Movie Released in October 2007

The Dark Is Rising

Release date

October 5

Genre

Action, Fantasy

Studio

Fox-Walden

Director

David L. Cunningham

Starring

Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, Christopher Eccleston, Alexander Ludwig, Jonathan Jackson, Amelia Warner, Gregory Smith, Emma Lockhart, Edmund Entin

Feel the Noise

Release date

October 5

Genre

Drama

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Director

Alejandro Chomski

Starring

Omarion, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Rasuk, Melonie Diaz, James McCaffrey, Charles Duckworth, Pras, Meredith Ostrom, Cisco Reyes

The Heartbreak Kid

Release date

October 5

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Director

Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Starring

Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia, Scott Wilson, Danny McBride, Stephanie Courtney

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

Release date

October 5

Genre

Documentary, Animation

Studio

National Geographic Giant Screen Films

Director

Sean MacLeod Phillips

Starring

Jerry Hoffman, Jennifer Aguilar, Michael Ashcraft, Paul Burmaster, Daniel Coldham, Albert J. Burnes, Toni Dodd

The Good Night

Release date

October 5

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Studio

Yari Film Group Releasing

Director

Jake Paltrow

Starring

Penelope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Pegg, Danny DeVito, Michael Gambon, Amber Rose Sealey, Keith Allen, Finty Williams, Skye Bennett

Weirdsville

Release date

October 5

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Crime

Studio

Magnolia Pictures

Director

Allan Moyle

Starring

Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning, Greg Bryk, Dax Ravina, Maggie Castle, Raoul Bhaneja

Broken

Release date

October 5

Genre

Drama

Studio

First Look Pictures

Director

Alan White

Starring

Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto, Linda Hamilton, Tess Harper, Valerie Azlynn, Randall Batinkoff, James Brandon, Jake Busey, Chad Cunningham, Bianca Lawson, Jessica Stroup, Mark Sheppard

Hallow's Point

Release date

October 9

Genre

Thriller, Mystery, Comedy

Studio

Chameleon Filmworks

Director

Jeffrey Lynn Ward

Starring

Tom Nowicki, David Naughton, Christa Campbell, Robin Hines, Keith Pratt, Andrew Matthews

Control

Release date

October 10

Genre

Drama, Biography

Studio

The Weinstein Company

Director

Anton Corbijn

Starring

Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, Harry Treadaway, James Pearson

We Own the Night

Release date

October 12

Genre

Action, Thriller

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Director

James Gray

Starring

Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Alex Veadov, Antoni Corone, Tony Musante, Katie Condidorio, Burton Perez, Edward Conlon

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Release date

October 12

Genre

Drama

Studio

Universal Pictures

Director

Shekhar Kapur

Starring

Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Samantha Morton, Abbie Cornish, Tom Hollander, Eddie Redmayne, Jordi Molla, Adam Godley, Rhys Ifans

Why Did I Get Married?

Release date

October 12

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Studio

Lions Gate Films

Director

Tyler Perry

Starring

Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Malik Yoba, Richard T. Jones, Michael Jai White, Denise Boutte, Lamann Rucker

The Final Season

Release date

October 12

Genre

Drama, Sport

Studio

Yari Film Group

Director

David M. Evans

Starring

Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook, James Gammon, Dayton Callie, Marshall Bell, Roscoe Myrick, Alexander Roos, Lucinda Jenney, Tom Arnold

Lars and the Real Girl

Release date

October 12

Genre

Comedy

Studio

MGM

Director

Craig Gillespie

Starring

Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson, Boyd Banks, Sally Cahill, Lindsey Connell, R.D. Reid

Sleuth

Release date

October 12

Genre

Mystery, Thriller

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Starring

Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Eve Channing

Michael Clayton

Release date

October 12

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Tony Gilroy

Starring

George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Ehle, Pamela Gray, David Zayas, Brad Lee Wind, Kevin Cannon, Heidi Armbruster

My Sexiest Year

Release date

October 18

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Studio

THINKFilm

Director

Howard Himelstein

Starring

Frankie Muniz, Harvey Keitel, Amber Valletta, Haylie Duff, Frances Fisher, Christopher McDonald, Karolina Kurkova, Rachel Specter, Ryan Cabrera, Nick Zano, Daphna Kastner

30 Days of Night

Release date

October 19

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Director

David Slade

Starring

Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Manu Bennett, Joel Tobeck, Craig Hall, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall, Kate O'Rourke

Gone Baby Gone

Release date

October 19

Genre

Drama, Mystery

Studio

Miramax Films

Director

Ben Affleck

Starring

Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Robert Wahlberg, Amy Madigan, Amy Ryan

Things We Lost in the Fire

Release date

October 19

Genre

Drama

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Director

Susanne Bier

Starring

Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alison Lohman, Sarah Dubrovsky, Maggie Ma, Jessica McLeod, Ken Tremblett

