“The Bikeriders”
Acclaimed Filmmaker Jeff Nichols (“Midnight Special,” “Loving”) returns to direct a drama about the life of a Chicago outlaw motorcycle club in the 1960s. Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus, and Tom Hardy star (our review).
Release Date: June 21 via Focus Features.
“Kinds of Kindness”
Fresh off his Oscar-winning “Poor Things,” Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos returns with an anthology triptych film starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
Release Date: June 21 via Searchlight Pictures.
“Green Border”
From acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, “Green Border” is a deeply harrowing immigration drama about the treacherous and swampy “green border” forests between Belarus and Poland, where desperate émigrés are treated like political pawns and footballs (our review).
Release Date: June 21 (NY) / June 28 (LA) via Kino Lorber.
“Janet Planet”
Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Annie Baker, A24‘s “Janet Planet” beguiling mother and daughter story screened at Telluride and the New York Film Festival to much acclaim, often described as a superb debut film about intimacy and observation. Julianne Nicholson and newcomer Zoe Ziegler star alongside Elias Koteas, Will Patton, and Sophie Okonedo (our review).
Release Date: June 21, via A24.
“A Quiet Place: Day One”
John Krasinski’s apocalyptic thriller goes back to the start with “A Quiet Place: Day One,” essentially a prequel about how all these alien-invasion horrors began. Michael Sarnoski (“Pig“) takes over directing duties, and the film stars Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, and Alex Wolff, with Djimon Hounsou reprising his role from “A Quiet Place Part II.”
Release Date: June 28 via Paramount.
“Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1”
Warner Bros. places a big bet on Kevin Costner’s comeback and “Yellowstone” popularity with an epic two-part Western set during the Civil War. Costner stars alongside a huge cast that includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Will Patton, and many more.
Release Date: June 28, with ‘Chapter 2’ arriving August 16 via Warner Bros.
“Daddio”
Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn star in a provocative single-setting drama about a woman taking a cab back from the airport and the unexpected and epically long conversation she enters into with its salty, generationally older, working-class cab driver about life, relationships, sex, power dynamics, and more. Christy Hall directs (our review).
Release Date: June 28 via Sony Pictures Classics (limited).
“A Family Affair”
Filmmaker Richard LaGravenese (“Living Out Loud“) returns with an intriguing drama about a young woman (Joey King) who works as an assistant for a movie star (Zac Efron) who falls in love with her mother (Nicole Kidman) and the complications that ensue. Liza Koshy and Kathy Bates co-star.
Release Date: June 28 via Netflix.
“Tuesday”
Said to be Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ finest performance in ages, writer-director Daina O. Pusić’s A24 fairytale, which debuted at Telluride last year, centers on a mother and her teenage daughter (Lola Petticrew) who must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird. Leah Harvey and Arinzé Kene co-star (our review).
Release Date: TBD, summer via A24.
Also in June
Russell Crowe’s “The Exorcism” (June 7, Vertical); “Ultraman: Rising” (June 14, Netflix); “Thelma” with June Squibb and Fred Hechinger (June 21, Magnolia); director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat‘s “Kill” (July 4, Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate); “Ghostlight,” (June 21, wide, IFC Films); “Fancy Dance” (June 21; Apple TV+); Robert Schwartzman‘s The Good Half starring Nick Jonas (July 23, via Utopia and Fathom with Fathom screenings on July 23 & 25); Catherine Breillat‘s “Last Summer” (June 28; Sideshow/Janus Films); “Skywalkers: A Love Story” (July 19, Netflix); “Crossing” (July 19; MUBI).