What to Watch in November 2025

Your guide to all the best new films and TV shows coming to UK screens this November...

FILM

Die My Love (November 7)

Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay has only directed a handful of films since making her BAFTA-winning debut with Ratcatcher, but each one of them - from Morvern Caller to We Need to Talk About Kevin - bursts with a visual and emotional intensity that has become Ramsay’s trademark. Die My Love is no different in that regard, although where many of her films deal with the subject of grief and its aftermath, this darkly comedic drama centres around a woman drifting from postpartum depression into full-blown psychosis.

Jennifer Lawrence takes on the leading role of Grace (as well as co-producing the film alongside Martin Scorsese), starring alongside Robert Pattinson as her partner, Jackson. When the pair decide to leave New York City in search of a quieter life, they wind up returning to Jackson’s home state of Montana, but Grace struggles with feelings of isolation and the pair’s fractious relationship begins to veer into strange and dangerous territory.

Also starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, LaKeith Stansfield and Gabrielle Rose, Die My Love is Ramsey’s first outing since 2017’s You Were Never Really Here, so it’s a rare treat and one to be enjoyed while it’s on the big screen. But be warned; you’re in for a bumpy ride.

Train Dreams (In cinemas November 7, on Netflix from November 21)

Based on a novella of the same name by the late American author Denis Johnson, Train Dreams is undoubtedly one of the most mesmerising films you’ll see this year. The film is based around the life and memories of Robert Grainer, a logger and labourer working on the construction of the American railroad in the early part of the 20th century. As he gets older and finds himself struggling to adapt to the pace of a rapidly changing world, he ruminates on a life of love and loss, and his increasing sense of isolation in the American wilderness as he is haunted by visions of his wife and daughter.

Directed by Clint Bentley and starring Joel Edgerton in the leading role, Train Dreams is a poignant love letter to 20th century America - and to those who helped to build it - but it’s also a breathtakingly intimate and visually-stunning tale of a life lived at the edge of the frontier, with all the many layers of joy and sorrow that come with it. Also starring William H. Macy, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon and Paul Schneider, this is one of the year’s best films - don’t miss it.

The Running Man (November 12)

This isn’t the first time that this early Stephen King novel has been adapted for the big screen (readers of a certain vintage may remember the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger), but this new version from Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver director Edgar Wright sticks much more closely to the original novel – which happens to be set in 2025. In King’s dystopian version of the present day, however, the global economy has already collapsed and America’s political system is in the grip of a totalitarian regime.

Glen Powell stars as Ben Richards, a man blacklisted from working in the fictional Co-Op City where he lives. With his daughter needing urgent medical treatment, in desperation Richards turns to Games Network, the producers of a brutal game show in which players are hunted down across the globe by both the public and a team of trained assassins tasked with killing them. If he survives for 30 days, a life-changing financial reward is on offer, but as the cash prize increases, so does the danger.

Also starring Josh Brolin as the show’s nefarious producer, alongside a cast that also includes Colman Domingo, Michael Cera, William H. Macy and Emilia Jones, The Running Man arrives in UK cinemas on November 12 and looks like a remake that’s actually worth watching.

Keeper (November 14)

Osgood Perkins has been making a name for himself in recent years as a modern-day master of horror, with films such as Longlegs and The Monkey both becoming box office hits. His latest offering may just be his most intriguing yet and if you’ve been to the cinema in recent weeks, you may have seen a series of cryptic teasers for his new film, Keepers, which makes its debut in cinemas on November 14.

Plot details have been kept tightly under wraps, but we can tell you that the film stars Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland as Liz and Malcolm, a couple who head to a secluded woodland cabin to celebrate their anniversary weekend. When Malcolm suddenly returns to the city, Liz is approached by an other-worldly entity that begins to reveal the cabin’s dark secrets. If you’re looking for scares this November, Keeper is bound to deliver.

The Carpenter's Son (November 14)

If you like your horror movies with a generous side order of blasphemy, then this new film from director Lofty Nathan might be right up your street (religious types, on the other hand, may want to look away now). Inspired by an apocryphal gospel known as The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which purportedly describes the life of Jesus from the ages of five to twelve, the film stars Nicolas Cage as the titular carpenter (presumably Joseph, although he is never referred to by name), who has spent several years wandering the wilderness with his wife (FKA Twigs) and their son (Noah Jupe), fleeing persecution on account of the boy’s apparently supernatural abilities. While the boy is visited by malevolent beings who seek to tempt him to use his growing powers for their own evil ends, the boy and his parents find their faith being shaken to the core as they struggle to come to terms with the boy’s strange powers.

