551 films on the site were released in 2026 so far, and 338 have enough critic or audience ratings to be ranked. Project Hail Mary tops the list, ahead of All That's Left of You and The Blue Trail. The biggest hit was Spider-Man: Brand New Day with $2.5B worldwide.
Project Hail Mary is the best-rated film of 2026 so far, with an Echo Score of 90; All That's Left of You is second with the same Echo Score 90. Ranked by Echo Score; 9 of these 25 films have none and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.
#1 of 338 Best-rated film of 2026
2026 Drama Sci-Fi Thriller 2h 36m English
90 Echo Score $685M worldwide
Directed by Christopher Miller
Project Hail Mary earned $685M worldwide; the year's biggest hit, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, earned $2.5B.
About Project Hail MaryAll That's Left of You and The Blue Trail follow Project Hail Mary. Drama is the most common genre in the top 25 (13 films). Ranked by Echo Score; 9 of these 25 films have none and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.
2026 · Drama, Romance · 2h 25m
2026 · Drama, Sci-Fi · 1h 25m
Dir. Gabriel Mascaro
2026 · Drama · 1h 37m
Dir. Lucía Aleñar Iglesias No Echo Score: ranked 90/100 on critics & audiences
2026 · Animation, Adventure · 1h 31m
Dir. Steve Cox
2026 · Documentary, Biography · 1h 41m
Dir. Brydie O’Connor No Echo Score: ranked 89/100 on critics & audiences
2026 · Drama · 1h 29m
Dir. Shô Miyake No Echo Score: ranked 89/100 on critics & audiences
2026 · Documentary, War · 1h 31m
Dir. Poh Si Teng No Echo Score: ranked 89/100 on critics & audiences
2026 · Animation, Adventure · 1h 41m
Dir. Dave Green
2026 · Horror, Romance · 1h 26m
Dir. Adrian Chiarella
2026 · Fantasy, History · 1h 40m
Dir. Kevin Walker No Echo Score: ranked 88/100 on critics & audiences
2026 · Documentary · 1h 54m
No Echo Score: ranked 87/100 on critics & audiences
2026 · Documentary, Drama · 1h 37m
Dir. Brandon Kramer
2026 · Documentary · 1h 36m
Dir. Penny Lane No Echo Score: ranked 86/100 on critics & audiences
2026 · Documentary, Music · 1h 59m
Dir. Questlove
2026 · Comedy, Drama · 1h 31m
Dir. Oscar Boyson
2026 · Biography, Drama · 1h 55m
Dir. Annemarie Jacir
2026 · Fantasy, Horror · 1h 23m
Dir. Alice Maio Mackay No Echo Score: ranked 85/100 on critics & audiences
2026 · Animation, Adventure · 1h 42m
Dir. Andrew Stanton
2026 · Animation, Adventure · 1h 30m
Dir. Patrick Delage
2026 · Drama · 1h 35m
Dir. Walter Thompson-Hernandez No Echo Score: ranked 84/100 on critics & audiences
Spider-Man: Brand New Day earned $2.5B worldwide, ahead of The Odyssey ($1.7B). The top 10 took $10.1B together; 272 films released in 2026 have a box office record here. Grosses that look like data errors are left out.
#1 $2.5B worldwide Spider-Man: Brand New Day $947.6M domestic · Action 
#2 $1.7B worldwide The Odyssey $610.6M domestic · Adventure #3 $1.1B worldwide Toy Story 5 $480.2M domestic · Animation 
#4 $1B worldwide Michael $372.3M domestic · Biography 
#5 $1B worldwide The Super Mario Galaxy Movie $429.8M domestic · Animation 
#6 $693.2M worldwide The Devil Wears Prada 2 $220.6M domestic · Comedy #7 $685M worldwide Project Hail Mary $344.1M domestic · Drama #8 $523.6M worldwide Minions & Monsters $183.2M domestic · Animation 
#9 $394.1M worldwide Backrooms $197.5M domestic · Horror 
#10 $389.7M worldwide Hoppers $166M domestic · Animation The highest-ranked 2026 film of 12 genres, from Drama (Project Hail Mary) to Thriller (Our Hero, Balthazar). Each film appears once, under its first genre that is still free.
Project Hail Mary 90 Echo Score All That's Left of You 90 Echo Score The Blue Trail 90 Echo Score Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom 90 Echo Score Horsegirls 89 Echo Score Barbara Forever 89 Metascore American Doctor 86 Metascore Coyote vs. Acme 88 Echo Score Leviticus 88 Echo Score Chronovisor 88 Metascore Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) 86 Echo Score Our Hero, Balthazar 85 Echo Score February was the busiest month of 2026 so far with 112 releases; its best-rated film is Pillion. Months with their own release calendar are linked.
79% of 2026's films with a known language are in English (395). Spanish comes next with 16 films, out of 27 languages in all.
A best-of page for each of 55 years, from 1900 to 2026 (so far). Before 1980 there is one page per decade, for its first year (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970); from 1980 every year has its own.
Quick answers about 2026's best-rated films, biggest hits and awards, from the lists above.
Project Hail Mary is the best-rated film of 2026 so far on What's After the Movie, with an Echo Score of 90. All That's Left of You is second and The Blue Trail third. Ranked by Echo Score; 9 of these 25 films have none and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.
About Project Hail MarySpider-Man: Brand New Day earned $2.5B worldwide, the most of any 2026 release on the site. The Odyssey follows with $1.7B.
2026 box officeThe site lists 551 films released in 2026 so far, and 1 more is scheduled. 338 of them are ranked, and February had the most releases with a known day (112).
Ranked by Echo Score; 9 of these 25 films have none and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings. Only feature films count (60 minutes or longer, no concert recordings), and a film needs enough ratings, box office or award attention to be ranked.
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