Movies Opening In Cinemas On November 18
Every week, we compile a list of the movies that are opening in cinemas. Opening this week are Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them; The Edge of Seventeen; Bleed For This; Nocturnal Animals; The Take; A Street Cat Named Bob; Life on the Line; Manchester by the Sea and Officer Downe.
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:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
2h 13min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
Director: David Yates
Writer: J.K. Rowling
Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
1h 44min | Comedy, Drama
High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
Writer: Kelly Fremon Craig
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner
Bleed for This (2016)
1h 56min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he’d ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.
Director: Ben Younger
Writers: Pippa Bianco, Angelo Pizzo, Ben Younger
Stars: Miles Teller, Katey Sagal, Christine Evangelista
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
1h 57min | Drama, Thriller
An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.
Director: Tom Ford
Writers: Tom Ford
Stars: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon
The Take (2016)
1h 32min | Action, Drama
A young con artist and former CIA agent embark on an anti-terrorist mission in France.
Director: James Watkins
Writers: Andrew Baldwin, James Watkins
Stars: Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon
A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
1h 43min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writers: Tim John, Maria Nation
Stars: Bob the Cat, Luke Treadaway, Joanne Froggatt
Life on the Line (2015)
1h 37min | Action, Drama
A crew of men who do the high-wire work of fixing the electrical grid are hit by a sudden deadly storm.
Director: David Hackl
Writers: Primo Brown, Peter I. Horton, Marvin Peart, Dylan Scott
Stars: John Travolta, Kate Bosworth, Devon Sawa
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
2h 17min | Drama
An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Writer: Kenneth Lonergan
Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler
Officer Downe (2016)
1h 28min | Action
Based on the graphic novel, a police officer who can’t be stopped by death returns to the streets time and time again to fight crime.
Director: Shawn Crahan
Writer: Joe Casey
Stars: Sam Witwer, Alison Lohman, Kim Coates
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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