Guardian Publishes Autumn 2026 Film Recommendations Featuring Major Blockbusters and Indie Titles

Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman and the return of Rocky: the best films of autumn 2026

Old favourites Shaun the Sheep, Dune, Jane Austen and Godzilla join Charles de Gaulle, the Peasants’ Revolt and queer identity in Spain • See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here • Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning? All release dates are UK and subject to change Willem Dafoe is typically grizzled and poetic for this study of a near-retirement postal worker who, it turns out, was a beatnik rhymester of cachet – but no lasting re...

By Laurence Phelan, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard