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DIRECTOR
Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado
Dave Franco, Liza Soberano, Jo Koy, Dolly de Leon, Manny Jacinto, Jenny Slate, Lea Salonga, Ronny Chieng, HER
RELEASE DATE
September 25, 2026
PG - for animated sequences of scary action, language, rude humor, thematic elements, some violence and brief tobacco imagery.
Family, Fantasy, Animation
DIRECTOR
David Ayer
Anna Lambe, Brad Pitt, JK Simmons
RELEASE DATE
September 25, 2026
PG-13 - for violence, peril, bloody/injury images and some language.
Survival, Thriller, Adventure
DIRECTOR
Lance Oppenheim
Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo
RELEASE DATE
September 25, 2026
R - for disturbing sexual material, graphic nudity, some violent content, and language.
Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
DIRECTOR
Padraic McKinley
Julia Jones, Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Sam Hazeldine, Austin Amelio, Avi Nash, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Avy Berry
RELEASE DATE
September 18, 2026
R - for language and some violence/bloody images.
Thriller, Drama, Crime
DIRECTOR
Zach Cregger
Zach Cherry, Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Kali Reis
RELEASE DATE
September 18, 2026
R - for strong bloody violence, gore and language throughout.
Horror, Survival
DIRECTOR
Susanne Bier
Xolo Maridueña, Solly McLeod, Joey King, Nicole Kidman, Maisie Williams, Sandra Bullock, Dianne Wiest, Lee Pace, Stockard Channing
RELEASE DATE
September 11, 2026
PG-13 - for some violent content, suggestive material and brief strong language..
Fantasy, Romance
DIRECTOR
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova, David Morse
RELEASE DATE
September 4, 2026
PG-13 - for violence and action, some strong language, suggestive references and smoking.
Action, Adventure, Buddy Comedy, Survival
DIRECTOR
Adam Wingard
Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard
RELEASE DATE
September 4, 2026
R - for strong bloody violence, some gore, sexual material/nudity, and language.
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
DIRECTOR
Joe Swanberg
Debby Ryan, Cory Michael Smith, Anna Konkle, Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris
RELEASE DATE
September 4, 2026
R - for language including some sexual references.
Romance, Drama
DIRECTOR
Jane Schoenbrun
Dylan Baker, Zach Cherry, Eva Victor, Hannah Einbinder, Patrick Fischler, Gillian Anderson
RELEASE DATE
August 14, 2026
R - for bloody violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and some language.
Horror, Romance, Drama
DIRECTOR
Ridley Scott
Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong, Jacob Elordi, Allison Janney
RELEASE DATE
August 28, 2026
R - for strong violence, and language.
Adventure, Thriller, Post-Apocalyptic
DIRECTOR
Jean-François Richet
Jason Wong, Annabelle Wallis, Jason Statham
RELEASE DATE
August 21, 2026
R - for strong/bloody violence, and language.
Action, Thriller, Revenge
