American Films of 2021 List
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List of American Films of 2021
January–March
| Opening | Title | Production company | Cast and crew | Genre | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y |
1 | Shadow in the Cloud | Vertical Entertainment | Roseanne Liang (director/screenplay; Max Landis (screenplay); Chloë Grace Moretz, Taylor John Smith, Beulah Koale, Callan Mulvey, Nick Robinson | ||
| 13 | The White Tiger | Netflix | Ramin Bahrani (director/screenplay); Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra Jonas | |||
| 14 | Locked Down | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures | Doug Liman (director); Steven Knight (screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Merchant, Mindy Kaling, Lucy Boynton, Dulé Hill, Jazmyn Simon, Mark Gatiss, Claes Bang, Ben Stiller, Ben Kingsley | |||
| 15 | The Dig | Netflix / Clerkenwell Films | Simon Stone (director); Moira Buffini (screenplay); Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn, Ben Chaplin, Ken Stott, Archie Barnes, Monica Dolan | |||
| Outside the Wire | Netflix | Mikael Håfström (director); Rob Yescombe, Rowan Athale (screenplay); Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris, Emily Beecham, Michael Kelly, Pilou Asbæk | ||||
| The Marksman | Open Road Films | Robert Lorenz (director/screenplay); Chris Charles, Danny Kravitz (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Katheryn Winnick, Juan Pablo Raba, Teresa Ruiz | ||||
| American Skin | Vertical Entertainment | Nate Parker (director/screenplay); Nate Parker, Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Shane Paul McGhie, Milauna Jackson, Beau Knapp | ||||
| Don’t Tell a Soul | Saban Films / Lionsgate | Alex McAulay (director/screenplay); Jack Dylan Grazer, Fionn Whitehead, Rainn Wilson, Mena Suvari | ||||
| 22 | Our Friend | Gravitas Ventures / Black Bear Pictures | Gabriela Cowperthwaite (director); Brad Ingelsby (screenplay); Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson, Casey Affleck, Gwendoline Christie, Cherry Jones | |||
| No Man’s Land | IFC Films | Conor Allyn (director); Jake Allyn, David Barraza (screenplay); Jake Allyn, Frank Grillo, Jorge A. Jiménez, Andie MacDowell, George Lopez | ||||
| Born a Champion | Lionsgate | Alex Ranarivelo (director/screenplay); Sean Patrick Flanery (screenplay); Sean Patrick Flanery, Dennis Quaid, Katrina Bowden | ||||
| 26 | Wrong Turn | Saban Films / Constantin Film | Mike P. Nelson (director); Alan B. McElroy (screenplay); Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Bill Sage, Emma Dumont, Dylan McTee, Daisy Head, Matthew Modine | |||
| 27 | Penguin Bloom | Netflix / Roadshow Films | Glenda Ivin (director); Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps (screenplay); Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House | |||
| 29 | The Little Things | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Gran Via Productions | John Lee Hancock (director/screenplay); Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Chris Bauer, Michael Hyatt, Terry Kinney, Natalie Morales | |||
| Finding ‘Ohana | Netflix | Jude Weng (director); Christina Strain (screenplay); Kea Peahu, Alex Aiono, Lindsay Watson, Owen Vaccaro, Kelly Hu, Branscombe Richmond, Chris Parnell, Marc Evan Jackson | ||||
| Nomadland | Searchlight Pictures / Hulu | Chloé Zhao (director/screenplay); Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene Swankie, Bob Wells | ||||
| Malcolm & Marie | Netflix / Fotokem | Sam Levinson (director/screenplay); Zendaya, John David Washington | ||||
| Palmer | Apple TV+ | Fisher Stevens (director) Cheryl Guerriero (screenplay); Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright, June Squibb, Ryder Allen | ||||
| F E B R U A R Y |
5 | Falling | Quiver Distribution | Viggo Mortensen (director/screenplay); Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason, Hannah Gross, Laura Linney | ||
| Bliss | Amazon Studios | Mike Cahill (director/screenplay); Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek | ||||
| Little Fish | IFC Films / Black Bear Pictures | Chad Hartigan (director); Mattson Tomlin (screenplay); Olivia Cooke, Jack O’Connell, Raúl Castillo, Soko | ||||
| PVT Chat | Dark Star Pictures | Ben Hozie (director/screenplay); Julia Fox, Nikki Belfiglio, Austin Brown, Peter Vack | ||||
| 10 | Music | Vertical Entertainment | Sia (director/screenplay); Dallas Clayton (screenplay); Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Maddie Ziegler | |||
