Your local cinema calendar has something for every kind of moviegoer. Make room in your schedule for these upcoming cinema releases coming November 2026.
As the year approaches its final stretch, our local cinemas welcome a new round of releases, from the films everyone will be talking about to the unexpected picks that deserve a spot on your weekend itinerary. Here are the films arriving in cinemas this November 2026, for those who like to plan their movie nights in advance and those who prefer to decide at the ticket counter.
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Wicker (SM Cinemas exclusive)
November 4, 2026
This positively steamy romantic fantasy romp follows a smelly, single fisherwoman who is mocked by her neighbor. She commissions a husband made of wicker, and the unconventional romance sparks outrage and jealousy in a conservative medieval village. Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård star as the odd and unlikely couple in the center of all the chaos.
Wildwood (SM Cinemas exclusive)
November 11, 2026
This stop-motion fantasy epic by Laika – the studio behind beloved films such as Coraline (2009) and Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) – follows Prue McKeel, who heads into the forest outside Portland to find her baby brother after a murder of crows carries him off. She’s joined by her classmate Curtis, encountering talking animals, bandits, and dangerous powers along the way.
How To Rob A Bank
November 11, 2026
A crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their heists, unaware that their viral fame has put them in the crosshairs of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer. It’s an action thriller from David Leitch, starring Nicholas Hoult and Zoë Kravitz.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping
November 18, 2026
Directed by Francis Lawrence, this prequel follows young Haymitch Abernathy, 24 years before the first film, beginning on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. Returning cast members of the original Hunger Games franchise are said to include Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, and Woody Harrelson as older Haymitch.
You Can See Everything
November 18, 2026
This buzzy, A24-backed documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim is quite possibly one of the most anticipated films to hit screens this year. 34 days before she’s sent to prison, Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move, and it turns into a mind-bending three-year journey.
Focker-in-Law
November 25, 2026
The fourth Meet the Parents film flips the setup. Ben Stiller’s Greg Focker ends up on the other side of the dinner-table interrogation as he struggles with his son’s choice of partner, played by Ariana Grande in her first acting role sinceWicked. Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro return, alongside newcomers Grande and Skyler Gisondo.
Banner photos courtesy of A24, Lionsgate, Fathom Entertainment, and Black Bear Pictures
Frequently Asked Questions
Films screening in Philippine cinemas in November 2026 include Wicker, Wildwood, How to Rob a Bank, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, You Can See Everything, and Focker-in-Law.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is scheduled to screen in Philippine cinemas on November 18, 2026.
Wildwood and How to Rob a Bank are scheduled to screen in Philippine cinemas on November 11, 2026.
Focker-in-Law, the fourth film in the Meet the Parents franchise, is scheduled to screen in Philippine cinemas on November 25, 2026.
Wicker, arriving on November 4, 2026, and Wildwood, arriving on November 11, 2026, are listed as SM Cinemas exclusives.
