New film releases 2021 - your calendar for all the upcoming release dates
From No Time to Die to Top Gun: Maverick, here's a list of all the films being released in cinemas this year.
Since cinemas reopened in May 2021, there has been no shortage of brand new releases and if you're planning some more trips to the pictures for the rest of the year then you're in luck, as there's a wealth of exciting features on the way.
Several films that were originally intended to open in 2020 will finally make their way to the big screen in the near future, with Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch, James Bond flick No Time to Die, Marvel's Eternals and Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake among the highlights.
And that's not all – there's also a new film from Edgar Wright, Denis Villeneuve's long-awaited adaptation of iconic sci-fi novel Dune and a sequel to Top Gun to look forward to, and that's not even mentioning a new Ghostbusters film.
There are also a few films that we expect to be released in 2021 but don't yet have exact release dates, and some that have now been moved to 2022.
Here's everything you need to know about all the biggest releases still to debut in 2021.
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August
Stillwater
Date of release: 6th August 2021
Cast: Matt Damon, Camille Cottin and Abigail Breslin
Director: Tom McCarthy
An American oil-rig roughneck travels to Marseille, France, to visit his estranged daughter, in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit.
Last Letter From Your Lover
Date of release: 6th August 2021
Cast: Felicity Jones, Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Nabhaan Rizwan, Joe Alwyn, Ncuti Gatwa
Director: Augustine Frizzell
After finding a trove of love letters from the 1960s, a journalist sets out to solve the mystery of a secret affair.
Free Guy
Date of release: 13th August
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Taika Waititi
Director: Shawn Levy
In Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds plays a non-player character in video game Free City who starts to realise that he’s a disposable person inside a games console.
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Date of release: 13th August
Cast: Randall Park, Dax Shephard, Iain Armitage, Yara Shahidi
Director: Cal Brunker
When their biggest rival, Humdinger, starts wreaking havoc as the mayor of Adventure City, Ryder and everyone's favourite heroic pups kick into high gear to face the challenge.
Don't Breathe 2
Date of release: 13th August
Cast: Stephen Lang, Rocci Williams, Stephanie Arcila
Director: Rodo Sayagues
A blind veteran must use his military training to save a young orphan from a group of kidnappers.
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
Date of release: 18th August
Cast: Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Asim Chaudhry, Hugo Chegwin
Director: Jack Clough
Following a period of quiet, the Kurupt FM crew travel to Japan when they discover that one of their tracks has been used on a popular game show.
Censor
Release date: 20th August
Cast: Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Amelie Child Villiers, Clare Hollman
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond
A British film censor links a disturbing horror movie to her sister's mysterious disappearance.
Candyman
Date of release: 27th August
Cast: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo
Director: Nia DaCosta
Co-written by Jordan Peele, Candyman is a reboot of the class 1992 horror film, based on Clive Barker's short story The Forbidden. The thriller follows Anthony McCoy (Abdul-Mateen II) who discovers the true story behind Candyman – the ghost of a killer with a hook for a hand – after moving to the Cabrini Green neighbourhood.
September
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Release date: 3rd September
Cast: Simu Liu, Tony Leung, Awkwafina, Ronny Chieng, Michelle Yeoh
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
The movie, based on Marvel Comics, will focus on Shang-Chi; "The Master of Kung-Fu".
Respect
Date of release: 10th September
Cast: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron
Director: Liesl Tommy
Respect is the story of Aretha Franklin who sings in her father's church choir as a child and grows up to become an international musical superstar and legend.
Infinite
Date of release: 10th September
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Jason Mantzoukas, Rupert Friend, Toby Jones, and Dylan O'Brien
Director: Antoine Fuqua
The hallucinations of a schizophrenic are revealed to be memories from past lives where he obtained talents that he still has to this day.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Date of release: 15th September
Cast: Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott, Naomie Harris
Director: Andy Serkis
Follow-up to 2018 superhero movie Venom, Venom 2 – aka Venom: Let There Be Carnage – will pit Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock against Woody Harrelson's deranged Cletus Kasady.
Gunpowder Milkshake
Date of release: 17th September
Cast: Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Chloe Coleman, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, Paul Giamatti
Director: Navot Papushado
To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its army of henchmen.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Date of release: 17th September
Cast: Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Sarah Lancashire, and Ralph Ineson.
Director: Jonathan Butterell
Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield who wants to be a drag queen.
No Time to Die
Date of release: 30th September
Cast: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Rory Kinnear, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Daniel Craig's 007 swansong sees Bond approached by his friend and CIA officer Felix Leiter, who enlists his help in the search for Valdo Obruchev, a missing scientist.
