the best movies<\/a> of 2026 so far, calling it a \u201cbravura dinner-party dramedy that\u2019s like \u2018Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u2019 remade by the Woody Allen of \u2018Husbands and Wives.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\tDisclosure Day (Oct. 9 on Peacock)<\/p>\n
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\n\tSteven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d arrives on Peacock after a $241 million run in theaters worldwide over the summer. Heavily touted as the Oscar-winning legend\u2019s return to alien-centric science fiction (he is the master who gave us \u201cE.T.\u201d and \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind,\u201d after all), the chase thriller casts Josh O\u2019Connor and Emily Blunt as a cybersecurity analyst and meteorologist who set out on a mission to disclose the existence of alien life to the world. Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and Colman Domingo co-star.<\/p>\n
\tThe Death of Robin Hood (Oct. 16 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cThe Death of Robin Hood,\u201d from \u201cPig\u201d and \u201cA Quiet Place: Day One\u201d director Michael Sarnoski, casts Hugh Jackman as an aged and battle-weary version of the title character, who now lives in self-imposed exile and is tormented by his past. Robin Hood gets a shot at redemption after befriending an orphaned girl. Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd, Murray Bartlett and Noah Jupe also star in the A24 release.<\/p>\n
\tEvil Dead Burn (Oct. 2 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cEvil Dead Burn\u201d arrives on HBO Max just in time for Halloween movie season. The third movie since the \u201cEvil Dead\u201d series reboot in 2013 (and sixth film in the franchise overall) is directed by S\u00e9bastien Vani\u010dek and stars Souheila Yacoub (\u201cDune: Part Two\u201d) as a woman looking for comfort from her in-laws after her husband\u2019s death. Their gathering at a secluded house quickly turns into a hellish reunion as the family members turn into Deadites.<\/p>\n
\tTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Oct. 2 on Mubi)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re All Going to the World\u2019s Fair\u201d and \u201cI Saw the TV Glow\u201d director Jane Schoenbrun returned bigger and better than ever this year with the Mubi-backed meta slasher dark comedy \u201cTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.\u201d Hannah Einbinder plays a filmmaker tasked with rebooting a horror movie franchise who gets in over her head when she seeks out the franchise\u2019s original star, played with seductive wit by Gillian Anderson. The movie rocked Cannes in May before earning $8 million worldwide over the summer, making it Schoenbrun\u2019s highest-grossing movie yet.<\/p>\n
\tMinions & Monsters (Oct. 28 on Peacock)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d is coming to Peacock after an underwhelming summer box office run with $523 million, putting it on the lower end of movies set in the \u201cDespicable Me\u201d franchise. However, family audiences are sure to turn out in force for the movie\u2019s streaming debut. Pierre Coffin, the series co-creator and voice of the Minions, and Patrick Delage directed the film, which is set in 1920s Hollywood and follows the Minions as silent movie stars who struggle to adapt to talking pictures. Naturally, chaos ensues when the yellow creatures accidentally release monsters out into Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
\tAnimals (Oct. 9 on Netflix)<\/p>\n
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\n\tBen Affleck directs, co-writes and stars in \u201cAnimals,\u201d a Netflix original crime thriller that could continue the Oscar winner\u2019s streaming luck after \u201cThe Rip\u201d became one of Netflix\u2019s biggest movies of the year. The synopsis reads: \u201cWhen their son is kidnapped, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife find themselves drawn into a web of deception. As they scramble to raise the ransom payment, they\u2019re forced to make choices \u2013 and reveal secrets \u2013 that could tear their world apart.\u201d The cast also includes Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz, Ray Fisher and Steven Yeun.<\/p>\n
\tOasis: Don\u2019t Look Back in Anger (Oct. 9 on Disney+ and Hulu)<\/p>\n
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\n\tNoel and Liam Gallagher get reflective, philosophical and foul-mouthed in \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger,\u201d the acclaimed documentary that chronicles the brothers\u2019 highly-publicized reunion and comeback tour in 2025. Cameras were given access to rehearsals, backstage and onstage, while the documentary also includes the first joint interview with the brothers in over 25 years.<\/p>\n
\tSacrifice (Oct. 16 on Netflix)<\/p>\n
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\n\tNetflix\u2019s \u201cSacrifice,\u201d starring the high-profile pairing of Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy, marks the English-language debut of \u201cAthena\u201d director Romain Gavras. Evans plays a movie star trying to launch a Hollywood comeback after a viral meltdown. Taylor-Joy stars as the leader of a group of environmentalist radicals, who crash a black tie gala attended by Evans\u2019 actor. This hostage situation quickly goes haywire. Vincent Cassel and Salma Hayek Pinault also star.<\/p>\n
\tLove of Your Life (Oct. 14 on Prime Video)<\/p>\n
