Upcoming Movies and TV Shows to Watch this November 2026

In the famous words of Mariah Carey… It’s Timeeeee.

It’s officially one month to Christmas, which means Mariah Carey has been thawed from ice and is getting ready to sing All I Want for Christmas Is You for the umpteenth time. Not that I’m complaining. It’s a classic, after all.

But before we’re bombarded with cheesy Christmas romcoms and the occasional action or horror Christmas movie (my favorites, BTW), we still have November to get through. And thankfully, there’s plenty to look forward to.

This month brings everything from the return of Panem in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping to a new Godzilla installment. 

Without further ado, here are some of the most anticipated movies and TV shows to watch this November.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping — November 20, Cinemas

We’re back to Panem, 24 years before Katniss Everdeen started a revolution. Sixteen-year-old Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) is reaped for the 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell. 

Whitney Peak plays Lenore Dove, and the cast also includes Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, and Kieran Culkin. 

Francis Lawrence is back directing, and book readers already know this one will hurt. 

Godzilla Minus Zero — November 6, Cinemas/IMAX

Takashi Yamazaki returns to direct the sequel to Godzilla Minus One. 

Set in 1949, two years later, it follows the Shikishima family (Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe return) as postwar Japan faces a brand-new calamity. 

Godzilla Minus Zero is also the first Japanese production filmed for IMAX. 

Focker In-Law — November 25, Cinemas

The circle of trust gets another new member. Greg and Pam’s son Henry (Skyler Gisondo) announces he’s marrying Olivia Jones (Ariana Grande), a former FBI hostage negotiator. 

Greg is convinced she’s too good to be true, while his father-in-law, Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), sides with her. 

Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo all return for this fourth installment of the Focker film series. Beanie Feldstein joins as Samantha, Henry’s twin sister. 

How to Rob a Bank — November 13, Cinemas

David Leitch directs this action comedy starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Anna Sawai, and Pete Davidson. It follows a group of bank robbers who post and live-stream their heists for the world to see.  

What follows is a cat-and-mouse chase between the robbers and an unlikely duo (an FBI agent and a software engineer). 

Originally scheduled for a September release, it later got bumped to November. 

The Cat in the Hat — November 6, Cinemas

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s first feature has Bill Hader as the Cat, sent on a mission to cheer up a pair of siblings.  

Gabby and Sebastian are sad and distressed after leaving their old home to move to a new town with their mother. 

Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang and Matt Berry round out the voice cast. 

The Cat in the Hat is meant to kick off a whole new Dr. Seuss movie universe, so no pressure. 

The Last Temptation of Becky — November 4, Cinemas

Lulu Wilson’s Becky is now a CIA field agent, sent undercover in Poland to infiltrate a family of innkeepers running a tourist spot at the Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s old WWII bunker. 

Neil Patrick Harris plays the Nazi villain, and Kate Siegel and Brandon Flynn are in the cast too. 

It’s funny how one silly little revenge thriller has grown into a John Wick-style franchise, but early reviews say this threequel spells a ridiculously fun time. 

Steps — November 20, Netflix

Cinderella’s “evil” stepsisters finally get a chance to tell their side of the story. 

Lilith (Ali Wong) teams up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) and a surprisingly dreamy troll to save the kingdom and fix the fairytale. 

Stephanie Hsu, Nikki Glaser, Bette Midler, Daniel Radcliffe and Peter Dinklage round out the voice cast. It’s also Netflix Animation’s first fully in-house feature. 

Hexed — November 25, Cinemas

This Disney Animation’s new film follows Billie (Hailee Steinfeld), an impulsive, unconventional teen who discovers she has secret magical abilities. 

That sends her into a hidden witch realm called Hexe with her cautious mother, Alice (Rashida Jones). Together they uncover family secrets that could change the witch world forever. 

Jodie Foster and Walton Goggins also voice characters. 

Ramayana: Rise of a Legend — November 5, Cinemas/IMAX

Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part retelling of the ancient epic follows Rama (Ranbir Kapoor), a prince bound by sacrifice, and Ravana (Yash), the immortal king driven by vengeance. 

