Vogue Names 10 Best Films at 2026 Toronto International Film Festival
Vogue critics Taylor Antrim and Lisa Wong Macabasco have chosen their top 10 films from the recently concluded 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. Among the standout selections is Marine Atlan's La Gradiva, set to premiere on December 18, which follows Parisian students in Pompeii. Other notable films include Arthur Harari's The Unknown, featuring Niels Schneider and Léa Seydoux, and Rodrigo Sorogoyen's The Beloved, starring Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo. Simon Stone's Elsinore, opening on November 20 with Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson, and Jessie Eisenberg's A24 comedy The Debut, debuting December 11 with Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, also caught attention. Additionally, Guy Nattiv's The Liberation, featuring Carrie Coon and Lily James, and Anton Corbijn's A Talent for Murder with Helen Mirren are worth mentioning. Mike Leigh's Tender Loving Care is set to release on December 4.
Key facts
- The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival concluded the weekend of the article's publication
- Vogue critics Taylor Antrim and Lisa Wong Macabasco selected the 10 favorites
- La Gradiva, Marine Atlan's debut feature, opens in theaters on December 18
- Elsinore, directed by Simon Stone and starring Andrew Scott, opens November 20
- The Debut, directed by Jessie Eisenberg for A24, opens December 11
- A Talent for Murder, directed by Anton Corbijn and starring Helen Mirren, opens October 23
- Tender Loving Care, potentially Mike Leigh's final film, opens December 4
- The festival also screened Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky and Siân Heder's Being Heumann
Entities
Artists
- Taylor Antrim
- Lisa Wong Macabasco
- Peter Farrelly
- Siân Heder
- Judy Heumann
- Marine Atlan
- Éric Rohmer
- Arthur Harari
- Niels Schneider
- Léa Seydoux
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- Javier Bardem
- Victoria Luengo
- Andrew Scott
- Ian Charleson
- Simon Stone
- Julianne Moore
- Jessie Eisenberg
- Paul Giamatti
- Guy Nattiv
- Carrie Coon
- Lily James
- Bella Ramsey
- Odessa Young
- Tracy Letts
- Anton Corbijn
- Helen Mirren
- Patricia Highsmith
- Alden Ehrenreich
- Olivia Cooke
- Sandra Wollner
- Gregory Oke
- Valeska Grisebach
- Yana Radeva
- Mike Leigh
- Kate O'Flynn
- Alice Bailey Johnson
Institutions
- Vogue
- Toronto International Film Festival
- A24
- National Theatre
- Netflix
Locations
- Toronto
- Canada
- Paris
- France
- Pompeii
- Italy
- London
- England
- New Jersey
- United States
- Switzerland
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Turkey