In July, MUBI is adding the classic film The Deer Hunter, as well as directorial debuts like Amores Perros, and some more recent films, including It Was Just An Accident.
Check out the list of movies, series and specials coming to MUBI in July 2026 below. In the comments section, let me know which ones you are the most excited to watch.
JULY 1
The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino’s monumental Vietnam epic follows three steelworkers from a Pennsylvania town whose lives are shattered by war. Anchored by extraordinary performances from Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep, and winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture.
The Third Man
Carol Reed’s masterwork of postwar noir, written by Graham Greene, follows a pulp novelist who arrives in shadowy, occupied Vienna to find his friend has been killed under mysterious circumstances. Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at their most magnetic.
Goodbye Berlin
Fatih Akin’s tender coming-of-age road movie, adapted from the beloved German novel, follows two misfit teenagers on an unlikely adventure across the German countryside — funny, warm, and quietly moving.
Not A Pretty Picture
Martha Coolidge’s courageous and formally ingenious debut feature, in which the director recreates the circumstances of her own high school sexual assault through dramatic reenactment — blending fiction and documentary in a pioneering examination of date rape and its aftermath. Restored in 4K by the Academy Archive and The Film Foundation. Céline Sciamma’s pick for Berlinale 2023.
JULY 3
Phantoms of July
Julian Radlmaier’s fourth film is a bittersweet and whimsical story that spans centuries in the German town of Sangerhausen. Ursula, a heartbroken waitress from East Germany, and Neda, a lonely Iranian YouTuber recovering from a broken arm, meet by chance and mistaken identity. Their encounter leads to an unexpected ghost hunt in the mountains, where the ghosts of history have a playful conversation with the dissatisfied people of modern Germany.
Radlmaier mixes absurd comedy with political commentary and a poetic, melancholic mood. He explores class struggle and ideological conflict using anachronism and irony, blending history and fantasy. The film weaves together four stories that move through time, with surreal moments like a herd of camels or a pair of naked hikers, all captured in the glowing Super 16mm cinematography of Feraz Fesharaki (What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?).
Phantoms of July is a Global Exclusive on MUBI. The film premiered at Locarno and was also shown at Viennale, São Paulo, BAFICI, and Busan.
JULY 10
Amores Perros
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s first film, Amores Perros, is a powerful story that weaves together three lives connected by a violent car crash in Mexico City. One story follows a teenager who risks everything to run away with his brother’s wife. Another centers on a model who loses everything after moving in with her lover. The third follows a homeless man who confronts memories from his past. As these stories develop, we see chaos, cruelty, and tenderness, showing that the characters are more connected than they first appear.
The film uses a fractured timeline, fast-paced editing, and overlapping stories shaped by desire, betrayal, and survival. It also marks Gael García Bernal’s striking first appearance in a feature film. Rodrigo Prieto’s raw cinematography and Gustavo Santaolalla’s intense, rhythmic score give the movie a strong sense of chaos and emotion that stands out in Latin American cinema today.
Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2000. Also screened at AFI and Tokyo.
The Non-Actor
A curious, charming short from musician and novelist Eliza Barry Callahan (adapting her debut novel The Hearing Test), starring Victoria Pedretti and Maya Hawke. While attending a medical trial for sudden hearing loss, a woman stays with her ex’s new girlfriend — and an unexpected connection sparks.
JULY 17
It Was Just An Accident
An auto mechanic, suspecting that a man he encounters may have been his former torturer in prison, kidnaps him in pursuit of vengeance. With the only clue to the suspect’s identity being the squeak of a prosthetic leg, Vahid seeks confirmation from other recently released victims. As the investigation unfolds, the situation becomes increasingly perilous.
This morally charged drama transforms an apparently routine roadside encounter into a tense exploration of guilt, suspicion, and state violence. It Was Just an Accident extends Panahi’s tradition of deceptively simple yet politically resonant storytelling. Utilising confined settings, real-time tension, and meticulously observed daily interactions, the film eschews melodrama in favour of subtle psychological intensity, offering a controlled study of power and fear in contemporary Iran.
Recipient of the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
JULY 24
A Useful Ghost
Something unusual is happening at a family-run appliance factory: spirits have started to possess the products. March, the factory owner’s son, is grieving after his pregnant wife dies from dust poisoning. His world changes when he is reunited with her, now in the form of a vacuum cleaner.
A Useful Ghost is surreal, funny, and politically charged, using absurdist storytelling to explore love, grief, and collective memory. The film features ghosts from Thailand’s past, whose return, as one character says, is “an act of protest in itself.” With vibrant colors, playful cinematography, and surreal scenes, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke stands out as a unique new voice in world cinema.
This film is a global exclusive on MUBI. It is the first Thai film to compete in La Semaine de la Critique at Cannes 2025, where it won the Grand Prize. It was also shown at IFFR and TIFF.
Special Collections
Marxism At Play: Three By Julian Radlmaier
Spotlight: July 3
To mark the release of Phantoms of July, this collection highlights the German director’s two earlier films, showing off his unique style. He blends Marxist ideas and political allegory with humor and a light touch. In Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog, Bloodsuckers, and Phantoms of July, Radlmaier explores class struggle and ideology using irony and anachronism, mixing history and fantasy in creative ways.
Includes: Phantoms of July, Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog, Bloodsuckers
Performers We Love: Léa Seydoux
Spotlight: July 3
A spotlight on one of contemporary cinema’s most compelling and chameleonic presences, Léa Seydoux, tracing her work across three films that showcase her remarkable range.
Includes: Blue Is the Warmest Color, Crimes of the Future, The Beast
Let Me Reintroduce Myself: Sophomore Features
Spotlight: July 10
If making a debut is akin to scaling a mountain, full of treacherous crags and vertiginous drops, then embarking on a second feature is all about staying at the top. The talented directors in this collection prove that lightning can indeed strike twice.
Includes: The Deer Hunter, Magic Farm, This Closeness, Titane
Humor and Melancholy: The Cinema of Martín Rejtman
Spotlight: July 10
The films of Argentinian auteur Martín Rejtman have the beauty of feeling familiar while surprising us at every turn. Luminous and delightfully off-kilter, these are comedies of sheer originality, mordant, often tender, and always unpredictable.
Includes: Rapado, Silvia Prieto, Shakti, The Magic Gloves
Stephanie Rothman’s Feminist Exploitations
Spotlight: July 17
Celebrating three standout films by 1970s exploitation director Stephanie Rothman, known for politically and socially astute films with badass female leads. Her counter-culture films fought back against the male gaze of 1970s New Hollywood.
Includes: Group Marriage, Terminal Island, The Working Girls
Cinema By Any Means: A Jafar Panahi Retrospective
Spotlight: July 17
A retrospective celebrating the work of Jafar Panahi — whose defiant, inventive cinema has persisted through imprisonment, house arrest, and travel bans, always finding a way to document the humanity of contemporary Iran.
Includes: It Was Just an Accident, No Bears, Closed Curtain, Crimson Gold, The White Balloon, Offside, The Circle, The Mirror
Lynch(3): Inland Empire Trio
Spotlight: July 24
An intimate look into the creative process of David Lynch, pairing his masterful Inland Empire with two behind-the-scenes documentaries capturing the making of the film.
Includes: Inland Empire, Lynch (One), Lynch 2
Check out our ‘Now Streaming‘ page to discover what else is available to stream on Binge, Stan, Netflix, and more in Australia.
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