Cruise Digs In, Hathaway Deceives: 5 Hollywood Releases to Watch This Week

October opens with a stacked lineup. Tom Cruise plays a very unusual character, a book-world thriller lands in theatres, and Netflix serves up a literary classic.

1. Digger

Alejandro G. Iñárritu directs this dark comedy. Tom Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, a rich, ageing oil baron whose drilling venture sparks a global catastrophe. Now he must climb out of the hole he dug and save the world. Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, and Emma D’Arcy round out the cast.

2. Verity

Michael Showalter’s thriller stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett. Johnson plays writer Lowen Ashleigh, hired by Jeremy Crawford to finish his wife Verity’s bestselling book series. She falls for him, then finds a manuscript that threatens to expose a long-buried past, including secrets about the couple’s children.

3. East of Eden

Garth Davis and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre direct this limited series based on John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel. It explores generational legacy, free will, and the age-old fight between good and evil. Florence Pugh, Mike Faist, Christopher Abbott, Joseph Zada, and Ciarán Hinds lead.

4. Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke

This Saudi comedy premieres exclusively on Netflix on October 1, 2026, and follows a Riyadh family trying to protect its reputation for wealth. Sultan, played by Rashed Al Shamrani, is the patriarch, and his socialite wife Alanoud is played by Ghada AlMulla. Their children are played by Ida AlKusay, Ziyad Alamri, and Adwa Bader. The humor comes from the gap between the family’s polished image and the choices needed to keep it up. Ahmed El Gendy directs. crazy rich incredibly broke netflix premiere +2

5. Ip Man: Kung Fu Legend

Dennis To leads this martial arts action film, directed by Li Liming. When a Western boxing gym buys up the properties of the local martial arts community, Ip Man steps in to save a threatened tradition. It streams on Lionsgate Play.

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