November delivers a rare blend of prestige cinema and pop spectacle — from awards hopefuls to streaming standouts redefining what year-end storytelling can be.

November arrives with a cinematic chill — that perfect in-between stretch when Oscar contenders share space with blockbusters, streaming debuts, and the year’s last surprises. The studios are rolling out heavy hitters while platforms sharpen their awards strategies, creating a month that feels less like a breather and more like a showdown. From neon-lit horror to heartfelt dramas, November’s slate is about creative risk: films and series unafraid to reach for something bigger, stranger, and more emotional than what came before.

Across theaters and streaming, this month’s releases prove that cinema still thrives on contradiction — intimacy and spectacle, chaos and control, endings and rebirths. A-list performances collide with daring auteurs: Jennifer Lawrence under Lynne Ramsay’s merciless eye, Colin Farrell lost in Edward Berger’s Macau-set spiral, and Guillermo del Toro resurrecting a classic monster with heartbreaking precision. On television, creators from Vince Gilligan to Taylor Sheridan are redefining the limits of prestige storytelling, turning the small screen into a battleground for bold new voices.

Whether you’re seeking art-house melancholy, franchise spectacle, or simply something unexpected to queue up on a cold night, The Cinema Group’s November picks offer a roadmap through one of the year’s most unpredictable release calendars. These are the titles we’ll be watching, arguing about, and recommending long after the credits roll.

Streaming Premieres

HBO Max, Netflix, Apple TV, Paramount+

As streaming platforms gear up for the holidays, November’s lineup is stacked with new originals, long-awaited returns, and prestige television that feels more cinematic than ever. From Vince Gilligan’s twisted new sci-fi drama to Rachel Sennott’s chaotic L.A. comedy, here are The Cinema Group’s must-watch streaming releases this month.

I Love LA

Premieres Nov. 2 | HBO Max

Rachel Sennott’s chaotic, neurotic, and deeply funny new series I Love LA is the best thing to happen to HBO Max comedy since Hacks. The actress-writer (who co-created Bottoms and Bodies Bodies Bodies) turns her biting self-awareness toward Los Angeles itself — a city obsessed with self-optimization and “main character energy.”

Sennott stars as part of a fame-chasing friend group trying to make it in an industry built on Instagram stories and trauma dumping. Odessa A’zion and Josh Hutcherson co-star, with appearances from Leighton Meester, Quenlin Blackwell, and Elijah Wood rounding out a perfectly unhinged ensemble. I Love LA is a show about ambition, loneliness, and how even friendship can feel performative in a city built on reinvention.

Pluribus

Premieres Nov. 7 | Apple TV

Vince Gilligan — the creative mastermind behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul — returns with Pluribus, a near-future parable about happiness, control, and the dangers of forced optimism. Rhea Seehorn plays Carol, a woman mysteriously immune to a virus that makes everyone around her endlessly happy.

As society transforms into a dystopia of manic cheerfulness, Carol becomes both an outcast and humanity’s last hope. The tagline — “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness” — captures Gilligan’s signature mix of dark humor and existential tension. Pluribus is stunningly directed, filled with emotional precision and speculative flair, and may prove Apple’s most original series of the year.

Nobody Wants This (Season 2)

Streaming October. 21 | Netflix

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody return as interfaith lovers Joanne and Noah in Season 2 of Nobody Wants This, the Emmy-nominated romantic comedy that made its debut last year. This season deepens both the laughs and the heartbreak as the couple navigates engagement, identity, and the politics of family and faith.

New additions include Leighton Meester (Brody’s real-life wife) as Joanne’s former classmate-turned-rival, plus Seth Rogen and Kate Berlant as rival rabbis in a hilarious synagogue subplot. Nobody Wants This remains one of Netflix’s sharpest, most self-aware comedies — a show that’s as much about human imperfection as it is about love.

Landman (Season 2)

Premieres Nov. 16 | Paramount+

Taylor Sheridan’s oil-country drama returns for a second season of high-stakes power struggles and family implosions deep in the heart of Texas. Landman continues Sheridan’s streak of prestige grit, with Billy Bob Thornton delivering his most complex work in years as oilman Tommy Norris, and Demi Moore rising to full force as his ruthless corporate counterpart, Cami Miller.

This season introduces Sam Elliott as Tommy’s estranged father, a grizzled ex-rancher whose return threatens to upend everything. The show remains pure Sheridan — operatic, dusty, and deeply American, with themes of legacy and greed as combustible as the oil it drills.

