Happy New Year!

We’re only days away from New Year’s and it’s that time again, time to take a look forward at what you want on your movie radar for 2026.  These are the shows from genredom we think borg readers will want to know about.  In all we pulled more than 70 movies from the hundreds of films that have been finalized or are in varying stages of final production and slated for this year’s movie calendar.  Compare the below list to our 2025 list, 2024 list, 2023 list, 2022 list, 2021 list, 2020 list, 2019 list, 2018 list, 2017 list, 2016 list, 2015 list, or 2014 list.  Is the variety of movie options getting better or worse?

Some of the big movies don’t have release dates or trailers yet, like Quentin Tarantino’s The Adventures of Cliff Booth starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher, the sequel to Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.  That movie, along with Avengers: Doomsday, Jumanji 3, Spider–Man: Brand New Day, and Supergirl seem to be the early favorites for the year’s blockbuster movies, with the eagerly awaited next Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian and Grogu, as the likely #1 box office hit of the year.

Come back tomorrow as we look at TV series in 2026, but first grab your calendar and sit back for nearly 70 trailers–here are All the Movies You’ll Want to See in 2026:

January

Stone Cold Fox – Kiernan Shipka, Krysten Ritter, and Kiefer Sutherland star in this 1980s throwback crime movie with Shipka starring as a woman trying to break her sister out of a commune and pick up a stash of cash.  Vertical Entertainment/Netflix – January 9

OBEX – Indie sci-fi fantasy-adventure and 1980s throwback by writer-director Albert Birney follows a man whose dog is digitized into a video game, and he must enter the game to rescue it.  Think Tron with early PC tech RPGs.  Oscilloscope Laboratories – January 9

All You Need is Kill – Anime film is the fourth adaptation of the novel, most famously adapted into the live-action movie Edge of Tomorrow aka Live. Die. Repeat.  GKIDS – January 16

The Rip – Joe Carnahan directs the next Ben Affleck and Matt Damon team-up, playing two cops who find a stash of cash.  With Kyle Chandler, Nestor Carbonell.  Netflix – January 16

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – The British zombie franchise continues, from Danny Boyle, starring Ralph Fiennes, with Jack O’Connell, Erin Kellyman.  Sony Entertainment/Columbia Pictures – January 16

Charlie the Wonder Dog – Canadian animated adventure about a boy and his dog.  With voice actor Owen Wilson.  ICON Creative Studios – January 16

Dead Man’s Wire – Indie film adapting a real-life event of a kidnapping in Canada in the 1970s starring Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, with Al Pacino.  Row K – January 16

Mercy – A Minority Report-inspired look at future crime, where a cop must prove his innocence to an A.I. judge.  Starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson.  Amazon MGM Studios – January 23

Shelter – Jason Statham’s next action movie sees him hunted by Bill Nighy in Scotland.  Co-starring Harriet Walter, Daniel Mays, and Bodhi Rae Breathnach.  Black Bear – January 30

Send Help – Sam Raimi directs the ultimate employee revenge horror movie.  Starring Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, and Bruce Campbell.  Raimi Productions/TSG/20th Century Studios – January 30

February

We Bury the Dead – Daisy Ripley and Mark Coles Smith star in Australian zombie thriller.  Umbrella Films – February 5

Whistle – Dafne Keen stars in horror story centered around an Aztec Death Whistle.  Trilogy of Terror’s doll revisited?  With Nick Frost.  IFC Films – February 6

Dracula – Luc Besson’s take on Bram Stoker’s monster looks at his younger days.  Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Christoph Waltz.  Vertical Entertainment –  February 6

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die – Sam Rockwell stars as time traveller in Terminator-esque sci-fi comedy where he confronts a contemporary diner one night and seeks individuals to help him save the future.  With Juno Temple, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz.  Briarcliff Entertainment – February 13

Cold Storage – Over-the-top gross-out horror flick where zombies meet Dude, Where’s My Car?  Stars Joe Keery, Liam Neeson, and Georgina Campbell – February 13

Crime 101 – A thief on his last score is pursued by a relentless detective.  Chris Hemsworth stars, with Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry, Monica Barbaro.  Amazon MGM Studios – February 13

Wuthering Heights –  Emerald Fennell adapts the Emily Brontë novel.  Starring Margot Robbie and Jacib Elordi, with Alison Oliver.  Warner Brothers – February 13

GOAT – Animated movie about a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball, a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport.  Starring voice actors Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Bobby Lee, Ayesha Curry, Jennifer Hudson.  Sony/Columbia – February 13

How to Make a Killing – Dark comedy thriller with a plot that sounds straight out of Ready or Not.  With Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Topher Grace, Ed Harris.  A24 – February 20

