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SKY Movies is your ticket to a vast collection of fresh titles featuring the biggest stars on the planet. We bring you a new collection of films to enjoy every month on each of our dedicated Movies channels.
Make your place the home of blockbuster movies to suit every mood. From drama, romance and timeless classics to thrills, horrors and an extra dose of kick-ass action!
A-X-L
Friday 27 September, 7pm
SKY Movies Family POP-UP
Channel 036
Adventure: A-X-L is a top-secret, robotic dog created by the military to help protect tomorrow's soldiers. After an experiment gone wrong, A-X-L is discovered hiding alone and damaged in the desert by a kind-hearted outsider named Miles Hill who finds a way to connect with him after activating his owner-pairing technology.
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A Man In A Hurry
Thursday 27 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Extra
Channel 031
Comedy: Alain is a business executive who’s racing against time. There is no room in his life for leisure or family. After a massive stroke, Alain wakes up in a hospital with significant loss of language and memory. Jeanne, a young speech therapist, is assigned to help him re-learn how to put himself back together.
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Forever My Girl
Tuesday 25 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Extra
Channel 031
Drama: In Saint Augustine, Louisiana, Josie is left at the altar by her fiancé Liam. Eight years later, Liam is a successful country singer. When the tragic death of a friend brings him back to Saint Augustine for the funeral, he is forced to face the woman he left behind all those years ago.
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Assassination Nation
Monday 23 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Extra
Channel 031
Action: High school senior Lily and her three best friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats - just like the rest of the world. Their small town gets turned upside down when an anonymous hacker starts to reveal personal messages and secrets of thousands of people. As anger erupts into full-blown violence, the four girls soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an armed mob.
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Slaughterhouse Rulez
Wednesday 25 September, 8.00pm
SKY Movies Premiere
Channel 030
Comedy/Horror: Don Wallace, is a wide-eyed new boy from a modest background, forced to navigate a baffling new world of arcane rules and rituals, presided over by sadistic sixth formers. But this ancient and ordered world is about to be shaken to its foundations - literally.
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Peppermint
Saturday 28 September, 8.00pm
SKY Movies Premiere
Channel 030
Action: Young mother Riley North (Jennifer Garner) awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack on the family. When the system frustratingly shields the murderers from justice, Riley sets out to transform herself from citizen to urban guerrilla.
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Glass
Sunday 29 September, 8.00pm
SKY Movies Premiere
Channel 030
Thriller: M. Night Shyamalan brings together two of his standout original films—Unbreakable and Split— in this explosive comic book thriller. Elijah Price, also known as Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson), finds David Dunn (Bruce Willis) pursuing Kevin Wendell Crumb's superhuman figure, The Beast (James McAvoy), in a series of escalating encounters.
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Ralph Breaks The Internet
The Nutcracker And The Four Realms
Mary Poppins Returns
Friday 20 September, 6.30pm
SKY Movies Disney
Channel 037
Family: In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael’s three children, Annabel, John and Georgie, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following the loss of Michael’s wife. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Mortimer, Ben Wishaw.
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Ralph Breaks The Internet
Friday 13 September, 6.30pm
SKY Movies Disney
Channel 037
Animated: Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope must risk it all by travelling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement steering wheel to save Vanellope’s game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet to help navigate their way, including Shank, a character from racing game Slaughter Race who Vanellope looks up to, and Yesss the head algorithm of trend setting site BuzzzTube.
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The Nutcracker And The Four Realms
Friday 6 September, 6.30pm
SKY Movies Disney
Channel 037
Family: A golden thread is presented to Clara at her Godfather’s annual Christmas party which leads her to a strange and parallel world. Here she learns of the Four Realms – the land of Snowflakes, Flowers, Sweets, and the Fourth Realm. The Fourth Realm is presided over by Mother Ginger, it is dangerous and should never be entered. Mother Ginger plans to take over the three other realms and so Clara sets out to stop her with the help of Phillip the Nutcracker soldier.
