Upcoming Movies In 2026: New Movie Release Dates

Considering how excited I am about what is coming out next week, or even next month, I am exponentially more excited about what is coming out next year on the upcoming 2026 movies schedule. We have already seen enough fantastic 2025 movies to give me a good feeling about what is in store beyond this year, including a few especially exciting upcoming superhero movies.

Of course, there are plenty of other films of various genres that have me wanting to head to my local theater to check them out right now. Do you feel the same? If so, the following is a convenient guide to help you keep track of all the major releases hitting the big screen (and even streaming) in the year 2026.

January 2026 Movie Releases

The first month of the year is typically seen as the worst for Hollywood, but films like director Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later follow-up, The Bone Temple, Sam Raimi’s return to horror with the survival thriller, Send Help, and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s upcoming Netflix movie, The Rip, suggest that January 2026 could be a grand exception.

February 2026 Movie Releases

For February 2026’s Valentine’s Day season, there will be something for couples who love to be scared together (director Kevin Williamson’s Scream 7), couples wanting to relive a romantic classic (Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation), and couples looking for something to take the kids to (star Bill Hader’s animated Cat in the Hat movie), among other lovely releases.

March 2026 Movie Releases

They say the third month of the year comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but with movies like Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein reimagining, The Bride, the exciting sci-fi thriller Project Hail Mary (starring Ryan Gosling as Earth’s last hope), and a new Exorcist movie from Mike Flanagan, it looks like the cinema will be roaring throughout March 2026.

April 2026 Movie Releases

April 2026 will see Nintendo’s top heroes returning for a sequel that might be called Super Mario World, and Lee Cronin’s The Mummy reboot, which could be the scariest interpretation of the classic Universal Monster we have seen yet.

May 2026 Movie Releases

David Filoni has a great idea for a Mandalorian and Grogu popcorn bucket for the upcoming Star Wars movie’s release, but I am almost more curious about what sort of tie-in merchandise we might see when The Devil Wears Prada 2, which sees Kenneth Branagh joining Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, comes out in May 2026.

June 2026 Movie Releases

There will be so many epic movies to kick off the summer with in June 2026, including Masters of the Universe, which wrapped June 2025, the return of the legendary Steven Spielberg with his mysterious new thriller, and the upcoming DC movie starring Milly Alcock as Clark Kent’s cousin, which is now simply titled Supergirl.

July 2026 Movie Releases

There will not just be fireworks in the sky, but also on the big screen, with July 2026 releases like Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Disney’s live-action adaptation of Moana, Tom Holland’s fourth solo MCU movie, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which is bringing Jon Bernthal’s Punisher to the big screen, and more.

August 2026 Movie Releases

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway star in David Robert Mitchell’s mysterious thriller Flowervale Street, and, speaking of mysterious thrillers, the Insidious franchise is adding another upcoming Blumhouse movie to the mix in August 2026.

September 2026 Movie Releases

Summer may be coming to an end in September 2026, but the movies – such as a Mike Flanagan-penned thriller about DC villain Clayface, starring Tom Rhys Harries, a long-awaited follow-up to Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, and Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot – will certainly keep up the heat.

October 2026 Movie Releases

Horror movie lovers can expect something spooky to hit the big screen in October 2026 – like M. Night Shyamalan’s Remain and Jordan Peele’s untitled fourth film – but the month will also deliver some variety with an untitled film from Alejandro G. Iñárritu and The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, a new animated film based on the beloved series.

November 2026 Movie Releases

The YA novel movie adaptation trend is making a comeback in November 2026, with the release of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, starring Joseph Zada as a young Haymitch, and a new take on The Chronicles on Narnia from Greta Gerwig, which will be available with a Netflix subscription the following month.

December 2026 Movie Releases

For the holidays, movie lovers will be gifted with another visit from David Harbour’s Santa in Violent Night 2, a new Dwayne Johnson movie (Jumanji 4), a fifth Shrek adventure (with a few changes to the ogre’s animation), and one of the most highly anticipated upcoming Marvel movies, Avengers: Doomsday, among other huge releases in December 2026.

2026 Movie Releases - Date TBD

There are a few other highly anticipated upcoming 2026 movies that are currently without a release date, such as Fast X: Part 2, which is apparently bringing back Brian O’Conner, and a Looney Tunes movie that was previously shelved by Warner Bros. called Coyote vs. Acme.

Be sure to bookmark our upcoming 2026 movies schedule, as release dates for these films are subject to change.