U.S. release date: November 22, 2024 (Los Angeles and New York), followed by a nationwide release December 6, 2024.
Synopsis: Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet.
Written by Gints Zilbalodis and Matiss Kaza. Directed by Gints Zilbalodis.
Release date: November 15, 2024.
Synopsis: An Almost Christmas Story follows Moon, a curious young owl who unexpectedly finds himself stuck in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Plaza.
In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost young girl named Luna.
Together, they embark on a heartwarming adventure, discovering the magic of the holiday season and forming an unlikely bond as they journey back home to their parents.
Release date: Coming soon to Netflix.
Synopsis: The story of the film revolves around the mononoke, an apparition created when intense human emotions merge with a supernatural spirit.
When these entities start causing strange disturbances that harm people, a mysterious man called the Medicine Seller appears.
Wielding the Sacred Sword — the only weapon in the world that can exorcise these specters — he stands against the mononoke who wreak havoc.
Release date: October 11, 2024 on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube Movies and On Demand (Cable and Satellite).
Synopsis: A coming-of-age story geared to young adults which explores the complexity of first heartbreak and gender identity.
The story follows Matty, a down-on-their-luck artist, distraught by a recent breakup, who is magically sucked into a unicorn-run alternate dimension.
Now, Matty must work with a new unicorn friend to conquer a dark force, bringing peace to their kingdom and emotional stability to their bleak Silver Lake life.
North American release date: November 15, 2024.
Synopsis: Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant “ghost cat” and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her.
Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu’s odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose.
Release date: September 20, 2024.
Synopsis: Transformers One is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
Voice cast:
Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime
Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron
Scarlett Johansson as Elita-1
Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee
Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion
Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime
Steve Buscemi as Starscream
Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as Darkwing
Vanessa Liguori as Airachnid
Jason Konopisos-Alvarez as Shockwave
Jon Bailey as Soundwave
Evan Michael Lee as Jazz
Directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4). Written by Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Eric Pearson (Godzilla vs. Kong).
Release date: January 31, 2025.
Synopsis: When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born.
As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to cause havoc.
Things get complicated, though, when Lil Petey forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man. When Lil Petey falls into the clutches of a common enemy, Dog Man and Petey reluctantly join forces in a race against time to rescue the young kitten.
Release date: September 27, 2024.
Synopsis: Based on Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot named Roz that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
Voice cast:
Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz
Pedro Pascal as fox Fink
Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail
Bill Nighy as goose Longneck
Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill
Stephanie Hsu as robot Vontra
Mark Hamill as grizzly bear Thorn
Matt Berry as beaver Paddler
Ving Rhames as falcon Thunderbolt
Written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders, the writer-director of Lilo & Stitch, The Croods and How to Train Your Dragon.
Release date: April 4, 2025.
Synopsis: Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison, Henry, Natalie and Dawn find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.
To get back home, they’ll have to master this world and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.
Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative… the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.
Release date: October 11, 2024 (U.S. & Canada).
Synopsis: In a society where heroes and villains continuously battle in the name of peace and chaos, Deku, a U.A. High School student who aspires to be the best hero he can be, confronts the villain who imitates the hero he’s long admired.
Can Deku and the rest of U.A. High Class 1-A protect the world by putting an end to Dark Might, the man claiming to be the new Symbol of Peace?
North American release date: January 24, 2025.
Japanese release date: August 30, 2024.
Synopsis: Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the ‘colors’ of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a classmate at her school, gives off the most beautiful color of all.
Although she doesn’t play an instrument, Totsuko forms a band with Kimi and Rui, a quiet music enthusiast they meet at a used bookstore in a far corner of town. As they practice at an old church on a remote island, music brings them together, forming friendships and stirring affections. Will they discover their true ‘colors’?
Release date: October 25, 2024 in the United States. October 17, 2024 in Australia.
Synopsis: Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst.
Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life.
Memoir of a Snail is a poignant and heartfelt chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.
Release date: December 20, 2024.
Synopsis: Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.
With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Directed by Jeff Fowler. Written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller and John Whittington.
Theatrical release date: October 4, 2024.
Streaming release date: November 7, 2024 on Prime Video.
Synopsis: Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.
Look Back is based on a Japanese one-shot web manga written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, creator of Chainsaw Man.
Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama.
Release date: December 13, 2024.
Synopsis: Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan.
A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg—a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep.
Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.
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