September is coming to a close with a major load of new titles. Surprisingly, this week is packed with a wide variety of new releases, ranging from indies and re-releases to big-star dramas. There’s pretty much something for everyone this week. And whether you’re committed to staying home and watching something on TV, or planning to drive to your local movie theater, you’ll have plenty of options to choose from. There’s also surprisingly a lot of streaming content this week, including some films coming to VOD for the first time. So this week is definitely one of those weeks when figuring out what to watch might be harder than finding something to watch.
Like always, we’ve listed all the notable and major titles coming out in the next couple of days. So scroll down, see what pops, and add to that ever-growing watchlist even further.
🎥 In Theaters This Week
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🎥 Concessions
(Tues, Sept 22nd — limited release)
There’s nothing sadder for movie lovers than watching a local theater close, but this indie comedy-drama would rather have a little fun with the heartbreak. First-time feature filmmaker Mas Bouzidi spends one final night inside the Royal Alamo Cinema with its jaded employees, eccentric regulars, desperate owner, and movie-obsessed oddballs. Steven Ogg, Josh Hamilton, Ivory Aquino, and Michael Madsen, in one of his final performances, lead the ensemble.
🎥 Take Me Home
(Wed, Sept 23rd — limited release; in NY)
Everyone wants the freedom to shape their own life. Korean American filmmaker Liz Sargent turns that simple idea into something deeply personal, casting her sister Anna Sargent in this semi-biographical drama about disability and independence. When a crisis disrupts Anna’s support system, she’s forced to navigate the bureaucracy surrounding housing and caregiving while fighting to maintain control over her own future.
🎥 Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?
(Thurs, Sept 24th — One Night Only; in theaters)
English rocker Jarvis Cocker and the band Pulp look back on four decades of music, breakups, reunions, and the long road to their biggest arena show yet. Director Garth Jennings mixes that history with a colorful concert film that drops audiences right into the crowd. More than a trip down memory lane, it captures the joy of a band getting another chance to turn up the volume.
🎥 Avengers: Endgame: Encore
(Fri, Sept 25th — re-release; nationwide)
You still remember the moments, the lines, and that cheer when Captain America finally said, “Avengers... assemble.” Now Marvel is bringing that finale epic back to theaters for a special Encore presentation, reportedly with four minutes of new footage tied to Avengers: Doomsday. With Doomsday arriving in December, those extra minutes should give Marvel fans plenty to talk about.
🎥 Heart of the Beast
(Fri, Sept 25th — wide release)
There’s no stronger bond than a man and his dog, especially when they’ve survived a war together. Director David Ayer’s survival drama sees Brad Pitt as Special Forces officer James Belmont, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash with his longtime combat partner, Odin. Scarred by war and fitted with a titanium prosthetic leg, Odin has one more mission left to complete: get them both home alive.
🎥 Forgotten Island
(Fri, Sept 25th — wide release)
The idea of lifelong friends gets harder to hold onto as you get older. DreamWorks Animation turns that feeling into a supernatural fantasy inspired by Filipino folklore, with Liza Soberano and H.E.R. voicing childhood friends Raissa and Jo. Transported to the mysterious island of Nakali, they’ll have to rediscover what made their friendship so strong before growing up pulls them apart.
🎥 Primetime
(Fri, Sept 25th — wide release)
Robert Pattinson plays Dateline journalist Chris Hansen in Lance Oppenheim’s fictionalized drama inspired by the rise of To Catch a Predator. As Hansen and his crew turn hidden-camera stings into must-see television, journalism, law enforcement, and entertainment begin sharing the same uncomfortable space, begging the question: when does exposing predators cross the line into exploiting them for entertainment?
🎥 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
Prayer and violence make uneasy company as Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali plays a devout hitman whose life begins to unravel after his wife’s death, sending him across Houston to protect his children from enemies looking to tie up loose ends. Writer-director Bassam Tariq turns that setup into both a chase and a crisis of faith, as the beliefs that once guided him clash with the violence that has defined his life.
🎥 Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
Sometimes the best way to move forward is to get back on the dance floor. Rinko Kikuchi stars as Haru, a competitive ballroom dancer whose life falls apart after the death of her husband and longtime dance partner. But when a magnetic new instructor (Alberto Guerra) enters her life, Haru begins to wonder whether finding a new partner means leaving the old one behind.
