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New & upcoming 2024 movies, as well as those into 2025 and beyond

Coming soon - all the major new movies on the horizon to watch at home or in the theater

Guides by Chris Arrant, Editor-in-Chief

Additional contributions by Jules Chin Greene, Avery Kaplan

Published on Mon Jul 01 2024

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It's hard to beat the allure of a new movie - whether its going to the cinema with your friends and armfuls of overpriced food and beverage or gathering at your home over the weekend to watch the newest film on streaming.

And in this modern age, there are more movies than ever - with the big league franchises of Disney fantasies come to life, the staccato rhythm of Blumhouse horror, or the steady heartbeat of your favorite filmmakers next cinematic darling. To help organize it all, we've collected the release date for all the major movies on the horizon. While this isn't exhaustive, we've listed the big ones - and are updating it weekly as news is announced and as we learn more about previously overlooked films to watch out for.

If your tastes are a bit more specific, we have streamlined guides to the upcoming MCU movies & TV shows, upcoming DC movies & TV shows, upcoming Star Wars movies & TV shows, upcoming Star Trek movies & TV shows, and one of all the upcoming superhero movies.

Upcoming movies for September 2024

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
September 26	Howl's Moving Castle (re-release)	Theatrical
September 27	The Wild Robot	Theatrical
September 27	Rez Ball	Netflix

Upcoming movies for October 2024

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
October 3	The Legend of Johnny Jones	Theatrical
October 3	Salem's Lot	Max
October 4	Joker: Folie à Deux	Theatrical
October 4	It's What's Inside	Netflix
October 11	Lonely Planet	Netflix
October 18	Smile 2	Theatrical
October 18	Woman of the Hour	Netflix
October 25	Venom: The Last Dance	Theatrical
October 26	Kiki’s Delivery Service (re-release)	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for November 2024

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
November 13	Emilia Pérez	Netflix
November 15	Red One	Theatrical
November 15	Heretic	Theatrical
November 21	Wicked	Theatrical
November 22	Gladiator 2	Theatrical
November 22	The Piano Lesson	Netflix
November 22	Spellbound	Netflix
November 24	Pom Poko (re-release)	Theatrical
November 25	The Tale of Princess Kaguya (re-release)	Theatrical
November 27	Moana 2	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for December 2024

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
December 4	That Christmas	Netflix
December 6	The Six Triple Eight	Theatrical
December 7	My Neighbor Totoro (re-release)	Theatrical
December 13	The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim	Theatrical
December 13	Carry-On	Netflix
December 13	Kraven the Hunter	Theatrical
December 20	Mufasa: The Lion King	Theatrical
December 20	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Theatrical
December 25	Robert Eggers' Nosferatu	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for January 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
January 17	The Wolf Man	Theatrical
January 17	In the Grey	Theatrical
January 17	Paddington in Peru	Theatrical
January 31	Dog Man	Theatrical
January 31	Mickey 17	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for February 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
February 14	Captain America: Brave New World	Theatrical
Feburary 14	The Smurfs Movie	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for March 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
March 7	Untitled Ryan Coogler vampire movie	Theatrical
March 15	Black Bag	Theatrical
March 21	Snow White	Theatrical
March 21	Alto Knights	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for April 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
April 4	Untitled Fast X sequel	Theatrical
April 4	Minecraft	Theatrical
April 11	The Amateur	Theatrical
April 18	Michael	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for May 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
May 2	Thunderbolts*	Theatrical
May 23	Mission Impossible 8	Theatrical
May 30	Untitled Karate Kid Movie	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for June 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
June 6	Ballerina	Theatrical
June 13	How to Train Your Dragon	Theatrical
June 13	Elio	Theatrical
June 20	28 Years Later	Theatrical
June 25	M3GAN 2.0	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for July 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
July 2	Jurassic World 4	Theatrical
July 11	Superman	Theatrical
July 18	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Theatrical
July 18	The Naked Gun reboot	Theatrical
July 25	The Fantastic Four: First Steps	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for August 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
August 8	Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Event Film	Theatrical
August 15	Nobody 2	Theatrical
August 29	Insidious 6	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for September 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
September 26	Saw XI	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for October 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
October 3	The Bride	Theatrical
October 5	We Harvest	Theatrical
October 10	Tron: Ares	Theatrical
October 17	The Black Phone 2	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for November 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
November 7	Blade	Theatrical
November 26	Zootopia 2	Theatrical
November 26	Wicked: Part Two	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for December 2025

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
December 5	Five Nights at Freddy's 2	Theatrical
December 19	Avatar: Fire and Ash	Theatrical
December 19	The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for January 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
January 2	SOULM8TE	Theatrical
January 16	Weapons	Theatrical
January 30	Aang: The Last Airbender	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for February 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
February 13	Untitled Marvel Studios movie	Theatrical
February 13	Untitled Marvel Studios movie	Theatrical
February 13	GOAT	Theatrical
February 20	Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for March 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
March 6	The Cat in the Hat	Theatrical
March 6	Hoppers	Theatrical
March 13	Untitled The Exorcist movie	Theatrical
March 20	Project Hail Mary	Theatrical
March 20	Street Fighter	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for April 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
April 3	Untitled Super Mario Bros. sequel	Theatrical
April 17	Untitled Lee Cronin movie	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for May 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
May 1	Avengers: Doomsday	Theatrical
May 15	Untitled Universal Pictures/Stephen Spielberg Event Film	Theatrical
May 22	Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for June 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
June 5	Masters of the Universe	Theatrical
June 12	Untitled the Daniels movie	Theatrical
June 19	Toy Story 5	Theatrical
June 26	Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for July 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
July 1	Shrek 5	Theatrical
July 10	Moana	Theatrical
July 31	Paw Patrol 3	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for October 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
October 2	The Batman Part II	Theatrical
October 9	Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequel	Theatrical
October 23	Untitled Jordan Peele movie	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for November 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
November 6	Untitled Marvel Studios movie	Theatrical
November 20	The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping	Theatrical
November 26	Untitled Walt Disney Animation film	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for December 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
December 18	Untitled Star Wars movie	Theatrical
December 18	Untitled Denis Villeneuve film	Theatrical

But wait, there's more! Here are other upcoming major movies that have been announced - complete with a distant release date.

Untitled Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire sequel - March 26, 2027
Avengers: Secret Wars - May 7, 2027
Untitled Pixar movie - June 18, 2027
Minions 3 - June 30, 2027
Untitled Marvel Studios movie - July 23, 2027
Bad Fairies - July 23, 2027
Untitled Marvel Studios movie - November 5, 2027
Margie Claus - November 5, 2027
Frozen IIi - November 24, 2027
Untitled Star Wars movie - December 17, 2027
Untitled Warner Bros. family sequel - December 17, 2027
Avatar 4 - December 21, 2029
Avatar 5 - December 19, 2031

Want to know what's coming up next in pop culture? Check out our guides to upcoming movies, upcoming TV shows, upcoming comics, and upcoming comic conventions. If you're looking for specific franchises or genres, we have all the upcoming MCU, upcoming Star Wars, upcoming Star Trek, and upcoming DC movies & TV for you. If you're a fan of superheroes and not specific to just Marvel or DC, we have overall guides to all the upcoming superhero movies and upcoming superhero TV shows (and new seasons) as well.

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Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)