“The History of Concrete”
After turning everyday New York weirdness into the singular HBO series “How To with John Wilson,” John Wilson makes his feature debut with another characteristically sideways investigation. Executive produced by Josh Safdie, the Sundance favorite begins with concrete and predictably wanders somewhere far stranger.
Release Date: September 18 in theaters via Magnolia Pictures.
“The Love Hypothesis”
Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman lead this adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling romance about a biology PhD candidate who enters into a fake relationship with an intimidating professor. “Set It Up” filmmaker Claire Scanlon directs, making the project a natural fit for anyone waiting for the studio romantic comedy to mount a full comeback.
Release Date: September 23 on Prime Video.
“Heart of the Beast”
More than a decade after “Fury,” Brad Pitt reunites with director David Ayer for a survival thriller about a Special Forces veteran and his retired combat dog. Following a plane crash, the pair become stranded in the Alaskan wilderness and must rely on one another to survive. J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe co-star.
Release Date: September 25 in theaters via Paramount Pictures.
“Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother”
Writer-director Bassam Tariq returns with an action thriller starring Mahershala Ali as a devout Houston hitman struggling to protect his children after the death of his wife. John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, Abubakr Ali, and Laith Nakli join Ali in Tariq’s first feature since “Mogul Mowgli.”
Release Date: September 25 in select theaters, expanding October 2 and October 9 via Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios.
“Charlie Harper”
Emilia Jones and Nick Robinson lead this romantic drama about two young adults trying to sustain their relationship as their careers and ambitions begin to pull them in different directions. Written by Tom Dean and directed by Dean and Mac Eldridge, the film arrives after its 2025 Toronto premiere.
Release Date: September 25 in limited theaters via Row K Entertainment.
“Primetime”
Documentarian Lance Oppenheim makes his narrative feature debut with Robert Pattinson playing a television journalist whose confrontational crime series turns predators into primetime entertainment. Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers, Matthew Maher, and Bokeem Woodbine co-star in an A24 drama drawing inspiration from the rise of Chris Hansen-style ambush television.
Release Date: September 25 in theaters via A24.
“Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!”
Rinko Kikuchi stars as Haru, a Tokyo ballroom dancer who retreats from the world after the sudden death of her husband and dance partner. When her friends persuade her to return to the studio, an infatuation with a new instructor pulls her back toward competition, desire, and the life she abandoned. Josef Kubota Wladyka directs the Sundance award winner, with Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda, Yoh Yoshida, and Damián Alcázar co-starring.
Release Date: September 25 in theaters via Sony Pictures Classics.
“The Incomer”
Domhnall Gleeson plays an awkward government official sent to evict two fiercely independent siblings from the remote Scottish island where they have spent their lives hunting seabirds, preserving ancestral stories, and warding off outsiders. Louis Paxton writes and directs the eccentric folk comedy, which won Sundance’s NEXT Innovator Award, with Gayle Rankin, Grant O’Rourke, Michelle Gomez, and John Hannah co-starring.
Release Date: September 25 in theaters via Sumerian Pictures.
“Unabomber”
Janus Metz dramatizes Ted Kaczynski’s transformation from Harvard prodigy into the domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber. Jacob Tremblay plays the young Kaczynski, whose participation in controversial psychological experiments conducted by Professor Henry Murray (Russell Crowe) becomes part of a dual narrative that culminates in the FBI manhunt led by Shailene Woodley’s Joanne Miller. Annabelle Wallis, Alexander Ludwig, Steven Ogg, and Marc Menchaca co-star.
Release Date: September 25 on Netflix.
Also In September
“Fall 2: Deadpoint,” starring Harriet Slater, Arsema Thomas, and Tom Brittney, brings another dose of high-altitude survival horror on September 2. The wartime anime “Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood,” the debut feature from Yukimitsu Ina and Studio Ghibli veteran Hitomi Tateno’s animation studio Sasayuri, opens through GKIDS on September 4, while Tyler Perry reunites his ensemble for “Why Did I Get Married Again?” on Netflix September 9.
The Steven Knight-created “Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger” opens in theaters and IMAX on September 11, followed September 18 by Aardman’s “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom,” “The Musical,” and “Best of the Best,” Lena Khan’s Netflix comedy starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia. September 25 brings “The Stunt Driver,” Michael Dowse’s comedy starring Jay Baruchel, Ed Helms, and Ben Foster; Dave Boyle’s Japanese supernatural horror film “Never After Dark”; and DreamWorks’ Filipino folklore-inspired “Forgotten Island.”
