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Current Movies in Cinemas With Audio Description

The following is a list of movies AUDIO DESCRIBED IN ENGLISH now playing in USA local cinemas. It is created weekly from a Newsletter distributed by Vicki Vogt and the Bay State Council of the Blind. Technically, this is a list of described movies playing in the Boston, MA, area; however, most of them should be playing in your area also. Additions to this list are posted on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

To learn more about AD in cinema, see our Audio Description in Movie Theaters page, or specifically Headsets for AD in Movie Theaters. Listen also to this podcast: Enjoying the Movies After Vision Loss with Audio Description. And you will find movie reviews which include reviews of the quality of the audio description at MacTheMovieGuy.com. Live in the UK? Visit the YourLocalCinema website.

LAST TITLE UPDATE: Mar 28, 2024; count = 17 titles.

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Current Cinema Described Titles

Recent Additions

The following 3 titles were added on Mar 28. Other recent additions may be noted in the listing.

CURRENT TITLES AVAILABLE

TOTAL: 16 titles.

New Movies in Cinemas This Week

Asphalt City

2 Hours
Rated: R or violent content, disturbing/bloody images, suicide, sexual content, graphic nudity, and pervasive language.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Description: Asphalt City follows Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan), a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn). The dark nights reveal a city in crisis; Rutkovsky guides Cross, as each 911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line every day to help others. Cross soon discovers firsthand the chaos and awe of a job that careens from harrowing to heartfelt, testing his relationship with Rutkovsky and the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between life and death.Trivia: Before Sean Penn was cast as Rutkovsky, Mel Gibson and Nicolas Cage were originally considered.

Godzilla x King: The New Empire

1 Hour, 55 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for creature violence and action.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Description: The new installment in the Monsterverse puts the mighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal deadly threat hidden within our world that threatens the existence of their species and our very own, as well as diving deep into the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond. Delving straight into the origins of Hollow Earth, this film will explore the ancient Titan battle that brought man and monster together forever.

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

1 Hour, 46 Min.
Rated: R for violence and language throughout.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Description: In a remote Irish village, a damaged father is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.

Other Movies in Cinemas

Arthur the King

1 Hour, 47 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for some strong language
Genre: Adventure
Description: An adventure racer adopts a stray dog named Arthur to join him in an epic endurance race. Mark Wahlberg tore his knee on the first day of shooting and implemented the pain of his injury into his performance.

Bob Marley: One Love

1 Hour, 47 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for marijuana use and smoking throughout, some violence and brief strong language.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Description: The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Bob Marley's son, Ziggy Marley heavily influenced and approved the casting of Kingsley Ben-Adir as the cinematic portrayal of his late father.

Cabrini

2 Hours, 25 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for thematic material, some violence, language and smoking.
Genre: Biography
Description: From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of Sound of Freedom, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.

Dune: Part Two

2 Hours, 46 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, some suggestive material and brief strong language.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Description: Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

1 Hour, 49 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for supernatural action/violence, language and suggestive references.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, SciFi
Description: The Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Imaginary

1 Hour, 44 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for some violent content, drug material and language.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Description: A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.Trivia:The first trailer, which first premiered in front of Five Nights at Freddy's (2023), consisted almost entirely sound effects over a blank screen, encouraging audiences to use their imagination.

Immaculate

1 Hour, 29 Min.
Rated: R for strong and bloody violent content, grisly images, nudity and some language.
Genre: Horror
Description: Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.

Kung Fu Panda 4

1 Hour, 34 Min.
Rated: PG
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy.
Description: After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.

Late Night with the Devil

1 Hour, 33 Min.
Rated: R for violent content, some gore, and language including a sexual reference.
Genre: Horror
Description: A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.Trivia: Famed horror novelist Stephen King has praised the movie. He said: "I got a screener. It's absolutely brilliant. I couldn't take my eyes off it. Your results may vary, as they say, but I urge you to watch it when you can."

Love Lies Bleeding

1 Hour, 44 Min.
Rated: R for violence and grisly images, sexual content, nudity, language throughout and drug use.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Description: Gym manager Lou (Kristin Stewart) falls for Jackie (Katy O'Brian), a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.Like her character, Katy O'Brian used to be a competitive bodybuilder in real life.

Luca (2021) Pixar Special Theatrical Engagement

1 Hour, 38 Min.
Rated: PG for rude humor, language, some thematic elements and brief violence.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Description: A young boy experiences an unforgettable seaside summer on the Italian Riviera filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: he is a sea monster from another world just below the ocean's surface.

One Life

1 Hour, 50 Min.
Rated: PG
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Description: The true story of Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton (Anthony Hopkins), a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realized it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, it's 1988 and Nicky lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It's not until a live BBC television show, 'That's Life', surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children - now adults - that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades. The title refers to the quotation "He who saves one life, saves the world entire." This was quoted in Schindler's List (1993), where it was stated, accurately, to be from the Talmud. It also appears in the Qur'an.

Problemista

1 Hour, 38 Min.
Rated: R for some language and sexual content
Genre: Comedy
Description: Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.

The American Society of Magical Negroes

1 Hour, 44 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for some strong language, suggestive material and thematic material.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Satire
Description: A young man, Aren (Justice Smith), is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier – “The happier they are, the safer we are.”