The Biggest Movies Still To Release In 2026: Ramayana, King, Avengers: Doomsday, Dune 3 And More

The economy might be a mess right now, but god are the movies in a generational run right now. Because tell me how, in a year where you have a Christopher Nolan movie, is it not even the biggest theatrical event in the year? It's literally October now, and some of the biggest movies are not even close to release. Below, we round up some of the biggest movies releasing in the next few months.

Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part adaptation follows Rama, prince of Ayodhya, through exile and into war with Ravana. Ranbir Kapoor stars as Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana, with Sunny Deol as Hanuman. Sony announced the worldwide opening for November 5, three days before Diwali, and Indian screens look clear, with no big-ticket rivals scheduled for November.

Release date: November 5, 2026

The Godzilla Minus One sequel picks up in 1949, two years after last movie, as the Shikishima family faces an all-new calamity. Ryunosuke Kamiki returns as Koichi Shikishima and Minami Hamabe as Noriko, who survived Godzilla’s first attack on Tokyo. Takashi Yamazaki returns as director, screenwriter and VFX supervisor for the sequel to Godzilla Minus One, the film that won the Oscar for visual effects. It is the first Toho-produced Godzilla film shot for IMAX, and it premiered at the New York Film Festival on September 26. The movie releases in Japan on November 3, Godzilla Day, with the global release on November 6.

Release date: November 6, 2026

Francis Lawrence returns to direct the story of young Haymitch Abernathy through the 50th Hunger Games, or the Second Quarter Quell. Joseph Zada plays Haymitch, with Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, and Glenn Close and Kieran Culkin also in the cast. It adapts Suzanne Collins’s novel of the same name, published in March 2025.

Release date: November 20, 2026

Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU as Doctor Doom, with Anthony and Joe Russo back in the director’s chair to direct this epic multiversal saga. A 27-strong confirmed cast that mixes current Marvel names with legacy X-Men actors such as Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Disney moved it from May 2026 to December 18, right on the same day as Dune: Part Three.

Release date: December 18, 2026

Denis Villeneuve adapts Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah, set nearly two decades after Paul Atreides seized the Imperium. Emperor Paul, tormented by visions of the empire’s fall, must reckon with the price of his rule as old allies resurface, a lost love reappears and new enemies gather. A conspiracy pulls him in, with Chani at its core, while a rebellion grows. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya return, with Robert Pattinson as Scytale and Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia, alongside Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh and Rebecca Ferguson.

Release date: December 18, 2026

Shah Rukh Khan plays a seasoned assassin on a vengeful journey. Siddharth Anand directs a cast that includes Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Arshad Warsi and Rani Mukerji.

Release date: December 24, 2026