Connexion
It’s hard to imagine a time when hotels didn’t have smart TVs. Not all that long ago, some even made their TVs a selling point, plastering “free HBO” all over their roadside signs. These days, guests are more likely to stick to their phones, sacrificing their room’s beautiful 48-inch flatscreen on the altar of TikTok and YouTube. But with just a little extra work, you can get the best of both worlds, as cast whatever is on your phone to your hotel room's smart TV.
There’s official and unofficial options to send what's on your iPhone to a TV. Let’s start with the most legit.
Beginning today, iPhones can now use AirPlay to stream content from their phone directly to a TV at select hotels. The feature is launching at “more than 60” IHG Hotels & Resorts locations across the US, Canada, and Mexico, so give it a try the next time you’re staying at a Holiday Inn or Candlewood Suites.
The process is pretty painless: Upon turning your TV on, you should notice a QR code on the welcome screen. Simply scan it with a compatible Apple device to both connect to wifi and authorize AirPlay to that screen.
And that’s it—because the QR code is unique to your hotel room, you shouldn’t find yourself accidentally streaming to other guests' sets, or vice-versa. Apple says more locations will be added “in the coming months,” which makes sense–the limited rollout probably has something to do with the special LG TVs required for the setup.
But what if you’re not staying at an IHG property? This is where the hacks come in.
There’s plenty of dongles, like Roku and Fire TV sticks, that work with AirPlay right out of the box. The problem is getting a hotel TV to accept them.
Hotel TVs tend to be a bit strict about which devices they’ll let you plug in. That’s thanks to special control boxes that lock them down. Luckily, if you can physically get to your TV’s hookups, you can (carefully) remove these boxes. Lifehacker has covered it before, but the gist is to look for an ethernet cable (or possibly an HDMI cable), gently remove it, and restart the TV before hooking up your accessories. Depending on your hotel, you might also want to disconnect the control box from power if you’re able.
Once your device is plugged in, try swapping the TV input to your dongle and seeing if it works. If it does, simply connect it to wifi (you might need to open a browser page to do it, depending on your hotel) and you’re good to go. If using the hotel's wifi isn’t an option, don’t worry—AirPlay can work without it, and you can always fall back on a mobile hotspot.
(Just be sure to hook your TV’s control box up again before checking out!)
Streaming an Android phone, like a Pixel 8 Pro or Galaxy S24 Ultra, to a hotel TV is much like streaming an iPhone, but with a few extra quirks, some of which can work in your favor. For instance, hotel chains like Wyndham and Hyatt already have Chromecasts built into their TVs, letting you cast from your phone, or at least log into your streaming services, depending on how locked down they are. If you’re lucky enough to have a Chromecast officially set up from the start, just follow your hotel’s instructions and you should be good to go.
For everyone else, you’re probably going to want to bring your own dongle, like a Fire TV Stick or Chromecast. While it’s possible to stream content from an Android phone to a TV without a dongle, it’s probably not going to be easy in a hotel environment, since these workarounds usually require accessing specific smart TV apps or functions that you can’t depend on your hotel to have or allow you to access.
For the most seamless experience, I recommend a Chromecast, as certain other dongles can only mirror your screen, rather than cast content across devices. With casting, you’ll ensure you get the best resolution, and generally have a more intuitive experience. (Note, though, that Chromecasts do require wifi when they boot.)
Once you’re in your hotel room with your dongle, you’ll want to connect it to your TV following the same steps outlined in the iPhone section above: gently remove the hotel control box’s connection to the TV, restart the TV, plug your Chromecast in, and swap to the proper input to test that everything worked.
If it did, try to connect your dongle to wifi (again, you may need to open a browser page). If the hotel’s wifi isn’t working, you can either use a mobile hotspot to try casting, or you can screen mirror without using wifi at all, depending on your dongle (the Fire TV Stick is a good choice if this is a concern).
Movies can reaffirm or further our faith. For decades, they've been used to spread the Almighty's message, whether through epic productions like The Ten Commandments or Ben-Hur or low-budget indie dramas targeted toward church-goers, like Fireproof or Left Behind.
There are other films that, while not overtly Christian, have a subtle, positive message that can be equally inspiring. Here are 12 (one for each apostle) for you to choose from.
One could argue that the writer of Taxi Driver has been making Christian-themed movies all of his life, but Paul Schrader's faith (he is a graduate of Calvin College) is most apparent in this A24 film. It stars Ethan Hawke as a reverend looking for hope as the religious world becomes increasingly corrupt, but his existential journey leads him down a violent path.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Kanopy, Cinemax
Not quite as cynical as First Reformed, M. Night Shyamalan's horror film about an alien invasion has a faithless former priest as its protagonist. The movie's central theme—does the Almighty have a grand plan?—becomes fairly obvious as the plot's secrets become known.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Made at the height of Al Pacino's "shouting" period of his career, this legal thriller/horror hybrid revolves around a young lawyer (Keanu Reeves) whose spotless legal record takes him to a prestigious New York law firm where he is slowly corrupted by his boss (Pacino). The film's excessive nudity and crude language make it inappropriate for family film night, but it does touch on Christian themes such as the seven deadly sins and Lucifer's fall from heaven.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Tubi
When this big-budget adaptation of Madeline L'Engle's novel hit the screens, there were concerns about omitting its Christian elements. However, the film stays true to the book's core themes: There is meaning in our chaotic universe, and our weaknesses can be our greatest strengths.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Disney+
Speaking of young adult fantasy adaptations, this blockbuster about "two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve" who find a magical land inside a closet delves deep into Christian themes. They become undeniable when Aslan, the wise titular lion, returns to life after sacrificing himself for one of the children at the story's center, much like a certain Christian did for the world.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Disney+
Just like C.S. Lewis, the author of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, writer and devout Catholic J.R.R. Tolkien (also a friend of Lewis) did not shy away from the fact that his novels, upon which these award-winning films are based, are founded on religious themes. A simple Google search will reveal any number of interpretations, from the ring representing temptation to the wizard Gandalf's resurrection after his death.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Max
Between the epic car crash scenes, musical cameos, and classic soundtrack, the plot of this hilarious film, which revolves around a pair of brothers (Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi) who get their band back together to put on a fundraiser for the orphanage they grew up in, has religious undertones. Much like Joan of Arc, the titular characters see a heavenly vision that sets them out on "a mission from God," though it's doubtful He asked them to drive through a shopping mall to escape the police.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Ryan Gosling is having a moment right now, so it wouldn't be prudent not to include one of his films on this list. At first blush, this dramedy about a shy soul who becomes (chaste) friends with a sex doll doesn't seem like a movie that reflects Christian values. However, quite unexpectedly, its themes of tolerance, faith, and love have prompted churches to use the film as an instructional tool.
Where to stream: Fubo, MGM+, Hoople, Tubi, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Digital rental
One runs to overcome intolerance; the other runs to bring God glory. The true story of British sprinters Harold Abrahams, an English Jew, and Eric Liddell, a Christian missionary, at the 1924 Olympics was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture in 1982. What sets this inspirational film apart from other sports dramas is that both men firmly believe their athletic abilities are part of a higher purpose. They each find strength in remaining true to their beliefs.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Frank Capra's film about redemption and life is everyone's favorite holiday film for a reason. It also touches on faith, purpose, and family—many of the touchstones of Christianity.
Where to stream: The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex, Hoopla, Digital rental
The recent drama between the real-life Michael Oher and his adoptive family aside, this inspirational sports drama wears its themes of charity and faith on its metaphorical sleeve. The Tuohy family openly talks about their Christian beliefs and believes that their faith in God makes everything possible.
Where to stream: Digital rental
This dramedy looks like a typical Steve Martin movie, with the comedian exchanging quips with the likes of Liam Neeson and Debra Winger. The film is about a traveling preacher/con man who performs “miracles” every night at his revivals, but when actual divine events occur, he doesn’t understand why. While the film begins by framing Christianity as a get-rich-quick scheme, it becomes a profound meditation on faith and God's plan.
Where to stream: Max, Digital rental
May on Hulu feels like déjà vu: A big title coming early in the month is the season three premiere of Emmy Award-winning docuseries Welcome to Wrexham (May 3), originally set to launch in April. The show goes behind the scenes of the Welsh pro football club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, which recently received a second promotion after a run of wins.
Other documentary highlights include The Contestant (May 2), which tells the story of a man trapped in a small room whose life was broadcast on national TV in Japan over 15 months, and Black Twitter: A People's History (May 9), a three-part series based on Jason Parham's WIRED article about the influence of Black Twitter in American politics and culture.
For literature-inspired drama, catch season one of Shardlake (May 1), a Hulu original based on C.J. Sansom's Tudor mystery series and set in 16th century England, or The Killing Kind (May 14), a thriller series based on Jane Casey's book of the same name.
Finally, for those who like game shows and/or reality TV, there's the season five premiere of The Kardashians (May 23), the season two premiere of Jeopardy! Masters (May 2), and the series premiere of The Quiz with Balls (May 29), a high-stakes quiz show hosted by actor and comedian Jay Pharoah.
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Hulu in May.
Life Below Zero: First Alaskans: Complete Season 3
Jujutsu Kaisen 0, 2021
Naruto Shippuden: Complete Season 8 (Dubbed)
Shardlake: Complete Season 1
Pokemon Sun & Moon: Complete Season 20
Pokemon Ultra Adventures: Complete Season 21
Pokemon Ultra Legends: Complete Season 22
The Beach, 2000
Big, 1988
Big Daddy, 1999
Black Hawk Down, 2001
The Bounty Hunter, 2010
Cast Away, 2000
The Chronicles of Riddick, 2004
Come See The Paradise, 1990
The Darjeeling Limited, 2007
The Divergent Series: Insurgent, 2015
The Divergent Series: Allegiant, 2016
Elvis, 2022
Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2009
Free State of Jones, 2016
Good Boys, 2019
The Joy Luck Club, 1993
The King's Man, 2021
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, 2004
Love, Gilda, 2018
The Mask, 1994
Meet the Spartans, 2008
Mr. Turner, 2014
Money Monster, 2016
My Name Is Khan, 2010
The Negotiator, 1998
Night School, 2018
Ocean's 8, 2018
Once, 2007
Once Upon a Time in America, 1984
Rushmore, 1999
The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001
The Rundown, 2003
School For Scoundrels, 2006
Sideways, 2004
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, 2006
That Thing You Do!, 1996
Those Who Wish Me Dead, 2021
Walk The Line, 2005
The Wedding Ringer, 2015
White Chicks, 2004
White House Down, 2013
13 Going On 30, 2004
300, 2007
The Contestant: Documentary Premiere
Jeopardy! Masters: Season 2 Premiere
Customer Wars: Complete Season 2
The Proof Is Out There: Complete Season 3
Bad Reputation, 2018
Mad Money, 2008
Prom Dates, 2024
Welcome to Wrexham: Season 3 Premiere
The Flood, 2023
3 Days in Malay, 2023
Die Hard, 1988
Die Hard 2, 1990
Die Hard With A Vengeance, 1995
A Good Day To Die Hard, 2013
Live Free Or Die Hard, 2007
12 Hour Shift, 2020
Bad Boys for Life, 2020
Reminiscence, 2021
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story: Special Premiere
In Limbo: Complete Season 1
Bloodshot, 2020
Black Twitter: A People's History: Complete Docuseries
Kings of BBQ: Complete Season 1
The Mother/Daughter Experiment: Celebrity Edition: Complete Season 1
Stove Tots: Complete Season 1
Witness to Murder: Digital Evidence: Complete Season 1
Past Lies: Complete Season 1 (Subbed)
Biosphere, 2022
Wanted Man, 2024
Eileen, 2023
Where the Crawdads Sing, 2022
The Killing Kind: Complete Season 1
Uncle Samsik: Complete Season 1
Cutthroat Kitchen: Complete Season 5, 12 and 13
Extreme Homes: Complete Season 4
Flea Market Flip: Complete Season 1
Man vs. Wild: Complete Season 5
My 600-lb Life: Complete Season 6
My 600-lb Life: Complete Season 7
My Strange Addiction: Complete Season 6
Naked and Afraid : Complete Season 12, 14 and 15
NASA's Unexplained Files: Complete Season 4
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta: Complete Season 8
Say Yes to the Nest: Complete Season 1
Unusual Suspects: Complete Seasons 6 and 8
Worst Cooks in America: Complete Season 16 and 24
Tanked: Complete Season 1
Torn from the Headlines: New York Post Reports: Complete Season 1
1000-lb Sisters: Complete Season 4
I Am Not Your Negro, 2016
My Scientology Movie, 2015
Royal Rules of Ohio: Season 1 Premiere
Living Smaller: Complete Season 1
Women on Death Row: Complete Season 1
Paddington, 2015
Birth/Rebirth, 2023
He Went That Way, 2023
The Sweet East, 2023
Chief Detective 1958: Complete Season 1
The Kardashians: Season 5 Premiere
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars Season 2 Premiere
The Ape Star, 2021
The Seeding, 2023
Ferrari, 2023
Sentinel, 2024
Fantasy Island, 2020
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted: Complete Season 4
Camden: Complete Season 1
Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country: Doc-Style Special Premiere
Beat Shazam: Season 7 Premiere
The Quiz With Balls: Complete Season 1
MasterChef: Season 14 Premiere
The Promised Land, 2023
Sympathy for the Devil, 2023
T.I.M., 2023
Apollo 18, 2011
The Libertine, 2004
War Dogs, 2016
The Last Unicorn, 1982
Empire of Light, 2022
The Brass Teapot, 2012
The Cleaner, 2021
Dior and I, 2014
Dramarama, 2020
Elena Undone, 2010
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, 2005
The Etruscan Smile, 2018
Hurricane Bianca, 2016
One Last Thing ..., 2005
Pit Stop, 2013
Sordid Lives, 2000
We The Animals, 2018
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers, 2021
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, 2016
The Tiger Rising, 2021
Under the Eiffel Tower, 2018
Sophie's Choice, 1982
How to Please a Woman, 2022
Elvis, 2022
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, 2007
Ali, 2001
Bad Teacher, 2011
Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2012
Bend It Like Beckham, 2003
The Big Lebowski, 1998
Blockers, 2018
Dangerous Beauty, 1998
The Descendants, 2011
Divergent, 2014
The Divergent Series: Insurgent, 2015
The Divergent Series: Allegiant, 2016
Don't Worry Darling, 2022
Dune, 2021
Drive Angry 3D, 2011
Epic, 2011
Ever After, 1998
Firehouse Dog, 2007
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 2005
The Huntsman: Winter's War, 2016
Ice Age: Continental Drift, 2012
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, 2018
Kingdom Come, 2001
L.A. Confidential, 1997
The Little Hours, 2017
Life of Pi, 2012
Masterminds, 2016
Melancholia, 2011
Night School, 2018
No Good Deed, 2014
Ocean's Eleven, 2001
Ocean's Twelve, 2004
Ocean's Thirteen, 2007
Pokemon Detective Pikachu, 2019
Salt, 2010
Scarface, 1983
Sexy Beast, 2001
Shark Tale, 2004
Street Kings, 2008
Taken, 2009
Takers, 2010
Thank You for Smoking, 2006
Thirteen, 2003
The Tree of Life, 2011
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family, 2011
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, 2009
A Walk in the Woods, 2015
The Upside, 2017
Win Win, 2011
The Wrestler, 2008
21 & Over, 2013
The biggest title coming to Disney+ in May is the premiere of the next installment of Dr. Who—three episodes will be available on May 10, with new episodes dropping every Friday after that. This is the first season of the BBC show to launch on Disney+, and features the adventures of the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson).
