Whatever you want to see, fall 2024 has something for you!
Credit: Composite: Mashable, Ian Moore / Image credits: A24 / Amazon/MGM / SONY / Mubi / Warner Bros. / Paramount Pictures / Universal Pictures
Summer is in the rearview, but fret not. Though 2024 has already offered us some absolutely sensational (and sexy) cinema with the first half of the year, fall means FYC season is upon us. And with that comes an avalanche of tantalizing movies.
For Your Consideration, we’ve not only highlighted festival favorites and prestige dramas sure to gain Oscar buzz, but also heartwarming sequels, pulse-pounding thrillers, nail-biting horror, gut-busting comedies, eye-popping adventures, and mind-bending musicals. Whatever kind of movie you’re looking for this season is serving it up.
Here are the fall 2024 movies you’ll want to know about.
SeptemberBeetlejuice Beetlejuice
It’s showtime! 36 years since Beetlejuice introduced us to the ghost with the most, Tim Burton is reuniting with collaborators Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara for the long-awaited sequel.
This time around, Lydia Deetz (Ryder) has an angsty teen of her own in Astrid (Wednesday’s Jenna Ortega). When Astrid — like her mother before her — gets too cozy with the dead, Lydia and her stepmother Delia (O’Hara) must team up with their former foe, Beetlejuice (Keaton), to outwit the rules of the afterlife. And he’ll need their help against his vengeful ex-wife (Monica Bellucci).
Bursting with familiar iconography, spookiness, and kookiness, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is sure to thrill fans new and old. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor
Starring: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe
How to watch: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opens in theaters Sept. 6.
Rebel Ridge
When a corrupt small-town police force gets in the way of a former Marine posting bail for his cousin, all hell breaks loose in Rebel Ridge.
This no-holds-barred thriller comes courtesy of director Jeremy Saulnier, whose gnarly Green Room pitted a punk rock band against neo-Nazis in a similar tale of underdogs facing down evil. Expect brutal action and a star-making turn from lead Aaron Pierre. Don’t believe me? Just watch the trailer above. The way he fakes out his foes by asking, “What if we just walk away?” only to turn follow up with a deadpan, “but then I was like, ‘nah,'” is seared into my brain. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter
Starring: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, James Cromwell, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, and Dana Lee
How to watch: Rebel Ridge premieres Sept. 6 on Netflix.
Look Into My Eyes
Lana Wilson, the director behind Miss Americana, is back with a new documentary, and this time the subject matter isn’t Taylor Swift — it’s psychics.
The trailer above shows a series of conversations between mediums and their clients in New York City, teasing an insight into the psychology around grief, healing, and human connection. Whether you’re a believer or a cynic, this A24 offering could make you reconsider what you think about clairvoyants. — Sam Haysom, Deputy UK Editor
How to watch: Look Into My Eyes opens in theaters Sept. 6.
The Front Room
Brandy Norwood goes head-to-head with an insidious mother-in-law in A24 horror The Front Room.
Directed by Max and Sam Eggers (brothers of The Northman‘s Robert Eggers), this thriller stars the screen and music icon as Belinda, who finds her life upended when her mother-in-law Solange (Poor Things‘ Kathryn Hunter) moves in. Newly pregnant and overwhelmingly done with Solange’s unsettling behavior and constant commentary, Belinda realizes the old woman might actually be dangerous to her — and her unborn child. Convincing her husband (Andrew Burnap) seems impossible, so it seems Belinda might have to take matters into her own hands. — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor
Starring: Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap, Neal Huff, and Kathryn Hunter
How to watch: The Front Room opens in theaters Sept. 6.
His Three Daughters
One of Mashable’s favorites out of TIFF 2023, His Three Daughters centers on three sisters struggling to cope as their elderly father enters his final days of at-home hospice care. Stuck together in a cozy but emotionally claustrophobic New York City apartment, they face sibling rivalry, philosophical differences, and heated emotions.
Each member of writer/director Azazel Jacobs’ cast is stellar. And as I wrote in our review, “His Three Daughters is a simple but elegant drama that grapples with the ugliness of grief and comes out with as happy an ending as a shattering death might bring. It’s chaotic, charismatic, and ultimately cathartic. Don’t miss it.” — K.P.
Starring: Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, and Jovan Adepo
How to watch: His Three Daughters opens in theaters Sept. 6, and debuts on Netflix Sept. 20.
My Old Ass
What if you could go back in time and talk to your younger self? Would you provide comfort? Advice? Warnings? Or maybe a hasty mix of all of the above?
