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1Blade Runner 2049
CourtesyIt took critics years to declare Ridley’s Scott’s 1982 replicant hunting sci-fi a masterpiece. Though we don’t quite share their emphatic praise, we do hail 2049 director Denis Villeneuve as one of the best modern cinema filmmakers. Throw a Gosling into the dystopian equation, and this becomes a no-brainer.
In theaters October 6. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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2The Mountain Between Us
CourtesyKate Winslet and Idris Elba star in Oscar-nominated director Hany Abu-Assad’s survival tale, which turns a mountain ridge in northern Utah into either a frigid death trap... or the perfect setting to fan the flames of a budding romance. Hint: it’s the latter.
In theaters October 6. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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3Better Watch Out
CourtesySwinging paint cans. Pet tarantulas. Lack of parental supervision. Sounds like a night of terrorizing bumbling intruders at the McCallister residence. But a holiday heart-warmer this is not. Chris Peckover’s Fantasia Film Fest audience fave is a bloody dark comedy you should be excited to unwrap.
In theaters October 6. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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4The Florida Project
CourtesySean Baker knows humans: hustlers in New York City, a transgender sex worker in Tinseltown, adult film stars in the San Fernando Valley. Now, he’s lowering his lens to about three feet high, as the stars of his latest film are six-year-olds finding wonderment in the shadows of Disney World.
In theaters October 6. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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5Una
CourtesyBrace yourself: this explosive drama unravels through the eyes of a woman (Rooney Mara) and the man she loves (Ben Mendelsohnuna). That man is also the same neighbor who stole her innocence when she was 13. The subject matter is touchy—to say the least—but also captivating thanks to its talented leads.
In theaters October 6. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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6Dina
CourtesyA documentary that will undoubtedly feel like the most tender, scripted love story you’ve ever seen, Dina explores the relationship between two adults living on the autism spectrum: a woman with a tragic past and the Walmart greeter she’s about to marry.
In theaters October 6. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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778/52
CourtesyPsycho fans, director Alexandre O. Philippe has crafted a 91-minute dedication to one of the most iconic scenes in the horror genre—and you deserve it. As Rodney Ascher did with Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, Philippe breaks down the 78 shots, 52 cuts, and subsequent legacy of Hitchcock’s shower scene.
In limited theaters October 6. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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8Te Ata
CourtesyAt the turn of the 20th century, a young Chickasaw woman dreamed of becoming a star—and so, she did. Te Ata recounts her inspiring real-life story.
In limited theaters now. Watch the trailer here, then find screenings.
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9Happy Death Day
CourtesyRy Russo-Young successfully pulled from Harold Ramis’s classic for Before I Fall, while Tom Cruise lived, died, and repeated with gusto in Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow. Now, the Blumhouse crew (Get Out, Split) are working the Groundhog Day time loop into a campus horror about a co-ed who keeps reliving the day she was murdered.
In theaters October 13. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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10Marshall
CourtesyWe know Thurgood Marshall as the first African American U.S. Supreme Court justice, but before he became a trailblazer of the modern legal system, he worked as an attorney for the NAACP. Chadwick Boseman stars alongside Kate Hudson and Josh Gad in this slick drama.
In theaters October 13. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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11Breathe
CourtesyOscar buzz is already hovering over this tearjerker from first-time director Andy Serkis. It stars Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield as Diana and Robin Cavendish, a couple who became fierce advocates for disabled people after he contracted polio.
In theaters October 13. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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12Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
CourtesyYou’ve been introduced to Patty Jenkins’s wondrous Wonder Woman. Now, meet the women who inspired the comic created by Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans): his wife (Rebecca Hall) and their mistress (Bella Heathcote). Amorous and polyamorous affairs ensue.
In theaters October 13. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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13The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
CourtesyNot a Greenberg or While We’re Young fan? Then move right along—this one’s quintessential Noah Baumbach from Ben to Stiller. Starring, well, Stiller, the Cannes winner (congrats, Einstein) is a family comedy that offers its cast, including Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman, a platform on which to shine.
Premiering on Netflix October 13.
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14Tom of Finland
CourtesyAfter returning home from one war, Touko Laaksonen finds himself in the middle of another, as peacetime Helsinki is persecuting gay men. It’s only through his art that he’s able to find solace, and it’s in that art—the homoerotic pieces that fanned the gay revolution—that we see his signature, Tom of Finland.
In limited theaters October 13. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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15Human Flow
CourtesyAi Weiwei: you know him as the Chinese activist and artist who continuously gives the one-finger salute to the system. Here, he’s wearing the director’s hat to reveal the heartbreaking story of the global refugee crisis to the masses. Like his body of artwork, it’s already racking up the accolades.
In theaters October 13. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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16The Snowman
It’s been almost a decade since director Tomas Alfredson left his mark on the vampire subgenre with Let the Right One In. Finally, he’s back with another chiller: this one starring Michael Fassbender as a detective tracking a serial killer who leaves behind little, creepy snowmen with every kill.
In theaters October 20. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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17Wonderstruck
CourtesyTodd Haynes, fresh off the success of Carol, gives highbrow YA mystery a go by adapting Brian Selznick’s same-name best-seller for the big screen. Unfolding over two timelines 50 years apart, the story (co-starring Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore) follows the connection between a pair of precocious children.
In theaters October 20. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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18Tragedy Girls
CourtesyJust how many twists can one genre endure? Go ahead and add one more. Tyler MacIntyre’s slasher satire borrows from the ghosts of horror’s iconic past like Scream and pulls inspiration from the gal-pal comedy of Clueless to introduce a new-age villain to the sub-subgenre: the social media-obsessed serial killer.
In theaters October 20. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
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19God’s Own Country
CourtesyReferences to Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain will not be lost on you as you watch a Yorkshire sheep farmer and the Romanian farmhand helping with lambing season camp out with their flock, all the while navigating the intimacy of their unconstrained relationship.
In theaters October 25. Watch the trailer here.
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20Novitiate
CourtesyMargaret Betts make her feature directorial debut with a nun drama that critics are already hailing as superior. It stars The Leftovers’ Margaret Qualley as Sister Cathleen, a young nun in training whose religious journey gets bumpy when her calling, coming-of-age sexuality, and faith all collide.
In theaters October 27. Watch the trailer here, then get tickets at Fandango. Find Screenings
DeAnna Janes is a freelance writer and editor for a number of sites, including Harper’s BAZAAR, Tasting Table, Fast Company and Brit + Co, and is a passionate supporter of animal causes, copy savant, movie dork and reckless connoisseur of all holidays. A native Texan living in NYC since 2005, Janes has a degree in journalism from Texas A&M and got her start in media at US Weekly before moving on to O Magazine, and eventually becoming the entertainment editor of the once-loved, now-shuttered DailyCandy. She’s based on the Upper West Side.
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