There’s never a bad time to catch something new in cinemas. Whether it’s a blockbuster hit or an undiscovered indie flick, the ritual of going to the movies for, buying a popcorn and a slushie and seeing something on the big screen never gets old.
We’ve put together a list of some of the movies with spring release dates to look forward to.
Spa Weekend
If you loved Bad Moms and The Hangover, Spa Weekend might be the movie for you. It’s a hilarious and heartfelt comedy about four lifelong friends (Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau, Anna Faris) who realise that somewhere between careers, relationships, families and everyday responsibilities, they have forgotten how to take care of themselves and each other.
Burned out and overdue for a break, the women escape to a luxury spa retreat for what turns out to be an unforgettable weekend dedicated to fun, laughter and a lot of really bad decisions.
When: Spa Weekend opens in cinemas on 21 August 2026
Where: Catch the film in Ster-Kinekor, Nu Metro, CineCentre and movies@ nationwide
Mutiny
Action superstar Jason Statham returns to the screen with Mutiny, a film he both stars in and helped produce.
After witnessing his billionaire boss’ murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed (Jason Statham) boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss’ death only to discover an international conspiracy.
When: Mutiny opens in theatres on 21 August 2026
Where: The film will be available to watch at Nu Metro and Ster-Kinekor cinemas nationwide
Insidious: Out of the Further
The iconic ‘Insidious’ horror franchise brings its lates offering. In Insidious: Out of the Further, Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further: a purgatorial realm of lost souls.
While there, she discovers that she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world, making for terrifying consequences.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 21 August 2026
Where: Fall 2: Deadpoint will be available to watch in Nu Metro and Ster Kinekor cinemas nationwide
The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars is an action/sci-fi film featuring an all-star cast of actors including Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Allison Janney and Benedict Wong.
After the world’s population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound and other possible survivors.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 28 August 2026
Where: The Dog Stars will be available to watch in Nu Metro and Ster Kinekor cinemas nationwide
Fall 2: Deadpoint
From the producers of the hit 2026 horror, Obsession, comes Fall 2: Deadpoint, a thrilling sequel to the unexpected 2022 hit, Fall, which followed best friends Becky and Shiloh aka Hunter who found themselves stuck at the top of a 2000-foot TV tower after a high-rise climb gone-wrong.
Overwhelmed by her sister Hunter’s death, Jax connects with Luce, Hunter’s fearless friend. To heal, they attempt the infamous plank walk of Mount Kwan in Thailand. After a sudden rockslide leaves them stranded on a fragile plank 3000 feet in the air, Jax must confront her deepest fears and fight for survival to find closure.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 2 September 2026
Where: Fall 2: Deadpoint will be available to watch in Nu Metro and Ster Kinekor cinemas nationwide
By Any Means
A hardened mafia hitman (Mark Wahlberg) and a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen / Aquaman) are forced into an uneasy alliance to track down those responsible for the killing of civil rights leaders. During their volatile partnership, they uncover a conspiracy that tests the limits of justice, loyalty and survival.
The film also features Nicole Beharie and Giancarlo Esposito.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 4 September 2026
Where: By Any Means will be available to watch in Nu Metro and Ster Kinekor cinemas nationwide
Practical Magic 2
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock return for the sequel to the classic movie based on a book series the Owens, a family of witches who must use their magical powers to navigate obstacles in love, life and everything in between.
In Practical Magic 2, Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) and Joey King (The Act, Bullet Train) represent the new generation of Owens’ who only discover that they’re family has powers in their adulthood. They must learn to use their powers when a dark curse threatens the people they love.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 11 September 2026
Where: Practical Magic 2 will be available to watch in Nu Metro, Ster Kinekor and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Idiots
Idiots is a R16 comedy starring Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr with rising star Mason Thames.
When two unqualified bozos are hired to transfer a rich teen to rehab, their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 4 September 2026
Where: Idiots will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Landmyn
For the first time in a decade, siblings Colette, Johan and Lisa reunite for a winter holiday on the South African coast.
Each has built a life elsewhere, trying to outrun the long shadow of their mother, Annatjie. She arrives like a hurricane, forcing each of them to confront how much they still bend around her gravity, and whether that hold can finally be broken.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 4 September 2026
Where: Landmyn will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor and Nu Metro cinemas nationwide
Runner
This action comedy puts the unlikely pairing of action stud Alan Ritchson and comedy icon Owen Wilson onto the big screen.
Hank Malone (Ritchson), a former soldier turned high-end courier, has three hours to transport an organ to save a seven-year-old girl in need of an immediate transplant.
Along the way, he picks up an unlikely passenger and partner named Ben (Wilson). The seemingly simple mission turns deadly when the leader of a notorious crime syndicate becomes hell-bent on claiming the organ.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 11 September 2026
Where: Runner will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Don’t Look Back in Anger
This music documentary offers an intimate look into the meteoric rise of Oasis through rare footage and untold stories as the band reunites for Oasis Live ’25, chronicling their journey from Manchester streets to global rock stardom, a decades’ long public fallout between brothers Noel and Liam Gallgher, and their ultimate reconciliation.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 11 September 2026
Where: Don’t Look Back in Anger will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Coyote vs Acme
This hybrid animation adventure-comedy stars John Cena, Will Forte (Saturday Night Live, The Four Seasons) and Lana Condor (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before).
