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Critics Pick 25 Best U.S. Films, Highlight Sequel, Displacement Drama

6/26/2026

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Critics released a list of the 25 best U.S. films commercially available from January 1 through June 25 2026.
Nia DaCosta’s sequel The Bone Temple, starring Ralph Fiennes as Kelso, opens with violence and culminates in a home-invasion climax.
Cherien Dabis’s All That’s Left Of You follows Sharif, played by Adam Bakri then Mohammad Bakri, as his family moves from Jaffa to the occupied West Bank, depicting displacement from 1948 to 2022.

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Story summary

Critics released a list of the 25 best U.S. films commercially available from January 1 through June 25 2026.
Nia DaCosta’s sequel The Bone Temple, starring Ralph Fiennes as Kelso, opens with violence and culminates in a home-invasion climax.
Cherien Dabis’s All That’s Left Of You follows Sharif, played by Adam Bakri then Mohammad Bakri, as his family moves from Jaffa to the occupied West Bank, depicting displacement from 1948 to 2022.