| 12 | Judas and the Black Messiah | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Participant / Bron Creative | Shaka King (director/screenplay); Will Berson (screenplay); Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lil Rel Howery, Algee Smith, Dominique Thorne, Martin Sheen | |||
| The Mauritanian | STXfilms | Kevin Macdonald (director); M.B. Traven, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Levi, Benedict Cumberbatch | ||||
| Breaking News in Yuba County | American International Pictures | Tate Taylor (director); Amanda Idoko (screenplay); Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Awkwafina, Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes, Juliette Lewis, Samira Wiley, Matthew Modine, Ellen Barkin | ||||
| Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar | Lionsgate / Gloria Sanchez Productions | Josh Greenbaum (director); Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig (screenplay); Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Damon Wayans Jr. | ||||
| Minari | A24 / Plan B Entertainment | Lee Isaac Chung (director/screenplay); Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Scott Haze, Youn Yuh-jung, Will Patton | ||||
| To All the Boys: Always and Forever | Netflix | Michael Fimognari (director); Katie Lovejoy (screenplay); Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Jordan Fisher, Holland Taylor, Sarayu Blue, John Corbett | ||||
| The World to Come | Bleecker Street / Ingenious Media | Mona Fastvold (director); Ron Hansen, Jim Shepard (screenplay); Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott, Casey Affleck | ||||
| French Exit | Sony Pictures Classics | Azazel Jacobs (director); Patrick deWitt (screenplay); Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Danielle Macdonald, Imogen Poots | ||||
| Land | Focus Features / Big Beach | Robin Wright (director); Jesse Chatham, Erin Dignam (screenplay); Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Kim Dickens | ||||
| Willy’s Wonderland | Screen Media Films | Kevin Lewis (director); G.O. Parsons (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, Beth Grant | ||||
| The Map of Tiny Perfect Things | Amazon Studios | Ian Samuels (director); Lev Grossman (screenplay); Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Al Madrigal | ||||
| Fear of Rain | Lionsgate | Castille Landon (director/screenplay); Katherine Heigl, Madison Iseman, Israel Broussard, Harry Connick Jr. | ||||
| 19 | I Care a Lot | Netflix / Amazon Studios / STXfilms / Black Bear Pictures | J Blakeson (director/screenplay); Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Chris Messina, Dianne Wiest, Isiah Whitlock Jr. | |||
| Flora & Ulysses | Walt Disney Pictures / Disney+ | Lena Khan (director); Brad Copeland (screenplay); Matilda Lawler, Alyson Hannigan, Ben Schwartz, Anna Deveare Smith, Danny Pudi, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Janeane Garofalo, Kate Micucci | ||||
| Silk Road | Lionsgate | Tiller Russell (director/screenplay); Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, Katie Aselton, Jimmi Simpson, Daniel David Stewart, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lexi Rabe, Will Ropp, Paul Walter Hauser, Alexandra Shipp | ||||
| 26 | Tom & Jerry | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Animation Group | Tim Story (director); Kevin Costello (screenplay); Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Colin Jost, Rob Delaney, Nicky Jam, Bobby Cannavale, Lil Rel Howery, Ken Jeong | |||
| Cherry | Apple TV+ / AGBO | Anthony and Joe Russo (directors); Angela Russo-Otstot, Jessica Goldberg (screenplay); Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli, Jeff Wahlberg | ||||
| The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Hulu | Lee Daniels (director); Suzan-Lori Parks (screenplay); Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Natasha Lyonne, Garrett Hedlund | ||||
| Crisis | Quiver Distribution | Nicholas Jarecki (director/screenplay); Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Scott Mescudi, Martin Donovan | ||||
| Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry | Neon / Apple TV+ | R. J. Cutler (director/screenplay); Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell, Maggie Baird, Patrick O’Connell | ||||
| The Vigil | IFC Midnight | Keith Thomas (director/screenplay); Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Malky Goldman, Fred Melamed, Lynn Cohen | ||||
| M A R C H |
3 | Moxie | Netflix | Amy Poehler (director); Tamara Chestna, Dylan Meyer (screnplay); Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Hico Hiraga, Sydney Park, Josephine Langford, Clark Gregg, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Poehler, Marcia Gay Harden | ||
