Every Wednesday, find our selection of the five most anticipated film releases for the week of February 18, 2026. A selection of must-see films to discover in theaters now.
1. The American Dream
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Marciano
Actors: Jean-Pascal Zadi, Raphaël Quenard, Olga Mouak
Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, this film follows the journey of two outsiders, Jérémy and Bouna, who, thanks to their absolute passion for basketball and their unbreakable friendship, overcame all obstacles to achieve their American Dream.
2. Marty Supreme
Genre: Drama, Biopic
Director: Josh Safdie
Actors: Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion
Synopsis: Timothée Chalamet portrays a young man with boundless ambition, Marty Mauser, who is ready to do anything to achieve his dream and prove to the world that nothing is impossible for him. A film that tells a powerful personal adventure full of emotion.
3. The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
Genre: Drama
Director: Diego Cespedes
Actors: Tamara Cortes, Matías Catalán, Paula Dinamarca
Synopsis: Awarded at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, this film is set in the late 1980s, in the Chilean desert. Lidia, 11, grows up in a flamboyant family that has found refuge in a cabaret on the outskirts of a mining town. When a mysterious deadly disease begins to spread, rumors claim it is transmitted by just a glance. The community quickly becomes the target of collective fears and fantasies. In this modern-day western, Lidia stands up for her own.
4. A Fragile and Wonderful World
Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Cyril Aris
Actors: Mounia Akl, Hassan Akil, Julia Kassar
Synopsis: Nino and Yasmina fall in love in their school yard in Beirut, dreaming of their adult life, in a wonderful world. 20 years later, they accidentally meet again, and it’s once more a mad, magnetic, incandescent love. Can they build a future in a fractured country they try to leave but which irresistibly holds them back?
5. Maigret and the Dead Lover
Genre: Detective
Director: Pascal Bonitzer
Actors: Denis Podalydès, Anne Alvaro, Manuel Guillot
Synopsis: Commissioner Maigret is urgently called to the Quai d’Orsay. Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador, has been murdered. Maigret discovers that he had maintained a fifty-year-long romantic correspondence with the Princess of Vuynes, whose husband, strangely enough, has just died. Confronted with the members of both families and the suspicious silence of the diplomat’s domestic staff, Maigret will encounter surprise after surprise…