Cinderella
Date of release: September TBC
Cast: Camila Cabello, Billy Porter as the Fab G, Idina Menzel, Nicholas Galitzine, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Maddie Baillio, Charlotte Spencer, John Mulaney
Director: Kay Cannon
Romantic musical comedy film based on the fairy tale of the same name.
Dune
Date of release: 1st October
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin
Director: Denis Villeneuve
In this adaptation of the sci-fi novel Dune, Duke Leto Atreides (Isaac) accepts his stewardship of desert planet Dune, the only source of 'the spice' – a drug which prolongs human life.
October
Halloween Kills
Date of release: 15th October
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Kyle Richards, Nancy Stephens, Charles Cyphers, Anthony Michael Hall
Director: David Gordon Green
Follow up to 2018's Halloween reboot, set in the immediate aftermath of the film as Laurie Strode and her family work with new and old allies to form a mob against Michael Myers, who is still loose in Haddonfield.
Dear Evan Hansen
Date of release: 22nd October
Cast: Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, Julianne Moore, Amy Adams
Director: Stephen Chbosky
A high school senior suffers from social anxiety disorder which leads him to struggle at school. His journey of self-discovery and acceptance begins following the suicide of a fellow classmate.
The Boss Baby 2
Date of release: 22nd October
Cast: Alec Baldwin, John Flanagan, James McGrath
Director: Tom McGrath
Animated sequel to the 2016 film.
The French Dispatch
Date of release: 22nd October 2021
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray
Director: Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson's latest star-studded comedy-drama centres around an American newspaper named The French Dispatch located in a fictional French city. There are three storylines told throughout the film, inspired by various real-life events.
The Many Saints of Newark
Date of release: 22nd October
Cast: John Magaro, Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Leslie Odom Jr
Director: Alan Taylor
The Many Saints of Newark - a prequel to acclaimed TV series The Sopranos - takes a look at the formative years of New Jersey gangster, Tony Soprano.
Last Night in Soho
Date of release: 29th October
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp
Director: Edgar Wright
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer.
November
Eternals
Date of release: 5th November
Cast: Richard Madden, Gemma Chan, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh, Don Lee, Barry Keoghan, Angelina Jolie, Kit Harington
Director: Chloe Zhao
The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilisations.
Ghostbusters: After Life
Date of release: 12th November
Cast: Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts
Director: Jason Reitman
In Ghostbusters: Afterlife a single mother and her two children move to a new town and soon discover that they have a connection to the original Ghostbusters and their grandfather's secret legacy.
Top Gun: Maverick
Release date: 19th November 2021
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris
Director: Joseph Kosinski
In Top Gun: Maverick, after more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
House of Gucci
Release date: 26th November 2021
Cast: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jared Leto, Jack Huston, Reeve Carney, Salma Hayek, and Jeremy Irons
Director: Ridley Scott
The turbulent marriage and divorce of Patrizia and Maurizio Gucci, the head of the Gucci fashion house, leads to murder.
Encanto
Release date: 26th November 2021
Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Ben Stiller
Director: Byron Howard and Jared Bush
A girl in Colombia faces the frustration of being the only member of her family who doesn't have magical powers.
December
West Side Story
Date of release: 10th December
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez
Director: Steven Spielberg
In this adaptation of the Broadway musical, West Side Story stars Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria, who fall in love despite being members of rival gangs.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Date of release: 17th December
Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alfred Molina.
Director: Jon Watts
Latest instalment in the MCU and sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).
The King's Man
Date of release: 22nd December
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Charles Dance
Director: Matthew Vaughn
In the prequel to the Kingsman films, The King's Man, one man (Fiennes) and his protégé must band together to stop history's worst tyrants from wiping out millions.
Downton Abbey 2
Date of release: 22nd December
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Matthew Goode, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Jim Carter, Laura Haddock, Huch Dancy, Nathalie Baye,
Director: Simon Curtis
Lord and Lady Grantham request the pleasure of moviegoers' company at their Yorkshire country estate this Christmas.
The Matrix 4
Date of release: 22nd December
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lambert Wilson, and Daniel Bernhardt
Director: Lana Wachowski
The fourth entry in The Matrix series, 18 years after the previous installment.
2021 releases TBC
The following films are expected to be released in 2021 but don't yet have an official release date:
The Green Knight
Date of release: 2021 TBC
Cast: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Barry Keoghan and Ralph Ineson
Director: David Lowery
A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous Knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
Bob's Burgers: The Movie
Date of release: 2021 TBC
Cast: H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal
Director: Loren Bouchard
Feature film based on the animated TV series.
