Cannes 2026: 10 Must-See Films from Refn, Hamaguchi, and Kreutzer

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival, running on the Croisette, features a robust lineup despite a lack of Hollywood spectacle. Park Chan-wook heads the main competition jury. Notable entries include Lukas Dhont's World War I period drama 'Coward', Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Fatherland' starring Sandra Hüller as Erika Mann, and Marie Kreutzer's 'Gentle Monster' with Léa Seydoux and Jella Haase. Na Hong-jin returns with 'Hope', a horror set near the Korean DMZ starring Jung Ho-yeon. Kantemir Balagov's 'Butterfly Jam' follows a Russian migrant wrestler in New Jersey. Nicolas Winding Refn presents 'Her Private Hell', his first film in a decade. Jordan Firstman debuts 'Club Kid' in Un Certain Regard. Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Sheep in the Box' features a humanoid infant. Arie and Chuko Esiri reimagine 'Mrs Dalloway' as 'Clarissa' in Lagos. Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 'All of a Sudden' is a three-hour-plus drama set in Paris. Omitted works include Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord', Pedro Almodóvar's 'Bitter Christmas', Asghar Farhadi's 'Parallel Tales', and Ira Sachs' 'The Man I Love'.