Best films released in the UK this month: March 2024
There are a few other big-budget releases coming later in March, including the latest films in the Ghostbusters and Godzilla v Kong franchises, while for younger audiences, Jack Black returns to voice Po in the fourth Kung Fu Panda entry . series. Meanwhile, there’s also Ethan Coen’s first solo film, Drive-Away Dolls, Sydney Sweeney stars […]
There are a few other big-budget releases coming later in March, including the latest films in the Ghostbusters and Godzilla v Kong franchises, while for younger audiences, Jack Black returns to voice Po in the fourth Kung Fu Panda entry . series.
Meanwhile, there’s also Ethan Coen’s first solo film, Drive-Away Dolls, Sydney Sweeney stars in the intriguing psychological horror film Immaculate, and acting titans Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway face off in Mothers’ Instinct.
To help you pick the highlights, we’ve rounded up a selection of the best movies to watch this month – watch the video above or read on to see our picks.
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Dune: part two
Release date: Friday March 1 at the cinema
Part two of Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi adaptation finally arrives in UK cinemas, with Timothée Chalamet returning as Paul Atreides in an all-star cast that also includes Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Stellan Skarsgård and many others.
The film picks up shortly after the end of the first installment, as Paul gradually becomes the leader of the Fremen tribe he joined at the end of the last film – while beginning a romance with Zendaya’s Chani and facing a new enemy in the form of Butler’s villainous Feyd-Rautha.
Lisa Frankenstein
Release date: Friday March 1 at the cinema
Juno and Jennifer’s Body screenwriter Diablo Cody is writing this comedic horror film, a modern update of Mary Shelley’s iconic Frankenstein, which stars Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse in the lead roles.
Newton plays Lisa, a lonely and misunderstood teenager who befriends a reanimated Victorian corpse (Sprouse) and embarks on a deadly journey with him to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts.
Origin
Release date: Friday March 8 at the cinema
Ava DuVernay’s latest film is an unconventional adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling nonfiction book Caste: the origins of our discontentwhich serves as both a biographical look at the author and a study of the book’s themes of arbitrary hierarchies.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor delivers a magnificent performance in the title role, while there are also roles for Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Vera Farmiga and Audra McDonald, among others, in a film that will leave audiences with something to chew on.
Dolls to go
Release date: Friday March 15 at the cinema
Ethan Coen – one half of the legendary Coen brothers – makes his first solo directorial outing with this B-movie-inspired comedy starring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan as two lesbian friends who embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee.
Unfortunately for the two men, the trip doesn’t go as planned and things spiral out of control when they cross paths with a group of incompetent gangsters and soon find themselves on the run with a briefcase that the criminals are desperate to get their hands on. . on.
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Bill Nighy and Michael Ward star in this Netflix original film which tells a fictional story about the England Homeless Football Team competing in the Homeless World Cup in Rome, inspired by the real World Cup homeless people and carried out with the support of the organization.
Nighy plays team manager Mal, who decides at the last minute to bring talented striker Vinny (Ward) to the tournament, a player who could give them a real chance of winning if he is willing to let go of his past and to be part of the team.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Release date: Friday March 22 at the cinema
The latest film in the beloved franchise picks up where 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife left off, following the Spengler family as they unite with the original Ghostbusters team at the iconic New York City firehouse , with Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt and James Acaster joining the cast alongside Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.
This time around, the Ghostbusters must work to protect their home and save the world from a new ice age, after the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force.
Immaculate
Release date: Friday March 22 at the cinema
Sydney Sweeney leads this psychological horror film from director Michael Mohan, playing an American nun who moves into a remote convent in the Italian countryside only to discover that it is hiding terrible secrets.
Money Heists’ Álvaro Morte and The White Lotus star Simona Tabasco also feature in the film.
The maternal instinct
Release date: Wednesday March 27 at the cinema
Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway play best friends and neighbors whose brotherly bond is shattered by a tragic incident in this psychological thriller set in the 1960s, based on a 2018 French film.
Benoît Delhomme is behind the camera in his directorial debut, while Josh Charles and Anders Danielsen Lie also have roles.
Kung Fu Panda 4
Release date: Thursday March 28 at the cinema
The fourth film in the animated franchise follows Po as he chooses to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace and finds himself teaming up with a quick-witted Corsaque fox to battle a powerful shapeshifter witch.
Jack Black returns to voice the title character, while there are also roles for Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Ian McShane, Awkwafina, Ke Huy Quan and Viola Davis.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Kingdom
Release date: Friday March 29 at the cinema
The legendary Kaiju creatures must unite against a colossal unknown threat in the latest film in the Godzilla vs. Kong franchise, which sees Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry reprise their roles as the human characters, with a new role for Dan Stevens.
According to the synopsis, the film “will delve deeper into the history of these Titans, their origins and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythical battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and forever bind them to the ‘humanity”.
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