In the Star Wars universe, you can catch the final episode of season three of Star Wars: The Bad Batch (May 1) and the premiere of Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (May 4), a six-episode Disney original series following Morgan Elsbeth and former Jedi Barriss Offee on their journey into the empire.
Weekly episodes of X-Men '97 will continue on Wednesdays along with the premiere of Marvel Studios' Assembled: The Making of X-Men '97 (May 22).
On the documentary side, there's also The Beach Boys (May 24), which goes behind the scenes with the history of the legendary pop band, and Jim Henson Idea Man (May 31), a Ron Howard film about the creator of classics Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.
Here’s everything coming to Disney+ in May 2024.
X-Men '97—Wednesdays
Doctor Who—Fridays starting May 10
Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (S3, 20 episodes)
Marvel’s Daredevil (2003)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Season 3, episode 315)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
How Not to Draw Shorts (Special R2D2 Episode) (S2, 4 Episodes)
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire—Disney+ Originals premiere
Monsters at Work (Season 2)
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Me & Winnie the Pooh (S1, 7 episodes)
Playdate with Winnie the Pooh
Let It Be
Big City Greens (S4, 4 episodes)
Dino Ranch (S3, 5 episodes)
Mickey Mouse Funhouse (S3, 5 episodes)
Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life (Season 2)—Disney+ Originals premiere
Marvel Studios' Assembled: The Making of X-Men '97—Disney+ Originals premiere
The Beach Boys—Disney+ Originals premiere
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (S4, 6 episodes)
Jim Henson Idea Man—Disney+ Originals premiere
Watching movies and smoking weed go hand in hand, so much so that there is an entire sub-genre of film known as the stoner comedy—usually movies about potheads under the influence or on the hunt for their next high, and getting caught up in surreal adventures along the way. (My favorite entry: Gregg Araki's Smiley Face, in which Anna Faris gives an Oscar-worthy stoner turn.)
Those films are totally fine—nothing at all wrong with watching Half Baked while fully baked—but sometimes you want to feed your cannabis-inebriated brain something a little more challenging. In the spirit of the 1960s hippies who turned Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey into a head-tripping classic, here are 50 unconventional choices of movies to watch when you’re stoned (and not in the mood for video games).
Danish director Carl Theodore Dryer’s first sound film plays out almost without dialogue, a disorienting dark fable that was produced contemporaneously with Tod Browning’s Dracula but offers a far creepier, chillingly atmospheric take on the gothic fable. Shrouded in mist and dreamlike imagery, its pull is hypnotic.
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel, ScreamBox
The best film of the classic Disney era is heartwarming and harrowing in equal measure; it’s wild that every frame was hand-drawn. It’s also way more messed up than you remember.
Where to stream: Disney+
The screwball comedy sub-genre’s frantic energy and rat-a-tat dialogue make it perfect fare for giggling stoners, and this frenetic romance about warring newspaper editors/ex-lovers played by Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell may be one of the quickest, wittiest movies ever made.
Where to stream: Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Tubi, basically all the places
Hmm, basically everything I said about Vampyr, but transposed onto Beauty and the Beast. This 1946 treasure from French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau follows the same basic story beats as the Disney cartoon, but weirder, with impressionistic sets (a hall lined with candelabras made of real, reaching human arms), lavish costumes, and dreamlike imagery.
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel,Tubi
Co-directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, collectively known as the Archers, are generally regarded to have made some of the most ravishingly beautiful technicolor films ever, and this behind-the-scenes ballet drama about a ballerina prodigy and the obsessive, power-mad impresario whose push for perfection drives her mad is their crowning achievement—particularly their impressionistic, 17-minute staging of a ballet based on the titular fairytale.
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel, The Roku Channel, Tubi, Shout TV, Freevee
Speaking of dreamlike imagery, this story of two children on the run from the fearsome, self-ordained “preacher” on the hunt for their criminal father’s ill-gotten loot is a nightmare come to life: A trip down a river that grows more surreal and dangerous (and their pursuer, more relentless) with every twist and bend. Audiences in 1955 didn’t know what to make of it, but today, it is rightly regarded as an expressionistic masterpiece.
Where to stream: Tubi
A lot of stoners will tell you that Tarkovsky is the way to go when you’re baked, but films like Solaris and Stalker aren’t really trippy so much as they are...boring. Hypnotically boring, but still. Instead, I’ll take the Shakespeare-meets-Star Trek earnestness of Forbidden Planet, a reimagining of The Tempest set on Altair IV.
Where to stream: Vudu Free, Tubi
This anachronistically artful aquatic adventure was filmed in Czechoslovakia in 1958 with all the hottest techniques on display in 1902's A Trip to the Moon.
Where to stream: The Criterion Channel
This Palm d’Or-winning adaptation of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in a Brazilian favela during Carnival, is loaded with arresting imagery and set to a thrumming bossa nova beat.
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel, Kanopy
Nobody fucks with Angela Lansbury in this trippy, hypnotic Cold War espionage thriller.
Where to stream: Tubi, MGM+
Jacques Tati’s third and most celebrated film to feature Monsieur Hulot, a sort of affable everyman in an omnipresent overcoat, PlayTime is nothing less than a kaleidoscopic vision of “modern” Paris circa 1967, a city growing ever more impersonal as the technological innovations meant to make life easier instead push people apart. Filmed in long, expertly choreographed takes and with action unfolding in every corner of the screen and in-between, it’s kind of like sorting through a Where’s Waldo? drawing come alive. If you love to get high and hyper-focus, it’ll definitely keep you busy.
Where to stream: The Criterion Channel, Kanopy
“I am examining ancient Rome as if this were a documentary about the customs and habits of the Martians,” director Federico Fellini said of this phantasmagoric, hedonistic portrait of the past—a nightmarish tour of a decadent republic, based on a play penned during the reign of Emperor Nero, unfolding in episodic, dream-logic narratives. (Not recommended if you are prone to bad trips.)
Where to stream: Nowhere officially, but you can find the whole movie (with subtitles) on YouTube
French director Jacques Demy made any number of rainbow hued musical delights that you'll love to drink in while under the influence, but my bid goes to this lurid adaptation of the Charles Perrault fairy tale about a king who wants to marry his own daughter (probably because she's played by Catherine Deneuve). The visual design is worth your strongest gummies all on its own—check out the dress made of the same material as a movie screen onto which a sky filled with clouds is projected.
Where to stream: The Criterion Channel
This experimental animated art film, a French/Czech co-production, is set on an alien world inhabited by giants who treat humans like mindless animals. The plot is sort of an afterthought, but the animation is spare, eerie, surreal, and unforgettable—especially if you experience it with your brain marinating in THC.
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel, The Roku Channel
I’m not one for watching horror while high, but this garish, blood-soaked farce, produced by pop artist Andy Warhol, edges closer to comedy in telling the story of an aging succubus (Udo Kier) seeking virgin blood to preserve his immortality and coming up short on virgins in early 20th century Italy. The stilted acting and low-budget charms are doubly endearing when baked.
Where to stream: The Criterion Channel, Vudu Free, Night Flight Plus, Tubi
This legendary misfire is a post-apocalyptic, Wizard of Oz-inspired sci-fi allegory in which an orange diaper-clad Sean Connery is in thrall to a giant floating stone head that eats people. Or something. Director John Boorman cashed in his Deliverance blank check to make this thing, and it's hard to figure out why, but you'll never be bored watching it (or trying to parse its muddled message).
Where to stream: Digital rental
Before Brian De Palma dived deep into modern Hitchcock thrillers like Sisters and Body Double, he made this super weird rock opera pastiche, based on The Phantom of the Opera, but subbing in '70s glam rock and adding a hearty dose of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Where to stream: Digital rental
The Who and Ken Russell’s Tommy is the rock opera ne plus cannabis...
Where to stream: Digital rental
...but if you don't like The Who's music, go ahead and watch Rocky Horror. It's best with a crowd, but if you don't have a crowd, some THC will do.
Where to stream: Digital rental
I'd say I don't want to say anything that would spoil the inexplicable surprises on offer in this Japanese cult classic, but I have no idea how to describe this movie anyway. Aside from saying that “legendarily weird Japanese haunted house movie” only scratches the surface.
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel
Look it was really hard to choose just one Kubrick OK? This is where I landed.
Where to stream: Digital rental
There’s no story to follow here, just slow-motion and time-lapse footage of American cities and natural landscapes set against a driving score from Philip Glass. Probably should come with a warning about not watching it while operating heavy machinery.
Where to stream: The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
Listening to music while high is great. Watching movies while high is great. So it only follows that watching what is generally agreed upon to be the best concert film ever made—Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme’s recording of a Speaking in Tongues-era Talking Heads tour—is doubly great. That’s just math. (If you can’t catch it this year, you’ll at least be primed for A24's upcoming 4K rerelease.)
Where to stream: Digital purchase
Griffin Dunne is having a very strange night in this mid-career Martin Scorsese romp, which was originally going to be directed by Tim Burton, if that tells you anything. Dunne plays an office drone who encounters the weirdest nightlife Manhattan had on offer in 1985 as he attempts to make his way home from SoHo. New York used to be cool.
Where to stream: The Roku Channel, The Criterion Channel, Tubi
Juzo Itami’s “ramen western” translates familiar tropes of bandits and heroes into the story of a woman who doesn’t know how to cook but seeks the perfect noodle recipe that will keep her struggling restaurant afloat. It’s a giddy, episodic, fourth-wall-breaking satire that caters to the stoner’s attention span, and nary a scene goes by without a delicious-looking meal onscreen, so keep munchies on hand. (But watch out for the part with the raw egg.)
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel
A preference for heightened, melodramatic plotting and candy-colored visuals makes pretty much any Pedro Almodovar film a delightful experience while stoned, so I chose this one, his most frantic and funniest: a screwball romantic farce filled with broad characters making one very bad decision after another.
Where to stream: Digital rental
In his plotless, endearing, aimlessly philosophical debut, Richard Linklater follows a bunch of one-of-a-kind esoterics doing their best to Keep Austin Weird in 1991. (Or, if you prefer, cartoon Slacker.)
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel
Like Almodovar, Wong Kar-wai is a director whose filmography is a stoner’s paradise, and my pick from his accomplished oeuvre is this oddball romantic comedy about two cops looking for love, set in an around an all-night diner in Hong Kong. You’ll laugh; you’ll cry; you’ll swoon; you’ll have this Cantonese version of The Cranberries’ “Dreams” stuck in your head for days.
