20 awesome upcoming original 2018 films that are NOT sequels, remakes or reboots

Ethan Hawke stars as a priest of a small congregation in upstate New York who grapples with mounting despair when one of his parishioners comes to him with concerns about her radical environmentalist husband.

Drew Pearce’s directorial debut is set in a riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, where Jodie Foster’s Nurse runs a members-only hospital for criminals but the danger soon infiltrates her walls.

Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemmons play a father and daughter who form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college.

This is Jaws on steroids and then some. A man who escapes an attack by a 70-foot shark must try and save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

Crystal Moselle’s follow-up to The Wolfpack centres on an introverted teenage skateboarder (Rachelle Vinberg) from Long Island, who befriends an all-girl, New York City-based skateboarding crew called Skate Kitchen and awkwardly falls in love at the same time.

Spike Lee directs this film based on a true story of an African-American police officer who successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.

Based on the book of the same name, and set in 1993, Chloe Moretz plays a teenage lesbian who is forced to go to a gay conversion school by her Christian guardian.

Mixing documentary with dramatic reconstruction, the film centres on four young men and their failed attempt to steal the most expensive book in the US.

Set 15 years after World War II, a team of secret agents (led by Oscar Isaac) are brought together to track down the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann.

Directed by Paul Feig, it centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mummy blogger and her investigation into the disappearance of her enigmatic best friend Emily’s (Blake Lively).

Jennifer Garner is back with a vengeance in this movie about a widowed mother who takes down the criminals who murdered her family in cold blood.

Chris Hemsworth leads this ensemble cast of seven strangers with a secret, who meet at a rundown hotel in Lake Tahoe and during one night their lives are all turned upside down forever.

Damien Chazelle follows-up La La Land with this biopic about Neil Armstrong and his journey to becoming the first man on the moon. Claire Foy, and Jason Clarke co-star in the period drama.

Rami Malek takes the lead as Freddie Mercury in this chronicle of his life with Queen through to their legendary appearance at Wembley Stadium for the Live Aid concert in 1985.

This romantic comedy is based on the book of the same name and follows one New Yorker, Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), and her journey to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s rather wealthy family.

Amandla Stenberg plays Starr, a teen who witnesses the fatal police shooting of her childhood friend which forces her into action and stand-up for what is right in her community.

Steve McQueen returns with this crime thriller about four widows who stuck with the debt of their dead husbands’ criminal activities so must take matters into their own hands to secure their future. It’s based on the TV series but as it’s the first time it’s been seen on the silver screen, and features a stellar cast led by VIola Davis, we had to include it.

Rachel Weisz plays a woman who returns to the Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her for her attraction to a female childhood friend. Now she and said friend (played by Rachel McAdams) reignite their passion and must deal with the fallout.

Based on the true story of American teen Richard Wershe Jr, who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s, but ends up in jail for drug-trafficking. Matthew McConaughey co-stars with Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Peter Jackson’s produces this adaptation of Phillip Reeves fantasy epic about cities that survive a desolate Earth, following a brutal way, by moving around on giant wheels and consuming smaller towns in order to replenish their resources.