Best Movies of 2026 by Director
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17
Casey Affleck
Scoot McNairy, Nick Nolte, Ben Mendelsohn, Emily Alyn Lind, Adelaide Clemens
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Western
USA / United Arab Emirates
English
2744
22
Stephanie Ahn
Joohong Jung, Ferin Bergen, Will Cobbs, Paco Lozano, Taylor Kowalski
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2704
14
Emin Alper
Erdal Acil, Mehmet Selim Akgul, Selim Akgül, Berkay Ates, Caner Cindoruk
Drama
Turkey / Greece / Saudi Arabia / France / Sweden / Netherlands
Turkish
2706
15
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close, Miguel Bernardeau, Guitarricadelafuente
Drama / History / Music / Romance / War
Spain / France
Spanish
2710
17
Ali Asgari
Missagh Zareh, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin DaghighMina Rahimzadeh
Drama
Iran / Switzerland / Italy / Canada / Turkey
Persian
2744
22
Kyle Balda
Hugh Jackman, Brett Goldstein, Patrick Stewart, Regina Hall, Bella Ramsey
Comedy / Family / Mystery / Action / Adventure / Famly
Ireland / UK / USA
English
2710
17
Marco Bechis
Ana Celentano, Marcelo Chaparro, Paula Cohen, Maria Laila Fernandez
Drama / Thriller
Italy / Brazil
Italian
2710
17
Danny Boyle
Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy, Bertie Carvel, Blake Harrison
Biography / Drama / Thriller
UK / France / USA
English
2710
17
Stéphane Brizé
Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, Renaud Petitjean, Benjamin Sarfati, Vanessa Milot
Drama
France
French
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2744
22
James Cameron, Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Andrew Marshall, Solomon Smith, Abraham Nouri
Documentary / Music
USA
English
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12
Ilker Çatak
Yusuf Akgün, Emre Bakar, Tansu Biçer, Leyla Smyrna Cabas, Kerem Can
Drama
Germany / France / Turkey
Turkish
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4
Lee Chang-dong
Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, Cho Yeo-jeong, Ha Lim Lee
Drama / Romance
South Korea / USA
Korean
2744
22
Adrian Chiarella
Tyallah Bullock, Stacy Clausen, Joe Bird, Ewen Leslie, Mia Wasikowska
Horror / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Australia
English
2744
22
Steve Cox, Matthew Walker
Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Nina Sosanya, Kate Harbour, Richard Webber
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Horror
UK / France / USA
English
2744
22
Zach Cregger
Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser, Will Merrick
Horror / Action / Adventure / SciFi / Thriller
Germany / USA / Czech Republic / Canada / Australia / New Zealand / France
English
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17
Edoardo De Angelis
Vanessa Scalera, Lino Musella, Elena Radonicich, Ivana Lotito, Tommaso Ragno
Comedy / Drama
Italy
Italian
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23
Beth de Araújo
Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, Philip Ettinger, Syra McCarthy
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2692
10
May el-Toukhy
Mathilde Arcel, Carsten Bjørnlund, Sofia Nolsøe
Biography / Drama / History / Mystery / Thriller / War
Denmark / Latvia / Sweden
Danish
2744
22
Karena Evans, Brian Kirk
Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Scoot McNairy
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2709
16
Peter Farrelly
Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, P.J. Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2744
22
Tom George, Bassam Tariq
Riz Ahmed, Guz Khan, Aasiya Shah, Sheeba Chaddha, Ritu Arya
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi / Spy
USA / UK
English
2770
23
Petar Glomazic, Biljana Tutorov
Nadja Stanisic, Milena Zivanovic
Documentary
Montenegro / Serbia / Croatia / France / Slovenia
Montenegrin
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20
Dave Green
Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Tone Bell, Martha Kelly, Luis Guzmán
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Action
USA
English
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9
Valeska Grisebach
Yana Radeva, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov, Velko Frandev, Stoicho Kostadinov
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany / France / Bulgaria / Austria
Bulgarian
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19
Lance Hammer
Noah Hunt Basden, Juliette Binoche, Anna Calder-Marshall, Tom Courtenay
Drama
UK / USA
English
2744
22
Aleshea Harris
Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Vivica A. Fox, Sterling K. Brown, Janelle Monáe
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Western
USA
English
2711
18
Sian Heder
Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O'Brien, Rob Delaney, Jon Beavers, Will Brill, Ray Fisher
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2744
22
Anthony Hemingway
Sarah Pidgeon, Paul Anthony Kelly, Grace Gummer, Alessandro Nivola, Talia Balsam
Biography / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2710
17
Werner Herzog
Kate Mara, Rooney Mara, Simon Delaney, Orlando Bloom, Hugh O'Conor
Drama
Ireland / USA
English
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18
Hur Jin-ho
Yoo Hai Jin, Park Hae-il, Lee Min-ho, Ryu Hye-young
Crime / Drama / History / Mystery / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
2744
22
Matt Johnson
Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall, Stavros Halkias
Biography / Comedy / Drama
USA / Canada
English
2710
17
Cédric Kahn
Zoé Monpart, Malou Khebizi, Kenji Peyran, Raphaël Besson
Drama
France
French
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17
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Teodor Currentzis, Radmila Shchogolieva, Anatoliy Vassiliev, Maria Nafpliotou
