Movie fans have more to look forward to this fall, in theaters and at home. Here’s The Associated Press’ guide for the movies heading to theaters and the home for the month of October.
Oct. 2
“Digger” (Warner Bros., in theaters): Alejandro G. Iñárritu directs Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, the most powerful man in the world who’s out to prove he can save humanity after a disaster he’s unleashed.
“Verity” (Amazon MGM, in theaters): A psychological thriller adapted from Colleen Hoover’s novel, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.
“The Last First: Winter K2” (Apple TV, streaming): Amir Bar-Lev’s documentary on the deadly 2021 winter expedition to summit K2.
“Beware Boiúna” (Lionsgate, in theaters): In the Amazon, a medical mission spirals into a fight for survival when Boiúna, a colossal ancient predator, awakens.
“Atonement” (Kino Lorber, in theaters): Reed Van Dyk directs this based-on-a-true-story drama about a troubled Marine seeking reconciliation with the survivors of a family affected by a 2003 raid in Iraq. Starring Boyd Holbrook, Hiam Abbass and Kenneth Branagh.
“Rolling Loud the Movie” (Ketchup Entertainment, in theaters): A by-the-book dad (Owen Wilson) makes an ill-advised decision to sneak his 13-year-old son (Christian Convery) into a hip-hop festival headlined by Travis Scott.
Oct. 7
“Love of Your Life” (Amazon MGM, in theaters): Rachel Morrison directs this heartbreaking drama starring Margaret Qualley as a Boston nurse who falls for a guy (Gabriel Basso) and they marry. But tragedy intrudes.
Oct. 9
“The Social Reckoning” (Sony, in theaters): Aaron Sorkin writes and directs a follow-up to 2010’s “The Social Network,” with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg. Mikey Madison stars as Frances Haugen, the young Facebook engineer who blew the whistle on the social network’s algorithms.
“Misty Green” (A24, in theaters): Years after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actor (Rosalind Eleazar) whose career has stalled fights for her second act. Written and directed by Chris Rock.
“Animals” (Netflix, in theaters and streaming): Ben Affleck directs and stars in this drama about a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped.
“Other Mommy” (Universal, in theaters): Jessica Chastain plays dual roles as the mother of an 8-year-old girl and “Other Mommy,” a threatening presence that emerges out of her closet.
“Big Girls Don’t Cry” (Blue Fox Entertainment, in theaters): A coming-of-age drama by filmmaker Paloma Schneideman about a 14-year-old during a transformative summer.
“Fjord” (Neon, in theaters): Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu’s social drama, the Palme d’Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as the parents of a family who have moved from Romania to Norway and soon find their religious lifestyle chafes against the progressive community.
“Matchbox: The Movie” (Apple TV, streaming): An action-adventure film based on the Mattel miniature car toys, led by John Cena.
“Tenzing” (Apple TV, in theaters): A tale about Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), the mountain climber and head Sherpa who, with Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston), became the first to summit Mount Everest.
“Angel and the Badman” (Angel Studios, in theaters): A remake of the 1947 John Wayne Western starring Zachary Levi, Tommy Lee Jones and Neal McDonough.
Oct. 12
“Free Leonard Peltier” (Netflix, streaming): Documentarians Jesse Short Bull and David France revisit the American Indian Movement of the 1970s and the arrest of Leonard Peltier after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Oct. 16
“Sense and Sensibility” (Focus Features, in theaters): The latest Jane Austen adaptation, from director Georgia Oakley and featuring a cast including Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles and George MacKay.
“Street Fighter” (Paramount Pictures, in theaters): A 1990s-set adaptation of the video game, directed by Kitao Sakurai and featuring a cast led by Andrew Koji and Noah Centineo.
“Whalefall” (20th Century Studios, in theaters): A survival thriller about a scuba diver (Austin Abrams) who’s swallowed whole by a sperm whale.
“La Bola Negra” (Netflix, in theaters): Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s film is set in 1932, 1937 and 2017, telling the interconnected story of three gay men through Spanish history.
“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” (Neon, in theaters): David Greaves, son of the filmmaker William Greaves, completes the documentary his father shot in 1972 when he convened luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance at Duke Ellington’s townhouse.
“Musk” (Bleecker Street, in theaters): Alex Gibney’s four-hour documentary on Elon Musk.
Oct. 21
“One in a Million” (PBS, streaming): Over the course of a decade, Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes follow Israa, who is 11 when filming begins, and her family in Syria as they prepare to cross the Aegean Sea to reach Europe.
Oct. 23
“Wildwood” (Fathom, in theaters): A sprawling stop-motion animated film from Laika, adapted from the book by Colin Meloy, is about a girl whose baby brother is kidnapped by crows and flown into a magical forest.
“Ali G: Who Iz I?” (Amazon MGM, in theaters): Sacha Baron Cohen returns as one of his original characters in a new feature film. Baron Cohen also directed.
“Klara and the Sun” (Sony Pictures, in theaters): Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel is about a brokenhearted family who is helped by Klara, an Artificial Friend. With Amy Adams, Natasha Lyonne and Jenna Ortega.
“Clayface” (Warner Bros., in theaters): The latest DC Studios release is a horror thriller about an up-and-coming actor whose face is disfigured by a gangster. Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen/Clayface.
“Fatherland” (Mubi, in theaters): Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski (“Ida,” “Cold War”) directs this postwar drama about German writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter (Sandra Hüller) crossing between Soviet- and American-controlled Germany.
“The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” (Sony Pictures Classics, in theaters): John Turturro stars as Harry, an old-school New York hustler whose pickpocket ways are growing obsolete in a digital world.
“Possible Love” (Netflix, in theaters; streams Nov. 6): Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong follows up his acclaimed 2018 film “Burning” with this drama about four strangers whose paths cross by chance.
“A Talent for Murder” (Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment, in theaters): Helen Mirren plays the thriller writer Patricia Highsmith in Anton Corbijn’s film about a young man (Alden Ehrenreich) trying to convince her to write another Tom Ripley novel.
“Wicker” (Black Bear, in theaters): Olivia Colman stars as a fisherwoman in a small village who commissions the local basket maker (Peter Dinklage) to weave her a husband. The result (played by Alexander Skarsgård) turns out surprisingly well.
Oct. 30
“The Mosquito Bowl” (Netflix, in theaters): Peter Berg directs this adaptation of Buzz Bissinger’s bestseller about four college football stars who enlist in the Marines after the attack on Pearl Harbor. With Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård, Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis.
“The Mongoose” (Samuel Goldwyn Films, in theaters): Liam Neeson stars as a war hero on a getaway mission in this car chase movie.
“Gentle Monster” (Netflix, in theaters): Filmmaker Marie Kreutzer’s film is about a woman (Léa Seydoux) whose life unravels after her husband is arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material.
“Queen at Sea” (Greenwich Entertainment, in theaters): In Lance Hammer’s film, Juliette Binoche plays a woman whose mother has dementia. After an incident, her stepfather is arrested.
“Stiletto” (The Horror Section, in theaters): In this Eli Roth-produced horror film, a serial killer stalks exotic dancers.
“Everest: The Other Side” (National Geographic, in theaters): Filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (“Free Solo”) pursue their dream to climb and ski the North Face of Everest.