
JANUARY 2026


We Bury The Dead
January 2nd, 2026
Vertical
Directed by Zak Hilditch (“1922”)
Starring Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Smith, Matt Whelan, Chloe Hurst, Kym Jackson
Opening Weekend Box Office: $2,502,075
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Description: After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don’t just rise – they hunt. Ava searches for her missing husband, but what she finds is far more terrifying.

| Jan 02, 2026 | Cheetahs Up Close with Bertie Gregory | Nat Geo | Jigar Ganatra | Documentary |
| Jan 02, 2026 | Critical Incident: Death at the Border | HBO Doc | Rick Rowley | Documentary |
| Jan 02, 2026 | Der Tiger | Amazon MGM | Dennis Gansel | David Schütter |
| Jan 02, 2026 | I’m Chevy Chase And You’re Not | CNN | Marina Zenovich | Documentary |
| Jan 02, 2026 | KIDZ BOP LIVE: The Concert Movie | Fathom | Alex Kolb | Concert |


The Dutchman
January 2nd, 2026
Rogue Pictures | Inaugural Entertainment
Directed by Andre Gaines (“Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics”)
Starring André Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Aldis Hodge, Lauren E. Banks
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Description: A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a sexualized game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman on a subway that leads to a violent conclusion.

| Jan 02, 2026 | Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline | GKIDS | Takeshi Koike | Kan’ichi Kurita |
| Jan 02, 2026 | Meandering Scars | Circus Road | Kody Leibowitz & Allison Norlian | Documentary |
| Jan 02, 2026 | The Mother and the Bear | Dekanalog | Johnny Ma | Kim Ho-jung |
| Jan 02, 2026 | Nobody Wants To Shoot A Woman | Freestyle | Kerry Ann Enright | Tina Benko |
| Jan 02, 2026 | We Are The Toledo Troopers | Buffalo 8 | Jonathon Kimble | Documentary |


Primate
January 9th, 2026
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Johannes Roberts (“Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City”)
Starring Johnny Sequoyah, Jess Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Victoria Wyant, Gia Hunter, Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann
Opening Weekend Box Office: $11,155,908
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Description: A group of friends’ tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.

| Jan 09, 2026 | All That’s Left Of You | Watermelon | Cherien Dabis | Saleh Bakri |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Bulls | Vertical | Daniel Meyer | Michael Shannon |
| Jan 09, 2026 | The Conspiracists | Buffalo 8 | Michael Perrie Jr. | Christopher Murray |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Escape from the Outland | CMC | Ao Shen | Xiao Yang |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Holding Liat | Film Collaborative | Brandon Kramer | Documentary |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Homegrown | GATHR | Michael Premo | Documentary |
| Jan 09, 2026 | I Was A Stranger | Angel | Brandt Andersen & Charlie Endean | Yasmine Al Massri |


Greenland 2: Migration
January 9th, 2026
Lionsgate
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh (“Greenland” & “Kandahar”)
Starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah, Gordon Alexander, Peter Polycarpou, William Abadie, Tommie Earl Jenkins
Opening Weekend Box Office: $8,401,148
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Description: The surviving Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker and embark on a perilous journey across the decimated frozen wasteland of Europe to find a new home.

| Jan 09, 2026 | Labyrinth (40th Anniversary) | Fathom | Jim Henson | David Bowie ◦ Jennifer Connelly |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Magellan | Janus | Lav Diaz | Gael García Bernal |
| Jan 09, 2026 | My Neighbor Adolf | Cohen Media | Leon Prudovsky | David Hayman ◦ Udo Kier |
| Jan 09, 2026 | OBEX | Oscilloscope | Albert Birney | Albert Birney |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Oscar Shaw | Samuel Goldwyn | R. Ellis Frazier & Justin Nesbitt | Isaiah Washington ◦ Tyrese Gibson ◦ Michael Jai White |
| Jan 09, 2026 | People We Meet on Vacation | Netflix | Brett Haley | Emily Bader ◦ Tom Blyth ◦ Jameela Jamil ◦ Lukas Gage ◦ Molly Shannon ◦ Alan Ruck |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Port of Shadows (1939 Re-Release) | Film Alliance | Marcel Carné | Jean Gabin |


Dead Man’s Wire
January 9th, 2026
Row K Entertainment
Directed by Gus Van Sant (“Milk”)
Starring Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Myha’la, Colman Domingo, Al Pacino
Opening Weekend Box Office: $154,141
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Description: On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a “dead man’s wire” from the trigger to Tony’s own neck.

