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A small sampling of the genre movies coming to theaters soon.
Image: Warner Bros., GKids, Fox, Toho, Netflix

The holiday season is upon us and that means you’ll be looking for things to do with your friends and family. Sure, you could sit around and binge something, but it’s always nice to get out of the house and do something. Something like going to the movies! Yes, despite what some recent grosses might suggest, movie theaters are open for business, and starting this week, there’s a deluge of genre films coming to a theater near you before 2024 is upon us.

This legit Oscar contender is a unique spin on Frankenstein as Emma Stone plays a woman with a child’s mind who discovers the ways of the world. Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo co-star. Read our full review here.

Anytime legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki releases a new movie there’s a reason to celebrate, and this story of a boy traveling to another world once again fits the bill. Read our review here.

Truly, how cool is it that a new Toho Godzilla movie is coming to theaters? What more do you need to know than that?

South Korea’s submission for this year’s Oscars is a fascinating story about what happens after a massive earthquake levels an entire city… except one building. Read our full review here.

Wait, someone remade The Abyss? No. This is the original, 1989 James Cameron movie, coming to theaters for one night only in its new 4K remaster before hitting digital and Blu-ray December 12 and March 12, 2024 respectively.

One of the many big family movies this holiday season is this brand new musical from Disney Animation; it’s about a young woman who realizes a king who grants wishes isn’t the good guy everyone thinks he is. Read our full review here.

The new Zack Snyder movie is coming out in a few short weeks and it’s the man behind Justice League building his very own, massive sci-fi universe. It’s so massive, in fact, that this is just part one. Part two is out next year.

The creator of Mr. Robot, Sam Esmail, writes and directs this star-studded apocalyptic thriller about a cyber attack.

We’ve been hearing about this one for years—but now, finally, we get to see the director of Paddington and Timothée Chalamet telling the musical origin story of everyone’s favorite chocolate maker.

In what might be the final film ever of the old DC Universe, Jason Momoa and director James Wan return to Atlantis for what looks like a really fun, colorful movie. We’ll see how that plays out.

Illumination has already had quite the 2023 with the second highest-grossing film of the year, The Super Mario Bros Movie, and it’ll flex its animated muscles again with this comedy about migrating birds.

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