cooper, Joanna Cassidy
- Director: Torsten Ruether
Vicious
- Released: February 28
- Cast: Dakota Fanning, Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack
- Director: Bryan Bertino
Eephus
- Released: March 7
- Cast: Frederick Wiseman, Bill Lee
- Director: Carson Lund
F*** Marry Kill
- Released: March 7
- Cast: Lucy Hale, Brooke Nevin, Virginia Gardner
- Director: Laura Murphy
In the Lost Lands
- Released: March 7
- Cast: Dave Bautista, Milla Jovovich
- Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Mickey 17
- Released: March 7
- Cast: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo
- Director: Bong Joon Ho
- Read WTW's Mickey 17 review.
Night of the Zoopocalypse
- Released: March 7
- Cast: David Harbour, Scott Farley, Kyle Derek
- Director: Ricardo Curtis & Rodrigo Perez-Castro
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
- Released: March 7
- Cast: Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Henry B.J. Phiri
- Director: Rungano Nyoni
Queen of the Ring
- Released: March 7
- Cast: Emily Bett Rickards, Josh Lucas, Walton Goggins
- Director: Ash Avildsen
The Rule of Jenny Pen
- Released: March 7
- Cast: John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush
- Director: James Ashcroft
Seven Veils
- Released: March 7
- Cast: Amanda Seyfried
- Director: Atom Egoyan
The Actor
- Released: March 14
- Cast: Andre Holland, Gemma Chan
- Director: Duke Johnson
Black Bag
- Released: March 14 (US); March 21 (UK)
- Cast: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Marisa Abela, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Rege-Jean Page, Orli Shuka
- Director: Steven Soderbergh
- Read WTW's Black Bag review.
Borderline
- Released: March 14
- Cast: Samara Weaving, Ray Nicholson, Jimmie Fails, Alba Baptista, Eric Dane
- Director: Jimmy Warden
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
- Released: March 14
- Cast: Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Wayne Knight, Laraine Newman
- Director: Peter Browngardt
The Last Supper
- Released: March 14
- Cast: Robert Knepper, Jamie Ward, James Faulkner
- Director: Mauro Borrelli
Novocaine
- Released: March 14
- Cast: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Matt Walsh, Betty Gabriel, Jacob Batalon
- Director: Dan Berk & Robert Olsen
Opus
- Released: March 14
- Cast: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder
- Director: Mark Anthony Green
The Alto Knights
- Released: March 21
- Cast: Robert De Niro, Cosmo Jarvis, Debra Messing, Kathrine Narducci
- Director: Barry Levinson
- Read WTW's The Alto Knights review
Ash
- Released: March 21
- Cast: Eiza Gonzalez, Aaron Paul, Iko Uwais, Beulah Koale, Kate Elliott, Beulah Koale, Ellison and Andrew B. Miller
- Director: Steven Ellison (aka Flying Lotus)
Asian Persuasion
- Released: March 21
- Cast: Dante Basco, Kevin Kreider, Paolo Montalban, Geneva Carr, Scarlet Sherr, Celia Au, Jax Bacan
- Director: Jhett Tolentino
The Assessment
- Released: March 21
- Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, Himesh Patel, Charlotte Richie, Minnie Driver
- Director: Fleur Fortuné
Bob Trevino Likes It
- Released: March 21
- Cast: Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo
- Director: Tracie Laymon
Locked
- Released: March 21
- Cast: Bill Skarsgard, Anthony Hopkins
- Director: David Yarovesky
Magazine Dreams
- Released: March 21
- Cast: Jonathan Majors, Harrison Page, Hayley Bennett
- Director: Elijah Bynum
Snow White
- Released: March 21
- Cast: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Patrick Page, Andrew Burnap, Ansu Kabia
- Director: Marc Webb
The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Released: March 28
- Cast: Tom Basden, Tim Key, Carey Mulligan
- Director: James Griffiths
Death of a Unicorn
- Released: March 28
- Cast: Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani
- Director: Alex Scharfman
The Friend
- Released: March 28
- Cast: Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Constance Wu, Ann Dowd
- Directors: Scott McGehee & David Siegel
The Penguin Lessons
- Released: March 28
- Cast: Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce
- Director: Peter Cattaneo
The Woman in the Yard
- Released: March 28
- Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Russell Hornsby
- Director: Jaume Collet-Sera
A Working Man
- Released: March 28
- Cast: Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Merab Ninidze, Maximilian Osinski, Cokey Falkow, Michael Peña, David Harbour, Noemi Gonzalez, Arianna Rivas, Emmett J. Scanlan, Eve Mauro
- Director: David Ayer
- Read WTW's A Working Man review
Screamboat
- Released: April 2
- Cast: David Howard Thornton, Jesse Kove, Kailey Hyman, Brian Quinn
- Director: Steven LaMorte
Freaky Tales
- Released: April 4
- Cast: Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, Tom Hanks
- Director: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
Gazer
- Released: April 4
- Cast: Ariella Mastroianni
- Director: Ryan J. Sloan
Hell of a Summer
- Released: April 4
- Cast: Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paradis Saremi, Rosebud Baker and Adam Pally, Billy Byrk, Finn Wolfhard
- Directors: Billy Byrk and Finn Wolfhard
The Luckiest Man in America
- Released: April 4
- Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, Hayley Bennett, Brian Geraghty, Patti Harrison
- Director: Samir Oliveros
A Minecraft Movie
- Released: April 4
- Cast: Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Sebastian Hansen, Jennifer Coolidge, Jemaine Clement, Kate McKinnon, Danielle Brooks
- Director: Jared Hess
- Read WTW's A Minecraft Movie review
A Nice Indian Boy
- Released: April 4
- Cast: Karan Soni, Jonathan Groff, Sunita Mani
- Director: Roshan Sethi
The Amateur
- Released: April 11
- Cast: Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, Danny Sapani, Laurence Fishburne
- Director: James Hawes
- Read WTW's The Amateur review
Drop
- Released: April 11
- Cast: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane
- Director: Christopher Landon
The King of Kings
- Released: April 11
- Cast: Oscar Isaac, Pierce Brosnan, Forest Whitaker, Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman, Mark Hamill, Ben Kingslet
- Director: Seong-ho Jang
Sacramento
- Released: April 11
- Cast: Michael Cera, Michael Angarano, Maya Erskine, Kristen Stewart
- Director: Michael Angarano
Warfare
- Released: April 11 (US)
- Cast: D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton
- Director: Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland
The Shrouds
- Released: April 18
- Cast: Vincet Cassel, Diane Kruger
- Director: David Cronenberg
Sinners
- Released: April 18
- Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo
- Director: Ryan Coogler
- Read WTW's Sinners review.
