18 Exciting October 2026 Theatrical Releases You Should Book Tickets For: Jailer 2, The Social Reckoning And More

Say what you want, movies are on a generational run right now. Every other month there's a movie that brings a juggernaut to theatres. And to think, you still have some of the boggest movies of the year yet to be released (you know the ones I'm talking about).

Anyway, from Drishyam 3 to The Social Reckoning, these are the theatrical releases to look out for in October.

Vijay Salgaonkar (Ajay Devgn) has spent years behind a story that protects his family.But Sam's mother, Inspector General Meera Deshmukh (Tabu) now wants revenge instead of justice. The Deshmukhs recruit SP Rajveer Singh Tomar (Jaideep Ahlawat) to open a fresh new case.

Release date: October 2, 2026

Apoorv Singh Karki directs this comedy-drama set across Uttar Pradesh and the NCR. It follows a circle of college friends (Veer Pahariya, Aafiya Sayed, Aparshakti Khurana and others in the ensemble), and life hands them heartbreak, career stress and a little romance for balance.

Release date: October 2, 2026

In this adaptation of Colleen Hoover's 2018 thriller, Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson), a struggling writer, moves into the Crawford home to finish the books of Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway), who cannot write after an accident. The job comes courtesy of Verity's husband, Jeremy (Josh Hartnett). Lowen finds an unpublished autobiography in the study, and its confessions upend the Crawford household.

Release date: October 2, 2026

Digger Rockwell (Tom Cruise), an oil tycoon, is the most powerful man in the world. Except that he is about to be undone by a climate disaster of his own making. When the government gives up, he sets to prove that he is humanity's saviour before the catastrophe he set in motion destroys everything.

Release date: October 2, 2026

Bilal Ahmad (Ayushmann Khurrana) is a Pakistani spy who slips into India on a secret mission, but he loses his memory along the way and forgets which country he belongs to. Espionage grows awkward without a flag to salute.

Release date: October 23, 2026

Aaron Sorkin writes and directs this companion piece to The Social Network. Years after the events of The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) is one of the most powerful people in the world. A young Facebook engineer, Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison) enlists Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) in a bid to expose the company's guarded secrets. The story draws on the Facebook Files, a series of 2021 Wall Street Journal articles that Horwitz wrote.

Release date: October 9, 2026

Eight-year-old Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark) discovers that a sinister entity calling itself Other Mommy lives in her closet, and it looks like her mother, Ursula. Jessica Chastain plays both mothers, the loving one and the malevolent one. Bela's parents are already straining their marriage, and Other Mommy grows bolder with every crack in it.

Release date: October 9, 2026

Tiger Muthuvel Pandian (Rajinikanth), is enjoying his retirement when a new underworld empire threatens to harm his loved ones. Nelson Dilipkumar returns to direct, and Anirudh Ravichander is back to score the film.

Release date: October 15, 2026

This biographical courtroom drama follows Ujjwal Nikam (Rajkummar Rao), the Special Public Prosecutor who argued for the prosecution in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case. Wamiqa Gabbi, Jaideep Ahlawat and Sikandar Kher feature in the cast.

Release date: October 16, 2026

Mohini (Yami Gautam), a picture-perfect newlywed bride, moves into a messy, dysfunctional household that soon becomes a peaceful paradise. Things get so much better that her in-laws start thinking that she must be a witch.

Release date: October 16, 2026

Set during the Great Famine of 1876–1878, Vijay Deverakonda plays Ranabaali, a warrior who rises to fight the British forces under Sir Theodore Hector (Arnold Vosloo) and shield his people from oppression.

Release date: October 16, 2026

Street Fighter takes the Capcom arcade classic back to the big screen. Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are estranged training partners who must reunite when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament. Now both men must face each other and the demons of their past.

Release date: October 16, 2026

Whalefall sends Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) to the Central California coast to recover the remains of his late father, Mitt (Josh Brolin). The dive goes wrong when a sperm whale swallows him, and he has one hour of oxygen left to find a way out.

Release date: October 16, 2026

In this epic saga inspired by Hindu folklore, a young prince (Chiranjeevi) travels across the different Lokas or realms of the universe to fulfil his destiny.

Release date: October 16, 2026

In this DC horror, Matt Hagen (Tom Rhys Harries) is an actor on the rise. One day, he is attacked and his face is disfigured. To save his career, Matt injects himself with a substance to restore his features, only to find that he can reshape his face and form.

Release date: October 23, 2026

Klara (Jenna Ortega), an Artificial Friend, wants nothing more than a perfect home. She is bought by a family whose daughter, Josie (Mia Tharia), has a fraught relationship with her mother (Amy Adams), and the household has suffered great loss. Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family.

Release date: October 23, 2026

In this romance drama, Raj (Adhyayan Suman), who grew up with the 90's Bollywood romances, reunites with his college crush Simran(Divita Rai) after twelve years. When life gives him a second chance at love, will he take it?

Release date: October 23, 2026

The Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman), an outcast in her village, commissions a husband made of wicker from the local Basketmaker (Peter Dinklage). Her romance with the creation (Alexander Skarsgård) sparks a jealousy that threatens the village's social order.

Release date: October 30, 2026