AmsterDO Movie Wishlist: 5 Movies to Watch in Cinema This October

This is our list of the best movies to watch in cinema this month – the most promising premieres of October in various genres. Prettige voorstelling!

Stronger

Genre: Biography, Drama
Duration: 120 min
Release: 5 October
IMDb Rating: 7.6

An inspiring real-life story of Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal), who lost both of his legs after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. The movie is based on Bauman’s memoir of the same name.  

The Glass Castle

Genre: Biography, Drama
Duration: 127 min
Release: 19 October
IMDb Rating: 7.1

Bringing Jeannette Walls’s best-selling memoir to life, The Glass Castle tells about Walls’s childhood spent in poverty with her deeply dysfunctional parents. The movie stars Brie Larson as Jeannette, Woody Harrelson as her father and Naomi Watts as her mother.

Loving Vincent

Genre: Animation, Biography, Crime
Duration: 96 min
Release: 26 October
IMDb Rating: 8.1

Loving Vincent is the first and only fully painted animated feature film. With 12 oil paintings per second, the movie features no less than 62,450 paintings in total and tells Van Gogh’s story by his own work and letters. See here for more details!

The Mountain Between Us

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Duration: 103 min
Release: 26 October
IMDb Rating: 6.2

Based on Charles Martin’s novel of the same name, The Mountain Between Us follows two strangers (Idris Elba and Kate Winslet) that find themselves stranded on a remote snow-covered mountain after their plane crashes.

Jigsaw

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Duration: 92 min
Release: 26 October
IMDb Rating: unavailable yet

Halloween weekend is close at hand, and the new instalment in the Saw franchise is going to be released just in time for proper celebration! Grab the popcorn and watch people fight for their lives as a mysterious madman forces them to play sadistic games.

Apart from these 5 films, which are AmsterDO’s favourites, a few more movies hit theatres this month, including Blade Runner 2049, Thor: Ragnarok, Geostorm and Home Again. Check out the list of all movies to watch in cinema this October here (click the “Verwacht” button).