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A Wrinkle In Time
Saturday 7 September, 6.30pm
SKY Movies Disney
Channel 037
Family: Meg is a middle school student struggling with issues of self-worth and the baffling disappearance of her father. She is introduced to three celestial guides, who have journeyed to Earth to help search for her father. They are soon transported to worlds beyond their imagination where they must confront a powerful evil and Meg must look deep within herself and embrace her flaws to defeat the darkness.
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Planes
Saturday 14 September, 6.30pm
SKY Movies Disney
Channel 037
Animated: Dusty is a crop-dusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true. Featuring the voices of Dane Cook, Priyanka Chopra, Teri Hatcher, Julia-Louis Dreyfus.
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The Little Mermaid
Saturday 21 September, 6.30pm
SKY Movies Disney
Channel 037
Family: 19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland which she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends. She learns that the Red Queen is trying to take Underland for herself and so Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to dethrone the Red Queen and find her true destiny. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway.
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Alice In Wonderland
Saturday 28 September, 6.30pm
SKY Movies Disney
Channel 037
Family: 19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland which she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends. She learns that the Red Queen is trying to take Underland for herself and so Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to dethrone the Red Queen and find her true destiny. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway.
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1%
Monday 16 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Action
Channel 032
Action: A story of brotherhood, loyalty, ambition and betrayal, set within the world of Australian motorcycle gangs. This modern day Macbeth follows Paddo, heir to the throne of the Copperheads MC who must assume the mantle whilst club leader Knuck does time in jail. Paddo’s vision for the club’s future and compromises he must make for his mentally disabled brother sets the stage for the ultimate power play.
Asher
Monday 9 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Action
Channel 032
Action: Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks the oath he took as a young man when he meets Sophie on a hit gone wrong. In order to have love in his life before it's too late, he must kill the man he was, for a chance at becoming the man he wants to be. Starring Ron Perlman, Famke Janssen, Jacqueline Bisset.
The Bouncer
Monday 30 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Action
Channel 032
Action: Aging bodyguard Lukas finds himself in jail after a violent altercation in a nightclub. Fearing he’ll lose his 8 year old daughter, Lukas is forced to collaborate with the police. His mission - infiltrate the organisation of a dangerous Flemish gang leader to secure his freedom and custody of his daughter.
Assassination Nation
Monday 23 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Action
Channel 032
Action: High school senior Lily and her three best friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats - just like the rest of the world. Their small town gets turned upside down when an anonymous hacker starts to reveal personal messages and secrets of thousands of people. As anger erupts into full-blown violence, the four girls soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an armed mob.
Face/Off
Saturday 21 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Action
Channel 032
Action: Obsessed with bringing terrorist Castor Troy to justice, FBI agent Sean Archer tracks down Troy, who has boarded a plane in Los Angeles. After the plane crashes and Troy is severely injured, Archer undergoes surgery to remove his face and replace it with Troy's. As Archer tries to use his disguise to elicit information about a bomb from Troy's brother, Troy awakes from a coma and forces the doctor who performed the surgery to give him Archer's face. Now the criminal mastermind has the FBI at his disposal, and the lawman is underground with few places to turn.
All The Devil’s Men
Monday 2 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Action
Channel 032
Action: Jack Collins is a battle-scarred ex-Navy SEAL operating as an assassin for the CIA. As part of a three-man team, Collins is sent by his handler to London and tasked with hunting down a disavowed CIA Operative before he procures a WMD from Russian gangsters. With countless lives at stake, the manhunt begins – but Collins is about to discover that a former colleague and his team of private soldiers stand in their way.
Tears Of The Sun
Sunday 1 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Action
Channel 032
Action: The Nigerian government has fallen, and the country is on the verge of civil war. Lieutenant A.K. Waters has been assigned to lead a team of soldiers into the Nigerian jungle to rescue Dr. Lena Kendricks. When Waters and his team locate Kendricks, she tells them she won't leave her helpless patients to be slaughtered by rebels. The team incurs the wrath of both U.S. and Nigerian forces when they side with Kendricks and attempt to march the refugees to safety.
