All the Movies Coming To Theaters in July 2026

July is doing what July does: big studio swings, horror, re-releases, weird limited drops and at least one title that feels engineered to make the internet argue for six straight weeks.

Movie Release Calendar - July 2026

Wednesday, July 1

Minions & Monsters - Starring: Zoey Deutch, Allison Janney, Bobby Moynihan,  An animated sci-fi family comedy from Universal.  

Friday, July 3

Thrash - Starring: Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, Djimon Hounsou. A wide horror thriller release.  

Lockbox - Starring: Carla Gugino, Katharine Isabelle, Lou Taylor Pucci. A limited horror release built around the kind of mystery-box premise that usually means nobody should have opened the thing in the first place.

Young Washington - Starring: William Franklyn-Miller, Mary-Louise Parker, Leo Hanna. Angel Studios releases this action-adventure biographical war film about a young George Washington.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World - Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, Stephen Colbert. A documentary look at the beloved poet, her work, and the way art can become a lifeline.

Swallowtail & Dragonfly - Starring: Vanessa Yao, Vivian Dawson, Russell Wong. A limited drama release centered on family, identity, and personal reckoning.

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Citizen Kane - Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Director: Orson Welles. The 85th anniversary release brings one of cinema’s most dissected, debated, and still ridiculously influential classics back to theaters.

Friday, July 10

Moana - Starring: Catherine Laga’aia, Dwayne Johnson, John Tui. Disney’s live-action musical adventure brings Moana back to the big screen.  

Evil Dead Burn - Starring: Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Souheila Yacoub. The horror franchise returns with a new mystery-driven nightmare.  

The Invite - Starring: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz. A24’s wide comedy-drama-romance release brings together a very stacked cast for what sounds like the dinner party from emotional hell

The Isolate Thief - Starring: Sean Bean, Joe Pantoliano, Mackenzie Foy. A limited action-drama-western release involving danger, desperation, and probably at least one person making very bad decisions in the desert.

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass - Starring: Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, Kerri Kenney. Sony Pictures Classics releases this limited comedy, and honestly, with that title, half the marketing is already done.

Mockbuster - Starring: Eric Roberts, Michael Paré, Michelle Bauer. A limited documentary/comedy/horror/sci-fi hybrid that looks at the wonderfully shameless world of movies made to sound almost like other movies.

The Hole - Starring: Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Miao Tien, Director: Tsai Ming-liang. The 2026 re-release brings the surreal drama-fantasy-musical back to theaters.

Black Chariot - Starring: Bernie Casey, Barbara O, Richard Elkins, Director: Robert L. Goodwin. Kino Lorber brings this drama back into theatrical circulation.

Saturday, July 11, 2026

My Neighbor Totoro - Starring: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Director: Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli Fest brings Miyazaki’s beloved animated classic back to theaters, which is exactly where Totoro deserves to be.

Friday, July 17

The Odyssey - Starring: Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Director: Christopher Nolan. Universal’s large-scale fantasy adventure adapts the mythic journey.  

Take Care of My Cat - Starring: Bae Doona, Lee Yo-won, Ok Ji-young, Director: Jeong Jae-eun. The 2026 re-release gives the acclaimed Korean drama another theatrical run.

Cut Off - Starring: Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Nathan Lane. Warner Bros. has this limited comedy-drama release lined up, with a cast that makes the whole thing instantly worth watching.

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez - Starring: Herman Gallegos, Jessica Govea, Taylor Hackford. A documentary about the trailblazing playwright, filmmaker, and activist Luis Valdez.

Reading Lolita in Tehran - Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mina Kavani. After its limited debut, the biographical drama expands wide this week.

Horsegirls - Starring: Gretchen Mol, Iqbal Theba, Lillian Carrier. A limited comedy-drama release from Sumerian Films.

The Kidnapping of Arabella - Starring: Benedetta Porcaroli, Lucrezia Guglielmino, Chris Pine, Director: Carolina Cavalli. Oscilloscope releases this limited comedy-crime-drama thriller about an abduction that clearly will not go according to plan.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth - Starring: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura. GKIDS brings the anime film back to theaters for a limited 2026 re-release.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion - Starring: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura. The legendary, emotionally devastating anime conclusion returns to theaters, because apparently we all need to feel things very intensely in July.

Bad Counselors - Starring: Matt Cornett, Missi Pyle, Chris Klein. A limited family comedy about counselors who, based on the title, probably should not be in charge of anyone.

Friday, July 24

Her Private Hell - Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu. A Neon crime-horror sci-fi thriller.  

Brunello: The Gracious Visionary - Starring: Marta Aguilar, Ramin Arani, Lorenzo Bachiorri. A documentary about Italian fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli and his humanistic approach to luxury.

Cruel Hands - Starring: Mavournee Hazel, Ana Benham, Max Cattana. Dark Sky Films releases this limited horror-thriller.

A Sad and Beautiful World - Starring: Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Julia Kassar, Director: Cyril Aris. A limited comedy-drama-romance release from MPI Media Group.

Pinocchio: Unstrung - Starring: Richard Brake, Robert Englund, Cameron Bell. A fantasy-horror-thriller twist on Pinocchio, because apparently even wooden boys are getting horror makeovers now.

Haunted Heist - Starring: Brett Gelman, Tiffany Haddish, Lil Rel Howery. A limited comedy-horror-mystery release about a heist that appears to have some supernatural complications.

Sunday, July 26, 2026

The Fifth Element - Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Director: Luc Besson. The sci-fi cult favorite returns to theaters, giving everyone another chance to experience peak 1997 weirdness on the big screen.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

WHAM! 10 Days in China - Starring: George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley. A limited documentary release revisiting WHAM!’s historic 1985 visit to China.

Friday, July 31

Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Spider-Man returns for another big-screen Marvel/Sony chapter.  

I Want Your Sex - Starring: Olivia Wilde, Daveed Diggs, Johnny Knoxville, Director: omitted. A comedy-drama-romance-thriller going wide from Magnolia.  

Middle Life - Starring: Leah Fay Goldstein, Peter Dreimanis, Luke Lalonde. A limited comedy-drama-romance release about midlife, relationships, and probably several uncomfortable realizations.

The Samurai and the Prisoner - Starring: Munetaka Aoki, Tasuku Emoto, Yamato Kochi. Janus Films releases this limited drama-history-mystery-thriller-war film.

Terrestrial - Starring: Jermaine Fowler, James Morosini, Pauline Chalamet. A limited sci-fi thriller from Indican Pictures.

July is stacked, but not in the old “everything is a $250 million explosion” way. It’s franchises, horror, animation, nostalgia, and a bunch of oddball limited releases fighting for oxygen. That’s a pretty damn healthy movie month.

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