Every Movie Coming to Theaters in September 2026 - Full Release Dates & Calendar
September is here, which means summer blockbuster season is technically over and Hollywood can finally start pretending it has become very serious and sophisticated again. Except this particular September also has genetically engineered super soldiers, a new Resident Evil, witches, zombies, Shaun the Sheep, concert movies, Studio Ghibli, Brad Pitt fighting for survival in the wilderness and Robert Pattinson playing a very familiar-looking television predator hunter. So maybe sophistication can wait until October.
From major wide releases to documentaries, limited releases, repertory screenings, concert films and special theatrical events, here are all the movies coming to theaters in September 2026 currently confirmed on the domestic theatrical calendar. Release dates can and absolutely will move because Hollywood enjoys keeping us humble, but this is where everything stands right now.
Movie Release Calendar - September 2026
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Fall 2: Deadpoint - Starring: Harriet Slater, Arsema Thomas, Tom Brittney. Director: Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig. Still grieving her sister’s death, Jax joins her sister’s friend for a terrifying climb on Thailand’s Mount Kwan that leaves them stranded thousands of feet above the ground. Get Fall (4K UHD Blu-ray) on Amazon here!
Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris - Starring: Katy Perry. The Lifetimes Tour comes to movie theaters with a concert film captured during Perry’s Paris performance, giving KatyCats a considerably less stressful way to get close to the stage.
Thursday, September 3, 2026
I’m Game - Starring: Kayadu Lohar, Parth Tiwari, Dulquer Salmaan. A three-hour action-crime thriller receiving a limited U.S. theatrical release.
Friday, September 4, 2026
American Summer - Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Dan Lauria, Mia Talerico. A family comedy getting a limited theatrical release from Blue Harbor Entertainment.
Barbara Forever - Starring: Florrie Burke, Barbara Hammer. A feature documentary examining the life and work of groundbreaking experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer.
Brailled It - A documentary from Suncatcher Productions arriving in a limited theatrical release.
By Any Means - Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie. Director: Elegance Bratton. Inspired by a true story, a young Black FBI agent investigating the murders of civil rights leaders in 1960s Mississippi is forced into an unlikely partnership with notorious mob hitman Greg Scarpa. Watch the By Any Means trailer here!
Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood - Starring: Maria Abo, Chinatsu Akasaki, Akane Amasawa. An animated historical drama from GKIDS exploring girlhood against the backdrop of war.
Dear You - Starring: Sitong Li, Yantong Wang, Shaoqing Wu. A family drama from Well Go USA Entertainment receiving a limited theatrical release.
Ever After - Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Mark Sheppard, Michael Berryman. A horror-thriller bringing together a wonderfully genre-friendly cast for a limited theatrical run.
Filipiñana - Starring: Jorrybell Agoto, Joanna Marie Banua, Angeli Bayani. Kino Lorber brings the acclaimed drama to theaters following its festival run.
La Ultima Oportunidad - Starring: Anais Salazar, Jimmy Dux, Roberto Escobar. A Spanish-language drama receiving a limited theatrical release.
Marketa Lazarová - Starring: Josef Kemr, Magda Vášáryová, Naďa Hejná. Janus Films returns František Vláčil’s celebrated historical epic to theaters in a limited engagement.
Onslaught - Starring: Adria Arjona, Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens. Director: Adam Wingard. A former Army sniper has to protect her daughter when genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, which seems like a fairly substantial escalation from the usual bad day. Watch the Onslaught trailer here!
The Sun Never Sets - Starring: Dakota Fanning, Debby Ryan, Brandon Daley. A romantic drama from IFC Films arriving in theaters this month.
Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass - Starring: Li Baixin, Mino Eek, Zhang Gang. Tom and Jerry return to the big screen for another animated adventure, this time with fantasy added to their usual commitment to destroying absolutely everything around them.
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Fall - Starring: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding. The original 2022 survival thriller returns to theaters just days after its sequel arrives, in case watching people dangle thousands of feet above the ground once wasn’t enough anxiety for one week. 
Buy Fall (4K UHD Blu-Ray) on Amazon here!
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Hope - Starring: Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon. A genre-blending action, horror and science-fiction thriller from Neon receiving a limited theatrical release.
Thursday, September 10, 2026
The Passion of the Christ - Starring: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern. Director: Mel Gibson. The 2004 biblical drama returns to theaters in a special 2026 re-release from Fathom Events.
