14 Movies That are Coming Out This January 2020

Got your movie nights planned for January 2020 yet? There are a ton of movies coming out this month. Check them out here:

January 8

Cats

Director: Tom Hooper

Cast: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo

A tribe of cats must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.

January 10

Underwater

Director: William Eubank

Cast: Kristen Stewart, T.J. Miller, Vincent Cassel

Mysterious creatures terrorize crew members aboard a research station located seven miles below the surface of the ocean.

January 15

Richard Jewell

Director: Clint Eastwood

Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates

American security guard saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist.

Jojo Rabbit

Director: Taika Waititi

Cast: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomas McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson

Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend — Adolf Hitler — Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on.

The Grudge

Director: Nicolas Pesce

Cast: Betty Gilpin, Andrea Riseborough, William Sadler

After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a single mother and detective tries to investigate and solve the case. Later, she discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.

My Spy

Director: Peter Segal

Cast: Dave Bautista, Ken Jeong, Kristan Schaal

Nine-year-old Sophie catches JJ, a hardened CIA operative, spying on her family during a routine surveillance operation. In exchange for not blowing his cover, JJ begrudgingly agrees to show the precocious girl how to become a spy. What at first seems like an easy task soon turns into a battle of wits as Sophie proves you don’t need much experience to outsmart a seasoned agent.

Mia

Director: Veronica Velasco

Cast: Coleen Garcia, Edgar Allan Guzman, Yayo Aguila

A romantic comedy film about a doctor Mia Salazar and a nerdy forester Jay Policarpio. Jay, who transforms mined-out land into rainforests, pursues the self-destructive alcoholic, Mia, who recently joined the government’s Doctor To The Barrios program to heal from the tragedy of her fiance’s death.

January 22

Spies in Disguise

Director: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane

Cast: Will Smith, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan

Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way. And if this odd couple can’t learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril.

Just Mercy

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

Cast: Brie Larson, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx

World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.

Bad Boys For Life

Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence

Old-school cops Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett team up to take down the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel. Newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department along with Mike and Marcus go up against the ruthless Armando Armas.

Nightshift

Director: Yam Laranas

Cast: Yam Concepcion, Mercedes Cabral, Ruby Ruiz

Nightshift tells the story of a boy who learns that his mother is more important than his friends. Private investigator Abel Walker (Ackerman) along with his cameraman, Jim (Foy), are on the hunt for a missing woman.

January 24

The Turning

Director: Floria Sigismondi

Cast: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince

A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw.

January 29

Dolittle

Director: Stephen Gaghan

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland, Emma Thompson

Dr. John Dolittle lives in solitude behind the high walls of his lush manor in 19th-century England. His only companionship comes from an array of exotic animals that he speaks to on a daily basis. But when young Queen Victoria becomes gravely ill, the eccentric doctor and his furry friends embark on an epic adventure to a mythical island to find the cure.

Block Z

Director: Mikhail Red

Cast: Julia Baretto, Joshua Garcia, Maris Racal

 It follows a group of university students who try to survive the undead during a deadly viral outbreak.

Which one of these movies are you  most excited to watch?
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