Here are 10 movies you should see in theaters for the rest of 2019 – The Cincinnati Enquirer

We are three-quarters of the way through 2019, but there are still quite a few movies left to see.

So far, we’ve had the horror film, “Us,” Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

As awards season approaches from November to February, some of the best movies of 2019 are about to premiere.

Here are some films you should see, in order of release date:

1) ‘Harriet’ (Nov. 1)

Starring: Jennifer Nettles, Joe Alwyn, Cynthia Erivo

Director: Kasi Lemmons

Grab your popcorn: This must-see biopic shows Harriet Tubman’s (played by Cynthia Erivo) escape from slavery as well as the dangerous missions she led to free hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad. 

2) ‘The Irishman’ (Nov. 1)

Starring: Robert De Niro, Anna Paquin, Al Pacino

Director: Martin Scorsese

Grab your popcorn: This isn’t the first time Martin Scorsese has told the tale of organized crime, but he’s done it well many other times with movies such as “Goodfellas” and “Taxi Driver.” This one is about a mob hitman who recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa. It will have a limited release in theaters before airing on Netflix on Nov. 27.

3) ‘Last Christmas’ (Nov. 15)

Starring: Emilia Clarke, Emma Thompson, Henry Golding

Director: Paul Feig

Grab your popcorn: This is a love story about an unlucky woman named Kate. She decides to accept a job at a department store as Santa’s elf where she will eventually meet her love interest, Tom. This is the latest from Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding, and it seems to be the rom-com that can help push into the Christmas Hallmark movie season.

4) ‘Charlie’s Angels’ (Nov. 29)

Starring: Naomi Scott, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Stewart

Director: Elizabeth Banks

Grab your popcorn: This is one of the many remakes to hit theaters in 2019. When a systems engineer blows the whistle on dangerous technology, Charlie’s Angels from across the globe spring into action to save us all.

5) ‘Frozen 2’ (Nov. 22) 

Starring: Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Evan Rachel Wood

Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Grab your popcorn: This highly anticipated sequel has been six years in the making. Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to find the origin of Elsa’s powers in order to save their kingdom.

6) ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ (Nov. 30)

Starring: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Alec Baldwin

Director: Edward Norton

Grab your popcorn: In 1950’s New York, a lonely detective afflicted with Tourette’s Syndrome attempts to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend. This is only the second movie that Norton has directed, the first was “Keeping the Faith” in 2000.

7) ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ (Dec. 13)

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Madison Iseman

Director: Jake Kasdan

Grab your popcorn: This is a sequel to “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” which was a remake of a Robin Williams film. In “The Next Level,” four players return to brave the jungle, mountains, animals and more to save the video game world of Jumanji.

8) ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ (Dec. 19)

Starring: Billie Lourd, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver

Director: J.J. Abrams

Grab your popcorn: This will be the final film in the Skywalker trilogy. The remaining resistance faces the Final Order as Rey, Finn and Poe’s journey continues.

9) ‘Cats’ (Dec. 20)

Starring: Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Ian McKellen

Director: Tom Hooper

Grab your popcorn: In this movie adaption of the musical of the same name, a tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. It features a mix of CGI and live-action as well as a cast full of stars.

10) ‘Little Women’ (Dec. 25)

Starring: Florence Pugh, Timothee Chalamet, Emma Watson

Director: Greta Gerwig

Grab your popcorn: Two years after “Lady Bird,” writer-director Greta Gerwig tackles the adaption of the 1868 classic, “Little Women.” The star-studded film follows the lives of four sisters, Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg, as they come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War..

The Internet Movie Database was used for descriptions of the films.

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