
Deadline shared the official trailer for Orang Ikan, a historical monster thriller set in 1942.

Marking the feature film directorial debut of director Jean Shim, A Great Divide is a family drama film telling the story of a Korean-American family leaving the Bay Area for a fresh start in the rural expanses of Wyoming, only to encounter hostility and xenophobia in their new community. The film had its world premiere at the Bentonville Film Festival.

Arriving in US theaters this weekend on Friday, October 25th is a diverse lineup of films from award-contenders to a superhero popcorn flick. Oscar-winning director of All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger, returns this week with the Ralph Fiennes-starred thriller Conclave. Adam Elliot’s clay stop-motion animation Memoir of a Snail, exploring grief in a unique way. Mati Diop’s Dahomey, a documentary on stolen African artifacts won the top prize of Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina shows the nightmare of working in a fine-dining restaurant as an immigrant, starring Oscar-nominated actress Rooney Mara. For the lighthearted films, modern-day Beauty and the Beast, Your Monster, starring Melissa Barrera, and Stavros Halkias-led comedy Let’s Start a Cult are also coming to the big screen. Daisey Ridley-led neo-noir, Magpie, brings suspense to the theaters, and for fans of superhero movies, Venom: The Last Dance closes the Venom trilogy movies.

Selected as the UK’s official submission for the 97th Academy Awards, Santosh marks the feature film directorial debut of British-Indian director Sandhya Suri. The film follows a young police officer investigating the murder of a low-caste girl in the rural badlands of India.

Based on the real events of the 1972 Munich massacre, September 5 follows the intense experience of a broadcast team covering the live hostage crisis during the Munich Summer Olympics. The film had its world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival under the Orizzonti Extra section. The film also screened at the 51st Telluride Film Festival, the 2024 Santa Fe International Film Festival, and the 33rd Heartland International Film Festival where it won the Narrative Special Presentation Audience Choice Award.

The Ghost Trap, the drama/thriller film starring Zak Steiner, Greer Grammer, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Steven Ogg will be available to rent or purchase on digital and DVD, along with a limited theatrical release in select U.S. theaters starting Friday, November 1, 2024.

Based on the 1989 book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, The Order is a crime-thriller helmed by Justin Kurzel (Macbeth, The Snowtown Murders) telling the true story of the 1983 series of crimes committed by a radical group of Neo-Nazis terrorists.

Vertical unveiled the official trailer for ‘Elevation,’ the sci-fi/thriller film helmed by George Nolfi (Bourne Ultimatum, Oceans Twelve). The film follows the story of a single father played by lead actor Anthony Mackie (8 Mile, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) trying to survive a post-apocalyptic world to save his son.

World premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, winning actress Nicole Kidman the Volpi Cup for Best Actress award, ‘Babygirl’ is an erotic thriller film telling the story of a CEO played by Kidman having an affair with a much younger intern from her office.

Making his feature film directorial debut, writer/director G.S. Foxwood helms ‘Wild Eyed and Wicked,’ a drama/mystery film exploring the theme of generational trauma with elements of fantasy. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Austin Film Festival where it won the Dark Matters Audience Award. It also screened at the 2023 Dances With Films NYC.

From George Nolfi, the writer of ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ and ‘Oceans Twelve, ‘Elevation’ is a post-apocalyptic action/thriller film starring Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin, and Maddie Hasson. Mackie stars as a single father who has to survive in a post-apocalyptic world to save his son.

Following up on the success of the 2019 Spanish Thriller ‘The Platform‘ which gained over 80 million streams, Netflix unveiled the official trailer for the sequel to the film, ‘The Platform 2.’ Helmed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia who also directed the first film, ‘The Platform 2’ continues the concept of the first film, set in a vertical prison where prisoners are fed on a descending platform.