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The best films of 2026 so far https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/jun/10/the-best-films-of-2026-so-far #Film #Culture #HorrorFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #DocumentaryFilms #WorldCinema #Hamnet #Hamlet #28YearsLater #JeffBuckley #PaulMccartney
The best films of 2026 so far

Jessie Buckley is dug up to marry Christian Bale, while Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are the double act of the year in Steven Soderbergh’s dark comedy. Here’s our round up of movie magic from the last six months in the UK

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Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/04/savage-house-review-claire-foy-richard-e-grant #Film #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #ClaireFoy #RichardEGrant #Comedy #Culture
Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper

The leads are the most watchable thing in this raucous period yarn about a grimy pair of status-obsessed nobles

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Culture | The Guardian USJun 1
‘Lets me believe in myself’: why Billy Elliot is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/billy-elliot-feelgood-movie #BillyElliot #JamieBell #JulieWalters #Culture #Ballet #DramaFilms #Film #Dance
‘Lets me believe in myself’: why Billy Elliot is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is a personal tribute to the inspirational British drama

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Beast review – down-and-out MMA fighter film is predictable but still lands punches
By Luke Buckmaster

Directed by Tyler Atkins and co-written by Russell Crowe, this Australian feature follows a familiar playbook – but you’ll find yourself surprisingly invested

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/beast-mma-fighter-film-review-tyler-atkins-russell-crowe

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Beast review – down-and-out MMA fighter film is predictable but still lands punches

Directed by Tyler Atkins and co-written by Russell Crowe, this Australian feature follows a familiar playbook – but you’ll find yourself surprisingly invested

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 29
Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/29/miss-you-love-you-movie-review #DramaFilms #Film #AllisonJanney #Culture #ComedyFilms #Comedy
Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama

A talky, performance-driven two-hander manages to find specificity and spark in what could have felt like an overly familiar throwback

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 27
Pressure review – Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser can’t save lower-tier D-day drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/26/pressure-review-andrew-scott-brendan-fraser #WarFilms #BrendanFraser #AndrewScott #Dday #Culture #Film #DramaFilms
Pressure review – Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser can’t save lower-tier D-day drama

A behind-the-scenes second world war drama focused on the importance of weather is too stodgy and repetitive to work as anything but a so-so TV movie

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 22
Coward review – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/coward-review-soldiers-find-escapism-and-romance-in-wartime-theatrical-troupe #Film #CannesFilmFestival #DramaFilms #WarFilms #FirstWorldWar #Belgium #RomanceFilms #LgbtqRights #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews
Coward review – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe

Cannes film festival: Lukas Dhont’s first world war-set gay romance is a heartfelt examination of cowardice and lives lived in secret amid the brutality of battle

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 20
Sheep in the Box review – a bland, baffling tale of AI children from Hirokazu Kore-eda https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/sheep-in-the-box-review-a-bland-baffling-tale-of-ai-children-from-hirokazu-kore-eda #CannesFilmFestival #Festivals #Culture #Film #DramaFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Japan #AsiaPacific #WorldNews
Sheep in the Box review – a bland, baffling tale of AI children from Hirokazu Kore-eda

There’s nothing wrong with film-makers leaving their comfort zone but the Japanese director’s latest effort just doesn’t work

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 19
Bitter Christmas review – grief, loss and artistic betrayal in Almodóvar’s film within a film https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/bitter-christmas-review-almodovar-cannes-film-festival #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #PedroAlmodvar #Spain #Culture #Europe #Festivals #WorldNews
Bitter Christmas review – grief, loss and artistic betrayal in Almodóvar’s film within a film

Cannes film festival: Spaniard’s latest life-v-art auto-metafiction feels slightly muddled as he directs a director directing a director

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 19
Minotaur review – Andrei Zvyagintsev’s scorching noir intrigue amid the Ukraine war https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/minotaur-review-cannes-film-festival-andrei-zvyagintsev-ukraine-russia #CannesFilmFestival #AndreyZvyagintsev #DramaFilms #Russia #Ukraine #CrimeFilms #Europe #Festivals #Culture #Film #WorldNews
Minotaur review – Andrei Zvyagintsev’s scorching noir intrigue amid the Ukraine war

Cannes film festival: The great Russian director’s first film for almost a decade is tremendous drama following the ill-deeds of a mini-oligarch who comes up with a toxic new way to feed Russia’s war machine

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