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Legend
Tuesday 3 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Greats
Channel 033
Crime: At the end of the 1950s, twins Reggie and Ron Kray held East London under their thumb. Although they are physically similar, they have a rather different character. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets.
50/50
Friday 6 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Greats
Channel 033
Comedy: Adam Lerner has always tried to take good care of his health, so it comes as a cruel surprise when he learns that he has malignant tumors on his spine. His doctor gives him a 50/50 chance of surviving, but Adam tries to remain positive, though his mother and his friend Kyle, react badly to the news.
War Horse
Saturday 14 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Greats
Channel 033
Drama: Albert and his beloved horse, Joey, live on a farm in the British countryside. At the beginning of World War I, Albert and Joey are separated, when Albert's father sells the horse to the British cavalry. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way.
We’re The Millers
Sunday 15 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Greats
Channel 033
Comedy: A small-time suburban pot-dealer, gets jumped by some gutter punks who steal his cash and his stash finds himself in deep trouble with his supplier. In order to make amends, the small-time peddler must become a big-time smuggler by bringing in the latest shipment from Mexico. Enlisting his neighbours a cynical stripper, a streetwise teen and a wannabe customer, he comes up with a foolproof plan.
Mr & Mrs Smith
Tuesday 17 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Greats
Channel 033
Action: John and Jane Smith, a married couple, live a deceptively mundane existence. However, each has been hiding a secret from the other, they are assassins working for competing agencies. When they are both assigned to kill the same target, the truth comes to the surface. Finally free from their cover stories, they discover that they have been assigned to kill each other, sparking a series of explosive attacks.
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Saturday 21 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Greats
Channel 033
Action: Sam Witwicky and his new girlfriend, Carly, join the fray when the evil Decepticons renew their longstanding war against the Autobots. Optimus Prime believes that resurrecting ancient Transformer Sentinel Prime, once the leader of the Autobots, may lead to victory.
The Good Shepherd
Thursday 26 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Greats
Channel 033
Drama: Edward Wilson finds that service in the OSS and later as a founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency is the perfect career for a man of his talents. His methods become standard operating procedure for the CIA while he combats his counterparts in the KGB. But, as the country slips deeper into the Cold War, Edward finds that dedication to duty above family has a price.
The Deep End Of The Ocean
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
The Quick And The Dead
Wednesday 4 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Western: The mysterious, one-named Ellen arrives in the lawless town of Redemption looking for John Herod, the undisputed ruler of the town and the fastest gun around. Herod, along with 15 others, has entered the annual quick-draw contest that he perpetuates in order to thin the ranks of his opponents. The prize to the winner is $123,000, but Ellen is concerned far less about the money than her revenge.
Force 10 From Navarone
Thursday 5 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
War: In this sequel to The Guns of Navarone, it’s the darkest days of WWII and Hitler’s armies are storming through Europe, annihilating all opposition in their path. But U.S. Colonel Barnsby has a plan. To succeed he recruits the most skilled soldiers he can find – the Force 10 squad, fresh from their mission at Navarone. However one of the guerillas is a traitor, group leader Mallory knows his identity, but can't prove it until it's almost too late.
Mrs. Winterbourne
Saturday 7 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Comedy: Connie Doyle's luck has run out with her homeless, penniless and pregnant. She leaves a man who doesn't love her and a city that doesn't want her and boards the wrong train headed for the wrong city. But on this night, Connie's life will change forever. The wheel of fortune turns as the train derails, and Connie wakes up eight days later with a newborn son and a new identity.
Goodfellas
Sunday 8 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Crime: Exposes the fascinating, mysterious and violent underworld of New York's Mafia families through the life of insider Henry Hill as he rises from smalltime thug to mobster under the guidance of Jimmy Conway in this searing, epic crime drama based on the chilling true-life best seller Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi. Starring Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci.