| 4 | Coming 2 America | Amazon Studios / Paramount Pictures | Craig Brewer (director); Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Wesley Snipes, James Earl Jones | |||
| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Paramount+ / Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Movies / MRC | Tim Hill (director/screenplay); Tom Kenny, Awkwafina, Matt Berry, Snoop Dogg, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Tiffany Haddish, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, Keanu Reeves, Danny Trejo, Reggie Watts | ||||
| 5 | Raya and the Last Dragon | Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios / Disney+ | Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada (directors); Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim (screenplay); Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, Sandra Oh, Thalia Tran, Lucille Soong, Alan Tudyk | |||
| Chaos Walking | Lionsgate / 3 Arts Entertainment | Doug Liman (director); Patrick Ness, Christopher Ford (screenplay); Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland, Mads Mikkelsen, Demián Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas, Ray McKinnon, Kurt Sutter, David Oyelowo | ||||
| Boss Level | Hulu / Ingenious Media | Joe Carnahan (director/screenplay); Chris Borey, Eddie Borey (screenplay); Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Annabelle Wallis, Ken Jeong, Will Sasso, Selina Lo, Meadow Williams, Michelle Yeoh | ||||
| Boogie | Focus Features | Eddie Huang (director/screenplay); Taylor Takahashi, Taylour Paige, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Bashar “Pop Smoke” Jackson | ||||
| 12 | Yes Day | Netflix | Miguel Arteta (director); Justin Malen (screenplay); Jennifer Garner, Édgar Ramírez, Jenna Ortega, June Diane Raphael, Nat Faxon | |||
| Long Weekend | Stage 6 Films | Steve Basilone (director/screenplay); Finn Wittrock, Zoë Chao, Casey Wilson, Jim Rash, Damon Wayans Jr. | ||||
| Cosmic Sin | Saban Films | Edward Drake (director/screenplay); Corey Large (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Brandon Thomas Lee, C.J. Perry | ||||
| 18 | Zack Snyder’s Justice League | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Films / Atlas Entertainment / The Stone Quarry | Zack Snyder (director); Chris Terrio (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons, Ciarán Hinds | |||
| 19 | The Courier | Lionsgate / Roadside Attractions | Dominic Cooke (director); Tom O’Connor (screenplay); Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright | |||
| Happily | Saban Films | BenDavid Grabinski (director/screenplay); Joel McHale, Kerry Bishé, Stephen Root | ||||
| 26 | Nobody | Universal Pictures / Perfect World Pictures | Ilya Naishuller (director); Derek Kolstad (screenplay); Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Aleksei Serebryakov, RZA, Michael Ironside, Colin Salmon, Christopher Lloyd | |||
| Bad Trip | Netflix / Orion Pictures | Kitao Sakurai (director/screenplay); Dan Curry, Eric André (screenplay); Eric André, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish | ||||
| Senior Moment | Screen Media Films | Giorgio Serafini (director); Kurt Brungardt, Christopher Momenee (screenplay); William Shatner, Jean Smart, Christopher Lloyd | ||||
| 31 | Godzilla vs. Kong | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures | Adam Wingard (director); Eric Pearson, Max Borenstein (screenplay); Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir | |||
April–June
| Opening | Title | Production company | Cast and crew | Genre | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L |
2 | Concrete Cowboy | Netflix | Ricky Staub (director/screenplay); Dan Walser (screenplay); Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint, Clifford “Method Man” Smith | ||
| The Unholy | Screen Gems / Ghost House Pictures | Evan Spiliotopoulos (director/screenplay); Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Katie Aselton, William Sadler, Cricket Brown, Diogo Morgado, Cary Elwes | ||||
| Every Breath You Take | Vertical Entertainment | Vaughn Stein (director); David Murray (screenplay); Casey Affleck, Sam Claflin, Veronica Ferres, India Eisley, Michelle Monaghan | ||||
| Shiva Baby | Utopia | Emma Seligman (director/screenplay); Rachel Sennot, Molly Gordon, Polly Draper, Danny Deferrari, Fred Melamed, Dianna Agron | ||||
| The Girl Who Believes in Miracles | Atlas Distribution Company | Richard Correll (director/screenplay); G.M. Mercier (screenplay); Mira Sorvino, Austyn Johnson, Kevin Sorbo, Peter Coyote | ||||
