November 2023 highlights: The movies and series you can't miss
by IMDb-Editors | created - 2 weeks ago | updated - 1 week ago | PublicStay in the know with the movies and series people will be talking about in November.
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1. All the Light We Cannot See (2023)
TV-MA | 228 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Marie-Laure, a blind French teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Stars: Aria Mia Loberti, Louis Hofmann, Lars Eidinger, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 10,990
Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel unfolds onscreen in this anticipated adaptation, detailing a rich World War II tale told from two unique perspectives. Readers are counting on director Shawn Levy ("Stranger Things," 'The Adam Project') to maintain the book's emotional touchpoints and to bring dramatic effect to the war-torn story, played out by Aria Mia Loberti in her first acting role as young, blind Parisian girl Marie-Laure, alongside impressive co-stars like Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and Louis Hofmann (“Dark”).
Series premieres on Netflix Thursday, Nov. 2.
2. Invincible (2021– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An adult animated series based on the Skybound/Image comic about a teenager whose father is the most powerful superhero on the planet.
Stars: Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz
Votes: 171,452
Season 1 of Prime Video’s hit series “Invincible” ended with high school superhero Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) battling his not-so-heroic father, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). Now, the Robert Kirkman comic book adaptation is returning for a second season with more than 20 notable new voices, including Tatiana Maslany, Calista Flockhart, and Sterling K. Brown as multiverse scientist Angstrom Levy. Can Mark take on the new baddies threatening his city without becoming like his fascistic father? With Season 2’s looming multidimensional danger and Kirkman’s classic subversive style, it’s clear that in this eight-episode season anything’s possible.
Season 2 premieres on Prime Video Friday, Nov. 3.
3. Priscilla (2023)
R | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Music
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Dominczyk
Votes: 3,221
So, we have seen Sofia Coppola's conventionally made biopic and processed the frustrations we had with it, since it’s challenging to watch Priscilla Presley's early life with Elvis Presley gradually confining her to a jumpsuit straitjacket. Jacob Elordi dominates the first two acts — and jeez, is he good. Meanwhile, Cailee Spaeny is coltish, terrified, and barely audible at times. We almost forget SHE left him, and when that moment comes, Coppola's filmmaking dovetails with Spaeny's performance and we are reminded who the movie is named after. This is a quiet study of a confined life moving toward freedom, without the bombast of a pop soundtrack.
In theaters Friday, Nov. 3.
4. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023)
PG | 92 min | Drama
A decades-spanning exploration of a woman's life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments that shape us.
Director: Raven Jackson | Stars: Kaylee Nicole Johnson, Chris Chalk, Jayah Henry, Sheila Atim
Votes: 293
In theaters Friday, Nov. 3.
5. Quiz Lady (2023)
R | 99 min | Comedy
A game-show-obsessed woman and her estranged sister work together to help cover their mother's gambling debts.
Director: Jessica Yu | Stars: Awkwafina, Sandra Oh, Will Ferrell, Holland Taylor
Votes: 5,759
Premieres on Hulu Friday, Nov. 3.
6. The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman seeks revenge against the man who kidnapped her mother.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham
Votes: 674
In theaters Friday, Nov. 3.
7. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023– )
Drama, Western
About the legendary lawman Bass Reeves, one of the greatest frontier heroes and one of the first Black deputy U.S. marshals west of the Mississippi River.
Stars: David Oyelowo, June Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Joaquina Kalukango
Votes: 1,029
Taylor Sheridan drops his second star-studded Western series of the year (after "1923"). Based on Sidney Thompson's historical novels "The Bass Reeves Trilogy," the eight-episode mini-series follows Reeves' journey from enslavement to a becoming a U.S. Deputy Marshall who apprehended over 3,000 criminals during his career. "Ray Donovan" and "Banshee" writer Chad Feehan heads up the series as showrunner.
Series premieres on Paramount+ Sunday, Nov. 5.
8. The Marvels (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson
While there’s no expectation that 'The Marvels' will match the box office haul of 2019’s 'Captain Marvel' (which raked in over $1 billion worldwide), this sequel is sure to be a crowd pleaser for MCU fans eager to see the team-up of Brie Larson, Iman Vellani (aka Ms. Marvel), and Teyonah Parris ("WandaVision").
In theaters Friday, Nov. 10.
9. The Killer (2023)
R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard
Votes: 7,639
David Fincher's first feature since 2020's 'Mank' premiered at this year's Venice Film Festival, and it's about as on-brand as you can get for the auteur's dark and moody (even cold and clinical) style. Based on the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, the script was adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker, Fincher's 'Se7en' screenwriter.
Premieres on Netflix on Friday, Nov. 10.
