Best films I've seen in 2026

C'est ça l'amour

Claire Burger

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2018

Drama

Comedy

Family

After his wife leaves, a father and his two teenage daughters struggle through adolescence and abandomnent together.

A touching, moving and inspiring portrait of fatherhood I haven't seen since Girl. The two daughters are portraying the rollercoaster of emotions that teenagehood is with a sensitivity rarely seen on screen.

This is one of the best film I've seen, period. This is why I love cinema.

Arco

Ugo Bienvenu

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2025

Adventure

Animation

Science-fiction

What if rainbows were people from the future traveling in time? 10-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by all means to help send him back to his era.

A common description of this movie is Miyazaki meet Interstellar. Arco is a huge breath of fresh air, filled with colors, kindness, beautiful music and a lot of emotions. From sadness to joy, through laughters, goofiness and adventure. The hand-drawn animation convey all of that and more, it's like jumping back in time to sit in a very cozy and relaxing nostalgia for ninety minutes.

Miss Sloane

John Madden

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2016

Thriller

Crime

Drama

A mastermind lobbyist end up facing the gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

I believe this movie is underrated by being and looking so mainstream. Jessica Chastain is very charismatic, the pacing is immaculate, we're on the edge the entire time. This could still simply be a very well executed hollywood movie, but I mention it because of the last scene. Even though we know exactly what will happen, the delivery is so good we still have goosebumps.

The Invite

Olivia Wilde

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2026

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.

I love films set in one location, The Invite is a very good one. The story is almost irrelevant, the chemistry between the characters (especially the main couple) is making this movie great. Constant back and forth of never dull and unexpected dialogs, very entertaining.

Must watch films that are hopefully relatively unknown

کفرناحوم (Capernaum)

Nadine Labaki

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2018

Drama

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

Station Eleven

Hiro Murai, Jeremy Podeswa, Helen Shaver, Lucy Tcherniak

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2021

Mini-Series

Drama

Poetic

The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.

Dalva

Emanuelle Nicot

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2022

Drama

One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A new life seems to start for Dalva, that of a girl her age.