Get The Passion of the Christ (The Definitive Edition)
Blu-Ray on Amazon here!
Friday, September 11, 2026
Black Zombie - Starring: Mambo Labelle Déese Botanica, Zandashé Brown, Tananarive Due. Kino Lorber’s documentary explores the intersection of Black history and horror through the cultural legacy of the zombie.
Don’t Look Back in Anger - Starring: Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher. A feature-length music documentary centered on Oasis arrives in theaters this month.
Gator Face - Starring: Tabitha Brownstone, Amariah Dionne, Nikolas Kolasinski. Epic Pictures Releasing brings this horror-thriller to theaters in limited release.
Kwaidan - Starring: Rentarō Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe. Director: Masaki Kobayashi. Janus Films brings Kobayashi’s gorgeous and deeply creepy Japanese horror anthology back to theaters, where those images deserve to be seen approximately fifty feet tall.
On a String - Starring: Isabel Hagen, Ling Ling Huang, Dylan Baker. A comedy-drama set in the world of music receives a limited theatrical run.
Practical Magic 2 - Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing. Director: Susanne Bier. The Owens women return as Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reunite for the long-awaited sequel to the 1998 supernatural favorite. Watch the Practical Magic 2 trailer here!
Runner - Starring: Alan Ritchson, Owen Wilson, Leila George. Director: Scott Waugh. An action-comedy thriller pairing Ritchson and Wilson arrives in limited release. Watch the Runner trailer here!
The Condor Daughter - Starring: Nely Huayta, Alisson Jimenez, Gregoria Maldonado. A drama receiving a limited theatrical release.
The Fix - Starring: Zachary Levi, Liam Neeson, Quincy Isaiah. Briarcliff Entertainment releases this action-thriller nationwide.
The Uprising - Starring: Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane. Focus Features brings this historical action-war drama to theaters nationwide.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Juan Gabriel: Mi Primer Bellas Artes - Starring: Juan Gabriel. A special theatrical music presentation celebrating Mexican music icon Juan Gabriel arrives in limited release.
Friday, September 18, 2026
Daayra - Starring: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kareena Kapoor, Mounis Ratta. A crime-drama thriller receiving a limited U.S. theatrical release.
Daniel and the Fiery Furnace - Starring: Mena Massoud, Elijah Alexander, Benedict Garrett. A biblical drama based on the story of Daniel arrives in theaters nationwide.
If I Go Will They Miss Me - Starring: J. Alphonse Nicholson, Danielle Brooks, Bodhi Dell. A drama receiving a limited theatrical release.
Nika & Madison - Starring: Ellyn Jade, Star Slade, Shawn Doyle. Indican Pictures releases this crime-drama thriller in limited theaters.
Resident Evil - Starring: Paul Walter Hauser, Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry. Director: Zach Cregger. Sony brings Resident Evil back to the big screen with a new action-horror take on the long-running video game franchise. Watch the Resident Evil trailer here!
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom - Starring: Nina Sosanya, Paul Whitehouse, Justin Fletcher. Director: Steve Cox & Matthew Walker. Halloween hits Mossy Bottom Farm, where Shaun’s attempt to repair the flock’s ruined pumpkin patch spirals into mad science, a missing Farmer and a mysterious beast roaming the woods. Watch the Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom trailer here!
Sunny Dancer - Starring: James Norton, Daniel Quinn Toye, Bella Ramsey. A comedy-drama from Quiver Distribution receiving a limited theatrical release.
The Weight - Starring: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones. Director: Padraic McKinley. Vertical Entertainment releases this action-crime drama nationwide. Watch the The Weight trailer here!
Traces of Home - Starring: Colette Ghunim, Hesni Ghunim, Iza Ghunim. A documentary from Watermelon Pictures following a family story across generations and places called home.
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way) - Starring: Mike Myers, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy. A documentary traces the extraordinary Toronto production of Godspell and the future comedy legends who came through its orbit before becoming, well, comedy legends.
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Heaven in Stone and Glass - Starring: Robert Barron. A feature documentary arrives in theaters nationwide.
NCT 127 5TH TOUR ‘NEO CITY : SEOUL - THE REDLINE’ in CINEMAS - Starring: Lee Dong-wook, Yuta Nakamoto, Tae Yong Lee. NCT 127 brings its massive Seoul concert experience to movie theaters for fans who would prefer their K-pop with a screen approximately the size of a small building.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Take Me Home - Starring: Steve Way, Ali Ahn, Shane Harper. A comedy-drama from WILLA receiving a limited theatrical release.
