Exciting Movies Hitting the Cinema This Week, February 19-25, 2024

Looking for some cinematic adventures this week? Check out our week-by-week guide to every new movie premiering in UAE theaters. Find out about their release date, plot, movie ratings, and more!

Bob Marley: One Love

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Produced in partnership with the Marley family and with Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Tosin Cole

Language: English

Baghead

A young woman inherits a run-down pub and discovers a dark secret within its basement - Baghead - a shape-shifting creature that will let you speak to lost loved ones, but not without consequence.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Freya Allan, Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan

Language: English

Manjummel Boys

Six men from Manjummel, a small town in the Kottayam District of Kerala, embark on their annual holiday to Kodaikanal. During their trip, they decide to visit the restricted spot known as Guna Cave. However, the cave is notorious for its deep pit, and no one has ever survived a fall into it before. Will these men defy the odds and make it out alive?

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Language: Malayalam

The System

A man suffers from failure in romantic relationships and his inability to deal with women, so he turns to his friend to help him and provide him with experience based on his previous emotional experiences.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Tarek Lotfy, Nesreen Tafesh, Ahmed El Fishawy

Language: Arabic

Land of Bad

Starring Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth, a covert Special Forces operation in the South Philippines spirals into a brutal 48-hour battle for survival. When an elite extraction team is ambushed deep in enemy territory, rookie officer Kinney (Hemsworth) is left outnumbered but determined to leave no man behind. With an air strike closing in, Kinney's only hope hinges on the guidance of Air Force drone pilot Reaper (Crowe), navigating unknowable danger where every move could be their last.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Milo Ventimiglia, Luke Hemsworth, Russel Crowe

Language: English

Teddy's Adventures

Eight-year-old Mariann spots a talking Teddy Bear at a carnival game booth. However, when someone else wins it, she embarks on a quest to find the adorable bear that captured her heart.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Zachary Levi, Marte Klerck-Nillssen, Kai Remlov

Language: English

Wanted Man

Follows a police officer who must retrieve an eyewitness and escort her after a cartel shooting leaves several DEA agents dead, but then he must decide who to trust when they discover that the attack was executed by American forces.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Christina Villa, Kelsey Grammer, Michael Pare

Language: English

Red Right Hand

Cash is trying to live an honest and quiet life, but when Big Cat forces him back into her services, he proves capable of anything to protect the town and the only family he has left.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Orlando Bloom, Andie MacDowell, Alexandra Park, James Lafferty, Garrett Dillahunt

Language: English

Ancestral

A Vietnamese family moves into a centuries-old ancestral home, only to discover sinister secrets and visions in the old family's ancient crypt.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Lam Thanh My, Quang Tuan, Mai Cát Vi

Language: English

Stopmotion

A stop-motion animator struggles to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Aisling Franciosi, Stella Gonet, Tom York

Language: English

City Of God

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele

Language: Portuguese

Thalavan

A senior police officer CI Jayashankar, who is an officer with a clean slate throughout a successful career makes two mistakes in his professional life. Both of these would come to haunt him when a junior officer, SI Karthik, with whom he shares a chequered past joins his police station. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game that would change the lives of both the officers when a darker, sinister plot starts to unfold and unveil itself from the shadows.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Biju Menon, Dileesh Pothan, Asif Ali

Language: Malayalam

Demon Slayer: To The Hashira Training

Demon Slayer: To The Hashira Training is based on the manga series by Koyoharu Gotoge. The story begins when Tanjiro Kamado, a boy whose family is killed by a demon, joins the Demon Slayer Corps to turn his younger sister Nezuko back into a human after she is transformed into a demon.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Natsuki Hanae, Hiro Shimono, Akari Kito

Language: Japanese

Hatti Chap

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Dayahang Rai, Buddhi Tamang, Wilson Bikram Rai

Language: Nepali

Alam

In a Palestinian town, Tamer and his friends lead a typical high school student's life until the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa'. To please her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious flag operation on the eve of Israel's Independence Day which is a mourning day for Palestinians.

Release Date: 22 February 2024

Starring: Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Mohammad Karaki

Language: Arabic

Vithaikkaaran

The hero, a trained magician gets involved in a heist and becomes a target of three gangsters. Meanwhile, an investigative journalist working on gold smuggling suspects the hero. How the hero tackles the journalist and the gangsters is the rest of the movie.

Release Date: 23 February 2024

Starring: Sathish, Anandraj, Simran Gupta

Language: Tamil

Article 370

Article 370 is the story of 8-month pregnant Kashmiri girl Gul-e-Rana who's fallen prey to the worst communication blockade in the world's most embattled region, Kashmir, as she suffers in the misery of the curfew while waiting for her husband to return home.

Release Date: 23 February 2024

Starring: Yami Gautam, Ghazala Kaifee, Abdul Muqeet, Mariyam Nafees

Language: Hindi

Ranam

Ranam Aram Thavarel is a Murder Mystery Investigation Thriller that starts with the death of a nurse who wants to live life positively. Siva is a crime writer helping the police department at crime scenes with his artistic and prediction skills. There are body parts found in different parts of Chennai city, leading to big crimes that are involved with antagonists. Whilst investigating, many truths unfold.

Release Date: 23 February 2024

Starring: Thanya Hope, Vaibhav Reddy, Nandita Shwetha

Language: Tamil

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