Where to stream: Max, The Criterion Channel
Warren Beatty’s garish ode to a comic strip no one cared about anymore even 33 years ago, Dick Tracy is ludicrously over-the-top in every way, from the film noir-meets-Hollywood musical tone (with tunes by Stephen Fucking Sondheim), to the performances (Al Pacino earned an Oscar nod for Doing All the Things as villain Big Boy Caprice), to the absurd prosthetics, to cinematographer Vittorio Storaro’s four-color visuals, to the presence of onetime Beatty beau Madonna in full-on Jessica Rabbit mode. It’s definitely the weirdest movie to ever get a McDonald’s tie-in.
Where to stream: Digital rental
The Coen brothers’ most underrated film is a parody of screwball comedies (no mean feat) about a good-natured inventor who brings about his own downfall in his quixotic quest to invent the hula-hoop (you know, for kids!). I’ve chosen this one instead of the more obvious The Big Lebowski because I’m just that cool.
Where to stream: The Roku Channel, Kanopy
There’s nothing like getting stoned to make you begin to pick at the seams of reality, and also, video games are great, so what better choice than this Matrix-era David Cronenberg thriller about characters who may or may not be trapped within the narrative of a goopy, fleshy video game?
Where to stream: Kanopy, Pluto TV
Lots of people would put Sofia Coppola’s award-magnet followup Lost in Translation on this list. Not me though. I favor this sun-drenched, slow-burn nostalgia thriller about a group of doomed sisters and the boys who grow up haunted by their memory. The summery haze of the score (by dream pop duo Air) will hypnotize you.
Where to stream: The Criterion Channel, Pluto TV
I had to have a David Lynch film on here. I chose this one because it’s my favorite: A L.A. noir in which nothing makes sense and nothing can be trusted, because that’s Hollywood, baby.
Where to stream: The Criterion Channel
Everyone has a favorite Ghibli and this one is mine.
Where to stream: Max
Awash in the anachronistic tricks of silent cinema, the films of Canadian director Guy Maddin are as visually trippy as they are narratively weird. Take, for instance, this morose comedy about an international competition to determine which country has the most depressing music—a sort of suicide hotline version of Eurovision. Judging the contest is widowed beer baroness Helen Port-Huntley, who lost her legs in an erotic car accident (go with me on this) and now walks around on glass prosthetics filled with beer.
Where to stream: AMC+
I love twisty stories of fractured psyches even when I’m not stoned, but this Hungarian comedy-thriller, about a group of ticket officers who patrol Budapest’s labyrinthine subway system after dark and must contend with a shadowy killer pushing victims onto the tracks, definitely plays better with all of your senses heightened.
Where to stream: Tubi, Pluto TV, Shout TV, Fandor
I’ve seen this movie four times but never sober, which probably explains why I can never quite remember the plot. Which is somehow appropriate, considering it takes place inside the mind of a man who is having his memories of a bad relationship erased via questionably scientific means.
Where to stream: Digital rental
I almost choose the South Korean cult classic Oldboy, but I decided to spotlight another film in director Park Chan-wook’s so-called Vengeance trilogy. Lady Vengeance (also released as Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) follows Lee Geum-ja, a wrongly accused ex-convict who gets out of prison and proceeds to act as a sort of Archangel Amélie to a group of grieving parents, bringing them all together to arrange the kidnapping and murder of the man who did terrible things to their children (things for which Lee Geum-ja took the blame). It’s a knife-edged, contemplative revenge thriller filmed with the exacting precision of tiered wedding cake constructed by a master baker.
Where to stream: Tubi, Kanopy, Pluto TV
Director Darren Aronofsky’s sci-fi mind-bender concerns a man (Hugh Jackman) seeking the source of immortality across lifetimes, centuries, and spacetime, and its lush cinematography and metaphysical narrative flourishes are enough to give you a buzz even when experienced sober.
Where to stream: Digital rental
This romantic ode to sex positivity and New York City from John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) includes real fucking; it’s like watching porn and a Miranda July movie at the same time.
Where to stream: Mubi, Pluto TV, Night Flight
Is it a dream? A nightmare? Or a fantasy? This story of a girl fighting to escape her abusive father in Fascist-era Spain unfolds like a surreal fairytale, populated by monsters both horrifying and enchanting. It may be writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s most bewitching, beautiful film, and it plays all the better when you slow down time to drink in the details.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Danny Boyle's Trainspotting is always fun, but if you're in a more meditative, existential mood, try this neglected sci-fi flop featuring a pre-Oppenheimer Cillian Murphy as a crew member on a ship that's making a last-ditch effort to drop a bomp into our dying sun, thereby reigniting it and saving the human race. The plot is a mix of rigorous pseudo-science and space thriller, but the vibes—the elegiac score by the electronica band Underworld and composer John Murphy, the trippy sun-bleached visuals—will melt your brain.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Detractors like to say Wes Anderson treats his actors like puppets, but what about the movie in which they’re actually puppets? You’ll be mesmerized watching George Clooney’s stop motion fur undulating through every scene.
Where to stream: Max
This stop motion marvel is kind of like what you’d get if you fed your 9-year-old nephew a pound of Pixy Stix, set him loose with the contents of a vintage toy box, and filmed the results. A cowboy and an “Indian” (named Cowboy and Indian) realize they have forgotten their friend Horse’s (name: Horse) birthday and set off on a series of slapstick adventures as they attempt to build him the perfect present.
Where to stream: Kanopy, OVID.tv
Terrance Malick is known for making movies that eschew plot in favor of imagery; he never met a drop of dew collecting on a blade of sunlit grass that he didn’t find more enthralling than a standard dialogue scene. It’s this quality that makes his films especially choice when you’re lit, because you don’t have to pay attention to what is happening too closely when basically nothing is happening (but also, everything is happening—there’s a long sequence that depicts the dawn of creation through the downfall of the dinosaurs, like someone slipped in a reel of Fantasia).
Where to stream: Hulu
I kind of don’t want to say anything about this one. You know what, don’t even watch the trailer. Just down an edible, and light it up.
Where to stream: Roku, Vudu, Tubi, Kanopy, basically everywhere
Paul Thomas Anderson is the only person ever foolish enough to attempt to translate a Thomas Pynchon novel to the screen (twice?), and you can kind of see why. Joaquin Phoenix plays a stoner private investigator attempting to locate his missing ex-girlfriend in the L.A. underworld. He spends most of the movie wandering around in an inebriated haze with no idea what is going on, so you might as well join him—it’s not like you’d be able to follow the plot any better sober.
Where to stream: Paramount+
I almost put Black Swan on here, but I already had a Darren Aronofsky movie on the list, and this Luca Guadagnino remake of the (also weed-worthy) 1977 Dario Argento original will fuck you up way harder. Dakota Johnson plays an America dancer who enrolls at an exclusive Berlin dance academy that happens to be run by a coven of murderous witches looking for the next human vessel for their ancient queen. That description actually makes it sound much more normal than it plays out!
Where to stream: Prime Video, Freevee
This visual marvel from director David Lowry is the most obtuse, low-key fantasy epic ever, a meandering, shambolic quest across a medieval landscape populated by immortal warriors, wandering giants, and talking foxes. The ambling pace will allow you plenty of time to drink in the visuals.
Where to stream: Max
I can genuinely say that catching this improbable Best Picture winner in the theater while lightly toasted was an all-timer experience. Who doesn't want to watch Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan hop through infinite, increasingly bizarre universe while too inebriated to keep pace?
Where to stream: Netflix
A surprisingly endearing sitcom about an American football coach moving to the U.K. to coach the other kind of football, Ted Lasso was Apple TV+'s first breakout hit, but it's long over by this point. While few of their other shows have commanded even a fraction of the zeitgeist as ol' Ted, over the past few years Apple's streaming service has built a small, but solid library of other original series that are at least interesting, or pretty good, or occasionally more.
Apple's offerings still can’t quite compare to what you’ll find on Netflix or Hulu, at least in terms of volume, but there’s enough money in the tech company's bank account that they’ve shown a willingness to experiment, particularly when it comes to high-cost genres like science fiction, and that’s not a bad thing.
Here are 35 of Apple’s best original shows so far. I'm highlighting the ones you may not have binged yet, so Ted Lasso isn’t on the list—but consider him mentioned here.
Sugar doesn't try to obscure or downplay its reliance on old-school Hollywood noir tropes: It's characters are driven to emulate the style of antiheroes of old, and clips from old movies even play alongside the action as a means of driving the point home. The central mystery sees detective John Sugar (Colin Farrell) summoned to the mansion of a rich movie producer (James Cromwell), whose granddaughter has gone missing. We're only a couple of episodes in, and rumor has it that there's a big twist coming, but what's occurred so far is intriguing, and even paradoxically unique: Sugar is kind of an anti-anti-hero...he's an actual nice guy in a world where he's expected to play the tough guy. The series comes from writer Mark Protosevich (The Cell, I Am Legend) and smartly directed by City of God's Fernando Meirelles, so it has style to spare.
Pachinko is technically an American production, but its largely South Korean cast and crew place it in very much in the wheelhouse of the K-Dramas that have found success in the U.S. in recent years. The multigenerational saga follows one woman (Youn Yuh-jung and Kim Min-ha) and her family from the Japanese occupation of Korea through the decades of the Korean diaspora. It’s as personal as it is epic, with better location cinematography than most movies—and it’s got an all-time great opening credits sequence. It’s been renewed for a second season, release date TBD.
The comedy murder mystery genre is having a moment, with Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, Apple’s own The Afterparty (to which I’ll return later in this list), and the Knives Out movies all doing brisk business. Bad Sisters is in that same category, but set apart in interesting (and significant) ways. The Dublin setting and the dark comedy stand out, and the show is as much about solving the core murder as it is about rooting for the killer, whoever they may be. Among the title sisters, one has a particularly odious husband. When he turns up dead, each of the sisters (one played by Catastrophe's Sharon Horgan, who co-created) is revealed to have had good reason for doing the job.
Late-stage capitalism encourages “work-life balance” while simultaneously making it impossible, and then makes us feel guilty about it. In Severance, biotechnology giant Lumon Industries has a solution: they split your consciousness between your life at work and your life outside of it. For our lead characters (played by Adam Scott, Jack Cherry, Britt Lower, etc.) the work- and home-based consciousnesses grow apart to the point that they become entirely different people. The show blends the conventions of office-based dark comedies with movies like Brazil and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and dives into the dangers of modern American-style totalitarian capitalism while providing a reminder that technology often promises to improve our lives while only making them worse.
The sassy, revisionist period drama (think Bridgerton) is having a heyday and, with the success of HBO's The Gilded Age (itself an Edith Wharton pastiche), it's only natural things have come back around to the source—in this case, an unfinished Wharton novel telling the story of five American nouveau riche daughters being shuffled off to Europe to unite (in marriage) their family's ready cash with old European titles and lands. It's a fun, women-led show that splits the difference between The Gilded Age's relative faithfulness to history and Bridgerton's joyful anachronisms.
This solid action thriller stars Idris Elba as a business negotiator who finds himself among the passengers on a flight from London to Dubai that's been...well, hijacked. He's the only one onboard with a shot at saving himself and the other passengers, but will have to use his experience, brains, and brawn to do it. The show takes place in real time, more or less, adding to the suspense, and also making the second-season pickup slightly confusing. I'm not sure how a followup series will work, but if 24 could run for nine seasons, I'm sure that Elba's Sam Nelson can sustain at least a couple more.
I love a high concept, but execution is what counts, and For All Mankind makes good on its premise, thanks in large part to the involvement of writer/co-creator Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica). The show runs with a tantalizing what if?—what if Soviet space pioneer Sergei Korolev hadn’t died prematurely in 1966 and instead helped bring his country’s space program to full flower, extending the space race indefinitely? If we’d been forced to continue and expand upon the space program, our past (and present) would look quite different, and this show dramatically imagines how that might go, jumping across decades to reveal our alternate past (and future).
Dickinson is so scrupulously weird that it gets points just for being unexpected. The most surprising thing about it, though, is that it’s good, not merely idiosyncratic. The show imagines the life of 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson, with the conceit that she didn’t fit especially well in her own time, a fact the show reflects through the casual use of anachronisms and more modern sensibilities. Think Netflix’s Bridgerton or Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette for similar vibes—but neither of those is about a person nearly as haunting ormysterious as Dickinson. Bonus: It’s also beautifully filmed and acted.
An effective update to The Celluloid Closet that takes us up to date for the Peak TV age, Visible brings that sweet Apple money to bear in gathering animpressive assortment of talking heads. Going back to the earliest days of television, when queer characters and themes were either ignored, heavily coded, or mocked, the docuseries traces the ups and downs of queer representation on TV right up until the present moment. It entertainingly documents how far we’ve come, and makes clear there’s still work to do.
Based on James L. Swanson’s book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, Manhunt reenacts (in detail) not just the night of Abraham Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth (Anthony Boyle), but the hours, months, and years that followed, examining the political and cultural fallout at the dawn of Reconstruction. The surprising star here is Tobias Menzies' Edwin Stanton, the war secretary who fought to preserve Lincoln's legacy, with mixed results. The show also offers strong parallels, intentional or not, between Booth—violently racist, bombastic, and vainglorious while also somehow a perpetual victim—and modern-day political figures with whom you might be familiar.
