If you are a fan of Focus Features films like I am, then you are in luck this fall. There are several movies set to release and I have a run down of them for you below. Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to catch Sofia Coppola‘s, “The Beguiled” now in theaters. Be sure to check out my review here.

Victoria And Abdul

Victoria and Abdul is set to release in New York and Los Angeles on September 22, 2017 and then to a wider audience on September 29, October 6.

Victoria and Abdul is the extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s (Academy Award winner Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.

Victoria and Abdul is directed by Stephen Frears (“The Queen,” “Philomena,” “Mrs. Henderson Presents”). Written by Lee Hall (“Billy Elliot”), the movie is based on “Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant” by Shrabani Basu. The cast includes Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Tim Pigott-Smith, Olivia Williams, Fenella Woolgar, Paul Higgins, Robin Soans, Julian Wadham, Simon Callow, and Michael Gambon. Victoria and Abdul is rated PG-13. You can check out the Official Trailer here.

Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour opens November 22, 2017 in select cities. It’s the thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.

Directed by Joe Wright (“Atonement,” “Hanna,” “Pride & Prejudice,” “Anna Karenina”) and written by Anthony McCarten (“The Theory of Everything”), Darkest Hour stars Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, and Ben Mendelsohn. You can check out the Official Trailer here.

Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film

This film, which is as of yet untitled, will be released to select cities on December 25, 2017. Continuing their creative collaboration following 2007’s “There Will Be Blood,” three-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis stars in the untitled new film from Paul Thomas Anderson. The writer/director will once again explore a distinctive milieu of the 20th century. The new movie is a drama set in the couture world of 1950s London. The story illuminates the life behind the curtain of an uncompromising dressmaker commissioned by royalty and high society.
The writer and director for this film is Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will Be Blood,” “Magnolia,” “The Master”) and it will star Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps.

So, Which Of These Focus Features Fall Titles Do You Think You Will See?