Film · 2026

Animals

Animals is a 2026 American crime thriller film directed by Ben Affleck and written by Affleck, Connor O. McIntyre and Billy Ray. It stars Affleck, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz, Ray Fisher, with Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Steven Yeun. It is about a wealthy mayoral candidate, Mark Kimball, and his wife Abigail, who find themselves unearthing dark secrets when they go to extreme measures to pay their kidnapped son's ransom. It was released on Netflix and in select theaters on October 9, 2026 and received generally negative reviews from critics.