Autumn movies: 2019 film guide

Downton Abbey

The show enamoured the nation, and so the astonishing influence of Downton Abbey continues to grow, to the biggest screen there is. Forget everything you know, and marvel at their majesty in this new version.

Ad Astra

Brad Pitt's new sci-fi film sees the actor play a lonely engineer searching for his dad, Tommy Lee Jones, in space - while also saving the world in the process.

Hustlers

Writer-director Lorene Scafaria turns to the dark corners of neon-lit rooms for her new movie starring Jennifer Lopez, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, Lizzo, based on the 2015 New York Magazine article 'The Hustlers at Scores', about the strip club employees who worked together against their Wall Street clients to bring them to justice.

The Farewell

Awkwafina makes her first foray into drama with Lulu Wang's The Farewell, a moving story about family, loss and conflicting cultures in which one family hides a cancer diagnosis from their beloved grandma.

The Goldfinch

A worldwide bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner, Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch is being turned into a film. Nicole Kidman and Sarah Paulson star alongside Ansel Elgort, Finn Wolfhard and Luke Wilson.

Joker

Batman's arch-nemesis is getting his own standalone film, revealing the untold story of the Joker. Joaquin Phoenix takes on the lead role opposite Robert De Niro.

Judy

Renée Zellweger captures the last months of Hollywood starlet Judy Garland, in all her troubles and triumphs, celebrating her love, talent and voice.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Filmmaker Joe Talbot (a San Fran native himself) takes the idea of the spaces that never leave us to the screen in his soulful drama, The Last Black Man in San Francisco. It’s a tale of a city changing beyond recognition, but it’s also a love story between one man and the beloved house built by his grandfather where he lived

The Laundromat

The Laundromat follows a woman (Streep) whose holiday goes downhill after she somehow becomes entangled with the shifty dealings of a Panama City law firm. A shady law firm, of course, needs some shady lawyers, who will be portrayed by Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas.

Monos

Brazilian filmmaker Alejandro Landes uses the backdrop of the Colombian civil war to tell a dizzying story of teenage angst and global chaos in Monos.

If the premise recalls Lord of the Flies or Heart of Darkness, it’s a deliberate link Landes makes. The lightning-sharp film uses a very real, still ongoing exterior conflict to evoke the interior angst of these kids growing up at war with the entire world, as well as themselves.

Charlie's Angels

The Angels are back, and they're brand new. Actor Elizabeth Banks is revamping the female-fronted action movie with three new stars: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska, for original adventures with the same invigorating edge.

Luce

Adapted from the 2013 Off-Broadway play of the same name, Luce follows the titular teenager who creates a rift between his parents (Naomi Watts and Tim Roth) and his teacher (Octavia Spencer) after he pens an essay that suggests he harbours a violent side.

The Report

Adam Driver leads The Report, a searing docudrama retelling an all-in investigation that shaped the US. The film follows a Senate investigation into extreme methods employed by the CIA to interrogate those considered responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Driver plays the lead staffer, opposite Annette Bening's senior Senator tasked with finding out just what had been brushed under the carpet.

Frozen II

Disney will be returning cinemagoers to the snowy kingdom of Arendelle this November, although it won’t be quite as we have seen it before.

The Irishman

The Irishman indicates a true return to form for Martin Scorsese, and an ambitious leap into the future at the same time. The film is based on Charles Brandt's novel I Heard You Paint Houses and retells the biographical tale of hitman and WWII veteran Frank Sheeran (played by Robert De Niro) and his involvement in the shady disappearance of politician Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino).

Knives Out

Star Wars stalwart Rian Johnson is giving the murder mystery genre a fresh spin thanks to an all-star cast. Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans and more come together for Knives Out, a brand new whodunit.