BAM Film 2026

Joachim Trier follows The Worst Person in the World (2021) with a deeply felt comedy-drama about legacy, art, and the performances that bind—and divide—families.

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star in Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of a novel about William Shakespeare, his free-spirited wife Agnes, and the tragedy that led to the creation of one of his greatest plays.

The most awarded film at Cannes this year follows a former teacher and political dissident on the run during the waning years of Brazil’s military dictatorship.

Timothée Chalamet gives “the defining performance of his still-burgeoning career” (Variety) as a ping-pong ace who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness in the latest offering from director Josh Safdie.

Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, Park Chan-wook’s (Oldboy, Decision to Leave) black-comedy thriller follows one man’s berserk search for a new job after he is abruptly laid off.

Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers devotional sect, in writer-director Mona Fastvold’s portrait of an irrepressible leader who preached gender and social equality.

In this third entry into the franchise, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival—the inhumanity of the survivors proves far more terrifying.

Based on the memoir of lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy tells the tale of Walter McMillian, a black man wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Writer and philosopher Audre Lorde speaks about her extraordinary life and career in this exhaustive documentary.

This cult classic vampire film fuses shimmering black-and-white 35mm with the hallucinatory grain of Pixelvision video, directed by Michael Almereyda and executive produced by David Lynch.

Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) offers a fresh interpretation of Brontë’s tale of love and obsession, starring Jacob Elordi, Margot Robbie, and Hong Chau.