Incidentally, a Greek newspaper reported that Cage was attacked by a swarm of bees during filming, which may or may not have been an act of divine retribution. Critics are unlikely to be any more forgiving, but if the sight of Cage’s eye-popping performance leads you to temptation when the film arrives in November 14, we won’t judge you for it.

TV

Robin Hood (MGM+, November 2)

The legend of Nottingham’s famous outlaw has been depicted on screens big and small many times and in many different forms, from Disney’s 1973 animated adventure to Mel Brooks’ 1993 parody Men in Tights. You could be forgiven for asking why we need another at this point, but this new series created by Jonathan English and John Glenn need only erase the memory of Otto Bathurst’s utterly bloodless 2018 reboot to justify its existence.

As it turns out, it does rather better than that. Starring Jack Patten as the man himself, with a tremendous turn from Sean Bean as the outlaw’s nemesis, The Sherriff of Nottingham, Robin Hood certainly has its moments of overblown, big-budget silliness, but it manages to capture something that other adaptations have overlooked – namely the joy discovered in the ‘found family’ formed by Robin and his band of merry men, which gives this new series a level of heart that other attempts have lacked. The only real drawback is that you’ll have to subscribe to yet another streaming service to watch it. But fear not – if you’re already signed up to Prime Video, you can get a free trial for MGM+ here in the UK. Enjoy it while you can.

Trespasses (Channel 4, November 9)

This gritty new drama is set in Northern Ireland during the 1970s at the height of The Troubles and is based on the 2022 book of the same name by Louise Kennedy, adapted for the screen by Ailbhe Keogan. The plot revolves around the romantic relationship that develops between a protestant teacher and a Catholic solicitor defending IRA members against prosecution - a source of increasing tension among their families and the communities against a backdrop of escalating violence.

Gillian Anderson stars alongside a cast that also includes Lola Petticrew, Tom Cullen, Hilda Fay and Thomas Finnegan. Much like Kennedy’s novel, this is an absorbing and fascinating account of life in and around Belfast during that time, but at its heart, it’s also a tale of the conflict between love, religion and community that residents of Northen Ireland will know only too well. The first episode of this four-parter is due to air on Channel 4 on November 9.

The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky / NOW, November 20)

Based on the novel of the same name by musician and former Brighton resident Nick Cave, this new adaptation from Swedish screenwriter Isabella Eklöf features former Doctor Who star Matt Smith as its titular anti-hero, who is an odd mixture of grieving widow, womanising lothario and door-to-door salesman. After his wife’s suicide, Bunny’s son begins to take an interest in learning the ropes of his father’s trade, and so the pair embark on a trip around Brighton as Bunny shows him how it’s done – an adventure only slightly complicated by the news that there’s a serial killer on the loose.

Also starring Rafael Mathé, Robert Glenister, Sarah Greene and David Threlfall, The Death of Bunny Munro comes to Sky Atlantic and NOW on November 20. Fans of Nick Cave and/or Doctor who will no doubt love it, but there’s plenty of chaotic hijinks to enjoy here for the casual viewer too.

All Her Fault (Sky / NOW, November 7)

If you’ve been missing the presence of Sarah Snook on your TV screen since Succession made its final bow in 2023, then there’s good news as the actress formerly known as ‘Shiv’ returns for a starring role in this tense new mystery thriller, which is based on the book of the same name by Irish author Andrea Mara and is set to premiere on Sky and NOW on November 7.

Snook plays Marissa Irvine, a businesswoman and mother who embarks on every parent’s worst nightmare when she goes to pick up her son Milo from his first playdate, only to discover that the woman who lives at the address she has been given is not the woman she was expecting, and has never heard of Marissa or Milo. As Marissa and her husband begin their frantic search for their son, they enlist the help of the police, who soon begin to uncover a web of dark secrets the family has been hiding. 

Also starring Michael Peña, Dakota Fanning, Jake Lacy and Sophia Lillis, this is set to be a gripping watch.

Stranger Things – Season 5, Vol. 1 (Netflix, November 26)

All good things must come to an end, and with the child stars of Stranger Things now in their twenties, it had to happen sooner or later. For one last time, we return to the eternally cursed town of Hawkins, Indiana, where we last saw our heroes thwarting the plans of the show’s new big bad, the villainous Vecna. 

However, their victory proves to be a temporary one, for Vecna is down but not out, and now he’s returning to take his revenge on Hawkins – and those pesky kids. A final showdown looms, but Netflix is determined to wring every last ounce of drama out of this final season, so we’ll be treated to the first half of the final season from November 26, with the second part of the season due to arrive over Christmas, all of which sets us up for the grand finale on New Year’s Eve. Once more unto The Upside Down, my friends…