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Movies Opening In Cinemas On July 1

Movies Opening In Cinemas On July 1

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Movies Opening in Cinemas July 1 - The Innocents

Film Inquiry compiles a list of the movies that are opening in cinemas every Tuesday. Opening this week: The BFG, The Purge: Election Year, The Legend of Tarzan, Our Kind Of Traitor, The Innocents, Life, Animated and Satanic.

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:

The BFG (2016)

The BFG Poster117 minutes – Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement

International Release Dates

The Purge: Election Year (2016)

The Purge Election Year Poster105 minutes – Action, Horror, Sci-F, Thriller

Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge.

Director: James DeMonaco
Stars: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Ethan Phillips

International Release Dates

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

The Legend Of Tarzan Poster109 minutes – Action, Adventure

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

Director: David Yates
Stars: Margot Robbie, Alexander Skarsgård, Ella Purnell, Samuel L. Jackson

International Release Dates

Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

Our Kind of Traitor Poster107 minutes – Thriller

A couple find themselves lured into a Russian oligarch’s plans to defect are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.

Director: Susanna White
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris

International Release Dates

The Innocents (2016)

The Innocents Poster115 minutes – Drama

In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent.

Director: Anne Fontaine
Stars: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne

limited release in US – International Release Dates

Life, Animated (2016)

Life Animated Poster89 minutes – Documentary, Animation, Family

A coming of age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.

Director: Roger Ross Williams
Stars: Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind

limited release in US – International Release Dates

Satanic (2016)

Satanic PosterHorror

Four friends on their way to Coachella stop off in Los Angeles to tour true-crime occult sites, only to encounter a mysterious young runaway who puts them on a terrifying path to ultimate horror.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Stars: Sarah Hyland, Marc Barnes, Devanny Pinn, Justin Chon

International Release Dates

Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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