November 2026 Movie Releases: 16 Films to Keep on Your Radar

Godzilla returns to Japan in the sequel to Godzilla Minus One, this time set in 1949, as the country is still struggling to recover from the devastation of World War II. Two years after the events of the previous film, the Shikishima family once again faces a new threat emerging from the ocean, putting everything they have managed to rebuild at risk.

Fun fact: Takashi Yamazaki returns as director, screenwriter and visual effects supervisor, with Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe reprising their leading roles.

The famous Dr. Seuss character stars in a new animated movie. This time, the Cat is given a mission far more complicated than simply causing mischief: helping two siblings adjust to moving to a new town. Of course, knowing the Cat, the solution will probably involve plenty of magic, chaos and situations that quickly spiral out of control.

Fun fact: Tim Minchin, the composer behind Matilda the Musical, wrote the film's main song from the Cat's perspective, imagining what kind of tune the character would sing during his missions.

A blend of thriller, dark comedy and mythology, set at a star-studded charity gala that turns into a hostage situation when a cult storms the event with an apocalyptic mission: sacrifice three people to prevent the end of the world. Among the guests is Mike Tyler, a washed-up actor who sees the chaos as an opportunity to reclaim his lost fame. What begins as a possible comeback soon turns into a situation where no one seems safe.

Fun fact: Directed by Romain Gavras, the film features an ensemble cast including Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault, Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich and singer Charli XCX.

Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson star in this action thriller about a race against time to save a young girl's life. A former soldier and his unlikely partner must complete a crucial medical delivery, but the journey turns into a nightmare when a ruthless criminal cartel sets its sights on them. Also starring Rodrigo Santoro, the film combines high-speed chases, danger and an unexpected alliance in a mission where every minute counts.

Fun fact: Scott Waugh worked as a stunt performer before becoming a film director, and worked alongside his father and brother on Last Action Hero, the 1993 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Martin McDonagh, the director of The Banshees of Inisherin and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, returns with a dark espionage comedy starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell. Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, two veteran CIA agents are sent from Santiago to Easter Island on a mission that quickly becomes complicated. There, surrounded by moai statues and long-standing conspiracies, one of them forms an unexpected bond with two rebellious students. Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, Parker Posey, Mariana Di Girolamo and Argentine actress Ailín Salas round out the cast.

Fun fact: The movie was filmed on Easter Island and at various locations around Santiago, Chile.

A secret military facility in the middle of the desert becomes the setting for a nightmare when a group of genetically modified super-soldiers escapes, unleashing an uncontrollable threat. An Army veteran must confront them to protect her daughter. This action-horror thriller combines secret experiments, violence and a desperate fight for survival.

Fun fact: The film stars Adria Arjona, daughter of Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona.

In this action comedy, bank robbery is no longer a secretive crime but a live spectacle. A group of young criminals livestreams their heists and begins gaining followers as their robberies become increasingly spectacular. The trouble begins when their viral fame also attracts the attention of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer, who start tracking their every move.

Fun fact: Nicholas Hoult and Zoë Kravitz reunite after previously appearing together in X-Men: First Class and Mad Max: Fury Road.

Johnny Depp takes on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly and lonely protagonist of A Christmas Carol, the classic story by Charles Dickens. In this new adaptation, featuring a gothic aesthetic, a series of supernatural encounters forces Scrooge to confront his past, reflect on the consequences of his decisions and discover what the future holds.

Fun fact: Dickens's novella was first published in 1843 and has since become one of the most frequently adapted Christmas stories in film, television and theater.

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Working the night shift at a funeral home can be unsettling enough, but things take a terrifying turn when the bodies begin hiding supernatural secrets. Rebecca Owens gets a job as a mortuary assistant in Connecticut, working under the supervision of Raymond, a reserved man who seems to know much more than he lets on. During her first shifts, she discovers that some of the bodies are connected to demonic forces and that the embalming rituals are part of a much darker struggle.

Fun fact: The horror video game on which the film is based was created by Brian Clarke and released in 2022.

Arturo the Goat works as a delivery boy, but dreams of becoming a renowned barber. His plans are turned upside down when the seven chicks of the imperial family of Castilia are kidnapped, and he unexpectedly finds himself responsible for rescuing them. Suddenly, he must look after a group of young heirs while traveling through a kingdom threatened by dark forces.

Fun fact: The film is a Thai-Chinese co-production and was featured at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, one of the world's most important events dedicated to animation.

The world of Panem returns to the big screen to tell a story previously known only through its consequences: Haymitch Abernathy's participation in the 50th Hunger Games. Set 24 years before Katniss Everdeen's story, the film follows the future District 12 mentor as a teenager, forced to compete in the Second Quarter Quell, a special edition in which the Capitol doubles the number of tributes.

Fun fact: The film adapts Suzanne Collins's novel, published in March 2025. The book sold more than 1.5 million English-language copies in its first week and has since surpassed 4.4 million copies sold.

Before becoming one of cinema's most famous boxers, Rocky Balboa was a passion project for Sylvester Stallone. I Play Rocky revisits the moment when the then-unknown actor wrote a story about a boxer who gets an unlikely shot at success and insisted on playing the lead role himself, even when the film industry had little faith in him. Anthony Ippolito portrays the young Stallone in this film directed by Peter Farrelly, which goes behind the scenes of a cinema classic to tell another kind of fight: that of an artist who refuses to give up the role of a lifetime.

Fun fact: The original Rocky was released in 1976 and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

A mythological epic passed down through generations comes to the big screen in a large-scale adaptation. The story follows Rama, a prince driven by duty and sacrifice, and Ravana, an immortal king motivated by revenge, whose destinies become intertwined through an ancient prophecy. This major production combines battles, mythology and visual effects to bring one of India's most iconic cultural narratives to the big screen.

Fun fact: The film brings together two Academy Award-winning composers for the first time: Germany's Hans Zimmer, known for his scores for Dune and The Lion King, and India's A. R. Rahman, who composed the soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire.

Billie is an impulsive teenager who has never quite fit into her suburban surroundings. Everything changes when she discovers she has magical powers and arrives in Hexe, a realm inhabited by witches and extraordinary creatures. There, alongside her mother, she must uncover family secrets that could change the magical world forever. This Disney animated adventure combines fantasy and humor with a mother-daughter relationship that will be put to the test as both discover they have much more in common than they ever imagined.

Fun fact: Billie was originally conceived as a male character, but the creative team decided to make her a teenage girl and place greater emphasis on the mother-daughter relationship.

Meeting the in-laws has never been easy for Greg Focker, but now it's his turn to experience the challenge from the other side. His son Henry is about to marry Olivia, a former FBI hostage negotiator, and Greg is suspicious of his future daughter-in-law from the very beginning. Meanwhile, grandfather Jack Byrnes seems delighted with her, but clashing personalities and family suspicions threaten to turn the wedding preparations into another battleground.

Fun fact: Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro reunite for the fourth installment of the franchise, with Ariana Grande joining the cast as Olivia.

Sometimes, hearing the voice of someone you love can bring comfort. Other times, it can open a door that would have been better left closed. Naya tries to make sense of the tragedy that destroyed her family when she begins receiving messages from beyond the grave through the last voice note left by her younger sister, Anna, who died while possessed after murdering their parents. As Naya tries to uncover what really happened, a demonic presence begins threatening her brother as well, turning what initially seemed like a search for answers into a desperate fight for survival.

Fun fact: The idea came from a personal experience of Colombian director David Bohórquez, who explained that, after the death of his younger brother, he listened again to a voice note his brother had sent him. That moment became the inspiration for the film.