Death by Lightning

Streaming in November 7 | Netflix

“Assassination can no more be guarded against than death by lightning; it is best not to worry about either.” – President James Garfield

From creator Mike Makowsky, Death by Lightning dramatizes the shocking true story of President James Garfield’s assassination and the delusional admirer who killed him. The four-episode limited series features a powerhouse ensemble including Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin, Bradley Whitford, and Shea Whigham, blending historical gravitas with dark absurdity.

Stylish, suspenseful, and mordantly funny, Death by Lightning reimagines 1881 Washington as a crucible of power, ego, and misplaced faith—proving that the line between destiny and madness has always been perilously thin.

All Her Fault

Premieres Nov. 21 | Peacock

Adapted from Andrea Mara’s bestselling novel, All Her Fault is Netflix’s latest psychological thriller with a premise that hits every parent’s nightmare: a mother arrives to pick up her son from a playdate — only to find the family at the address has never heard of him.

Across eight tightly wound episodes, the series spirals into paranoia, obsession, and class tension as Marissa Irvine (Eve Hewson) races to uncover the truth. With its mix of Gone Girl suspense and Big Little Lies suburban deceit, All Her Faultlooks poised to dominate the Thanksgiving-week streaming charts.

The Beast in Me

Streaming Nov. 21 | Netflix

Claire Danes stars in The Beast in Me as novelist Aggie Wiggs, a grieving mother whose obsession with her neighbor’s missing wife spirals into a psychological labyrinth of guilt and deceit.

Created by Gabe Rotter and co-starring Matthew Rhys and Leonard Gerome, this taut limited series blends gothic mystery with emotional horror, exploring the fine line between empathy and obsession. Anchored by Danes’ searing performance, it’s a haunting reflection on loss — and the monsters grief can make of us.

All’s Fair

Premieres Nov. 4 | Hulu

Kim Kardashian headlines All’s Fair, a glossy legal drama from Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken about a powerful Los Angeles divorce attorney running an all-female law firm serving high-profile clients. Co-starring Naomi Watts and Niecy Nash, the 10-episode series mixes courtroom tension with Murphy’s signature flair for scandal, ambition, and reinvention.

Sharp, addictive, and unapologetically glamorous, All’s Fair explores how power, privilege, and reputation collide in the world of billion-dollar breakups — and how one woman rewrites the rules of law, love, and leverage in the city of angels.

Theatrical Releases

Fall Blockbusters & Prestige Cinema Arrive in Full Force

After a sluggish October, theaters are roaring back to life with an uncommonly diverse lineup — from Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited Frankenstein to Jon M. Chu’s glittering Wicked: For Good. Whether you’re chasing Oscar contenders or pure popcorn escapism, November 2025 delivers both in abundance.

Frankenstein

In Theaters Nov. 7 | Netflix Release to Follow

Guillermo del Toro’s passion project finally lurches to life — and it’s exquisite. Frankenstein is less horror than hymn, a tragic, sensual, and deeply human retelling of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece. Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein is a tortured father-god; Jacob Elordi’s Creature, his suffering son. Together they anchor a gothic symphony of flesh, guilt, and creation, scored to Alexandre Desplat’s mournful strings. It’s a film about the things we build — and the monsters we make of ourselves.

Predator: Badlands

In Theaters Nov. 7 | 20th Century Studios

Dan Trachtenberg completes his unexpected Predator trilogy with a redemption story told from the hunter’s point of view. Demetrius Schuster-Koloamatangi’s exiled Predator becomes the saga’s first anti-hero, aided by a synth companion (Elle Fanning) who hints at an Alien crossover. Bleak, brutal, and strangely elegiac, Badlands expands the mythology while restoring its primal heartbeat: survival.

Die My Love

In Theaters Nov. 7 | MUBI

Lynne Ramsay’s first feature in nearly a decade is a raw, unnerving exploration of postpartum collapse. Jennifer Lawrence gives the performance of her career opposite Robert Pattinson in a fever dream of isolation, motherhood, and madness. Shot in harsh natural light with Ramsay’s trademark precision, Die My Love is devastating — but impossible to look away from.

Nuremberg

In Theaters Nov. 7 | Sony Pictures Classics

James Vanderbilt’s post-WWII courtroom drama resurrects the ghosts of justice and complicity. Russell Crowe commands the screen as lead prosecutor Robert Jackson, while Rami Malek delivers quiet fury as a young legal aide wrestling with moral relativism. Nuremberg refuses to sanitize its subject; it interrogates it. The result is a gripping procedural and an urgent reminder of why truth must be tried again and again.

