The summer movie season goes into high-gear in July, with the arrival of the seventh 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥 movie followed by the 鈥淥ppenheimer鈥 and 鈥淏arbie鈥 showdown on July 21.
Not that you have to choose one or the other 鈥 as Tom Cruise said on Twitter, 鈥淚 love a double feature, and it doesn't get more explosive (or more pink) than the one with Oppenheimer and Barbie.鈥
August also promises a new take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and introduces a new DC superhero, Blue Beetle.
Here's a month-by-month guide of this summer's new movies. Keep scrolling for more info and for May and June's releases.
July 7
鈥 " (Sony, theaters): Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne are back to scare everyone in the fifth edition.
鈥 鈥 (Lionsgate, theaters): Adele Lim directs this raucous comedy about a friends trip to China to find someone's birth mother, starring Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola and Sabrina Wu.
鈥 鈥 (Bleecker Street, theaters): A young novelist helps an acclaimed author in this thriller with Richard E. Grant.
鈥 鈥 (IFC, theaters and VOD): Mark Duplass and Sterling K. Brown are the last two men on Earth.
鈥 鈥 (A24, theaters): This acclaimed debut from Savannah Leaf focuses on a woman, single and pregnant with two kids in foster care, trying to reclaim her family in the Bay Area.
July 14
鈥 (Paramount, theaters, on July 12): Tom Cruise? Death-defying stunts in Venice? The return of Kittridge? What more do you need?
鈥 鈥(Searchlight, theaters): Musical theater nerds (and comedy fans) will delight in this loving satire of a childhood institution, with Ben Platt and Molly Gordon.
鈥 鈥 (Sony Pictures Classics, theaters): Lifetime friends (Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, Agnes O'Casey) in a small Dublin community in 1967 dream of a trip to Lourdes, a town in France where miracles are supposed to happen. Laura Linney co-stars.
鈥 鈥 (in theaters in New York): AP鈥檚 Mstyslav Chernov directs this documentary, a joint project between The Associated Press and PBS 鈥淔rontline," about the , in which Chernov, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, and field producer Vasilisa Stepanenko, became the only international journalists operating in the city. Their coverage won the
鈥 鈥 (Janus Films, theaters): This drama from German director Christian Petzold is set at a vacation home by the Baltic Sea where tensions rise between a writer, a photographer and a mysterious guest (Paula Beer) as a wildfire looms.
鈥 鈥 (Netflix): John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx lead this mystery caper.
July 21
鈥 鈥 (Universal, theaters): Christopher Nolan takes audiences into the mind of the 鈥渇ather of the atomic bomb," J. Robert Oppenheimer ( ) as he and his peers build up to the trinity test at Los Alamos.
鈥 鈥 (Warner Bros., theaters): Margot Robbie plays the world's most famous doll (as do many others) opposite Ryan Gosling's Ken in Greta Gerwig's comedic look at their perfect world.
鈥 鈥 (Apple TV+): Peter Nicks directs a documentary about the four-time NBA champion.
鈥 鈥 (in select theaters; on Apple TV+ on July 28): Zach Galifianakis stars as the man behind Beanie Babies in this comedic drama, co-starring Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan.
July 28
鈥 鈥 (Disney, theaters): A Disney ride comes to life in with the help of Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson and Danny DeVito.
鈥 鈥 (A24, theaters): A group of friends conjure spirits in this horror starring Sophie Wilde and Joe Bird.
鈥 鈥 (Netflix, on July 27): Ellie Kemper is a newly divorced woman looking to shake things up.
鈥 鈥 (RLJE Films): Joel Kinnaman is forced to drive a mysterious gunman (Nicolas Cage) in this thriller.
鈥 鈥 (Magnolia): A documentary following four Black transgender sex workers. One of the subjects, , was shot and killed in April.
August 4
鈥 鈥 (Paramount, theaters): This animated movie puts the teenage back in the equation with a very funny voice cast including Seth Rogen and John Cena as Bebop and Rocksteady.
鈥 鈥 (Sony Pictures Classics, theaters): Randall Park directs this adaptation of Adrian Tomine鈥檚 graphic novel about Asian American friends in the Bay Area starring Sherry Cola as Alice, Ally Maki as Miko and Justin H. Min as Ben.
鈥 鈥 (Warner Bros., theaters): Jason Statham is back fighting sharks.
鈥 鈥 (Mubi): The relationship of a longtime couple (Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw) is thrown when one begins an affair with a woman (Ad猫le Exarchopoulos).
鈥 鈥 (Magnolia): Steve James' documentary about the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project who fed information to the Soviets.
鈥淒reamin' Wild鈥 (Roadside Attractions, theaters): Casey Affleck stars in this film about musical duo Donnie and Joe Emerson.
鈥 鈥 (A24, theaters): Julio Torres plays an aspiring toy designer in this surreal comedy co-starring Tilda Swinton that he also wrote, directed and produced.
August 11
鈥 " (Sony, theaters): A gamer gets a chance to drive a professional course in this video game adaptation starring David Harbour and Orlando Bloom.
鈥 鈥 (Universal, theaters): This supernatural horror film draws from a chapter of 鈥淒racula.鈥
鈥 " (Netflix): Gal Gadot played an intelligence operative in this action thriller, with Jamie Dornan.
鈥淭he Eternal Memory鈥 (MTV Documentary Films): This documentary explores a marriage and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
鈥淭he Pod Generation鈥 (Vertical, theaters): Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this sci-fi comedy about a new path to parenthood.
鈥淛ules鈥 (Bleecker Street, theaters): Ben Kingsley stars in this film about a UFO that crashes in his backyard in rural Pennsylvania.
August 18
鈥 鈥 (Warner Bros., theaters): Xolo Maridue帽a plays the DC superhero Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle in this origin story.
鈥 鈥 (Universal, theaters): Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx voice dogs in this not-animated, R-rated comedy.
鈥渂irth/rebirth鈥 (IFC, theaters): A woman and a morgue technician bring a little girl back to life in this horror.
鈥 鈥 (Lionsgate, theaters): Helen Mirren tells her grandson, expelled from school for bullying, a story about herself in Nazi-occupied France.
鈥淟andscape with Invisible Hand鈥 (MGM, theaters): Teens come up with a unique moneymaking scheme in a world taken over by aliens.
鈥淭he Hill鈥 (Briarcliff Entertainment): This baseball drama starring Dennis Quaid is based on the true story of Rickey Hill.
August 25
鈥淭hey Listen鈥 (Sony, theaters): John Cho and Katherine Waterston lead this secretive Blumhouse horror.
鈥淕olda鈥 (Bleecker Street): Helen Mirren stars in this drama about Golda Meir, the Prime Minister of Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
鈥 鈥 (MGM, theaters): Two unpopular teenage girls (Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri) start a fight club to impress the cheerleaders they want to lose their virginity to in this parody of the teen sex comedy.
鈥淭he Dive鈥 (RLJE Films): In this suspense pic about two sisters out for a dive, one gets hurt and is trapped underwater.
鈥淪crapper鈥 (Kino Lorber, theaters): A 12-year-old girl (Lola Campbell) is living alone in a London flat until her estranged father (Harris Dickinson) shows up.
鈥淔remont鈥 (Music Box Films, theaters): A former army translator in Afghanistan (Anaita Wali Zada) relocates to Fremont, California and gets a job at a fortune cookie factory. 鈥淭he Bear's鈥 Jeremy Allen White co-stars.
September 1
鈥 鈥 (Sony, theaters): Denzel Washington is back as Robert McCall, who is supposed to be retired from the assassin business but things get complicated in Southern Italy.
ALREADY IN THEATERS AND STREAMING
鈥 鈥 (Disney/Marvel): Nine years after the non-comic obsessed world was introduced to Peter Quill, Rocket, Groot and the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy, the misfits are closing out the trilogy and saying goodbye to director James Gunn, who is now leading rival DC. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Shout! Studios): Lily James plays a documentary filmmaker whose next project follows her neighbor (Shazad Latif) on his road to an arranged marriage in this charming romantic comedy.
鈥 鈥 (Focus Features): Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen travel to Italy to .
鈥 ,鈥 ( ): Jennifer Lopez is an in this action pic timed to Mother鈥檚 Day. (AP鈥檚 review here.)
鈥 鈥 (Sony): Priyanka Chopra Jonas plays a woman mourning the death of her boyfriend who texts his old number not knowing it belongs to someone new (Sam Heughan). Celine Dion (and her music) co-star in this romantic drama.
鈥 鈥 ( ): Davis Guggenheim helps Michael J. Fox , from his rise in Hollywood to his Parkinson鈥檚 diagnosis and beyond.
鈥 鈥 (IFC): A transgender woman, estranged from her family, goes home to visit her dying mother in this film starring Tracee Lysette and Patricia Clarkson.
鈥 鈥 (Bleecker Street): Eliza Scanlen plays a 17-year-old girl living in a fundamentalist Christian community in Kentucky whose with the arrival of Lewis Pullman鈥檚 charismatic youth pastor.
鈥 鈥 (Roadside Attractions): Charlie Day writes, directs and plays dual roles in this comedic Hollywood satire.
鈥 鈥 (Ketchup Entertainment): Ben Affleck plays a detective whose daughter goes missing in this Robert Rodriguez movie.
鈥 鈥 (Sony Pictures Classics): A documentary about .
鈥淏lackberry鈥 (IFC): Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton star in this movie about the . ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Universal): In the tenth installment of the Fast franchise, Jason Momoa joins as the vengeful son of a slain drug lord intent to take out Vin Diesel鈥檚 Dom. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (20th Century Studios, streaming on Hulu): Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow co-star in this remake of the 1992 film, co-written by Kenya Barris and featuring the late Lance Reddick. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Magnolia): Joel Edgerton is a horticulturist in this Paul Schrader drama, co-starring Sigourney Weaver as a wealthy dowager. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Neon): A dark comedy about a dominatrix (Margaret Qualley) and her wealth client (Christopher Abbott).
鈥 鈥 (Disney): Halle Bailey plays Ariel in this technically ambitious live-action remake of a recent Disney classic directed by Rob Marshall (鈥淐hicago鈥) and co-starring Melissa McCarthy as Ursula. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (A24): Nicole Holofcener takes a nuanced and funny look at a white lie that unsettles the marriage between a New York City writer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and a therapist (Tobias Menzies). ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Lionsgate): Stand-up comic Sebastian Maniscalco co-wrote this culture clash movie in which he takes his Italian-American father (Robert De Niro) on a vacation with his wife鈥檚 WASPy family. ( .)
鈥 鈥 ( ): This documentary explores how law enforcement sometimes indicts victims of sexual assault instead of helping.
鈥 ,鈥 (Sony): Stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer brings Mark Hamill into the fray for this action-comedy.
鈥 鈥 (Open Road Films): Gerard Butler plays an undercover CIA operative in hostile territory in Afghanistan.
鈥 鈥 (Sony): Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is back, but with things not going so well in Brooklyn, he opts to with his old pal Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), where he encounters the Spider-Society. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (20th Century Studios): 鈥淚t鈥檚 the thing that comes for your kids when you鈥檙e not paying attention,鈥 David Dastmalchian explains to Chris Messina in this Stephen King adaptation.
鈥 鈥 (A24): Already being hailed as after its Sundance debut, Celine Song鈥檚 directorial debut is a decades and continent-spanning romance about two friends separated in childhood who meet 20 years later in New York. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Paramount): Steven Caple Jr directs the seventh Transformers movie, starring Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback. ( .)
鈥淔lamin鈥 Hot鈥 ( , Disney+): Eva Longoria directs this story about Richard Monta帽ez, a janitor at Frito-Lay who came up with the idea for Flamin鈥 Hot Cheetos. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Magnolia): It鈥檚 1988 in England and hostilities are mounting towards the LGBTQ community in Georgia Oakley鈥檚 BAFTA-nominated directorial debut about a gym teacher (Rosy McEwan) and the arrival of a new student. ( .)
鈥淒aliland鈥 (Magnolia): Mary Harron directs Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dal铆.
鈥 鈥 (Warner Bros.): Batmans past Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton assemble for this standalone Flash movie directed by Andy Muschietti and as the titular superhero. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Pixar): In Element City, residents include Air, Earth, Water and Fire in the new Pixar original, featuring the voices of Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie and Catherine O鈥橦ara. ( .)
鈥 鈥 ( ): Chris Hemsworth鈥檚 mercenary Tyler Rake is back for another dangerous mission. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Focus Features): Wes Anderson assembles Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman and Jeffrey Wright for a stargazer convention in the mid-century American desert. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Lionsgate): This scary movie satire sends a group of Black friends including Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg and X Mayo to a cabin in the woods.
鈥 鈥 (Sony): about a woman hired by a shy teen鈥檚 parents to help him get out of his shell before Princeton. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Lucasfilm): Harrison Ford puts his iconic fedora back on for a fifth outing as Indy in this new adventure directed by James Mangold and co-starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Focus Features): Oscar-nominated documentarian Julie Cohen on three intersex individuals in her latest film. ( .)
鈥 鈥 (Universal): Lana Condor (鈥淭o All the Boys I鈥檝e Loved Before鈥) lends her voice to this animated action-comedy about a shy teenager trying to survive high school as a part-Kraken. (AP鈥檚 review.)
