Every Movie Coming to Theaters This Week, Including ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’
This week brings a mix of finales, re-releases, true-story dramas, and edge-of-your-seat genre pieces—plus one massive anime event. Whether you’re after an elegant period send-off, a sports-legend documentary, or a late-night scare, there’s a new big-screen option waiting. Release day lands mostly on Friday, September 12, 2025, with one early title arriving on Tuesday, September 9.
Below you’ll find the key details for each film—who made it, who’s in it, what it’s about, and when it opens—so you can zero in on what to see. As always, titles are listed with their original years in the headings; dates and runtimes appear in the text.
‘Helloween’ (2025)

Arriving Tuesday, September 9, 2025 (limited), this 1 hour 20 minute horror story taps into the mid-2010s “killer clown” panic as a jailed murderer inspires masked followers to sow chaos, with investigators racing to connect the spree to its source. The cast features Tee Blackwood, Ben Cluett, Simon Cluett, and Tamsin Dean in key roles.
Built as a cult-crime chiller rather than a supernatural tale, the plot follows a journalist and a clinician whose separate leads collide as the body count rises. The film’s condensed runtime positions it as a tight, late-night scare arriving ahead of the weekend’s wider rollouts on September 12, 2025.
‘Riefenstahl’ (2024)

Opening Friday, September 12, 2025 (wide) via Kino Lorber, this 1 hour 55 minute biography documentary examines Leni Riefenstahl’s career and its entanglement with the Nazi regime. Ulrich Noethen provides narration as the film moves through diaries, letters, photographs, and archival footage to interrogate authorship and accountability.
Participants credited alongside Riefenstahl’s archival appearance include Albrecht Knaus and Raimund le Viseur. The documentary frames her aesthetics and postwar self-justifications against contemporaneous evidence, inviting viewers to consider how propaganda persists through image-making. The release begins September 12, 2025.
‘Don’t Answer’ (2025)

Releasing September 12, 2025 (limited) through Indican Pictures, this thriller centers on a delivery driver whose daily route becomes the mask for a violent spree across a small California town. The ensemble includes Jack Amsler, Adrienne Bankert, Joan Robbins, and Annabel Storm, with the narrative unfolding stop by stop as the pattern of crimes emerges.
Directed by Mark S. Allen, the film frames the manhunt through residents and responders who piece together increasingly brazen attacks. The storyline plays out across one harrowing day, keeping the focus on the driver’s movements and the community’s scramble as calls for help go unanswered on September 12, 2025.
‘Traumatika’ (2024)

In theaters September 12, 2025 (limited) from Saban Films, this 1 hour 27 minute horror feature follows Mikey, a child plagued by night terrors that intensify when his mother begins to exhibit signs of possession. The cast includes Rebekah Kennedy, Emily Goss, Ranen Navat, and AJ Bowen, with supporting turns from familiar genre faces.
Structured as a family-haunting that ripples across generations, the film tracks how past tragedies manifest in the present. The setup uses escalating incidents—strange visitations, unexplained injuries, fractured memories—to connect the boy’s nightmares to a larger, inherited evil when it opens September 12, 2025.
‘The Sound of Music’ (1965)

Back on the big screen September 12–17, 2025 (limited) via Fathom Events, this 2 hour 52 minute restoration returns Robert Wise’s classic musical to theaters for its 60th anniversary. Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a postulant who becomes governess to seven children and transforms the von Trapp household with music and warmth.
Christopher Plummer co-stars as Captain von Trapp, with Eleanor Parker and Richard Haydn in prominent roles. Adapted from the Rodgers & Hammerstein stage musical, the film’s anniversary engagement highlights newly remastered picture and sound, giving audiences a chance to experience ‘The Sound of Music’ in cinemas starting September 12, 2025.
‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’ (2025)

Opening September 12, 2025 (wide) through Sony Pictures Releasing, this 2 hour 35 minute feature draws from the ‘Infinity Castle’ arc as Tanjiro and the Corps face Muzan Kibutsuji and the Upper Moons inside a shifting fortress. The English-language voice cast includes Zach Aguilar, Johnny Yong Bosch, and Griffin Burns alongside returning series regulars.
Produced by ufotable, the film gathers long-running character threads into a final, large-scale confrontation. Battles unfold across moving chambers and vertical spaces, intercutting the pillars’ duels with Tanjiro’s pursuit as the fortress reconfigures around them when it lands in theaters September 12, 2025.
‘Code 3’ (2025)

Hitting theaters September 12, 2025 (limited) via Aura Entertainment, this 1 hour 44 minute action-comedy follows a burned-out paramedic on his final 24-hour shift as he trains an eager replacement. Rainn Wilson leads the cast with Aimee Carrero, joined by Lil Rel Howery and Rob Riggle as a run of “routine” calls spirals into a citywide gauntlet.
Set over one relentless day and night, the film frames first-responder chaos through gallows humor and escalating emergencies. The two leads’ clash in approach—retirement-ready veteran vs. rules-forward rookie—drives the story’s momentum as each call resets the stakes on September 12, 2025.
‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ (2025)