After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 18 September 2026
Where: Coyote vs Acme will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Sacrifice
Sacrifice is an action comedy with a star-studded class of actors and musician that includes Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Yung Lean, Salma Hayek, Charli XCX, Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Sam Richardson and Ambika Mod.
During a star-studded charity gala brimming with celebrities, billionaires and empty speeches, a movie star in the midst of an existential crisis is taken hostage by a radical warrior and her devoted followers.
As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 18 September 2026
Where: Sacrifice will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
The Uprising
Andrew Garfield stars in this historical drama. During the English Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, a farmer becomes a leader of the rebellion against the Crown forces of a then-14-year-old King Richard II.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 18 September 2026
Where: The Uprising will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor and Nu Metro cinemas nationwide
Silas en die Ysbeer op Tafelberg
Eight-year-old Silas lives with his mother and beloved grandmother at the foot of Table Mountain, where stories of Dreamland capture his imagination. After Grandma’s sudden death, Silas refuses to accept this loss and believes she simply got lost in Dreamland.
He goes to Dreamland to look for her, but doesn’t seem to remember it anymore. Meanwhile, the neighbours’ fearless daughter, Willemien, and a strange creature named Brommel unexpectedly appear at his side, and a terrifying polar bear begins to hunt them.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 18 September 2026
Where: Silas en die Ysbeer op Tafelberg will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Resident Evil
This highly-anticipated horror is based on the popular video game series of the same name.
Starring Austin Abrams (Weapons, Euphoria), Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird, The Naked Gun) and Zach Cherry (Severance), the film follows a hapless courier (Abrams) tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital.
He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures to survive.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 25 September 2026
Where: Resident Evil will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
This family animation is perfect for Halloween.
On Halloween Eve at Mossy Bottom Farm, excitement turns to dismay when the clumsy Farmer ruins the pumpkin patch. Shaun the Sheep tries fixing it with science experiments, but things go wrong when a wild beast appears in the woods.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 25 September 2026
Where: Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Digger
Tom Cruise takes on a role unlike any of his others in the dark comedy, Digger.
Starring Tom Cruise as Digger, Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Jesse Plemmons and more, this star-studded film sees the most powerful man in the world race to prove he is humanity’s saviour before the disaster he unleashed destroys everything.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 2 October 2026
Where: Digger will be available to watch at Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas worldwide
Verity
This film based on the Colleen Hoover novel of the same name stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.
Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson) gets hired by Jeremy Crawford (Hartnett) to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity (Hathaway), who’s unable to finish after an accident. Lowen uncovers Verity’s disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords’ home to work.
When: The film will be available to watch in cinemas on 2 October 2026
Where: Verity opens in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Charlie Harper
This independently-produced romance debuted at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and stars Emilia Jones (CODA, The Running Man) alongside Nick Robinson (Love, Simon; Voicemails for Isabelle).
Two lovers, Harper and Charlie, try to build a life together. While Harper strives to carve out a career as a chef, Charlie is stuck. Facing challenges in their relationship, they struggle to prove they are meant for each other.
When: The film will be available to watch in cinemas on 2 October 2026
Where: Charlie Harper opens in Nu Metro cinemas nationwide
The Social Reckoning
Expanding on the world David Fincher built in his award-winning The Social Network is The Social Reckoning starring Mikey Madison (Anora), Jeremy Strong (Succession), Jeremy Allen White (Shameless, The Bear), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) and more.
The film follows Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, who enlisted the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to blow the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 9 October 2026
Where: The Social Reckoning will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Tony
Tony is a biographical drama about the early life of world-renowned chef and beloved travel documentarian, Anthony Bourdain.
Dominic Sessa, the breakout star of The Holdovers, plays a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain who travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 9 October 2026
Where: Tony will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Street Fighter
Street Fighter is a film adaptation of the iconic video game, filmed for IMAX.
Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury.
But they discover a deadly conspiracy during the tournament that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.
When: Street Fighter opens in theatres on 16 October 2026
Where: Select Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and IMAX cinemas
Other Mommy
In this horror starring Jessica Chastain, Bela, an 8-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity that comes out of her closet, resembling her mother (Chastain). The presence, whom she calls “Other Mommy,” becomes increasingly threatening to her and her family.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 16 October 2026
Where: Other Mommy will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Clayface
This highly-anticipated DC body horror film stars Naomie Ackie (Mickey 17, Blink Twice) alongside Tom Rhys Harries.
Following an attack that leaves him disfigured, rising Hollywood star Matt Hagen descends into a horrifying revenge-filled monster when scientific ambition strips him of his identity and humanity.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 23 October 2026
Where: Clayface will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro’s best-selling novel is brought to life in this film adaptation starring multiple Oscar-nominee Amy Adams and Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice).
An Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness is purchased by a heartbroken family of humans. Guided by love and naivety, she will stop at nothing to restore the family’s happiness.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 23 October 2026
Where: Klara and the Sun will be available to watch in Ster Kinekor, Nu Metro and CineCentre cinemas nationwide
Al Wat Ek Weet
When a car accident claims his mother’s life and his father withdraws from life in a clinic, 17-year-old Gabriel Lombard is uprooted from his green, leafy suburb on Table Mountain and sent to live with his aunt Lotta and grandmother Lenie in a cramped house in Woodstock.
Determined not to collapse like his father, he buries his grief behind a cool facade, wild lies and an overactive imagination.
When: The film opens in cinemas on 30 October 2026
Where: Al Wat Ek Weet will be available to watch in CineCentre cinemas nationwide
