16 best new films of October 2021, in cinemas, Netflix and HBO Max – No Time to Die and Dune, starring Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet, are finally here
It may finally be time for No Time to Die.
The latest James Bond adventure has been in Hollywood’s on-deck circle for a year and a half, waiting out the pandemic that just doesn’t want to go away. Billie Eilish’s theme song for the film, released way back in February 2020, has already picked up a Grammy, and with any luck the film from which it comes will hold onto its planned October 8 release in the US and will finally hit screens.
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Luck is what Hollywood needs as it rolls into another uncertain autumn season. A full slate of blockbusters and awards contenders are ready to go, so long as the light remains green, but it’s still volatile out there: as this list was going to print, Top Gun: Maverick and Jackass Forever were both pulled from the autumn release schedule, shuffled to dates in 2022, and there are rumours other big titles could follow.
For now, here are the biggest and brightest films planned to open in October.
No Time to Die
His name is Bond, James Bond, and Daniel Craig has said this will be his final outing as 007, although it was never his intent to stretch out his farewell this long. How can we say goodbye if we never actually part ways? With Rami Malek, Ana de Armas and Naomie Harris. (October 8 in theatres.)
Dune
Red Notice
Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson star as a con artist, an art thief and a tracker respectively in this action thriller from director Rawson Marshall Thurber, who previously worked with Johnson on Central Intelligence and Skyscraper. (November 12 on Netflix.)
The French Dispatch
More preciousness from director Wes Anderson, with a cast that includes – deep breath – Benicio del Toro, Timothée Chalamet, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe and Edward Norton. And more. (October 22 in theatres.)
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Halloween Kills
Michael Myers is back, of course, in this direct sequel to 2018’s Halloween, in which the masked killer was definitely killed, but that has never kept him down before, so why should it now? Jamie Lee Curtis returns once again as Laurie Strode, who just can’t seem to shake Mr. Myers. (October 15 in theatres.)
The Last Duel
The Many Saints of Newark
A teenage Tony Soprano (the late James Gandolfini’s son, Michael Gandolfini) comes of age on the mean streets of New Jersey in this Sopranos prequel with Ray Liotta, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Vera Farmiga and, hopefully, plenty of “gabagool”. (October 1 in theatres and on HBO Max.)
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Venom: Let There be Carnage
Tom Hardy returns in the sequel to the 2018 hit, where he plays a journalist who hosts an alien symbiote who turns him into a vigilante warrior. Woody Harrelson, teased in the credits of the first film, plays host to a symbiote of his own. It’s fair to assume the two don’t play nice together. (October 15 in theatres.)
Ron’s Gone Wrong
In this computer-animated comedy, Zach Galifianakis voices Ron, a friendly robot who befriends middle schooler Barney (Jack Dylan Grazer), despite the fact that he’s, well, malfunctioning. With the voices of Ed Helms, Olivia Colman and Rob Delaney. (October 22 in theatres.)
The Guilty
In this remake of a 2018 Danish crime thriller, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a phone operator who gets to the bottom of a crime. With Ethan Hawke and Riley Keough, and directed by Antoine Fuqua from a script by Nic Pizzolatto. (October 1 on Netflix.)
Army of Thieves
A prequel to this summer’s Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder’s Las Vegas-set zombie heist film, which takes place six years before that gory romp. Directed by and starring Matthias Schweighofer. (October 29 on Netflix.)
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Titane
The Palme d’Or winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is about a woman who gets pregnant after having sex with a car, so mainstream appeal is already out the window. Art house lovers may swoon. (October 1 in theatres.)
Mass
That’s mass, as in mass shooting, and this drama centers on a meeting between the parents of a victim of a school shooting and the parents of the shooter. Said to be one of the year’s most powerful films. With Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton and more. (October 8 in theatres.)
The Addams Family 2
The sequel to 2019’s computer animated hit about everyone’s favourite kooky, spooky-season loving family. (October 1 in theatres.)
Julia
- Daniel Craig’s last 007 film – with a theme song by Billie Eilish – finally releases after pandemic delays, also featuring Rami Malek
- Don’t miss Marvel’s Venom: Let There be Carnage with Tom Hardy, The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark and Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot in Red Notice