Best Films to Watch in London and Stream This Week

With UK cinemas back in full swing, we highlight the best of what's new, from crowd-pleasers to the latest comedy from Ryan Reynolds

UK cinemas have reopened their doors and here at WLC we couldn't be more pleased about the return to our happy place – a darkened theatre, surrounded by our fellow movie lovers! But we also understand that maybe everyone's not ready yet. That's why our team has you covered with all the latest releases, be it in cinemas, or streaming from the comfort of your own home…

 

New in Cinemas and Streaming

CODA

Where to watch it: Get London showtimes or watch it on Apple TV+

A teenage girl dreams of being a singer while maintaining close ties with her Deaf parents in this wondrous coming-of-ager (read our full review).

 

Wildland

Where to watch it: Get London showtimes

A young girl is forced to move in with her shady relatives after her mum passes away in Danish filmmaker Jeanette Nordahl's gritty crime debut (read our full review).

 

Free Guy

Where to watch it: Get London showtimes

Ryan Reynolds is an NPC who finds himself elevated to unexpected leading man status in this entertaining and self-aware riff on video game culture.

 

The Courier

Where to watch it: Get London showtimes

Benedict Cumberbatch has a lot of fun as an unlikely businessman-turned-spy in a Cold War thriller that doubles as a crowd-pleaser (read our full review).

 

I'm Your Man

Where to watch it: Get London showtimes or watch it on Curzon Home Cinema

Dan Stevens embodies the ideal man – or is that robot? – in writer-director Maria Schrader's irreverent blend of comedy and science-fi (read our full review).

 

Angkar

Where to watch it: True Story

This documentary from Neary Adeline Hay follows her father back to Cambodia as he confronts painful memories of a past lived under the Khmer Rouge.

Still in Cinemas and Streaming

Zola

Where to watch it: Get London showtimes

Janicza Bravo’s exhilarating Riley Keough-starring crime comedy sets an impressive benchmark for films based on viral tweets (read our full review).

 

All Hands on Deck

Where to watch it: MUBI

Shades of Eric Rohmer abounds in writer-director Guillaume Brac’s funny, charming and slightly offbeat dramedy about an unexpected holiday romance.

 

Now, Voyager

Where to watch it: Get London showtimes

Bette Davis gives one of her greatest performances in this gorgeous and transformative melodrama, newly restored and back in cinemas thanks to the BFI.

 

The Suicide Squad

Where to watch it: Get London showtimes

Writer-director James Gunn reinvigorates the infamous DC supervillain team with a witty and self-aware sequel to the much derided 2016 original.

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Reviews

The Innocent review – 60s-inspired heist movie with an existential twist

In his fourth feature film, writer-director Louis Garrel explores with wit and tenderness the risk and worth of second chances

Baato review – Nepal’s past and future collide in an immersive, fraught documentary

A mountain trek intertwines with a road-building project, granting incisive, if underpowered, insight into a much underseen world

The Beanie Bubble review – a grim new low for the “corporate biopic” genre

With none of the saving graces of Tetris, Air, or Barbie, this ambition-free look at the Beanie Baby craze is pure mediocrity

Everybody Loves Jeanne review – thoroughly modern fable of grief, romantic confusion, and climate anxiety

Celine Deveaux's French-Portuguese debut can be too quirky for its own good, but a fantastically written lead character keeps it afloat