They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. This year, the first half of that saying is certainly covered. March opens strong with previously unseen documentary footage of the Moon, presented in IMAX® courtesy of APOLLO 11, and the cosmic blast of Marvel’s CAPTAIN MARVEL.

As for going out like a lamb? Not this year! March will finish just as strong as it starts, thanks to Jordan Peele’s US and Tim Burton’s new version of Disney’s DUMBO. Here are the details on those and many more of the best new movies in March 2019.

March 1

Apollo 11

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This astonishing documentary takes you right inside the Apollo 11 mission that put the first men on the moon 50 years ago. Todd Douglas Miller (DINOSAUR 13) assembles a treasure trove of large-format 65 mm footage — only recently discovered — and original audio recordings culled from more than 11,000 hours of tape, to document NASA’s monumental achievement. APOLLO 11 follows the experiences of astronaut heroes Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, and the team in mission control, to carry audiences back to the history-making days when a small crew took a giant leap for mankind. (IMAX)

Everybody Knows

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Acclaimed director and Oscar®-winner Asghar Farhadi directs Penélope Cruz and real-life husband Javier Bardem as a one-time couple who reunite when Laura (Cruz) returns to her hometown outside Madrid. She’s there for her sister’s wedding with her kids in tow, but her husband isn’t along for the ride. Is that because she knows she’ll see Paco (Bardem), with whom she had a well-known affair many years ago? Then, Laura’s daughter goes missing, setting off a chain of events that will bring long-hidden secrets and resentments out into the open. (Limited opening)

Greta

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Chloë Grace Moretz stars as recent New York City transplant Frances, who with her best friend and roommate is trying to make a new life in the big city. When Frances finds a handbag on the subway, she returns it to the rightful owner, Greta (Isabelle Huppert). Soon, the young woman and eccentric French piano teacher strike up an unexpected friendship. The two grow close — until the darker side of Greta’s personality begins to show and Frances finds herself terrorized by the older woman.

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral

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Tyler Perry’s 11th movie featuring his elderly, argumentative and constantly hilarious character is also the last MADEA movie. This time, the grey-haired matriarch and her family head to the Georgia backwoods for a family reunion, which turns into an unexpected funeral. That funeral may or may not be for Madea — we honestly don’t know — but we trust in Perry to make us laugh as he puts his long-running character to rest.

March 8

Captain Marvel

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Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) was once an Air Force pilot and is now one of the most powerful agents in the alien Starforce, organized by the Kree. (We met the Kree in the first GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY.) Trouble is, Carol doesn’t really know how she got from point A to point B. Now she’s back on Earth, tracking a squad of villainous shape-shifting Skrulls. A chance encounter with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) might help unlock her lost past — and set her up for an explosive future. This ’90s-set movie tells a story from well before the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it and sets up Captain Marvel for an appearance in AVENGERS: ENDGAME.

March 15

Captive State

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Our first contact with extraterrestrials has led to aliens taking control of Earth. There are some benefits, like the eradication of poverty and unemployment. But our new alien overlords have also taken away freedom. Ten years after the alien occupation began, a resistance movement is growing. A Chicago cop (John Goodman) pulls together a group of anti-alien recruits, including Gabriel (Ashton Sanders), the son of a fallen soldier. Rupert Wyatt (RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES) directs.

Five Feet Apart

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Bring some extra tissues for this tear-jerking romance. Two teenagers (Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse), both coping with cystic fibrosis, meet in the hospital. Despite their personal differences and diverging outlooks on life and the inevitability of death, they soon fall in love. The biggest obstacle to their relationship, however, is the fact that their illnesses force them to maintain a physical distance at all times. Can they find a way to develop their love when they can’t even touch?

