After a summer in which we have recovered the epic of The Odyssey, enjoyed the action of the superheroes with Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and discovered that it is still possible to make original films thanks to The End of Oak Street, the peak season of the big screen arrives. Because in the coming months those feature films will compete in the awards season to claim a good number of accolades. Or in other words, the most important cinema releases of this autumn.
From The Black Ball, the most anticipated novelty of the Spanish audiovisual industry, to Sense and Sensibility, the new adaptation of the well-known Jane Austen novel, we have ahead of us three months full of emotions thanks to all kinds of genres: from horror to drama through comedy or science fiction. And although we already wrote here about the craziest autumn release, and we are eager to see it, we have selected 19 other release films that will take us to the cinema in the coming weeks.
Imagen from the film by Los Javis, The Black Ball.
The Black Ball. September 18.
Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close comprise the cast of the new feature by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, who were recognized at the Cannes Festival with the Best Director Award for this film, ex aequo with the Polish Pawel Pawlikowski. And, according to critics and those who have already seen it, it is very likely that the Madrileño duo’s streak of successes will extend to March 15, 2027, when the Oscars are awarded.
The film narrates the interconnected lives of three men across three different eras. Three existences intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain and inheritance; and one of Federico García Lorca’s unfinished late works.
Bill Nighy in an image from the feature film, Her Children.
Her Children. September 18.
The great Bill Nighy (Love Actually) plays Andrew Dyer, a writer who has spent two decades without writing or leaving the house. During that time he had a child out of wedlock, lost his ailing wife (Imelda Staunton), and drifted away from his other children. After the death of an old friend, and compounded by his alcoholism, Dyer becomes aware of his mortality and decides to bring the whole family back together.
His children return with trepidation, convinced that their father wants to reconcile and clear his conscience. However, the writer surprises them with a revelation that completely transforms the family history.
Robert Pattinson in the poster for the film Primetime.
Primetime. No release date in Spain.
The third film starring Robert Pattinson in 2026, and it won’t be the last, is based on real events and follows in the footsteps of American host Chris Hansen, who in the early 2000s developed for NBC the controversial television program, To Catch a Predator, in which undercover operations are organized to uncover and arrest alleged sexual predators.
As the program becomes a television phenomenon, Hansen must face the ethical implications of turning criminal investigations into entertainment, while delving into a dangerous underworld of crime and media manipulation. Alongside Pattinson, Merritt Wever (Birdman), Skyler Gisondo (Licorice Pizza) and Phoebe Bridgers work on this Venice Film Festival–nominated film for the Golden Lion as best film.
Tom Cruise in an image from Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger.
Digger. October 2.
These two hours and eight minutes of feature film have, on paper, everything to become one of the year’s most important films. Alejandro González Iñárritu writes and directs the story of the world’s most powerful man, who embarks on a frenzied mission to prove that he is the savior of humanity before the disaster he has unleashed destroys everything.
Leading the cast, an unrecognizable Tom Cruise in a role many believe will earn him the Oscar (not an honorary one) for portraying that powerful magnate. Alongside him, names such as John Goodman (The Gemstones), Riz Ahmed (Bait), Michael Stuhlbarg (Caza de brujas), Emma Darcy (The House of the Dragon), Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) and Sandra Huller (Projekt Salvation), who like Pattinson and Hathaway have had an extremely busy 2026.
Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in an image from The Price of the Network.
The Price of the Network. October 9.
A sequel, or complementary piece, to The Social Network, this film directed by Aaron Sorkin centers on the events that take place almost two decades after the computing genius Mark Zuckerberg invented what ended up becoming Facebook, to tell the story of Frances Haugen. A young engineer at the company who, with the help of a Wall Street Journal reporter, Jeff Horwitz, embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the network’s deepest secrets.
Published in 2021, these articles exposed the harmful effects of Facebook on teenagers and the spread of misinformation that contributed to acts of political violence. Jeremy Strong (Succession) embodies Zuckerberg while Mikey Madison, Oscar-winner for her role in Anora, plays Haugen. To portray the journalist, the chosen one has been Jeremy Allen White (The Bear).
Olivia Wilde directs and stars in The Invitation.
The Invitation. October 16.
Penélope Cruz, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Olivia Wilde star in this film, directed by Wilde herself, in which the stage play by Cesc Gay, Los vecinos de arriba, which gave rise to his film, Sentimental, is adapted.
Plot: a couple invites their neighbors to their home, triggering an evening full of unexpected twists, revealing deeply repressed emotions and an unexplored sexuality in this story that delves into the complexities of today’s relationships.
