{"id":634683,"date":"2026-05-10T12:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/634683\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T12:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:14:11","slug":"the-most-anticipated-movies-of-the-cannes-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/634683\/","title":{"rendered":"The most anticipated movies of the Cannes Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 12 days this week, the eyes of the movie world will be on the Cannes Film Festival.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cote d\u2019Azur spectacular will play host \u2014 starting on Tuesday \u2014 to some of the most anticipated movies of the year in a constant parade of red carpets and megawatt premieres. This year, Hollywood studios are mostly on the sidelines<\/a>. But for more than 78 years, Cannes has been an unparalleled showcase, and sun-dappled circus, for some of the best in cinema.<\/p>\n

Last year that included Oscar nominees like \u201cSentimental Value,\u201d<\/a> \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d and \u201cIt Was Just an Accident.\u201d<\/a> This year is just as likely to produce a crop of contenders. In recent years, movies like \u201cParasite\u201d<\/a> and \u201cAnora\u201d<\/a> have launched at Cannes and gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards. <\/p>\n

Presiding over the jury deciding the Palme this year is South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook<\/a>. At the opening ceremony Tuesday, Cannes will also bestow an honorary Palme d\u2019Or on Peter Jackson. Later, Barbra Streisand will get one, too.<\/p>\n

So there will be much to keep an eye on at this year\u2019s Cannes, including \u201cThe White Lotus.\u201d The HBO series has come to the Croisette \u2014 the Mediterranean city\u2019s famous promenade \u2014 to shoot its fourth season. <\/p>\n

On the screen, these are some of the movies that should stir Cannes. <\/p>\n

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\u2018Hope\u2019<\/p>\n

Na Hong-jin isn\u2019t as well known as some of his fellow Korean filmmakers, but he may be poised for a breakout moment this year. His latest is a long-gestating sci-fi thriller that Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux said \u201cconstantly changes genres.\u201d The cast has both Korean and Hollywood stars, including Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Taylor Russell. <\/p>\n

\u2018Paper Tiger\u2019<\/p>\n

Though not initially announced as part of the festival competition slate, James Gray\u2019s latest Queens-set drama was subsequently added. And it instantly became one of the most anticipated and star-studded American films at the festival. Gray, the filmmaker of \u201cArmageddon Time\u201d<\/a> and \u201cThe Immigrant,\u201d tells a story about two brothers (Adam Driver, Miles Teller) who become mixed up with the Russian mafia. Scarlett Johansson co-stars. <\/p>\n

\u2018Fjord\u2019<\/p>\n

The Romanian director Cristian Mungiu is a heavyweight of European cinema because of films like the 2007 Palme d\u2019Or winner \u201c4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days\u201d and 2022\u2019s \u201cR.M.N.\u201d Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve star in his latest as a Romanian-Norwegian couple who move to the wife\u2019s remote Norwegian hometown. <\/p>\n

\u2018Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u2019<\/p>\n

Jane Schoenbrun<\/a> has quickly established themselves as a vital voice in contemporary American film with 2024\u2019s \u201cI Saw the TV Glow\u201d and 2021\u2019s \u201cWe\u2019re All Going to the World\u2019s Fair.\u201d Playing in the Un Certain Regard section, Schoenbrun\u2019s new one stars Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson in a movie about the making of a slasher film. <\/p>\n

\u2018Fatherland\u2019<\/p>\n

Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski is best known for a pair of black-and-white, powerfully succinct period dramas: \u201cIda\u201d and \u201cCold War.\u201d<\/a> His latest makes it three. It stars Hanns Zischler as the German author Thomas Mann on a road trip following World War II. Accompanying him is his daughter, played by Sandra H\u00fcller<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2018All of a Sudden\u2019 <\/p>\n

The Japanese auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi makes his French-language debut. Hamaguchi\u2019s 2021 opus \u201cDrive My Car\u201d<\/a> made history as the first Japanese film nominated for best picture. His 2023 follow-up, \u201cEvil Does Not Exist,\u201d<\/a> was also acclaimed. \u201cAll of a Sudden,\u201d starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, is about a nursing home director and a terminally ill Japanese playwright.<\/p>\n

