Netflix is loading up 2026 with a real mix of crowd-pleasers: big studio thrillers, rom-com comfort watches, Tyler Perry event titles, and even a fresh animated adventure with a stacked voice cast. If you’re building your watch list early, these are the movies Netflix says are on deck.
People We Meet on Vacation | Now Playing
Free-spirited Poppy and routine-loving Alex have been unlikely best friends for a decade, living in different cities but spending every summer vacation together. The careful balance of their friendship is put to the test when they begin to question what has been obvious to everyone else — could they actually be the perfect romantic match?
Director: Brett Haley
Writer: Yulin Kuang, Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo (screenplay); based on the book by Emily Henry
Cast: Lucien Laviscount, Emily Bader, Tom Blyth, Sarah Catherine Hook, Miles Heizer, Jameela Jamil, Tommy Do, Lukas Gage, Alice Lee, Molly Shannon, Alan Ruck
The RIP | Jan 16
Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.
Director: Joe Carnahan
Writer: Joe Carnahan (screenplay); Joe Carnahan & Michael McGrale (story)
Cast: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Sasha Calle, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Scott Adkins, Kyle Chandler
Tyler Perry’s Joe’s College Road Trip | Feb 13
In an effort to teach him about the real world, Joe takes B.J. on a cross-country college road trip where tensions get high — but life-changing lessons are learned.
Director: Tyler Perry
Writer: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Jermaine Harris, Amber Reign Smith
War Machine | Mar 6
During the final stage of US Army Ranger selection, an elite team’s training exercise turns into a fight for survival against an unimaginable threat.
Director: Patrick Hughes
Writer: Patrick Hughes, James Beaufort (screenplay)
Cast: Alan Ritchson, Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Keiynan Lonsdale, Jai Courtney, Esai Morales, Blake Richardson, Daniel Webber
Ladies First | May 2026
A ladies man gets a real wakeup call when he finds himself in a parallel world dominated by women — where he goes head-to-head with a fiery female counterpart who makes everything far more of a challenge.
Director: Thea Sharrock
Writer: Natalie Krinsky; Cinco Paul & Katie Silberman (screenplay)
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike, Weruche Opia, Charles Dance, Emily Mortimer, Tom Davis, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, Kathryn Hunter, Kadiff Kirwan, Bill Paterson
72 Hours | Summer 2026
A forty-year-old executive tries to save his flailing career by joining a group of twenty-somethings on a wild three-day bachelor party — after he’s accidentally added to their group text.
Director: Tim Story
Writer: Matt Mider & Kevin Burrows; Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg
Cast: Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernandez, Mason Gooding, Teyana Taylor, Ben Marshall, Zach Cherry, Kam Patterson
Dated TBD
Animals | 2026
When their son is kidnapped, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife are pulled into a web of deception. As they scramble to raise the ransom, they’re forced into choices that could tear their world apart.
Director: Ben Affleck
Writer: Connor O. McIntyre, Billy Ray, Ben Affleck
Cast: Ben Affleck, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz, Ray Fisher, Matt Gerald, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Steven Yeun
Good Sex | 2026
After a decade in a failed relationship, pragmatic couples’ therapist Ally is turning 40 and reluctantly stepping back into the New York dating scene. But she gets more than she bargained for when she meets two men — one in his twenties and one in his fifties — who show her there is no set formula for good sex.
Director: Lena Dunham
Writer: Lena Dunham
Cast: Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Tucker Pillsbury, Tramell Tillman, Serene Jackson, Rashida Jones, Meg Ryan
Tyler Perry’s The Gospel of Christmas | 2026
A struggling pastor inherits his family’s church in a broken New York neighborhood. As he battles doubt, temptation, and a sinister adversary, he must rediscover his faith — and the power of prayer — to save his church, his family, and his community in time for Christmas.
Director: Tyler Perry
Writer: Tyler Perry
Cast: Fantasia Barrino, Tank, Shirley Caesar, Fred Hammond, The Clark Sisters, Smokie Norfol, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Ann Nesby, Yolanda Adams, Hezakiah Walker, JaKalyn Carr, Dax
Here Comes The Flood | 2026
An unconventional heist thriller about a bank guard, a teller, and a master thief locked in a deadly game of cons and double crosses.
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writer: Simon Kinberg
Cast: Denzel Washington, Danai Gurira, Robert Pattinson, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sean Harris, Moises Arias, Justin Kirk
Little Brother | 2026
A famous real estate agent’s carefully curated world is flipped upside down when his eccentric “little brother” suddenly reappears.
Director: Matt Spicer
Writer: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel
Cast: John Cena, Eric Andre, Michelle Monaghan, Chris Meloni, Ego Nwodim, Sherry Cola, Caleb Hearon, Ben Ahlers, Bryce Gheisar, Pilot Bunch
Roommates | 2026
When a hopeful, naive college freshman named Devon asks the cool, confident Celeste to be her roommate, a budding friendship slowly spirals into a passive-aggressive war.
Director: Chandler Levack
Writer: Jimmy Fowlie, Ceara O’Sullivan
Cast: Storm Reid, Sarah Sherman, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Kroll, Sadie Sandler, Chloe East
Swapped | 2026
A buddy comedy about a small woodland creature and a majestic bird — sworn enemies of The Valley — who suddenly swap bodies and are forced to team up (while walking in each other’s fur and feathers) to survive the wildest adventure of their lives.
Director: Nathan Greno
Writer: John Whittington and Christian Magalhaes & Robert Snow (screenplay)
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer
‘Tis So Sweet | 2026
Based on the true story of Lenore Lindsey, a Chicago bakery owner is stunned by an incredible discovery that inspires her to reclaim lost time, heal old wounds, and find purpose in life’s unexpected miracles.
Director: Tasha Smith
Writer: Randy Brown
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott (Joey Bada$$), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Russell Hornsby, Alexis Louder, Semaj Prather, Arischa Conner, Angela Davis, Caroline Avery Granger, Tasha Smith, DeVon Franklin
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Again? | 2026
The couples reunite for a wedding celebration as Marcus and Angela’s daughter prepares to tie the knot. But after time apart, they quickly realize that as much as things change… they stay the same. With their kids growing up to be more like them than they expected, they’re forced to reflect on the examples they’ve set — and ask that familiar question all over again: why did they get married… again?
Director: Tyler Perry
Writer: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Jill Scott, Richard T. Jones, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Lamman Rucker, Sharon Leal, Armani Greer, Everett Osborne, Da’Vinchi, Laya Deleon Hayes, Jaden Michael, Charles L. Smith II, Derrick A. King, Sydney Winbush