What are the movies to see in theaters starting Wednesday, June 3, 2026? This new week of releases in cinemas blends horror-comedy, historical drama, French comedy, thriller, documentary, family animation, and more offbeat picks, offering a varied lineup to plan your screening in Paris, the Île-de-France region, or elsewhere in France.
Among the most prominent releases, Scary Movie revives the parody saga with Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans, while The Battle of Gaulle - The Iron Age, directed by Antonin Baudry, revisits June 1940 and Gaulle’s departure for London. On the French comedy side, Anna and the Children brings together Camille Chamoux, Alban Lenoir and Olivia Côte around a heroine grappling with her fear of children.
The week of June 3, 2026 also features The Plague, an American thriller unveiled at Cannes 2025, New Friends on Puffin Rock, a family‑friendly animated film for ages 3 and up, The Zanetti Case starring Roschdy Zem, and In Us, Juliette Binoche’s inaugural documentary. Here are the films hitting the big screen this week.
The Battle of Gaulle: The Iron Age, the trailer for Antonin Baudry's film starring Simon Abkarian
The trailer for The Battle of Gaulle: The Iron Age is online. The first instalment of Antonin Baudry's diptych, featuring Simon Abkarian as de Gaulle, hits cinemas on June 3, 2026. [Read more]
Scary Movie: The Wayans Are Back on the Big Screen for a Sixth Installment
On June 3, 2026, moviegoers will return to theaters for Scary Movie 6, directed by Michael Tiddes and starring Anna Faris alongside the Wayans brothers, as the iconic horror-parody franchise makes its comeback. [Read more]
The Plague: Charlie Polinger's debut film hits theaters
American thriller The Plague, directed by Charlie Polinger and unveiled at Cannes 2025 in Un Certain Regard, hits French theaters on June 3, 2026. [Read more]
New Friends on Puffin Rock: the trailer for Cartoon Saloon's animated feature
Discover the trailer for New Friends on Puffin Rock, Cartoon Saloon's animated film adapted from the Netflix series, in theaters June 3, 2026 for ages 3 and up. [Read more]
Anna and the Kids: the trailer for the comedy starring Camille Chamoux
The French comedy Anna and the Children, directed by Diane Clavier and starring Camille Chamoux, Alban Lenoir, and Olivia Côte, hits cinemas on June 3, 2026. A first trailer unveils this story built around a rare phobia: the fear of children. [Read more]
Colony: Yeon Sang-ho’s horror film hits theaters today
Presented in Midnight Screenings at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, Colony hits theaters this Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Yeon Sang-ho, the director of Train to Busan, returns to South Korean horror with a tale of contamination set in a Seoul skyscraper. [Read more]
The Virtuoso: Leo Woodall stars in a heist thriller in theaters starting today
The Virtuoso, a thriller by Daniel Roher starring Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman and Havana Rose Liu, hits theaters this Wednesday, May 27, 2026. The film follows a piano tuner with extraordinary hearing, who is drawn into a string of increasingly dangerous burglaries. [Read more]
L’Objet du délit : Agnès Jaoui back in cinemas starting today
The Object of the Offense, Agnès Jaoui's new film starring Daniel Auteuil and Eye Haïdara, arrives in theaters this Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Shown out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, this French drama-comedy takes a backstage look at a production of The Marriage of Figaro. [Read more]
Mata: Eye Haïdara and Mélanie Laurent star in an espionage thriller in cinemas starting today
Mata, a spy thriller from Rachel Lang starring Eye Haïdara, Mélanie Laurent, Joséphine Japy and Raphaël Personnaz, hits theaters this Wednesday, May 27, 2026. The film follows a DGSE agent drawn into a counter-espionage investigation set against clandestine operations, disappearances and state secrets. [Read more]
Everything's going great: Hakim Jemili stars in a romantic comedy in cinemas starting today.
Everything’s going great, Patrick Cassir’s romantic comedy starring Hakim Jemili, Noémie Lvovsky, and Marie Colomb hits theaters this Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Selected for the Alpe d’Huez Film Festival, the film follows a man torn between a budding romance and his mother’s relapse. [Read more]
The Yakuza’s Last Breath: a Japanese anime selected for Annecy hits theaters today.