Daisy Edgar-Jones in an image from the new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
Sense and Sensibility. October 23.
The first adaptation of the autumn of a Jane Austen novel faces the challenging task of reaching the level achieved in 1996 by Ang Lee’s version, with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant as the leads. Under Georgia Oakley’s direction, Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) plays Elinor, and Esmé Creed-Miles (Sandman) plays her sister Marianne, while Caitríona Balfe (Outlander) takes on their mother, Mrs. Dashwood, and George MacKay (1917) portrays Edward Ferrars.
After their father’s death, the Dashwoods lose much of their economic stability and are forced to leave the family home with their mother and younger sister. Facing the prospect of finding a good marriage, both navigate love in opposite ways: Elinor is prudent and reserved, following reason more than her emotions, while Marianne is passionate, impulsive, and believes in grand romances.
Andrew Garfield in an image from the historical film, The Man Who Challenged the King.
The Man Who Challenged the King. October 30.
Set in 14th-century England ravaged by plague, this historical drama directed by Paul Greengrass (Labrinth on Fire) tells the true story of Wat Tyler, the leader of the 1281 Peasant Revolt, in which a group of rebellious peasants marched from Canterbury to London to oppose the toll, demanding economic and social reforms to improve their lives.
Starring Andrew Garfield (Prey) in the role of Tyler, the cast includes Thomasin McKenzie (Joy), Katherine Waterston (The Agency) and Jamie Bell (Half Man) among others.
John Turturro and Steve Buscemi in a still from The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. No release date in Spain.
John Turturro (Separación) plays the master pickpocket Harry Lehman, a master of his craft, thanks to his perfected skills and his infallible street smarts. About to turn 70, he is aware that New York is no longer the city that allowed him to do his misdeeds; big sums of cash are no longer carried, watches are easily stolen, credit cards can be canceled instantly, and phones can be tracked just as quickly. An analog man in a digital world struggling to make ends meet.
Without realizing it, one night he steals a USB from a young, rich partygoer, heir to a ruthless criminal family that will stop at nothing to recover it. A journey that will take Harry through all five districts of the city, as he revisits his fading past. Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Steve Buscemi (Fargo) and Tatiana Maslany (Satisfaction Guaranteed) complete the cast.
Patricia López Arnáiz is Angela Berrosteguieta in the film Sacamantecas.
Sacamantecas. November 6.
Set in late 19th-century Álava, while the Carlist War is waning, this film by David P. Sañudo tells the story of one of Spain’s first serial killers. Several women are strangled on the outskirts of Vitoria, and Angela Berrosteguieta, sister of one of the victims, arrives in the city seeking justice. She believes that Juan Díaz de Garayo, an illiterate peasant, is responsible for the crimes. However, Pío Pinedo, the chief of the marshals, faces a lack of resources in wartime and the pressure of authorities who prefer to hide the growing wave of murders.
With Patricia López Arnáiz (Los domingos) in the role of Berrosteguieta and Antonio de la Torre (Los tigres) as Pinedo, the cast also includes Eneko Sagardoy (Handia), Luis Callejo (Berlin and the Otter Ermine) or Fernando Albizu (Bellas artes).
In the center of the image, Zoe Bonafonte, one of the stars of Ruega por nosotras.
Ruega por nosotras. November 6.
Year 1974. After a nocturnal escape, Ana’s father decides to place her in the hands of the Women’s Protection Patronate, an institution specialized in “fallen women or those at risk of falling” and she is institutionalized in a reform school run by nuns and subjected to a brutal disciplinary regime. There she will try to survive by seeking comfort and support in the friendship of other girls in her same situation, especially Sole, a provincial girl with contagious vitality who connects with her instantly and will be what keeps her afloat.
Daniel Monzón (Las leyes de la frontera, El niño), directs this production written by himself and Jorge Guerricaechevarría and in which the young Zoe Bonafonte (El 47) and Manuela Calle (Marbella) shine on their own.
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell in a still from Wild Horse Nine.
Wild Horse Nine. November 13.
Martin McDonagh, responsible for titles such as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri or Inisherin’s Bunny, returns with this film starring Sam Rockwell (The White Lotus), one of his favored actors, and John Malkovich, who play CIA agents, Chris and Lee.
Set just before the 1973 Chilean coup, they are sent from the capital to Easter Island by their boss, MJ, played by Steve Buscemi (Fargo). Among the island’s iconic statues, and as the veteran colleagues confront their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’s growing bond with two rebellious students threatens to take the journey in an unexpected turn to this remote paradise.
