Netflix’s 2026 Movie Slate Is Stacked: Two Ben Affleck Films in the Mix

Netflix is lining up a stuffed 2026 movie slate. We are talking dozens of films in the pipeline, and the ones below have the best shot at actually landing next year because they are already shooting, in post, or gearing up to film soon. It is a mix of sequels, rom-coms, animated bets, prestige plays, and a few eyebrow-raisers. Also, for those keeping score, yes, there are two separate Ben Affleck projects in the mix.

Netflix movies most likely to hit in 2026

• 11817 - Louis Leterrier takes on a sealed-house survival horror.
• 72 Hours - Kevin Hart heads an action-comedy.
• A Dog's Perfect Christmas - Family holiday drama with the heartstrings firmly targeted.
• Apex - Charlize Theron anchors a survival thriller.
• Animals - Ben Affleck directs and stars in a tense crime drama.
• Bad Day - Cameron Diaz leads an action-comedy comeback swing.
• Best of the Best - A college-set Bollywood dance comedy starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.
• Doing Life - Tyler Perry drama about a struggling single mother looking for redemption.
• Don't Say Good Luck - Teen musical comedy led by Sunny Sandler.
• Enola Holmes 3 - Millie Bobby Brown returns for another mystery romp.
• Fight for '84 - Jamie Foxx produces a sports biopic drama.
• Good Sex - Lena Dunham's rom-com starring Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo.
• Heartland - Jessica Chastain fronts a country-music crime thriller.
• Heartstopper Forever - The series caps its run with a concluding movie in the Heartstopper saga.
• Here Comes the Flood - A heist romance pairing Denzel Washington and Robert Pattinson.
• Just Picture It - Rom-com with Millie Bobby Brown.
• Ladies First - A gender-flipped romantic comedy.
• Little Brother - Sibling comedy starring John Cena and Eric Andre.
• Narnia: The Magician's Nephew - Greta Gerwig's Narnia origin epic starring Emma Mackey.
• Office Romance - Jennifer Lopez headlines a workplace rom-com.
• Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man - Tommy Shelby's feature follow-up with Cillian Murphy back in the cap.
• People We Meet on Vacation - Rom-com adaptation starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth.
• Ray Gunn - Brad Bird's animated sci-fi.
• Remarkably Bright Creatures - Emotional drama with an octopus, starring Lewis Pullman and Kathy Baker.
• Roommates - College comedy starring Sadie Sandler.
• Saturn Return - Reunion-focused relationship drama starring Rachel Brosnahan.
• Steps - Animated Cinderella twist told from the stepsisters' perspective.
• Swapped - Animated adventure about two animals quite literally trading places.
• The Adventures of Cliff Booth - A David Fincher-directed sequel starring Brad Pitt. Unexpected? Absolutely.
• The Boy in the Iron Box - Horror film starring Kevin Durand.
• The Last Mrs. Parrish - Psychological thriller with Jennifer Lopez.
• The Mosquito Bowl - WWII-set sports drama starring Peter Berg.
• The Rip - Joe Carnahan's crime thriller starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
• The Whisper Man - Crime thriller starring Robert De Niro.
• Unabom - Ted Kaczynski biopic starring Russell Crowe.
• Voicemails for Isabelle - Missed-connections rom-com led by Zoey Deutch.
• War Machine - Sci-fi action vehicle for Alan Ritchson.
• Why Did I Get Married Again? - Tyler Perry reunites the original Why Did I Get Married cast.

As always with long-range slates, timelines can shift. But these are the projects with real production momentum, which gives them a strong shot at landing in 2026. I will keep an eye on status changes as they happen.