🎥 The Stunt Driver
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
Wild stunt driver Ken Carter doesn’t just want to break a record. He wants to launch himself into the history books. Jay Baruchel portrays this real-life ’70s Canadian daredevil whose obsession with rocketing a car across the St. Lawrence River puts nearly everything in his life at risk. Ben Foster co-stars as Ken’s American counterpart, Evel Knievel, with Goon director Michael Dowse helming this true-story comedy-drama about one spectacularly crazy dream.
🎥 The Incomer
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
Domhnall Gleeson stars as an awkward council official sent to evict two eccentric siblings from a remote Scottish island, only to find himself drawn into their strange world of folklore, wizardry, and make-believe. Grant O’Rourke and Gayle Rankin co-star in Louis Paxton’s off-kilter comedy about finding kindred spirits in the most unexpected places.
🎥 Never After Dark
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
The dead have rules. The living are another problem entirely. In this supernatural horror-thriller, Moeka Hoshi stars as Airi, a wandering medium who helps restless spirits move on with help from her dead sister, Miku. But when a job at an isolated country house reveals an apparition unlike anything she’s encountered before, Airi uncovers a secret that puts her in danger from something far more human.
🎥 Charlie Harper
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
Nick Robinson and Emilia Jones star as Charlie and Harper, young lovers who leave home hoping to build a future together in a new city. But as Harper throws herself into becoming a chef and Charlie struggles to find his own direction, adulthood begins pulling them apart. Directors Mac Eldridge and Tom Dean ask what happens when love and growing up stop moving in the same direction.
🎥 The Deputy
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
Guarding a corpse should be the easy assignment. Duke Nicholson stars as a rookie deputy whose night goes sideways when a dead body disappears and his search begins uncovering decades of small-town corruption. Tiffany Haddish plays the lone deputy willing to help, while William H. Macy is the chief who gave him the job.
🎥 Long Day’s Journey Into Night
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
Jessica Lange returns to the role that earned her a Tony in director Jonathan Kent’s adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s acclaimed play. As Mary Tyrone, she plays a woman whose morphine addiction has trapped her family in a painful cycle of resentment, blame, and regret. Ed Harris, Ben Foster, and Colin Morgan round out the deeply dysfunctional Tyrone family.
🎥 Hellbilly Hollow
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release)
A team of paranormal YouTubers heads into the Alabama backwoods before Halloween, hoping a haunted attraction will give them some easy supernatural footage. Instead, they meet Tickles, a disfigured, childlike clown, and his sadistic brother Bull. Kevin Wayne directs and stars alongside Kurt Deimer in a slasher where the haunted attraction may be fake, but the people running it are frighteningly real.
🎥 No Limbs No Limits: The NickV Story
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited theatrical engagement)
Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic endured bullying, isolation, depression, and a suicide attempt before finding a sense of purpose that changed his life. Matthew Thayer’s documentary uses unseen family footage and interviews to trace his journey from childhood struggles to becoming an author, entrepreneur, evangelist, and motivational speaker, exploring how faith and resilience helped him turn adversity into something meaningful.
🎥 The Scout
(Fri, Sept 25th — limited release; in NY)
Mimi Davila plays Sofia, a New York location scout spending one long day searching apartments, businesses, and neighborhoods for a TV pilot whose demands keep changing. Along the way, she catches brief glimpses into the lives of complete strangers before the job unexpectedly turns personal. Writer-director Paula González-Nasser draws on her own experience as a location scout for this portrait of creative gig work and urban disconnection.
🎥 Unzipped: 4K Restoration
(Fri, Sept 25th — re-release; in NY)
The ’90s were the age of the supermodel, and designer Isaac Mizrahi was one of fashion’s biggest personalities. Newly restored in 4K, this classic 1995 documentary follows Mizrahi as he prepares his fall 1994 collection, from early sketches and fittings to backstage nerves and the runway. It’s a fascinating time capsule of an era when fashion—and everyone in it—felt bigger and bolder.
🎥 Princess Mononoke: 4K Restoration
(Sat, Sept 26th–Wed, Sept 30th; via Fathom Ent’s Studio Ghibli Fest screenings)
A deadly curse sends Ashitaka west, where his search for a cure pulls him into a war between Iron Town and the ancient forest protected by San, a girl raised by wolves. Hayao Miyazaki fills this ecological epic with animal gods, forest spirits, and Joe Hisaishi’s unforgettable score. Studio Ghibli Fest brings this classic anime back to theaters for five days, newly restored in 4K.
