If April was Bollywood and Hollywood and a little of everything in between, May has decided to commit to a theme: love, war, and very famous people in legacy roles. Anne Hathaway is back as Andy Sachs after twenty years. Mohanlal and Mammootty are back together after thirteen. Salman is, allegedly, going to war. And there is a film about sheep solving a murder (I’m really not lying).
Here’s everything worth blocking out a weekend for.
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Release date: 1 May 2026
We have waited twenty years for this, which is roughly the length of an average career in publishing — fitting, given that this sequel is reportedly about the slow death of magazines. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci are all back! Andy is back at Runway as features editor. Justin Theroux plays a tech billionaire described in early reviews as “basically Jeff Bezos with hair.” First reactions out of New York have been warm, so obviously, we can’t wait.
Patriot
Release date: 1 May 2026
Mahesh Narayanan’s spy thriller is the long-awaited reunion of Mammootty and Mohanlal — their first film together in thirteen years, since Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty. Add Fahadh Faasil, Kunchacko Boban, Nayanthara, and Revathi to the call sheet, and you understand why overseas advance bookings have already crossed $200,000 before Kerala has even opened its gates.
Raja Shivaji
Release date: 1 May 2026
Riteish Deshmukh has been working on this film, by his own account, since roughly 2015 — directing, writing, and starring as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The cast includes Sanjay Dutt as Afzal Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bhagyashree, Fardeen Khan, Mahesh Manjrekar, and a much-discussed Salman Khan cameo as Jeeva Mahala.
Ek Din
Release date: 1 May 2026
The Hindi remake of the 2016 Thai film One Day, produced by Aamir Khan, starring Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi in her Hindi debut. The premise: a man in love with his colleague gets one wished-for day with her in Japan, where the snow does most of the heavy lifting. We have been waiting for Sai Pallavi to do a Hindi film for years, and this is finally it.
Hokum
Release date: 1 May 2026
A small horror film with a quietly impressive pitch. Adam Scott — yes, Severance, Parks and Rec Adam Scott — plays a novelist who retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes and is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite.
The Sheep Detectives
Release date: 8 May 2026
A flock of sheep set out to solve the murder of their beloved shepherd, and yes, that is the actual premise. Hugh Jackman plays the dead shepherd, Emma Thompson and Nicholas Braun appear as humans, and the sheep themselves are voiced by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Bella Ramsey, Chris O’Dowd, Patrick Stewart, and Brett Goldstein. The movie is written by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl, The Last of Us), and directed by Kyle Balda.
Mortal Kombat 2
Release date: 15 May 2026
The 2021 reboot was a perfectly fine video game adaptation, which is to say it had a fight scene every few minutes. The sequel goes for the proper tournament arc this time, with Karl Urban joining as Johnny Cage — casting that has been universally well-received online.
Pati Patni Aur Woh Do
Release date: 15 May 2026
Ayushmann Khurrana, Sara Ali Khan, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Rakul Preet Singh in a comedy that turns the love triangle into, in Ayushmann’s words, “unprecedented levels of chaos.” Directed by Mudassar Aziz, who also helmed the 2019 original. Whether the formula still hits in 2026, when most viewers’ relationship with relationship comedy is, frankly, complicated, is the actual test.
Drishyam 3
Release date: 21 May 2026
Mohanlal returns as Georgekutty, Jeethu Joseph returns to direct, and the franchise returns to its original sin: the wall-painting scene from 2013 that started this whole thing. The teaser dropped on April 29. The release is timed to Mohanlal’s 66th birthday. The supporting cast — Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Asha Sharath, Murali Gopy, Siddique — is fully intact. The Hindi remake with Ajay Devgn lands later in October.
Chaand Mera Dil
Release date: 22 May 2026
This features the fresh on-screen pairing of Lakshya and Ananya Panday in a Dharma Productions musical romance directed by Vivek Soni. Lakshya was last seen being terrifying in Kill, and then winning our hearts in Ba**ds of Bollywood, so this is a genuine pivot. Ananya has been doing some interesting work of her career lately as well. Whether the pairing actually has chemistry — and whether the film clears the increasingly high bar for a Bollywood rom-com — is the open question. Karan Johar is betting yes.