10. The Curse (2023– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
A newlywed couple struggles to make their vision for eco-living a reality in a small New Mexico town.
Stars: Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie, Emma Stone, Oscar Avila
Votes: 205
If we ever had an anxiety dream about two creators teaming up, it would star Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie. Seriously, we can imagine there was a therapist on site as they filmed the first season of this Showtime/Paramount+ series that has its sights set on a do-gooder couple who just might singlehandedly be responsible for gentrifying a small town. With 'Poor Things' and now this, keep it weird, Emma Stone.
Series premieres on Showtime Friday, Nov. 10.
11. For All Mankind (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.
Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall
Votes: 54,967
Season 4 premieres on Apple TV+ Friday, Nov. 10.
12. Tiger 3 (2023)
153 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Plot under wraps
Director: Maneesh Sharma | Stars: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Riddhi Dogra, Emraan Hashmi
Votes: 1,011
In theaters Saturday, Nov. 11 in North America, UK & Europe, Middle East and Africa; Sunday, Nov. 12 in India, in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu
13. A Murder at the End of the World (2023)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Completed
Darby Hart, a Gen Z amateur sleuth, attempts to solve a murder at a secluded retreat.
Stars: Emma Corrin, Brit Marling, Harris Dickinson, Alice Braga
The marketing here really wants you to know that Det. Emma Corrin is totally Gen Z, as culty creator duo Brit Marlin and Zal Batmanglij return with a limited series four years after Netflix canceled "The OA" unceremoniously, leaving its cult audience in a lurch. (They even kiboshed the idea of a wrap-up movie for the series.) This mystery partially takes place in Antarctica, and you can imagine it is no conventional detective story. Promising to twist the genre into a new shape, Corrin leads what could be the finest cast of the year.
Series premieres on FX/Hulu Tuesday, Nov. 14.
14. The Crown (2016–2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.
Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith
Votes: 236,622
Season 6 Part 1 premieres on Netflix, Thursday, Nov. 16.
15. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
PG-13 | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Dexter Sol Ansell
The fifth installment of Suzanne Collins' wildly popular YA franchise sheds light on the events that drove a young Coriolanus Snow to corruption, and the makings of sinister experiments like the "muttations." As the young Snow, Tom Blyth heads up a stellar cast, including Hunter Schafer ("Euphoria"), Rachel Zegler ('West Side Story'), Viola Davis, and Peter Dinklage ("Game of Thrones"). Let the games begin!
In theaters Friday, Nov. 17.
16. Next Goal Wins (2023)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane
Votes: 648
Taika Waititi has called his upcoming comedy "the 'Cool Runnings' of soccer." Based on the 2014 documentary 'Next Goal Wins,' the story follows the American Samoa team who, after suffering the worst loss in international football history, hires a coach to get them out of the absolute bottom of the FIFA rankings. The cast includes Michael Fassbender (who we can't wait to see do comedy), Elisabeth Moss, Will Arnett, Rhys Darby, and Frankie Adams.
In theaters Friday, Nov. 17.
17. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023– )
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure | Completed
A 20-something Toronto indie rocker's adventures in getting and keeping jobs, avoiding being kicked out of his apartment, and surviving encounters with the seven evil exes of the new girl in town on whom he has a crush.
Stars: Brie Larson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza
Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin and the sprawling cast of the 2010 live-action film 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' reprise their roles in Netflix's anime adaptation of the original graphic novels. Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski ("Are You Afraid of the Dark?") serve as co-showrunners on the series which will expand the back stories of Ramona's League of Evil Exes.
Series premieres on Netflix Friday, Nov. 17.
18. Saltburn (2023)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Archie Madekwe, Sadie Soverall
Votes: 1,194
With its peak 2000s setting, all Harry Potter novels and MGMT songs, we hear Emerald Fennell's follow up to 'Promising Young Woman' is more of a B-movie attraction in comparison to its Oscar-winning predecessor – a little sleazier, less morally complex, and certainly not a proper adaptation of "Brideshead Revisited," the novel that serves as the inspiration here. If 'Fair Play' brought back the '90s erotic thriller, maybe all 'Saltburn' really wants to do is take down the upper class one amoral, conniving turn at a time.
In theaters Friday, Nov. 17.
19. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023– )
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Completed
Set after the battle between Godzilla and the Titans, revealing that monsters are real, follows one family's journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to Monarch.
Stars: Christopher Heyerdahl, Mari Yamamoto, Jess Salgueiro, Qyoko Kudo
The MonsterVerse is expanding once again with Apple TV+’s newest show “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” A spin-off of the 2021 film ‘Godzilla vs. Kong,’ the series follows two siblings as they navigate a world of colossal creatures in search of a shadow organization called Monarch. Among the cast are father and son Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell who both play Army Officer Lee Shaw at different parts of the character’s life.