Critics and audiences are divided over The Last Thing He Told Me, the crime drama earning only mixed reviews while also ranking as the streamer's most watched limited series ever. Based on the bestseller by Laura Dave, the popularity of the book might have something to do with that, as might Jennifer Garner's sensitive performance. While it scored those impressive numbers as a limited series, the series has subsequently been renewed for a new season, to be based on a forthcoming sequel novel , currently scheduled for release in 2025. Co-starring Angourie Rice, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and David Morse, the series finds Garner's character trying to forge a bond with her stepdaughter in order to help solve the mystery of her missing husband.
Monarch does a rather surprisingly effective job of telling its own story within the universe of all those American Godzilla movies of the past decade or so, bringing those big stories back down to Earth while building out an entire Monsterverse mythology in the process. Anna Sawai stars as a young teacher searching for her father, missing since Godzilla's attack on San Francisco (depicted in the 2014 film), and finds herself drawn into the past and present of a secret government agency. Wyatt and Kurt Russell play the past and present incarnations of the Army colonel who helped set the whole thing in motion.
The pitch meeting for this must’ve been a hoot. “We’ll do ‘The Country of the Blind’... but, you know, in the future!” Just as in that H.G. Wells story, we learn here that being one of the only sighted people among the blind doesn’t necessarily grant you any special privileges.
A few centuries from now, humans have lost their senses of sight, and the few born sighted are hunted and despised—as high concepts go, it’s a little goofy (and the reviews have been a little rough), but the beautifully produced and entertaining show blends Game of Thrones vibes with dystopian sci-fi, and boasts Jason Momoa and the always brilliant Alfre Woodard.
Central Park, from creators Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad, and Nora Smith, retains much of the look and feel of Bouchard’s beloved (and long-running) Bob’s Burgers, which is probably be enough of a recommendation to get many adult-leaning cartoon fans onboard. It differs, though, in its ambition: Unlike Bob’s, this show invests more heavily in serialization to tell the story of a park manager fighting to save the titular Central Park from greedy developers. It’s also a true musical, incorporating big numbers into each and every episode. (The more sporadic musical numbers in Bob’s Burgers are always the best part, so upping that quotient here is all to the good.)
Foundation frequently misses the point of its source material (a series of influential Isaac Asimov novels), but that doesn’t make it any less of an impressively realized science-fiction epic on its own terms. Lou Llobel and Lee Pace lead the centuries-spanning series that sees a group of scholars and rebels working to bring down a galactic empire in order to save it. The first season was pretty great, the second season was even better.
The casts of many of these shows are pretty extraordinary, but this one is at least a small step above: Rebecca Ferguson, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, and Tim Robbins are all included in the main cast. The science fiction series, based on High Howey’s self-published sensation Wool, is set in a post-apocalyptic future; the show’s characters live in the 144-story silo of the title, a sealed environment sustaining (and imprisoning?) the last dregs of humanity. Societal politics blend with elements of mystery (nothing in the silo is quite what it seems) in an impressively conceived dystopia.
There’s a big theater-kid vibe to Schmigadoon, no question, with references and in-jokes not everyone is going to get. I’m not sure it matters. When Melissa (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) set out on a camping trip to strengthen their relationship, they instead stumble into the title town, where everyone sings their feelings, just like characters in a... you get it. The only way out? True love...which Melissa and Josh thought they already shared, but maybe not so much. It’s both a tribute to classic musicals and a satire of the common tropes and the more problematic aspects of those old productions. The second season switches location and eras to “Schmicago,” taking on the darker-tinged musicals of the 1970s.
The Great British Bake Off's Noel Fielding stars in this wildly ahistorical British import involving the real-life highwayman of the title, who lived in the mid-1700s. Truth and legend are impossible to sort out when it comes to Turpin, so the show defers to the legend, adding a bunch of inspired silliness to the mix. It's not quite Our Flag Means Death, but it takes a similarly loose, and fun, approach to history.
A spiritual successor and companion to earlier WWII minis Band of Brothers (2001) and The Pacific (2010), Masters of the Air focuses on the “Bloody Hundredth,” the 100th Bomb Group—pilots tasked with bombing targets inside German-occupied Europe. Austin Butler (Elvis), Barry Keoghan (Saltburn), and Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who) are part of the impressive ensemble.
Severance, Foundation, For All Mankind, and Silo have established Apple TV+ as a home for high-concept, big-ish budget science fiction. Which is cool, given that even the SyFy channel is't filling that niche anymore. This one finds astronaut Noomi Rapace returning to Earth after an accident, and discovering that the reality she's returned to isn't quite the same as the one she left behind.
The apparently IRL delightful Peter Capaldi is one of our most effortlessly menacing actors, imbuing even Doctor Who with an unpredictable inscrutability, so it's no surprise that he excels at playing a hardened police detective with a checkered past. He's joined here by Cush Jumbo's June Lenker, a by-the-book and far more idealistic detective who's as suspicious of Capaldi's DCI Hegarty as she is of the facts involving the cold case the pair are investigating. Think of them like a twisted version of Mulder and Scully (minus the aliens, of course).
Less high-concept than some of Apple’s other originals, The Morning Show still serves as a solid drama led by an out-of-character performance from Jennifer Aniston. She plays Alex Levy, co-host of a major network morning show. Or “co-host,” that is, until Mitch (Steve Carrell), with whom she’s worked for 15 years, is fired due to sexual misconduct shortly before the show goes on the air one morning (a la Matt Lauer), leaving Alex to explain the situation. The resulting shake-ups and power grabs (including by an up-and-comer played by Reese Witherspoon; the star power in this thing!) were inspired by Brian Stelter’s real-life book Top of the Morning, about the (perhaps) surprisingly dramatic and cutthroat world of morning television, so with the TV-ready drama comes an air of verisimilitude.
An Oprah Winfrey/Prince Harry co-production might inspire understandable cynicism, but the effort here is worthwhile: approaching both stars and non-celebrities, the miniseries explores issues related to mental health, particularly the stigma and difficulties in finding care. The celebs are all impressively frank, and the less famous individuals come from a wide array of backgrounds and face a diverse set of issues. Naturally, the presentation is highly polished, but the mere fact that the streamer is putting its money into expanding conversations about mental illness make it worth checking out.
Honestly, they had me at Octavia Spencer. It’s not just her, though: the cast here is uniformly first-rate: Lizzy Caplan, Aaron Paul, Mekhi Phifer, and Kate Hudson also star. The premise is also solid, and timely: Spencer plays a true crime podcaster who condemned a now-convicted killer with her reporting, but who now learns that she might have gotten some crucial details wrong. The execution stumbles a bit in the first season, but picks up in the second and into its concluding third.
At a high school reunion afterparty, a murder occurs that, naturally, sets the series in motion—a scenario rife with possibilities, given the dramas that swirl around any real-life reunion. The spin here on the comedy murder mystery is its Rashomon-like structure: each episode explores the night from the POV of one of the participants, shifting genre styles to suit the character in question. Tiffany Haddish and Sam Richardson are great as the leads.
With a sense of humor, the anthology Little America dramatizes a series of Epic Magazine pieces telling the stories of immigrants in America. Each 30-minute episode plays like a movie in miniature, and each is packed with emotion—sometimes heartbreak, often joy; seriously, they cram a lot of heart into these little episodes. Each one ends with a tag about the real people on which it is based, which serves to ground the emotion in reality.
I love, love, love that this one’s based on a true story. Home Before Dark dramatizes the story of Hilde Lysiak, award-winning crime reporter and the youngest member of the Society of Professional Journalists, who began her career at age 9 (she’s now a whopping 14). Here she’s fictionalized as Hilde Lisko (Brooklynn Prince), who moves with her mother to a Twin Peaks-esque coastal town where she slowly, doggedly, uncovers the truth behind a long-forgotten cold case.
Creepy nanny meets creepy doll in this utterly strange psychological thriller, co-executive-produced by the occasionally brilliant but notoriously inconsistent M. Night Shyamalan (the show was created by Tony Basgallop). The horror here isn’t really overt, but the show plays some interesting and disturbing games centered on the relationship of the lead couple, played by Lauren Ambrose and Toby Kebbell. Following the death of their 13-week-old son, the pair acquires a lifelike doll as a therapeutic tool. Naturally, something’s not quite right with the doll (or Dorothy’s attachment to it), and something’s definitely not right about the young live-in nanny that they hire (rich people, amirite?) to take care of fake baby Jericho.
This new, updated Ghostwriter goes in a different direction than the ‘90s-era original, focusing a little bit less on the mystery elements of the stories and more on reading fundamentals: operating out of a bookstore belonging to the grandfather of two of the main characters, four kids are brought together by a ghost who brings characters from classic and modern literature to life, with CGI that’s sometimes great... and sometimes less so. Where the show really shines is in its depiction of kids who are believably smart and savvy, unlike an awful lot of shows that can’t seem to tell the difference between a 12-year-old and a 5-year-old. It’s definitely for kids, but that’s to its credit.
Based on the book by William Landay, this one’s premise is clever, and harrowing: in an upper-class Massachusetts suburb, Andy (Chris Evans) and Laurie (Michelle Dockery) learn that a classmate of their 14-year-old son has been murdered in a local park. What happens next is even more shocking: theirson is arrested for the murder. The show sometimes leans into melodrama unnecessarily, but the performances are solid and the central mystery is so compelling, it’s hard not to get drawn in.
Novelist Dennis Lehane (Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River) developed the based-on-a-true-story miniseries, and his touch is very evident if you’re familiar with his books, or with the movies they’ve inspired. Taron Egerton plays Jimmy Keene, a former football star given a ten-year prison sentence for drug dealing. Before long, he’s given another shot: his sentence will be erased if he transfers to a much higher security prison for the criminally insane and gathers evidence against a suspected serial killer incarcerated there. That’s a killer premise, and Egerton is great here.
After having difficulty conceiving a child, Nikki and Jason begin the adoption process, and find themselves in a bind. Were they able to conceive, there’d be no other qualifications necessary to have a baby. Adoption, on the other hand, is long process full of screenings, classes, paperwork, home visits, and money. This is one of those rare comedies that’s both genuinely funny and gentle—the show even revisits all of its characters at the end of each episode so that we know how everyone has made out.
It might sound a little (or a lot) niche, but we’ve seen enough headlines about the working conditions at many video game production houses to understand why a workplace comedy set against such a backdrop would make for effectively dark and juicy comedy. Charlotte Nicdao and Rob McElhenney are the leads here, as a brilliant and driven workaholic and an unsociable egomaniac respectively, and the chemistry between their two characters give the show more than enough spark.
Inspired by the 2017 film How to Be a Latin Lover, the ambitious English/Spanish-language comedy spans generations in telling the story of Maximo Gallardo Ramos (Eugenio Derbez), a Malibu mogul who began life as a pool boy at a fancy resort hotel. The sweet, sun-drenched show has a gorgeously retro visual style.
With nods to the great spy dramas of John le Carré, Slow Horses updates the setting without losing either the thrills nor the style of a time-honored genre. The “Slow Horses” of the title are a group of has-been MI5 agents—they’ve all made messes of significant jobs, but are still seen as having some use, if only in dull administrative tasks. Naturally, the group (lead by Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden, with their spymaster played by Kristin Scott Thomas) finds themselves in deeper waters than anyone had expected of them. The show has a sly sense of humor, and balances a cynical tone with a conviction that redemption is more than possible.
There are plenty of children's books being adapted into movies this year. Some look faithful to their source material, such as Dreamworks' The Wild Robot. Others, like the live-action film Harold and the Purple Crayon, have me already wondering why Hollywood is messing with a good thing.
When compiling this list of movies based on children's books, I wasn't concerned about how closely they followed the books. I just cared if they were good. Here are 13 movies I liked that you can share with your children—and perhaps inspire them to pick up a copy of the corresponding book.
Author Norman Juster wasn't a fan of this live-action/animated adaptation of his beloved book. However, there are plenty of fans of this movie about an indifferent kid who travels to the Kingdom of Wisdom in the Lands Beyond in a toy car with his "watchdog," Tock, who has a large pocket watch for a body. It also features gorgeous animation from Chuck Jones, the artist who animated numerous Looney Tunes cartoons, and the original The Grinch Who Stole Christmas television special.
Where to stream: Digital rental, YouTube
Aaron Blabey's graphic novel series gets the Dreamworks treatment. Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell plays the smooth-talking Big Bad Wolf, who believes society hasn't given him and his team of criminals a chance to be good. Borrowing its style from heist films Oceans 11 and neo-noirs like Pulp Fiction, there's plenty here for kids and parents to love.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Prime Video
There have been plenty of adaptations of Mary Rodger's novel about a mother and daughter switching places for one day. If you have to pick one, choose the 2003 version, which features an unhinged performance by Jamie Lee Curtis that should have snagged her an Oscar nomination before she won the award last year. The original, featuring Jodie Foster and a hilarious Barbara Harris, also has plenty of laughs.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Disney+
Parts of this stop-motion animated film, based on the book by fantasy and horror author Neil Gaiman, might be a little intense for younger viewers. However, if your children can handle it, they'll delight in its story of a girl who finds a parallel universe in her house where all her dreams come true, but her fulfilled wishes come with a price.
