10 cinema highlights are starting this year

The year is coming to an end and film fans are already busy creating their top lists. The cinema program in the final weeks of the year still has a few highlights that will ensure you don’t get bored at Christmas time.

Below we will introduce you to the 10 most exciting cinema highlights that can be seen before the end of the year. Regardless of whether Science fiction epics, fantasy adventures, superhero bombast or celebrated art house dramas: There should be something for every film fan in the new releases in December – maybe even one or two candidates for your top list of the best films of 2023.

1. Film tip in December: The First Slam Dunk is a highlight for anime fans

Anime fans can expect from this December 5th on a special highlight. With The First Slam Dunk A late film sequel to the 90s anime series Slam Dunk is released. You don’t have to know the original to enjoy the thrilling production Basketball action spectacle all about pleasing 17-year-old Ryota.

2nd film tip in December: A piece of tech history with Blackberry

At the December 7th the tech biopic pounces BlackBerry – click of a generation to the origins of the once popular cell phone with the large keyboard. From the meteoric rise to the abrupt demise of the BlackBerry company, the film traces an exciting piece of technological history that is surprisingly entertainingly staged.

3rd film tip in December: Colorful fantasy adventure with Wonka

Timothée Chalamet will step down from December 7th following in the sticky-sweet footsteps of Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp. Directed by Paddington director Paul King Wonka serves as a colorful origin story of the eccentric chocolate factory owner Willy Wonka. Who that musical fantasy adventures If you haven’t had it on your watch list yet, you should reconsider this decision: the first reviews promise an intoxicating “holiday classic”.

4th film tip in December: Christmas action with Silent Night

It’s been exactly 20 years since legendary action director John Woo made his last US film. From then on December 14th he celebrates with us Silent Night – Silent Revenge his Hollywood return. In the thriller without spoken dialogue, family father Brian Godluck (Joel Kinnaman) begins a brutal revenge inferno to avenge his dead son. And that’s fitting for the season at Christmas. Does Die Hard have any serious Christmas action competition?

5th film tip in December: Aquaman 2: Lost Kingdom

Before James Gunn creates the next Superman and with him a new DC Universe, on 21st December The DC Extended Universe, founded 10 years ago, has finally been laid to rest – with a visually stunning and crazy underwater adventure. Since the film year 2023 has already produced three DC flops, it is doubtful whether Aquaman: Lost Kingdom can repeat the billion-dollar success of its predecessor from 2018.

6th film tip in December: Powerful science fiction with The Wandering Earth 2

As opulent science fiction sequel starts on 21st December the Chinese blockbuster The Wandering Earth II, which tells the backstory of the Netflix film The Wandering Earth. The expanding sun will destroy planet Earth in just a few decades. Now humanity is struggling with how it can still save itself. The film was entered into the running for the 2024 Oscars as China’s entry in the Best International Film category.

7th film tip in December: Girl, You Know It’s True, Matthias Schweighöfer!

Matthias Schweighöfer is everywhere. This year he has already appeared in Oppenheimer, Heart of Stone and Family Switch. At the 21st December he is now involved in one of the biggest scandals in German music history. Girl You Know It’s True is dedicated to that The rise and fall of the pop duo Milli Vanilli, which didn’t sing a single one of its own songs. And who is to blame for this? Music producer Frank Farian, or in this case Matthias Schweighöfer.

8th film tip in December: The acclaimed drama Perfect Days

If you prefer to watch quiet art house films outside of blockbuster cinema, you should watch Wim Wenders’ critically acclaimed drama Perfect Days Don’t miss this on 21st December opens in cinemas. The film goes as Japanese Oscar entry for the Best International Film next year and follows the simple everyday life of a toilet cleaner from Tokyo.

9th film tip in December: Get out of the pond of the Minions makers

Of course, none is allowed at Christmas time animated family entertainment missing in the cinema, which film fans big and small can enjoy together. The am is particularly exciting for families 21st December starting animated film Get out of the pond about the adventures of a family of wild ducks. This is the new film from the Illumination studio, which brought the yellow Minions into millions of children’s rooms.

10. Film tip in December: Zac Efron becomes a wrestler for The Iron Claw

Sean Durkin’s wrestling drama The Iron Claw is already considered hot Oscar contender traded. From then on 21st December Let the tragic story of the Von Erich wrestling family itself convince us whether the buzz is justified and whether the independent studio A24 has achieved another hit. The sweaty muscular bodies of Zac Efron and The Bear star Jeremy Allen White are good arguments for the film.

Podcast: The 15 best series starts in December on Netflix, Disney+ and Co.

Of course, we also have fresh tips for which you don’t have to leave your own four walls at all: We present the most exciting series in December, which start on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and Co., in the monthly overview :

Among the 15 streaming highlights of the series you will find plenty of fantasy during Advent, such as the hotly anticipated remake Percy Jackson, but also a return of The Walking Dead and the Netflix spin-off Berlin of the celebrated series Money Heist.