Best Movies on Foxtel Now
Foxtel Now makes it easy to stream the best movies without needing a traditional set-up. With access to recent blockbusters, cult favourites, and hard-to-find gems, it’s a solid choice for movie lovers. Find the best movies on Foxtel Now below – you’ll see there’s something for everyone! MORE
Frequently Asked Questions
Foxtel Now’s movie selection rotates fairly often. New titles are added and older ones are removed to keep things fresh. If there’s something you’re keen to watch, it’s a good idea not to wait too long. Checking the “leaving soon” section can help you plan what to stream next.
Foxtel Now often features a mix of major studio films, premium titles, hidden gems, and first-run exclusives you might not find elsewhere. It also has strong support from live movie channels, so you can stream blockbusters that have recently aired on Foxtel’s terrestrial TV channels alongside on-demand options.
Foxtel Now and BINGE are separate services, even though they both offer Foxtel content. Some movie titles may appear on both, but others are exclusive to Foxtel Now. If you’re looking to stream the best movies on Foxtel Now specifically, make sure you’re subscribed to the right platform.
While there isn’t a built-in coming soon calendar in the app, Foxtel often promotes upcoming premieres through its website and TV guides. You can also check this list (updated regularly) to stay ahead of what’s arriving each month.
Most movies on Foxtel Now stream in HD, provided your device and connection support it. However, 4K content isn’t available on Foxtel Now at this stage. If picture quality is a priority, HD still delivers a solid viewing experience across most newer titles.
Yes, the Movies pack includes a wide range of genres and classifications. You’ll find family favourites, intense thrillers, light comedies, and more. Parental controls can also be set up if younger viewers are sharing the account, so you can stream the best movies on Foxtel Now with peace of mind.
Love Actually
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.
Director
Richard Curtis
Cast
Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy
Duration
135 minutes
The Holiday
Romance•Comedy
Overview
Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
Director
Nancy Meyers
Cast
Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach
Duration
136 minutes
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Kids•Fantasy•Comedy•Family
Overview
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
Director
Ron Howard
Cast
Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin
Duration
105 minutes
The Grinch
Animation•Family•Comedy•Fantasy•Kids•Drama
Overview
Illumination and Universal Pictures present The Grinch, based on Dr. Seuss' beloved classic. The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous spirit. Funny, heartwarming and visually stunning, The Grinch is fun for the whole family!
Director
Scott Mosier
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely, Angela Lansbury
Duration
85 minutes
Arthur Christmas
Animation•Comedy•Family•Fantasy•Kids•Drama
Overview
This movie reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: "So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?" The answer: Santa's (Jim Broadbent's) exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the center of this movie is a story about a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur (James McAvoy), with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.
Director
Sarah Smith, Barry Cook(co-director)
Cast
James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent
Duration
97 minutes
The Phoenician Scheme
Drama•Comedy•Crime•Mystery•Thriller•Action•Adventure
Overview
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.
Director
Wes Anderson
Duration
102 minutes
Bad Santa
Comedy•Crime•Drama
Overview
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
Director
Terry Zwigoff
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham
Duration
92 minutes
Christmas With the Kranks
Comedy•Family•Kids
Overview
When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever!
Director
Joe Roth
Cast
Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz
Duration
99 minutes
Dear Santa
Fantasy•Comedy
Overview
Likeable 6th grader Liam writes to Santa asking him to prove that he's real. But Liam is dyslexic and accidentally sends his letter to Satan instead, who shows up at Liam's house, excited to have his first fanboy letter and wanting a little of Liam's soul.
Director
Bobby Farrelly
Duration
108 minutes
Anaconda
Thriller•Action•Adventure•Horror•Mystery
Overview
A 'National Geographic' film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest — and deadliest — snake.
Director
Luis Llosa
Cast
Jennifer Lopez, Kari Wuhrer, Jon Voight, Frank Welker, Ice Cube
Duration
89 minutes
Last Christmas
Romance•Comedy•Drama•Fantasy
Overview
Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.
Director
Paul Feig
Cast
Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Emma Thompson, Lydia Leonard
Duration
99 minutes
Black Bag
Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Romance
Overview
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Cast
Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris
Duration
94 minutes
The Night Before
Comedy•Fantasy
Overview
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.
Director
Jonathan Levine
Cast
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, Jillian Bell
Duration
102 minutes
Knives Out
Mystery•Comedy•Drama•Crime•Thriller
Overview
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Director
Rian Johnson
Cast
Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon
Duration
125 minutes
Happiest Season
Romance•Comedy
Overview
A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
Director
Clea DuVall
Cast
Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy
Duration
101 minutes
Wicked
Fantasy•Romance•Drama
Overview
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Director
Jon M. Chu
Cast
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
Duration
161 minutes
Stand by Me
Comedy•Drama•Crime
Overview
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
Director
Rob Reiner
Cast
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland
Duration
89 minutes
Trading Places
Comedy
Overview
Sporting billionaire brothers reverse the roles of a Wall Street commodities broker and a street hustler.