Releasing September 12, 2025 (wide) from Focus Features, this 2 hour 3 minute period drama returns the Crawleys and their household to the early 1930s, with Lady Mary confronting scandal and the estate facing financial strain. Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, and Penelope Wilton return among the ensemble.
Directed by Simon Curtis from a screenplay by series creator Julian Fellowes, the feature gathers the show’s interwoven upstairs–downstairs arcs for one last chapter. New and returning faces cross paths at the estate as hard choices about legacy and modernity come due on September 12, 2025.
‘The Long Walk’ (2025)

Opening September 12, 2025 (wide) from Lionsgate, this 1 hour 48 minute dystopian horror-thriller adapts Stephen King’s novel about 100 teenage boys forced into an annual endurance contest with lethal rules—slow down and you’re out, permanently. The cast includes Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, and Tut Nyuot.
The story tracks the walkers from the starting line to the breaking point, focusing on shifting alliances, televised spectacle, and the psychological toll of a game that never stops. As miles accumulate, the contest’s surveillance, penalties, and public fascination take center stage when it reaches theaters September 12, 2025.
‘Dreams’ (2024)

This 1 hour 50 minute drama opens September 12, 2025 (limited) through Strand Releasing and follows Johanne, a teenager who falls for her teacher and begins chronicling the experience in a manuscript. When her mother and grandmother read the pages, the family fractures over what should remain private.
Written and directed by Dag Johan Haugerud, the film stars Ella Øverbye, Selome Emnetu, Ane Dahl Torp, and Anne Marit Jacobsen. The narrative frames questions of consent, authorship, and responsibility through intergenerational conversations as the manuscript becomes a catalyst for reckoning on September 12, 2025.
‘Toy Story’ (1995)

Returning to theaters September 12, 2025 (limited) from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, this 1 hour 23 minute re-release celebrates the landmark computer-animated feature that introduced Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Directed by John Lasseter, the screenplay is by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow from a story by Lasseter, Pete Docter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft.
Voiced by Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, and Jim Varney, the film charts Woody and Buzz’s journey from rivalry to friendship after a birthday shakes up Andy’s room. The big-screen engagement brings the original ‘Toy Story’ back to cinemas for new and longtime fans starting September 12, 2025.
‘The Triumph of the Heart’ (2025)

Opening September 12, 2025 (wide) via Outsider Pictures, this 1 hour 58 minute drama tells the true story of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Catholic priest who volunteered to die in place of another prisoner at Auschwitz. The film focuses on the starvation bunker where Kolbe and nine men struggle to sustain hope.
Written and directed by Anthony D’Ambrosio, the cast includes Armand Procacci, Anthony D’Ambrosio, Christopher Sherwood, and Sharon Oliphant. The production emphasizes historical detail and the testimonies surrounding Kolbe’s final days, bringing the account to theaters on September 12, 2025.
‘Women in Christ’ (2025)

This 1 hour 40 minute documentary opens September 12, 2025 (limited) through Purdie Distribution and presents testimonies from women of faith on discipleship, service, and community. Participants include Kimberly Dowdell, Fernanda Bohme, Esther Jackson-Stowell, and Debra Bonner.
Structured as a series of personal profiles, the film’s first volume collects stories from different backgrounds and ministries. The project’s format invites additional screenings and discussions around the featured experiences when it debuts in theaters September 12, 2025.
‘Clemente’ (2024)

Debuting September 12, 2025 (limited), this 1 hour 41 minute documentary chronicles Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente’s life, career, and humanitarian work. Interviews include Steve Blass, Roberto Clemente Jr., Bob Costas, and Michael Keaton as the film traces Clemente’s rise and legacy.
The narrative moves from Puerto Rico to MLB stardom and concludes with the 1972 relief mission that cost him his life, contextualizing his impact on and off the field. Festival play precedes the theatrical rollout beginning September 12, 2025.
‘Love in Vietnam’ (2025)

Opening September 12, 2025 (limited) via Reliance Entertainment, this 2 hour 12 minute romance follows Manav and Simmi as their cross-cultural relationship unfolds across Vietnam. Shantanu Maheshwari and Avneet Kaur lead the cast, with Farida Jalal, Gulshan Grover, and Khả Ngân in supporting roles.
Written and directed by Rahat Shah Kazmi and inspired by ‘Madonna in a Fur Coat’, the film spans multiple cities and languages, weaving travel, music, and family dynamics into its love story. The theatrical release begins September 12, 2025.
‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ (2025)

Hitting theaters September 12, 2025 (wide), this 1 hour 23 minute comedy-music sequel reunites the band for a final concert framed by a returning documentarian. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer reprise their roles as David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls, with Fran Drescher also appearing.
Directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Reiner, McKean, Guest, and Shearer, the film returns to the mockumentary format to pick up decades of lore, cameos, and misadventures. The reunion arrives in cinemas on September 12, 2025.
Share your plans—and the titles you’re most excited to see this week—in the comments!