2022 releases
The following films had originally been scheduled for 2021 but were moved back to 2022 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic:
Deep Water
Date of release: 14th January 2022
Cast: Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas
Director: Adrian Lyne
In this erotic thriller, Affleck and de Armas play married couple Vic and Melinda, who fall out of love with one another and begin playing mind games which starts to have deadly effects on the people around them.
Morbius
Date of release: 21st January 2022
Cast: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but when his experiment goes wrong, he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.
Death on the Nile
Date of release: 11th February 2022
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Letitia Wright, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Death on Nile sees Kenneth Branagh reprise his role as Hercule Poirot in this Agatha Christie adaptation. Poirot is tasked with uncovering a murderer whilst on holiday in Egypt
Mission: Impossible 7
Date of release: 27th May 2022
Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Frederick Schmidt, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Shea Whigham, Esai Morales, Rob Delaney, Charles Parnell, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, and Cary Elwes
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
The latest instalment of the high octane action franchise starring Tom Cruise as MIF agent Ethan Hunt.
Jurassic World: Dominion
Release date: 10th June 2022
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, Daniella Pineda, Justice Smith
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Also known as Jurassic World 3, the latest film in the ongoing Jurassic Park franchise will see original franchise leads Neill, Dern and Goldblum reunite.
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January 2021
Herself - Amazon Prime - 9th January
Locked Down - HBO Max release - 14th January
The Marksmen - 15th January
One Night in Miami - 15th January
Outside the Wire - 15th January
The Ultimate Playlist of Noise - 15th January
Our Friend - 22nd January
The White Tiger - 22nd January
Penguin Bloom - 27th January
The Dig - 29th January
Finding 'Ohana - 29th January
The Little Things - 29th January
Palmer - 29th January
Saint Maud - 29th January
Supernova - 29th January
February 2021
Bliss - 5th February
Falling - 5th February
Little Fish - 5th February
Malcolm & Marie - 5th February
Minamata - 5th February
The Right One - 5th February
Son of the South - 5th February
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar - 12th February
French Exit - 12th February
Judas and the Black Messiah - 12th February
Land - 12th February
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things - 12th February
To All the Boys: Always and Forever - 12th February
Blithe Spirit - 19th February
Flora & Ulysses - 19th February
I Care a Lot - 19th February
The Mauritanian - 19th February
Nomadland - 19th February
Cherry - 26th February
Crisis - 26th February
The Father - 26th February
Tom and Jerry - 26th February
Tyger Tyger - 26th February
The United States vs Billie Holiday - 26th February
March 2021
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell - 1st March
Moxie - 3rd March
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run - 4th March
Boogie - 5th March
Boss Level - 5th March
Chaos Walking - 5th March
Coming 2 America - 5th March
My Salinger Year - 5th March
Raya and the Last Dragon - 5th March
Cherry - 12th March
Yes Day - 12th March
Zack Snyder's Justice League - 18th March
The Courier - 19th March
A Week Away - 26th March
Bad Trip - 26th March
Nobody - 26th March
Godzilla vs Kong - 31st March
Bobby Brown - 31st March
April 2021
The Unholy - 2nd April
Thunder Force - 9th April
Voyagers - 9th April
Mortal Kombat - 23rd April
Separation - 30th Aprril
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse - 30th April
Michael B. Jordan - 30th April
May 2021
Here Today - 7th May
Monster - 7th May
Wrath of Man - 7th May
Finding You - 14th May
Profile - 14th May
Spiral: From The Book Of Saw - 14th May
Those Who Wish Me Dead - 14th May
The Woman In The Window - 14th May
Army of the Dead - 21st May
Dream Horse - 21st May
Blue Miracle - 27th May
A Quiet Place II - 28th May
Cruella - 28th May
June 2021
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It - 4th June
Spirit Untamed - 4th June
Infinite - 10th June
In the Heights - 11th June
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard - 16th June
Fatherhood - 18th June
Luca - 18th June
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway - 18th June
The Sparks Brothers - 18th June
F9: The Fast Saga - 25th June
False Positive - 25th June
The Ice Road - 25th June
Zola - 30th June
July 2021
No Sudden Move - 1st July
The Boss Baby: Family Business - 2nd July
Fear Street Part One: 1994 - 2nd July
The Forever Purge - 2nd July
The Tomorrow War - 2nd July
Black Widow - 9th July
Fear Street Part Two: 1978 - 9th July
Gunpowder Milkshake - 14th July US, 17th September UK
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions - 16th July
Fear Street Part Three: 1966 - 16th July
Space Jam: New Legacy - 16th July
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