As the summer heat winds down and the leaves start to change colour, it’s the perfect time to cozy up with a great flick. This fall, an impressive number of buzzy films will be hitting theatres and streaming platforms—everything from long-awaited sequels and star-studded Oscars contenders.

Here are 10 unmissable fall 2024 movies to add to your watchlist.

His Three Daughters

Starring a trifecta of amazing actresses—Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen—His Three Daughters is about distant sisters reuniting to take care of their ill father. As issues arise, tensions simmer as the three daughters confront their shared past and work towards healing their family.

When: in select theatres on September 6; on Netflix on September 20

 

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

The sequel to 1988’s Beetlejuice, this movie has an all-star cast. Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara are reprising their OG roles, and this time they’re joined by Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe as all-new characters. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice takes place 36 years after the events of the original movie, as the Deetz family returns home after a family loss. There, Lydia’s (Ryder) life is thrown into chaos when her daughter (Ortega) accidentally releases the mischievous spirit Beetlejuice (Keaton).

When: in theatres on September 6

Lee

Starring Kate Winslet, Lee is a biopic about war photojournalist Lee Miller. Adapted from the 1985 biography about Miller, Lee tells the story of how Miller went from a model to a photographer on the front lines to chronicling the events of World War II for Vogue.

When: in theatres on September 27

The Outrun

Based on Scottish journalist Amy Liptrot’s memoir, The Outrun follows Rona (Saoirse Ronan), a young woman who returns home to the Orkney Islands (off the coast of Scotland) after leaving rehab. The film is sure to be a heart-wrenching look at addiction and loneliness, all tied together by Ronan’s fantastic performance—which is already garnering Oscars attention.

When: in theatres on October 4

We Live in Time 

Starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, We Live in Time follows couple Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) through the ups and downs of their life. The movie explores the question of time—and how we make the most of it in our short lives. With gorgeous performances from the two leads, We Live in Time is shaping up to be this fall’s tearjerker that will also inspire laughs and wistful hope.

When: in theaters on October 11

Gladiator II 

Another highly-anticipated sequel, this film takes place two decades after the events of Gladiator (2000) and follows Lucius (Paul Mescal), a former heir to the Roman Empire who is taken prisoner and forced to fight as a gladiator. He agrees to fight under the tutelage of Macrinus (Denzel Washington), a former slave who plots to control Rome.

When: in theatres on November 22

Wicked 

Part one of the two-part adaptation of the iconic musical Wicked (which itself was an adaptation of a novel of the same name that was inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), this movie casts pop icon Ariana Grande as Galinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the eventual wicked witch of the west. The story follows misunderstood (and green) Elphaba who forges an unlikely friendship with popular Galina as students at Shiz academy. But when they encounter the Wizard of Oz, the two go down very different paths. The film (the first of a planned duology) will also star Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater and Bowen Yang.

When: in theatres on November 22

Nightbitch 

Starring Oscar-nominee Amy Adams and based on the bestselling 2021 novel of the same name, Nightbitch is one of this year’s buzziest movies. Adams plays Mother, a former artist and curator in the city who is now a suburban stay-at-home mom. Soon, her nightly routine takes a turn to the surreal and Mother transforms into a dog, her maternal instincts metamorphosing into something canine. Surreal and darkly comic, Nightbitch is a much-watch this fall.

When: in theatres on December 6

 

 

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Y2K 

In this disaster comedy film, two loser high schoolers crash a party on New Year’s Eve 1999 as a bug causes all technology to come to life and turn against humans. Directed by SNL’s Kyle Mooney, Y2K will be a mix of Superbad’s teen hilarity with absurdist, 2000s nostalgia-fuelled humour—for example, Rachel Zegler’s character is attacked by a Tamagotchi.

When: in theatres on December 6

Babygirl

This fall’s sexiest movie stars Nicole Kidman as a high-powered executive risking it all to have an illicit affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). This thrilling erotic drama from the director of Bodies, Bodies, Bodies is not just a sexy romp but also explores the complicated power dynamic between the two.

When: in theatres on December 25

 

 

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