Existenz
Friday 13 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Science Fiction: Set in a society in which game designers are worshipped as superstars and players can organically enter inside the games. Allegra Geller is a gaming goddess, whose latest game system taps so deeply into its users' fears and desires that it blurs the boundaries of reality. When anti-eXistenZialist fanatics with strange weapons attempt to assassinate Allegra, she is forced to flee. Her sole ally is Ted Pikul, a novice security guard who is sworn to protect her.
The Deep End Of The Ocean
Monday 16 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Drama: Every parent's worst nightmare becomes a reality for Beth Cappadora and her husband Pat, when their three-year-old son disappears in the middle of a crowded hotel lobby. Now, nine years later, through the efforts of tenacious police officer Candy Bliss, the family is reunited. But the parent's joy turns to emotional torment as they come to terms with the fact that the teenager, Vincent, is a happily adopted boy with no memory of his real parents.
Glory
Thursday 19 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
War: Based on the true story of the Union Army's first black fighting unit in the American Civil War. The 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was made up of black soldiers - some Northern freemen, some escaped slaves, and led by whites, including Robert Gould Shaw, the son of Boston abolitionists. The unit faced virulent racism, not only from their Southern adversaries but from Northern whites who resisted arming black soldiers and doubted their ability to fight effectively.
Shampoo
Saturday 21 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Comedy: Successful but shallow hairdresser, George pursues women ceaselessly and without feeling. Among his current affairs are Jill, a woman who really loves him, and his customer, Felicia Karpf. Unhappy working at a salon owned by Norman whom he is continually butting heads with, George hopes to open his own salon. Felicia encourages George to ask her husband Lester to invest. Under the impression that George is gay, Lester decides he will make a safe escort for his mistress Jackie at the big presidential election eve party.
In The Line Of Fire
Sunday 22 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Drama: Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent is haunted by his failure to protect John F. Kennedy from assassination. Thirty years later, he gets a chance to redeem himself when a brilliant psychopath threatens to kill the current president and take Horrigan with him. Taunting him by phone and tantalising him with clues, the assassin lures Horrigan into an electrifying battle of wits and will that only one man can survive.
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Saturday 28 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Comedy: In this spoof, Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of merry men to do battle with John and the Sheriff, including Asneeze and his son Ahchoo, the blind watchman Blinkin, Will Scarlet O'Hara, and Rabbi Tuckman. The Sheriff is eager to put Robin Hood out of business but Robin soon has an ally in the royal palace when he falls for the lovely Maid Marian.
The Big Chill
Monday 30 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Classics
Channel 034
Drama: A group of friends who attended university together in the 1960s reconvene for a weekend in a vacation house following the funeral of their friend Alex who died suddenly. The friends, now in their thirties, use this occasion to reacquaint themselves with each other and discuss where their lives have led, and the ways they and their idealisms have changed from their socially concious and radical days in university. Stunned by the death of Alex and sensing their own mortality each of the group reevaluates their own life.
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
Perfect Friday
Monday 30 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Comedy: Bank manager Graham knows he's gone as far as he can professionally, but aspires to something more; specifically, robbing the very bank to which he's given his life. To this end, he enlists the help of a broke aristocrat and his materialistic wife, Lady Britt. Graham's sells them on his plan, and sleeps with Lady Britt in the bargain, beginning a series of manipulations and double-crosses that continues right up to the heist.
The Dead Pool
Sunday 29 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Action: The unorthodox methods of Inspector Harry Callahan has earned him celebrity status. So when horror film director Peter Swan develops a ‘dead pool’ betting on celebrity deaths, he is shocked when a serial killer begins targeting those named, including TV reporter Samantha Walker and Callahan himself.
Villain
Tuesday 25 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Crime: London East End crime boss Vic Dakin and his crew plan to heist a factory payroll transported in an unarmored car. When the payroll heist goes bloodily awry, Dakin attempts to hide his involvement and regain the loot. But his tactics of fear and brutality may no longer be working.
Sudden Impact
Sunday 22 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Action: Assault victim Jennifer Spencer is furious when the crime goes unpunished. She vows revenge, killing the men who attacked her. The murders attract the attention of Inspector Harry Callahan, who is on a forced vacation due to his violent approach to police work. The case gets complicated when Harry develops a relationship with Jennifer, and it's up to Harry to make the right decision when her life is threatened for a second time.
