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The Best Movies of 2026 So Far, and Where to Watch Them
Now is a good time to catch up on films you may have missed. Our critics have thoughts.
The year’s barely half over and already it’s been an unusual one for moviegoers. Gen Z filmmakers have scored megahits with their feature debuts (“Obsession,” “Backrooms”), expected megahits have done just OK (“The Mandalorian and Grogu”) and established hitmakers like Steven Spielberg have proved divisive.
I asked our chief film critic, Manohla Dargis, and our movie critic, Alissa Wilkinson, to recommend releases you might want to catch up with this summer.
The story: In this Spielberg blockbuster, Josh O’Connor is an Edward Snowden-like figure who has stolen files with evidence of extraterrestrials. Emily Blunt is a weathercaster with the sudden ability to speak other languages, including one that aliens understand. The two team up when they find themselves on the run from the authorities who are desperate to prevent the truth from being revealed. Online, commenters have taken issue with some of the plot twists, but both of our critics wanted to include it in this list.
One of the best movies of 2026 cost less than $1 million
Is The Sheep Detectives the best movie of 2026 so far? (Supplied: Prime Video)
It's officially halfway through 2026 and the year so far has brought cinematic delights, as well as its fair share of silver-screen stinkers.
Even after frosty critical receptions, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Michael lead the global box office with the former being the only movie of 2026 to crack $US1 billion so far, and the latter not far behind.
Locally, intellectual property (IP) fodder continues to reign supreme with The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash both landing within the top five of the 2026 Australian Box Office.
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