The Top Ten Movies Worth Watching This August Is Showing at SM Cinema

July was a tough act to follow, but August is not backing down. And if you still have not caught Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it is still showing at SM Cinema this month!

SM Cinema's August lineup spans silver screen classics, K-pop fan events, family favorites, and award-winning Filipino cinema. Whether you are planning family day ideas in SM, indoor date ideas in Metro Manila, or the best things to do in SM this weekend, August is your gala to the max.

 

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Still Showing!)

Genre: Action / Adventure / Superhero

Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, Sadie Sink

Rating: PG-13

You still have time to watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day! The story follows Peter Parker four years after erasing himself from the memories of everyone he loved. Now, he is living alone and fighting crime as an anonymous Spider-Man. When a strange trail of crimes pulls him into a mystery larger than anything he has faced before, he also begins experiencing an unsettling physical transformation he cannot control. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, this is the most personal Spider-Man film yet. 

Catch it in Screen X at SM Cinema, where the action wraps across three screens and New York City has never felt more alive.

 

The Mummy Returns: 25th Anniversary (SM Exclusive, August 5)

Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Dwayne Johnson, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo

Rating: PG

Rick and Evelyn O'Connell's quiet life shatters when their son awakens the Bracelet of Anubis, triggering the return of Imhotep and the Scorpion King. The globe-trotting race that follows escalates into a battle for humanity. Explosive, funny, and relentlessly entertaining, this 25th anniversary screening is exclusively at SM Cinema.

 

Train to Busan: 10th Anniversary (SM Exclusive, August 5)

Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller

Cast: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik

Seok-woo boards a Seoul-to-Busan train with his young daughter. When a viral outbreak hits, passengers begin turning mid-journey and the train becomes their only refuge. What makes Train to Busan memorable is its emotional core: a father forced to reckon with how absent he has been, and the impossible choices that follow. Ten years on, it hits as hard as the first time.

ATEEZ: Light the Way in Cinemas (SM Exclusive, August 6)

Genre: Concert / Music Event

Cast: ATEEZ (Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, Jongho)

Originally a world-touring VR experience, ATEEZ: Light the Way has been reimagined for cinema in native 8K with 5.1 surround sound. ATEEZ sets out across burning, dreamlike worlds to find their missing fans. Expect performances of INCEPTION, BOUNCY, and Ice on My Teeth, plus exclusive behind-the-scenes footage available only in this SM exclusive release.

 

The End of Oak Street (August 12)

Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure

Cast: Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian Convery

Rating: PG

Here comes one of this year’s most entertaining blockbusters. A mysterious cosmic event deposits an entire neighborhood millions of years into the past. The Platt family must survive velociraptors prowling their cul-de-sac while piecing together why Oak Street was taken and by what force. Director David Robert Mitchell fuses slow-build tension with Spielberg-style family adventure. The answer to the mystery grows more unsettling the deeper they go.

 

Dear You (SM Exclusive, August 12)

Genre: Drama

Cast: Li Sitong, Wang Yantong, Wu Shaoqing, Zheng Runqi, Wang Xiaohui

This Teochew-dialect Chinese family drama follows a grandson who travels to Thailand to find his estranged grandfather. However, he discovers that the man writing love letters to his grandmother for decades was never her husband. A hidden love story rooted in migration and longing slowly comes to light. It carries deep resonance for Filipino-Chinese families and grossed over $200 million worldwide on a tiny budget. Small tip: bring tissues.

 

KATSEYE: Wild Hearts (SM Exclusive, August 12 to 16)

Genre: Documentary / Music

Cast: Yoonchae Jeong, Megan Skiendiel, Lara Raj, Daniela Avanzini, Sophia Laforteza

In their first-ever cinema event, two-time Grammy-nominated girl group KATSEYE brings their story to the big screen. Wild Hearts follows their rise from Dream Academy to global success through never-before-seen footage and intimate interviews. This on-screen experience will also arrive two days before the release of their third EP, WILD. It’s the ultimate barkada event for every KATSEYE fan.

 

Insidious: Out of the Further (August 19)

Genre: Supernatural Horror

Cast: Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Lin Shaye, Sam Spruell, Island Austin, Laura Gordon

Gemma is a young mother who discovers she can travel into The Further, the astral realm at the heart of the Insidious universe. She can also bring what lives there back into the real world. Once the demons realize this, our world becomes their playground, and chaos ensues. Lin Shaye returns alongside a strong new ensemble in this sixth installment, directed by Jacob Chase.

 

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (August 26)

Genre: Animated Action / Adventure

Cast: Mckenna Grace, Fortune Feimster, Jennifer Hudson, Terry Crews, Jameela Jamil

The PAW Patrol crash-lands on a tropical island full of dinosaurs, where they meet Rex, a fellow pup stranded there for years. When Mayor Humdinger triggers a volcanic eruption by recklessly mining the island's resources, the pups face their biggest rescue mission yet. Warm-hearted and high-energy, this is ideal for a family bonding day at your nearest shopping mall with cinema.

 

The Dog Stars (SM Exclusive, August 26)

Genre: Sci-Fi / Post-Apocalyptic Thriller

Cast: Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong

Ridley Scott follows Hig (Jacob Elordi), a pilot who survived a flu pandemic but lost his wife, now living out of a Colorado airport hangar with his dog and a gruff ex-marine named Bangley (Josh Brolin). When a faint radio transmission reaches him from beyond his known world, he goes to find it. What he discovers is both more dangerous and more alive than the world he left behind.

 

Filipiñana (SM Exclusive, Limited Run, August 26)

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jorrybell Agoto, Agot Isidro, Angeli Bayani, Shamaine Buencamino, Teroy Guzman, Carlos Siguion-Reyna 

Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, Filipiñana is director Rafael Manuel's debut feature. Isabel, a teenage tee girl from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila and grows drawn to its imposing president, Dr. Palanca. As she digs deeper, she uncovers violence beneath the club's surface and a dark connection to her own past. The New Yorker called it a masterwork.

 

Plan Your August Around SM Cinema

Ten films. One month. Some of these you have been waiting years to see again, and some you have never experienced on the big screen. Do not let August pass you by.

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