| Jan 09, 2026 | Relentless | Saban | Tom Botchii Skowronski | Jeffrey Decker |
| Jan 09, 2026 | The R.I.P. Man | GMP Dread | Jamie Langlands | Owen Llewelyn |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Sleepwalker | Brainstorm | Brandon Auman | Hayden Panettiere ◦ Beverly D’Angelo ◦ Mischa Barton |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Starbright | Ruby Max | Francesco Lucente | John Rhys-Davies |
| Jan 09, 2026 | The World’s Happiest Man | Buffalo 8 | Binod Paudel | Dayahang Rai ◦ Bruce Dern |
| Jan 09, 2026 | Young Mothers | Music Box | Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne | Babette Verbeek |


28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
January 16th, 2026
Sony | Columbia Pictures
Directed by Nia DaCosta (“Hedda”)
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry
Opening Weekend Box Office: $12,521,327
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Description: As Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal’s gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson makes a discovery that could alter the world.

| Jan 16, 2026 | All You Need Is Kill | GKIDS | Kenichiro Akimoto | Ai Mikami |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Charlie the Wonderdog | ICON | Viva | Shea Wageman | Owen Wilson |
| Jan 16, 2026 | The Confession | Quiver | Will Canon | Scott Mechlowicz |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Deepfaking Sam Altman | Abramorama | Adam Bhala Lough | Documentary |
| Jan 16, 2026 | The Fire Raven | China Lion | Sam Quah | Yuchang Peng |
| Jan 16, 2026 | How to Lose a Popularity Contest | Tubi | Stephen S. Campanelli | Chase Hudson |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Killer Whale | Lionsgate | Jo-Anne Brechin | Virginia Gardner |


Sound Of Falling
January 16th, 2026
MUBI
Directed by Mascha Schilinski (“Dark Blue Girl”)
Starring Hanna Heckt, Lena Urzendowsky, Laeni Geiseler [de], Susanne Wuest, Luise Heyer, Lea Drinda
Opening Weekend Box Office: $11,910
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Description: A remote German farm harbors generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls.

| Jan 16, 2026 | Leave | Footage | Chris Stokes | Jay Ali |
| Jan 16, 2026 | The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (25th Anniversary) | Fathom | Peter Jackson | Elijah Wood ◦ Ian McKellen ◦ Liv Tyler ◦ Viggo Mortensen ◦ Sean Astin ◦ Cate Blanchett ◦ Orlando Bloom ◦ Christopher Lee |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Lost Wolves of Yellowstone | IMAX | Thomas Winston | Documentary |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Madagascar (20th Anniversary) | DreamWorks | Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath | Chris Rock ◦ Ben Stiller ◦ David Schwimmer ◦ Jada Pinkett Smith ◦ Sacha Baron Cohen ◦ Cedric The Entertainer |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Maldoror | Film Movement | Fabrice Du Welz | Alba Gaïa Bellugi |
| Jan 16, 2026 | My First Of May | ILLUME | James Hung | Aaron Kwok |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Night Patrol | RLJE | Shudder | Ryan Prows | Jermaine Fowler ◦ Justin Long ◦ Dermot Mulroney |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Night Stage | Vulcana | Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon | Gabriel Faryas |


The Rip
January 16th, 2026
Netflix
Directed by Joe Carnahan (“The Grey”)
Starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Sasha Calle, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Scott Adkins, Kyle Chandler
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Description: Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.

| Jan 16, 2026 | A Private Life | Sony Classics | Rebecca Zlotowski | Jodie Foster |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Queen Kelly (1967 Re-Release) | Kino Lorber | Erich von Stroheim | Gloria Swanson |
| Jan 16, 2026 | The Raven | Buffalo 8 | Gregori J. Martin | Tony Todd |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Shaka: A Story of Aloha | Freestyle | Alexander Bocchieri | Steve Sue |
| Jan 16, 2026 | SHEEPDOG | Allen Media | Steven Grayhm | Virginia Madsen |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Shuffle | Abramorama | Benjamin Flaherty | Documentary |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Signing Tony Raymond | Iconic Events | Glen Owen | Nikki Estridge ◦ Mira Sorvino ◦ Rob Morgan ◦ Marshawn Lynch |
| Jan 16, 2026 | A Useful Ghost | Cineverse | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | Davika Hoorne |


