Andrew Buckner’s 35 Favorite Feature Films of 2026 (So Far)

by Andrew Buckner 

*Please note: The feature films included in this list are done so based on an official original release date of 2026 in The United States.

35. Exit 8

Director: Genki Kawamura

34. Kontinental ’25

Director: Radu Jude

33. Saccharine

Director: Natalie Erika James

32. Michael

Director: Antoine Fuqua

31. Hokum

Director: Damian McCarthy

30. Obsession 

Director: Curry Barker

29. Mother Mary

Director: David Lowery

28. Fuze

Director: David Mackenzie

27. In the Grey

Director: Guy Ritchie 

26. Mother of Flies

Directors: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser

25. They Will Kill You

Director: Kirill Sokolov

24. Crazy Old Lady

Director: Martin Mauregui

23. Faces of Death

Director: Daniel Goldhaber

22. Bodycam

Director: Brandon Christensen

21. Normal

Director: Ben Wheatley

20. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

Director: Lee Cronin

19. Dracula: A Love Story 

Director: Luc Besson

18. The Bride!

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal

17. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

16. Iron Lung

Director: Mark Fischbach

15. Cold Storage

Director: Jonny Campbell 

14. The Drama

Director: Kristoffer Borgli

13. The AI Doc: Or How I Learned to be an Apocaloptimist 

Directors: Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell

12. Dolly

Director: Rod Blackhurst

11. Primate

Director: Johannes Roberts

10. Pressure

Director: Anthony Maras

9. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Director: Nia DaCosta

8. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Director: Gore Verbinski

7. Send Help

Director: Sam Raimi

6. Undertone

Director: Ian Tuason

5. Forbidden Fruits 

Director: Meredith Alloway

4. Backrooms

Director: Kane Parsons

3. Wuthering Heights 

Director: Emerald Fennell

2. Alpha

Director: Julia Ducournau

1. Disclosure Day

Director: Steven Spielberg

Runners-up:

Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round

Director: Aidan Leary

Mortal Kombat II

Director: Simon McQuid

One Spoon of Chocolate

Director: RZA

Over Your Dead Body

Director: Jorma Taccone

Passenger

Director: Andre Ovredal

Slanted 

Director: Amy Wang

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