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\n\tRachel Morrison\u2019s romantic drama \u201cLove of Your Life\u201d earned strong reviews after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last month. Margaret Qualley stars as Maya, whose chance encounter with Charlie (Gabriel Basso) \u201csets in motion a sweeping romance and a future beyond anything she had imagined. When that future is suddenly upended, Maya is sent hurtling toward an unexpected new life \u2014 one that will force her to reckon with who she is, what she wants, and how to love again,\u201d reads the synopsis from Amazon MGM.<\/p>\n
\tMasterplan (Oct. 16 on Prime Video)<\/p>\n
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\n\tStanley Tucci gets a star vehicle in Prime Video\u2019s original heist movie \u201cMasterplan.\u201d The actor plays \u201ca legendary thief who sets his sights on the Mona Lisa, recruiting two young strangers to help him \u2014 Chiara, a sharp Italian cybercrime expert, and Jay, a swaggering French explosives specialist \u2014 before revealing they are long-lost siblings\u2026 and oh yes, by the way, he is their father,\u201d the synopsis reads from Amazon MGM. The supporting cast includes \u201cThe White Lotus\u201d Season 2 favorite Simona Tabasco and Victor Belmondo.<\/p>\n
\tV\/H\/S Mixtape (Oct. 9 on Shudder)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cV\/H\/S Mixtape\u201d is the ninth installment in the long-running horror anthology series and features segments from Ernest Dickerson (\u201cTales From the Crypt: Demon Knight\u201d), RZA (\u201cThe Man With the Iron Fists\u201d), David Moreau (\u201cMads\u201d) and Renee Zhan (\u201cO Black Hole!\u201d). Musician and director Flying Lotus (\u201cAsh\u201d) contributes music video interludes to the film, and debut filmmaker Tobias Forge contributes a music video. Heavy metal icons GWAR also make a featured appearance.<\/p>\n
\tThe Housemaid (Oct. 9 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n
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\n\tSydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried powered \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d to a hugely impressive $400 million at the worldwide box office this past winter. The success launched a new film franchise, with \u201cThe Housemaid\u2019s Secret\u201d now on the way for a December 2027 release. Sweeney is returning alongside director Paul Feig. New cast members include Kirsten Dunst and Paul Anthony Kelly.<\/p>\n
\tTenzing (Oct. 16 on Apple TV)<\/p>\n
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\n\tJennifer Peedom directs \u201cTenzing,\u201d the Apple Original Films thriller starring Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe and Caitr\u00edona Balfe. The synopsis reads: \u201cBased on true events, \u2018Tenzing\u2019 chronicles the little-known story of Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), a gifted Himalayan climber who, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary (Hiddleston), became the first to summit Mount Everest. Encouraged by his wife Dawa (Thinley Lhamo), Tenzing finds an ally in expedition secretary Jill Henderson (Balfe). Together, they persuade Colonel John Hunt (Dafoe) that Tenzing belongs on the British climbing team, rather than merely serving it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tHokum (Oct. 10 on Hulu)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cHokum\u201d stars Adam Scott as the alcoholic author Ohm Bauman, who becomes an unlikely detective trying to solve the mystery of a haunted hotel in a remote Irish town. As answers get closer, Ohm is forced to confront the darkness that has made him such a curmudgeon. From Variety\u2019s review<\/a>: \u201cIrish filmmaker Damian McCarthy enlists Scott to play a bitter American writer who grapples with his own trauma while fending off supernatural occurrences in this unnerving spine-chiller.\u201d<\/p>\n\tDoing Life (Oct. 2 on Netflix)<\/p>\n
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\n\tTyler Perry\u2019s latest Netflix original movie is \u201cDoing Life,\u201d the synopsis for which reads: \u201cA single mother fighting to survive and a reformed ex-con with untapped talent find in each other an unlikely second chance.\u201d The cast features Naomi Baker, Jay Reeves, Tamberla Perry, Karen Obilom, Jasmine Sargent, Lucky Johnson and Danielle Mon\u00e9 Truitt.<\/p>\n
\tLorne (Oct. 5 on Netflix)<\/p>\n
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\n\tDirected by Oscar winner Morgan Neville, \u201cLorne\u201d is a behind-the-scenes portrait of the comedy icon and \u201cSNL\u201d creator Lorne Michaels. The documentary traces Michaels\u2019 journey from a young Canadian writer to the force behind \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d the late-night sketch show that has shaped American comedy and pop culture for more than five decades. The film draws on exclusive archival material, plus candid interviews with Michaels and the comedians he turned into superstars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"October is Halloween movie season, so it\u2019s the perfect time for two of the year\u2019s high-profile horror releases…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,193487,134,134554,344,435,225861],"class_list":["post-914153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-disclosure-day","tag-entertainment","tag-evil-dead-burn","tag-movies","tag-netflix","tag-the-invite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}