Here are All the New Movies and Early Theater Releases You Can Watch Right Now. Thank God the pandemic is finally over and the theatres are once again open. As theaters begin showing signs of life and streaming, there are more movies (and platforms to watch them on) than ever to sift through, and IndieWire is here to help you do just that each week.
The new releases are packed with compelling picks of all kinds, from Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated take on “Dune” to Liz Garbus’ charming doc “Becoming Cousteau,” and Wes Anderson’s also much-anticipated period piece “The French Dispatch” to Jeymes Samuel’s rollicking Western “The Harder They Fall.”
All the New Movies and Early Theater Releases You Can Watch Right Now
Many of the new releases are appearing on the big screen and streaming services are still getting plenty of first-run films.
A number of festival standouts are also getting wider releases. Get ready and prepare your mind as this article has power-packed and interesting movies for your to watch. Just read down.
Best Movies in the Theatres Right Now
Below are some of the most thrilling movies this year to watch;
No time to die
No Time to Die is neither lean nor mean; it’s a hard-working attempt to reconcile the Bond rituals with a series-finale emotional weight that these movies have been accumulating (with mixed success) since 2006.
- Release Date: October 8, 2021
- Director:Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Stars: Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ben Whishaw, Lashana Lynch, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Christoph Waltz
- Rating: PG-13
- Runtime: 163 minutes
Dune
Both technologically innovative and narratively faithful to the original text, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is bolstered by its seamless special effects and starpower above all else.
- Release Date: October 22, 2021
- Director: Denis Villeneuve
- Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa
- Rating: PG-13
- Runtime: 155 minutes
Candyman
Candyman is one interesting movie that needs to be on your watch list this month.
- Release Date: August 27, 2021
- Director: Nia DaCosta
- Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Tony Todd, Vanessa Estelle Williams
- Rating: R
- Runtime: 91 minutes
Luzzu
- Release Date: October 15, 2021
- Director: Alex Camilleri
- Stars: Jesmark Scicluna, Michela Farrugia, David Scicluna
- Rating: NR
- Runtime: 94 minute
Bergman Island
There is no place on Earth tied more firmly to a filmmaker than Fårö is to Ingmar Bergman. One cannot venture through the small island without being reminded of him at every turn.
- Release Date: October 15, 2021
- Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
- Stars: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie
- Rating: R
- Runtime: 112 minutes
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
The film’s anthology approach works as a compelling contrast to Hamaguchi’s other 2021 feature, Japan’s Oscar selection Drive My Car, which itself is a three-hour adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story of the same name.
- Release Date: October 15, 2021
- Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Stars: Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, Aoba Kawai
- Rating: NR
- Runtime: 121 minutes
The Last Duel
To tell a story that’s been told before, Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel does something a little familiar and a little different.
- Release Date: October 15, 2021
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Stars: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Adam Driver, Harriet Walter, Alex Lawther
- Rating: R
- Runtime: 152 minutes
The French Dispatch
As was the case with 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch is a story within a story or, in this case, multiple stories within a story, and there are stories within those stories as well.
- Release Date: October 22, 2021
- Director: Wes Anderson
- Stars: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson
- Rating: R
- Runtime: 108 minutes
After the world-altering year due to the pandemic in 2020, criticizers and spectators and studio heads alike are routing 2021 with its evolving distribution models and industry standards. You can get more about new movie releases here.
