We Ranked Every New Movie Hitting Theaters in November 2025 — See What Deserves Your Ticket

November is stacked. Big sequels, bold swings, awards bait, and a couple of curveballs that will have people arguing in the lobby. I went through everything opening in theaters and ranked the major releases from 19 to 1 so you can plan your weekends without doom-scrolling 400 tabs. Notes on what it is, who made it, who is in it, how long it runs, how it is scoring, and when you can actually see it are all baked in.

1. Cutting Through Rocks
   A doc that sounds small on paper but hits big: in an Iranian village, the first woman elected to the local council, Sara Shahverdi, pushes against entrenched norms by teaching teenage girls to ride motorcycles and opposing child marriage. Then rumors start flying, and she is forced to question her own motives and identity.
   Directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammad Reza Eyni. Documentary, 1h 35m. Rotten Tomatoes: 100%. In theaters November 21.
2. The Secret Agent
   Brazil, 1977. Wagner Moura plays Marcelo, a tech specialist on the run who heads to Recife during Carnival to reconnect with his son and finds more danger than safety. Gabriel Leone and Udo Kier co-star. This one has serious festival heat and, yeah, a runtime to match.
   Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. Thriller/Mystery, 2h 40m. Rotten Tomatoes: 100%. Cannes winner for Best Director and Best Actor. In theaters November 26.
3. Rental Family
   Brendan Fraser is an American actor in Tokyo who stumbles into a job with a Japanese "rental family" service, playing different roles for clients craving connection. The more he pretends, the more the lines blur, and the ethics get messy. Heart-on-its-sleeve, but in a good way.
   Directed by Hikari. Comedy/Drama, 1h 50m. Rotten Tomatoes: 96%. In theaters November 21.
4. Trap House
   In El Paso, an undercover DEA agent and his partner hunt a crew of audacious thieves... who turn out to be their own rebellious teenagers. The premise is wild; the cast sells it: Dave Bautista, Sophia Lillis, Tony Dalton.
   Directed by Michael Dowse. Adventure, runtime TBA. Rotten Tomatoes: not yet rated. In theaters November 14.
5. Kokuho
   Nagasaki, 1964. After a yakuza boss dies, his 14-year-old son Kikuo is taken in by a famed Kabuki performer. Kikuo bonds with the performer’s son, Shunsuke; together they devote their lives to the stage, weathering fame, scandal, and betrayals on the way to one of them becoming Japan’s greatest Kabuki master. Prestige period drama energy all over this.
   Directed by Lee Sang-il. Drama, 2h 55m. Rotten Tomatoes: not yet rated. In theaters November 14, with an Oscar-qualifying run expected.
6. Hamnet
   Chloé Zhao reimagines the grief that may have fueled Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal anchoring the heartbreak. It is tender, it is aching, and it knows exactly when to break you and when to put you back together.
   Directed by Chloé Zhao. Historical drama, 2h 6m. Rotten Tomatoes: 86%. In theaters November 27.
7. The Carpenter's Son
   Lotfy Nathan goes full unsettling with a horror take set in a remote Egyptian village, centered on a carpenter, his wife, and their son, Jesus. The movie blends religious themes with psychological dread and has already kicked up controversy for its bold portrayal of what many will read as Jesus’s early years in Egypt. Nicolas Cage, FKA Twigs, and Noah Jupe star.
   Directed by Lotfy Nathan. Horror, 1h 30m. Rotten Tomatoes: not yet rated. In theaters November 14.
8. Jay Kelly
   Noah Baumbach teams with Emily Mortimer on a European road movie about a movie star (George Clooney) and his long-suffering manager (Adam Sandler) who finally talk about everything they have been dodging: past choices, relationships, legacy. It is funny until it is quietly devastating, then funny again.
   Directed by Noah Baumbach. Comedy drama, 2h 12m. Rotten Tomatoes: 79%. In theaters November 14.
9. Sentimental Value
   Joachim Trier’s latest centers on two sisters, Nora and Agnes, reconnecting with their estranged father Gustav, a once-famous filmmaker angling for a comeback. He offers Nora (a gifted stage actor) the lead; she passes. He hands it to a rising Hollywood star instead, which detonates the family’s fragile truce. Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning lead a killer ensemble.
   Directed by Joachim Trier. Comedy/Drama, 2h 13m. Rotten Tomatoes: 96%. In theaters November 7.