\u2018Sheep in the Box\u2019<\/p>\n

Long revered for his delicate humanism, the Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda<\/a> will unveil his latest. Kore-eda has already won the Palme d\u2019Or, for 2018\u2019s \u201cShoplifters.\u201d But his three decades of moviemaking have made him a never-to-be-missed filmmaker of exquisite tenderness. The sci-fi \u201cSheep in the Box\u201d is about a couple, grieving the loss of their son, who adopt an infant humanoid robot. <\/p>\n

\u2018The Man I Love\u2019 <\/p>\n

Before Gray\u2019s film entered the competition, Ira Sachs<\/a> \u2019 \u201cThe Man I Love\u201d was the sole American selection. Coming quickly on the heels of Sachs\u2019 \u201cPeter Hujar\u2019s Day,\u201d with Ben Whishaw, \u201cThe Man I Love\u201d\u2019 stars Rami Malek as a an actor with a life-threatening illness in 1980s New York, preparing for what could be his final performance. <\/p>\n

\u2018The Unknown\u2019 <\/p>\n

The French filmmaker Arthur Harari three years ago co-wrote the Palme d\u2019Or winner \u201cAnatomy of a Fall\u201d<\/a> with his partner, Justine Triet. In \u201cThe Unknown,\u201d Harari directs and cowrites a film about a photographer who, after photographing a woman at a party and then following her, wakes up in her body. Starring L\u00e9a Seydoux<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2018Minotaur\u2019 <\/p>\n

The Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev has been behind some powerfully potent dramas, including 2014\u2019s \u201cLeviathan\u201d and 2017\u2019s \u201cLoveless\u201d<\/a> \u2014 both of which were Oscar nominated. After a near-death experience during the pandemic, Zvyagintsev returns to Cannes with a business executive in crisis in rural Russia. <\/p>\n

\u2019John Lennon: The Last Interview\u2019<\/p>\n

Steven Soderbergh<\/a> \u2019s documentary about John Lennon\u2019s final interview, granted at the Dakota in New York just before he was killed, drew headlines after Soderbergh acknowledged using artificial intelligence to illustrate some of Lennon\u2019s more philosophical musings. But the film, playing in Cannes as a special screening, promises to lend unparalleled intimacy with the great Beatle. <\/p>\n

\u2018Bitter Christmas\u2019 <\/p>\n

Pedro Almodovar<\/a> is among the most regular filmmakers in Cannes. This festival, he\u2019ll debut \u201cBitter Christmas,\u201d a multilayered melodrama about filmmaking, grief and aging. After making his English-language debut with \u201cThe Room Next Door,\u201d<\/a> starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Almodovar is back in his native Spain with one of his most personal films yet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For 12 days this week, the eyes of the movie world will be on the Cannes Film Festival.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[35657,64738,274144,274142,12774,218630,32176,274151,88,52208,793,3809,95956,274145,274148,274146,196663,261087,274149,15763,71541,247729,66948,8655,206,2005,274143,274140,258360,106429,5435,85495,274141,219140,4114,145971,62167,18925,252485,274147,64119,274150,965],"class_list":["post-634683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-adam-driver","tag-alicia-vikander","tag-andrey-zvyagintsev","tag-arthur-harari","tag-barbra-streisand","tag-ben-whishaw","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-cristian-mungiu","tag-entertainment","tag-fairs-and-festivals","tag-general-news","tag-gillian-anderson","tag-hannah-einbinder","tag-hanns-zischler","tag-hirokazu-kore-eda","tag-hoyeon-jung","tag-ira-sachs","tag-james-gray","tag-jane-schoenbrun","tag-john-lennon","tag-julianne-moore","tag-justine-triet","tag-michael-fassbender","tag-miles-teller","tag-movies","tag-new-york","tag-pawel-pawlikowski","tag-pedro-almodovar","tag-peter-hujar","tag-peter-jackson","tag-rami-malek","tag-renate-reinsve","tag-ryusuke-hamaguchi","tag-sandra-huller","tag-scarlett-johansson","tag-sebastian-stan","tag-steven-soderbergh","tag-taylor-russell","tag-thierry-fremaux","tag-thomas-mann","tag-tilda-swinton","tag-virginie-efira","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}