70. “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York”
Written and directed by Noah Segan, often known as Rian Johnson’s lucky charm, who usually appears in all his films, including the first “Knives Out,” his latest is the crime thriller “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.” Starring John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany, Steve Buscemi, Victoria Moroles, and Will Price, the indie follows a veteran thief sent racing across the city to recover stolen goods after a job goes wrong.
Release Date: TBD, premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
69. “Supergirl”
“Supergirl” adapts Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s comic miniseries under the direction of Craig Gillespie (“Cruella,” “I, Tonya”). Milly Alcock stars as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, joined by Jason Momoa as Lobo, Eve Ridley as Ruthye Marye Knoll, Matthias Schoenaerts as a villain, plus David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, and Ferdinand Kingsley. The screenplay is written by Ana Nogueira and produced by James Gunn and Peter Safran. The film follows Kara’s interstellar exile and her unlikely partnership with Ruthye as they encounter a tragedy and go on a “murderous quest for revenge.” Gillespie brings a sharp visual and tonal style to the DCU’s expanding cosmic mythos, emphasizing a harsher, more solitary Supergirl compared to her cousin Superman. With Gunn and Safran overseeing the film as part of their restructured universe, it positions Alcock’s Kara as one of the DCU’s defining new protagonists.
Release Date: June 26, via Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Studios.
68. “Wizards!”
David Michôd directs “Wizards!,” a long-delayed stoner-noir comedy starring Pete Davidson, Franz Rogowski, Naomi Scott, Sean Harris, and Orlando Bloom. Co-written with Joel Edgerton, the film follows two hapless bar owners whose tropical slacker life implodes after they stumble onto stolen treasure. Produced by Plan B and A24, the project wrapped years ago—well before Michôd’s “Christy,” which shot later but was released first—leaving “Wizards!” unusually sidelined. The delay isn’t the most reassuring sign, but its eccentric cast and sun-fried premise still make it one of A24’s oddest and most intriguing 2026 wild cards.
Release Date: 2026 via A24.
67. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Marvel’s “Shang-Chi”), “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” marks the fourth solo outing for Tom Holland as Peter Parker. Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, the film features Mark Ruffalo, Jon Bernthal, Sadie Sink, Liza Colón-Zayas, Michael Mando, Tramell Tillman, and Marvin Jones III, with Zendaya and Jacob Batalon reprising their franchise characters, but in presumably smaller roles. Produced by Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal, the story follows Peter’s effort to rebuild his life after the events of “No Way Home.” Set within New York’s criminal underworld, it expands Spider-Man’s connections to the broader Marvel universe, linking him with characters such as Bruce Banner and Frank Castle. Cretton’s grounded approach and focus on personal consequence signal a shift back to the franchise’s street-level roots.
Release Date: July 31, via Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios.
66. “Heart of the Beast”
Following a stretch of releasing two films in two years, David Ayer returns with “Heart of the Beast,” an action-adventure from Paramount Pictures that reunites him with Brad Pitt, who previously starred in Ayer’s WWII tank drama “Fury.” Pitt plays a former Navy SEAL stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his retired combat dog after a catastrophic accident. J. K. Simmons and Anna Lambe co-star. Written by Cameron Alexander from a Black List screenplay, the film centers on survival, endurance, and the tension between man and nature, with Pitt also serving as a producer. With production completed, the project is positioned as a potential late-year release if Paramount moves quickly.
Release Date: TBD via Paramount Pictures.
65. “Tony”
Dominic Sessa, fresh off his breakout in “The Holdovers,” steps into the role of the young Anthony Bourdain in “Tony,” alongside Leo Woodall, Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, and Stavros Halkias. Focusing on a single, formative summer in Bourdain’s early years in the kitchen, the film traces the ambition and volatility that shaped his voice long before fame. Matt Johnson brings the sharp, kinetic sensibility of “BlackBerry” to Bourdain’s raw beginnings, backed by A24, Star Thrower Entertainment, and Zapruder Films.
Release Date: 2026 via A24.
64. “The Young People”
On what might be the fastest run in studio horror right now, Osgood Perkins (“Longlegs,” “The Monkey,” “Keeper”) is already onto “The Young People,” led by Lola Tung, Nico Parker, and Nicole Kidman with Tatiana Maslany, Brendan Hines, Cush Jumbo, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville, Lexi Minetree, and Lily Collias. Billed by Neon as “a bad trip,” the film is shooting in Vancouver with plot details locked down, positioned as the subsequent escalation in Perkins’ streak of elegantly nasty, slow-burning dread. Co-financed by Neon and Lyrical Media, it’s targeting a 2026 theatrical release.
Release Date: 2026 via Neon.
63. “Possible Love”
Eight years after “Burning,” Lee Chang-dong finally returns to features with “Possible Love,” a relationship drama set up at Netflix. The story follows the intertwined lives of two married couples who lead completely opposite lives; when their worlds collide, fractures begin to spread through their day-to-day existence. The central couples are played by Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, and Cho Yeo-jeong, an ensemble that reads like a prestige-cinema lineup built for maximum emotional pressure. With Lee’s recent films all Cannes Competition regulars, this has the feel of a major auteur return designed for the top-tier festival conversation—whenever it’s ready to land.
Release Date: TBD via Netflix.
62. “Hot Spot”
“Hot Spot” sees Polish auteur Agnieszka Smoczyńska (“The Lure,” “Fugue”) dive into full-bore sci-fi noir. Set in a near-future society ruled by sentient A.I., the film centers on a private investigator who uncovers a rebel group capable of hacking the omnipresent system while probing a ritual murder at a refugee camp. As he’s drawn to a mysterious witch with the power to subvert the digital overlord, his investigation begins to endanger everyone close to him. Noomi Rapace, Andrzej Konopka, and Reika Kirishima lead the cast, from a script by longtime collaborator Robert Bolesto.
Release Date: 2026 via Focus Features (U.S.) and international partners.
61. “The Man I Love”
Set in late-1980s New York, Ira Sachs’ “The Man I Love” is described as a “musical fantasia of a city under duress,” centered on Jimmy George, a downtown artist played by Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek living in “an extraordinary moment between great illness and death when, still, all beauty and love is possible.” Co-written by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, the film centers on Malek, starring Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Tom Sturridge, and Luther Ford, and frames love and art as lifelines in a moment of collapse. The film wrapped up production at the end of 2025, and while it is an ambitious musical with a presumably lengthy post-production, fingers crossed that it can be finished by year’s end.
Release Date: TBD.