| 9 | Voyagers | Lionsgate / Thunder Road Films / Ingenious Media | Neil Burger (director/screenplay); Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, Colin Farrell, Chanté Adams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Viveik Kalra, Archie Madekwe, Quintessa Swindell | |||
| Thunder Force | Netflix | Ben Falcone (director/screenplay); Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Bobby Cannavale, Pom Klementieff, Taylor Mosby, Melissa Leo, Jason Bateman | ||||
| 16 | Arlo the Alligator Boy | Netflix | Ryan Crego (Director/Screenplay); Michael J. Woodard, Mary Lambert, Haley Tju, Jonathan Van Ness, Brett Gelman, Tony Hale, Annie Potts, Flea, Jennifer Coolidge, Vincent Rodriguez III | |||
| Monday | IFC Films | Argyris Papadimitropoulos (director/screenplay); Rob Hayes (screenplay); Sebastian Stan, Denise Gough, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Dominique Tipper | ||||
| 22 | Stowaway | Netflix / XYZ Films | Joe Penna (director/screenplay); Ryan Morrison (screenplay); Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, Toni Collette | |||
| 23 | Mortal Kombat | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema | Simon McQuoid (director); Greg Russo, David Callaham (screenplay); Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Chin Han, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada | |||
| Vanquish | Lionsgate | George Gallo (director); Samuel Bartlett (screenplay); Ruby Rose, Morgan Freeman | ||||
| In the Earth | Neon | Ben Wheatley (director/screenplay); Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, John Hollingworth, Mark Monero | ||||
| We Broke Up | Vertical Entertainment | Jeff Rosenberg (director/screenplay); Laura Jacqmin (screenplay); William Jackson Harper, Aya Cash | ||||
| 29 | Things Heard & Seen | Netflix / Likely Story | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (director/screenplay); Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer, F. Murray Abraham | |||
| 30 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Netflix / Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation | Mike Rianda (director/screenplay); Jeff Rowe (co-director/screenplay); Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, Eric Andre, Mike Rianda, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, Conan O’Brien, Charlyne Yi, Sasheer Zamata, Olivia Colman | |||
| Without Remorse | Amazon Studios / Paramount Pictures / Skydance Media | Stefano Sollima (director); Taylor Sheridan, Will Staples (screenplay); Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Luke Mitchell, Jack Kesy, Brett Gelman, Colman Domingo, Guy Pearce | ||||
| The Virtuoso | Lionsgate | Nick Stagliano (director/screenplay); James C. Wolf (screenplay); Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish, Eddie Marsan, David Morse, Anthony Hopkins | ||||
| Four Good Days | Vertical Entertainment | Rodrigo García (director/screenplay); Eli Saslow (screenplay); Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Stephen Root | ||||
| Separation | Open Road Films / Briarcliff Entertainment | William Brent Bell (director); Nick Amadeus, Josh Braun (screenplay); Rupert Friend, Mamie Gummer, Violet McGraw, Brian Cox | ||||
| Together Together | Bleecker Street | Nikole Beckwith (director/screenplay); Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Tig Notaro | ||||
| M A Y |
7 | Monster | Netflix / Bron Studios | Anthony Mandler (director); Radha Blank, Cole Wiley, Janece Shaffer (screenplay); Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Ehle, Tim Blake Nelson, Nasir “Nas” Jones, Rakim “A$AP Rocky” Mayers, Paul Ben-Victor, John David Washington, Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright | ||
| Wrath of Man | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Miramax | Guy Ritchie (director/screenplay); Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies (screenplay); Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Raúl Castillo, DeObia Oparei, Eddie Marsan, Scott Eastwood | ||||
| Mainstream | IFC Films / American Zoetrope | Gia Coppola (director/screenplay); Tom Stuart (screenplay); Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, Nat Wolff, Johnny Knoxville, Jason Schwartzman | ||||
| Above Suspicion | Lionsgate | Phillip Noyce (director); Chris Gerolmo (screenplay); Jack Huston, Emilia Clarke, Johnny Knoxville | ||||
| 14 | The Woman in the Window | Netflix / 20th Century Studios / Fox 2000 Pictures | Joe Wright (director); Tracy Letts (screenplay); Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julianne Moore | |||
