Watchlist: Films We’re Excited to Watch this November 2026

It’s our favorite time of the year! As the year winds down, big and small movie studios alike tend to roll out their best films just in time for Oscar season. The Academy Awards are all fine and dandy (and we can’t wait to see who wins), but what we’re really excited about is finally getting to see the great works of art and big-screen entertainment that studios have been holding back for much of the year. Whether or not they take home the gold doesn’t really matter. The fact that they’re finally here is reason enough to celebrate, and November has plenty in store for cinephiles. Here are the films we really can’t wait to see this coming month.

Godzilla Minus Zero (November 4)

We don’t know what’s in the water, but this really feels like the year of Godzilla. Just last month, the Philippines held its first Godzilla Film Festival, bringing a handful of classic Godzilla movies back to local cinemas. Not to mention, Lacoste also dropped a pretty cool collab with the King of the Monsters. 

Anyway, we’re quite excited for Godzilla Minus Zero, which hits cinemas on November 4. The sequel to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One, the film is already generating plenty of positive buzz. If early reviews are any indication, fans are in for a real treat. Critics are praising it not only as a great monster movie, but also as a story about postwar Japan’s struggle to rebuild itself, only to have Godzilla return and wreak havoc all over again.

Wicker (November 4)

Based on the short story The Wicker Husband, this buzzy film stars Academy Award winner Olivia Colman as a lonely woman who jokingly asks a basket maker to make her a husband. To her surprise, one actually shows up, made entirely of wicker. Alexander Skarsgård plays the titular husband.

You can just imagine the gasps when the trailer first dropped, not to mention all the thorny jokes about Skarsgård’s… well, you know. Whether or not you’re into that kind of thing, you have to admit the premise is pretty interesting. Add some amazing prosthetics, beautifully detailed costumes, and the chance to see Colman on the big screen again (we’ve missed you!), and we’ve got more than enough reasons to flock to cinemas this November.

Possible Love (November 6)

“Cinema is so back, baby!” People have been saying that since 2022, but I think we really mean it this time. Why? Because Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong is finally returning with a new film after being away from our screens since 2018, when he released the slow-burning but brilliant drama Burning. This time, he’s back with Possible Love, a film that’s giving us major Ingmar Bergman vibes. It follows a married couple whose lives are upended when they become entangled with two strangers. Bring on the emotional truth bombs!

The fact that the film runs for almost three hours doesn’t bother us one bit (we’ll take Lee Chang-dong at any runtime, any day). But the fact that it also stars Parasite’s Cho Yeo-jeong, who was totally robbed of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar that year, IMO, is even more reason to tune in. The film drops exclusively on Netflix this November, and we’ll be seated.

Wildwood (November 11)

If you’re familiar with LAIKA Studios, then you know just how much love and care go into its animated films. The studio’s 2016 film Kubo and the Two Strings wasn’t just a heartbreaking and beautiful story. The craftsmanship behind its stop-motion animation was truly one for the ages.

This November, the studio returns with Wildwood (which currently has a crazy 8.7 rating on IMDb), which has already caught the industry’s attention for its sheer ambition. With a runtime of over two hours, a record-breaking 231 physical puppets, and 132 massive sets, it’s shaping up to be one of the most ambitious stop-motion films ever made. The fantasy adventure follows a teenage girl who ventures into an enchanted forest to save her little brother. It looks beautiful and promising, and if the buzz is anything to go by, Wildwood could be not only the most breathtaking animated feature of the year, but also one of its most ambitious cinematic undertakings.

QCinema International Film Festival (November 13-22)

QCinema is definitely the one event in the Philippines that serious cinephiles wait for all year. We were lucky enough to attend the festival’s recent press conference, where it unveiled its lineup, and boy, did it deliver. There are far too many films to name, and honestly, we want to see them all. So do yourself a favor and stake out those tickets early, because they tend to sell out fast.

But for the sake of discussion, if we had to pick our dream tickets from the festival’s massive lineup, we’d prioritize Cristian Mungiu’s family drama Fjord, the Sandra Hüller-starrer Fatherland, and the meta-horror film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. We’re also dying to catch the theatrical return of Possession, starring the incredible Isabelle Adjani. And, of course, there’s the flurry of critically acclaimed FilipinoFilipinoThe national language of the Philippines, widely used for communication, education, media, and culture.Go to Filipino Glossary films, including Isabel Sandoval’s Moonglow, John Torres’ The Remotes, and Lav Diaz’s Makikiraan Po. Honestly, where do we even begin?

Club Kid (November 18)

Club Kid is actually part of the QCinema lineup, but since tickets can be notoriously hard to get, here’s some good news: the festival hit is also arriving in Philippine cinemas on November 18, courtesy of Lunchbox Philippines. The film premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it impressed audiences and kicked off a bidding war among distributors. A24 eventually won out, acquiring the film for a hefty $17 million. And judging by the early word from those lucky enough to have seen it, it seems the movie really is thaaat good.

Starring internet personality-turned-actor, director, and writer Jordan Firstman, Club Kid follows a gay, washed-up party boy whose wild days catch up with him when he’s suddenly forced to care for a child he never knew he had. Messy? Probably. Entertaining? Absolutely. Heartwarming? We’re guessing yes, but we’ll have to wait and see this November 18. 

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (November 18)

The internet recently broke when Jennifer Lawrence announced that she and Josh Hutcherson would be reprising their iconic roles as Katniss and Peeta in the upcoming film. Are we excited to see our millennial King and Queen again? Totally! Were we seated even before we knew they’d be showing up? Absolutely.

Joseph Zada, who was amazing as Cal Trask in Netflix’s East of Eden, was already enough to sell us tickets. He’ll be playing a younger version of Woody Harrelson’s Haymitch Abernathy as we finally get to see how he won his own Hunger Games tournament. We’re always ready for another Hunger Games movie, and this one looks incredibly promising. The fact that we get to see it two days before the US premiere makes it even sweeter. District 12 hive, where you at!?

You Can See Everything (November 18) 

Arguably the most buzzed-about movie of the year, and we’re absolutely here for it. In some ways, it feels incredibly fitting that this is the film closing out our list, because it’s also the one we’re most excited to see. If you’ve been living under a rock these past few weeks, You Can See Everything is the splashy new documentary from Lance Oppenheim and the King of Comedy (sorry, we mean it. Fight us on this one), Nathan Fielder. The film follows Fielder as he spends time with notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, just days before she begins her 10-year prison sentence.

In true Fielder fashion, the film is nothing like what you’d expect. It reportedly takes all sorts of twists and turns, blurring the lines between reality and fiction while challenging the conventions of filmmaking. Truthfully, we’ve already seen the spoilers online (including the spoiler and that person’s appearance), but honestly, who cares? The premise alone, coupled with Fielder’s singular brand of art, is enough to get us through the door. And the fact that the movie runs for almost three hours doesn’t bother us one bit. If anything, we’re even more excited to spend that much longer in Fielder’s wonderfully unhinged world.