Nuremberg is a 2025 historical drama written and directed by James Vanderbilt, adapted from Jack El-Hai's nonfiction book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist. Released by Sony Pictures Classics, it dramatizes the months surrounding the first Nuremberg trial, when the surviving leaders of the Third Reich were brought before an international tribunal, and centers on the unsettling relationship that formed between a captive Nazi and the American doctor assigned to gauge his sanity.
Rami Malek plays Douglas Kelley, the U.S. Army psychiatrist tasked with evaluating the imprisoned Nazi high command, while Russell Crowe delivers a commanding turn as Hermann Göring, the charismatic and manipulative Reichsmarschall who becomes both his subject and his adversary. Michael Shannon plays Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, the chief American prosecutor determined to build a lasting framework of international law, with Richard E. Grant, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, and Colin Hanks filling out the ensemble.
Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival to one of its longest standing ovations, the film earned praise for Crowe's magnetic, chilling performance and for its sober reckoning with how ordinary-seeming men rationalized atrocity. A courtroom drama and a psychological duel in equal measure, it grossed more than $70 million worldwide. Nuremberg is streaming on Netflix.
Splitsville is a 2025 relationship comedy directed by Michael Angelo Covino, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kyle Marvin, the filmmaking partners behind the acclaimed 2019 indie The Climb. Distributed by Neon and premiering at the Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight, it pairs elaborate comic set pieces with a wry, grown-up look at marriage, monogamy and friendship.
The story follows Carey (Kyle Marvin), whose world caves in when his wife Ashley (Adria Arjona) abruptly asks for a divorce. Seeking comfort, he turns to his friends Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul (Covino), only to learn that their seemingly idyllic marriage runs on an open arrangement, a revelation that sends all four characters spinning through jealousy, farce and hard-won self-discovery. The result is an ensemble comedy about the messy compromises couples make in order to stay together.
Splitsville arrived on a wave of festival buzz and warm reviews, with critics singling out the chemistry of its four leads, Covino and Marvin's escalating physical comedy, and the film's willingness to treat questions of desire and commitment with both humor and honesty. Streaming on Hulu.
The Bad Guys 2 is DreamWorks Animation's sequel to its 2022 hit heist comedy, once again adapting Aaron Blabey's best-selling children's books. Pierre Perifel returns to direct, joined by co-director JP Sans, and the ensemble voice cast reprises the reformed criminal crew: Sam Rockwell as the smooth-talking Mr. Wolf, Marc Maron as Mr. Snake, Awkwafina as Ms. Tarantula, Craig Robinson as Mr. Shark and Anthony Ramos as Mr. Piranha.
Now trying to go straight, the ex-Bad Guys discover that honest life is harder than crime, and that nobody quite trusts a gang of former villains. They are dragged back into the game when a slick new all-female crew of thieves, the Bad Girls, blackmails them into one last job. Led by a snow leopard named Kitty Kat (Danielle Brooks), with Natasha Lyonne and Maria Bakalova rounding out the team, the caper spirals into a globe-trotting adventure that escalates all the way to a heist in orbit. Zazie Beetz returns as Governor Diane Foxington.
Released in August 2025, the sequel drew strong reviews, earning an 88 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and an A CinemaScore, with critics praising its slick animation, retro-heist energy and expanded ensemble. It grossed well over 200 million dollars worldwide and carried its popularity onto streaming. Streaming on Peacock.
Elio is Pixar Animation Studios' 2025 science-fiction adventure, a cosmic coming-of-age story about a space-obsessed boy who finally gets the encounter with alien life he has always dreamed of, though not at all in the way he imagined. The project went through a notable creative evolution: originally developed and directed by Adrian Molina, the co-director of Coco, it was ultimately steered to the screen by directors Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian. Yonas Kibreab voices the title character, with Zoe Saldana as his aunt and guardian, Olga.