| Those Who Wish Me Dead | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema / Bron Studios | Taylor Sheridan (director/screenplay); Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt (screenplay); Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Aidan Gillen, Medina Senghore, Tyler Perry, Jake Weber, Jon Bernthal | ||||
| Spiral | Lionsgate / Twisted Pictures | Darren Lynn Bousman (director); Josh Stolberg, Pete Goldfinger (screenplay); Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols | ||||
| Finding You | Roadside Attractions | Brian Baugh (director/screenplay); Rose Reid, Jedidiah Goodacre, Katherine McNamara, Patrick Bergin, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Judith Hoag, Tom Everett Scott, Vanessa Redgrave | ||||
| 21 | Army of the Dead | Netflix / The Stone Quarry | Zack Snyder (director/screenplay); Shay Hatten, Joby Harold (screenplay); Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Garret Dillahunt | |||
| 28 | A Quiet Place Part II | Paramount Pictures / Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night Productions | John Krasinski (director/screenplay); Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou, John Krasinski | |||
| Cruella | Walt Disney Pictures / Disney+ | Craig Gillespie (director); Dana Fox, Tony McNamara (screenplay); Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mark Strong | ||||
| J U N E |
4 | Spirit Untamed | Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation | Elaine Bogan, Ennio Torresan (directors); Aury Wallington (screenplay); Isabela Moner, Marsai Martin, Mckenna Grace, Julianne Moore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Walton Goggins, Eiza González | ||
| The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema | Michael Chaves (director); David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (screenplay); Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Julian Hilliard | ||||
| Samaritan | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Balboa Productions | Julius Avery (director); Bragi F. Schult (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, Moisés Arias, Dascha Polanco, Pilou Asbæk, Javon “Wanna” Walton | ||||
| Vivo | Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation | Kirk DeMicco (director/screenplay); Quiara Alegría Hudes (screenplay) | ||||
| Flashback | Lionsgate | Christopher MacBride (director/screenplay); Dylan O’Brien, Maika Monroe, Hannah Gross | ||||
| 11 | In the Heights | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Likely Story | Jon M. Chu (director); Quiara Alegría Hudes (screenplay); Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Jimmy Smits, Lin-Manuel Miranda | |||
| 16 | Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard | Lionsgate / Millennium Media | Patrick Hughes (director); Tom O’Connor, Brandon Murphy, Phillip Murphy (screenplay); Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Frank Grillo, Richard E. Grant, Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman | |||
| 18 | Luca | Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios / Disney+ | Enrico Casarosa (director); Mike Jones, Jesse Andrews (screenplay); Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Marco Baricelli, Saverio Raimondo, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan | |||
| Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Columbia Pictures / MRC / Animal Logic | Will Gluck (director/screenplay); Patrick Burleigh (screenplay); James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne, Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, David Oyelowo | ||||
| Fatherhood | Netflix / Columbia Pictures / Bron Creative | Paul Weitz (director/screenplay); Dana Stevens (screenplay); Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Melody Hurd, Anthony Carrigan, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise, Paul Reiser | ||||
| 25 | F9 | Universal Pictures / Original Film / One Race Films | Justin Lin (director/screenplay); Daniel Casey (screenplay); Vin Diesel, John Cena, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron | |||
| False Positive | A24 / Hulu | John Lee (director/screenplay); Ilana Glazer (screenplay); Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Sophia Bush, Josh Hamilton, Pierce Brosnan | ||||
| 28 | The Plane | Solstice Studios | Christian Gudegast (director); Charles Cumming, J.P. Davis (screenplay); Gerard Butler | |||
| 30 | Zola | A24 | Janicza Bravo (director/screenplay); Jeremy O. Harris (screenplay); Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, Ari’el Stachel, Colman Domingo | |||
July–September
