50. “Avengers: Doomsday”
Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Doomsday” reunites directors Anthony and Joe Russo for their first MCU entry since 2018’s “Avengers: Endgame.” Written by Stephen McFeely, the film features Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Vanessa Kirby, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Paul Rudd, Simu Liu, Florence Pugh, and dozens of other Marvel stars including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, and many other reprising their Fox-era “X-Men” characters for what will surely be a big legacy throwdown. The film serves as the penultimate chapter in Marvel’s Multiverse Saga, leading directly into 2027’s “Avengers: Secret Wars.” Produced by Kevin Feige, the project continues the studio’s vast continuity, balancing legacy heroes with new recruits. The Russos return to their ensemble-driven storytelling and large-scale design, marking a major reunion of cast and creative forces for Marvel’s next crossover milestone.
Release Date: December 18, via Marvel Studios.
49. “October”
Jeremy Saulnier writes, directs, and produces “October,” an upcoming Halloween-set horror action thriller backed by A24. The cast is led by Cory Michael Smith (in his first lead film role) and includes Chase Sui Wonders, Sophie Wilde, Stanley Simons, Young Mazino, Stephen Root, James Badge Dale, Matty Matheson, and Imogen Poots. Plot details beyond the Halloween-set genre framework remain under wraps on the page. Still, with Saulnier returning to original material and A24 distributing, this one’s positioned as a high-priority genre play built around atmosphere, momentum, and a strong ensemble rather than a logline-first reveal.
Release Date: TBD via A24.
48. “I Love Boosters”
Boots Riley returns with “I Love Boosters,” his first feature since 2018’s “Sorry to Bother You.” Produced and distributed by NEON, the film stars Keke Palmer, Demi Moore, Naomi Ackie, Eiza González, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, and LaKeith Stanfield. The story follows the Velvet Gang, a crew of young shoplifters whose latest target is a ruthless CEO of a designer brand. Known for his mix of surreal politics and anarchic comedy, Riley once again builds a radical, kaleidoscopic world that confronts capitalism through satire and swagger. Shot in Oakland, “I Love Boosters” continues his exploration of class revolt and identity with pop energy and furious imagination. If his debut rewired the workplace movie, this one aims at consumer culture itself.
Release Date: May 22 via NEON with a SXSW premiere in March.
47. “Outcome”
A damaged Hollywood star trying to outrun his past is exactly the kind of part people have quietly wished Keanu Reeves would tackle, and “Outcome” finally gives it to him. Directed and co-written by Jonah Hill, the black comedy casts Reeves as Reef Hawk, an actor five years sober whose carefully rebuilt life implodes when his crisis lawyer—played by Hill—reveals he’s being blackmailed with a mysterious video. The ensemble is loaded: Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, David Spade, Laverne Cox, Kaia Gerber, Roy Wood Jr., Susan Lucci, Atsuko Okatsuka, and even Martin Scorsese in a small turn as a washed-up agent. As Reef scrambles to make amends with everyone he’s burned, the film promises a self-lacerating Hollywood nightmare about image, apology, and the things you can’t edit out. Fun fact: this one was shot before Hill’s second film of 2026, “Cut Off,” and will likely arrive after it.
Release Date: TBD via Apple TV+
46. “Parallel Tales”
Oscar-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi returns to French-language filmmaking with “Parallel Tales,” assembling one of the most formidable ensembles of 2026: Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa, and Catherine Deneuve. Shot in Paris and written by Farhadi, the film marks his first narrative feature since the plagiarism controversy surrounding “A Hero,” placing added scrutiny on a director long defined by intricate moral drama and social tension. Plot specifics remain tightly sealed, but the combination of Farhadi’s psychological precision and this level of star power positions the project as a major European prestige play — a pressure-cooker ensemble piece built on secrets, fractures, and uneasy truths.
Release Date: Spring 2026 in France via Memento Films.
45. “The Way of the Wind”
Terrence Malick returns with “The Way of the Wind,” a long-gestating biblical drama chronicling episodes from the life of Jesus. The film stars Géza Röhrig, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Kingsley, Mark Rylance, Joseph Fiennes, Douglas Booth, and Aidan Turner. Shot by longtime collaborator Jörg Widmer, the film was produced by 3 Arts Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Filmed across Germany and Israel, it continues Malick’s exploration of faith, nature, and transcendence through his trademark visual and spiritual lyricism.
Release Date: TBD via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
44. “A Long Winter”
“A Long Winter” finds Andrew Haigh adapting Colm Tóibín’s short story into a snowbound ensemble drama. Set in a remote mountain region, it kicks off when a mother storms out with the family dog after a blowout and disappears as a blizzard rolls in, forcing her husband and teenage son into a desperate community search as the weather and long-simmering tensions close in. The cast includes Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitríona Balfe, Kit Connor, Fred Hechinger, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and David Furr. Backed by MUBI, Film4, and others, it’s positioned as Haigh’s next intimate, emotionally precise character piece following “All of Us Strangers,” with production underway for a 2026 festival and arthouse run.
Release Date: 2026, festivals and arthouse distribution TBA.
43. “I Want Your Sex”
Gregg Araki returns with a provocation worthy of his legacy in New Queer Cinema. Frustrated by what he’s dubbed Gen Z’s “sex recession,” the filmmaker behind “The Doom Generation” and “Mysterious Skin” resurrects the long-dormant age-gap erotic thriller with a cast that feels like a dare: Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Margaret Cho, Johnny Knoxville, and pop icon Charli XCX. The result looks to be part comeback, part cultural intervention—a reentry into a cinematic landscape newly receptive to queer provocation and play. Araki’s mission? To make desire dangerous again.
Release Date: 2026 via TBD.
42. “The Invite”
Four years after the hot mess drama around her film, “Don’tWorryDarling,” filmmaker/actress Olivia Wilde returns with “The Invite” Written by screenwriters Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, the indie is an English-language remake of Cesc Gay’s Spanish film “The People Upstairs,” and is led by Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton, and Wilde herself. Framed as a sharp, adult comedy, it follows a married couple on thin ice whose dinner with their upstairs neighbors spirals into an increasingly chaotic night of sexual propositions, emotional confessions, and relationship brinkmanship.
Release Date: TBD; premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
41. “Ink”
With cultural trust at an all-time low and mainstream media in a debilitating crisis, “Ink” arrives as a sharp look back at the moment modern tabloid journalism was born. Guy Pearce stars as Rupert Murdoch, with Jack O’Connell as editor Larry Lamb and Claire Foy, Maisie Williams, Alex Jennings, Bertie Carvel, Toby Jones, and George Mackay rounding out the ensemble. Directed by Danny Boyle and written by James Graham, the film adapts Graham’s hit play, charting Murdoch’s 1969 takeover of The Sun and its transformation into a circulation-devouring populist machine. Shot by Boyle’s longtime collaborator Alwin H. Küchler, it promises a propulsive, bruising media thriller about ambition, class, and the ruthless mechanics of shaping public opinion.
Release Date: TBD via StudioCanal.