Where to stream: Digital rental
With all due respect to Glenn Close and Emma Stone, the original animated take of Dodie Smith's tale of puppies in peril is the best of the litter of remakes and revamps. Walt Disney's classic film also boasts the meanest villain of them all: Cruella de Vil, voiced by the brilliant Betty Lou Gerson.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Disney+
Despite its misleading title, this fantasy film, adapted from Michael Ende's novel, ends around the 90-minute mark because producers chose to adapt the book's first half. Perhaps that is one of the many reasons Ende hated the film. Despite this, the film has delighted many Gen Xers and those who discovered it through the title song's inclusion in Stranger Things.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Hoopla
Dav Pilkey's book series about a duo of grade-schooler comic book writers who turn their tyrannical principal into the titular Wedgie Warrior has many things parents might not like, such as scatological humor and a plot in which almost no one learns a moral lesson. Maybe that's why kids love it so much.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Netflix
Not to be confused with the recent series of horror movies being made now that the willy-nilly silly old bear is in the public domain, this animated film is actually a collection of shorter films Walt Disney made based on A.A. Milne's stories about the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood. Imaginative and whimsical, it's a movie pretty much any child (and adult) would love.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Disney+
While this computer-animated classic may not closely follow Cressida Cowell's series of books, it's still an eye-popping adventure about a young Viking who befriends a dragon and realizes his village's war with the species has been all wrong. The film was such a hit it inspired a franchise that includes two sequels, an upcoming live-action remake, and numerous television shows.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Prime Video
Walt Disney's attempts to obtain the rights to P.L. Travers' beloved book became its own movie. While she was ultimately dissatisfied with the final result, the live-action/animated hybrid about a nanny who changes the lives of a British family became 1964's highest-grossing film and snagged 13 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. I can also confirm that my two boys loved it, proof that the 60-year-old musical still holds up.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Disney+
It is rumored that E.B. White, who wrote the beloved novel on which this animated movie is based, turned down Walt Disney when he tried to adapt his story of a pig saved from the slaughterhouse by a spider. White wasn't a fan of this version either, but in the years since its release, its legions of fans continued to grow, prompting a live-action remake in 2006.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Hoopla
Louis Sachar could only blame himself if he didn't like Disney's adaptation of his young adult novel—he wrote the screenplay. He can relax, though, because this story about a kid sent to a detention camp for a crime he didn't commit has plenty for families to dig into, with its plot touching on themes regarding racism, masculinity, and child labor. It's also a lot of fun for adults and teens.
Where to stream: Digital rental, Disney+
Credit to screenwriter Charlie Kaufman for turning Emma Yarlett's 40-page picture book about an overly timid kid getting over his fear of the dark into a delightful full-length film, and shame on Dreamworks for taking their first attempt into the existential territory that Pixar occupies so well straight to Netflix. It's a bold, hilarious film that deserves to be seen on a big screen.
Where to stream: Netflix
Madame Web didn't set out to confound the few who saw it. The comic book movie just ended up that way—because of incompetence, lazy filmmaking, or something else, we may never know for sure.
However, many films created by auteurs are intended to confound their audience, begging moviegoers to unravel the plot threads to find the story's real message. More often than not, they are successful. But some movies leave audiences frustrated and still searching for a movie's meaning after the credits roll. Here are a baker's dozen films that have a reputation for baffling and bewildering audiences.
There have been a multitude of blog posts and YouTube videos claiming they can explain the plot of Christopher Nolan's time-travel adventure. While it does boast some eye-popping action set pieces, even the Oscar-winning director admits that this film, which stars John David Washington and Robert Pattinson, is "not all comprehensible," so if you watch this mind-bending thriller, just enjoy the ride.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Honestly, almost any film directed by the surrealist David Lynch would fit on this list, but none of them have required a glossary to explain the world Lynch crafted from Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece. When you also consider that director Denis Villeneuve managed to craft two hit films from the same novel, you start to wonder if Mulholland Drive is really that complicated.
Where to stream: Max, Digital rental
Speaking of Denis Villeneuve, the director's follow-up to the moody Prisoners reunites him with that film's star, Jake Gyllenhaal. This absolute head-scratcher about doppelgängers got little attention upon release, as is the fate for most of A24's non-horror offerings. (Its marketing team doesn't seem to have figured out how to sell films that don't have a cool hook.) It has gained cult status in the decade since its release, while its Canadian-born director has moved into big-budget filmmaking with Arrival and his pair of Dune adaptations.
Where to stream: Kanopy, Cinemax, Digital rental
The Coen Brothers' film about a pretentious screenwriter trying to unlock his creativity took home a slew of awards at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, including its top prize, the Palme d'Or. But why? Is it because it satirizes Hollywood so well, or is it for its metaphorical take on heaven and hell? Chances are it's both, but when you see John Goodman running down a fiery hotel hallway with a shotgun at the film's end, you may wonder what message the directors were actually trying to convey.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Joaquin Phoenix plays an investigator trying to find his missing ex-girlfriend and her wealthy new beau, but that one case grows to three in an entertaining film filled with a great '70s rock soundtrack, puzzling contradictions, and a labyrinthine plot that demands multiple viewings. The good news is that Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's equally complicated novel is a film you actually want to revisit.
Where to stream: Paramount+ with Showtime, Digital rental
Your favorite director's favorite movie has such an unusual and mysterious ending that you'll have to watch its subpar sequel, 2010: The Year We Made Contact, to understand what it all meant. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this classic's groundbreaking special effects still (rather amazingly) hold up, making it worth a look.
Where to stream: Max, Digital rental
This film boasts a cast of every great British actor in the last 30 years, but condensing John le Carré's complex, intricate spy novel into something digestible was something the filmmakers could not achieve. Instead, seek out the 1979 BBC adaptation starring Alec Guinness as former spy George Smiley, which tells its story of double agents and betrayal in just over five hours.
Where to stream: Starz, Digital rental
There are plenty of subreddits dedicated to explanations about Oscar-winner Jonathan Glazer's film about an alien (Scarlett Johansson) who seduces and harvests humans (we think) but then begins to sympathize with them (it's a theory). It all boils down to one powerful scene with a baby alone on a beach that, for some, nails the film's theme or, for others, muddles the plot.
Where to stream: Kanopy, Max, Digital rental
Philip Seymour Hoffman portrays an avatar for the film's writer and director, Charlie Kaufman. He struggles to put on a play inside a life-size replica of New York City he's built with the MacArthur Grant he was awarded. As the years go on, the distinction between the play and the real world becomes muddled, leaving the actors (and the movie's viewers) struggling to figure out what's really happening.
Where to stream: Digital rental
As evidenced by the over 20 percent disparity between critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, this visually stunning yet bizarre sci-fi film starring Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac left moviegoers with more questions than answers. It's about a biologist trying to discover what happened to her husband while inside a phenomenon called "The Shimmer," but it's likely the film's ambiguous ending left audiences flummoxed and frustrated.
Where to stream: Pluto TV, Digital rental
It starts as another kitschy Wes Anderson film, this one about aliens making contact with humans in the small titular desert town. As the characters deal with the uncertainty of this development, it suddenly becomes a meta-satire about...storytelling? If you're already a fan of Anderson's style, there's a lot to love here. If not, it's doubtful this disjointed star-studded gem will sway you.
Where to stream: Prime Video, Digital rental
Brad Pitt reportedly dropped out of this film because he found the script Darren Aronofsky co-wrote illogical. Pitt was replaced by Hugh Jackman, who searches for eternal life over three different timelines. The stories never coalesced for the few who saw it, and it's now considered one of the biggest box office flops ever.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert said in their televised review that they admired David Cronenberg's adaptation of William S. Burroughs' novel about paranoia and addiction but couldn't recommend it. It's not hard to see why. Cronenberg integrates elements of the Beat writer's life and work into the screenplay, but the film's mystical elements and talking bugs make the plot almost incomprehensible.
Where to stream: Max
YouTube is always trying out new features for its users, which they call experiments. The latest experimental feature is called Jump Ahead, which purports to skip to the best part of a YouTube video for you.
The new feature works in conjunction with the double tap feature already available in the YouTube app on Android or iOS, which lets you hop forward in a video in 10-second increments until you've reached the portion that interests you.
The Jump Ahead feature will analyze that user watch data and couple it with machine learning algorithms to automatically detect what it believes is the next "best" point in a video that a viewer may be interested in, and offer a prompt to take you to that point via an onscreen Jump Ahead button.
YouTube says the Jump Ahead feature will work for creators when watching their own videos, even if they aren't currently subscribed to YouTube Premium. Otherwise, the Jump Ahead feature is currently being tested with a small group of YouTube Premium subscribers in the U.S. There's no word as to when the feature could roll out more widely.
Previously, YouTube introduced similar functionality in the form of a graph integrated into a video's progress bar that shows you the "most replayed" parts of that video. Initially, the most replayed feature was similarly exclusive to YouTube Premium subscribers, so there's always a chance that, if proven popular and effective, Jump Ahead could become an all-access option in the future. Last year, the company also tested, then removed, then reintroduced the option to watch any video in double speed by pressing and holding on the video player from within the YouTube app.
Paramount+ viewers can start April with the premiere of the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery (April 4), which will wrap up the 65-episode series that rejuvenated the sci-fi franchise in 2017. There's also season four of The Challenge: All Stars (April 10), the reality competition show that, this time around, brings together former players to go head-to-head in South Africa. There's also CTRL+ALT+DESIRE (April 16), a three-episode docuseries about the manhunt to capture Grant Amato following the murder of his family members.
For Paramount+ With Showtime subscribers, there's Talk to Me (April 1), a supernatural horror film from A24 about a group of friends who use an embalmed hand to communicate with the spirit world.
Paramount+'s live programming kicks off with the CMT Music Awards (streaming on April 7) followed by live coverage of The Masters, which begins on April 8. There's also The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run of All Time (April 14 at 9 p.m. ET), a livestream of the artist's 100th sold-out concert of his MSG residency.
Here’s everything else coming to the service in April. Note that titles with an asterisk are exclusive to Paramount+ With Showtime; everything else is also available to subscribers on the ad-supported plan. Those with two asterisks are available to Paramount+ With Showtime users streaming live on CBS and to all subscribers the following day.
Talk to Me*
Star Trek: Discovery, season five premiere
CMT Music Awards**
The Challenge: All Stars, season four premiere
DORA, premiere
The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run of All Time**
CTRL+ALT+DESIRE
Knuckles, premiere
Jeff Dunham: I'm with Cupid
Bubble Guppies (Season 6)
Bubble Guppies: Bubble Puppy’s Fin-tastic Fairy Tale
Bubble Guppies: Guppy Style!
Bubble Guppies: The Puppy and the Ring
CMT Crossroads (Seasons 21-22)
CMT Presents The Judds: Love Is Alive - The Final Concert
NCISVerse: The First 1,000**
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (Seasons 19-20)
Mighty Planes (Seasons 1-4)
RENO 911! (Season 8)
The Last Cowboy (Season 4)
Air Disasters (Season 9-10)
How Did They Fix That? (Seasons 1-2)
Arsenal*
B.A.P.S.
Bandslam*
Black Lotus
Blades of Glory
Catch and Release
Chaplin
Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin'*
Cloud Atlas
Cold Mountain
Daddy's Home
Deep Impact
Domestic Disturbance*
Drive Me Crazy
Edge Of Darkness
El Dorado
Emma
Empire Records
Face/Off
First Blood
Galaxy Quest*
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Hotel for Dogs
I Love You, Man
Identity
Inherent Vice
Jacob's Ladder*
Juice
Just Like Heaven
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Last Night*
Life
Like a Boss
Magnolia
Malcolm X
Max Steel*
Mimic
Muriel's Wedding*
My Baby's Daddy
Nebraska
Nick of Time*
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo III
Saturday Night Fever
Secret in Their Eyes*
Team America: World Police
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
The Crossing Guard*
The Evening Star*
The Heartbreak Kid
The King of Comedy
The Ring
The Ring Two
The Ring Two (Unrated)
The Score
The Secret Garden
The Station Agent
The Transporter Refueled*
The Uninvited
TMNT
Total Recall
Transformers
Up in Smoke
Vacancy
Varsity Blues
Whip It
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Wild Card*
Wuthering Heights*
School For Scoundrels*
Deliver Us from Evil
The Painter
Like last month, Prime Video has one anticipated original title coming in April. Fallout (April 11)—executive produced and with a few episodes directed by Westworld co-creator Jonathan Nolan—is a post-apocalyptic drama series adapted from the video game of the same name. The show stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins.
Also on the list of Amazon originals coming in April is How to Date Billy Walsh (April 5), a teen romance/coming-of-age film starring Sebastian Croft (Heartstopper), Charithra Chandran (Bridgerton), and Tanner Buchanan (Cobra Kai) as well as rom-com Música (April 4) starring Camila Mendes and Friday night streams of the National Women's Soccer League (NSWL) starting April 12.
Here’s everything else coming to Prime Video and Amazon-owned, ad-supported Freevee in April, including every season of House and Eureka (April 1).