| Opening | Title | Production company | Cast and crew | Genre | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y |
2 | The Tomorrow War | Amazon Studios / Paramount Pictures / Skydance Media | Chris McKay (director); Zach Dean, Bill Dubuque (screenplay); Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, Betty Gilpin, Keith Powers, Mike Mitchell, Sam Richardson, J. K. Simmons | ||
| The Forever Purge | Universal Pictures / Platinum Dunes / Blumhouse Productions | Everardo Gout (director); James DeMonaco (screenplay); Ana de la Reguera, Josh Lucas, Tenoch Huerta, Leven Rambin, Will Patton, Cassidy Freeman | ||||
| 9 | Black Widow | Marvel Studios / Disney+ | Cate Shortland (director); Eric Pearson (screenplay); Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, Rachel Weisz | |||
| 16 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Animation Group | Malcolm D. Lee (director); Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Keenan Coogler, Terence Nance (screenplay); LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Khris Davis, Sonequa Martin-Green, Cedric Joe, Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, Zendaya | |||
| Cinderella | Columbia Pictures / Fulwell 73 | Kay Cannon (director/screenplay); Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Nicholas Galitzine, James Corden, John Mulaney, Minnie Driver, Pierce Brosnan | ||||
| Dog | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin (director); Reid Carolin (screenplay); Channing Tatum, Q’orianka Kilcher | ||||
| The Night House | Searchlight Pictures | David Bruckner (director); Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski (screenplay); Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin, Vondie Curtis-Hall | ||||
| 23 | Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation / MRC | Jennifer Kluska, Derek Drymon (directors); Genndy Tartakovsky (screenplay); Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade | |||
| Snake Eyes | Paramount Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Skydance Media | Robert Schwentke (director); Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay); Henry Golding, Andrew Koji, Úrsula Corberó, Samara Weaving, Iko Uwais | ||||
| Old | Universal Pictures / Blinding Edge Pictures | M. Night Shyamalan (director/screenplay); Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, Embeth Davidtz, Eliza Scanlen, Emun Elliott, Kathleen Chalfant, Thomasin McKenzie | ||||
| 30 | Jungle Cruise | Walt Disney Pictures | Jaume Collet-Serra (director); Michael Green, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Édgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, Paul Giamatti | |||
| Stillwater | Focus Features / DreamWorks Pictures / Participant | Tom McCarthy (director/screenplay); Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré (screenplay); Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Deanna Dunagan | ||||
| The Green Knight | A24 / Bron Studios | David Lowery (director/screenplay); Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Barry Keoghan, Ralph Ineson | ||||
| A U G U S T |
6 | The Suicide Squad | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Films / Atlas Entertainment | James Gunn (director/screenplay); Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Nathan Fillion, Sean Gunn, Flula Borg, Mayling Ng, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis | ||
| 13 | Free Guy | 20th Century Studios / 21 Laps Entertainment / TSG Entertainment | Shawn Levy (director); Matt Lieberman, Zak Penn (screenplay); Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Taika Waititi | |||
| Respect | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Bron Creative | Liesl Tommy (director); Tracey Scott Wilson (screenplay); Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Skye Dakota Turner, Tate Donovan, Mary J. Blige | ||||
| Don’t Breathe 2 | Screen Gems / Stage 6 Films / Ghost House Pictures | Rodo Sayagues (director/screenplay); Fede Álvarez (screenplay); Stephen Lang | ||||
| 20 | BIOS | Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment / ImageMovers | Miguel Sapochnik (director); Craig Luck, Ivor Powell (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Samira Wiley, Laura Harrier, Skeet Ulrich | |||
| PAW Patrol: The Movie | Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Movies | Cal Brunker (director/screenplay); Bob Barlen, Billy Frolick (screenplay); Iain Armitage, Marsai Martin, Dax Shepard, Tyler Perry, Jimmy Kimmel, Yara Shahidi, Randall Park, Kim Kardashian West | ||||
