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52 films I will watch in 2026

Accountability check. These are 52 blindspots that I am determined to take off my watchlist by the time 2026 is up.

Last year, I leaned into Westerns being my favorite genre by having my 52 list be all Westerns. This year, I’ve made the decision for all 52 films on this list to be non-English language films.

  • Akira
  • Amarcord
  • Asako I & II
  • Ashes and Diamonds
  • Battle Royale
  • The Big Risk
  • Bright Future
  • Broken Mirrors
  • By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
  • The Captive
  • The Cat
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Close Your Eyes
  • Dreams
  • El Sur
  • Eureka
  • Farewell My Concubine
  • Golden Eighties
  • The Guard from Underground
  • Happy Hour
  • Hero
  • I Am Cuba
  • Infernal Affairs
  • Joan the Maid I: The Battles
  • Joan the Maid II: The Prisons
  • Joint Security Area
  • Journey to the Shore
  • La Llorona
  • Lady Snowblood
  • Le Notti Bianche
  • The Leopard
  • License to Live
  • The Most Terrible Time in My Life
  • My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
  • A New Love in Tokyo
  • Once a Moth
  • Port of Shadows
  • Red Beard
  • Rosa la rose, fille publique
  • Seventh Code
  • Show Me Love
  • Summer with Monika
  • Sympathy for the Underdog
  • Symphony for a Massacre
  • Throw Down
  • Time to Die
  • Tokyo Fist
  • Trenque Lauquen
  • Vengeance Is Mine
  • We All Loved Each Other So Much
  • Werckmeister Harmonies
  • Wife of a Spy