2022 Movie release dates: every major film coming out this year

 John Wick 4, Knives Out 2, Avatar 2
John Wick 4, Knives Out 2, Avatar 2

The year may be drawing to a close, but there's no shortage of exciting movie release dates coming our way in the final months of 2022. We've got superhero blockbusters to finish off the year from both Marvel and DC, with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Black Adam arriving in theaters this fall. There are also plenty of festival favorites due to be released in the coming months, from cannibal flick Bones and All to historical drama The Wonder to Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical movie The Fabelmans.

As for the winter months, the planet of Pandora is returning to our screens with Avatar: The Way of Water, along with Detective Benoit Blanc in a new Knives Out movie on Netflix. Plus, looking ahead to 2023, there are big new releases like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, John Wick 4, and Scream 6 on the horizon. So, grab your popcorn and buckle in for the ultimate guide to the next few months of movie release dates.

October 2022

Black Adam movie still
Black Adam movie still
  • The School for Good and Evil [Netflix] – October 19

  • My Policeman [Cinemas] – October 21

  • Black Adam [Cinemas] – October 21

  • Ticket to Paradise [Cinemas] – October 21

  • The Banshees of Inisherin [Cinemas] – October 21

  • The Good Nurse [Netflix] – October 26

  • All Quiet on the Western Front [Netflix] – October 28

  • Wendell & Wild [Netflix] – October 28

  • Hocus Pocus 2 [Disney Plus] – October 31

November 2022

Black Panther 2 trailer
Black Panther 2 trailer
  • Amsterdam [Cinemas] – November 4

  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever [Cinemas] – November 11

  • Spellbound [Apple TV Plus] – November 11

  • Armageddon Time [Cinemas] – November 11

  • The Wonder [Netflix] – November 16

  • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile [Cinemas] – November 18

  • The Menu [Cinemas] – November 18

  • She Said [Cinemas] – November 18

  • Slumberland [Netflix] – November 18

  • The Fabelmans [Cinemas] – November 23

  • Strange World [Cinemas] – November 23

  • Bones and All [Cinemas] – November 23

  • Disenchanted [Disney Plus] – November 24

  • White Noise [Cinemas, limited release] – November 25

December 2022

Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Violent Night [Cinemas] – December 2

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover [Netflix]  – December 2

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio [Netflix] – December 9

  • Empire of Light [Cinemas] – December 9

  • Avatar: The Way of Water [Cinemas] – December 16

  • Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) [Netflix]  – December 16

  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish [Cinemas] – December 21

  • I Wanna Dance With Somebody [Cinemas] – December 23

  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery [Netflix] – December 23

  • Babylon [Cinemas, limited release] – December 25

  • White Noise [Netflix] – December 30

January 2023

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M3GAN
  • True Haunting [Cinemas] – January 13

  • M3GAN [Cinemas] – January 13

  • Teen Wolf: The Movie [Paramount Plus] – January 26

  • Shotgun Wedding [Prime Video] – January 27

  • Distant [Cinemas] – January 27

February 2023

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
  • Knock at the Cabin [Cinemas] – February 3

  • Magic Mike's Last Dance [Cinemas] – February 10

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania [Cinemas] – February 17

  • Cocaine Bear [Cinemas] – February 24

March 2023

Keanu Reeves in John Wick 4
Keanu Reeves in John Wick 4
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves [Cinemas] – March 3

  • Creed 3 [Cinemas] – March 3

  • 65 [Cinemas] – March 10

  • Shazam! Fury of the Gods [Cinemas] – March 17

  • John Wick: Chapter 4 [Cinemas] – March 24

  • Scream 6 [Cinemas] – March 31

April 2023

Super Mario Movie
Super Mario Movie
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie [Cinemas] – April 7

  • Renfield [Cinemas] – April 14

  • Evil Dead Rise [Cinemas] – April 21

  • Next Goal Wins [Cinemas] – April 21

  • Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret [Cinemas] – April 28

May 2023

The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 [Cinemas] – May 5

  • Fast X [Cinemas] – May 19

  • The Little Mermaid [Cinemas] – May 26

June 2023

Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [Cinemas] – June 2

  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts [Cinemas] – June 9

  • Elemental [Cinemas] – June 16

  • The Flash [Cinemas] – June 23

  • Indiana Jones 5 [Cinemas] – June 30

Need more to get excited about? Well then, be sure to keep up to date with all the new Marvel TV shows coming to Disney Plus.