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2025 gave us some pretty unforgettable movies… But 2026 is shaping up to EXPLODE with cinematic awesomeness! Below is our list of some of the most buzzworthy films to look forward to in the new year!
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Brat summer? More like Brat forever! Ch-ch-check out the trailer Charli XCX‘s mockumentary-style Brat documentary The Moment, starring Kylie Jenner, below!
Get ready for Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to bring “the greatest love story of all time” to theaters in Wuthering Heights this Valentine’s Day!
More slashings! Scream 7, starring Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, and Neve Campbell, cuts into theaters on February 27!
2025 was all about Frankenstein with Jacob Elordi’s Netflix movie, but 2026 is bringing The Bride! to life! Starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, the monster movie hits theaters March 6.
Earth is coming to an end and the only man who can save us is Ryan Gosling — but he has to team up with an unlikely ally to do it! Can he pull it off? Project Hail Mary blasts off into theaters March 20.
Zendaya. Robert Pattinson. Need we say more? The Drama arrives in theaters April 3!
Nintendo lovers, rejoice! A follow up to 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie is here! The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, with vocal performances from Chris Pratt and Jack Black, soars into theaters April 3!
See Anne Hathaway take on pop stardom and all the drama that comes with it in psychological thriller Mother Mary! Coming to theaters in April.
The wait is FINALLY over! Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway return to the fashion scene in The Devil Wears Prada 2 on May 1!
Its predecessor may have been sent to streaming the same day it went to theaters, but Mortal Kombat II fought its way to an exclusively theatrical release on May 8! Starring Karl Urban, Hiroyuki Sanada, and more!
Can The Mandalorian & Grogu successfully jump from Disney+ to the big screen?? We’ll find out on May 22! Pedro Pascal, show us what you’ve got!
All will be revealed on June 12! That’s the promise Steven Spielberg is making ahead of his new alien sci-fi movie Disclosure Day! Starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor.
Little has been revealed about Scary Movie 6, other than its June 12 release date. But Anna Faris and Regina Hall are back! Cindy and Brenda, y’all! In case you forgot how hilarious they are, look back on this clip from Scary Movie 2.
Everyone’s favorite toys are returning for a fifth adventure! See Buzz and Woody, voiced by Tim Allen and Tom Hanks respectively, take on modern technology in Toy Story 5! In theaters June 19.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a hot mess! Milly Alcock crash lands into theaters as Supergirl on June 26.
Illumination has yet to debut a trailer for Minions 3, but we’re sure EVERYONE’s kids will want to rush to the theaters on July 1!
See how far Catherine Laga’aia and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will go in the live action adaptation of Moana on July 10!
After winning the Academy Award for best director with Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan is back… and taking on Greek mythology! The stacked cast of The Odyssey includes Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Tom Holland, Zendaya, and more! In theaters July 17!
Swing into theaters two weeks after seeing Tom Holland and Zendaya in The Odyssey to watch Marvel‘s latest adventure in Spider-Man: Brand New Day! In theaters July 31.
28 years after they cast a spell on EVERYONE, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are back for Practical Magic 2! In theaters September 18.
The spell is cast. The date is set. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return. Only In Theaters September 18, 2026.
Rewatch the original #PracticalMagic now streaming on MAX. pic.twitter.com/SfPT1DduLX
— Warner Bros. (@warnerbros) May 6, 2025
Who remembers playing Street Fighter on a Sega? Well, get ready for all the nostalgia! Noah Centineo is bringing the franchise back into the cultural conversation on October 16! We just pray it’s better than the 1994 film…
Before Katniss Everdeen changed The Hunger Games forever, her mentor Haymitch Abernathy fought for his life in the same competition! See Joseph Zada, Mckenna Grace, Maya Hawke, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, and more tell the tale in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping on November 20. BTW, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are returning!!!
Coming off the heat of her award-winning portrayal of Glinda in the Wicked films, Ariana Grande is joining yet another ensemble cast… This time in the fourth installment of the Focker franchise! She joins Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in Focker-In-Law in theaters on November 25!
Earth’s mightiest heroes are assembling once more to fight Dr. Doom in the long-awaited Avengers: Doomsday on December 18! Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Chris Hemsworth return to bridge the gap between Marvel eras with the X-Men‘s Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Rebecca Romijn, and more!
After two Oscar-winning installments, Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune trilogy is coming to a close with Dune: Part Three… The SAME day Avengers: Doomsday Drops! Dunesday, if you will! Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, and more star.
"…on a journey into that land where we walk without footprints."
Production has begun on the next film in Denis Villeneuve's Dune trilogy.
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???? Arrakis pic.twitter.com/JYP8ShbrRx— DUNE (@dunemovie) July 8, 2025
So, Perezcious readers, will 2026 bring YOU to theaters?? What movie are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments down below!
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