Movies Opening In Cinemas On November 11
Every week, we compile a list of the movies that are opening in cinemas. Opening this week are Arrival; Almost Christmas; The Love Witch; Elle; Shut In; Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk; The Monster; USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage; and The True Memoirs of an International Assassin.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
Arrival (2016)
1h 56min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications.
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Eric Heisserer
Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker
Almost Christmas (2016)
1h 52min | Comedy, Drama
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Thanksgiving since their mom died.
Director: David E. Talbert
Writer: David E. Talbert
Stars: Gabrielle Union, Jessie T. Usher, Danny Glover
The Love Witch (2016)
2h | Comedy, Horror
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, in a tribute to 1960s pulp novels and Technicolor melodramas.
Director: Anna Biller
Writer: Anna Biller
Stars: Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell
limited release in US – International Release Dates
Elle (2016)
2h 10min | Drama, Thriller
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: David Birke
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny
Shut In (2016)
Drama, Thriller
A heart-pounding thriller about a widowed child psychologist who lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Director: Farren Blackburn
Writer: Christina Hodson
Stars: Naomi Watts, Charlie Heaton, Jacob Tremblay
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
1h 50min | Drama, War
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America’s perceptions.
Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Jean-Christophe Castelli
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Garrett Hedlund
The Monster (2016)
1h 31min | Horror
A mother and daughter must confront a terrifying monster when they break down on a deserted road.
Director: Bryan Bertino
Writer: Bryan Bertino
Stars: Zoe Kazan, Ella Ballentine, Aaron Douglas
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
2h 8min | Action, War
During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 300 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Writers: Cam Cannon, Richard Rionda Del Castro
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane
True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)
Action, Comedy
After a publisher changes a writer’s debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own survival.
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Writer: Jeff Morris
Stars: Emilie Ullerup, Kevin James, Andy Garcia
released on Netflix – International Release Dates
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