Movies now playing in cinemas

Director Jon M Chu's (In the Heights) two-part adaptation of the stage musical hit, a prequel to cinema classic The Wizard of Oz, starring Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and The Greatest Showman's Keala Settle.

From director Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story), this comedy‑drama follows George Clooney as ageing A‑list actor Jay Kelly and Adam Sandler as his devoted manager as they travel through Europe.

Director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and mega-star Glen Powell (Twisters) unite for this take on the Stephen King sci-fi novel, set in the futuristic United States of 2025 when the world has become a dystopia—and the biggest ratings hit is a show that throws prison inmates into a game of death.

Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) leads this cabin-in-the-woods horror from Osgood Perkins (The Monkey, Longlegs).

Spinal Tap, England’s loudest and most punctual band, reunite following a 15-year hiatus for one final concert in this sequel to one of the all-time great mockumentaries.

Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco return as the rogue magicians in this third installment of the Now You See Me franchise.

An octogenarian woman transitions to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory.

Unprecedented insight into the curation of the Toi Tū Toi Ora exhibition reveals the struggle for Māori artistic sovereignty within the structures of Aotearoa New Zealand’s cultural institutions.

A mother who loves watching Korean dramas, refuses to get treatment after losing hope of getting better. Her only dream before dying is to meet her ultimate Korean idol who is visiting the country for a fan meeting. Her four adult children agree to work together with the condition that once their mother meets her idol, she will get the treatment before her time runs out.

The director of 2022 Predator film Prey returns for this perspective-shifting follow-up starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi (The Panthers).

A story about Robert Grainier, a day labourer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of time away from his wife, Gladys, and their young daughter, Grainier struggles to make sense of his place in a rapidly changing world. 

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons reunite with Kinds of Kindness director Yorgos Lanthimos for this black comedy hostage film about two conspiracy obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Keanu Reeves is a literal angel who meddles with the life of a common gig worker (Aziz Ansari) in this Trading Places-esque comedy.

Emmy-nominee Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets) and Robyn Malcolm (After the Party) star in this Aotearoa drama from director Robert Sarkies (Out of the Blue).

Allison Williams (M3GAN) and Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) lead this mother-daughter drama, an adaptation of the novel by It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover. 

Denji encounters a new romantic interest, Reze, who, unbeknownst to him, harbours a dangerous ulterior motive.

In this horror film directed by popular YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann, a woman's desperate search for her long-lost sister falls into obsession upon realising that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real.

Guillermo del Toro takes on Mary Shelley's classic literary horror, starring Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Saltburn's Jacob Elordi as The Monster. 

Jeremy Allen White goes from The Bear to The Boss in this biopic from the director of Crazy Heart, based on Warren Zanes' book.