June 2026 at the cinema and on streaming, week by week
De Gaulle reaches London, Steven Spielberg reveals his extraterrestrials, Pixar brings back its toys. Here are June’s films and series, grouped by release date.
Week of 3 June
La Bataille de Gaulle, l’âge de fer
June 1940. France signs the armistice. One general rejects defeat and reaches London to carry the idea of a Free France. Antonin Baudry opens his two-part work with “La Bataille de Gaulle, l’âge de fer”. Simon Abkarian plays Charles de Gaulle, surrounded by Benoît Magimel, Mathieu Kassovitz and Niels Schneider. The film screens out of competition at Cannes 2026.
L’Affaire Zanetti
Leonardo Di Costanzo films a confrontation. Elisa Zanetti serves a sentence for a crime she says she has forgotten. Ten years on, a criminologist reopens the case and draws her back toward her memories. Roschdy Zem and Barbara Ronchi hold this duel.
The Plague
Charlie Polinger sets “The Plague” in a water-polo camp, in the summer of 2003. Ben, thirteen, looks for his place among the boys. His compassion for a sidelined teammate turns him into the next target. The film comes from the Un Certain Regard selection at Cannes 2025.
Anna et les enfants
Diane Clavier brings an unexpected phobia to the screen: the fear of children. Camille Chamoux leads this comedy, alongside Alban Lenoir and Olivia Côte. The parody saga returns the same day with “Scary Movie 6”, directed by Michael Tiddes, where the Wayans brothers and Anna Faris step back in.
Week of 10 June
Disclosure Day
Steven Spielberg returns to his extraterrestrials. “Disclosure Day” asks one plain question: what if humanity learned it shares the Earth with others? Emily Blunt leads the investigation, opposite Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth. David Koepp wrote the script, John Williams the score. France discovers the film on 10 June, two days ahead of the United States.
Le Vertige
Quentin Dupieux turns to animation. Jacques visits his friend Bruno to deliver some news: humanity lives inside a simulation. “Le Vertige” moves in 3D and motion capture, with the voices of Alain Chabat, Jonathan Cohen and Anaïs Demoustier. The Quinzaine des Cinéastes closed its 2026 selection on this film, later shown again at the Forum des images.
D’un monde à l’autre
After the death of his best friend, Jérémie Renier walks toward peace. He follows the explorer Loury Lag across the Arctic ice. The documentary “D’un monde à l’autre” links grief and friendship, in extreme conditions.
Week of 17 June
Toy Story 5
Pixar brings back Woody and Buzz Lightyear. “Toy Story 5” sends its toys into a fresh challenge, facing the screens that capture today’s children. Andrew Stanton and McKenna Harris share the direction.
Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer
Jim reigns over the Parisian gay scene. A virus, the Heterosis, turns gay men straight and empties his following. With his last follower, Lucien, he sets off to find a cure. “Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer”, the first feature from the Bobbypills studio, blends satire and tenderness. Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané direct, The Jokers distributes, Cannes 2026 showed it as a Midnight Screening. The film speaks to an adult audience.
Naomi Kawase’s new film
Naomi Kawase films Corry, a French woman settled in Japan. She supports children awaiting a heart transplant, in Kobe, and works for organ donation. Vicky Krieps holds the role.
Week of 24 June
The Minions return
Hollywood, the 1920s. The Minions enter the film industry and dream of shooting their own monster movie. So they set out to create their own creatures around the world. Pierre Coffin signs this new chapter.
Michel Leclerc’s swashbuckling comedy
Michel Leclerc imagines 1651. The Fronde rumbles. Anne of Austria shields young Louis, the future Louis XIV, and replaces him with a double. D’Artagnan entrusts the child to Cyrano de Bergerac, who hides him within his theatre troupe. Julia Piaton, Franck Dubosc and Artus lead this comedy.