The story follows eleven-year-old Elio Solis, a lonely, imaginative orphan who is suddenly beamed up to the Communiverse, an interstellar body made up of representatives from civilizations across the galaxy. Mistaken for Earth's official ambassador, Elio is swept into a whirl of intergalactic diplomacy and danger, befriending a gentle alien named Glordon while trying to head off the belligerent warlord Lord Grigon. As he bluffs his way through the role of a lifetime, Elio slowly finds the sense of belonging that always eluded him back home.
A dazzling showcase for Pixar's latest lighting and design tools, Elio earned warm reviews for its animation and its heartfelt core, and audiences handed it a coveted A CinemaScore. Even so, it opened quietly and became one of Pixar's lower-grossing theatrical releases, before finding a much larger audience on streaming after its arrival on Disney+. Streaming on Disney+.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a 2025 supernatural horror film from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures, the sequel to the record-breaking 2023 adaptation of Scott Cawthon's blockbuster video-game series. Emma Tammi returns to direct, and Cawthon himself again co-wrote the screenplay, keeping the film tethered to the sprawling lore that made the games a phenomenon among younger horror fans.
Josh Hutcherson returns as Mike Schmidt, still reeling from the events at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, alongside Piper Rubio as his younger sister Abby and Matthew Lillard as William Afton, the killer at the black heart of the franchise. The sequel expands the nightmare beyond the original pizzeria, drawing its haunted animatronics and a fresh wave of terror from the second video game's setting, as the survivors are pulled back into a decades-old cycle of violence and possession.
Released in December 2025, Five Nights at Freddy's 2 opened at number one and grossed well over $200 million worldwide, cementing the franchise as one of horror's most reliable box-office draws even as critics remained unconvinced. A rare adaptation embraced by its enormous fanbase, it is now streaming on Peacock.
Toy Story 5 is Pixar's 2026 return to its flagship franchise, directed by Andrew Stanton, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker behind Finding Nemo and WALL-E, in his first film in the Toy Story series. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen return as Woody and Buzz Lightyear, the roles they have voiced since the original film redefined animation in 1995, with Joan Cusack back as Jessie.
Set after the events of Toy Story 4, the film pits the toys against their most modern threat yet: not a rival toy or a careless owner, but a screen. When young Bonnie becomes fixated on a sleek new tablet named Lilypad, voiced by Greta Lee, Woody, Buzz, and the gang confront the possibility that traditional playthings are becoming obsolete in an age of digital devices. The result is a story about staying relevant and needed as the world changes around you, a theme the series has always explored through its toys' fear of being outgrown.
Toy Story 5 opened in June 2026 to strong reviews and enthusiastic audiences, earning an "A" CinemaScore and ranking among the biggest global releases of the year. Praised for its animation, humor, and emotional core, it extended one of the most beloved and commercially dominant franchises in film history. It is now streaming on Disney+.
Supergirl is a 2026 superhero film from Warner Bros. and DC Studios, the latest chapter in the rebooted DC Universe overseen by James Gunn and Peter Safran. Directed by Craig Gillespie, the filmmaker behind I, Tonya and Cruella, and written by Ana Nogueira, it adapts Tom King and Bilquis Evely's acclaimed 2021 comic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, trading sunny optimism for a harder-edged, interstellar revenge saga.
Milly Alcock stars as Kara Zor-El, a battle-worn Kryptonian who spent far more of her early life on a dying world than her cousin Superman did, leaving her cynical and haunted. When a vengeful young alien named Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley) enlists her help to hunt down the killer Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts), Kara embarks on a bloody, galaxy-spanning quest that tests what kind of hero she wants to be. Alcock first appeared briefly as the character in a cameo at the close of Gunn's Superman before headlining her own film.
Released theatrically in June 2026, the film underperformed at the box office, grossing roughly $126 million worldwide against high expectations for an early DCU cornerstone. Reviews were mixed, but Alcock's steely, charismatic performance drew consistent praise, and the film found a far larger and more enthusiastic audience once it arrived on streaming. It is now available on HBO Max.