Ruth Wilson and Maika Monroe in a frame from Victorian Psycho.
Victorian Psycho. November 13.
Based on Virginia Feito’s novel, this horror film transports us to 1858 to follow Winifred Notty, an apparently perfect governess, but with unsettling manners, on her arrival at Ensor House. Her mission is to educate and care for the two children of the family, but she begins to become obsessed with becoming a part of the family. Under a mild and compliant appearance, Notty hides disturbing and violent thoughts and behaviors.
With Maika Monroe (You Won’t Forget Me) in the Notty role, the cast includes UK cinema names such as Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus), Thomasin McKenzie (Joy), Ruth Wilson (The Mystery of Cemetery Road) and Jacobi Jupe, known for his role in Hamnet.
Matthew McConaughey in an image from The Rivals of Amziah King.
The Rivals of Amziah King. November 13.
Matthew McConaughey (Laberinto en llamas) will star twice this autumn, and if in series we can see him in Apple TV’s Brothers, on the big screen he leads this film as the titular man, a charismatic leader of a bluegrass band while overseeing the town’s main honey production operation. When his adopted daughter, Kateri, unexpectedly returns, he will try to renew their connection and create a family business. But honey is a ruthless business and his rivals threaten to destroy everything he has built.
Angelina LookingGlass (Dark Winds), Kurt Russell (The Madison), Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) and Owen Teague (Task) accompany McConaughey in the cast.
Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth.
The Adventures of Cliff Booth. November 25.
Remember Cliff Booth, Brad Pitt’s character in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood? Well, now he has his own movie, directed by David Fincher, starring, in addition to Pitt, of course, Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown), Timothy Olyphant (Lucky), Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) and Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House Usher).
With a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, of course, the film is set in 1977 in a Hollywood very different from the original movie. And little more has been revealed, because with certain surnames you don’t need much more to get you excited to go to the cinema.
Ethan Hawke in an image from The Weight.
The Weight. December 11.
This German-American co-production with Ethan Hawke (Truths Hidden) and Russell Crowe (Nuremberg) leading the cast, is set in Oregon in 1933, during the Great Depression. Samuel Murphy (Hawke) is a widowed father, separated from his daughter and forced to go to a harsh labor camp.
There he will receive an offer to perform gold smuggling on a dangerous journey, an adventure that will test his morals but also his chances of seeing his daughter again.
Robert Pattinson in one of the promotional posters for Dune: Part Three.
Dune: Part Three. December 18.
Seventeen years after rising to power, Paul Atreides reigns as the Messiah from Arrakis, while the jihad waged in his name has slaughtered billions of lives. Tormented by visions of an inevitable extinction, he must confront a mortal conspiracy orchestrated by the Bene Gesserit, the Tleilaxu, and the Space Guild. While Chani deals with the rejection of an empire that does not recognize him, the return of a past specter threatens to destabilize it all. The Golden Path now demands a final sacrifice: his humanity or absolute chaos. The sand promises no redemption, only the weight of broken prophecies.
The finale of the trilogy based on Frank Herbert’s epic novel adds to the cast Robert Pattinson (The Odyssey), who will be part of a conspiracy against Paul Atreides, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, the real-life daughter of Jason Momoa and in the fiction of Paul and Chani, and Ida Brooke (Silo), who will be her twin sister.
Julianne Moore in an image from Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut.
The Debut. No release date in Spain.
Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain) directs this dark comedy in which a shy woman is unexpectedly chosen to participate in a local musical production and gets lost in the role under the spell of the director, a man of strong character, and sinking into the risky world of community theater.
With Julianne Moore (Sirens) in the lead role, Eisenberg himself, Paul Giamatti (What’s Left Behind) and Bernadette Peters (High Desert) complete the cast.
Jack O’Connell in a frame from Danny Boyle’s Ink.
Ink. No release date in Spain.
Danny Boyle (Twenty-Eight Years Later) directs this film in which Jack O’Connell (Sinners) and Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) play Larry Lamb and Rupert Murdoch respectively. Or, in other words, the movie that tells how a media magnate acquired, in 1969, the newspaper The Sun. The collaboration between them would make the newspaper the most influential tabloid in Britain and transform the journalism practiced in the country up to that point.
Claire Foy (The Crown) embodies Joyce Hopkirk, another media pioneer, best known for launching the first British edition of Cosmopolitan.