Scream 7 – Kevin Williamson directs this sequel returning to original stars Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox.  With Joel McHale and Mckenna Grace.  Paramount Pictures – February 27

March

Hoppers – A young woman transfers her consciousness into a robot to communicate with animals in this animated movie.  With voice cast Piper Cursa, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Dave Franco, and Meryl Streep.  Disney/Pixar – March 6

The Bride – Maggie Gyllenhall directs a 1930s Chicago mobster version of Shelley’s Frankenstein.  Starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz.  Warner Brothers – March 6

Project Hail Mary – From Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Ryan Gosling stars in the next adaptation of an Andy Weir novel.  With Ken Leung, Milana Vayntrub.  Amazon MGM Studios – March 20

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man – The series comes to Netflix as a movie.  Starring Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson, Sophie Rundle, Ned Dennehy, Stephen Graham.  Netflix – March 20

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come – A sequel surprise we can hardly wait to see.  Samara Weaving returns.  With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, Kathryn Newton, Nestor Carbonell.  Searchlight – March 27

They Will Kill You – Thriller starring Patricia Arquette about a high-rise apartment complex full of secrets.  With Heather Graham, Tom Felton, Zazie Beetz.  Sounds like Archive 81.  New Line Cinema – March 27

April

Mother Mary – A pop star and her estranged costume designer and… witchcraft?  Starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel.  A24 – April

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – The next animated adventure inspired by the game.  With voice actors Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Anya Taylor-Joy, Brie Larson, Keegan-Michael Key, Charlie Day.  Universal Pictures/Illumination – April 3

Normal – Bob Odenkirk plays a sheriff in a sleepy northern U.S. town who finds himself in a firefight with nearly everyone.  With Henry Winkler, Lena Headey.  Magnolia Pictures – April 17

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – An all-new mummy story of a girl who returns from the dead.  Starring Jack Reynor.  New Line/Blumhouse – April 17

Michael – One of two celebrity biopics fans have been waiting for in 2026.  Antoine Fuqua directs Michael Jackson nephew Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop.  With Miles Teller.  Universal – April 24

Apex – A new twist on The Most Dangerous Game starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton.  Netflix – April 24

***Traditional Hollywood Summer Schedule Begins***

May

Animal Farm – Andy Serkis directs an animated version of the George Orwell novel.  With voice cast Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner, Iman Vellani.  Aniventure – May 1

The Devil Wears Prada 2 – Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway return with Emily Blunt for the sequel to the 2006 comedy.  20th Century Studios – May 1

Hokum – Adam Scott stars in a far too creepy horror flick, playing a horror writer who finds himself in a house in Ireland haunted by a witch. Neon – May 1

Animal Friends – Rated R live-action/CGI animation movie where two animals become unlikely friends.  Stars Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, Ryan Reynolds, Luke Busey. Warner Brothers/Legendary – May 1

The Sheep Detectives – Hugh Jackman stars in the next live-action movie about talking sheep, a murder mystery with the vibe of Babe.  With Emma Thompson and Regina Hall.  Amazon MGM Studios – May 8

Mortal Kombat 2 – Johnny Cage joins the act in the next adaptation of the hit video game.  Starring Karl Urban, with Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada.  Warner Brothers – May 8

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu – Jon Favreau’s epic series comes to the big screen.  Starring Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver.  With Steve Blum.  Disney/Lucasfilm – May 22

June

Masters of the Universe – Second live-action attempt to adapt the animated series, with an almost all-star cast.  Starring Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, Morena Baccarin as The Sorceress, Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba as Man-at-Arms, Jared Leto as Skeletor, James Purefoy as King Randor, Camila Mendes as Teela.  Amazon MGM Studios – June 5

Disclosure Day – Steven Spielberg’s next alien movie just doesn’t look as fun as the previous blockbusters.  It stars Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, and Wyatt Russell Universal Pictures – June 12

Toy Story 5 – Tom Hanks and Tim Allen return to the Pixar animated characters.  Pixar – June 19

Supergirl – Milly Alcock stars in the latest DC Comics adaptation under James Gunn.  With Jason Momoa, David Krumholtz.  Warner Brothers – June 26

July

Minions 3 – So far only the opening date is available for this animated sequel.  Universal/Illumination – July 1

Young Washington – Will Joseph, Mary Louise Parker, Andy Serkis, Ben Kingsley, Kelsey Grammer star in biopic of the early years of the first U.S. President.  Wonder Project – July 3

Moana – Live-action version of the Disney animated movie.  Starring Catherine Laga’aia and Dwayne Johnson.  Disney – July 11

The Odyssey – Matt Damon stars in latest adaptation of Homer’s classic Greek epic, dioirected by Christopher Nolan, with Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron – Universal Pictures – July 17

Evil Dead Burn – So far only the opening date is available for this animated sequel.  Sony/New Line Cinema – July 24

Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Tom Holland’s fourth starring role as your friendly neighborhood Spidey.  With Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal, Jacob Batalon. Disney/Marvel – July 31

August

Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie – The Paw Patrol lands on a mysterious dinosaur island.  With vocie actors Mckenna Grace, Fortune Feimster, Terry Crews, Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Hudson, Ron Pardo, Bill Nye.  Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon – August 14

Thread: An Insidious Tale – Horror franchise sequel stars Kumail Nanjiani and Mandy Moore.  Blumhouse Productions – August 21

Mutiny – In his next action movie, Jason Statham plays a man wrongly hunted for murdering his boss.  MadRiver Pictures – August 21

Coyote vs. ACME – Classic Looney Tunes cartoon characters come to the big screen in a blend of live action and animation (like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?).  Cast includes Will Forte, John Cena.  Warner Brothers Pictures Animation – August 28

The Dog Stars – Director Ridley Scott returns for a post-apocalyptic thriller, starring Josh Brolin, Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Benedict Wong, Guy Pearce.  Scott Free Productions – August 28

Cliffhanger – Lily James and Pierce Brosnan star in a reboot of the 1993 movie about a father and daughter in business guiding mountain climbs.  StudioCanal – August 28

September

Clayface – Tom Rhys Harries and Eddie Marsan star with Naomi Ackie, Max Minghella in an adaptation of the DC Comics villain, from an animated series story.  DC Studios – September 11

Resident Evil – A sci-fi/horror franchise reboot starring Paul Walter Hauser.  Columbia Pictures – September 18

October

Digger – Tom Cruise stars in odd comedy from Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman), where Cruise as the most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.  With Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Burn Gorman. Warner Brothers – October 2

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender – Animated movie reboot with voice actors Dave Bautista, Ke Huy Quan, Jessica Mattan, Taika Waititi. – October 9.  Nickelodeon – October 9

Street Fighter – What took them so long?  The Capcom video game goes live-action with a nonstop punch fest.  With Andrew Koji, Jason Momoa, David Dastmalchian – Paramount Pictures/Legendary – October 16

Whalefall – Josh Brolin plays a seafarer who gets swallowed by a whale and fights his way out before his oxygen runs out.  With Elisabeth Shue.  Imagine Entertainment – October 16

Remain – M. Night Shyamalan supernatural thriller sounds like it has a Donnie Darko vibe.  Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Julie Hagerty, Jay O. Sanders.  Blinding Edge Pictures – October 23

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom – A Shaun Halloween movie!  StudioCanal/Aardman Animations – October 31

November

Jimmy – An odd casting choice, Riverdale’s KJ Apa plays Jimmy Stewart in biopic focusing on the actor’s war years.  The trailer doesn’t sell this movie.  With Max Casella, Neal McDonough, Christopher McDonald, Jason Alexander, Rob Riggle.  Burns & Co. – November 6

Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol – Ti West directs Johnny Depp, Ian McKellen, Daisy Ripley, Rupert Grint, Ellie Bamber, Andrea Riseborough in the next adaptation of Dickens’ novel.  Paramount – November 13.

Focker In-Law – Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller return for sequel to the comedy movie series, with Teri Polo, Owen Wilson, Skyler Gisondo, Ariana Grande, Blythe Danner.  Universal/Paramount – November 25

Narnia – Greta Gerwig takes a crack at C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia.  Starring Daniel Craig and Carey Mulligan.  With Denise Gough.  Netflix – November 26

December

Violent Night 2 – David Harbour returns as Santa, this time trapped in a New Jersey mall.  With Kristen Bell, Jared Harris, Joe Pantoliano.  87 North – December 4

Jumanji 3: The Final Level – Director Jake Kasdan and the crew are back for the third and final movie in the trilogy.  Starring Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Danny DeVito, Bebe Neuwirth, Rhys Darby, Nick Jonas, Burn Gorman, Lamorne Morris.  Sony/Columbia – December 11

Avengers: Doomsday – It’s easier to list what Marvel actors aren’t in this big crossover/sequel.  It’s the first big Marvel movie since Avengers: Endgame  Disney/Marvel – December 18

Dune: Part 3 – Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novels continues.  Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson return to star, with Robert Pattinson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh. Legendary Entertainment – December 18

The Angry Birds Movie 3 – Third entry in the animated franchise.  Flywheel Media – December 23

Werwulf – Robert Eggers’ tale of a medieval werewolf stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson – Focus Features – December 25

As with every year, some of these films will have revised release dates or get pushed to 2026.

That’s it for the big, known 2026 genre releases coming your way!  Come back tomorrow for all the TV series coming in 2026.  As always, come back here for previews and reviews of some of the most eagerly awaited movies and series all year long.

C.J. Bunce / Editor / borg