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What to watch in movie theaters & streaming for 2026, 2027, and beyond (Updated May 2026)

Latest movie release dates: what to watch in 2026, 2027, and even further out

Additional contributions by Jules Chin Greene, Avery Kaplan, Chris Arrant

Published on Fri May 01 2026

From Supergirl to The Social Reckoning, Heartstopper Forever to the next Hunger Games, there are a lot of movies in your future - so many that you might need a quick guide to the release dates of all the major movies hitting theaters and streaming for 2026, 2027 and beyond.

(Updated May 1 2026.)

Upcoming movies for May 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
May 1	The Devil Wears Prada 2	Theatrical
May 1	Swapped	Netflix
May 1	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Tears of the Azure Sea	Theatrical
May 8	Mortal Kombat 2	Theatrical
May 8	The Sheep Detectives	Theatrical
May 12	Marty, Life is Short	Netflix
May 15	Obsession	Theatrical
May 20	Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War	Prime Video
May 22	Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu	Theatrical
May 22	I Love Boosters	Theatrical
May 29	Backrooms	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for June 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
June 5	Masters of the Universe	Theatrical
June 5	Office Romance	Netflix
June 12	Disclosure Day	Theatrical
June 12	Scary Movie 6	Theatrical
June 12	Stop! That! Train!	Theatrical
June 19	Toy Story 5	Theatrical
June 19	The Death of Robin Hood	Theatrical
June 26	Supergirl	Theatrical
June 26	Little Brother	Netflix
June 26	Jackass: Best and Last (FKA Jackass 5)	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for July 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
July 1	Minions and Monsters	Theatrical
July 1	Enola Holmes 3	Netflix
July 10	Moana	Theatrical
July 10	Evil Dead Burn	Theatrical
July 17	The Odyssey	Theatrical
July 17	Heartstopper Forever	Netflix
July 24	Hadestown	Theatrical
July 31	Spider-Man: Brand New Day	Theatrical
July 31	I Want Your Sex	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for August 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
August 7	Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma	Theatrical
August 7	One Night Only	Theatrical
August 7	The Last House	Netflix
August 14	The End of Oak Street	Theatrical
August 14	Paw Patrol 3: The Dino Movie	Theatrical
August 21	Insidious: The Bleeding World	Theatrical
August 21	Hot Spot	Theatrical
August 21	Mutiny	Theatrical
August 28	The Dog Stars	Theatrical
August 21	Cliffhanger	Theatrical
August 28	Coyote v. Acme	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for September 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
September 4	How To Rob a Bank	Theatrical
September 4	By Any Means	Theatrical
September 4	Mayday	Apple TV
September 11	Practical Magic 2	Theatrical
September 18	Resident Evil	Theatrical
September 25	Forgotten Island	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for October 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
October 2	Digger	Theatrical
October 2	Verity	Theatrical
October 9	The Social Reckoning	Theatrical
October 9	The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender	Paramount+
October 9	Matchbox: The Movie	Apple TV
October 9	Other Mommy	Theatrical
October 16	Street Fighter	Theatrical
October 23	Clayface	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for November 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
November 6	Godzilla Minus Zero	Theatrical
November 6	The Cat in the Hat	Theatrical
November 6	Wild Horse 9	Theatrical
November 13	The Great Beyond	Theatrical
November 13	Return of the Living Dead	Theatrical
November 20	The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping	Theatrical
November 26	Hexed	Theatrical
November 26	Narnia: The Magician's Nephew	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for December 2026

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
December 4	Violent Night 2	Theatrical
December 18	Avengers: Doomsday	Theatrical
December 18	Dune: Part Three	Theatrical
December 23	The Angry Birds Movie 3	Theatrical
December 25	Jumanji: Open World	Theatrical
December 25	Werwulf	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for January 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
January 15	The Beekeeper 2	Theatrical
January 15	Children of Blood and Bone	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for February 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
February 5	Remain	Theatrical
February 7	Ice Age: Boiling Point	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for March 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
March 5	Gatto	Theatrical
March 5	The Thomas Crown Affair	Theatrical
March 12	Untitled Mike Flanagan Exorcist project	Theatrical
March 19	Untitled Sonic the Hedgehog 4 movie	Theatrical
March 26	Godzilla x Kong: Supernova	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for May 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
May 7	The Legend of Zelda	Theatrical
May 21	Paranormal Activity 8	Theatrical
May 21	Bad Fairies	Theatrical
May 28	Star Wars: Starfighter	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for June 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
June 11	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Theatrical
June 18	Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse	Theatrical
June 30	Shrek 5	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for July 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
July 9	Man of Tomorrow	Theatrical
July 23	Untitled A Minecraft Movie sequel	Theatrical
July 30	A Quiet Place 3	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for August 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
August 6	Untitled Bluey movie	Theatrical
August 13	Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequel	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for September 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
September 3	The Simpsons Movie 2	Theatrical
September 10	The Conjuring: First Communion	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for October 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
October 1	The Batman Part II	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for November 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
November 5	Margie Claus	Theatrical
November 10	Helldivers	Theatrical
November 19	Gremlins 3	Theatrical
November 19	Untitled Daniels film	Theatrical
November 24	Frozen III	Theatrical

Upcoming movies for December 2027

Release Date	Movie Title	Availability
December 17	Avengers: Secret Wars	Theatrical
December 17	The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum	Theatrical

But wait, there's more! Here are other upcoming major movies that have been announced - complete with a distant release date.

Fast Forever - March 17, 2028
The Mummy 4 - May 19, 2028
Dynamic Duo - June 30, 2028
Sonic Universe Event Film - December 22, 2028
Avatar 4 - December 21, 2029
Avatar 5 - December 19, 2031

If your tastes are a bit more specific, we have streamlined guides to the upcoming MCU movies & TV shows, upcoming DC movies & TV shows, upcoming Star Wars movies & TV shows, upcoming Star Trek movies & TV shows, and one of all the upcoming superhero movies.

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