Christy

In Theaters Nov. 7 | Black Bear Pictures

Sydney Sweeney delivers one of her most commanding performances yet as boxer Christy Martin in David Michôd’s raw and riveting biopic. Christy chronicles the fighter’s rise from small-town amateur to global headline — and the abuse, betrayal, and resilience that shaped her journey.

Ben Foster gives a chilling turn as the manipulative husband and trainer who nearly destroys her, while Michôd captures every hit, bruise, and breakthrough with unflinching intimacy. The result is a brutal, defiant story about survival, fame, and fighting for your own identity.

Bugonia

In Theaters Nov. 7 | Focus Features

Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons for a wickedly strange adaptation of Jang Joon-hwan’s Save the Green Planet! Equal parts satire and sci-fi psychodrama, Bugonia finds environmental paranoia, conspiracy, and love colliding in true Lanthimos fashion: absurd, hysterical, and terrifyingly sincere. Expect awards heat for Stone’s fearless performance and Robbie Ryan’s surreal cinematography.

Keeper

In Theaters Nov. 14 | Neon

Osgood Perkins follows Longlegs and The Monkey with a quieter, creepier descent into grief. Tatiana Maslany stars as a woman retreating to a cabin after tragedy — only to find her memories haunted by something that may not be metaphorical. Keeper is abstract horror at its most hypnotic, stitched together by Perkins’ elegant dread.

The Carpenter’s Son

In Theaters Nov. 14 | Magnolia Pictures

Nicolas Cage delivers another fascinating swing in Lotfy Nathan’s heretical horror The Carpenter’s Son. Inspired by the apocryphal “Infancy Gospel of Thomas,” the film reimagines Jesus as a volatile child struggling with godlike power. Noah Jupe and FKA Twigs round out the holy-unholy family. Equal parts blasphemous and profound, it’s The Omen by way of Terrence Malick — you won’t see anything else like it.

The Running Man

In Theaters Nov. 14 | Paramount Pictures

Edgar Wright’s kinetic remake of the 1987 cult classic swaps Schwarzenegger’s muscle for Glen Powell’s charisma and TikTok-era cynicism. In a world where televised death matches are the new Olympics, The Running Man feels disturbingly plausible. Wright turns satire into spectacle, and Powell proves himself a bona fide movie star with the smirk of a man who knows he’s being watched.

One Battle After Another

In Limited Re-Release Nov. 14 | Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson’s war-torn epic — already sweeping the Gotham Awards — may be the boldest studio gamble of the year. Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, and Teyana Taylor lead a sprawling ensemble in a film that blends the meditative scope of There Will Be Blood with the moral ambiguity of The Thin Red Line. One Battle After Another isn’t just about conflict; it’s about the human addiction to it.

Jay Kelly

In Theaters Nov. 14 | Netflix Films

George Clooney and Adam Sandler’s collaboration with Noah Baumbach remains one of fall’s most fascinating curiosities — a soulful midlife dramedy about creative ambition and regret. Jay Kelly pairs Clooney’s restraint with Sandler’s emotional honesty, crafting a portrait of fatherhood that’s funny, bruised, and quietly redemptive.

Wicked: For Good

In Theaters Nov. 21 | Universal Pictures

A year after its record-breaking predecessor, Wicked: For Good soars higher than ever. Jon M. Chu’s second act amplifies the spectacle and heart, with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande delivering powerhouse vocals that practically shake the Emerald City. Now joined by Colman Domingo as the Cowardly Lion, the sequel is both dazzling escapism and an emotional crescendo — the rare blockbuster that sings with genuine feeling.

Sisu: Road to Revenge

In Theaters Nov. 21 | Sony Pictures

Finland’s favorite Nazi-killing prospector returns in Jalmari Helander’s delirious sequel. Sisu: Road to Revenge doubles down on pulpy violence and jet-black humor, sending Jorma Tommila’s silent warrior on a bullet-soaked mission of retribution. Stephen Lang’s chilling villain makes this a grindhouse showdown for the ages.

Train Dreams

In Theaters Nov. 21 | Netflix

Based on Denis Johnson’s novella, Train Dreams is an elegy for a vanishing America. Joel Edgerton plays Robert Grainier, a logger adrift in the early 20th century as the frontier closes around him. Directed with quiet grace by Clint Bentley, it’s a film of haunting simplicity — about work, loss, and the ache of change.