The Mustang

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A violent prisoner (Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts) held in Nevada takes part in a new therapy program that involves training wild horses. Fortunately, he’s not just thrown in a pasture with a wild bronco. Bruce Dern plays a lifelong horse wrangler who becomes a mentor to the prisoner, while a character played by Jason Mitchell (STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON) deals out some pragmatic advice that helps find the gentle spirit inside a strong-willed mustang. (Limited opening)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

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Teen detective Nancy Drew has just moved to a new town, and it isn’t long before a strange house leads the persistent sleuth to a new mystery. Sophia Lillis (IT) stars as Nancy Drew in this big-screen revival from underrated cult filmmaker Katt Shea (POISON IVY).

No Manches Frida 2

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In 2016’s NO MANCHES FRIDA, paroled bank robber Zequi (Omar Chaparro) posed as a substitute teacher at a trouble-ridden school in order to dig up the loot his partner, Lucy (Martha Higareda), left behind. Zequi has now reformed and works for the school legitimately. This over-the-top sequel sees him trying to tie the knot with Lucy while fending off a suitor from her past — even as he coaches a school team in a beach tournament that could determine the fate of his school.

Wonder Park

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In her early childhood, June (Brianna Denski) dreamed up a theme park filled with epic rides and animal friends. A family tragedy changed the girl, however, and her imagination turned off. Then, she stumbles across an old roller coaster in the woods and seemingly finds that her imagined park is real. Now June has to bring a sense of joy and life back to her own personal Wonderland. WONDER PARK features the voices of Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, Kenan Thompson, Ken Jeong, Mila Kunis, John Oliver and Ken Hudson Campbell. 

March 22

The Aftermath

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No one does period costume dramas quite like Keira Knightley (ATONEMENT, PRIDE & PREJUDICE). Now she stars in this adaptation of the 2013 best-seller by Rhidian Brook. The story follows Rachael Morgan, who with her Colonel husband, Lewis (Jason Clarke), moves into a house in Hamburg, Germany, right after the end of World War II. While Lewis is off trying to help Germany rebuild the city, Rachael starts to fall for the handsome German in whose home they are staying. Since Alexander Skarsgård plays the object of Rachael’s affections, it’s not difficult to understand why she might be tempted. (Limited opening)

Gloria Bell

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Julianne Moore plays Gloria, whose days at a perfectly normal office job do not hint at the free-spirited life she enjoys at night, when she dances through Los Angeles clubs like a joyous tornado. Divorced for a decade, Gloria has found peace in her adult life — then, she meets Arnold (John Turturro), whose circumstances mirror her own. Their mutual attraction develops into romance, which causes both of them to face the realities of identity and family.

Hotel Mumbai

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Anthony Maras makes his directorial debut with this account of a terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal. When armed men laid siege to India’s world-famous landmark in 2008, hotel staff risked their lives to protect guests on the property — and a couple visiting the spot made unbearable sacrifices to save their unborn child. Dev Patel, Armie Hammer and Jason Isaacs star alongside Amandeep Singh, Suhail Nayyar, Nazanin Boniadi and Anupam Kher.

Us

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GET OUT filmmaker Jordan Peele delivers a new tale of terror in which a normal family is forced to confront their evil doubles. A beach vacation for Adelaide Wilson and her family turns strange when red-robed duplicates of the whole household arrive uninvited. The twisted duplicates have violent tendencies, and the Wilson family is plunged into a desperate race to survive — and to maintain their identity. US features Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop and more. 

March 29

The Beach Bum

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Matthew McConaughey stars as Moondog, a drink- and drug-addled dude living the high life in Miami. He’s also a writer and has dreams of writing the Great American Novel in between his hedonistic adventures. Writer/director Harmony Korine (SPRING BREAKERS) exploits every facet of McConaughey’s persona and surrounds him with a supporting cast that includes Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron and Jonah Hill.

Dumbo

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This expansion and reinvention of one of Disney’s early animated classics comes from the mind of Tim Burton. DUMBO is a live-action family adventure starring Danny DeVito, Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins in the story of a struggling family circus that finds new success thanks to a young elephant that can fly. Then, the company’s new success attracts the attention of a ruthless entrepreneur (Keaton), who sets his sights on the money-making elephant.