Director
John Landis
Cast
Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis
Duration
117 minutes
White Christmas
Comedy•Romance
Overview
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger
Duration
115 minutes
Nobody
Action•Thriller•Crime•Drama•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
Director
Ilya Naishuller
Cast
Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, Aleksey Serebryakov, RZA
Duration
93 minutes
Eyes Wide Shut
Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Madison Eginton, Vinessa Shaw
Duration
146 minutes
Mothering Sunday
Drama•Romance
Overview
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven, are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover. Paul is the boy from the manor house nearby, Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever.
Director
Eva Husson
Cast
Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Sope Dirisu, Patsy Ferran, Emma D'Arcy
Duration
104 minutes
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Adventure•Action
Overview
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey
Duration
106 minutes
- Sequel Released
28 Days Later
Horror•Sci-fi•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
Director
Danny Boyle
Cast
Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston
Duration
118 minutes
- Sequel Released
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Comedy•Drama
Overview
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
Director
John Hughes
Cast
Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Dylan Baker
Duration
89 minutes
Rise of the Guardians
Animation•Kids•Adventure•Fantasy•Action•Comedy•Family•Drama•Sci-fi
Overview
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
Director
Peter Ramsey
Cast
Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman
Duration
93 minutes
A Few Good Men
Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Director
Rob Reiner
Cast
Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland
Duration
138 minutes
Notting Hill
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
Director
Roger Michell
Cast
Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Gina McKee, Tim McInnerny, Rhys Ifans
Duration
124 minutes
Erin Brockovich
Drama
Overview
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Cast
Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones
Duration
131 minutes
Winter Spring Summer or Fall
Drama•Romance
Overview
Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.
Director
Tiffany Paulsen
Duration
97 minutes
Back to the Future
Comedy•Sci-fi•Action•Adventure
Overview
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Cast
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Duration
116 minutes
Anora
Comedy•Drama•Romance
Overview
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
Director
Sean Baker
Cast
Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Yuriy Borisov, Vache Tovmasyan
Duration
139 minutes
The Brutalist
Drama
Overview
Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life. On his own in a strange new country, a wealthy industrialist recognizes his talent. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...
Director
Brady Corbet
Cast
Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy
Duration
215 minutes
About Time
Romance•Comedy•Fantasy•Drama•Sci-fi
Overview
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
Director
Richard Curtis
Cast
Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie
Duration
123 minutes
Novocaine
Action•Comedy•Thriller•Mystery•Adventure•Crime
Overview
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Director
Dan Berk
Cast
Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel
Duration
109 minutes
The Smashing Machine
Drama•Action•Adventure•Sport•History
Overview
In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opiod dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.
Director
Benny Safdie
Duration
123 minutes
Drop
Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.
Director
Christopher Landon
Duration
100 minutes
The Blues Brothers
Musical•Comedy•Crime•Music•Action•Adventure
Overview
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Director
John Landis
Cast
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles
Duration
127 minutes
Jurassic Park
Adventure•Action•Sci-fi•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck
Duration
126 minutes
Carol
Romance•Drama
Overview
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Director
Todd Haynes
Cast
Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy
Duration
114 minutes
Mean Girls
Comedy•Drama
Overview
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Director
Mark Waters
Cast
Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried
Duration
97 minutes
School of Rock
Comedy•Music•Musical
Overview
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Director
Richard Linklater
Cast
Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Lee Wilkof
Duration
110 minutes
Trouble With the Curve
Drama•Sport•Romance
Overview
Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Director
Robert Lorenz
Cast
Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard
Duration
111 minutes
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get rid of rebellion leader John Connor, this time targeting the boy himself. However, the rebellion has sent a reprogrammed terminator to protect Connor.
Director
James Cameron
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen
Duration
137 minutes
The Star
Animation•Kids•Comedy•Family•Fantasy•Action•Adventure
Overview
A small donkey named Bo takes a journey of self-discovery, breaking free of his boring job, to travel the world. He makes some new friends, and they become part of the Christmas story.
Director
Timothy Reckart
Cast
Steven Yeun, Keegan-Michael Key, Aidy Bryant, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry
Duration
83 minutes
Dangerous Animals
Mystery•Thriller•Horror
Overview
A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer. Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
Director
Sean Byrne
Duration
120 minutes
Sleepless in Seattle
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Talking about his father’s loneliness soon leads to a meeting with a young female journalist, who has flown to Seattle to write a story about the boy and his father.
Director
Nora Ephron
Cast
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Victor Garber
Duration
101 minutes
About a Boy
Drama•Comedy•Romance
Overview
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.
Director
Chris Weitz
Cast
Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Natalia Tena
Duration
101 minutes
Nosferatu
Horror•Fantasy
Overview
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Director
Robert Eggers
Cast
Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Duration
133 minutes