The 10 Best Movies in Theaters Right Now

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September 2024 is bringing a fun variety of movies for different audiences, and these, along with some of August's most popular movies, are now playing in theaters. After some rough years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 was a big year for cinema, and this streak continues in 2024. So far, this year has seen some big hits on the big screen from different genres, such as the action-comedy The Fall Guy, the drama Challengers, horror with Late Night With The Devil and Longlegs, and the action movie Furiosa.

August brought some exciting movies from different genres, of which some can still be enjoyed in theaters, such as the drama movie It Ends With Ends and the latest entry in the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus. Joining Tim Burton's long-awaited Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and A24's horror movie The Front Room this week are a remake of a horror movie, an action comedy starring Dave Bautista, the latest project by Kevin Smith, and a comedy-drama movie where a young girl meets her older self.

10 Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil was released on September 13, 2024

Speak No Evil is a psychological thriller directed by James Watkins and a remake of the 2022 Danish movie of the same name by Christian Tafdrup. Speak No Evil follows the Daltons – Louise, Ben, and their daughter Agnes – who go on a dream holiday to Europe. There they meet Paddy, his wife Ciara, and their son Ant, and they quickly bond. Paddy and his family invite the Daltons to their idyllic country estate, but once there, the Daltons begin to notice their “friends”' strange behavior, while some disturbing truths come to light.

9 The Killer’s Game

The Killer’s Game was released on September 13, 2024

The Killer’s Game is an action comedy movie directed by J. J. Perry and based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Jay Bonansinga. The Killer’s Game follows Joe Flood, a hitman who learns he has a terminal illness. Deciding to take control of his fate, Joe takes a hit out on himself, but the hitmen he hires also target his ex-girlfriend, Maize. Joe then has to fend off a team of fellow assassins before it’s too late for Maize and himself.

8 The 4:30 Movie

The 4:30 Movie was released on September 13, 2024

The 4:30 Movie is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy written and directed by Kevin Smith. The 4:30 Movie takes the audience back to the summer of 1986 to follow three 16-year-old friends. The group spends their Saturdays sneaking into the local Cineplex to watch movies, but one day, when one of them invites his crush to see an R-rated movie, hilarity breaks loose as the theater manager and some teenage rivalries interfere with his plans. The 4:30 Movie is loosely based on Kevin Smith’s own experiences sneaking into movie theaters as a teenager.

7 My Old Ass

My Old Ass was released on September 13, 2024

Younger Elliot and older Elliot sit together over a campfire in My Old Ass

My Old Ass is a comedy-drama movie written and directed by Megan Park. On her 18th birthday, while celebrating with her friends, a mushroom trip leads Elliott Labrant to meet her wisecracking 39-year-old self. Even after the mushroom trip, Elliott keeps seeing Older Elliott, who starts giving her advice and warnings about different areas of their lives and what she should and shouldn’t do. This experience forces Elliott to rethink her relationships and what she thought she knew about family, love, and friendship – but Older Elliott is also given something to think about.

You can read Screen Rant's My Old Ass review here.

6 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was released on September 6, 2024

Over three decades after the release of Beetlejuice comes a sequel, appropriately titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Once more directed by Tim Burton, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice takes viewers back to Winter River to reunite with Delia and Lydia Deetz, along with the latter’s rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid. When Astrid finds the town’s model in the attic at their old house, she opens the portal to the Afterlife again, letting the legendary and chaotic Betelgeuse back into the human world. To make it even messier, there’s a ghost detective after them as well as Betelgeuse’s ex-wife, Delores.

You can read Screen Rant’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review here.

5 The Front Room

The Front Room was released on September 6, 2024

The Front Room is a psychological horror movie written and directed by Max and Sam Eggers, based on the 2016 short story of the same name by Susan Hill. The Front Room is the story of Belinda and Norman, who are expecting their first child. However, they are forced to take Norman’s mother, Solange, in after his father’s death. Soon, Solange’s erratic behavior and mysterious past unveil dark and disturbing secrets that threaten the couple’s relationship and the safety of Belinda and her newborn baby.

4 Reagan

Reagan was released on August 30, 2024

Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in Reagan 2024

Reagan explores Ronald Reagan’s life from his childhood to his time as President of the United States.

Reagan is a biographical drama movie directed by Sean McNamara. Based on the 2006 book The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism, by Paul Kengor, Reagan explores Ronald Reagan’s life from his childhood to his time as President of the United States. Reagan is told through a conversation between former KGB agents Andrew Novikov and Viktor Ivanov, whose lives became linked with Reagan’s after he caught the Soviets’ attention during his time as a Hollywood actor.

3 Afraid

Afraid was released on August 30, 2024

Afraid follows Curtis Pike and his family, who are chosen to test a new smart home AI called AIA.

Afraid is a sci-fi horror film written and directed by Chris Weitz. Afraid follows Curtis Pike and his family, who are chosen to test a new smart home AI called AIA. Once it’s all installed at home, AIA learns all the behaviors of the Pile family and begins to actively participate in their needs. However, AIA starts to develop self-awareness, and it becomes a bit too involved in the lives of the Pikes, interfering with their daily activities and more.

2 Blink Twice

Blink Twice was released on August 23, 2024

Frida and Slater immediately bond, and she becomes infatuated with him, so she agrees to travel with him to his private island for a luxurious party.

Blink Twice is a thriller directed by Zoë Kravitz in her directorial debut. It’s the story of Frida, a cocktail waitress who meets tech billionaire Slater King at a fundraising gala. To her surprise, Frida and Slater immediately bond, and she becomes infatuated with him, so she agrees to travel with him to his private island for a luxurious party. Once there, Frida meets Slater’s friends, but what starts as a great time gradually becomes a nightmare as more and more strange things happen around her, making Frida question her reality.

You can read Screen Rant’s Blink Twice review here.

1 Alien: Romulus

Alien: Romulus was released on August 16, 2024

Alien: Romulus follows a group of space colonists who, while scavenging an old space station, come face to face with a horrifying life form.

The Alien franchise continues with Alien: Romulus, the seventh installment in the franchise and a standalone interquel set between 1979’s Alien and 1986’s Aliens. Alien: Romulus follows a group of space colonists who, while scavenging an old space station, come face to face with a horrifying life form in space that has already created chaos and terror for other crews. Alien: Romulus was originally planned to be released on Hulu, but (thankfully) it was granted a theatrical release after entering production.

You can read Screen Rant’s Alien: Romulus review here.

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