Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Compare films released in 2026 from Oscar Best Picture and BAFTA Best Film nominees and Cannes, Venice and Berlin main competition selections recognized during 2021–2026, ranked by our combined movie score.
2026 is the release year; 2021–2026 is the recognition period. This is not a final ranking of the year’s award results. 64 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | F Cristian Mungiu · Romania; France; Norway; Sweden; Denmark | 2026 | 94.6 | 76.6 | 86.3 | 93.1 | 🏆CANNES 2026 | Drama | 146 min | |
| 2 | WU May el-Toukhy · Denmark; Sweden; Latvia | 2026 | 93.9~ | 71.7 | 87.9 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2026 | Drama | 124 min | |
| 3 | M Andrey Zvyagintsev · France; Latvia; Germany | 2026 | 93.6~ | 81.6 | 93.5 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2026 | Drama, War | 135 min | |
| 4 | N Yuval Abraham; Rachel Szor · United Kingdom | 2026 | 93.5 | 82.0 | 97.3 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2026 | Documentary | 80 min | |
| 5 | YL Ilker Çatak · Germany; France; Turkey | 2026 | 92.8 | 74.8 | 73.9 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 127 min | |
| 6 | PL Lee Chang-dong · South Korea | 2026 | 92.6 | 76.2 | 94.6 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2026 | Drama, Romance | 164 min | |
| 7 | QA Lance Hammer · United Kingdom; United States | 2026 | 92.4 | 77.5 | 92.6 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 121 min | |
| 8 | LB Javier Ambrossi; Javier Calvo · Spain; France | 2026 | 90.8 | 84.3 | 88.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 155 min | |
| 9 | TD Valeska Grisebach · Germany; France; Bulgaria; Austria | 2026 | 90.8 | 65.4 | 83.8 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2026 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 167 min | |
| 10 | AO Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · France; Japan; Germany; Belgium | 2026 | 90.7 | 82.0 | 90.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 196 min | |
| 11 | J Beth de Araújo · United States | 2026 | 90.3~ | 82.5 | 89.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 12 | S Emin Alper · France; Greece; Netherlands; Saudi Arabia; Sweden; Turkey | 2026 | 90.3~ | 69.4 | ~80.0 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 117 min | |
| 13 | WH Martin McDonagh · United Kingdom; United States; Chile | 2026 | 90.1~ | 83.4 | 84.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 118 min | |
| 14 | F Paweł Pawlikowski · Poland; Germany; Italy; France | 2026 | 90.1 | 75.7 | 92.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, History | 82 min | |
| 15 | R Markus Schleinzer · Austria; Germany | 2026 | 90.0 | 78.4 | 91.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, History | 94 min | |
| 16 | D Ilya Khrzhanovsky · Germany; France; Sweden | 2026 | 89.5~ | 72.6 | 92.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 195 min | |
| 17 | NR Geneviève Dulude-De Celles · Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; Italy | 2026 | 89.4~ | 85.2 | 75.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 103 min | |
| 18 | TL Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · Austria | 2026 | 89.3~ | 76.2 | 86.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music | 86 min | |
| 19 | LB Hirokazu Koreeda · Japan | 2026 | 89.2 | 79.8 | 79.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 100 min | |
| 20 | GM Marie Kreutzer · Austria; Germany; France | 2026 | 89.1 | 82.9 | 71.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, Mystery | 114 min | |
| 21 | ED Grant Gee · Ireland; United Kingdom | 2026 | 89.0~ | 72.6 | 87.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Documentary, Music | 102 min | |
| 22 | IA Leyla Bouzid · France; Tunisia | 2026 | 88.9~ | 72.1 | 87.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, Mystery | 111 min | |
| 23 | TB Rodrigo Sorogoyen · Spain | 2026 | 88.9 | 74.4 | 80.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 135 min | |
| 24 | PT James Gray · United States | 2026 | 88.8~ | 73.5 | 81.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 115 min | |
| 25 | F Fernando Eimbcke · Mexico | 2026 | 88.7~ | 76.6 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 102 min | |
| 26 | C Lukas Dhont · Belgium; France; Netherlands | 2026 | 88.7~ | 76.2 | 75.7 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 120 min | |
| 27 | AG Stéphane Brizé · France | 2026 | 88.4~ | 76.2 | 75.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 102 min | |
| 28 | RA Marco Bechis · Italy; Brazil | 2026 | 88.4~ | 72.6 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 104 min | |
| 29 | AB Ali Asgari · Iran; Switzerland; Italy; Canada; Türkiye | 2026 | 88.4~ | 72.3 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 87 min | |
| 30 | WA Anthony Chen · Singapore | 2026 | 88.1~ | 75.3 | 75.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance | 157 min | |
| 31 | AP Cédric Kahn · France | 2026 | 88.1~ | 69.9 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 105 min | |
| 32 | H Na Hong-jin · South Korea | 2026 | 88.1 | 73.2 | 73.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 160 min | |
| 33 | AM Emmanuel Marre · Belgium; France | 2026 | 88.1 | 71.7 | 75.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, History | 155 min | |
| 34 | I Danny Boyle · United Kingdom; France; United States | 2026 | 88.0~ | 69.0 | 80.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 116 min | |
| 35 | P Lance Oppenheim · United States | 2026 | 88.0 | 73.0 | 74.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Documentary | 109 min | |
| 36 | NN Kōji Fukada · Japan; France; Singapore; Philippines | 2026 | 88.0 | 65.4 | 82.7 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 110 min | |
| 37 | AN Yoshitoshi Shinomiya · France; Japan | 2026 | 88.0~ | 70.3 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Animation, Drama | 76 min | |
| 38 | TS Paolo Strippoli · Italy; France; Belgium | 2026 | 88.0 | 72.4 | 75.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama, Thriller | 115 min | |
| 39 | TF Edoardo De Angelis · Italy | 2026 | 87.9~ | 68.5 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 93 min | |
| 40 | Y( Anna Fitch; Banker White · United States | 2026 | 87.9~ | 69.9 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Documentary | 78 min | |
| 41 | TM Ira Sachs · United States | 2026 | 87.9 | 64.0 | 83.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, Music | 95 min | |
| 42 | AW Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet · France; Belgium | 2026 | 87.7 | 69.0 | 74.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 98 min | |
| 43 | IW Nanni Moretti · Italy; France; Spain | 2026 | 87.6~ | 65.4 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 103 min | |
| 44 | AN Pedro Almodóvar · Spain | 2026 | 87.5 | 66.3 | 76.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 111 min | |
| 45 | ST Mahamat-Saleh Haroun · Chad; France | 2026 | 87.4~ | 65.8 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 101 min | |
| 46 | D Anke Blondé · Belgium; Greece; Poland; United Kingdom | 2026 | 87.2~ | 63.6 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 109 min | |
| 47 | M László Nemes · France | 2026 | 86.8~ | 65.4 | 69.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 130 min | |
| 48 | HS Eva Trobisch · Germany | 2026 | 86.7~ | 59.5 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 116 min | |
| 49 | AD Jeanne Herry · France | 2026 | 86.7 | 72.0 | 59.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 120 min | |
| 50 | BF Werner Herzog · Ireland; United States | 2026 | 86.6 | 67.2 | 66.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 109 min | |
| 51 | TU Arthur Harari · France; Italy | 2026 | 86.5 | 65.4 | 66.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, Thriller | 139 min | |
| 52 | D Alain Gomis · France; Guinea-Bissau; Senegal | 2026 | 86.2~ | 56.8 | 78.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 185 min | |
| 53 | TB Léa Mysius · France | 2026 | 86.2 | 67.2 | 60.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 54 | UP Nicolas Pariser · France | 2026 | 86.2~ | 53.7 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 107 min | |
| 55 | N Hanna Bergholm · Finland; France; Lithuania; United Kingdom | 2026 | 85.8 | 62.1 | 67.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 91 min | |
| 56 | B Florian Zeller · France; Spain | 2026 | 85.7~ | 67.2 | 56.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama, Thriller | 126 min | |
| 57 | SI Hirokazu Koreeda · Japan | 2026 | 85.6 | 65.8 | 55.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 126 min | |
| 58 | TE Andrea Pallaoro · Italy; Belgium | 2026 | 85.4 | 57.3 | 66.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 123 min | |
| 59 | MW Angela Schanelec · Germany; France | 2026 | 85.0~ | 45.1 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 92 min | |
| 60 | C Casey Affleck · Canada; United States | 2026 | 84.3 | 60.9 | 49.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 92 min | |
| 61 | PT Asghar Farhadi · France; Belgium; Italy | 2026 | 83.9 | 62.2 | 42.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 139 min | |
| 62 | RP Karim Aïnouz · Germany; Italy; Spain; United Kingdom | 2026 | 83.6 | 60.4 | 44.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 97 min | |
| 63 | MN Shin'ya Tsukamoto · Japan; United States; Thailand; Vietnam | 2026 | 83.2~ | 68.1 | 28.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama, War | 116 min | |
| 64 | AT Kornél Mundruczó · United States; Hungary | 2026 | 82.8~ | 62.7 | 32.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 112 min |
This collection contains 64 films released in 2026 with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Ceremonies held in 2027 are not included, so the award results for 2026 releases are incomplete.
Fjord leads this Total Score ranking with 94.6. Nina Roza has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (85.2). Naza has one of the highest known Critics scores (97.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Cristian Mungiu · 2026 · 146 min
Audience 76.6 · Critics 86.3 · Total 94.6
Cannes 2026: Palme d'Or
May el-Toukhy · 2026 · 124 min
Audience 71.7 · Critics 87.9 · Total 93.9 (provisional)
Venice 2026: Golden Lion
Andrey Zvyagintsev · 2026 · 135 min
Audience 81.6 · Critics 93.5 · Total 93.6 (provisional)
Cannes 2026: Other major award
Total combines 40% audience ratings, 30% critic ratings and 30% original award points, with a bonus for recognition by additional institutions. Scores shown to one decimal place can be tied while their unrounded ranking differs. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.