Two years after the pandemic, theaters around the world are slowly starting to fill up, and this is encouraging owners and the film industry as a whole. 2023 will be full of highly anticipated films, and most of them are from major directors.

From “The Whale” and “Barbie” to “John Wick 4” and “Dune”, below we’ve rounded up some of the films that are expected to completely revive cinemas and make them the talk of the day.

Darren Aronofsky is back with his new film The Whale, an adaptation of the play by Samuel D. Hunter. Starring Brendan Fraser. He plays Charlie, a reclusive English teacher who suffers from severe obesity and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter in a last ditch effort to come to terms with his family and everything that happened in the past.

The long-awaited film is based on transformation and transcendence, an odyssey in and out of the body, grief and salvation.

Guy Ritchie guides Jason Statham and Hugh Grant on an adventure in which super spy Orson Fortune (Statham) must track down and stop millionaire broker Greg Symonds (Grant) from selling deadly new technology. He will then team up with some of the best secret agents and enlist the help of a Hollywood star to save the world.

Tom Hanks plays Otto Anderson, a grumpy middle-aged man recently widowed. His world will change when a new living family moves into the house across the street. Soon his daily life will improve. A touching yet funny film based on Fredrik Backman’s bestselling book A Man Called Uwe and Hans Holm’s Mister Ove.

A scientist develops an android robot to keep his orphaned and traumatized niece company. “M3GAN” proves to be the perfect friend and answers his creator’s commands. But soon the robot begins to take the protection of the girl very seriously … and fiercely.

Damien Chazelle returns with Babylon, a period film with comedic and dramatic elements and a cast of Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart and more. The story follows the rise and fall of several characters during Hollywood’s transition from silent to complex films in the late 1920s.

M. Night Shyamalan is directing Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Dave Bautista, Rupert Grind, Abby Quinn and Nikki Amuka-Bird in Knock on the Shack. The girl goes with her gay fathers to the forest and they stay in the cabin. But their vacation will soon turn into a nightmare. The kidnappers break into the house and try to convince them to make devastating choices in order to prevent the apocalypse.

Channing Tatum returns to the role of Mike for the last time. He will meet a rich woman who will offer him a performance in London. Therefore, Mike will do his best to take his work to the next level.

Famous singer Lydia Tarr in a few days should sign a contract that will advance her career to a new level. But when things start to turn against her, her adopted daughter backs her up.

In the fourth chapter of the film series, Keanu Reeves returns to the role of the cult killer. The action spreads all over the world: from New York to Paris and from Japan to Berlin. The film also stars: Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Bill Skarsgård, Ian McShane.

Creed continues to conquer the world of boxing, achieving success in his personal and professional life. When childhood friend Damien is released from prison, the two of them will fight in the ring, and what we will see on the screen will be more than just a fight. As a former child prodigy, Damien has nothing to lose.

Directed by Rom Marshall, the remake of the 1989 animated classic features an impressive cast. The voices of the characters are voiced by Melissa McCarthy (Ursula), David Diggs (Sebastian), Jacob Tremblay (Fuscas), Javier Bardem (King Triton). The songs were rewritten by Lin-Manuel Miranda with composer Alan Menken.

The fifth chapter of The Indiana Jones Adventure is expected to release in June. The story follows a popular archeology professor fighting a group of Nazis. Next to him is his godmother Elena (Phoebe is Waller Bridge), and Mands Mikkelsen plays the evil Waller.

In Dune Part 2, which recently wrapped filming, Paul Atreides (Timofé Salamet) joins forces with the Fremen to free the planet Arrakis from House Harkonnen.

At the helm, Greta Gerwig brings the story of the most famous doll to the big screen. The most loved toy that has changed significantly since its first release comes to life with Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. While we don’t know more details about the script, the only thing that’s certain is that themes like gender and identity will be at the center of his stories.

Based on the book of the same name by David Grann, Martin Scorsese’s The Flower Moon Killers takes us to 1920 Oklahoma and its transformation into one of the wealthiest parts of the United States thanks to the oil fields in the land. In the same period, members of the Osage tribe begin to be killed, and the FBI begins an investigation to solve the case. With Robert De Niro, Brendan Fraser, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow and more.

Michael Mann will direct Ferrari, a film about former racing driver Enzo Ferrari, played by Adam Driver. His tumultuous marriage to Laura Ferrari (Penelope Cruz) forces him to bet everything on the last race. The cast is completed by Shailene Woodley, Patrick Dempsey, Jack O’Connell, Gabrielle Leone and Sarah Gadon.

Sofia Coppola brings Priscilla Presley’s Elvis and Me to the big screen, starring Caylee Spani (Priscilla) and Jacob Elordi (Elvis Presley).