With spooky season out of the way, it’s time to start building up to the Christmas season, though don’t get too excited yet – November has some long-awaited films, such as the next instalment to take us back to Panem, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, and a continuation of the Meet the Parents series with Focker-in-Law, as well as Disney’s latest offering in Hexed and the story of how Rocky came to life in I Play Rocky. We’re not quite fully at the Christmas cinema release stage yet, but you can whet your jingle bells with Johnny Depp as Scrooge in Ebenezer and a little pre-Christmas tipple with Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.

Please note, all dates are UK release dates taken from IMDb along with the synopsis for each film. To see a further release schedule for each film, including other countries, click on its date to see more.

Wild Horse Nine
Release date: 4th November
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Bucemi
Synopsis: CIA agents Chris and Lee face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 in Chile

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
Release date: 6th November
Director: Jack Spring
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Celia Imrie, Jim Broadbent, John Bradley, Adjoa Andoh,
Synopsis: Aubrey Flint (Bradley) navigates family relationships and unexpected love during the holiday season, as magical moments unfold and bring everyone closer together.

Onwards and Sideways
Release date: 6th November
Director: John Madden
Cast: Laura Linney, Rhys Ifans, Rory Kinnear
Synopsis: Two people with lots in common – a great sense of humour, a love of dance and they both have Parkinson’s.

Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol
Release date: 13th November
Director: Ti West
Cast: Johnny Depp, Andrea Riseborough, Daisy Ridley, Sam Claflin, Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint
Synopsis: A thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, following one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future as he fights for a second chance at redemption.

Fjord
Release date: 13th November
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Cast: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve
Synopsis: An immigrant Romanian family living in Norway is subject to an investigation and faces the scrutiny of the local judicial system.

How to Rob a Bank
Release date: 13th November
Director: David Leitch
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Christian Slater, Zoë Kravitz, John C. Reilly
Synopsis: Bank robbers are posting their heists on social media, causing police to chase them.

The Mosquito Bowl
Release date: 13th November
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård, Ray Nicholson
Synopsis: After Pearl Harbor, four star college footballers join the Marines. Before facing Okinawa’s invasion, they participate in a historic game with legendary players – for many, their final match.

Prima Facie
Release date: 13th November
Director: Susanna White
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Ings, Harry Treadaway
Synopsis: Follows Tessa, an ambitious defense lawyer. She expertly represents her clients, including those who are accused of sexual assault. However, she finds out that the law does not provide justice after being raped by a coworker.

A Talent for Murder
Release date: 13th November
Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke
Synopsis: A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Release date: 20th November
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Joseph Zada, Maya Hawke, Mckenna Grace, Kieran Culkin, Glenn Close, Jesse Plemons, Jennifer Lawrence, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, Josh Hutcherson, Kara Tointon, Ben Wang
Synopsis: Explores Panem 24 years before Katniss’ (Lawrence) saga, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, where a young Haymitch Abernathy (Zada) participates.

I Play Rocky
Release date: 20th November
Director: Peter Farrelly
Cast: Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, P.J. Byrne
Synopsis: A true story of an unknown actor who believed he wasn’t meant to just write Rocky, but to play Rocky Balboa. Facing constant rejection, Sylvester Stallone (Ippolito) risks everything, refusing to give up the lead role against impossible odds.

Josephine
Release date: 20th November
Director: Beth de Araújo
Cast: Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan
Synopsis: After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety, while adults are helpless to console her.

You Can See Everything
Release date: 20th November
Directors: Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Abbott, Nathan Fielder
Synopsis: Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait becomes a mind-bending three-year journey.

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Release date: 20th November
Director: Bassam Tariq
Cast: Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito
Synopsis: Follows Latif (Ali), a devoutly religious hitman, who embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children after his wife dies, confronting forces closing in and beliefs threatening to unravel.

Focker-in-Law
Release date: 25th November
Director: John Hamburg
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Skyler Gisondo, Ariana Grande, Owen Wilson, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Beanie Feldstein
Synopsis: A young man named Henry (Gisondo), son of Greg (Stiller) and Pam (Polo) Focker, faces family chaos when he decides to marry a strong-willed woman who appears to be his complete mismatch.

The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth
Release date: 25th November
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Carla Gugino, Elizabeth Debicki, Timothy Olyphant
Synopsis: Showcases more of Cliff Booth’s backstory in his new role as a Hollywood fixer.

Hexed
Release date: November 27th
Directors: Jason Hand, Josie Trinidad
Cast: Frank Welker, Tress MacNeille, Neil Morrissey, Jim Hanks, CeeLo Green, Emilie-Claire Barlow
Synopsis: An awkward teen and ers Type-A mother learn her peculiarities might be magical powers, transforming their lives and revealing a hidden magical realm.