“TRON: Ares”
Joachim Rønning’s latest vaults a sentient program into the human world, fusing neon futurism with present-day AI paranoia. Jared Leto leads opposite Greta Lee and Evan Peters, with Jeff Bridges returning; Gillian Anderson, Hasan Minhaj and more round out the ensemble.
Release Date: October 10 via Walt Disney Studios.
“Kiss Of The Spider Woman”
Bill Condon reimagines the Kander & Ebb/Terrence McNally musical (from Manuel Puig’s novel): in an authoritarian South American prison, a movie-mad shop clerk (Tonatiuh) conjures a glamorous diva (Jennifer Lopez) to survive, while sparring and bonding with a political prisoner (Diego Luna).
Release Date: October 10 via Roadside Attractions.
“The Woman In Cabin 10”
Keira Knightley stars in a Ruth Ware adaptation as a travel journalist on a luxury cruise who believes she sees a woman thrown overboard—except every passenger is accounted for—sparking a sealed-room mystery where gaslighting and privilege muddy the truth. Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kaya Scodelario and more co-star.
Release Date: October 10 via Netflix.
“It Was Just an Accident”
Jafar Panahi’s tense moral puzzle begins with a late-night incident and spirals into vigilantism, memory gaps, and state pressure; a restrained, steadily tightening thriller that refuses easy catharsis. Winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or, it extends Panahi’s docu-real rigor into a sharper political provocation while maintaining his intimate, street-level focus.
Release Date: October 15 via NEON.
“Blue Moon”
Richard Linklater’s chamber piece tracks a single pivotal night in 1943 as lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) unravels at Sardi’s while Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott) celebrates “Oklahoma!”; Margaret Qualley and Bobby Cannavale co-star in a backstage elegy about genius and self-sabotage.
Release Date: October 17 via Sony Pictures Classics.
“The Black Phone 2”
Scott Derrickson and Blumhouse return to the Grabber’s shadow: years after Finn’s escape, strange calls and visions pull him and his sister back into the nightmare. Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, and Ethan Hawke return, with new faces escalating the folklore and fear.
Release Date: October 17 via Universal Pictures.
“Frankenstein”
Guillermo del Toro’s long-incubating take on Shelley’s classic centers on hubris and empathy: Victor (Oscar Isaac) forges a living creation (Jacob Elordi) whose existence forces parent and child into a tragic reckoning; Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz co-star.
Release Date: October 17 (limited theatrical); November 7 on Netflix.
“The Mastermind”
Kelly Reichardt turns the heist film inside out with a ’70s-set portrait of a suburban family man (Josh O’Connor) moonlighting as an art thief whose small-time capers spiral toward something larger and riskier. Alana Haim, John Magaro, Gaby Hoffmann, Hope Davis, and Bill Camp co-star; shot by frequent collaborator Christopher Blauvelt.
Release Date: October 17 via MUBI.
“After The Hunt”
Luca Guadagnino pivots to academia-set suspense as a renowned professor (Julia Roberts) is pulled into a misconduct scandal involving a colleague (Andrew Garfield) and a star student (Ayo Edebiri), unearthing secrets she’s buried; Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny co-star. Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross write the score, making for their fourth collaboration with Guadagnino.
Release Date: October 17 via Amazon MGM Studios.
“Hedda”
Nia DaCosta reimagines Ibsen’s anti-heroine (Tessa Thompson) as a woman boxed in by class, gender, and her own appetite for ruin, manipulating husband and lover as the walls close in; a performance-driven period drama with modern sting. Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Nina Hoss appear in supporting roles.
Release Date: October 22 via Amazon MGM Studios.
