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Mission (2026 film)
Mission (2026 film): British psychological drama written and directed by Paul Wright, starring George MacKay as Dylan and Rosy McEwen as Claire; 87 minutes, premiered 15 August 2026 at Edinburgh; distinct from the Marathi Mission and Mission Alarum.
Misty Green
Misty Green is a 2026 American drama film written and directed by Chris Rock, starring Rosalind Eleazar as a stalled actress seeking a comeback, with Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, and Anna Kendrick; released by A24 on October 9, 2026 after its TIFF premiere.
Monsanto (film)
Monsanto (untitled John Lee Hancock Monsanto Film) is an upcoming 2027 Netflix legal drama about the Johnson v. Monsanto Roundup trial, starring Jonathan Bailey, Laura Dern, LaKeith Stanfield, and Greg Kinnear, shot in Bavaria.
Monument (film)
Monument (2026), Bryan Singer's historical drama written by Alena Alova, stars Jon Voight and Joseph Mazzello as Israeli architects Yacov and Amnon Rechter, commissioned in 1999 to build a South Lebanon Army soldiers' memorial; released March 20, 2026, distinct from the Halpern-Geraghty Rhode Island documentary and Bodružić's Istria drama of the same name.
Mouse (2026 film)
Mouse is a 2026 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, starring Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Sophie Okonedo, and Chloe Coleman, set in Arkansas in 2002.
My Dearest Señorita (2026 film)
My Dearest Señorita (Mi querida señorita) is a 2026 Spanish Netflix drama by Fernando González Molina, a loose adaptation of the 1972 Jaime de Armiñán classic, starring intersex debut actress Elisabeth Martínez as Adela, set in 1999–2000 Pamplona and Madrid.
No Good Men
No Good Men (working title Kabul Jan) is a 2026 Afghan romantic comedy-drama by Shahrbanoo Sadat, opening film of the 76th Berlinale, about camerawoman Naru and reporter Qodrat in Kabul in 2021 before the Taliban's return.
No Pain
No Pain (Nessun dolore) is a 2026 Italian drama by Gianni Amelio, starring Alessandro Borghi, Valeria Golino, and Valerio Mastandrea, about a Roman bookseller drawn into migration and guilt; premiered out of competition at Venice 2026.
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes (눈 둘 데가 없네, Nunduldega eomne) is Hong Sang-soo's 2026 South Korean drama, his 35th feature: Kim Min-hee visits her estranged mother on Jeju Island; it won Best Direction, Best Performance, and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Locarno 2026.
Only What We Carry
Only What We Carry is a 2026 Jamie Adams drama starring Simon Pegg, Sofia Boutella, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Quentin Tarantino; improvised, shot in six days on the Normandy coast, premiered at Tribeca June 6, 2026.
Out of This World (2026 film)
Out of This World (2026) names two unrelated films: a 17-minute Filipino comedy short by Alessandro Leyva about an alien at high school, and Albert Serra's English-language debut drama, starring Riley Keough, about a US delegation in Russia during the Ukrainian war.
Paradise (2026 film)
Paradise (2026 film), Jérémy Comte's debut feature drama, a Canada-France-Ghana co-production about Ghanaian teen Kojo and Quebec teen Tony; premiered at Berlinale 14 February 2026, French release 19 August 2026. Distinct from The Paradise (Telugu), Attack on Paradise, and Paradise Lost.
Parallel Tales
Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) is Asghar Farhadi's 2026 French-language drama, in Cannes Competition, loosely based on Kieślowski's Dekalog VI, starring Isabelle Huppert as a novelist whose spied-upon neighbors enter her fiction; critically poorly received.
Pavane (film)
Pavane (파반느) is a 2026 South Korean youth melodrama on Netflix, directed by Lee Jong-pil, starring Ko A-sung, Byun Yo-han, and Moon Sang-min, adapted from Park Min-gyu's 2009 novel Pavane for a Dead Princess.
Perfect (2026 film)
Perfect (2026 film): Millicent Hailes's SXSW debut drama-romance starring Julia Fox and Ashley Moore, a sapphic romance in a water-scarce town; distinct from the cancelled Netflix Kerri Strug biopic of the same title.
Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards
Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards is a 2026 Channel 5 two-part factual drama by Wonderhood Studios, starring Martin Clunes as the disgraced BBC newsreader, dramatizing his grooming of a 17-year-old and 2024 conviction for indecent images.
Pretty Babies
Pretty Babies (2026) is Tyler-Marie Evans' debut drama, premiering at EIFF, starring Emily Alyn Lind, Sadie Stanley, Madelaine Petsch, and Ashley Benson; two Texas teens chasing Hollywood stardom fall into sex work.
Queen at Sea
Queen at Sea is a 2026 UK-US drama written and directed by Lance Hammer, starring Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay, and Anna Calder-Marshall. It won two Silver Bears at the 76th Berlinale and opened in UK cinemas 18 September 2026.
Queen of Chess
Queen of Chess is a 2026 Netflix documentary directed by Rory Kennedy about Hungarian grandmaster Judit Polgár, her father's chess experiment, and her rivalry with Garry Kasparov; premiered at Sundance January 27, 2026, streamed February 6.
Rain Reign
Rain Reign (2026) is an American drama directed by Erika Burke Rossa, adapted from Ann M. Martin's 2014 novel, starring Felice Kakaletris, Jeremy Sisto, and Paul Rudd; it premiered June 6, 2026 at Tribeca.
Red Light Teachers
Red Light Teachers is a 2026 American independent drama film written and directed by Chris Soriano, starring Drea Castro, Chris Soriano, and Hillary Soriano. It follows a Filipina immigrant whose unrecognized teaching credential pushes her into exotic dancing before she gets a high school teaching job, released limited in US theaters January 23, 2026.
Rehearsals for a Revolution (خاطرات ایران)
Rehearsals for a Revolution (خاطرات ایران, Khateraat-e Iran) is a 2026 documentary by Pegah Ahangarani tracing 40-plus years of Iranian history through five family portraits; it won Cannes' L'Œil d'Or and is the UK's Oscar submission.
Remarkably Bright Creatures (film)
Remarkably Bright Creatures is a 2026 Netflix drama directed by Olivia Newman, adapting Shelby Van Pelt's 2022 novel. Sally Field plays widow Tova, Lewis Pullman plays Cameron, and Alfred Molina voices the octopus Marcellus; released May 8, 2026.
Rose (2026 film)
Rose (2026) is an Austrian-German black-and-white historical drama by Markus Schleinzer, starring Sandra Hüller as a woman passing as a man in 17th-century Germany; it premiered in Berlinale competition, won Hüller a Silver Bear, and is Austria's 2027 International Feature Oscar candidate.
Salvation (2026 film)
Salvation (Kurtuluş) is Emin Alper's 2026 Turkish drama about a village land feud, Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner at Berlinale 2026; distinct from Tom Nicoll's UK debut and Denise Castro's Salvación.
See You When I See You (film)
See You When I See You is a 2026 American comedy-drama directed by Jay Duplass, adapted by Adam Cayton-Holland from his memoir Tragedy Plus Time, starring Cooper Raiff and Kaitlyn Dever; it premiered at Sundance 2026.
Shame and Money
Shame and Money (Hatixhja dhe Shabani) is a 2026 social realist drama by Visar Morina about Kosovar dairy farmers who lose their cows and move to Pristina. It won the Sundance 2026 World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
Sinner (자필) (2026 film)
Sinner (자필) is a 2026 South Korean crime drama, Hong Sung-min's feature debut, starring Jung Sung-il and Park Ji-hyun. It premiered at the 31st Busan International Film Festival's Korean Cinema Today – Panorama section, about a prosecutor reinvestigating a death row inmate's case after reading her letter.
Sparks (2026 film)
Sparks (2026) is Fergus Campbell's debut feature, a queer coming-of-age fantasy drama starring Elsie Fisher as Cleo, a Nevada teen trying to time-travel via a reservoir to 1960s Paris; SXSW premiere, Strand Releasing.
Street Smart (2026 film)
Street Smart (2026) is Catherine Hardwicke's drama, co-written with Nic Sheff, about unhoused young adults in Venice, California; premiered June 18, 2026 at Bentonville Film Festival, starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Yara Shahidi, and Isiah Hilt; distinct from the 1987 film and the 2026 Japanese film and Sonia Manzano documentary of the same name.