Friday, September 25, 2026
Avengers: Endgame (Encore)- Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo. Directors: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo. Marvel’s enormous 2019 finale returns to IMAX theaters, presumably because there were still three or four people who had not yet cried during “Avengers… assemble.”
Charlie Harper - Starring: Nick Robinson, Emilia Jones, Nicholas Cirillo. A romantic comedy from Row K Entertainment receiving a limited theatrical release.
Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers - Starring: Ethan Hawke. A feature documentary exploring the rivers and natural ecosystems of Texas arrives in limited release.
Forgotten Island - Starring: H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco. Directors: Joel Crawford & Januel Mercado. Two lifelong best friends are transported to a magical island inspired by Filipino mythology and discover that returning home could cost them the memories of their friendship. Watch the trailer for Forgotten Island here!
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! - Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda. Sony Pictures Classics releases this genre-bending comedy, drama, romance and science-fiction film nationwide.
Heart of the Beast - Starring: Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Anna Lambe. Director: David Ayer. Paramount Pictures sends Brad Pitt into an action-adventure survival story for one of the month’s major wide releases. Watch the Heart of the Beast trailer here!
Never After Dark - Starring: Moeka Hoshi, Kurumi Inagaki, Kento Kaku. A Japanese crime-fantasy-horror thriller arrives in theaters nationwide.
No Limbs, No Limits: The NickV Story - Starring: Nick Vujicic. A feature documentary tells the story of motivational speaker Nick Vujicic.
Primetime - Starring: Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo. Director: Lance Oppenheim. Pattinson stars in A24’s dramatized look at the rise of a television journalist and the controversial hidden-camera investigations that made him famous.
The Incomer - Starring: Gayle Rankin, Domhnall Gleeson, John Hannah. Sumerian Films releases this fantasy-tinged comedy-drama in limited theaters.
The Scout - Starring: Rutanya Alda, Matt Barats, Mimi Davila. Greenwich Entertainment releases this comedy-drama in limited theaters.
The Stunt Driver - Starring: Jay Baruchel, Ben Foster, Ed Helms. A biographical comedy-drama centered on the world of stunt driving receives a limited theatrical release.
The Vvaan: Force of the Forrest - Starring: Sidharth Malhotra, Tamannaah Bhatia, Shweta Tiwari. An Indian fantasy-action mystery thriller receives a limited U.S. theatrical release.
Victorian Psycho - Starring: Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs. Director: Zachary Wigon. An eccentric governess arrives at a remote Victorian manor, where increasingly strange events make everyone wonder exactly what kind of woman they have invited into the house. Watch the Victorian Pyscho trailer here!
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother - Starring: Tramell Tillman, Mahershala Ali, Giancarlo Esposito. Orion Pictures brings this crime-action thriller to theaters in limited release with a cast that certainly has my attention.
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way) - Starring: Mike Myers, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy. The documentary about Toronto’s ridiculously influential Godspell production expands nationwide after its limited opening.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Princess Mononoke - Starring: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka. Director: Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli Fest brings Miyazaki’s breathtaking fantasy epic back to theaters, and yes, you should absolutely see Princess Mononokeon a giant screen if you get the chance.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Linkin Park: Unshatter - Starring: Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Joseph Hahn. Trafalgar Releasing brings Linkin Park to theaters with a feature-length music documentary looking at the band’s history and evolution.
September 2026 is one of those months that makes the whole “movie theaters are dying” conversation feel particularly strange. There are big studio movies, horror franchises, documentaries, concert events, international films, restorations, Studio Ghibli, indie releases and Practical Magic 2, which alone may be responsible for an alarming spike in people buying candles and pretending they live in an old Victorian house.
As always, theatrical release schedules can change - sometimes at the last freaking minute - so bookmark this page and check back throughout September. We’ll keep the calendar updated as movies shift dates, new limited releases are announced and additional theatrical events are added.
Want to know what came to movie theaters last month? We got you covered in Everything Coming to Movie Theaters in August 2026!
On Air Talent / Creator / Author / Producer
Kyle McMahon is an American television personality, radio host, journalist, actor, singer and songwriter. He is known for appearing in Oprah's Lifeclass, the Oscar winning film Selma, hosting Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon on iHeart Radio and touring with LFO and O-Town.
The Ultimate Guide to Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Every Tale, Monster, Midnight Society & Scare
