18 top movies coming out in 2024, from Kinds of Kindness to Alicia Vikander's Firebrand

How about we spend all of this year in the cinema, yes?

14 May 2024

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Even as warmer and fairer weather approaches, you still can't beat a cinema trip, and we're keeping our eye on the top movies coming out in 2024.

So what should we be adding to our “to-watch'” lists? The good news is that there's something for everybody. We've got a nostalgic sequel in Beetlejuice 2, a Mad Max prequel, Jodie Comer's turn as a biker chick in The Bikeriders and Lady Gaga's entrance into the Joker movie universe. And that's not all.

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Poor Things director will give us his latest offering – Kinds of Kindness, starring Emma Stone once again – very soon, and we're super excited about Alicia Vikander's turn as Henry VIII's final wife Katherine Parr in Firebrand.

How about we spend all of next year in the cinema, yes? Here's a rundown of all the movies coming out in 2024 that you need to know about now.

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Firebrand
Definitely one to mark in your calendars. Alicia Vikander plays Katherine Parr, King Henry VIII's final wife, as she navigates marriage and finding her place in the royal court. Intriguingly, Jude Law will play the scoundrel King. We're set to see a bit more than the history books have ever shown us about Parr, how she found her power and helped prepare her stepdaughter Elizabeth to become Queen.
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Lee
This one's a seriously star-studded one – think Kate Winslet, Josh O'Connor, Andy Samberg, Marion Cotillard, Alexander Skarsgård and Andrea Riseborough. It follows the incredible story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller (played by Winslet), a fashion model who went onto become a war correspondent for Vogue during World War II.
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The Bikeriders
Jodie Comer has gone biker chic, and we are here for it. The Bikeriders is inspired by both true events and a book by a member of a real-life Chicago motorbike gang, starring Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Challengers star Mike Faist and The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus.
Atsushi Nishijima
Poor Things
Based on the novel by Alasdair Grey, Poor Things marked the second collaboration of director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone after 2018's The Favourite. In the visually-daring film, Stone plays Bella, a young woman who learns she was created in a scientific experiment — although she has the body of a grown woman, she has the brain of a newborn. Its fresh take on the coming-of-age story forced us all to reconsider what it means to be a woman. With bold performances from Stone and Mark Ruffalo and an other worldly, candy coloured steampunk design, this film is not to be missed.

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Kinds of Kindness
The next offering from Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos, incidentally starring Emma Stone once again. We don't have a lot of specific information on the plot for this one, as it's being kept tightly under wraps. The director told The Guardian that the movie is “set in the US – three different stories, with four or five actors who play one part in each story, so they all play three different parts.” Margaret Qualley, Willem Defoe, Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Hong Chau and Joe Alwyn will star alongside Stone.
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Hot Milk
Based on Deborah Levy's acclaimed novel, Hot Milk features an all-star cast that includes Sex Education's Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw and Phantom Thread's Vicky Krieps. The film follows the Rose (Shaw) – who is suffering from a strange illness – and her daughter (Mackey), who arrive in Spain to visit a shamanic physician in the hopes they can find a miracle cure for Rose.
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Blitz
A World War II drama directed by Steve McQueen, Blitz takes an intimate look at the bombings in London. The cast features the likes of Saorise Ronan (Lady Bird, Little Women), Harris Dickinson (Triange of Sadness) and Stephen Graham (Snatch). While we don't know too much about the plot of the film yet, we do know that McQueen is one of the most exciting directors around — his series Small Axe that explored the lives of Black Londoners was one of the best things to come out of 2020, so we have no doubt Blitz will be just as remarkable.
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Beetlejuice 2
A sequel to the classic has been in the making for a while – and we're so glad it's almost here. Scheduled for release in the autumn, we'll see Schitts Creek star Catherine O'Hara, Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder reprise their roles, alongside the exciting additions of Jenna Ortega, Monica Bullucci, Willem Dafoe and Justin Theroux.

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Bob Marley: One Love
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley was one of the all-time greats. His music not only transformed the music industry but spurred a movement inspired by the ideas of love, understanding and togetherness. Biopic One Love explores his life and career, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir (who recently graced our screens as one of the many Kens in Barbie) as Marley, Lashana Lynch (No Time to Die, The Woman King) as his wife, and James Norton (Happy Valley) as his producer.
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IF
An entirely adorable and star-studded film by John Krasinski, IF (which stands for imaginary friends) tells the story of a young girl who discovers she can see people's imaginary friends who have been abandoned by the children they helped. IF stars Ryan Reynolds as well as John himself and the voice talents of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve Carrell, Vince Vaughn, Emily Blunt, Awkwafina, Matt Damon… the list goes on!
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Twisters
An epic disaster film starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Daryl McCormack and Kiernan Shipka. The premise is an update of the 1996 film Twister, which explored the story of a pair of storm chasers who risk their lives to test an experimental weather alert system.
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Furiosa
We're returning to the Mad Max world for a Furiosa prequel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, who will play a younger version of Charlize Theron's character, as well as Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke. Charlize will apparently not return, but we'll be keeping our fingers crossed anyway.

The Color Purple
This musical drama is an adaptation of Alice Walker's important novel about the struggles of African-American women living in the south during the early 1900s. Oprah, Taraji P.Henson, Danielle Brookes and Halle Bailey make up the star-studded cast.
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Wicked
A movie adaptation of the beloved Oz spinoff musical is coming, starring Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum and Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey. We reckon it's going to defy gravity – geddit?
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Joker: Folie a Deux
The sequel to Joker is set to be a musical thriller – call us intrigued. Lady Gaga is set to steal the show as Harley Quinn, though.
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All Of Us Strangers
Starring Fleabag's Andrew Scott and all-around star Paul Mescal, All Of Us Strangers sees a compelling relationship unfold when Scott's character Adam finds himself drawn back to his childhood home, where he meets Mescal's Harry.

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Challengers
Challengers stars superstar Zendaya ,as well as Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist – it's also directed by Call Me By Your Name's Luca Guadagnino, so you know it's going to be a good'un. Zendaya plays Tashi Donaldson, a tennis pro who ends up managing her fellow tennis pro husband's career after an injury. But there's more to the story.
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Dune: Part Two
The second half of the adaptation from Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune, starring part one actors Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård and Dave Bautista – serious stars Florence Pugh and Austin Butler joined the cast for the sequel.