Julian Schnabel’s new film
Julian Schnabel begins with a discovery. A Sicilian priest unearths, at the Vatican Library, a manuscript of “The Divine Comedy” in Dante’s own hand. The film follows the shockwave of that find.
This month’s series
At the end of June, two flagship series arrive one day apart.
The Bear, season 5
“The Bear” returns for a fifth season. Carmy, Sydney and Richie step back into service, between a kitchen under pressure and fragile bonds. Disney+ releases the season in France on 26 June 2026.
Avatar: The Last Airbender, season 2
“Avatar: The Last Airbender” begins its second season. Aang learns to master earth and faces the Fire Nation. Toph joins the group. Netflix releases the seven episodes on 25 June 2026.
Disney+ also broadens its catalogue with “Alice et Steve”, a CANNESERIES winner, and “Not Suitable for Work”.
On ARTE in June
The channel unfolds a month of cinema and series that extends our theatrical line-up.
Parasite and the Bong Joon-ho cycle
In Seoul, a poor family works its way into a wealthy household and sets a cruel mechanism in motion. Bong Joon-ho drives this satire of class struggle toward a final bloodbath. “Parasite” brings together Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik and Park So-dam. The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2019, then four Oscars in 2020. ARTE airs “Parasite” on 10 June and offers “Memories of Murder” and “The Host” on arte.tv from 1 June.
The Hack
London, late 2008. A source tells journalist Nick Davies that the tabloid News of the World hacks private voicemails with the help of corrupt police. Backed by the Guardian, Davies takes on Rupert Murdoch’s empire. Jack Thorne signs this seven-episode series, led by David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, Toby Jones and Rose Leslie. Lewis Arnold directs. ARTE schedules it from 12 June.
La belle de Gaza
In Tel-Aviv, Yolande Zauberman follows trans women, queens of the street exposed to violence and prostitution. One of them reportedly arrived on foot from Gaza. The filmmaker closes her night trilogy with this film, after “M”, which won the César for best documentary in 2020. ARTE airs it from 18 June.
Sous contrôle
Marie Tessier runs an NGO, then becomes foreign minister on the day European citizens fall into the hands of hostage-takers in the Sahel. She crosses every red line to keep up appearances. Léa Drucker carries this satirical comedy on the exercise of power. Erwan Le Duc directs, from a script by Charly Delwart. Séries Mania named it best French series in 2023. ARTE schedules it from 26 June.
As bestas
Antoine and Olga leave France for a hamlet in Galicia, where they farm the land and restore houses. Their opposition to a wind farm turns an irascible neighbour against them. Rodrigo Sorogoyen leads this western-tinged thriller, with Denis Ménochet, Marina Foïs and Luis Zahera. The film won the César for best foreign film in 2023. ARTE airs it on 3 June.
Music Queer
From Juliette Gréco to Troye Sivan, this animated series revisits twenty hits that carried queer visibility. Rebecca Manzoni and Amandine Fredon direct, across short episodes that blend music, biography and political context. ARTE releases it from 20 June, during Pride month.
Rebonds
Born in France at the turn of the 2000s, electro dance moved through clubs and streets, then through the trough of the tecktonik craze, before its glory at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in 2024. Through the dancer Brandon Masele, known as Miel, Loïc Phil and Marianne Getti retrace this collective epic. ARTE airs it from 10 June.
The month also brings “Les nerfs à vif” by Martin Scorsese, with Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte (14 June), “They Shot the Piano Player” by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, on bossa nova (21 June), “Sidonie au Japon” by Élise Girard, with Isabelle Huppert (17 June), and “Rosalie” by Stéphanie Di Giusto, with Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Benoît Magimel (24 June). Among the series, “Happy Valley” by Sally Wainwright returns from 4 June, led by Sarah Lancashire.
From London to Kobe, from the Arctic ice to Hollywood, and from theatres to ARTE’s screens, June unfolds a cinema of struggle and memory. Enjoy the month.