The Last Breath of a Yakuza, a Japanese animated film by Baku Kinoshita, hits theaters this Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Nominated at Annecy 2025, this intimate drama follows a former yakuza serving a life sentence, confronting his memories and regrets as death draws near. [Read more]
L’Abandon hits theaters: Vincent Garenq revisits the Samuel Paty affair
The Abandonment, a drama by Vincent Garenq starring Antoine Reinartz and Emmanuelle Bercot, opens in cinemas on May 13, 2026. The film recounts the last eleven days of Samuel Paty. [Read more]
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, the highly anticipated comeback of the iconic duo to the big screen
Star Wars : The Mandalorian and Grogu hit theaters on May 20, 2026. The famous duo from The Mandalorian continues its adventure in a new Star Wars movie. [Read more]
Obsession : a chilling horror tale about a wish that spirals out of control hits theaters.
Obsession, a horror film from Curry Barker starring Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette, hits theaters on May 13, 2026. The feature centers on a seemingly harmless wish that slowly drags its characters into a troubling spiral. [Read more]
All You Need Is Kill: the sci-fi anime adaptation of the cult novel hits the big screen
All You Need Is Kill, the Japanese animated film by Kenichiro Akimoto and Yukio Ando, arrives in cinemas on May 20 with its futuristic war story told in a time loop. [Read more]
Junk World : the prequel to Junk Head opens in theaters today
Junk World, a Japanese animated film by Takahide Hori, hits theaters on May 13, 2026. A prequel to Junk Head, this stop‑motion science‑fiction feature plunges into an underground world populated by robots, clones and cyborgs. [Read more]
Maximilian Kolbe: A Life Given, the film about the Auschwitz priest hits cinemas
Maximilian Kolbe: A Life Given Away hits cinemas on May 20. The film traces the final days of the Polish priest, who died at Auschwitz after volunteering to take the place of another prisoner. [Read more]
Passenger: André Øvredal's horror film hits theaters
Passenger, a horror-thriller directed by André Øvredal, hits theaters on May 20. A taut road-trip thriller featuring Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell, and Phoebe Dynevor. [Read more]
The Bojarski Case, starring Reda Kateb, hits VOD in May 2026
The Bojarski Case, a historical drama by Jean-Paul Salomé starring Reda Kateb and Sara Giraudeau, debuts in EST on May 14 and hits VOD on May 19, 2026. [Read more]
Hitler’s Taste-Testers: Silvio Soldini’s historical drama hits theaters
Hitler's Tasters, a historical drama by Silvio Soldini starring Elisa Schlott, hits cinemas on May 20 and revisits the fate of the women tasked with tasting the Führer's meals. [Read more]
Vanilla: Mayra Hermosillo's Mexican comedy-drama hits theaters
Vanilla, Mayra Hermosillo’s debut feature, arrives in theaters on May 20. A Mexican dramedy driven by a young heroine navigating grief and family secrets. [Read more]
28 Years Later: The Temple of the Dead Arrives on VOD
28 years later: The Temple of the Dead, a horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland, arrives on VOD for purchase on May 14, 2026, followed by rental on May 20. [Read more]
On Netflix: Benoît Poelvoorde faces off against Daphné Patakia
Sur la branche, the film by Marie Garel-Weiss starring Daphné Patakia, Benoît Poelvoorde, Agnès Jaoui and Raphaël Quenard, lands on Netflix on May 27, 2026. [Read more]
Élise under a spell hits theaters: José Garcia in a toxic relationship
Élise under the spell, Marie Rémond's debut feature with José Garcia, Gustave Kervern and the cast announced, hits cinemas on May 13, 2026. The film delves into a toxic relationship and its dynamics of control. [Read more]
Electric Venus: Pierre Salvadori's film will open the Cannes Film Festival 2026.
Billed as the opening film of the Cannes Festival, Pierre Salvadori's The Electric Venus hits cinemas on May 13, 2026, starring Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier, and Gilles Lellouche. [Read more]
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films to be seen today in Paris and the Île-de-France region. [Read more]
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