Plot: Small-town stoner Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) spends most of his time getting high and writing a graphic novel about a superhero monkey. What Mike doesn’t know is that he was trained by the CIA to be a lethal killing machine. When the agency targets him for termination, his former handler activates his latent skills, turning the mild-mannered slacker into a deadly weapon. Now, the utterly surprised Mike must use his newfound abilities to save himself and his girlfriend from getting wasted.
Genre: Action | Comedy IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 from 15,495 users Metascore: 50/100 Directed by: Nima Nourizadeh Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton
Plot: From Academy Award (R)-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor tohoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.
Genre: Adventure | Fantasy IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 from 307,230 users Directed by: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage
Plot: HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones — endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47′s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.
Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 from 26,874 users Metascore: 28/100 Directed by: Aleksander Bach Starring: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto
Plot: Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court of law.
Genre: Comedy IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 from 66,338 users Directed by: Seth MacFarlane Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried
Plot: Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Genre: Action | Sci-Fi IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 from 148,989 users Metascore: 64/100 Directed by: Peyton Reed Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll
Plot: In this next chapter of the epic “Maze Runner” saga, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 from 53,107 users Metascore: 43/100 Directed by: Wes Ball Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Plot: Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court of law.
Genre: Comedy IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 from 66,338 users Directed by: Seth MacFarlane Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried
Plot: 12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny — to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.
Genre: Adventure | Family | Fantasy IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 from 10,268 users Metascore: 36/100 Directed by: Joe Wright Starring: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund
Plot: The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called “Mincemeat murders”. High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Genre: Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 from 1,570 users Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki Starring: Shôta Sometani, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto
Plot: When their attempt to rob a casino owned by the feared gangster Pope goes awry and a shootout ensues, Vaughn and Cox are forced to flee on foot and hijack city Bus 657 and take the passengers hostage.
Genre: Action | Thriller IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 from 4,342 users Metascore: 37/100 Directed by: Scott Mann Starring: Dave Bautista, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Robert De Niro
Plot: On the morning of May 10, 1996, climbers (Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin) from two expeditions start their final ascent toward the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. With little warning, a violent storm strikes the mountain, engulfing the adventurers in one of the fiercest blizzards ever encountered by man. Challenged by the harshest conditions imaginable, the teams must endure blistering winds and freezing temperatures in an epic battle to survive against nearly impossible odds.
Genre: Adventure | Drama | Thriller IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 from 67,372 users Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur Starring: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright
Plot: Following the events from the first film, a different family; a mother and her 2 sons move into a rural house that’s marked for death. When the deputy from the first film learns that this family is next in line to fall to the demon Bhughul, he races before time to stop it and save them from the same fate.
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 from 11,079 users Directed by: Ciarán Foy Starring: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan
Plot: Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man – Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds. The film, a PG-rated, all-audience entertainment for moviegoers 8 to 80, unlike anything audiences have seen before, is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, …
Genre: Adventure | Biography | Drama | Thriller IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 from 25,889 Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Guillaume Baillargeon
Plot: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 from 47,437 Directed by: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro
Plot: Focusing on the relationship between Reggie Kray and Frances Shea, told from France’s’ point of view as someone who knew him best, as well as the mental health issues Ronnie Kray faced and their rise to power as the notorious gangsters of London.
Genre: Biography | Crime | Thriller IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 from 18,691 users Metascore: 55/100 Directed by: Brian Helgeland Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton
Plot: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. “In the Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.
Genre: Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Thriller IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 from 12,581 users Directed by: Ron Howard Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: His passion and ingenuity have been the driving force behind the digital age. However his drive to revolutionize technology was sacrificial. Ultimately it affected his family life and possibly his health. In this revealing film we explore the trials and triumphs of a modern day genius, the late CEO of Apple inc. Steven Paul Jobs.
Genre: Biography | Drama IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 from 16,160 users Metascore: 82/100 Directed by: Danny Boyle Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen
Plot: JOY is the wild true story of Joy Mangano and her Italian-American family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty by inventing the Miracle Mop and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces. Jennifer Lawrence stars, with Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, and Virginia Madsen. Like David O. Russell’s previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love.
Genre: Biography | Comedy | Drama | History IMDB Rating: (voting begins after release) Metascore: 57/100 Directed by: David O. Russell Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper
Plot: Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu’s emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
Genre: Drama | Sport IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 from 57,647 users Metascore: 81/100 Directed by: Peter Landesman Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks
