New in Cinemas UAE This Week (January 19, 2026)
Return to Silent Hill, Hamnet, Mercy, Primate and Hell in Paradise lead new cinema releases in the UAE this week, plus recent big-screen highlights to catch.
Cinemas across the UAE are going heavy on horror and high-stakes drama this week, from a fog-drenched return to Silent Hill to AI-powered courtroom suspense. For the full cross-platform picture, see our main What to Watch This Week in the UAE – January 19, 2026, and for showtimes hit the New in Cinemas UAE hub.
What to watch this week January…
This Week’s Top Picks in Cinemas
- Return to Silent Hill – Psychological horror back in the fog-filled town.
- Hamnet – Chloé Zhao’s intimate Shakespeare drama.
- Mercy – Near-future A.I. courtroom thriller.
- Hell in Paradise – Survival thriller set in the Maldives.
- Primate – Tropical survival horror.
Return to Silent Hill
Drama / Horror / Mystery | TBC
Lured by a haunting letter from a long-lost love, a man returns to Silent Hill—only to find the once-familiar town swallowed by fog, darkness and unspeakable horrors. As buried memories resurface and reality begins to fracture, his search for answers pulls him deeper into a nightmare where love, guilt and terror collide.
Return to Silent Hill, starring Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Robert Strange, Evie Templeton and Pearse Egan, arrives in UAE cinemas on January 22, 2026 (including VOX Cinemas).
Hamnet
Biography / Romance / History | TBC
Set in 1580s England, Hamnet reimagines the private life behind one of literature’s greatest legends. When young Latin tutor William Shakespeare falls in love with free-spirited Agnes, their passionate union leads to marriage, family and sacrifice—until ambition, distance and devastating loss threaten to tear them apart. Grief reshapes their lives and ignites the creative spark that will give rise to Hamlet.
From director Chloé Zhao, Hamnet arrives in UAE cinemas on January 22, 2026.
Mercy
Action / Crime / Mystery / Sci-Fi | PG15
In a chilling near future where justice is dictated by algorithms, a seasoned detective is accused of murdering his wife. He has just 90 minutes to convince an all-powerful A.I. judge—technology he once helped create—of his innocence before it delivers an irreversible verdict. As time runs out, truth, bias and humanity collide in a high-stakes race against a system that allows no appeal.
Mercy, starring Rebecca Ferguson, Annabelle Wallis and Chris Pratt, hits UAE cinemas on January 22, 2026.
Primate
Horror | TBC
A sun-soaked tropical getaway descends into raw terror in Primate, a survival horror that strips humanity back to its most primal instincts. Trapped in an unforgiving wilderness, a group of friends must confront a ruthless force that turns paradise into a nightmare where survival comes at a brutal cost.
Starring Jessica Alexander, Johnny Sequoyah, Troy Kotsur, Victoria Wyant and Gia Hunter, Primate arrives in UAE cinemas on January 22, 2026.
Hell in Paradise
Action / Thriller | TBC
When migrant worker Nina takes a hotel job in the Maldives, a single incident shatters her new life, leaving her falsely accused and trapped in a ruthless system where innocence offers no protection. As the island’s beauty gives way to brutality, she must outwit her captors and risk everything to reclaim her freedom.
Hell in Paradise, starring Maria Bello, Nora Arnezeder and Alyy Khan, reaches UAE cinemas on January 22, 2026.
Recently in Cinemas (Past Top 5 Picks)
From the last few weeks’ Top 5 lists (still within the last three months):
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – Another brutal chapter in the rage-infected universe.
- Giant – Boxing biopic about Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed.
- Charlie the Wonderdog – Animated family superhero romp.
- Beneath the Light – Psychological horror at a lonely lighthouse.
- Affinity – PTSD-haunted ex-Navy SEAL pulled back into violence.
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