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October is here. Yaaaaaaay!!! Well it’s a month of Halloween movies, pumpkins and roasting chestnuts, but it’s also a movie with great movie releases.

The highly anticipated Blade Runner sequel is upon us, and so are some great biopic movies that should definitely shake up the Oscar race. Because we all know how much Hollywood loves real life inspiring stories. Marshall, Breathe, Only the brave and Goodbye Christopher Robin to name a few.

So… who are the great movies that ate set for premieres this month?

Blade Runner 2049

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas…
Premiere date: October 6
Fun fact about the movie: Jared Leto was introduced to Denis Villeneuve by his close friend Jean-Marc Vallée, who had directed Leto in Dallas Buyers Club (2013).

The Mountain Between Us

Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Stars: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges…
Premiere date: October 6
Fun fact about the movie: Production was delayed a few days so Kate Winslet could attend a memorial service for Alan Rickman.

The Florida Project

Director: Sean Baker
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto….
Premiere date: October 6 (limited)
Fun fact about the movie: Willem DeFoe spent a week living in the filming area before production in order to immerse himself in the life of the characters & master the nuances of the regional dialect.

The Foreigner

Director: Martin Campbell
Stars: Katie Leung, Jackie Chan, Rufus Jones…
Premiere date: October 13
Fun fact about the movie: In February 2016, two reports were made to the London Metropolitan Police about a “terrorist attack” made on the Lambeth bridge, after many local citizens were not told about a controlled stunt explosion made on a double decker bus for this film.

Marshall

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson…
Premiere date: October 13
Fun fact about the movie: This will be the fourth biographical figure played by Chadwick Boseman. He has also starred as James Brown, Jackie Robinson, and Floyd Little.

Breathe

Director: Andy Serkis
Stars: Claire Foy, Diana Rigg, Andrew Garfield…
Premiere date: October 13
Fun fact about the movie: Diana Rigg, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Roger Ashton-Griffiths all starred together in HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones (2011).

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Director: Simon Curtis
Stars: Vicki Pepperdine, Margot Robbie, Domhnall Gleeson…
Premiere date: October 13 October (limited)
Fun fact about the movie: Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson’s second film together. They previously appeared in the Richard Curtis film About Time (2013).

The Snowman

Director: Tomas Alfredson
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Chloë Sevigny…
Premiere date: October 20
Fun fact about the movie: Michael Fassbender started shooting this movie only two days after wrapping on Assassin’s Creed (2016).

Only the Brave

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Jennifer Connelly, Jeff Bridges…
Premiere date: October 20
Fun fact about the movie: True story of the Fallen 19 Firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots Crew from Prescott Arizona.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone, Colin Farrell…
Premiere date: October 20 (limited)
Fun fact about the movie: Acting for the 1st time in his 67 years, Cincinnati native Michael Trester as the Elderly Man converses with Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Bill Camp in a scene at a medical convention banquet.