New York Film Festival 2026

September 25 – October 12, 2026

The 64th NYFF runs September 25 – October 12, 2026 at Lincoln Center, opening with James Gray's Paper Tiger, with Tony Gilroy's Behemoth! as centerpiece and Ava DuVernay's 14th closing. Below: a launch-ready poll of the festival's biggest films, and the full Main Slate and Spotlight lineups.

NYFF 2026 Top Films

The headliners — opening, centerpiece, and closing nights plus the most anticipated premieres.

James Gray – Paper Tiger
Tony Gilroy – Behemoth!
Ava DuVernay – 14th
Luca Guadagnino – Artificial
Takashi Yamazaki – Godzilla Minus Zero
Pedro Almodóvar – Bitter Christmas
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – All of a Sudden
Cristian Mungiu – Fjord
Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love
Chris Rock – Misty Green
Jesse Eisenberg – The Debut
Mike Leigh – Tender Loving Care

NYFF 2026 Top Films

Paper Tiger
Behemoth!
14th
Artificial
Godzilla Minus Zero
Bitter Christmas
All of a Sudden

Opening, Centerpiece & Closing(3)

Paper Tiger
James Gray
2026
Behemoth!
Tony Gilroy
2026
14th
Ava DuVernay
2026

Main Slate(31)

The festival's core selection.

9 Temples to Heaven
Sompot Chidgasornpongse
2026
All of a Sudden
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
2026
Artificial
Luca Guadagnino
2026
Bitter Christmas
Pedro Almodóvar
2026
Clarissa
Arie Esiri & Chuko Esiri
2026
Dao
Alain Gomis
2026
The Day She Returns
Hong Sangsoo
2026
I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies
Mani Haghighi
2026
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Radu Jude
2026
Double Freedom
Lisandro Alonso
2026
The Dreamed Adventure
Valeska Grisebach
2026
Everything Else Is Noise
Nicolás Pereda
2026
Everytime
Sandra Wollner
2026
Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski
2026
La Gradiva
Marine Atlan
2026
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
Isabelle Stever
2027
The Loneliest Man in Town
Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
2026
A Long Winter
Andrew Haigh
2027
The Man I Love
Ira Sachs
2027
A Man of His Time
Emmanuel Marre
2026
Minotaur
Andrey Zvyagintsev
2026
Misty Green
Chris Rock
2026
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile
Julia Loktev
2026
My Wife Cries
Angela Schanelec
2026
NAZA
Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor
2026
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
Hong Sangsoo
2026
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
William Greaves & David Greaves
2026
Possible Love
Lee Chang-dong
2026
Rose
Markus Schleinzer
2026
Tender Loving Care
Mike Leigh
2026
The Unknown
Arthur Harari
2026