Your guide to the year's biggest films — every blockbuster, auteur swing, and must-see sequel on the 2026 calendar, now playing in theaters and still to come.
If you've been googling the popular movies 2026 is bringing to the multiplex, you're in exactly the right place. 2026 is one of the most stacked movie years in recent memory, and the calendar still has no chill — between Christopher Nolan's mythic The Odyssey, Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three, and a Marvel event the size of a small country, this is a full-year event for movie fans.
This guide rounds up the most popular movies 2026 has on the schedule — the franchise titans, the auteur swings, the family blockbusters, and the horror entries worth clearing your weekend for. We've grouped everything by movie, by genre, and by month, and flagged the titles still on the way so you can plan the rest of your year.
If you only have time for the top 10 popular movies 2026 has delivered (or is about to), here's our shortlist before the deep dives below.
Dec 18, 2026
The MCU's Multiverse Saga reaches its climax as the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men unite against Robert Downey Jr.'s Victor von Doom — with the Russo Brothers back in the director's chair.
Read our full Avengers: Doomsday review
Dec 18, 2026
Denis Villeneuve adapts Dune Messiah — a darker, more political chapter with Timothée Chalamet's Emperor Paul Atreides at its center, and Zendaya's Chani taking a far more central role.
Read our full Dune: Part Three review
Jul 31, 2026
Tom Holland's Peter Parker resets to a leaner, street-level groove under Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton.
Read our full Spider-Man: Brand New Day review
Jul 17, 2026
Christopher Nolan's IMAX adaptation of Homer's epic — swords, monsters, and gods rendered with the gravity of Oppenheimer. In theaters July 17, 2026.
Box office $264.1M worldwide
Read our full The Odyssey review
Nov 20, 2026
A prequel adapting Suzanne Collins’ novel about the 50th Hunger Games, won by a young Haymitch Abernathy — with Ralph Fiennes as President Snow.
Read our full The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping review
Jun 19, 2026
Pixar's flagship returns under Finding Nemo’s Andrew Stanton, with Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back as Woody and Buzz.
Box office $958.4M worldwide
Read our full Toy Story 5 review
May 22, 2026
The first Star Wars film in seven years, bringing the Mandalorian–Grogu bond to the big screen.
Box office $344.8M worldwide
Read our full The Mandalorian and Grogu review
Mar 20, 2026
The team behind The Martian adapts Andy Weir’s novel, with Ryan Gosling as a lone astronaut solving an impossible mystery.
Box office $683.3M worldwide
Read our full Project Hail Mary review
Jun 26, 2026
Milly Alcock suits up as Kara Zor-El in the DCU’s confident second swing, adapting an acclaimed comic.
Box office $120.1M worldwide
Read our full Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow review
Jul 10, 2026
Disney's live-action remake, with newcomer Catherine Laga‘aia as Moana and Dwayne Johnson reprising Maui.
Box office $115.5M worldwide
Read our full Moana — Live-Action review
May 1, 2026
Twenty years on, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt reunite amid a collapsing media landscape.
Box office $689.5M worldwide
Read our full The Devil Wears Prada 2 review
Apr 17, 2026
A24's awards-season drama from David Lowery, starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel as estranged music-industry friends.
Box office $3.0M worldwide
Read our full Mother Mary review
Coming 2026
Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black reunite for the trilogy’s final game.
Read our full Jumanji: Open World review
Coming 2026
The Minions head to 1920s Hollywood to make their own monster movie.
Read our full Minions & Monsters review
Coming 2026
Lin Shaye's medium Elise Rainier returns for another trip into the Further.
Read our full Insidious: Out of the Further reviewBox office figures are worldwide gross, as of July 22, 2026 (films still in release; subject to change).
Whether you're hunting for the best movies 2026 has to offer across a specific genre or planning a themed marathon, here's the whole lineup grouped for quick reference. Some films span more than one category.
Your month-by-month release calendar for the upcoming movies 2026 slate (and the highlights already in theaters this year).
Already released earlier in 2026 — catch them on the big screen (or on streaming in the coming weeks).
Project Hail Mary — Mar 20
Mother Mary — Apr 17
The Devil Wears Prada 2 — May 1
The Mandalorian and Grogu — May 22
Toy Story 5 — Jun 19
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow — Jun 26
Moana — Live-Action — Jul 10
The Odyssey — Jul 17
The rest of the 2026 slate still heading to theaters.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day — Jul 31
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping — Nov 20
Avengers: Doomsday — Dec 18
Dune: Part Three — Dec 18
On the 2026 schedule but their exact dates aren't finalized yet — we'll update as studios lock them in.
Quick answers about the popular movies 2026 has on the schedule.
The most popular movies of 2026 include Avengers: Doomsday, Dune: Part Three, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Toy Story 5. Our ranked list above covers all 15 of the year's biggest releases, with full reviews on each film's page.
As of mid-2026, Project Hail Mary, Mother Mary, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Mandalorian and Grogu, Toy Story 5, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Disney's live-action Moana, and The Odyssey are already playing in theaters — see the "In Theaters Now" calendar above for dates.
December 2026 is stacked: Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part Three both open on December 18, 2026, with Jumanji: Open World arriving over the holidays. It's the biggest single week of the year for moviegoers.
Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled for release on December 18, 2026. It's directed by the Russo Brothers and stars Robert Downey Jr. as Victor von Doom, uniting the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men.
Avengers: Doomsday, Dune: Part Three, and The Odyssey are widely cited as 2026's most anticipated films — the first Avengers movie since Endgame, Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune Messiah, and Christopher Nolan's IMAX take on Homer's epic, respectively.
Yes. Horror fans can look forward to Insidious: Out of the Further, while family and animation titles include Pixar's Toy Story 5, Illumination's Minions & Monsters, and Disney's live-action Moana remake.
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