Mayday (2026)

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A friendship with major red flags.

When a U.S. Navy pilot on a top-secret mission during the Cold War gets trapped behind enemy lines, his only chance at survival is to form an alliance with an eccentric ex-KGB agent.

• Released: 2026-09-03
• Genres: Action, Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 51m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.9/10 from 981 votes

Directed by Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley.

Top cast

• Ryan Reynolds as Troy Kelly
• Kenneth Branagh as Nikolai Ustinov
• Marcin Dorociński as Alexander Volkov
• Maria Bakalova as Anna Ustinov
• David Morse as Harold Kelly
• Clark Johnson as CDR Keith Hardwick
• Wendy Crewson as Assistant Director Karen Meadows
• Louis Cancelmi as Maj Pete Sanders
• Josh Hamilton as Consul General Dan Hennessy
• Alex Mallari Jr. as Danny 'Longshot' Bowers

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Where to watch Mayday

• United States: stream on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
• United Kingdom: stream on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
• India: stream on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
• Canada: stream on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
• Australia: stream on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel

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