The 2026 Gothic Watchlist: Goth-Coded Film and Television
A year of unhinged storytelling and sequels for the darkly inclined.
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
The year ahead looks deliciously chaotic, which is exactly what we want from our screens. Hollywood is still deep in its remake era, and 2026 leans into the trend with a slate that feels theatrical in all the right ways.
Wuthering Heights rises first with a fresh retelling that promises stormy obsession. Scream 7 follows with blood and meta bravado. The Bride builds upon 2025’s luxurious, heartbreaking retelling of Frankenstein. The Devil Wears Prada makes a high-fashion comeback. The Odyssey gets a modern edge. And, Practical Magic stirs again with renewed enchantment.
Television keeps pace as familiar worlds expand with new chapters. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adds fresh armour to the Game of Thrones universe. Bridgerton heats up the winter with season four. Euphoria descends later in the year with a long-awaited third season already subject to fan-fic plot theory. House of the Dragon storms again in June. And, The White Lotus is rumoured to be shooting it’s next season in France.
It’s a lineup built for nostalgia, inviting your favourite characters and stories to curl up with you on the couch.
Roses, Rumours and Rebellion: Goth-Coded Girls’ Night Watchlist
Some nights aren’t meant for restraint – they’re intended for curling up with your coven and cackling over cocktails, pressing play on stories that drip with glamour, chaos and just enough scandal to make you smirk.
From smouldering drama to witchy rites of sisterhood, this watchlist expressly grants permission to revel in excess, sip something spiked and sparkling and watch women seize the spotlight on their own terms.
Heroines that Bite Back | Vengeance According to Your Gothic Archetype
What each TLL muse watches when revenge calls
Revenge is more than a plot device, its a mirror. It reflects grief sharpened into resolve, heartbreak lacquered into performance and injustice alchemized into art.
Each The Lace Ledger gothic archetype wears vengeance a little differently with the Widow, for example, cloaking it in mourning while the Brat smears it in eyeliner and late nights.
Each film or series remind us that vengeance is not always cruel; sometimes, it’s cathartic, sometimes it’s survival and sometimes, frankly, it’s the only language that power understands.