Mercy
January 23rd, 2026
Amazon MGM Studios
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (“Profile” & “Wanted”)
Starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, Kylie Rogers
Opening Weekend Box Office: $10,809,178
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Description: In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced A.I. Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.

| Jan 23, 2026 | The Big Fake | Netflix | Stefano Lodovichi | Pietro Castellitto |
| Jan 23, 2026 | The Big Johnson | Freestyle | Lola Rock’N’Rolla | Mike Albo |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Clika | Columbia | Michael Greene | Jay Dee |
| Jan 23, 2026 | The Containment | Level 33 | Jack Zagha Kababie & Yossy Zagha | Isabel Aerenlund |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Conversation Piece (1977 Re-Release) | Kino Lorber | Luchino Visconti | Burt Lancaster |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Disneyland Handcrafted | Disney+ | Leslie Iwerks | Documentary |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Dooba Dooba | Dark Sky | Ehrland Hollingsworth | Betsy Sligh |
| Jan 23, 2026 | The Dreamer Cinderella | Atlas | Jose-Luis Ruiz & Alfredo Widman | Tara Reid |


Return to Silent Hill
January 23rd, 2026
Cineverse
Directed by Christophe Gans (“Silent Hill”)
Starring Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Robert Strange, Evie Templeton, Pearse Egan
Opening Weekend Box Office: $3,252,000
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Description: When a man receives a mysterious letter from his lost love, he is drawn to Silent Hill, a once familiar town now consumed by darkness.

| Jan 23, 2026 | H Is for Hawk | Roadside | Philippa Lowthorpe | Claire Foy ◦ Brendan Gleeson |
| Jan 23, 2026 | He’s Watching You | Vertical | Jordon Foss | Elizabeth Yu |
| Jan 23, 2026 | In Cold Light | Saban | Maxime Giroux | Maika Monroe ◦ Troy Kotsur ◦ Helen Hunt |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Jack & Ava | Freestyle | Michael Pollard | Isaac Lee |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Megadeth: Behind the Mask | Trafalgar | Casey Tebo | Music |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Mother of Flies | Shudder | Yellow Veil | John Adams, Toby Poser, & Zelda Adams | John Adams |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Skyscraper Live | Netflix | Joe Demaio | Documentary (Alex Honnold) |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Standout: The Ben Kjar Story | Angel | Tuckett | Tanner Christensen | Documentary |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise | Crunchyroll | Kônosuke Uda | Mamoru Miyano |


Send Help
January 30th, 2026
20th Century Studios
Directed by Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man” & “Drag Me To Hell”)
Starring Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Edyll Ismail, Xavier Samuel, Chris Pang, Dennis Haysbert, Bruce Campbell
Opening Weekend Box Office: $19,102,299
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Description: An employee and her insufferable boss become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. Here, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, will they make it out alive?

| Jan 30, 2025 | Aída: The Movie | Sony | Paco León | Bárbara Lennie |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Back to the Past | Well Go USA | Jack Lai & Yuen Fai Ng | Louis Koo |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Bitter Rice (1949 Re-Release) | Janus | Giuseppe De Santis | Vittorio Gassman |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Blue Skies on Mars | Buffalo 8 | Brian Lutes | Claudia Gosselin |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Busted Water Pipes | China Lion | Zhou Difei | Eddie Peng |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Fish, Fists and Ambergris | Eastern Edge | Duong Minh Chien | Ma Ran Do |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Grizzly Night | Saban | Burke Doeren | Brec Bassinger ◦ Oded Fehr |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Infinite Icon: A Visual Memoir | CJ 4DPlex | J.J. Duncan & Bruce Robertson | Documentary (Paris Hilton) |


The Moment
January 30th, 2026
A24
Directed by Aidan Zamiri
Starring Charli XCX, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Benton Gates, Isaac Powell, Alexander Skarsgård
Opening Weekend Box Office: $427,960
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Description: A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.

| Jan 30, 2025 | Iron Lung | Markiplier | Mark Edward Fischbach | Mark Fischbach |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Islands | Greenwich | Jan-Ole Gerster | Sam Riley |
| Jan 30, 2025 | The Love That Remains | Janus | Hlynur Pálmason | Saga Garðarsdóttir |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Melania | Amazon MGM | Brett Ratner | Documentary |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Miracle: The Boys of ’80 | Netflix | Max Gershberg & Jacob Rogal | Documentary |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Moses The Black | Fathom | Yelena Popovic | Omar Epps ◦ Wiz Khalifa |
| Jan 30, 2025 | My Sister’s Bones | Quiver | Heidi Greensmith | Jenny Seagrove ◦ Olga Kurylenko |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Natchez | Oscilloscope | Suzannah Herbert | Documentary |