The Comebacks

Release date

October 19

Genre

Comedy, Sport

Studio

Fox Atomic

Director

Tom Brady

Starring

David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Matthew Lawrence, Brooke Nevin, Jackie Long, Jesse Garcia, DJ Qualls, Eric Christian Olsen, Robert Ri'chard

Rendition

Release date

October 19

Genre

Thriller

Studio

New Line Cinema

Director

Gavin Hood

Starring

Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Martin, Bob Gunton, Coco d'Este, Aramis Knight

Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour

Release date

October 19

Genre

Family, Mystery, Thriller

Studio

Freestyle Releasing

Director

Lisa Comrie

Starring

Rissa Walters, Alessandra Daniele, Dan Comrie, Dakota Jade, Brian Comrie, Rick Comrie

The Ten Commandments

Release date

October 19

Genre

Animation

Studio

Promenade Pictures

Director

Bill Boyce, John Stronach

Starring

Christian Slater, Alfred Molina, Elliott Gould, Ben Kingsley, Kathleen Barr, Lee Tockar, Trevor Devall, Colin Murdock, Bruce Hopkins

Christmas Is Here Again

Release date

October 19

Genre

Animation, Musical

Studio

Screen Media Films

Director

Robert Zappia

Starring

Edward Asner, Kathy Bates, Madison Davenport, Shirley Jones, Andy Griffith, Norm MacDonald, Brad Garrett, Colin Ford, Daniel Roebuck

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Release date

October 19

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Studio

Autonomous Films

Director

Goran Dukic

Starring

Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, John Hawkes, Will Arnett, Leslie Bibb, Abraham Benrubi, Mark Boone Junio, Mikal P. Lazarev

Reservation Road

Release date

October 19

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Studio

Focus Features

Director

Terry George

Starring

Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning, Antoni Corone, John Slattery, John Rothman, Linda Dano, Armin Amiri

The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D

Release date

October 19

Genre

Animation

Studio

Walt Disney Pictures

Director

Henry Selick

Starring

Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Reubens, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Ken Page, Edward Ivory

Storm Warning

Release date

October 19

Genre

Thriller

Studio

Dimension Films

Director

Jamie Blanks

Starring

Nadia Feres, Robert Taylor, John Brumpton, David Lyons, Matthew Wilkinson

South of Pico

Release date

October 25

Genre

Drama

Studio

Snails Pace Productions LLC

Director

Ernst Gossner

Starring

Gina Torres, Kip Pardue, Henry Simmons, Soren Fulton, Paul Hipp, Jimmy Bennett, Gabrielle Christian, Steven Christopher Parker, Tami Roman

Dan in Real Life

Release date

October 26

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Studio

Touchstone Pictures

Director

Peter Hedges

Starring

Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Norbert Leo Butz, John Mahoney, Dianne Wiest, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson, Marlene Lawston

Saw IV

Release date

October 26

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Studio

Lions Gate Films

Director

Darren Lynn Bousman

Starring

Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor, Lyriq Bent, Athena Karkanis, Justin Louis, Simon Reynolds, Mike Realba, Marty Adams, Shawnee Smith, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer

Slipstream

Release date

October 26

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Studio

Strand Releasing

Director

Anthony Hopkins

Starring

Stella Arroyave, Michael Clarke Duncan, Fionnula Flanagan, Anthony Hopkins, Camryn Manheim, Christian Slater, Jeffrey Tambor, John Turturro, S. Epatha Merkerson

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Release date

October 26

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Studio

ThinkFilm

Director

Sidney Lumet

Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Aleksa Palladino, Adrian Martinez, Chris Chalk, Rosemary Harris, Michael Shannon

Rails & Ties

Release date

October 26

Genre

Drama

Studio

Warner Bros.

Director

Alison Eastwood

Starring

Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Jack Kaeding, Miles Heizer, Eugene Byrd, Bonnie Root, Jim Cody Williams

Bella

Release date

October 26

Genre

Drama

Studio

Roadside Attractions

Director

Alejandro Gomez Monteverde

Starring

Eduardo Verastegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez, Ali Landry, Angelica Aragon, Jaime Tirelli, Ramon Rodriguez, Lukas Behnken, Peter Bucossi, David Castro, Michael Chin, Sara Dawson

Music Within

Release date

October 26

Genre

Drama

Studio

MGM

Director

Steven Sawalich

Starring

Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen, Yul Vazquez, Rebecca De Mornay, Hector Elizondo, Leslie Nielsen, Ridge Canipe

Mr. Untouchable

Release date

October 26

Genre

Documentary

Studio

Magnolia Pictures

Director

Marc Levin

Starring

Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes, Thelma Grant, Carol Hawkins-Williams, Leon Scrap Batts

The Payback Man

Release date

October 26

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Studio

Myriad Entertainment Group LLC

Director

Ivan Rogers

Starring

Ivan Rogers, Paul Cagney, Cliff Frazier, Teresa Alexandria, Lisa Franks, Monty Jey, Frank Navarro, Big Prodeje, Mike J. Ferruzza, Chris Elbert