The Second Half of 2026 Is Stacked: 10 Movies to Clear Your Calendar For

It is officially July, which means we are standing at the second half of the year staring down a cinema lineup that feels unfair. Who approved all these movies coming out in the same six months? I need a moment.

Between the epics, the sequels everyone is still buying tickets to and one very personal Nollywood pick, my calendar is already a mess. Anyway, I have done the sorting for you. Here are ten movies I already know I'm not missing, and neither should you.

1. The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan doing a Greek epic in full IMAX 70mm was not on my 2026 bingo card, but here we are. Matt Damon as Odysseus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Tom Holland as their son, and a cast so stacked it reads like a Marvel poster.

It drops July 17 and early screenings have already sold out weeks in advance, so you know it's about to be A Whole Thing.

2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Peter Parker just wants to go to college in peace and, as always, the universe says absolutely not. This one arrives in July and picks up right after the emotional wreckage of the last film, so expect people crying in theaters again. Some things never change and honestly I respect the consistency.

3. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

Milly Alcock's Kara Zor-El gets her own movie after that Superman cameo everyone screamed about, and this time she is pulled into a mission by a teenage girl seeking revenge.

James Gunn's DC universe keeps expanding and this one is being described as darker and grittier than what we have seen so far. I'm intrigued and a little nervous, in a good way.

4. Resident Evil

Zach Cregger, the man who gave us Barbarian, is rebooting Resident Evil for September, and he is promising to go back to the actual survival horror roots of the games instead of the action-heavy direction the older films took. If you have been begging for a Resident Evil movie that is actually scary, this is your year.

5. Digger

Alejandro Iñárritu directing Tom Cruise in something said to be a comedy of catastrophic proportions is the kind of pairing I did not know I needed until I read it. Very little has been revealed about the plot, which honestly just makes me want to know more. October 2 can't come fast enough.

6. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

We are going back to Panem, this time for the story of a young Haymitch Abernathy and how he survived the 50th Hunger Games. If you know anything about Haymitch's backstory, you know this one is going to hurt, in the best way. It reaches the cinema in November and I'm already emotionally preparing myself.

7. Avengers: Doomsday

The Russo brothers are back, the cast list is basically the entire MCU roster at this point and the wait for the next Avengers movie has somehow shrunk to under a year. December is going to be chaos in the best way, with everyone from Chris Hemsworth to Letitia Wright showing up to fight for the fate of, well, everything.

8. Dune: Part Three

Denis Villeneuve closes out his Dune trilogy in December with the adaptation of Dune Messiah, and this one jumps years ahead to find Paul Atreides ruling as emperor while his enemies quietly plot against him.

Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Florence Pugh are all back, plus Robert Pattinson joins as a new villain. This is shaping up to be one of those movies people talk about for years.

9. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

If you know, you know. Lola Shoneyin's beloved novel is finally getting the film treatment courtesy of EbonyLife, and the cast alone is enough to make Nollywood Twitter lose its mind.

Odunlade Adekola leads as Baba Segi, with Iyabo Ojo, Mercy Aigbe, Bimbo Ademoye and Omowunmi Dada playing his four wives, whose long buried secrets start unraveling the moment the university educated fourth wife arrives. This has been a decade in the making, literally, and it is dropping in cinemas this December.

I have read the book twice and I still don't know how they are going to pull off some of these plot twists on screen, but I trust Daniel Oriahi to do it justice. This is easily my most anticipated release of the year, foreign or local, no contest.

10. Moana (Live Action)

Disney is doing the live action remake thing again, and this time it is Moana's turn, sailing into theaters July 10. Even with my reservations about live action remakes, I still look forward to Moana's soundtrack and I fully expect every child under ten to drag their entire family to see it opening weekend.

Resistance is futile, honestly, and I don't even have kids.

So that is the lineup as it stands. Some of these dates might shift slightly, movies do that, but the excitement isn't going anywhere. Which one are you most ready for?

For me it is obviously Baba Segi's Wives, but ask me again after The Odyssey drops and I might change my answer. Either way, save this list, because you do not want to be the last person to find out these dropped.