9 best movies to stream this November, including Kung Fu Panda 4 and The Fall Guy
KUNG FU PANDA 4 | First on Showmax | Stream from Friday, 29 November
The sixth biggest box office hit of 2024 (so far), Kung Fu Panda 4 returns comedy icon Jack Black to his role as Po, the world’s most unlikely kung fu master. When Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, but a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm. Po finds help in the form of crafty, quick-witted thief Zhen, a corsac fox who really gets under Po’s fur, but the comedic odd-couple duo will have to work together if they’re going to protect the Valley of Peace from Chameleon’s reptilian claws.
Golden Globe winner Awkwafina voices Zhen in a star-studded voice cast that includes Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman, Ke Huy Quan and Viola Davis.
Kung Fu Panda 4 was nominated for the 2024 Kids’ Choice Award for Favourite Animated Movie, with Jack Black and Awkwafina nominated for Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie – Male, and Female, respectively.
DreamWorks Animation’s beloved action-comedy franchise has now earned over $2 billion at the global box office.
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THE FALL GUY | Stream from Monday, 18 November
The Fall Guy stars Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred former stuntman who is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie — being directed by his ex, Jody Moreno — goes missing.
Golden Globe winners Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) play Jody and lead actor Tom Ryder, with Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) as the film’s ruthless producer. Inspired by the hit 1980s TV series, the film also stars Winston Duke (Black Panther’s M’Baku) and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
Directed by former stuntman David Leitch (Bullet Train, Deadpool 2 and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), The Fall Guy is the #19 biggest box office hit of 2024, with an 81% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As RogerEbert.com says, “This is a ridiculously fun movie, anchored by a movie star in a part that fits him perfectly and a director who really has been working toward this film for his entire career.”
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CIVIL WAR | Stream from Monday, 25 November
From Oscar-nominated writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina), Civil War journeys across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend on the White House.
The #24 biggest box office hit of 2024 (so far), the A24 film stars Oscar nominee Kirsten Dunst, Golden Globe nominees Cailee Spaeny (Alien: Romulus, Priscilla) and Wagner Moura (Narcos), and Black Reel nominee Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune: Part One). Also look out for Sonoya Mizuno (House of the Dragon) and Emmy winner Nick Offerman (The Last of Us).
Civil War has an 81% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with AVClub hailing it as “a provocative, thrilling monster of a movie that will sear itself into your eyeballs.”
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AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM | Stream from Monday, 11 November
The #15 biggest blockbuster of last year, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was up for Favourite Movie at the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards, with star Jason Momoa nominated for Favourite Movie Actor and Action Movie Star of the Year at the People’s Choice Awards.
Driven by vengeance, Black Manta (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is more formidable than ever, wielding the power of the mythic Black Trident. To defeat him, Aquaman must enlist the former King of Atlantis, his imprisoned brother Orm (Emmy nominee Patrick Wilson), to forge an unlikely alliance to protect their kingdom and save Aquaman’s family, and the world, from irreversible destruction.
Directed by James Wan (Furious 7, The Conjuring franchise), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom brings back Teen Choice nominee Amber Heard, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, action legend Dolph Lundgren, Critics Choice nominee Randall Park (WandaVision) and Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett in The Mandalorian), with Emmy winner Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building) voicing Kingfish.
A.V. Club praised “James Wan’s energetic, kid-in-a-candy-shop direction,” singling out the relationship between Arthur and Orm as “absolute gold” and “the rocket fuel that keeps Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom shooting forward with swagger, humour, and heart.”
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THE END WE START FROM | Stream from Thursday, 21 November
The Hollywood Reporter says Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) “gives a career-defining performance” in The End We Start From, which picked up nine nominations at last year’s British Independent Film Awards, including Best Lead Performance for Comer and Best Supporting Performance for Katherine Waterston (Alien Covenant, the Fantastic Beasts films).
When catastrophic floods hit London, a new mother must protect her baby from the surrounding chaos as she embarks on a dangerous journey in search of safety.