Age of Adaline (2015)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Batman Forever (1995)
Blaze and the Monster Machines Vol2 S1-S2 (2014)
Blockers (2018)
Boomerang (1992)
Chaplin (1993)
Cheech & Chong Get Out of My Room (1985)
Chinatown (1974)
Cloverfield (2008)
Disturbia (2007)
El Dorado (1967)
Eureka S1-S5 (2006)
Fighting with My Family (2019)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Heist (2015)
Henry Fool (1998)
Hotel for Dogs (2009)
House S1-S8 (2004)
Inside Job (2010)
It's Complicated (2009)
Jarhead (2005)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
Lone Survivor (2013)
Lords Of Dogtown (2005)
Macgruber (2010)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Mimic (1997)
Money Monster (2016)
Monster Trucks (2017)
Nebraska (2014)
Neighbors (2014)
Ong Bak - The Thai Warrior (2005)
Out of Sight (1998)
Red Eye (2005)
Richard Jewell (2019)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Snatch (2001)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
The Aviator (2004)
The Big Short (2015)
The Front Page (1931)
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
The House Bunny (2008)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1998)
The Notebook (2004)
The Ring Two (2005)
The Station Agent (2003)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
The Way Back (2020)
The Young Messiah (2016)
Titanic (1997)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
To Write Love on Her Arms (2015)
Top Gun (1986)
Total Recall (1990)
Wayne's World (1992)
We Own The Night (2007)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
When The Game Stands Tall (2014)
White Noise (2005)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023)
Música (2024)
Hit S3 (2020)
How To Date Billy Walsh (2024)
Unforgotten S5 (2023)
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Fallout (2024)
NWSL (2024)
Going Home with Tyler Cameron (2024)
Spectre (2015)
THEM: The Scare (2024)
The Holdovers (2023)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
Grown Ups (2010)
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Jumping the Broom (2011)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Peter Rabbit (2018)
The Croods (2013)
The Equalizer (2014)
The Karate Kid (2010)
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
The Photograph (2020)
Monster Family 2 (2021)
Alex Rider S3 (2024)
Dinner with the Parents (2024)
Max's April highlights are largely in the documentary genre. First up is the limited series The Synanon Fix (April 1, weekly episodes), which dives deep into the rehab-program-turned-cult; followed by Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion (April 9), an HBO Original film that explores the cult-like following of fast fashion brand Brandy Melville.
Later in the month is An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th (April 16) about the context around the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and The Jinx—Part Two (April 21), a six-episode continuation of the Emmy-winning series exploring the life of Robert Durst.
On the drama side, The Sympathizer—an HBO Original limited series co-produced with A24—debuts on April 14 with new episodes dropping weekly. The show, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, is an espionage thriller story of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy at the end of the Vietnam war.
There's also a new comedy special from Alex Edelman (Just For Us, April 6); season four of unscripted series We're Here (new episodes weekly starting April 26), which follows drag queens Sasha Velour, Priyanka, Jaida Essence Hall, and Latrice Royale as they visit small-town communities across America; and the debut of the four-episode unscripted series Conan O'Brien Must Go (April 18).
Finally, Max has a packed schedule of live and on-demand sports this month, including the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four (April 6–8) as well as NBA, NHL, MLB, US Soccer, MotoGP, and professional cycling.
Here’s everything else coming to Max in April.
American Renegades (2018)
Basquiat (1996)
Black Swan (2010)
Body of Lies (2008)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973)
Cane Toads: The Conquest (2010)
Ceddo (1977)
Conviction (2010)
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Demonlover (2002)
Don't Let Go (2019)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Emitaï (1971)
Eo (2022)
The Fluffy Movie (2014)
Frozen in Design (Special) (HGTV)
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Magical Movie Mode (2001)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
The Heroic Trio (1993)
Hotel Artemis (2018)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Inland Empire (2006)
Internal Affairs (1990)
Joy (2015)
Juliet, Naked (2018)
Kingpin (1996)
Leap of Faith (1992)
Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917)
Lost In Translation (2003)
Love Affair (1939)
Lucky (2017)
McQueen (2018)
Miracles (1989)
National Security (2003)
The New World (2006)
Next Aisle Over (1919)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Once Upon a Time in China (1992)
Once Upon a Time in China III (1993)
The Pink Panther (2006)
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
The Power of Film (2024)
Pride and Glory (2008)
Ronin (1998)
Safe Haven (2013)
A Sammy in Siberia (1919)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
The Sea of Trees (2016)
A Serious Man (2009)
The Social Network (2010)
Source Code (2011)
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004)
Spring Fever (1919)
The Square (2017)
The Strangers (2008)
The Synanon Fix (HBO Original)
A Tale of Springtime (1990)
A Tale of Winter (1992)
A Tale of Summer (1996)
A Tale of Autumn (1998)
Terminator Salvation (2009)
This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
The Trial (1962)
The Unknown (1927)
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Wes Craven Presents: They (2002)
Whiteout (2009)
Winter's Tale (2014)
Wipeout, Season 2A
Youth (2015)
Zero Days (2016)
Zola (2021)
Moonshiners, Season 13 (Discovery Channel)
Ghost Adventures: House Calls, Season 2 (Discovery Channel)
Take My Tumor (TLC)
Divided Youth (Da Ponte Pra La) (Max Original International)
HOP, Season 1A (Max Original)
The Zone of Interest (A24)
Alex Edelman: Just For Us (HBO Original)
Homegrown, Season 4 (Magnolia)
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (2023)
Best Bite in Town, Season 1 (Food Network)
Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion (HBO Original)
Mud Madness (Discovery Channel)
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) (Cartoon Network)
Bail Jumpers (ID)
Massacre of the Mormons (Max Original International)
Jessica's Big Little World, Season 1C (Cartoon Network)
Ready To Love, Season 9 (OWN)
24 In 24: Last Chef Standing (Food Network)
The Sympathizer (HBO Original)
90 Day Pillow Talk: The Single Life, Season 4 (TLC)
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th (HBO Original)
Conan O’Brien Must Go (Max Original)
Homefront (2013)
Men (2022)
HGTV Smart Home 2024 (HGTV)
Be My Guest with Ina Garten, Season 4 (Food Network)
The Jinx – Part Two (HBO Original)
90 Day Fiancé: Love in Paradise, Season 4 (TLC)
The Green Planet (BBC)
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One (2024)
Restoration Road with Clint Harp, Season 5 (Magnolia)
Ugliest House in America, Season 5 (HGTV)
Farmhouse Fixer, Season 3 (HGTV)
The Losers (2010)
Roadkill Garage, Season 9 (MotorTrend)
Vegas: The Story of Sin City (CNN)
Caught! (Discovery Channel)
United States of Scandal with Jake Tapper (CNN)
We're Here, Season 4 (HBO Original)
Love & Marriage: D.C. (OWN)
Netflix's April slate includes anticipated series, a reality prank show, and dark documentaries. Ripley (April 4) is based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley (you might be familiar with the 1999 movie of the same name). It's now a black-and-white series starring Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, and Johnny Flynn. Scott plays the titular character, a New York scam artist, in this eight-episode psychological thriller.
Later in the month is the season six premiere of The Circle (April 17), the reality competition show in which contestants fight to become the top social media influencer.
April Fool's Day brings a new show from magician-comedian Justin Willman, whose Magic for Humans series has had three seasons on Netflix thus far. The Magic Prank Show with Justin Willman (April 1) leans into elaborate pranks played on unsuspecting targets.
In the true crime genre, there's feature-length What Jennifer Did (April 10) about the investigation into what appeared to be a deadly home invasion in Ontario, Canada in 2010, and Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (April 3), which looks at a series of murders in the Berlin party scene in 2012.
Also in the documentary category is Our Living World (April 17), a new nature series narrated by Cate Blanchett, and The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem (April 5), which dives into the rise and impact of internet forum 4chan and is landing on Netflix following its recent premiere at SXSW Film Festival.
April's comedy lineup includes a new hour from Demetri Martin (Demetri Deconstructed, April 2) and Neal Brennan's third Netflix special (Crazy Good, April 9) covering everything from crypto to mental health, as well as specials from Jimmy Carr (Natural Born Killer, April 16) and Fern Brady (Autistic Bikini Queen, April 22).
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Netflix in April.
Baby Reindeer—Netflix Series
THE MAGIC PRANK SHOW WITH JUSTIN WILLMAN—Netflix Series
American Graffiti
Baby Driver
Battleship
Born on the Fourth of July
Glass
Happy Gilmore
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel Transylvania 2
How to Be Single
Inside Man
Inside Man: Most Wanted
It's Kind of a Funny Story
The Land Before Time
The Little Things
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
Molly's Game
Mortal Engines
One Piece Film: Red
Role Models
Sex and the City: Seasons 1-6
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit II
Split
Step Up: Revolution
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The Theory of Everything
Wild Things
You've Got Mail
Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed—Netflix Comedy
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer—Netflix Documentary
Files of the Unexplained—Netflix Documentary
Rodeio Rock—Netflix Film
100 Days to Indy: Season 1
Blackfish
Crooks—Netflix Series
I Woke Up A Vampire: Season 2—Netflix Family
Ripley—Netflix Series
The Tearsmith—Netflix Film
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem—Netflix Documentary
Parasyte: The Grey—Netflix Series
Scoop—Netflix Film
Spirit Rangers: Season 3—Netflix Family
Neal Brennan: Crazy Good—Netflix Comedy
Anthracite: Secrets of the Sect—Netflix Series
The Hijacking of Flight 601—Netflix Series
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment—Netflix Series
What Jennifer Did—Netflix Documentary
As the Crow Flies: Season 3—Netflix Series
The Bricklayer
Heartbreak High: Season 2—Netflix Series
Meekah: Season 2
Midsummer Night—Netflix Series
A Journey—Netflix Film
Amar Singh Chamkila—Netflix Film
Good Times—Netflix Series
Love, Divided—Netflix Film
Stolen—Netflix Film
Strange Way of Life
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp—Netflix Family
The Fairly OddParents: Seasons 4-5
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Knocked Up
Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer—Netflix Comedy
Black Sails: Seasons 1-4
The Circle: Season 6—Netflix Series
Don't Hate the Player—Netflix Series
The Grimm Variations—Netflix Anime
Our Living World—Netflix Documentary
Bros
The Upshaws: Part 5—Netflix Series
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver—Netflix Film
Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know
Ahead of the Curve
CoComelon Lane: Season 2—Netflix Family
Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen—Netflix Comedy
Brigands: The Quest for Gold—Netflix Series
Fight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust?—Netflix Series
Don't Hate the Player
King Richard
TLC Forever
City Hunter—Netflix Film
Dead Boy Detectives—Netflix Series
The Asunta Case—Netflix Series
Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut—Netflix Documentary
Boiling Point: Season 1
Honeymoonish—Netflix Film
Fiasco—Netflix Series
Day of the Dead: Bloodline
Imposters: Seasons 1-2
Marshall
The Nice Guys
Horrible Bosses 2
Deliver Us from Evil
Rush
Synchronic
The Zookeeper's Wife
The Meg
Train to Busan
The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight: Extended Version: Season 1
Kung Fu Panda 3
Malignant
13 Going on 30
27 Dresses
30 Days of Night
Apollo 13
Barney and Friends: Seasons 13-14
Elvis
Erin Brockovich
The First Purge
Fried Green Tomatoes
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Joker
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Kindergarten Cop
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The Purge: Election Year
Silver Linings Playbook
Step Brothers
Twins
Whiplash
Hulu has something for almost every viewing preference in April. There are a handful of popular FX titles with new episodes, including the part two premiere of American Horror Story: Delicate (April 4) starring Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevingne, and Emma Roberts and the season three premiere of Welcome to Wrexham (April 19), the docuseries following the Welsh pro football club now owned by actors Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.
Also on the FX lineup is The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses (April 27), a documentary deep dive into the business and politics of horse racing and the premiere of spy thriller series The Veil (April 30) starring Elizabeth Moss.
Other documentary standouts include Hip-Hop and The White House (April 22), a Hulu original that shows the intersection between hip hop and politics through the artists who have influenced presidents, and Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (April 26), a four-part docuseries that joined the band and its frontman in February 2022.
For reality show fans, there's the series premiere of Vanderpump Villa (April 1), which follows the event staff at the French estate owned by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Vanderpump Rules star Linda Vanderpump.
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Hulu in April.