This is the comedic premise of writer/director Megan Park’s buzzed-about Sundance movie, My Old Ass. 18-year-old Elliott Labrant (Maisy Stella) is on a camping trip with friends, hanging out and getting high, when a 39-year-old version of herself (Aubrey Plaza) crashes the party. Far from the sentimental meeting either might wish for, their connection across time proves a mind-blowing trip, peppered with laughs and life lessons. — K.P.
Starring: Maisy Stella, Percy Hynes White, Maddie Ziegler, Kerrice Brooks, and Aubrey Plaza
How to watch: My Old Ass opens in theaters Sept. 13.
Speak No Evil
One of the scariest movies of 2022 is getting a Hollywood remake, courtesy of The Woman in Black director James Watkins.
The premise of this psychological thriller seems simple: It’s a holiday-turned-horror story. But the specifics (at least of Christian Tafdrup’s Danish original) are soul-scorchingly harrowing. When a family of three visits the home of a family they befriended on vacation, things go from amiable to awkward to nerve-shreddingly tense. But which red flag would have you fleeing? Dare you find out? — K.P.
Starring: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, and Scoot McNairy
How to watch: Speak No Evil opens in theaters Sept. 13.
Omni Loop
Mary-Louise Parker brings her signature smirk to a time-travel tale that’s sure to mess with your head — and heart.
Imagine if you learned there’s an actual black hole growing in your chest. For most, that’d be a death sentence. But when a condemned-to-die quantum physicist (Parker) learns her medication allows her into a time-loop, she digs in Groundhog Day-style to find a solution. The cast alone should have you marking your calendar. — K.P.
Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Hannah Pearl Utt, Chris Witaske, Carlos Jacott, Harris Yulin, Steven Maier, and Eddie Cahill
How to watch: Omni Loop opens in theaters and on digital Sept. 20.
Wolfs
From Jon Watts, the director who brought us Spider-Man: Homecoming, Far From Home, and No Way Home, comes an assassin comedy that looks like it has killer laughs.
Ocean’s Eleven stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt re-team to play “fixers” who are used to working solo — but now have to work together on a particularly messy job. Visual gags, bickering banter, and wild turns are teased in the trailer, along with an anti-bromance vibe that’s undeniably amusing. Let the funny business begin! — K.P.
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, and Poorna Jagannathan
How to watch: Wolfs opens in theaters on Sept. 20, and debuts on Apple TV+ on Sept. 27.
The Substance
Coralie Fargeat’s sci-fi body horror The Substance won best screenplay at Cannes, and now it’s crawling into cinemas. Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley lead this sinister satire, which scrutinizes the beauty industry, Hollywood, and ageism through the titular product known only as “The Substance.” This injectable solution lets you “generate another you” with whom you must share time. Of course, that’s not as simple as it sounds.
“While visceral in spurts, The Substance is never quite in control of its satire on sexualization, an excess in which it revels without always meaningfully subverting,” writes Siddhant Adlakha in his review for Mashable. “Its lead performances are fine-tuned — especially from Demi Moore, who delivers intrepid, career-best work — but the film is more a collection of mild jabs than a full-throated deconstruction of a cultural gaze.” — S.C.
Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Hugo Diego Garcia, Joseph Balderrama, Oscar Lesage
How to watch: The Substance hits theaters Sept. 20.
The Wild Robot
Satisfy your cravings for animated adventure with The Wild Robot, based on the book series by Peter Brown and directed by Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon).
Lupita Nyong’o lends her voice to Roz, a robot who’s been shipwrecked on a faraway island. There, she’ll grow close to the island’s animal inhabitants — voiced by the likes of Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, and Catherine O’Hara — and raise an orphaned gosling, all while learning to live and feel beyond the demands of her programming. If the heartstring-tugging storyline and killer voice cast haven’t already lured you in, The Wild Robot‘s vibrant, painterly animation certainly will. — B.E.
Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames
How to watch: The Wild Robot hits theaters Sept. 27.
Apartment 7A
Ready for a horror movie that’s going to make you rethink the hatred of sequels?
Playing as a predecessor to Roman Polanski’s 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby, Apartment 7A focuses on aspiring dancer Terry Gionoffrio (Julia Garner), who has made some powerful friends in 1965 New York. Specifically, when she was down on her luck, she was welcomed into the posh parlors of the Bramford apartment building by a beguiling, elderly couple (Dianne Wiest and Kevin McNally). Terry begins to suspect something strange and sinister lurks behind their friendly faces — and their odd-smelling presents. Fantastically frightening with a contemporary sensibility for scares and political commentary, Apartment 7A is a horror offering that demands to be seen. — K.P.
Starring: Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest, Jim Sturgess, Marli Siu, Kevin McNally, and Rosy McEwen
How to watch: Apartment 7A debuts on digital and Paramount+ Sept.
