20 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi Movies Arriving In 2026

20. The Dresden Sun

UK release date: February (day TBC)

Science fiction fans who are hoping The Dresden Sun might be an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5 will be sorely disappointed (our day will come!), but for everyone else, Michael Ryan’s upcoming picture promises an exciting new entry in a rather niche genre: the sci-fi heist movie.

The film features converging narratives which see an expert mercenary work an inside job to steal a big corporation’s most valued asset, while an insurance analyst is caught in a web of corporate rivals and fraud, ending up on the run from a military contractor. The first look trailer and those few images available of The Dresden Sun so far suggest a high-tech, neon, Blade Runner aesthetic paired with a modern corporate espionage crime thriller’s steely edge.

It definitely doesn’t have anything like the budget of many of the other sci-fi flicks heading our way next year, but it’s got an intriguing cast in Christina Ricci, Steven Ogg (Trevor from GTA V), and Mena Suvari, and looks like it’s going to be a solid streaming watch.