The real world can be an exhausting thing to focus on at the current moment, so here are some movies to help you escape reality for a bit.

Stay tuned for a list of Le French Festival film releases for an even larger list full of culture, fun, and the latest award-winners in French cinema!

Onward

Two elf brothers living in a suburban, un-magical world surrounded by other elves, trolls, mermaids, and more discover a wand containing the last bit of enchantment of their world. Desiring to spend a day with their late father, their spell-casting goes awry, conjuring only half of him as a pair of sentient pants! The brothers must then find a way to bring back the rest of him in 24 hours, or run out of time.

Release date: 5th March 2020
Genre: Animation
Stars: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer

The Invisible Man

A completely new interpretation of the classic thriller, its newest incarnation depicts a woman escaping an abusive relationship, while her ex lover brings an all new meaning to restraining order. While he may be a genius in the scientific realm, an abuse of knowledge and power drives the target of his obsession to mental torture as she tries to defeat the horror of being stalked by an invisible man.

Release date: 5th March 2020
Genre: Thriller
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dye

Guns Akimbo

In arguably his best role post-Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe stars as Miles, a video game developer roped into a deadly real-life death match. With a pair of guns bolted into his hands, Miles must play the game to survive, and face other participants who seem more willing to be in the game than he is.

Release date: 5th March 2020
Genre: Action, Comedy
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Samara Weaving, Mark Rowley

Bloodshot

Ray Garrison, a marine murdered alongside his wife, is resurrected as part of a governmental experimental facility. Now a biotech killing machine powered by nanotechnology, his conscripted missions are threatened by the return of his memories, and his struggle to uncover the plot that took his and his wife’s life may lead him into the worst of conspiracies.

Release date: 12th March 2020
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama
Stars: Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Guy Pearce

Trolls: World Tour

A sequel to the fun music-loving adventure, this installment sees old characters discovering even more worlds beyond their own, based on different genres of music. When a rouge sect of trolls seek to take over each island by way of destructive rock and roll, it is up to Poppy and Branch setting out once again to unite the entire Troll universe and stop the threat.

Release date: 12th March 2020
Genre: Animation
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, J Balvin, Rachel Bloom, Flula Borg, Kelly Clarkson, James Corden, Ozzy Osbourne, Anderson Paak, George Clinton, Mary J. Blige

A Quiet Place Part II

It’s still to soon to relive what happened to John Krasinski’s character, but his surviving family has no choice but to move on. When there is no more sand left to form more pathways, the Abbot matriarch finds new survivors, but trust is still a long way off. Also going back to when the sound monsters first appeared, the tension and fear felt by the Abbots will show just how much they’ve been through to survive as a unit for so long.

Release date: 19th March 2020
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Stars: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou

Mulan

While being released under the Disney banner, this reimagination of Mulan, China’s greatest female warrior, will depict a more realistic tone to the severeness of war, and the struggle of saving not just your country, but your family’s honour as well.

Release date: 26th March 2020
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Stars: Crystal Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li, Jet Li