Backrooms is a 2026 horror film from A24, the feature directorial debut of Kane Parsons, who created the viral YouTube web series of the same name while still a teenager. Adapted and expanded from that internet phenomenon, it brings the "liminal space" creepypasta, endless humming corridors of deserted, fluorescent-lit rooms, to the big screen.
The story follows characters who slip out of ordinary reality into an ever-shifting dimension of empty hallways, stalked by things that lurk in its monotony. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve lead the cast, alongside Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell, as the trapped survivors race to find a way back before the maze swallows them whole.
Made for a reported $10 million, Backrooms became a surprise phenomenon, grossing more than $400 million worldwide and drawing strong reviews, with an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes, for Parsons's assured, unnerving direction; he became the youngest filmmaker ever to top the U.S. box office. After a theatrical and digital run, the film arrives on HBO Max on September 25, 2026. On HBO Max.
The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first Star Wars feature film to reach theaters since 2019, directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Lucasfilm. It graduates the hit Disney+ series The Mandalorian to the big screen, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and continuing the saga of television's most popular new Star Wars characters.
Pedro Pascal returns as the taciturn bounty hunter Din Djarin, reunited with the Force-sensitive foundling Grogu after the events of the series. Working for the fragile New Republic, the pair are drawn into a perilous mission that pits them against Imperial remnants and a warlord's forces, fighting through gladiatorial arenas, crime syndicates, and ancient monsters. Sigourney Weaver joins the cast as a New Republic officer, with Jeremy Allen White among the voice cast and a cameo from filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
Released in May 2026, it drew mixed reviews, praised for its action sequences, score, and Pascal's presence but faulted for a thin story, and grossed around $346 million worldwide, a soft result by Star Wars standards. It began streaming on Disney+ on September 2, 2026.
How to Train Your Dragon is a 2025 live-action fantasy adventure from Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation, written and directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and co-directed the beloved animated trilogy it reimagines. It stands as DreamWorks Animation's first live-action feature, with DeBlois returning to translate the 2010 original into flesh, scale, and photoreal dragons while keeping its emotional core intact.
Set on the rugged Viking island of Berk, where humans and dragons have warred for generations, the story follows Hiccup (Mason Thames), the inventive, underestimated son of chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler). When Hiccup secretly befriends a wounded Night Fury he names Toothless, their bond overturns everything his people believe about dragons and threatens the only way of life Berk has ever known. Nico Parker co-stars as Astrid, with Nick Frost as Gobber and Julian Dennison as Fishlegs.
Released in June 2025, the remake earned an "A" CinemaScore matching the original animated film and grossed more than $630 million worldwide, launching a new live-action franchise. Critics praised its faithful spectacle and John Powell's returning score, even as some felt it hewed closely to its predecessor. It is streaming on Peacock.
Masters of the Universe is a 2026 live-action fantasy adventure directed by Travis Knight, the filmmaker behind Kubo and the Two Strings and Bumblebee. Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios in North America and Sony Pictures internationally, it brings Mattel's iconic 1980s toy line and animated series to the screen on a grand scale after decades of stalled attempts to adapt it.
Nicholas Galitzine stars as Prince Adam, who was raised on Earth and must return to his home planet of Eternia to claim his destiny as the sword-wielding hero He-Man and stop the tyrannical sorcerer Skeletor, played by Jared Leto. The cast includes Camila Mendes as Teela, Idris Elba as Man-At-Arms, Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Morena Baccarin as the Sorceress and Kristen Wiig as Roboto.
The film opened in theaters in June 2026 to mixed-to-positive reviews and an underwhelming box office of around $114 million against a large budget, but it found a far bigger audience after arriving on streaming, racking up more than a billion minutes viewed in its first week. Nostalgic and effects-heavy, it delivered the power-of-Grayskull spectacle longtime fans had waited decades to see. It is streaming on Prime Video.
