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DIRECTOR
Boots Riley
Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Lakeith Stanfield, Eiza González, Will Poulter, Naomi Ackie, Keke Palmer, Demi Moore
RELEASE DATE
May 22, 2026
R - for strong sexual content, nudity, language throughout and brief drug use.
Comedy, Crime, Adventure
DIRECTOR
Simon McQuoid
Karl Urban, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Jessica McNamee, Tati Gabrielle, Martyn Ford, Adeline Rudolph, CJ Bloomfield, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks
RELEASE DATE
May 8, 2026
R- for strong bloody violence and gore, and language.
Action, Fantasy, Martial Arts
DIRECTOR
Jon Favreau
Jeremy Allen White, Sigourney Weaver, Pedro Pascal
RELEASE DATE
May 22, 2026
PG-13- for sci-fi violence and action.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure
DIRECTOR
Curry Barker
Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter, Michael Johnston
RELEASE DATE
May 15, 2026
R- for strong bloody violence, grisly images, sexual content, pervasive language, and brief graphic nudity.
Horror, Thriller
DIRECTOR
Aleshea Harris
Vivica A Fox, Mykelti Williamson, Josiah Cross, Erika Alexander, Sterling K Brown, Janelle Monáe, Kara Young, Mallori Johnson
RELEASE DATE
May 15, 2026
R - for strong/bloody violence and language.
Revenge, Thriller
DIRECTOR
Kyle Balda
Nicholas Galitzine, Chris O’Dowd, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Cranston, Hong Chau, Hugh Jackman, Regina Hall, Emma Thompson, Molly Gordon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicholas Braun, Brett Goldstein, Rhys Darby, Bella Ramsey
RELEASE DATE
May 08, 2026
PG - for thematic material, some violent content and brief language.
Family, Mystery, Comedy
DIRECTOR
Renny Harlin
Madeleine West, Mark Hadlow, Angus Sampson, Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart, Kelly Gale
RELEASE DATE
May 01, 2026
R -for violent content/bloody images and some language.
Disaster, Survival, Thriller
DIRECTOR
Francesco Sossai
Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla
RELEASE DATE
May 01, 2026
N/A
Drama, Crime, Road Trip, Comedy
DIRECTOR
David Frankel
Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci
RELEASE DATE
May 01, 2026
PG-13 -for strong language and some suggestive references.
Comedy, Drama
DIRECTOR
Adam Rehmeier
Kyra Sedgwick, Samara Weaving, Kyle Gallner, Jon Gries
RELEASE DATE
June 5, 2026
NR
Crime, Romance, Thriller
DIRECTOR
Daniel Roher
Dustin Hoffman, Tovah Feldshuh, Lior Raz, Leo Woodall, Nissan Sakira, CS Lee, Jean Reno, Havana Rose Liu
RELEASE DATE
May 29, 2026
R - for language throughout, some violence, drug use and brief nudity.
Thriller, Crime, Drama
DIRECTOR
Kirk Jones
Peter Mullan, Steven Cree, Sanjeev Kohli, Robert Aramayo, Adam McNamara, Paul Donnelly, Shirley Henderson, Maxine Peake
RELEASE DATE
April 24, 2026
R- for language throughout and some violence.
Biography, Drama