Indiscreet
Saturday 21 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Comedy: Famous theater actress Anna Kalman has resigned herself to her single life, believing that she has missed her chance at meeting a husband. Weary of socialising in Europe, she returns to her London flat, where her sister Margaret and diplomat brother-in-law Alfred invite her to a banquet. She demurs until Alfred's banker friend, Philip Adams arrives and a flirtation begins. A romance blossoms until Anna finds out Philip is already married.
The Enforcer
Sunday 15 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Action: Inspector ‘Dirty Harry’ Callahan is reassigned from homicide to personnel after his latest use of excessive force. Meanwhile, a terrorist group calling themselves the People's Revolutionary Strike Force organises a series of crimes in San Francisco, hoping to enrich themselves. When they kidnap the Mayor and steal rockets and rifles for their next attack, Harry and his new female partner, Inspector Kate Moore, must stop the terrorists.
Hobson’s Choice
Saturday 14 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Comedy: Widower Henry Hobson is the overbearing owner of a shoe shop. His three daughters - Alice, Vicky and Maggie - work for him and all are eager to get out from under his thumb. When the headstrong Maggie announces she intends to marry Henry's best employee, Will, father and daughter engage in an intense showdown. As Maggie works on launching a competing business, she also helps her sisters free themselves of their domineering father.
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Tuesday 10 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Thriller: While driving one evening, Harold Pelham appears possessed and has a car accident. While on the operating table, there even appears to be two heartbeats on the monitor. When he awakens, Pelham finds his life has been turned upside-down. He learns that he now supports a merger that he once opposed, and that he apparently is having an affair. People claim they have seen him in places that he has never been. Does Pelham have a doppelganger, or is he going insane?
The Ladykillers
Monday 9 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Comedy: Mrs. Wilberforce likes to report suspicious behaviour to the police. Unaware of her reputation, the dapper thief Professor Marcus rents rooms in the elderly widow's home for himself and his band of cohorts. Posing as a string quintet, the thieves pull off a bank robbery, but slip up in front of the old woman as they try to escape. Realising that they need to murder her, the bumbling crooks wind up double-crossing each other and slowly kill themselves off.
Magnum Force
Sunday 8 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Action: Rogue San Francisco Inspector ‘Dirty Harry’ Callahan doesn't believe in blind obedience to the rules, but when a vigilante group starts executing criminals who have escaped punishment on technicalities, that's going too far. Against the orders of his commanding officer, Lieutenant Briggs, Callahan begins investigating his hunch that another policeman is behind the killings - with his primary suspect being his tightly wound ex-partner, Charlie McCoy.
Shane
Friday 6 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Western: Enigmatic gunslinger Shane rides into a small Wyoming town with hopes of quietly settling down as a farmhand. Taking a job on homesteader Joe Starrett's farm, Shane is drawn into a battle between the townsfolk and ruthless cattle baron Rufus Ryker. Shane's growing attraction to Starrett's wife, Marian, and his fondness for their son Joey, who idolises Shane, force Shane to realise that he must thwart Ryker's plan.
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
Tuesday 3 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Science Fiction: In Santa Mira, California, Dr. Miles Bennell is baffled when all his patients come to him with the same complaint - their loved ones seem to have been replaced by emotionless impostors. Despite others' dismissive denials, Dr. Bennell, his former girlfriend Becky and his friend Jack soon discover that the patients' suspicions are true - an alien species of human duplicates, grown from plant-like pods, is taking over the small town.
Dirty Harry
Sunday 1 September, 8pm
SKY Movies Vintage
Channel 035
Action: When the psychopathic killer Scorpio reigns terror on San Francisco, Inspector Harry Callahan is assigned to hunt him down, but not before the Mayor and his Lieutenant admonish Callahan’s heavy-handed tactics. Racing against a deadline to save a victim from the deranged murderer, Callahan’s reckless pursuit of justice sees Scorpio released on a technicality.