Vanderpump Villa: Series Premiere
Annie, 2014
The Big Lebowski, 1998
Blair Witch, 2016
Blockers, 2018
Boys on the Side, 1995
Capone, 2020
Captain Phillips, 2013
Copycat, 1995
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, 2012
Don't Worry Darling, 2022
The Fifth Element, 1997
The Fog, 2005
Get Him to the Greek, 2010
The Grudge 2, 2006
Hellboy, 2004
The Host, 2006
The Huntsman: Winter'S War, 2016
Jack The Giant Slayer, 2013
The Karate Kid, 2010
Letters to Juliet, 2010
Made in America, 1993
The Next Karate Kid, 1994
Ocean's Eleven, 2001
Ocean's Twelve, 2004
Ocean's Thirteen, 2007
Pacific Rim, 2013
Runaway Jury, 2003
Seven Years in Tibet, 1997
Shazam!, 2019
Shazam! Fury of the Gods, 2023
Take Shelter, 2011
Wonder Woman, 2017
You Don't Mess With The Zohan, 2008
X2: X-Men United, 2003
50 First Dates, 2004
iHeartRadio Music Awards 2024: Special Premiere
The Interrogation Room: Complete Season 1
Jumanji: The Next Level, 2019
UFO Factory: Complete Season 1
FX's American Horror Story: Delicate: Part 2 Premiere
American Pickers: Complete Season 24B
Best in Chow: Complete Season 1
Dark Marvels: Complete Season 1
Mountain Men: Ultimate Marksman: Complete Season 1B
Lord of Misrule, 2023
Dinosaur: Complete Season 1
She Came to Me, 2023
The Fable: Series Premiere
GO! GO! Loser Ranger!: Series Premiere
Mission: Yozakura Family: Series Premiere (Subbed)
Ishura: Complete Season 1 (Dubbed)
The Grudge, 2020
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018
Blood Free: Two-Episode Series Premiere
Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise: Series Premiere
The Incredible Dr. Pol: Season 24 Premiere
Sand Land: The Series: Two Episode Premiere (Dubbed)
Curtain Call: Complete Season 1
Kusama: Infinity, 2018
Cold Case Files: The Rifkin Murders: Complete Season 1
Scraps: Complete Season 1
#TextMeWhenYouGetHome: Complete Season 2
Immediate Family, 2022
Trapped in the Farmhouse, 2023
The Channel, 2023
The Greatest Hits, 2024
Alone, 2020
A Kind Of Murder, 2016
The Stranger, 2020
See You in Another Life: Complete Season 1
Under the Bridge: Series Premiere
Drain the Oceans: Season 6 Premiere
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet: Season 12 Premiere
All You Can Eat: Complete Season 1
Secrets of Miss America: Complete Season 1
60 Days In: Complete Season 8
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story, 2023
Blacklight, 2022
FX's Welcome to Wrexham: Season 3 Premiere
Tattoo Fixers: Complete Seasons 1-4
High Hopes: Complete Season 1
The Marijuana Revolution: Complete Season 1
Hip-Hop and The White House: Documentary
Secrets of the Octopus: Special Premiere
Little Women, 2019
Yes, God, Yes, 2019
The Meg, 2018
Wonderful World: Complete Season 1
Talking Sabor: Complete Season 1
Booked: First Day In: Complete Season 1
Mountain Men: Complete Season 11
Wahlburgers: Complete Season 7
Barber, 2023
Boy in the Walls, 2023
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story: Complete Docuseries
FX's The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses: Special Premiere
American Woman, 2018
Isn't It Romantic, 2019
Stars at Noon, 2022
Welcome to Smelliville, 2021
FX's The Veil: Limited Series Premiere
Savage Salvation, 2022
The Menu, 2022
Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect, 2021
Son of Bigfoot, 2017
Beast of Burden, 2018
Mr. Right, 2015
The Program, 2015
The War With Grandpa, 2020
Black Death, 2010
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon, 2015
The Two Faces Of January, 2014
Benediction, 2021
Banana Split, 2018
Permanent, 2017
Escape from Pretoria, 2020
Billionaire Boys Club, 2018
Blade Runner 2049, 2017
Downhill, 2020
Failure to Launch, 2006
Ghostbusters II, 1989
Ghostbusters, 1984
Goosebumps, 2015
The Last Duel, 2021
Ong-Bak 3, 2010
Ong-Bak 2, 2008
Ong Bak, 2003
Pacific Rim, 2013
Pacific Rim: Uprising, 2018
The Personal History Of David Copperfield, 2020
Shazam!, 2019
Shazam! Fury of the Gods, 2023
Sisters, 2015
Stand by Me, 1986
Take This Waltz, 2011
Wonder Woman, 2017
Disney+'s April lineup is on the lighter side as far as blockbuster content goes, but one highlight is the feature-length Disneynature film Tiger (April 22). Priyanka Chopra Jonas narrates this documentary that follows a family of tigers in India over 1,500 days of filming. Also dropping on April 22—Earth Day—is Tigers on the Rise, a companion film that follows the professionals who have helped tiger populations successfully rebound.
April also brings ongoing weekly episodes of season three of Star Wars: The Bad Batch and the first season of X-Men '97 (both streaming on Wednesdays) as well as new episodes of season three of Bluey, the animated Australian kids show about a family of cattle dogs (Sundays starting April 7).
Here’s everything coming to Disney+ in April 2024.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Season 3)—Wednesdays
X-Men '97—Wednesdays
Bluey (Season 3)—Sundays starting April 7
Theme Song Takeover (S3, 4 episodes)
Alice's Wonderland Bakery (S2, 5 episodes)
Chibi Tiny Tales (Shorts) (S4, 12 episodes)
Wish
Firebuds (S2, 4 episodes)
The Incredible Dr. Pol (S24, 10 episodes)
Shorts Spectacular (S2, 3 episodes)
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (S12, 14 episodes)
Drain the Oceans (S6, 6 episodes)
PJ Masks: Power Heroes (S1, 8 episodes)
Secrets of the Octopus (S1, 3 episodes)
Tiger—Disney+ Originals premiere
Tiger on the Rise—Disney+ Originals premiere
Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition (S1, 11 episodes & S2, 12 episodes)
Bring It! (S6, 10 episodes)
Dance Moms: Abby's Studio Rescue (S1, 7 episodes)
Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends (S3, 5 episodes)
Discord makes it easy to chat with your friends, but with the app's Screen Share feature, you can also host your own Netflix watch parties—it just takes a few steps to get one up and running.
Before you start, make sure you have the Discord app on your PC or Mac. Open the app and log in to your Discord account, then go to your web browser (any browser will work) and sign in to your Netflix account. Go back to Discord and select the server you want to stream Netflix (it might be a good idea to create a new server with just your watch-party friends). Next, go to the bottom right of the Discord app, where your username is shown and click on the gear icon to get to User Settings. Under settings, scroll down until you see a tab for Activity Settings; underneath that should be Registered Games. Under Registered Games, you should see the message, "Not seeing your game? Add It!" Click on Add It and choose the web browser you have Netflix open in, then click Add Game.
Next, exit out of Discord Settings and go back to the main screen. Just above your Discord name, it should list your web browser's name and the Screen Share icon that looks like a monitor with an arrow pointing right. Click on that icon to start sharing your screen. You should then be given a pop-up with Screen Share settings, such as voice channel, resolution, and frame rate. If you want to Screen Share in 1080p at 60fps, you'll need to subscribe to Discord Nitro, which is $9.99 per month. After you've adjusted your settings, click the Go Live to start sharing your screen.
You may come across an issue in which you get a black screen instead of the Netflix content you want to watch. To fix this, you'll need to disable hardware acceleration in Discord and your web browser. To disable hardware acceleration in the Discord app, open the app and click the gear icon near your username in the bottom left. Then go to Advanced and you should see a toggle for Hardware Acceleration. Click the toggle so it appears grey with an X mark. A pop-up will ask you to restart the Discord app; click Okay to do so.
To turn off hardware acceleration, open Chrome, and go to Settings by clicking the three dots in the top right. Next, go to System and hit the toggle for hardware acceleration so it turns grey. You'll also see a Relaunch button to restart Google Chrome. To disable hardware acceleration in Firefox, open up the app, hit the hamburger menu in the top right and select Settings. Under General, scroll down until you see Performance; there should be two checkboxes, one for Use Recommended Performance Settings and Use Hardware Acceleration When Available. Then restart Firefox, and that's it.
To stream Netflix to Discord on mobile, open the Discord and Netflix apps and sign into your accounts. Next, go to the Discord app and choose the service and voice channel you want to stream to. Eenter the voice channel and tap the green button that says Join Voice. Once you've done that, you should see more options, including Screen Share. Tap that, open the Netflix app, and start playing a movie or show.
There’s been a sea change in the way Hollywood makes theatrical movies.
COVID altered the landscape in ways we couldn’t have foreseen, but also might only have accelerated trends already underway: shorter release windows, simultaneous streaming debuts, and a general erosion of the theater as the place to see new movies.
But the market has been in flux for more than a decade—the rise and global reach of Marvel Studios, in particular, has cemented the four-quadrant blockbuster as the dominant mode for Hollywood studios. There are fewer mega-movie stars these days—at least outside of the worlds of franchise IP. The sheer volume of quality television (and the decreasing price of enormous TVs) has certainly made me think twice about going out to the movies—even pre-pandemic.
In the broadest sense, these factors and more have led to the death of mid-budget films made for grownups, at least theaters. The prevailing trends are to go ultra-cheap (in Hollywood terms, anyway) a la Blumhouse, or with a big-budget would-be mega-blockbuster, with not much in-between—studios just aren’t looking to spend big money on a question mark. Movies are expensive to make, and people need a reason to go to a theater: it’s hard to build audience enthusiasm around a quieter film that you’ll be able to watch at home, with much cheaper popcorn, in a month or two.
This isn’t a screed, or an argument that movies used to be better. When we look back, we only think of the best and most memorable movies, which skews our perspective. Lots of crappy stuff got made in every era of filmmaking—there are great movies being made today that would never have had a chance 30 years ago, and vice versa.
Some of the sorts of movies we don’t see anymore feel like losses, others we’re better off without. Some of this is cyclical: A few years ago, I’d have said we’d never again see a big-budget, all-star whodunit of the kind that used to be popular—but that was before the Knives Out movies. Oppenheimer and Barbie brought a glimmer of hope that grown-up movies can come back, but Hollywood has a habit of taking the wrong lessons from its successes—there are apparently 14 Mattel-based movies in the works...which is certainly not what we meant when we said we wanted more films like Barbie. All that aside, and for a variety of reasons, the following 30 movies could certainly never be made today.
Streaming services have almost come full circle: What started as a cheap alternative to cable TV has now become an expensive cultural staple in its own right, as price hikes and crackdowns on password sharing have made keeping multiple streaming services just as expensive, if not more so, than most conventional cable plans. Luckily, there are often discounts, deals, and loopholes to exploit that can make streaming more affordable—and sometimes even free.
Finding discounts and promotions for streaming services can sometimes be challenging, and when they are available, they're usually only for a brief period. We've compiled a list of the top streaming offers currently available across platforms such as Hulu, Paramount+, Prime Video, and Max. To take advantage of these deals, simply follow our provided links.
This month, Max is offering 45% off the annual subscription so you can stream the 2024 NCAA games. Also, Hulu is offering a free month of both the ads and no-ads subscription.
No current subscription deals, but you can try a 30-day free trial.
Check out what's new on Prime Video this month, as well as the best shows and movies to watch this week.
Verizon customers can bundle ad-free Netflix Premium and AMC+ for $25.99 per month through their free +play account (save $5.99 per month or $71.88 annually).
You can try AMC+ for $5 for the first month through Sling (scroll down to see the deal). You do not need to have a Sling plan to get this deal.
You can also try a seven-day free trial.
You can get three free months at Best Buy (new or returning subscribers only). If you're not a new or returning customer, you also get three months when you buy an Apple product.
You can get 7-day free trial of Apple TV+ before it becomes $9.99 per month.
You can get a free subscription if you’re a T-Mobile customer with a Go5G Plus plan.
Check out the best original series from Apple TV.
Save $20 when you sign up for a Standard Curiosity Stream annual plan and $50 when you sign up for the Smart Bundle.
You can get three free months of Max, Showtime, Starz, MGM+, and Cinemax with the purchase of the Ultimate package starting at $114.99 per month.
You can get DirecTV Sports Pack free for three months and save $25 per month with a Choice or Ultimate Plan (save $50).
Or, if you want a longer commitment, you can get $300 in Visa Reward cards when you sign up for two years of a Choice package or higher.
Similar to AMC+, Sling offers you a Discovery+ deal through their website. You can get a seven-day free trial without a Sling subscription. You will need to cancel after the trial to avoid being charged $4.99 per month.
You can get Disney+ and Hulu (with ads) for $9.99 per month (save $3.70 per month).
You can get Disney+ and Hulu (no ads) for $19.99 per month (save $4.60 per month).
You can get Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ (with ads) for $14.99 per month (save $6.50 per month).
You can get Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ (no ads) for $24.99 per month (save $10.20 per month).
Verizon subscribers who have myPlan have the option to include a Disney package, which provides them with Disney+ Premium (without ads), Hulu, and ESPN (with ads) for just $10 monthly (save $8.99 per month).
Check out what's new on Disney+ this month.
Try a seven-day free trial of FuboTV.
If you’re a new subscriber, you get 30 days free of FuboTV Pro if you’re a My Best Buy Plus or Total member (save $74.99).
Just for March, FuboTV is offering $20 off all of their plans.
Get an annual plan of Hulu (with ads) for $79.99 instead of $7.99 monthly (save $15.89)
New and eligible returning subscribers can get a 30-day free trial of Hulu's ad-free plan. The subscription will cost you $17.99 per month unless you cancel it.