Sai Pallavi also stars as Sita, with Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman composing the soundtrack. 

Guarding Stars — November 18, Netflix

Cue the holiday romcom tropes.

A no-nonsense bodyguard (Leighton Meester) is assigned to protect a famous actor (Jared Padalecki) at a Montana ranch. To keep things quiet, they pose as a couple over Christmas, and obviously the fake romance gets real. 

It’s based on Katherine Center’s novel The Bodyguard, with Andie MacDowell and CM Punk in the cast. 

We already know how it ends, but we’ll watch it anyway. 

Hershey — November 25, Cinemas

Hershey tells the true story of Milton Hershey (Finn Wittrock) and his wife Kitty (Alexandra Daddario). The film explores how an early run of business setbacks turned into one of America’s most famous chocolate empires. 

Mark Waters (the Mean Girls guy) directs it, and Angel Studios is the distribution partner. 

I Play Rocky — November 6 select theaters, wide November 20

The real story behind Rocky, just in time for its 50th anniversary. A struggling young Sylvester Stallone (Anthony Ippolito) refuses to sell his script unless he gets to play the lead. 

Peter Farrelly directs, with Stephan James as Carl Weathers and Matt Dillon as Stallone’s dad. 

Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol — November 13, Cinemas

Ti West directs a darker, gothic take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Johnny Depp stars as Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman who’s visited by the ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. 

Sir Ian McKellen plays Marley, and Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman, and Daisy Ridley play the three ghosts.

Ebenezer plays more like a ghost story than a cozy Christmas movie, which is what the original was anyway. 

TV SHOWS

Yellowjackets [final season] — November 20, Paramount+ 

The survivors race to bury their sins before rescue arrives, while an old flame returns with plans of her own. The trailer shows the girls finally home, but it’s not the joyful reunion anyone hoped for. 

It’s the last chapter, so expect weekly episodes and a lot of emotional damage. 

Percy Jackson and the Olympians S3 — November 20, Disney+

The third season adapts The Titan’s Curse. 

Kronos’ forces capture Annabeth, so Percy and Grover go on a dangerous rescue mission. Along the way, they have to free a goddess, deal with the Titan’s curse, and keep Olympus from falling. 

Dafne Keen joins the cast as Artemis, Kate McKinnon as Aphrodite, and Holt McCallany as Atlas. 

Blade Runner 2099 — November 25, Prime Video 

It’s set 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, in an LA where Replicants run things and humans are second-class. Michelle Yeoh plays Olwen, a Replicant Blade Runner in her final days, and Hunter Schafer plays Cora. 

Black Doves S2 — November 5, Netflix 

Helen (Keira Knightley) is still selling her country’s secrets to the Black Doves, only now her husband is about to become Prime Minister. 

Her handler Reed (Sarah Lancashire) is being targeted, and Helen reunites with Sam (Ben Whishaw), who’s been reduced to cheap hits. Neve Campbell, Ambika Mod and Sam Riley join the cast. 

The Body — November 11, Netflix

A dance-team initiation at a Catholic high school goes horribly wrong, and the girls are left dealing with prophetic visions and mass hysteria. 

The Body is billed as a raunchy teen horror in the spirit of Carrie and Jennifer’s Body. Kristina Bogic, Sara Boustany, Geena Meszaros and Sofia Wylie star in this Netflix series. 

Cunk on Cinema — November 15, Netflix

Philomena Cunk is back, and this time she’s taking on the big cinema. Diane Morgan returns in Charlie Brooker’s mockumentary, billed as her most glamorous series yet. 

Cunk interviews real experts, including Michael Bay and Benedict Cumberbatch, about the history of film, from the invention of the camera onwards. 

Expect some very confidently wrong answers from Cunk as usual. 

The Hunting Wives S2 — November 26, Netflix

Sophie (Brittany Snow) and Margo (Malin Åkerman) start the season on the outs, but old secrets and new enemies push them back together. Then the question is who’s hunting and who’s being hunted. 

John Stamos and Kim Matula join the cast, and the show has already been renewed for a third season.