Series premieres on Apple TV+ Friday, Nov. 17.
20. Trolls Band Together (2023)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of the boy band 'BroZone' with his brothers, Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. When Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite his two other brothers and rescue Floyd.
Directors: Walt Dohrn, Tim Heitz | Stars: Patti Harrison, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake
Votes: 1,951
In theaters Friday, Nov. 17.
21. Rustin (2023)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen
Votes: 261
Colman Domingo's monster year continues with a performance every expert around says will earn him a Best Actor Oscar nomination. For anyone familiar with Rustin's life and politics, we recommend a deeper dive into both after the March on Washington – we promise it takes a few twists worth of a limited series. If you’d like some more background on the story, check the video we made on the man and his times.
Premieres on Netflix Friday, Nov. 17.
22. Thanksgiving (2023)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey, Milo Manheim
Votes: 123
Back in 2007, movie-goers were treated to a throwback theater experience with ‘Grindhouse,’ which combined two feature-length films into a single three-hour exploitation extravaganza similar to the 42nd Street cinema offerings of old. Although genre fans enjoyed the films from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, a certain cult following sprung up for the movie’s equally entertaining fake trailers. Now, director Eli Roth has actualized his fictional film in ‘Thanksgiving.’ Although it was reported that Roth began work on the film as early as 2010, it took 15 years to bring the seasonal slasher to the screen. With the director’s signature gory kills and comedic characterization, 'Thanksgiving' promises to deliver the same grindhouse nostalgia 'Grindhouse' kickstarted so many years ago.
In theaters Friday, Nov. 17.
23. Fargo (2014–2024)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Various chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks
Votes: 392,108
FX’s popular anthology series bakes blackmail, brutal murder, and a rotating cast of quirky characters into a comedic-yet-suspenseful adventure season after season. Much like a Midwest mother’s casserole (or hot dish, if you will) the ingredients are ever-changing, but the outcome is irresistible, and always with a nod to the Coen Brothers’ 1996 film. Season 5 promises a more present-day drama studded with stars including Juno Temple as boobie-trap-setting housewife Dorothy ‘Dot’ Lyon, Jon Hamm as rancher/preacher/lawman, Roy Tillman, and Lamorne Morris and Richa Moorjani as a pair of police deputies.
Season 5 premieres on Hulu/FX on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
24. Wish (II) (2023)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Completed
Wish will follow a young girl named Asha who wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.
Directors: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn | Stars: Evan Peters, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Ariana DeBose
Disney is commemorating its 100-year anniversary by leaning heavily into nostalgia and sentimentality for its newest animated feature. But in a good way! The concept of wishes coming to life may be a bit on-the-nose considering the studio’s theme music, but the appeal is universal and the animation (which combines old-school watercolor with computer animation) looks stunning. If you’re not convinced this will be THE holiday movie of the season, consider the fact that the creative team is headed up by co-writer (and head of Disney Animation) Jennifer Lee, who has pulled together several of her ‘Frozen’ and ‘Frozen II’ collaborators for this project.
In theaters Friday, Nov. 22.
25. Napoleon (2023)
R | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Biography | Completed
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Vanessa Kirby, Joaquin Phoenix, Ludivine Sagnier, Rupert Everett
At 85 years old, director Ridley Scott isn’t giving any indication he’s slowing down, returning to the kind of grand scale filmmaking he has brought to life in films like 'Gladiator' and 'Kingdom of Heaven.' Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix brings ruthless swagger to his portrayal of the French emperor, while Vanessa Kirby matches his energy as his wife, Josephine. Guaranteed to be the top movie among dads over the holiday weekend.
In theaters Friday, Nov. 22.
26. Dream Scenario (2023)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror
A hapless family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
Director: Kristoffer Borgli | Stars: Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Jessica Clement
Votes: 1,239
Nicolas Cage returns to the big screen to close out 2023 with a surrealist comedy from writer-director Kristoffer Borgli (‘Sick of Myself’). Produced by Lars Knudsen (‘The Northman’) and A24 darling Ari Aster, ‘Dream Scenario’ was inspired by the true story of a university professor who claims he was fired due to “cancel culture.” This led Borgli on an exploration of “canceled” individuals who, in Borgli’s words, share “a very narcissistic and almost delusional tone” and “felt they had done nothing wrong.” With supporting performances from Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, and Dylan Baker, this dark satire is poised to be a hit with the A24 movie crowd.
In theaters Friday, Nov. 22.
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