Till

Till is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Chinonye Chukwu (director of Clemency) and written by Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, and Chukwu. It stars Danielle Deadwyler (The Harder They Fall, Station Eleven), Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison (The Wire), Haley Bennett (Cyrano), and Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act).

The film tells the real-life story of Mamie Till-Mobley (Deadwyler), an American educator and activist who pursued justice after the lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till (Hall), in 1955. Beauchamp, Reilly, and Goldberg also produced the film.

Till is set to premiere at the New York Film Festival in 2022. It is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on October 14th before a wide release on October 28th, by United Artists Releasing. Watch the official trailer below.

The Good Nurse

The Good Nurse is a 2022 American crime drama film directed by Tobias Lindholm (writer of The Hunt and Another Round) and written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917, Last Night in Soho), based on the 2013 book of the same name by Charles Graeber. The film stars Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game, It Chapter Two), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything, Fantastic Beasts film series), Nnamdi Asomugha (former NFL player who recently starred in Sylvie’s Love), Kim Dickens (Gone Girl, Fear the Walking Dead), and Noah Emmerich (The Truman Show, Little Children).

Amy (Chastain), a compassionate nurse and single mother struggling with a life-threatening heart condition, is stretched to her physical and emotional limits by the hard and demanding night shifts at the ICU. But help arrives when Charlie Cullen (Redmayne), a thoughtful and empathetic fellow nurse, starts at her unit. While sharing long nights at the hospital, the two develop a strong and devoted friendship, and for the first time in years, Amy truly has faith in her and her young daughter's future. But after a series of mysterious patient deaths sets off an investigation that points to Charlie as the prime suspect, Amy is forced to risk her life and the safety of her children to uncover the truth.

The Good Nurse had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in select theaters in the United States on October 19, 2022, before its streaming release on October 26, by Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

TÁR

Tár (stylized in all caps as TÁR) is a 2022 psychological drama film written and directed by Todd Field and starring Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine, Carol). It is Field's first film since the release of Little Children (2006). The cast also includes Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Nina Hoss (Homeland), Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover (The Empire Strikes Back), Allan Corduner (Yentl), and Mark Strong (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Shazam!).

The film, set in the international world of classical music, centers on Lydia Tár (Blanchett), widely considered one of the greatest living composers/conductors and the first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.

Tár premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2022, and is scheduled to receive a limited theatrical release on October 7th before a wide release on October 28th, by Focus Features. Watch the official trailers below.

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front is a 2022 German epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. Directed by Edward Berger, it stars Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Hülk, Felix Kammerer, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, and Devid Striesow.

Set in the closing years of World War I, it follows the life of German soldier Paul Bäumer (Kammerer), who, after enlisting in the German Army with his friends, finds himself at risk to the realities of war, shattering their earliest hopes of becoming heroes.

In August 2022, the film was announced as Germany's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.

All Quiet on the Western Front premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022, and will be released to streaming on Netflix on October 28, 2022. Watch the official teaser trailer below.

Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild is a 2022 American stop-motion horror comedy film directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) from a screenplay written by Selick and Jordan Peele (who also serve as producers), based on Selick and Clay McLeod Chapman's unpublished book of the same name. It stars Keegan-Michael Key (Keanu, The Prom) and Peele (director of Get Out, Us, and Nope) as the titular characters with Lyric Ross (This Is Us), Angela Bassett (Black Panther), James Hong (Chinatown), and Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible franchise) in supporting roles. The film marks Selick's first feature film since Coraline (2009).

Two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild (Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele), enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat Elliot (Lyric Ross), a tough teen with a load of guilt, to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other.

Wendell & Wild had its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in select theaters on October 21 before its streaming release on October 28 by Netflix. Watch the official teaser trailer below.

Call Jane

Call Jane is a 2022 comedy drama film directed by Phyllis Nagy, and written by Hayley Schore and Rohan Sethi. Inspired by true events, Nagy’s film captures the essence of late-Sixties social change via one woman’s quest to get a safe and legal abortion. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2022.

Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are poised on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) leads an ordinary life with her husband and daughter. When Joy’s pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition, she must navigate an all-male medical establishment unwilling to terminate her pregnancy in order to save her life.

The full cast includes Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, and John Magaro.

Call Jane is set to debut in theaters October 28th, courtesy of Roadside Attractions. Watch the official trailer below.

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Guillermo Del Toro - The master of horror - gives a First Look at some of the twisted nightmares and violent delights from his new anthology series.

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is a collection of sinister stories, told by some of today’s most revered horror creators - including the directors of The Babadook, Splice, Mandy, and many more.

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is set to debut on Netflix October 25th. Watch the official trailer below.

From Scratch

From Scratch is a 2022 drama limited series created by Attica Locke and Tembi Locke for Netflix, inspired by Tembi Locke's memoir From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home. Attica Locke serves as showrunner of the series, with Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Richard Abate, Jermaine Johnson, and Will Rowbotham serving as executive producers.

Amahle "Amy" Wheeler, an American student studying in Italy, meets and falls in love with Lino, a Sicilian chef. When Lino faces health issues and the couple's future is threatened, the two families come together.

The cast includes Zoe Saldaña, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Danielle Deadwyler, Keith David, Kellita Smith, Judith Scott, Lucia Sardo, Paride Benassai, and Roberta Rigano.

From Scratch will consist of eight episodes and is set to debut on October 21st on Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

Black Adam

Black Adam is a 2022 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from a screenplay by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani. Collet-Serra, who had his directorial debut back in 2005 with the horror thriller The House of Wax, recently directed the hit Disney action adventure film Jungle Cruise, also starring Dwayne Johnson. Black Adam is intended to be a spin-off of Shazam! (2019), and the eleventh film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods -- and imprisoned just as quickly -- Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

The cast includes Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam / Black Adam alongside Noah Centineo, Aldis Hodge, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce Brosnan, and Mohammed Amer.

Black Adam is set to debut in theaters on October 21st, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

Ticket to Paradise

Ticket to Paradise is a 2022 romantic comedy film directed by Ol Parker and written by Parker and Daniel Pipski. The film had its world premiere in Barcelona on September 8, 2022. Stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts also serve as executive producers.

Two divorced parents, David and Georgia Cotton, travel to Bali after learning that their daughter, Lily, is planning to marry a man named Gede, whom she has just met. They decide to work together to sabotage the wedding to prevent Lily from making the same mistake they made twenty-five years ago.

The cast includes George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier, Billie Lourd, and Sean Lynch.

Ticket to Paradise is set to debut in theaters on October 21st, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

Raymond & Ray

Raymond & Ray is a 2022 comedy-drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García (Last Days in the Desert, In Treatment) and starring Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Doctor Sleep) and Ethan Hawke (Training Day, Boyhood) as Raymond and Ray respectively. It is produced by the two-time Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Roma) and also stars Maribel Verdú (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Sophie Okonedo (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls) in supporting roles.

The film follows half-brothers Raymond and Ray, who reunite when their estranged father dies and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they process who they’ve become as men, both because of their father and in spite of him.

It had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022. It is scheduled to be released in limited theaters on October 14, 2022, before releasing on Apple TV+ on October 21. Watch the official trailer below.

The Banshees of Inisherin

The Banshees of Inisherin is an upcoming drama film written and directed by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). It sees McDonagh reunite with his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell (The Batman, The Lobster) and Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter films series, Paddington 2), and it also stars Kerry Condon (Rome, Better Call Saul) and Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk, Eternals) in supporting roles.

The film follows two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, which leads to alarming consequences for both of them.

It is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 21, 2022, by Searchlight Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

The Peripheral

The Peripheral is a 2022 science fiction streaming television series executive produced and created by Scott Smith. Produced by Amazon, it is based on the 2014 book of the same name written by William Gibson. Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy serve as executive producers, along with Athena Wickham, Steve Hoban, and Vincenzo Natali.

Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.

The cast includes Chloë Grace Moretz, Jack Reynor, Gary Carr, Eli Goree, Charlotte Riley, and JJ Feild.