Biography / Drama / History
Germany / France / Sweden
Russian
2744
22
Michael Patrick King
Lisa Kudrow, Laura Silverman, Damian Young, Malin Akerman, Dan Bucatinsky
Comedy
USA
English
2710
17
Hirokazu Koreeda
Ryô Ikeda, Miyu Sasaki, Maho Yamada, Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita
Drama
Japan
Japanese
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11
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action / Adventure / Mystery
USA
English
2744
22
Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern
Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Paul Arthurs, Gem Archer, Andy Bell
Documentary / Music
UK / USA
English
2710
17
Martin McDonagh
Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, John Malkovich, Parker Posey, Tom Waits
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
UK / USA / Chile
English
2744
22
Padraic McKinley
Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio, Avi Nash
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Drama
Canada / USA / Germany
English
2710
17
Nanni Moretti
Louis Garrel, Jasmine Trinca, Angela Finocchiaro, Elena Lietti, Antonio De Matteo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / France / Spain
Italian
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23
Visar Morina
Astrit Kabashi, Flonja Kodheli, Fiona Gllavica, Kumrije Hoxha, Labinot Lajçi
Drama
Rep of N Macedonia / Germany / Belgium / Albania / Slovenia / Kosovo
Albanian
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7
Cristian Mungiu
Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Thorbjørn Harr
Drama / Thriller
Romania / France / Norway / Denmark / Finland / Sweden
English
2744
22
Hiro Murai, Andrew DeYoung, Samuel Donovan, Ti West
Matthew Rhys, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Kate O'Flynn, Kevin Carroll, Dale Dickey
Comedy / Drama / Horror
USA
English
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1
Christopher Nolan
Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama / Epic
UK / USA / Canada / New Zealand / Iceland
English
2570
5
Lance Oppenheim
Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher, Phoebe Bridgers
Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action / Adventure
USA
English
2710
17
Andrea Pallaoro
Alicia Vikander, Luca Marinelli, Susan Sarandon, Peter Coonan, Antonia Fotaras
Drama / Romance
Italy / Belgium
English
2710
17
Nicolas Pariser
Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Golshifteh Farahani, Léonie Simaga
Drama
France
French
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22
Kane Parsons
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Mystery
USA / Canada
English
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21
Serville Poblete
Joshua Obra, Dashawn Blackwood, Arianna Shannon, Milan Deng, Trinity Lloyd
Comedy / Drama
Canada
English
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19
Theja Rio
Anghlong Konyak, Sobino Rengma, Douglas Henshall, Genpai Konyak, Wangton Konyak
Drama / History
India
Konyak
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2
Jane Schoenbrun
Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Patrick Fischler, Zach Cherry, Jack Haven
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller
USA / Canada / UK
English
2744
22
Jake Schreier, Lee Sung Jin, Kitao Sakurai
Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Melton, Seoyeon Jang
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2744
22
Andrew Stanton, McKenna Harris
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Conan O'Brien, Greta Lee, Scarlett Spears
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Action
USA
English
2706
15
Simon Stone
Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman, Johnny Flynn, Peter Mullan, Billie Piper
Biography / Drama
UK / Italy / USA
English
2744
22
Christopher Storer, Duccio Fabbri
Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2710
17
Paolo Strippoli
Jasmine Trinca, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Adriano Giannini, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Italy / Belgium / France
Italian
2744
22
Brett Sullivan
Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada, Patrick Page
Music / Musical
UK / USA
English
2744
22
Bassam Tariq
Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito, Abubakr Ali, Laith Nakli
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Adventure
UK / USA
English
2710
17
Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Rodney Hicks, Geoffrey Rush, Mark Merphy, Tatyana Ali, Lily Franky
Action / Biography / Drama / History / War
Japan / USA / Vietnam / Thailand
English
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3
various
Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden
Drama
USA
English
2744
22
Dearbhla Walsh, Kate Herron, Alice Seabright
Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Pfeiffer, Thaddea Graham
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2744
22
Olivia Wilde
Penélope Cruz, Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, Rachel Thurow
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2744
22
Josef Kubota Wladyka
Rinko Kikuchi, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda, You, Yoh Yoshida
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
USA
Japanese
2710
17
Florian Zeller
Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Stephen Graham, Paul Dano
Drama / Thriller
France / Spain
English
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8
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Dmitriy Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Boris Kudrin, Yuriy Zavalnyouk, Varvara Shmykova
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France / Latvia / Germany / Russia
Russian