Upcoming Movies Guide: October and Beyond
by IMDb-Editors | last updated - 15 Oct 2018October's here, and some of the season's most anticipated titles await you in IMDb's Upcoming Movie Guide.
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First Man | U.S. Release Date: October 12
The Plot: A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
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Beautiful Boy | U.S. Release Date: October 12
The Plot: Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | U.S. Release Date: October 12
The Plot: Halloween comes to life in a comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine's 400-million-selling series of books.
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The Oath | U.S. Release Date: October 12
The Plot: In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.
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Venom | U.S. Release Date: October 5
The Plot: When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
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A Star Is Born | U.S. Release Date: October 5
The Plot: A musician helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Heavy Trip | U.S. Release Date: October 5
The Plot: The most unknown heavy metal band in Finland, Impaled Rektum, hits the road for the hottest metal festival of Norway. The journey includes heavy metal, grave robbing, Viking heaven and an armed conflict between Finland and Norway.
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Over the Limit | U.S. Release Date: October 5
The Plot: An intimate portrait of the world's most outstanding rhythmic gymnast, Margarita Mamun, the main representative of the prestigious Russian National Team. The film presents a groundbreaking year in her life, from the 2015 World Championships to the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Liyana | U.S. Release Date: October 10
The Plot: A Swazi girl embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue her young twin brothers. This animated African tale is born in the imaginations of five orphaned children in Swaziland who collaborate to tell a story of perseverance drawn from their darkest memories and brightest dreams.
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The Happy Prince | U.S. Release Date: October 10
The Plot: The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.
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Bad Times at the El Royale | U.S. Release Date: October 12
The Plot: Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption — before everything goes to hell.
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The Guilty | U.S. Release Date: October 19
The Plot: A police officer assigned to dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
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What They Had | U.S. Release Date: October 19
The Plot: Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home at her brother's (Michael Shannon) urging to deal with her ailing mother (Blythe Danner) and her father's (Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together.
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Halloween | U.S. Release Date: October 19
The Plot: Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
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The Hate U Give | U.S. Release Date: October 19
The Plot: Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, she must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? | U.S. Release Date: October 19
The Plot: When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. An adaptation of the memoir "Can You Ever Forgive Me?," the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel.
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Mid90s | U.S. Release Date: October 19
The Plot: Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 90s-era LA who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.
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Serenity | U.S. Release Date: October 19
The Plot: Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her - and their young son - from her new, violent husband by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen's appearance thrusts Dill back into a life he'd tried to forget, and as he struggles between right and wrong, his world is plunged into a new reality that may not be all that it seems.
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Suspiria | U.S. Release Date: October 26
The Plot: A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
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Hunter Killer | U.S. Release Date: October 26
The Plot: An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
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Johnny English Strikes Again | U.S. Release Date: October 26
The Plot: After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker.
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Indivisible | U.S. Release Date: October 26
The Plot: The true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. When war etches battle scars on their hearts, they face one more battle: the fight to save their marriage. One marriage, one family, under God.
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Bohemian Rhapsody | U.S. Release Date: November 2
The Plot: A chronicle of Freddie Mercury's life and the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid concert.
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | U.S. Release Date: November 2
The Plot: All Clara wants is a key, a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key, which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world.
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Nobody's Fool | U.S. Release Date: November 2
The Plot: Trying to get back on her feet, wild child Tanya looks to her buttoned-up, by the book sister Danica to help her get back on track. As these polar opposites collide, Tanya discovers that Danica's picture-perfect life - including her mysterious boyfriend - may not be what it seems.
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Boy Erased | U.S. Release Date: November 2
The Plot: The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
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The Front Runner | U.S. Release Date: November 7
The Plot: American Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
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The Grinch | U.S. Release Date: November 9
The Plot: The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl's generous holiday spirit.
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The Girl in the Spider's Web | U.S. Release Date: November 9
The Plot: Computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
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Overlord | U.S. Release Date: November 9
The Plot: On the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion's success. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation. They find themselves fighting against supernatural forces, part of a Nazi experiment.
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Peterloo | U.S. Release Date: November 9
The Plot: The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester, England.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | U.S. Release Date: November 16
The Plot: The second installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" series set in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World featuring the adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander. At the end of the first movie, Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured by MACUSA with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and is gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards uo to rule over all non-magical beings.
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A Private War | U.S. Release Date: November 16
The Plot: One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
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The Last Race | U.S. Release Date: November 16
The Plot: A portrait of a small-town stock car racetrack and the tribe of blue-collar drivers that call it home, struggling to hold onto an American racing tradition as the world around them is transformed by globalization and commercialization.
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Widows | U.S. Release Date: November 16
The Plot: Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
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Instant Family | U.S. Release Date: November 16
The Plot: A couple (Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne) find themselves in over their heads when they adopt three children.
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Creed II | U.S. Release Date: November 21
The Plot: Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned light heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.
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Ralph Breaks the Internet | U.S. Release Date: November 21
The Plot: Six years after saving the arcade from the Cy-Bugs attack and from Turbo's revenge, the story leaves Litwak's video arcade behind, venturing into the uncharted, expansive and thrilling world of the internet - which may or may not survive Ralph's wrecking. Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the world wide web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizen of the internet - the netizens - to help navigate their way, including a website entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site "BuzzTube."
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Robin Hood | U.S. Release Date: November 21
The Plot: A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance.
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Green Book | U.S. Release Date: November 21
The Plot: When Tony Lip, a bouncer from Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on "The Green Book" to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans.
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Second Act | U.S. Release Date: November 21
The Plot: Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations from unfulfilled dreams, gets the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act.
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The Favourite | U.S. Release Date: November 23
The Plot: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
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Shoplifters | U.S. Release Date: November 23
The Plot: After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. Although the family is poor, they seem to live happily together until an incident reveals hidden secrets, shaking the bonds that unite them.
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If Beale Street Could Talk | U.S. Release Date: November 30
The Plot: Based on the novel by James Baldwin, this is the story of Tish, a newly-engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover's innocence while carrying their first-born child.
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Anna and the Apocalypse | U.S. Release Date: November 30
The Plot: A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
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Ben Is Back | U.S. Release Date: December 7
The Plot: 19 year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
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Mary Queen of Scots | U.S. Release Date: December 7
The Plot: Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
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Under the Silver Lake | U.S. Release Date: December 7
The Plot: Sam is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious woman, Sarah, frolicking in his apartment's swimming pool. When she vanishes, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal, and conspiracy in the City of Angels.
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Capernaum | U.S. Release Date: December 5
The Plot: A politically-charged fable about a child who launches a lawsuit against his parents.
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This One's for the Ladies | U.S. Release Date: December 7
The Plot: A documentary that explores the sexual and social identity of contemporary black America through accounts from women and men who find love and community in the underground world of exotic dancing.