Posted October 22, 2026 • Data source: DataBot
5 new movies hit theaters Friday, October 23. Here's what each one is, who's in it, and what the critics and crowds say so far.
Adventure, Animation & Fantasy • Rated PG-13 • 132 min • Dir. Travis Knight • Carey Mulligan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay
Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) takes her baby brother outside against orders, and a murder of crows flies off with him. She and her classmate Curtis (Jacob Tremblay) chase them into the Impassable Wilderness, where the coyotes talk and a governess named Alexandra (Carey Mulligan) is fighting a war over the woods. Travis Knight directs for Laika from Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis's novel. One hundred and thirty-two minutes of stop motion. Somebody moved a lot of tiny puppets.
So far: movie.guru score 9.5, Elite; 99% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Comedy, Drama & Fantasy • Rated R • 105 min • Dir. Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson • Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Elizabeth Debicki
A basket maker builds a husband out of wicker for a local fisherwoman, and he turns out better than anyone expected, which sets the whole village buzzing with jealousy. Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård lead a cast with Elizabeth Debicki, Richard E. Grant and Peter Dinklage. Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson direct, from a short story by Ursula Wills. A romance with a very handmade leading man.
So far: movie.guru score 8.6, Great; 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Horror, Sci-Fi & Thriller • Rated R • 108 min • Dir. James Watkins • Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik
Matt Hagen (Tom Rhys Harries) is an actor fresh off an Oscar nomination, right up until a crime boss (David Dencik) takes a knife to his face. Dr. Caitlyn Corr (Naomi Ackie) has an experimental nanite treatment that rebuilds skin. It works. Then his face starts melting on a red carpet. James Watkins directs from a Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini script, and it's the third movie in the new DC Universe. A full body horror movie wearing a superhero logo.
So far: movie.guru score 7.4, Above Average; 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Biography, Crime & Drama • Rated Not rated yet • 105 min • Dir. Anton Corbijn • Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke
A young man travels from New York to Switzerland to talk thriller writer Patricia Highsmith into one last Tom Ripley book, and his pitch slowly turns sinister. Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke star, Anton Corbijn directs, and Joanna Murray-Smith adapted it from her own play, Switzerland. A thriller about the woman who wrote the best ones, where the guest might be the plot.
So far: movie.guru score 6.4, Solid; 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Drama & Sci-Fi • Rated PG-13 • 116 min • Dir. Taika Waititi • Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia
Klara (Jenna Ortega) is a companion android, a slightly outdated model, bought to keep a sick girl named Josie company in a future where genetic engineering has split people into strict classes. Amy Adams, Steve Buscemi and Natasha Lyonne fill out the house. Taika Waititi directs and co-wrote it from Kazuo Ishiguro's novel. Taika Waititi adapting Kazuo Ishiguro is a sentence nobody had on their bingo card.
So far: movie.guru score 3.5, Poor; 25% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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