Movies to watch on February 27

February 27, 2026 arrives with a bunch of very different titles, from the necessary documentary Orwell: 2+2 = 5 from Raoul Peck to the survival western The revenant by Alejandro González Iñárritu, passing through the intimate debut of Eva Victor with Sorry, Babythe Brazilian social denunciation of Manasthe European rural story of up the mountain by Sophie Deraspe and Ryan Coogler's vampiric social drama in The sinnersall of them proposals that are seen with more or less enthusiasm depending on the cinephile palate.

Orwell: 2+2 = 5 (Raoul Peck, 2025)

It's not that this documentary is good or bad, it's simply that it is necessary; A must-see for any citizen aware that we live in the era of manipulation and magnified falsehoods, where the invasion of Ukraine is called a “special military operation” and the division and business of the devastated Palestinian strip is called the “Peace Council for Gaza.” The film takes Orwell's diaries and letters in the last months of his life on a Scottish island to talk about current events in line with the maxims of his novel “1984” that he was writing at that time: “War is peace”, “Freedom is slavery” and “Ignorance is strength”, which we could easily put into the mouths of Netanyahu, Putin and many others. There is a splendid work of documentation and Orwell's dialogue with current events is very convincing.

Sorry, Baby (Eva Victor, 2025)

The protagonist, screenwriter and director films her first film from her own or very close experience: it is about the options and uncertainties of sexual relationships and (possible) future motherhood. It is a small, independent American film that takes a while to start, but then is perceived as very heartfelt in which an important truth in our society is ratified: sexual relationships can have bizarre motivations and sex may not be rewarding, but people's freedom at every moment of any relationship is decisive, because otherwise – in addition to committing a crime – it leaves people with wounds. To see with desire.

Manas (Marianna Brennand, 2025)

The director is very sensitive and modest when dealing with the sexual abuse that girls from a poor family that lives on the banks of the Amazon suffer at home and outside. The school or the police appear as institutions that protect minors, but the weakness inherent to age and family conditions are very strong. It seemed to me to be a very realistic complaint that eloquently shows the social and cultural context of certain areas in Brazil where the manipulation and aggression of girls is possible. To take into account.

up the mountain (Sophie Deraspe, 2024)

The true story of a Canadian publicist who leaves his country to seek employment as a shepherd in a village in the French Alps is of limited interest. The topic of young urbanites with a hippie or environmentalist bias who take to the countryside with the naivety that Mother Nature is wise, without thinking that the wolves that decimate the flock of sheep are also nature, sounds like “already seen.” Somewhat didactic and valid for a forum on the subject, the film is small and limited, although honest in the story of the new shepherd's clash with a reality that is less poetic than he would like. It can be seen without enthusiasm.

The revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2016)

There is no doubt that González Iñárritu is a great filmmaker, although he may saturate in specific scenes or fail in a film, such as “Biutiful.” Now he does a great job, with a survival story where he appeals to the most instinctive, to brute nature, with all its duality. A tough story, with human beings merged with the animal/natural kingdom, tempted by violence, betrayal and revenge, like in the best westerns. But it is not a movie for all palates.

The sinners (Ryan Coogler, 2025) (HBO)

As it was labeled as “horror”, “vampires” and “supernatural”, I dispensed with it when it was released without imagining that it would break the record for Oscar nominations. I give it a chance with a bittersweet result: I liked it for its social drama with the poverty and racism of black Americans in the 1930s and the story of the two gangster twins who make their way with the Ku Klux Klan on the prowl, but I can't stand almost an hour of blood and gunfire with draculine transformations.

Movies that can be seen on February 27, 2026