16 Films to See in October
Updated 7:23pm to remove Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which has been delayed to a November 10 release date.
A large percentage of each year's best films open in the fall months, and this October looks likely to continue that trend, with multiple 90+ releases as well as notable new features from Todd Haynes, Yorgos Lanthimos, Noah Baumbach, Ruben Östlund, and Agnès Varda. In recent years, October has also been the month to launch smart but crowd-pleasing sci-fi fare. Following in the footsteps of Gravity, The Martian, and Arrival this year is the long-awaited Blade Runner 2049, which is already earning rave reviews.
Get the scoop on these and other top October films (including a few Netflix exclusives) in our gallery below.
When The Killing of a Sacred Deer premiered at Cannes, writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos and co-writer Efthymis Filippou shared the Best Screenplay award with You Were Never Really Here writer-director Lynne Ramsey. It’s another unnerving offering from the director of The Lobster and Dogtooth. Colin Farrell plays Dr. Steven Murphy, a surgeon who seems to have an idyllic life until Martin (Dunkirk’s Barry Keoghan), a fatherless teen, begins to menacingly influence his wife (Nicole Kidman) and children, 12-year-old Bob (Sunny Suljic) and 14-year-old Kim (Raffey Cassidy).
Drama/Thriller/Horror | October 20 Watch trailer
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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