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DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson
Sean Penn, Alana Haim, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Leonardo DiCaprio
RELEASE DATE
September 26, 2025
R - for pervasive language, violence, sexual content, and drug use.
Thriller, Action, Comedy
DIRECTOR
Kogonada
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Kevin Kline, Colin Farrell, Margot Robbie, Billy Magnussen, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater
RELEASE DATE
September 19, 2025
R - for language.
Romance, Fantasy, Drama
DIRECTOR
Rob Reiner
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
RELEASE DATE
September 12, 2025
R - for language including some sexual references.
Comedy, Music, Documentary
DIRECTOR
Ben Masters
Quannah Chasinghorse (as narrator)
RELEASE DATE
September 5, 2025
G
Documentary
DIRECTOR
Francis Lawrence
Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Roman Griffin Davis, Cooper Hoffman, David Thor Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Jordan Gonzalez, Charlie Plummer, Josh Hamilton, Ben Wang, Joshua Odjick
RELEASE DATE
September 12, 2025
R - for strong bloody violence, grisly images, suicide, pervasive language, and sexual references.
Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky
Austin Butler, Griffin Dunne, Benito A Martínez Ocasio, Vincent D'Onofrio, Liev Schreiber, Regina King, Matt Smith, Carol Kane, Zoe Kravitz
RELEASE DATE
August 29, 2025
R - for strong violent content, pervasive language, some sexuality/nudity and brief drug use.
Crime, Thriller
DIRECTOR
David Mackenzie
Lily James, Willa Fitzgerald, Purva Bedi, Brian O'Neill, Riz Ahmed, Sam Worthington, Matthew Maher
RELEASE DATE
August 22, 2025
R - for language.
Thriller
DIRECTOR
Yu Yang
Joseph, Mo Han, Hao Chen, Yanting Lü, Qi Lü
RELEASE DATE
August 22, 2025
NR
Fantasy, Action, Animation
DIRECTOR
Kate Beecroft
Tabatha Zimiga, Porshia Zimiga, Jesse Thorson, Jennifer Ehle, Scoot McNairy
RELEASE DATE
August 15, 2025
R - for language throughout.
Drama, Western
DIRECTOR
Spike Lee
Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera
RELEASE DATE
August 15, 2025
R - for language throughout and brief drug use.
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
DIRECTOR
Timo Tjahjanto
Connie Nielsen, Sharon Stone, Bob Odenkirk, Colin Hanks, John Ortiz, RZA, Christopher Lloyd
RELEASE DATE
August 15, 2025
R - for strong bloody violence, and language throughout.
Action, Thriller, Comedy
DIRECTOR
Nisha Ganatra
Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lindsay Lohan, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Rosalind Chao
RELEASE DATE
August 8, 2025
PG - for thematic elements, rude humor, language and some suggestive references.
Family, Comedy, Fantasy
