The Must-See Movies To Add To Your Watch List

Director Darren Aronofsky enlists the help of Hollywood’s brightest stars – Zoë Kravitz, Austin Butler and Matt Smith – to sprinkle stardust on his first major movie since 2022’s The Whale. Aronofsky returns to a Requiem for a Dream-adjacent New York underbelly, with a burned-out baseball-player-turned-bartender, Hank Thompson (Butler), who becomes unwittingly tangled in a mafia-run web of crime. In movie theaters from August 29

You can always rely on Ethan Coen – one half of the legendary directing duo the Coen Brothers – for a charmingly deranged black comedy. His latest leading lady of choice, Margaret Qualley, is back in the driver’s seat, starring as private investigator Honey O’Donahue, who must untangle a mysterious string of murders while staving off a creepy cult leader (Chris Evans) and a host of suspicious stragglers. This is a Coen caper at its finest. In movie theaters from August 22

If you like your love stories sun-drenched and steeped in longing, On Swift Horses will truly hit the spot. Based on the best-selling book by Shannon Pufahl, the movie stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as newlywed Muriel, whose life becomes unexpectedly derailed when the brooding Julius – a perfectly cast Jacob Elordi – arrives in her small town, making her question all her life choices. In movie theaters from September 7

This sprawling romance by Kogonada – the director behind After Yang – is a tender Sliding Doors-style tale spanning space and time. Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell play perfect strangers who meet at a wedding and find themselves on a fantastical voyage into their pasts – with the opportunity to change the course of their futures. Plus, look out for cameos from Fleabag’s brilliant Phoebe Waller-Bridge and A Fish Called Wanda’s Kevin Kline. In movie theaters from September 19

It’s been four years since Paul Thomas Anderson’s last movie, the sunny ’70s flick Licorice Pizza – and this, his silver-screen comeback, is a whole lot bleaker. Set in the scorched sprawl of post-war California, Leonardo DiCaprio plays a haunted ex-soldier grappling with ambition, addiction and the ghosts of his past – while on a vigilante mission to rescue a girl held hostage. With Benicio del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn and Regina Hall also on the bill, it’s set to be an awards front-runner. In movie theaters from September 26

Director Celine Song follows up her stunning, award-winning film Past Lives with this highly anticipated new project, which stars Dakota Johnson as a matchmaker in a love triangle of her own (with Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, no less). In true Song style, the film is a meditation on love, ambition and the myth of having it all – and will certainly charm the socks off any romcom cynics. In movie theaters now

Midsommar wunderkind Ari Aster is quickly becoming the go-to director for deranged dramas and his new project, Eddington, is no exception. Aster’s long-time collaborator Joaquin Phoenix takes top billing alongside Emma Stone and Pedro Pascal, who star as dwellers of the tiny town Eddington in New Mexico. Trapped in a spiral of COVID neuroses, conspiracy theories and armchair politics, Eddington is a super-smart state-of-the-nation comment on modern-day hysteria. In movie theaters now

No one is more deserving of their recent leading-lady status than Pamela Anderson. Following a critically acclaimed performance in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl, Anderson returns to screens in this pitch-perfect cop caper – a legacy sequel to the 1980s movie and television franchise – in which she plays the no-nonsense foil to Liam Neeson’s blundering detective, Frank Drebin Jr. Expect a surefire smash hit. In movie theaters now

Brad Pitt helms this big-budget, behemoth of a project – playing a former Formula One superstar who comes out of retirement to mentor an up-and-coming racing prodigy, played by Damson Idris. No expense has been spared for this production, which was filmed at real-life Grand Prix races (spot F1 legends such as Lewis Hamilton, Charles LeClerc and Lando Norris in the background). With Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon and Simone Ashley in supporting roles, it’s safe to say this film will be nothing short of epic. In movie theaters now

Some might say it’s the sequel we’ve all been waiting for… Adam Sandler is back with the follow up to his kooky cult classic about an unlikely golf player who ascends to greatness in the name of his late grandfather. Original cast members including Julie Bowen (Modern Family) and Christopher McDonald (Hacks) have returned alongside genius cameos from Margaret Qualley, Ben Stiller, Bad Bunny and Travis Kelce. You can expect more of Sandler’s iconic one-liners and plenty of goofball gags. On Netflix now

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