The Peripheral is scheduled to premiere on October 21, 2022 on Amazon Prime Video. Watch the official trailers below.

Aftersun

Aftersun is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells, starring Paul Mescal (The Lost Daughter, Normal People), Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux).

The film follows Sophie (Corio), who reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father (Mescal) twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.

It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 21, 2022, by A24 and in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2022, by Mubi. Watch the official trailer below.

Halloween Ends

Halloween Ends is a 2022 horror slasher film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Green, Danny McBride, Paul Brad Logan, and Chris Bernier, the creative team between the 2018 franchise re-launch. The film is based on characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. It is a sequel to 2021's Halloween Kills and the thirteenth installment of the Halloween film franchise. The film is produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner, alongside Rough House Productions, Miramax and Trancas International Pictures.

Four years after the events of last year’s Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the specter of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man, Corey Cunningham, is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.

This is Laurie Strode’s last stand. After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history reaches its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers, in a final confrontation unlike any captured on-screen before. Only one of them will survive.

Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, James Jude Courtney, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Kyle Richards, and Omar Dorsey.

Halloween Ends is set to debut in theaters and on Peacock October 14th, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

The Watcher

The Watcher is a 2022 Netflix original limited series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. Murphy, the Emmy-award winning writer and co-creator if the hit horror series American Horror Story, teams up with writing partner Brennan yet again after the recently released hit series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (preview and trailer here). The series is inspired by the true story of the infamous “Watcher” house in New Jersey.

After the Brannock family moves into what was supposed to be their suburban dream home, it quickly becomes a living hell. Ominous letters from someone calling themselves “The Watcher” are just the beginning as the neighborhood’s sinister secrets come spilling out.

The cast includes Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Coolidge, Mia Farrow, Noma Dumezweni, and Joe Mantello.

The Watcher is set to debut October 13th only on Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

Shantaram

Shantaram is a 2022 drama thriller television series created by Eric Warren Singer and Steve Lightfoot, based on the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. The story drew inspiration from Roberts' own life which is about a bank robber from Australia who flees the country to India.

A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay; his ties to the crime underworld there lead him to Afghanistan, where he partners with a mob boss locked in a battle with Russian criminals.

The cast includes Charlie Hunnam, Antonia Desplat, Elektra Kilbey, Alexander Siddig, David Field, and Sujaya Dasgupta.

Shantaram will premiere on October 14th on Apple TV+. Watch the official trailer below.

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Mr. Harrigan's Phone is a 2022 teen horror drama film written and directed by John Lee Hancock, the man behind The Blind Side (2009), and the HBO original movie The Little Things (2021). It is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King from the collection ‘If It Bleeds’.

When Mr. Harrigan dies, Craig, the teen who befriended and did odd jobs for him, puts his smart phone in his pocket before burial. When the lonely youth sends his dead friend a message, he is shocked to get a return text.

The cast includes Donald Sutherland, Jaeden Martell, Joe Tippett, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.

Mr. Harrigan's Phone is set to debut on Netflix October 5th. Watch the official trailer below.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a 2022 period-mystery comedy film directed, produced and written by David O. Russell. Filmed in Los Angeles from January to March 2021, it marks Russell's first film since 2015's Joy.

Set in the '30s, it follows three friends who witness a murder, become suspects themselves, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

The cast includes Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington in lead roles, with a stacked supporting cast consisting of Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldaña, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alessandro Nivola, Rami Malek, and Robert De Niro.

Amsterdam is set to debut in theaters October 7th, courtesy of 20th Century Studios and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

Significant Other

Significant Other is a 2022 science fiction horror thriller written and directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, who previously teamed up for the underrated 2019 horror thriller Villans. The film will have its World Premiere at the 2022 New York Comic Con on October 6th.

A young couple take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone.

The cast includes Maika Monroe (It Follows, The Guest, Watcher), Jake Lacy, Loudon McCleery, and Teal Sherer.

Significant Other is scheduled for a streaming debut on October 7th, exclusively on Paramount+. Watch the official trailer below.