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