Movies now playing in cinemas

From the director of The Eight Hundred comes this man-and-his-dog story of an ex-con who gets a second chance at life. Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes 2024.

Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in tiny acts of greatness.

In this real-life Swedish road trip, a man takes his passive and tired father to his beloved France and let him revisit the places he loves...

Anapela Polataivao (Our Flag Means Death) leads this Aotearoa heartwarmer, the opening night film at the 44th Hawai’i International Film Festival.

In 14th Century Europe, when the Austrian Empire invades his native  Switzerland, William Tell, a peaceful huntsman, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the Austrian king and his ruthless warlords.

Franz Rogowski (Disco Boy) and Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) star in this Palme d'Or-nominated drama from Oscar-winning filmmaker Andrea Arnold (American Honey).

Theo James (The Gentlemen), Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), and Elijah Wood star in this horror-comedy Stephen King adaptation from writer-director Oz Perkins (Longlegs). 

Best International Feature Film Oscar-winner based on the true story of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres in an Academy Award-nominated performance), a Brazilian activist of the anti-military dictatorship movement who spent years investigating her husband's disappearance.

Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson is the new Captain America in the thirty-sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Julius Onah (Luce) and co-starring Giancarlo Esposito, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick) and Shira Haas (Bodies).

Renée Zellweger returns to Bridget Jones, the role that landed her her first Oscar nomination, for the fourth film in the British rom-com series.

This hybrid docu-concert film explores the origins of the iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds.

Haley Bennett (Cyrano), Sam Riley, and Tom Sturridge (The Sandman) star in this historical drama about the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century.

Contained thriller and true story, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 2025 Academy Awards.

Angelina Jolie plays Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, in this end-of-life biographical drama recounting her final days in 1970s Paris. From director Pablo Larraín (Jackie), working with a script from Oscar-nominated writer Steven Knight (Locke).

Timothée Chalamet is Bob Dylan in this rise-to-fame biopic from Oscar-nominated filmmaker James Mangold (Walk the Line, Logan) co-starring Elle Fanning, Edward Norton and Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders) as Johnny Cash.

Adrien Brody won an Oscar for his portrayal of visionary architect László Toth in this multi-award-winning dramatic epic from filmmaker Brady Corbet (Vox Lux).

Ralph Fiennes leads an all-star cast - including Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini and John Lithgow - in this BAFTA-winning Catholic conspiracy thriller from the director of 2022's All Quiet on the Western Front.

Winner of Best Animated Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards (making it the first Latvian film to receive an Oscar), this dialogue-free animal adventure centres on a cat who must work together with other species stuck on a boat after a flood devastates their home. 

The third film in the series follows Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru, but a mystery sends them to the Amazon rainforest and up Peruvian mountains.

Sonic, Knuckles, Tails and director Jeff Fowler return for the third film in the family-friendly adventure film series, based on the beloved SEGA videogames. This time around, the team square off against Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by the one and only Keanu Reeves.

Palme d'Or and Oscar-winning love story from Sean Baker (Red Rocket). A Las Vegas sex worker (Mikey Madison, Best Actress Oscar-winer) gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she and a young Russian oligarch fall for each other. 

Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his footsteps while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored in this follow-up to the 2019 blockbuster, this time directed by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight).