2026 directorial debut films

Youth is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Ken Karunas, in his directorial debut, who also enacts the lead role. The cast also includes Suraj Venjaramoodu, Devadarshini, Anishma Anilkumar, Meenakshi Dinesh and Priyanshi Yadav.

Goat is a 2026 American animated sports comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Unanimous Media, and Modern Magic Productions. Directed by Tyree Dillihay, it stars Caleb McLaughlin as Will Harris, an anthropomorphic goat who aspires to become the greatest of all time at a basketball-like sport known as roarball. Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Nick Kroll, Jenifer Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Jelly Roll, Wayne Knight, Jennifer Hudson, Sherry Cola, Eduardo Franco, Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee also star, alongside basketball player Stephen Curry in his film debut.

Backrooms is an upcoming American science fiction horror film directed by Kane Parsons and written by Will Soodik. It is based on Parsons' web series and inspired by the "Backrooms" creepypasta. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell.

upcoming film directed by Thomas Kail

2026 anime film directed by Shingo Yamashita

upcoming film directed by Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni

Iron Lung is a 2026 American independent science fiction horror film written, edited, and directed by Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach. It is based on the 2022 video game by David Szymanski. It stars Markiplier, Caroline Kaplan, Troy Baker, Elsie Lovelock, Elle LaMont, Mick Lauer, Seán McLoughlin (Jacksepticeye), Isaac McKee and Alanah Pearce. The plot follows a convict named Simon (Markiplier) who is forced to pilot a submarine through an ocean of blood on a desolate moon following an apocalyptic event known as the "Quiet Rapture" that caused all the stars and most planets along with their human inhabitants to disappear without warning.

2026 film directed by Aidan Zamiri

2026 film directed by Gavin Polone

2026 film directed by Frankie Shaw

2026 film directed by Stephanie Ahn

With Love is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Madhan. It is produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth, Pasilian Nazerath, and Magesh Raj Pasilian under the banners of Zion Films and MRP Entertainment. The film stars Abishan Jeevinth and Anaswara Rajan in the lead roles. It marks the directorial debut of Madhan and Abishan's debut as a lead actor.