The Wrecking Crew
January 30th, 2026
Amazon MGM Studios
Directed by Angel Manuel Soto (“Blue Beetle”)
Starring Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, Morena Baccarin
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Description: Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father’s mysterious death. As they search for the truth, buried secrets reveal a conspiracy threatening to tear their family apart.

| Jan 30, 2025 | Paying For It | Film Movement | Sook-Yin Lee | Dan Beirne |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Pike River | Brainstorm | Robert Sarkies | Melanie Lynskey |
| Jan 30, 2025 | A Poet | 1-2 Special | Simón Mesa Soto | Ubeimar Rios |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Shelter | Black Bear | Ric Roman Waugh | Jason Statham ◦ Bill Nighy ◦ Naomi Ackie |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Tafiti: Across the Desert | Blue Fox | Nina Wels | Cosima Henman |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Terri Joe: Missionary in Miami | Tubi | Dale S. Lewis | Rolin Alexis |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Trap 48 | Indie Rights | Devon Bray | Ty Avery |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Worldbreaker | Aura | Brad Anderson | Milla Jovovich ◦ Luke Evans |


Catherine O’Hara (71)
March 4, 1954 — January 30, 2026
“Home Alone” | “Beetlejuice” | “Schitt’s Creek”
Actress
(deceased)

2026


U.S. Grand Jury Prize:
Dramatic
Josephine / U.S.A.

U.S. Grand Jury Prize:
Documentary
Nuisance Bear / U.S.A., Canada

World Cinema Grand Jury:
Dramatic
Shame and Money / Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium

World Cinema Grand Jury:
Documentary
To Hold a Mountain / Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION AWARDS
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic:
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature:
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast:
Josef Kubota Wladyka for Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | U.S.A.
Liz Sargent for Take Me Home | U.S.A.
Bedford Park | U.S.A.
The Friend’s House is Here | U.S.A., Iran

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARDS
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary:
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary:
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence:
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change:
J.M. Harper for Soul Patrol | U.S.A.
Matt Hixon for Barbara Forever | U.S.A.
Who Killed Alex Odeh? | U.S.A
The Lake | U.S.A.

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary:
Audience Award: NEXT:
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic:
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary:
Josephine | U.S.A.
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez | U.S.A.
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] | U.S.A., Denmark
HOLD ONTO ME (Κράτα Με) | Cyprus, Denmark, Greece
One In A Million | U.K.

NEXT AWARDS
NEXT Innovator Award:
NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression:
The Incomer | U.K.
TheyDream | U.S.A.

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION AWARDS
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic:
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision:
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble:
Andrius Blaževičius for How to Divorce During the War | Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic
Filipiñana | Singapore, U.K., Philippines, France, Netherlands
LADY | U.K., Nigeria

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary:
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact:
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance:
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes for One In A Million | U.K.
Birds of War | U.K., Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon
Everybody To Kenmure Street | U.K.

SHORT FILM AWARDS
Short Film Grand Jury Prize:
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction:
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction:
Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction:
Short Film Jury Award: Animation:
Short Film Special Jury Award for Creative Vision:
Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting:
The Baddest Speechwriter of All | U.S.A.
Crisis Actor | U.S.A.
Jazz Infernal | Canada
The Boys and the Bees | U.S.A.
Living with a Visionary | U.S.A.
Paper Trail | U.S.A.
Noah Roja and Filippo Carrozza for The Liars | Argentina

OTHER AWARDS
FESTIVAL FAVORITE AWARD:
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize:
Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction:
Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Fiction:
Sundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Award for Nonfiction:
Sundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Award for Fiction:
Sundance Institute | NHK Award:
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
In The Blink of An Eye
Dawne Langford for Who Killed Alex Odeh? | U.S.A.
Apoorva Guru Charan for Take Me Home | U.S.A.
Flavia de Souza
Mollie Goldstein
Leo Aguirre for Verano (U.S.A.)


Victoria Jones (34)
April 21, 1991 –
January 1, 2026
“Men in Black II”
Daughter of Tommy Lee Jones
Actress
(deceased)

Yuen Cheung-yan (68)
1957 –
January 1, 2026
“Tai Chi Master”
Actor
(deceased)

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