Based on Megan Hunter’s bestseller, adapted by Emmy nominee Alice Birch (Normal People), The End We Start From also features Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, BAFTA nominee Mark Strong, and BAFTA winner Gina McKee (Our Friends In The North).
The End We Start From has an 89% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As the London Evening Standard says, “Jodie Comer is a beacon of light at the end of the world … the beating heart of a film that looks at the momentous decision to love and raise a life in the face of disaster.”
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IMMACULATE | Stream from Thursday, 7 November
Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus, Euphoria, Anyone But You) was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw award for her role in Immaculate as Cecilia, a novice nun who joins a remote convent in the picturesque Italian countryside. Cecilia’s warm welcome quickly descends into a nightmare as it becomes clear her new home harbours a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.
Filmed in Rome, Immaculate also stars Emmy nominee Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus) and award-winning Spanish actor Álvaro Morte (The Professor in Money Heist).
TheWrap says: “Sweeney has never been better than she is here. What a darkly beautiful yet brutal, bloody and bold film.”
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PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES | Stream from Thursday, 14 November
Based on Stephen King’s terrifying novel, the prequel movie Pet Sematary: Bloodlines takes us back 50 years before the events of Pet Sematary. In 1969, a young Jud Crandall is set to leave his hometown of Ludlow, Maine in search of his life’s purpose. Before he makes it out, however, Jud and his childhood friends encounter an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding.
Jackson White (Mrs Fletcher) stars as the young Jud, opposite the likes of Emmy nominee David Duchovny (The X Files, Californication) and Golden Globe nominees Henry Thomas (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Haunting of Hill House, Elliot in E.T.) and Pam Grier (Them, Jackie Brown).
Director Lindsey Anderson Beer co-wrote the script alongside Pet Sematary screenwriter Jeff Buhler.
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HEIST 88 | Stream from Monday, 25 November
Heist 88 centres on Jeremy Horne, a criminal mastermind who decides to pull one last job before going to prison, recruiting a group of young bank employees to steal $80 million dollars.
Emmy winner Courtney B Vance (American Crime Story, Lovecraft Country) stars as Horne, alongside Black Reel nominee Keesha Sharp (Power Book II: Ghost) and triple Emmy winner Keith David.
Helmed by award-winning Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda, Heist 88 earned Dwayne Johnson-Cochran the 2024 Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie. The film was also nominated for Outstanding Television Movie, and Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie for Vance.
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JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS – PART ONE | Stream from Thursday, 14 November
In the first instalment in DC’s animated Justice League trilogy, Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One, death is coming. Worse than death: oblivion. Not just for our Earth, but for everyone, everywhere, in every universe!
Against this ultimate destruction, the mysterious Monitor has gathered the greatest team of Superheroes ever assembled. Will the combined might of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern and hundreds of superheroes from multiple Earths be enough to save all of reality from an unstoppable antimatter armageddon?
Based on the legendary 1985-86 crossover comic book series by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the trilogy is off to a strong start, with an 88% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes for Part One. “Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One Finally Gets the DC Crossover Event Right,” Inverse headlined, praising the film as, “A worthy adaptation focusing on heart and character.”
The voice cast is led by Emmy nominees Matt Bomer (Doom Patrol), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld), Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) and Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus) as Flash, Green Arrow, Lex Luthor and Lois Lane respectively, with Emmy winner Darren Criss (Glee) as Superman/Clark Kent.
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE | Binge all seven blockbusters from 25 November
Showmax is bringing you a box set of one of the biggest franchises of all time: Tom Cruise in his career-defining role as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force. This includes all seven blockbusters: Mission: Impossible 1-3, Mission: Impossible – Fallout; Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol; Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation; and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, the ninth biggest hit of last year, which was up for two Oscars and earned Cruise and co-star Rebecca Ferguson Critics Choice Super Awards for Best Actor and Actress in an Action Movie.
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