| 27 | Reminiscence | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / FilmNation Entertainment | Lisa Joy (director/screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Daniel Wu, Cliff Curtis | |||
| Candyman | Universal Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Monkeypaw Productions | Nia DaCosta (director/screenplay); Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld (screenplay); Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Vanessa Estelle Williams, Tony Todd | ||||
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3 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Marvel Studios | Destin Daniel Cretton (director); David Callaham (screenplay); Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung, Fala Chen, Meng’er Zhang, Florian Munteanu, Ronny Chieng, Michelle Yeoh | ||
| 10 | Malignant | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema | James Wan (director); Akela Cooper (screenplay); Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, George Young, Jacqueline McKenzie, Mckenna Grace | |||
| 17 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation | Tom McGrath (director); Michael McCullers (screenplay); Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Amy Sedaris, Eva Longoria, Ariana Greenblatt, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Jeff Goldblum | |||
| 24 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Columbia Pictures / Marvel Entertainment / Tencent Pictures | Andy Serkis (director), Kelly Marcel (screenplay); Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, Naomie Harris | |||
| Infinite | Paramount Pictures | Antoine Fuqua (director); John Lee Hancock, Ian Shorr (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Dylan O’Brien, Sophie Cookson, Rupert Friend, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Jason Mantzoukas, Toby Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor | ||||
| The Many Saints of Newark | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema / HBO Films | Alan Taylor (director); David Chase, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, Billy Magnussen, John Magaro, Michela De Rossi, Ray Liotta, Vera Farmiga | ||||
| Dear Evan Hansen | Universal Pictures / Perfect World Pictures | Stephen Chbosky (director); Steven Levenson (screenplay); Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani, Danny Pino, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore | ||||
| The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Searchlight Pictures | Michael Showalter (director); Abe Sylvia (screenplay); Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio | ||||
October–December
| Opening | Title | Production company | Cast and crew | Genre | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R |
1 | Dune | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures | Denis Villeneuve (director/screenplay); Jon Spaihts, Eric Roth (screenplay); Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem | ||
| The Addams Family 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Bron Creative | Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan (directors); Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit (screenplay); Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Kroll, Javon “Wanna” Walton, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, Bill Hader | ||||
| 8 | No Time to Die | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Universal Pictures / Eon Productions | Cary Joji Fukunaga (director/screenplay); Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Ana de Armas, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes | |||
| 15 | Halloween Kills | Universal Pictures / Miramax / Blumhouse Productions | David Gordon Green (director/screenplay); Danny McBride, Scott Teems (screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Anthony Michael Hall, Kyle Richards, Robert Longstreet, Nancy Stephens, Charles Cyphers | |||
| The Last Duel | 20th Century Studios / Scott Free Productions / TSG Entertainment | Ridley Scott (director); Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Nicole Holofcener (screenplay); Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck | ||||
| 22 | Last Night in Soho | Focus Features / Working Title Films / Film4 | Edgar Wright (director/screenplay); Krysty Wilson-Cairns (screenplay); Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Rita Tushingham, Terence Stamp | |||
| Ron’s Gone Wrong | 20th Century Studios / 20th Century Animation | Alessandro Carloni, Jean-Philippe Vine (director); Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith (screenplay) | ||||
