Pressure (2026)

Directed by

Anthony Maras

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 140 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A meteorologist and General Dwight D. Eisenhower clash over weather forecasts as they plan the D-Day invasion. The film follows their high-pressure decision making in the days before the Normandy landings.

tensehistoricalweightycerebralclaustrophobicstakes-highmethodicalintimate

What happens

Pressure is a 2026 war drama film directed and edited by Anthony Maras and written by Maras and David Haig, based on Haig's 2014 stage play. It stars Andrew Scott as meteorologist James Stagg and Brendan Fraser as Dwight D. Eisenhower as the pair work to plan the Normandy landings during World War II; Kerry Condon, Chris Messina, and Damian Lewis also star. The film was released in the United States on May 29, 2026. It received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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