November brings plenty to be thankful for with a cornucopia of options for moviegoers, including (certainly ironically) multiple films about dining, including the foodie satire The Menu and the cannibal coming-of-age story Bones and All. (The latter of which won Best Director and Best Young Actress at the Venice Film Festival.)
This month will also see the release of more films off the festival circuit, such as Causeway, The Inspection, and My Policeman — all of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival — as well as Steven Spielberg's crowd-pleasing The Fabelmans, which won TIFF's top prize.
And then there's Marvel's highly-anticipated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which will be equal parts superheroic and heartfelt as it pays tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman. Scroll on for more movies hitting theaters and streaming platforms this November.
Causeway
Having earned her first Oscar nomination for 2010's Winter's Bone, Jennifer Lawrence reconnects with her indie film roots playing a soldier who returns home from Afghanistan with a brain injury. As she struggles to readjust to civilian life, she finds an unexpected friend (played by Brian Tyree Henry). Causeway marks the feature directorial debut of acclaimed theater director Lila Neugebauer.
Watch: On Apple TV+ Nov. 4.
My Policeman
Harry Styles stars as as Tom, a gay policeman in 1950s Britain, who is married to Marion (Emma Corrin) but secretly falling in love with Patrick (David Dawson). When the trio unexpectedly reunite decades later, they find that there may be a chance to repair the damage of the past. Michael Grandage is behind this adaptation of Bethan Roberts' novel.
Watch: On Amazon Prime Video Nov. 4.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Daniel Radcliffe portrays the parody singer/songwriter/accordion player in this biopic of Yankovic's life, which is itself a parody of the singer biopics that have come before. The story tracks Weird Al's meteoric rise to fame, tragic downfall, and triumphant return, with celebrity cameos from Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood), Oprah (Quinta Brunson), and Andy Warhol (Conan O'Brien).
Watch: On Roku Nov. 4.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
With the kingdom in mourning following the death of its king, T'Challa, played by the late Chadwick Boseman, Wakanda must stand together to protect the nation from King Namor (Tenoch Huerta) and the undersea kingdom of Talokan. Returning MCU favorites include Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), among others.
Watch: In theaters Nov. 11.
The Wonder
Based on Emma Donoghue's 2016 novel of the same name, The Wonder stars Oscar nominee Florence Pugh as a 19th-century English nurse sent to investigate a religious miracle in the Irish countryside. Donogue (who is an Oscar nominee herself for adapting her 2010 novel Room into the script for the 2015 thriller of the same name) co-wrote this thriller with Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth) and Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman), who directed.
Watch: On Netflix Nov. 16.
The Inspection
Writer and director Elegance Bratton channels his experience as a gay, Black man in the Marines into this autobiographical drama. Jeremy Pope stars as Ellis French, Bratton's onscreen counterpart, who joins the Marines after being rejected by his mother (Gabrielle Union), but finds unexpected camaraderie with his fellow soldiers and a chance at a new start.
Watch: In theaters Nov. 18.
The Menu
A young couple, Margot and Tyler (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult), travel to a remote island for an exclusive restaurant run by an enigmatic chef (two-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes). But there's more in store for the wealthy guests than a tasting menu and wine pairings in this darkly comedic satire of foodie culture.
Watch: In theaters Nov. 18.
She Said
New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan) break the Harvey Weinstein story in She Said. As the journalists continue to investigate, they must also convince his victims to come forward and break the cycle of abuse. Kantor and Twohey's hard work would go on to spark the larger #MeToo movement, which was first started by activist Tarana Burke a decade earlier.
Watch: In theaters Nov. 18.
Bones and All
Luca Guadagnino reunites with his Call Me By Your Name star, Timothée Chalamet, for a cannibal love story, about a young woman (Taylor Russell) coming to terms with her unusual hunger and the charming drifter (Chalamet) who understands her urges. The film is adapted from Camille DeAngelis' novel of the same name by screenwriter David Kajganich.
Watch: In theaters Nov. 23.
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg delivers his most personal film yet with this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story of a young boy finding his love of filmmaking, while caught between his practical father (Paul Dano) and his dream chasing mother (four-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams). When The Fabelmans premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, it won the People's Choice Award.
Watch: In theaters Nov. 23.
The Son
After adapting his own play The Father for the big screen, Oscar-winning filmmaker Florian Zeller returns with another family drama. Starring Oscar nominees Hugh Jackman and Vanessa Kirby, and Oscar winners Laura Dern and Sir Anthony Hopkins, The Son depicts a divorced father (Jackman) who is forced to confront his failures as a parent when his ex-wife (Dern) drops their troubled son off to live with him.
Watch: In select theaters Nov. 25.
ALSO OUT IN NOVEMBER:
Enola Holmes 2 (Millie Bobby Brown is back on the case as Sherlock Holmes' younger sister, on Netflix Nov. 4)
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (documentarian Elvis Mitchell tracks the history of Black cinema, on Netflix Nov. 4)
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (an intimate look inside the mind of the actress/singer/producer, on Amazon Prime Video Nov. 4)
Spirited (A Christmas Carol by way of Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, on Apple TV+ Nov. 18)
There There (the latest from the godfather of mumblecore, Andrew Bujalski, in theaters Nov. 18)
Devotion (Jonathan Majors stars as the Navy's first Black fighter pilot in this Korean War drama, in theaters Nov. 23)
Good Night Oppy (Angela Bassett narrates Ryan White's documentary on the Mars Exploration Rovers, on Amazon Prime Video Nov. 23)
Strange World (Jake Gyllenhaal and Gabrielle Union lend their voices to Disney's newest animated adventure, in theaters Nov. 23)
Disenchanted (Amy Adams discovers what comes after happy ever after in this sequel, on Disney+ Nov. 24)
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