110. “The Sheep Detectives”
Kyle Balda directs “The Sheep Detectives,” a live-action mystery comedy starring Hugh Jackman as George Hardy, a mild-mannered shepherd who spends his nights reading murder mysteries aloud to his flock—unaware they actually understand him. When George turns up dead, the sheep, well-versed in fictional crime-solving, decide to crack the case themselves. The film co-stars Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Hong Chau, Emma Thompson, Tosin Cole, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Conleth Hill, and Mandeep Dhillon. Written by Craig Mazin, it blends absurdist British humor and heart in a story about loyalty, community, and the limits of human perception. Produced by Amazon MGM Studios, the film is based on Leonie Swann’s novel, Three Bags Full.
Release Date: May 8, via Amazon MGM Studios.
109. “4 Kids Walk Into A Bank”
Frankie Shaw, the writer/director and star of the deeply underrated Showtime series, “SMILF,” makes her feature debut with “4 Kids Walk Into a Bank,” co-writing the adaptation with Matt Robinson from Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss’ graphic novel. Liam Neeson leads the ensemble, joined by Talia Ryder, Whitney Peak, Jack Dylan Grazer, Spike Fearn, Teresa Palmer, and Jim Sturgess, alongside George Basil, Sam Strike, Caylee Cowan, and Deacon Phillippe. Set in the 1990s, the caper follows a fiercely clever 11-year-old whose misfit crew hatches a harebrained heist after discovering her estranged dad’s criminal ties. Shot by Robert Richardson, the film combines black comedy with scrappy, kid-eye ingenuity, pushing the coming-of-age caper into rougher, funnier territory.
Release Date: April 17, via Amazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures).
108. “How to Make a Killing”
Sundance 2022 produced a great crop of breakout filmmakers. One of them, “Emily The Criminal” directorJohn Patton Ford, returns withthe formerly titles “Huntington,” a loose remake of the 1949 heist black comedy “Kind Hearts & Coronet,” a film about a poor relative of a rich man who plots to inherit his wealth by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. Glen Powell stars alongside Margaret Qualley, Ed Harris, Jessica Henwick, Zach Woods, Topher Grace, Raff Law, and Bill Camp.
Release Date: February 20, via A24.
107. “Clayface”
Part of James Gunn’s DC Universe, Mike Flanagan (“The Life Of Chuck”) and Hossein Amini (“Drive”) write “Clayface,” and James Watkins (“Speak No Evil”) directs for Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios. Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen, a disfigured actor whose obsession with performance mutates into monstrous self-destruction. Naomi Ackie, Max Minghella and Eddie Marsan co-star. Part of James Gunn’s DC Universe, the film reimagines the shapeshifting Batman villain through a psychological-horror lens, grounding the comic myth in guilt, transformation, and the erosion of identity.
Release Date: September 11, via Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Studios, presumably in the fall.
106. “In The Grey”
Guy Ritchie reunites with Jake Gyllenhaal for “In The Grey,” an action-thriller co-written by Ritchie, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson. The film also stars Henry Cavill, Eiza González, and Rosamund Pike. Produced by Black Bear Pictures and distributed by Amazon MGM Studios, it follows a team of undercover operatives trapped behind enemy lines after a covert mission unravels. Shot on location in Spain, the film continues Ritchie’s recent streak of military-espionage stories, following “The Covenant,” but with a sharper, more ensemble-driven tone. Combining his trademark snappy dialogue and kinetic gun-metal precision, Ritchie crafts another sardonic, muscular thriller built around loyalty and chaos. One problem? The movie was shot in 2023, and recently, Lionsgate decided to drop its American distribution rights. As a result, Black Bear Pictures now has to find a new buyer or distribute the picture itself.
Release Date: TBD.
105. “Power Ballad”
John Carney, the filmmaker behind “Once,” “Begin Again,” and “Sing Street,” returns to his favorite genre—the soulful, messy intersection of music and love—with “Power Ballad.” Starring Paul Rudd as a washed-up wedding singer and Nick Jonas as a swaggering pop star who ropes him into a desperate creative comeback, the film also features Jack Reynor, Havana Rose Liu, and Sophie Vavasseur. Shot in Dublin and produced by Lionsgate, “Power Ballad” promises Carney’s signature blend of heart, humor, and melody—a bittersweet ode to collaboration, aging, and the redemptive power of a great hook. Expect guitars, heartbreak, and one more sing-along for the road.
Release Date: June 5, via Lionsgate.
104. “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass”
Eight long years after the mostly forgotten “A Futile and Stupid Gesture,” comedy filmmaker David Wain finally returns. He reunites with co-writer Ken Marino for “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass,” an R-rated Hollywood comedy starring Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Sabrina Impacciatore, Ben Wang, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Joe Lo Truglio, and Mather Zickel. When Midwestern bride-to-be Gail discovers her fiancé has actually used his “celebrity hall pass,” she heads to Los Angeles on a wild mission to settle the score, crashing into the industry’s egos and fantasies along the way.
Release Date: TBD; premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
103. “Chasing Summer”
Directed by Josephine Decker and written by and starring Iliza Shlesinger, “Chasing Summer” is a romantic dramedy featuring Garrett Wareing, Lola Tung, Cassidy Freeman, Tom Welling, and Megan Mullally. After losing her job and her boyfriend, Jamie (Shlesinger) retreats to her small Texas hometown, where old friends and unfinished flings from one pivotal high school summer upend whatever stability she thought she had left. For Decker, who has generally directed arthouse indie films (see “Madeline’s Madeline”), often with experimental tendencies, ‘Summer’ sounds like her most accessible work to date.
Release Date: TBD; premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
102. “Verity”
Riding a run of fast, varied projects—and continuing his creative streak with Anne Hathaway—Michael Showalter tackles “Verity,” the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s psychological thriller. Dakota Johnson, Hathaway, Josh Hartnett, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Brady Wagner, Irina Dvorovenko, K.K. Moggie, and Michael Abbott Jr. lead the ensemble, anchoring a story of a writer drawn into the orbit of a famous author whose hidden work hints at far darker truths. As loyalties shift and danger closes in, Showalter leans into claustrophobic tension and performance-driven unease.
Release Date: October 2, via Amazon MGM Studios.
101. “Mayday”
Known for sharp studio entertainment like “Game Night” and “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein take a darker swing with “Mayday,” a Cold War survival thriller led by Ryan Reynolds. He’s joined by Kenneth Branagh, Maria Bakalova, Clark Johnson, Louis Cancelmi, Toby Huss, Ally Ioannides, and Nick Westrate as a U.S. pilot stranded deep in Soviet territory, forced to evade capture across frozen wilderness. Sleek, tense, and stripped of their usual comedy, it’s a stark genre pivot for the filmmakers.
Release Date: TBD via Apple Original Films.