10. Eternity
    A24 dramedy set in the afterlife: Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) has one week to choose where she will spend forever. The choice is brutal — her lifelong partner (Miles Teller) or her first love (Callum Turner), who died years earlier and has been patiently waiting. It is sweet, smart, and sharper than you expect.
    Directed by David Freyne. Rom-com, 1h 54m. Rotten Tomatoes: 87%. In theaters November 14.
11. Now You See Me: Now You Don't
    The Four Horsemen are back with a new squad of illusionists and bigger, cheekier heists. Expect slick tricks and reversals stacked on reversals. Cast includes Dave Franco, Jesse Eisenberg, Daniel Radcliffe, Morgan Freeman, and Isla Fisher.
    Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Crime/Thriller, 1h 52m. Rotten Tomatoes: not yet rated. In theaters November 14.
12. Wicked: For Good
    Part two picks up with Elphaba laying low in the woods while Glinda basks in Emerald City glow. A furious mob forces Elphaba back into alliance with her former friend, and together they push against the story everyone thinks they know — for Elphaba’s fate and the future of Oz. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande return, with Jon M. Chu back behind the camera.
    Directed by Jon M. Chu. Musical/Fantasy, 2h 17m. In theaters November 21.
13. Zootopia 2
    Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) are back on the beat. A mysterious reptile shows up and throws the city into chaos, sending the duo into corners of Zootopia they have never had to navigate and undercover in ways they have never tried. No reviews yet, but the hype is loud.
    Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard. Family/Comedy, 1h 48m. Rotten Tomatoes: not yet rated. In theaters November 26.
14. Christy
    Sydney Sweeney puts on the gloves as real-life boxer Christy Martin, who rockets from small-town West Virginia to the big time under the guidance of trainer-husband Jim (Ben Foster). She is fierce in the ring, but the bigger fights are at home and within. Inspired by true events, and it does not blink.
    Directed by David Michôd. Sport/Drama, 2h 15m. Rotten Tomatoes: 69%. In theaters November 7.
15. The Running Man
    Stephen King’s dystopia gets a fresh spin: the country’s favorite TV show is a month-long hunt where "Runners" try to survive pro killers for cash prizes that tick up daily. Yes, it sounds like a cousin to "Squid Game." Glen Powell plays Ben Richards, a working-class dad who enters to save his ailing daughter at the urging of the show’s producer, Dan Killian (Josh Brolin). Charisma meets system-smashing rebellion — live, in prime time.
    Directed by Edgar Wright. Sci-fi/Adventure, 2h 13m. Rotten Tomatoes: not yet rated. In theaters November 14.
16. Predator: Badlands
    Franchise shake-up: the Predator is the protagonist. A young Yautja (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), exiled from his clan, forms a dangerous alliance with a human named Thia (Elle Fanning) to hunt for the ultimate quarry. Dan Trachtenberg directs, and if that name rings a bell, you know he can reinvent a monster movie in his sleep.
    Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Sci-fi/Horror, 1h 47m. In theaters November 7.
17. SISU: Road to Revenge
    The man who refuses to die (Jorma Tommila) returns. He revisits the home where his family was murdered, dismantles the house, straps it to a truck, and heads off to rebuild it somewhere safe. Then Stephen Lang’s Red Army commander shows up to finish what he started, and the movie goes full throttle into an inventive, brutal cross-country chase.
    Directed by Jalmari Helander. Action, 1h 29m. Rotten Tomatoes: 95%. In theaters November 21.
18. Die, My Love
    Lynne Ramsay adapts Ariana Harwicz’s novel into a psychological black comedy-drama about a writer and young mother, Grace (Jennifer Lawrence), spiraling inside an old Montana house. Her companion Jackson (Robert Pattinson) is helpless as the agitation turns unpredictable and then dangerous. It is as raw as it sounds, with jagged humor cutting through the dread.
    Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Thriller/Comedy, 1h 58m. Rotten Tomatoes: 79%. In theaters November 7.
19. Nuremberg
    James Vanderbilt adapts "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist" into a gripping courtroom-and-mind-game drama about the Nuremberg trials. A U.S. Army psychiatrist gets locked in a psychological battle with Hermann Göring, and the movie leans into the unnerving intimacy of those interviews. Russell Crowe and Rami Malek headline, and the awards conversation has already started.
    Directed by James Vanderbilt. Drama, 2h 28m. Rotten Tomatoes: 67%. In theaters November 7.