Sneaks
- Released: April 18
- Cast: Anthony Mackie, Keith David, Laurence Fishburne, Martin Lawrence
- Director: Rob Edwards
The Wedding Banquet
- Released: April 18
- Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-jung
- Director: Andrew Ahn
The Accountant 2
- Released: April 25
- Cast: Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, J.K. Simmons, Daniella Pineda
- Director: Gavin O'Connor
- Read WTW's The Accountant 2 review
Cheech & Chong's Last Movie
- Released: April 25
- Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
- Director: David Bushell
The Legend of Ochi
- Released: April 25
- Cast: Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, Willem Dafoe
- Director: Isaiah Saxon
On Swift Horses
- Released: April 25
- Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, Sasha Calle
- Director: Daniel Minhan
Until Dawn
- Released: April 25
- Cast: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Odessa A’zion, Maia Mitchell, Peter Stormare
- Director: David F. Sandberg
Electra
- ReleasedMay 2
- Cast: Maria Bakalova, Abigail Cowen, Jack Farthing
- Director: Hala Matar
Rust
- Released: May 2
- Cast: Alec Baldwin, Patrick Scott McDermott, Josh Hopkins, Travis Fimmel
- Director: Joel Souza
The Surfer
- Released: May 2
- Cast: Nicolas Cage
- Director: Lorcan Finnegan
Thunderbolts
- Released: May 2
- Cast: Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Sebastian Stan, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan
- Director: Jake Schreier
Words of War
- Released: May 2
- Cast: Jason Isaacs, Ciaran Hinds, Maxine Peake
- Director: James Strong
Fight or Flight
- Released: May 9
- Cast: Josh Hartnett, Katee Sackhoff
- Director: James Madigan
Friendship
- Released: May 9 (US)
- Cast: Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer
- Director: Andrew DeYoung
Juliet & Romeo
- Released: May 9
- Cast: Clara Rugaard, Jamie Ward, Jason Isaacs, Rebel Wilson, Rupert Everett, Dan Fogler, Derek Jacobi, Rupert Graves, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
- Director: Timothy Scott Bogart
Shadow Force
- Released: May 9
- Cast: Kerry Washington, Omar Sy, Mark Strong, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Cliff “Method Man” Smith
- Director: Joe Carnahan
Watch the Skies
- Released: May 9
- Cast: Inez Dahl Torhaug, Jesper Barkselius, Sara Shirpey
- Director: Victor Danell
Final Destination: Bloodlines
- Released: May 16
- Cast: Brec Bassinger, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Max Lloyd Jones, Owen Patrick Joyner, Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Rya Kihlstedt, Tinpo Lee, Anna Lore, Gabrielle Rose, April Amber Telek, Alex Zahara
- Director: Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein
Hurry Up Tomorrow
- Released: May 16
- Cast: The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan
- Director: Trey Edwards Shults
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
- Released: May 23
- Cast: Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson
- Director: Laura Piani
The Last Rodeo
- Released: May 23
- Cast: Neal McDonough, Christopher McDonald, Sarah Jones
- Director: Jon Avnet
Lilo & Stitch
- Released: May 23
- Cast: Maia Kealoha, Chris Sanders, Sydney Elizabeth Agudong, Kaipo Dudoit, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Zach Galifianakis
- Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
- Released: May 23
- Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Holt McCallany, Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, Janet McTeer, Lucy Tulugarjuk
- Director: Christopher McQuarrie
- Read WTW's Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning review
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Michael Balderston is What to Watch’s assistant managing editor and lead movie writer, , writing movie reviews and highlighting new and classic movies on streaming services; he also covers a range of TV shows, including those in the Taylor Sheridan universe, Slow Horses, Only Murders in the Building, Jeopardy!, Saturday Night Live and more, as well as the best ways to watch some major US sporting events.
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