Eternity

In Theaters Nov. 26 | A24

Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner headline Kogonada’s tender metaphysical romance set in an afterlife waystation called “The Junction.” Equal parts Past Lives and Defending Your Life, Eternity balances humor and heartbreak, asking what we owe to love — and what we take with us when we leave.

Zootopia 2

In Theaters Nov. 26 | Disney Animation

Nearly a decade after its Oscar-winning predecessor, Zootopia 2 reintroduces Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde for a new mystery that threatens inter-species harmony. With Ke Huy Quan and Fortune Feimster joining the voice cast, the sequel is sharp, funny, and surprisingly political — a vibrant reminder that animation can still move, and move us.

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Final Premieres, Streaming Closers & Prestige Season Highlights

November ends with a collision of nostalgia and new beginnings — from Hawkins’ last stand in Stranger Things to Stephen King’s latest nightmare in It: Welcome to Derry. As 2025 winds down, these final releases remind us why stories, even in an era of endless content, still have the power to pull us back together.

Stranger Things: Volume 1 (Season 5)

Streaming Nov. 26 | Netflix

It’s the end of the world as Hawkins knows it. Stranger Things returns for its long-awaited fifth and final season, a three-volume event that begins with an explosive Volume 1 over Thanksgiving weekend.

After nearly a decade, the Duffer Brothers are bringing the saga full circle — reuniting Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Max for one last fight against the Upside Down. The scale is unprecedented: cinematic action sequences, emotional reunions, and a shocking new villain in Linda Hamilton’s Dr. Kay, a government agent more terrifying than any monster.

The first batch of episodes, running feature-length, captures both the awe and melancholy of a cultural phenomenon coming to an end. It’s not just Netflix’s biggest release of the year — it’s the close of an era that redefined event television.

It: Welcome to Derry

Streaming Now | HBO Max

Stephen King’s twisted circus returns in It: Welcome to Derry, a prequel series that digs into the origins of Pennywise the Clown and the cursed Maine town that birthed him. Developed by Andy and Barbara Muschietti, the show balances folklore and fear, exploring how small-town trauma festers across generations.

Taylour Paige and Jovan Adepo anchor the ensemble as a couple drawn into Derry’s web after a child disappears, while the interlude chapters of King’s novel serve as spine-chilling source material. With its dreamlike tone and immersive visuals, Welcome to Derry feels less like a spinoff than a myth being retold — darker, deeper, and somehow even sadder.

Nouvelle Vague

In Select Theaters Nov. 14 | Netflix Release Dec. 1

Richard Linklater reimagines the French New Wave through the eyes of a young Jean-Luc Godard (Guillaume Marbeck), tracing his transformation from critic to revolutionary filmmaker.

Alongside Zoey Deutch and Aubry Dullin, Nouvelle Vague dramatizes Godard’s early collaborations with François Truffaut and the artistic friction that birthed a movement. Both homage and reinvention, Linklater’s film blurs biography and film theory, offering a witty, affectionate meditation on cinema as rebellion.

The Family Plan 2

In Theaters Nov. 21 | Apple TV

Mark Wahlberg returns in this kinetic, family-centered action sequel that takes his suburban dad-turned-spy to Las Vegas for a showdown with ghosts from his past. Balancing humor and heart, The Family Plan 2 leans into its premise with pure popcorn energy — a throwback to mid-2000s action comedies that understood the value of charm over spectacle.

The result? A surprisingly heartfelt reminder that family, even in the chaos of shootouts and high-speed chases, remains the greatest cover story of all.

Power Book IV: Force (Series Finale)

Streaming Nov. 29 | Starz

Joseph Sikora’s Tommy Egan takes his final bow as Power Book IV: Force closes the loop on the sprawling Poweruniverse. Over 30 episodes, Tommy has evolved from sidekick to kingpin, blending brutality with vulnerability.

The finale promises a reckoning worthy of the empire he built — and the blood he spilled to keep it. It’s a fitting end to one of television’s most unapologetically ambitious crime sagas, solidifying Tommy’s legacy as one of modern TV’s great antiheroes.

The Official Wrap-Up: November’s Defining Moment in Cinema

From Guillermo del Toro’s soulful Frankenstein to Hawkins’ apocalyptic goodbye, November proves that audiences still crave stories with consequence. It’s a month where spectacle and soul meet — where studio tentpoles share space with small, deeply personal visions.

As awards season ramps up and the industry braces for its winter slate, the message is clear: we’re not just watching movies; we’re watching history unfold.