Movies To Watch In Theaters July 2026

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

  • Minions & Monsters

Friday, July 3, 2026

  • Young Washington

Friday, July 10, 2026

  • Moana (Live Action)

  • Evil Dead Burn

Friday, July 17, 2026

  • The Odyssey

Friday, July 24, 2026

  • Motor City

  • Her Private Hell

Friday, July 31, 2026

  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day

  • I Want Your Sex


Minions & Monsters

Release Date: July 1, 2026

Synopsis: Follows the Minions in 1920s Hollywood as they search for frightening creatures for their monster movie, partner with a green creature, and must save the planet after unleashing monsters.

Rated: PG

Genre: Comedy / Sci-fi / Family

Starring: Bobby Moynihan, Zoey Deutch, Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg

Director: Pierre Coffin


Young Washington

Release Date: July 3, 2026

Synopsis: Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront the leader he's becoming.

Rated: PG-13

Genre: Action / Biography / History

Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Andy Serkis, Ben Kingsley, Kelsey Grammer, Joel David Smallbone, William Franklyn-Miller

Director: Jon Erwin


Moana (Live Action)

Release Date: July 10, 2026

Synopsis: In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.

Rated: PG

Genre: Action / Adventure / Family

Starring: Catherine Laga'aia, Dwayne Johnson, John Tui, Frankie Adams, Rena Owen, Jemaine Clement, Arya Kasarla

Director: Thomas Kail


Evil Dead Burn

Release Date: July 10, 2026

Synopsis: After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life: survive even in death.

Rated: R

Genre: Horror

Starring: Luciane Buchanan, Hunter Doohan, Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Erroll Shand

Director: Sébastien Vanicek


The Odyssey

This movie is one of my most anticipated movies of the year. I’ve already got my tickets to see it in IMAX for the opening weekend. Christopher Nolan is bringing the Odyssey to life with an absolutely stacked cast.

Release Date: July 17, 2026

Synopsis: After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

Rated: R

Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy

Starring: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Elliot Page, Mia Goth, Benny Safdie

Director: Christopher Nolan


MOTOR CITY

Release Date: July 24, 2026

Synopsis: In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl. In retaliation, the gangster enacts a frame job to send the innocent man to prison. Life ruined, Miller plots a revenge campaign against the man who took his girl away.

Rated: R

Genre: Action / Crime / Drama

Starring: Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley, Ben McKenzie, Pablo Schreiber, Ben Foster

Director: Potsy Ponciroli


Her Private Hell

Release Date: July 24, 2026

Synopsis: When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity, a troubled young woman searches for her father. Her quest collides with an American GI on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell.

Rated: R

Genre: Horror / Sci-fi / Drama

Starring: Havana Rose Liu, Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Dougray Scott, Diego Calva, Kristine Froseth

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn


Spider-Man: Brand New Day

This movie is one of the most anticipated movies of the month. I’m hoping that this movie breathes some new life into Marvel before Avengers: Doomsday (comes out December 2026) because I just haven’t been interested in their stories lately. But I love Spider-Man and think Tom Holland does a great job playing Peter Parker.

Release Date: July 31, 2026

Synopsis: A forgotten Peter Parker lives alone as a full-time Spider-Man until mounting pressure triggers a dangerous change, and a powerful new enemy emerges.

Rated: PG-13

Genre: Action / Adventure

Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando, Mark Ruffalo

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton


I Want Your Sex

Release Date: July 31, 2026

Synopsis: When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon, and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal, and murder.

Rated: R

Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance

Starring: Olivia Wilde, Daveed Diggs, Mason Gooding, Cooper Hoffman, Johnny Knoxville, Charli XCX

Director: Gregg Araki


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