| Cry Macho | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Malpaso Productions | Clint Eastwood (director); Nick Schenk, N. Richard Nash (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Dwight Yoakam | ||||
| Jackass 4 | Paramount Pictures / MTV Films | Jeff Tremaine (director); Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze (screenplay); Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Jason “Wee-Man” Acuna, Preston Lacy, Chris Pontius, Jeff Tremaine | ||||
| 29 | Antlers | Searchlight Pictures | Scott Cooper (director/screenplay); Nick Antosca, C. Henry Chaisson (screenplay); Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan | |||
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5 | Eternals | Marvel Studios | Chloé Zhao (director); Kaz Firpo, Ryan Firpo (screenplay); Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Don Lee, Lia McHugh, Barry Keoghan, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington | ||
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Paramount Pictures / Entertainment One / Walden Media | Walt Becker (director); Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Annie Mumolo, Stan Chervin (screenplay); Darby Camp, Jack Whitehall, David Alan Grier, Sienna Guillory, Kenan Thompson, Rosie Perez, John Cleese | ||||
| 11 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Columbia Pictures / Bron Creative / Ghost Corps | Jason Reitman (director/screenplay); Gil Kenan (screenplay); Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts | |||
| 12 | Belfast | Focus Features | Kenneth Branagh (director/screenplay); Judi Dench, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Jude Hill | |||
| 19 | Top Gun: Maverick | Paramount Pictures / Skydance Media / Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Tencent Pictures | Joseph Kosinski (director); Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer | |||
| King Richard | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures | Reinaldo Marcus Green (director); Zach Baylin (screenplay); Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, Dylan McDermott | ||||
| 24 | Encanto | Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios | Byron Howard, Jared Bush, Chasire Castro Smith (directors); Jared Bush, Chasire Castro Smith (screenplay); Stephanie Beatriz | |||
| House of Gucci | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Scott Free Productions | Ridley Scott (director); Roberto Bentivegna (screenplay); Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Al Pacino | ||||
| Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | Screen Gems / Constantin Film | Johannes Roberts (director/screenplay); Greg Russo (screenplay); Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Kamen, Avan Jogia, Tom Hopper, Lily Gao, Neal McDonough, Donal Logue | ||||
| D E C E M B E R |
3 | Nightmare Alley | Searchlight Pictures / TSG Entertainment | Guillermo del Toro (director/screenplay); Kim Morgan (screenplay); Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, David Strathairn | ||
| 10 | West Side Story | 20th Century Studios / Amblin Entertainment | Steven Spielberg (director); Tony Kushner (screenplay); Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Maddie Ziegler, Rita Moreno | |||
| American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story | Lionsgate | Erwin brothers (directors); David Aaron, Jon Erwin, Jon Gunn (screenplay); Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Ser’Darius Blain, Adam Baldwin, Virginia Madsen, Dennis Quaid | ||||
| 17 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios | Jon Watts (director); Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers (screenplay); Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Angourie Rice, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alfred Molina | |||
| 22 | Untitled fourth Matrix film | HBO Max / Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures | Lana Wachowski (director/screenplay); Aleksandar Hemon, David Mitchell (screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Neil Patrick Harris, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Lambert Wilson, Jada Pinkett-Smith | |||
| Sing 2 | Universal Pictures / Illumination | Garth Jennings (director/screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Pharrell Williams, Letitia Wright, Eric Andre, Chelsea Peretti, Bono | ||||
| The King’s Man | 20th Century Studios / Marv Films | Matthew Vaughn (director/screenplay); Karl Gajdusek (screenplay); Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, Charles Dance | ||||
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