You can get Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ (with ads) for $14.99 per month (save $6.50 per month).
Get Hulu + Live TV, Disney+, and ESPN+ (all three with ads) for $76.99 per month.
T-Mobile members can get Hulu at no cost through "Hulu on Us." This makes Hulu the fourth streaming service, alongside Apple TV+, Netflix, and MLB.TV, to be offered for free as part of T-Mobile's "Go5G Next Plan."
Students can get Hulu for $1.99 per month after a 75% discount.
Check out what's new on Hulu this month, as well as the best movies and shows to stream this week.
For a limited time (until April 9 at the time of this writing), Max is offering 40% off their annual plan with or without ads. The plans also come with Max's Sports Add-On option for free so you can enjoy the NCAA games.
You can get Max (with ads) for $69.99 per year (save $4.16 per month).
You can get Max (with no ads) for $110.99 per year (save $6.75 per month).
You can get Max Ultimate (with no ads) for $199.99 per year (save $8.33 per month).
You can try a seven-day free trial with Amazon Prime.
Verizon subscribers who have myPlan have the option to include a Netflix and Max bundle package with ads for just $10 monthly (save $6.98 per month).
Check out what's new on Max this month and the best movies and TV shows to stream this week.
You can get six free months when you buy a Fire TV device at Amazon.
Try for free with a seven-day trial.
Verizon customers can bundle ad-free Netflix Premium and AMC+ for $25.99 per month through their free +play account (save $5.99 per month or $71.88 annually).
If you’re a Verizon customer, you can get a year of Netflix for free when you buy certain annual subscriptions through +play.
If you’re a Verizon customer, you can get Netflix for a year if you buy an annual subscription to STARZ or AMC+ through +play (save $240 for the year). Read the FAQ here.
Verizon subscribers who have myPlan have the option to include a Netflix and Max bundle package with ads for just $10 monthly (save $6.98 per month).
You can save on Netflix if you’re a T-Mobile customer with a Go5G and Go5G Plus plan (save $9.99 and $15.49 per month on Netflix Basic or Standard).
Check out what's new on Netflix this month and the best movies and TV shows to stream this week.
You can save 60% of the annual plan for seven months of NFL+ or NFL+ Premium. That’s $19.99 (originally $49.99) and $39.99 (originally $99.99) respectively.
You can get a whole year of Paramount+ Essential for $59.99 (save $12 per year compared to the monthly plan).
You can also get a year of Paramount+ with SHOWTIME for $119.99 (save $24 per year compared to the monthly plan).
You can get Paramount+ for free when you sign up for a Walmart+ membership (or if you already have one) as part of your subscription.
Students can get a Paramount+ Essential for $4.50 monthly.
You can get a seven-day free trial of Paramount+ and Showtime.
Check out what's new on Paramount+ and Showtime this month.
You can save 17% with an annual Peacock plan and pay $59.99 for the Premium plan or $119.99 for the Premium Plus.
Students can get Peacock Premium for $1.99 per month for 12 months.
Xfinity internet customers who sign up for NOW TV for $20 a month, which includes 40 live TV and on-demand channels, can get Peacock Premium for free.
Instacart+ members get a free Peacock Premium annual membership (save $59.99)
Here are the best original Peacock shows worth watching.
You can try a seven-day free trial of Philo.
You can get the Orange or Blue service for $20 for the first month, which is 50% off the regular monthly price.
You can get a Starz subscription for $3 for 3 months.
No current deals for Vudu.
$62.99 for your first three months (save $30 for three months), then $72.99 per month.
When it comes to books, my policy is generally to make a point to seek out the ones people try to ban; they’re almost always worthwhile, at least to understand why their ideas are being suppressed. Residents of Florida take note.
That’s true with movies too, but the calculus is a little different. Some banned movies are essential films, full stop; others are problematic but nevertheless worth exploring; still others are cult favorites seemingly only because they are so controversial. As you make your way through the 21 films collected here, your banned-film binge will offer a bit of everything, from brilliance to trash, and even some brilliant trash.
But first: The lists of countries I’ve added to each entry noting where the films are banned isn’t exhaustive; countries don’t generally publicize lists of banned films, and sometimes movies remain “banned” only because no one’s tried for a new release. There are also countries, like Afghanistan, that ban movies pretty much by default, so no one attempts a release in the first place (anything with queer content isn’t going to fly in Russia, China, or much of the Middle East, for example). It’s complicated, so the countries you’ll see are the places where the film in question was most vocally challenged.
Max's flagship scripted streaming series in April is The Sympathizer, an ambitious dark comedy starring Robert Downey Jr., overseen by Park Chan-wook, and based on the award-winning novel, but the real Max-action is on the unscripted side. The Jinx-Part 2 completes the dark story of Robert Durst, Conan Must Go lightens the mood with inspired unscripted travel comedy, and fans of cults will find a feast in The Synanon Fix.
There's a ton more, too. Just read on to discover the best things streaming on Max this month.
Legendary filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) teams up with actor and co-producer Robert Downey Jr. on this sweeping historical black comedy series. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning debut novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer tells the story of a Vietnam-era spy with conflicting loyalties. When the war ends, the North Vietnamese agent, who goes by the moniker "The Captain," is forced to flee to America, but he's not finished his job, and reports on his neighbors to the Viet Cong.
Starts streaming April 14
Andrew Jarecki’s Emmy-winning series The Jinx caught lightning in a bottle when it came out in 2015—how often does a guy confess to multiple murders while mic'ed up for a true crime documentary, right? The Jinx—Part 2 completes the story of weird-rich-dude-turned murderer Robert Durst, and promises shocking new revelations. Durst is dead, so he won't be confessing to any more murders, but it's a fascinating story nonetheless.
Start streaming April 21
Conan O'Brien is the funniest person alive, maybe, and this series puts him in situations designed to draw out his supernatural ability to be spontaneously hilarious. The premise: Conan visits fans in Norway, Thailand, Argentina, and Ireland, interacts with locals, and creates inspired, impromptu comedy. It's a formula that worked great on his late night shows, but HBO money means Conan O'Brien Must Go will feature better production values—they even got Werner Herzog to narrate.
Starts streaming April 18
Synanon is hands-down my favorite cult of all time, so I'm psyched HBO is giving proper cinematic treatment to the off-the-chains crazy story of how a drug rehab center devolved into a heavily armed, post-hippie nightmare cult. Told through glorious insider film footage and interviews with ex cult-members and others who were there, The Synanon Fix's highlight include dead-eyed cultists with shaved heads wearing matching overalls and wielding axe-handles, attempted-murder-by-rattlesnake, and music from Synanon's in-house band that featured jazz immortals Joe Pass and Art Pepper among many others. There are not enough thumbs in existence for the number of thumbs-up this series deserves.
Starts streaming April 1
Winner of the Best International Feature at this year's Oscars, The Zone of Interest examines the chilling banality of evil by telling the story of concentration camp commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig raising their children in a charming little house next to Auschwitz. A searing, intense masterpiece, The Zone of Interest will stay with you long after the last frame.
Starts streaming April 5
Season four of HBO's Emmy-winning reality show features some big changes: Original cohosts Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela, and Eureka have been replaced with RuPaul's Drag Race franchise winners Sasha Velour, Jaida Essence Hall, Priyanka, and Latrice Royale. The essence of We're Here will remain the same though; the quartet of drag queens will travel to small communities around Murfreesboro, Tennessee., and Tulsa, Oklahoma, to spread the good word that drag is actually fun and maybe you should loosen up?
Starts streaming April 26
I don't know if you're aware, but there is a dark side to the fashion industry. Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion tells the story of a fun, flashy fashion brand that was once extremely popular with teen and tween girls, taking viewers behind-the-scenes at the Brandy Mellville company, which turns out to be a scummy cesspit of racism and sexual exploitation. The doc then goes deeper and broader with commentary on the environmental and societal devastation that fast fashion factories can bring to the places where they're located.
Starts streaming April 9
The success of shows like Dr. Pimple Popper and Botched proves a lot of people enjoy reality shows about often grotesque medical conditions. If you're among them, I bet you'll like Take My Tumor, a show about extreme tumors, the people who have them, and the dedicated medical professionals who remove them. It's from TLC, formerly The Learning Channel, who seem to have cornered the market on this kind of programming.
Starts streaming April 3
This documentary digs into the story of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, detailing not just the tragic explosion on April 19, but the massive FBI investigation that followed, and the seething underground of anti-government conspiracy theorists and hate-mongers who inspired Timothy McVeigh to commit mass murder.
Starts streaming April 16
The monster in this "elevated horror" film is men—not a particular group of men, but men in general. From this provocative premise, director Alex Garland builds a creepy, disturbing narrative that explores the cultural and historical roots of misogyny through the victimization of the film's main character, Harper Marlowe (played by Jessie Buckley). In a stroke of genius, all the men in the movie (but one) are played by the incredibly talented Rory Kinnear, because men are all basically the same.
Starts streaming on April 18
Kate Winslet stars in this black comedy series that takes us inside the palace walls of an authoritarian regime. Winslet plays Elena Vernham, the reclusive leader of a fictional European totalitarian state. As Vernham grows more paranoid, her attempts to retain and grow her power fracture the palace and the nation. The Regime also stars Matthias Schoenaerts as Elena's "personal water diviner" who becomes her closest advisor and Guillaume Gallienne as her poetry-loving husband.
Starts streaming March 3.
Inspired by the novel Chasing Hilary by Amy Chozick, this series tells the story of four female journalists on the campaign trail during a turbulent political season. Each represents a different style of news gathering, from print journalism to TikTok—and although the "girls" begin as rivals, life in the foxholes of reporting turns the foursome into a found family. The Girls on the Bus stars Melissa Benoist, Carla Gugino, Natasha Behnam, and Christina Elmore.
Starts streaming March 14.
Part political thriller and part arts documentary, A Revolution on Canvas examines the controversy and upheaval surrounding the painting of Iranian modern artist Nicky Nodjoumi. After moving to Iran to help overthrow the Shah in 1980, Nodjoumi quickly ruffled the feathers of the new regime with his solo exhibition "Report on the Revolution." He was forced to flee, and over 100 of his paintings went missing. A Revolution on Canvas details the artist and his family's attempt to get the paintings back, or at least learn what became of them.
Starts streaming on March 5.
Timothée Chalamet plays the title character in this prequel/re-imagining of Roald Dahl's famous chocolate maker. Pulling off the oh-how-totally-delightful tone without becoming syrupy and mawkish is no easy feat, but Wonka manages to hit the mark thanks to its talented cast, great writing, catchy songs, and lavish production design. In other words, against all odds, Wonka is pretty good.
Starts streaming March 8.
In 2011, two-time Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon died in a one of the worst accidents in racing history. The Lionheart details his career and death, but also his legacy, both personal and professional. Wheldon left behind a wife and two children, and she's helping the sons walk in their father's footsteps in the racing world, despite his tragic death.
Starts streaming on March 12.
Guy Fieri's endless, Quixotic quest for bangin' flavors continues with season 47 of this popular eating-things show. This season, Fieri eats barbecue in Macon, oxtail in Memphis, and rib-tips in Denver, among other bad-for-you-but-so-good treats. Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives is best served in a single sitting, and Max has made all the episodes of the new season available for you to gorge.
Starts streaming March 1.
Justice, USA takes a look at the criminal justice system in Nashville through the eyes of inmates, lawyers, administrators, and legislators. Over its six episodes, this powerful documentary brings viewers from inside men's, women's, and juvenile jails, to the halls of power where the laws are made to examine how justice works in America, circa 2024.
Starts streaming March 14.
The great Nicolas Cage stars in this surreal comedy that takes a darkly satirical look at fame in the always-connected age. Paul Matthews (Cage, playing against type) is a boring, schlubby college professor who secretly longs for academic notoriety. He gets famous, but instead of people talking about his research, everyone in the world suddenly starts dreaming about Matthews.
Starts streaming March 15.
We're all familiar with the swords-and-wizards tropes Hollywood has attached to the King Arthur legends, but The Green Knight aims to tell the Arthurian tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as it was written in the poem in the 14th century. There's no Excalibur or Merlin here. Instead, The Green Knight presents a stream of dreamlike, symbolic imagery and scenarios that sometimes don't make logical sense but hold a strange, primal power nonetheless.
Starts streaming March 1.
Even in the ago of the smart TV, streaming devices abound—and are often a better choice for watching the likes of Netflix and Hulu than your flatscreen's built-in features, since they can offer a wider range of apps and greater customizability. One of your options comes from Amazon, and right now, the company is running a sale of up to 40% off on all of its Fire TV Sticks.
The Fire TV Stick can make any HDMI-equipped TV into a "smart" one, broadening your entertainment choices. You'll be able to stream platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, and Prime Video. You'll also get access to free, ad-supported streaming services such as IMDb TV, Tubi, and Pluto TV. Since it is an Amazon product, it's equipped with Alexa, so you can control your TV with voice commands via the remote.
Depending on your TV's resolution and your home wifi setup, there is a specific Fire TV Stick out there for you.
Prices listed reflect the current promotion, and can change at any time.
Amazon Fire TV Stick $24.99 (save $15)
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K 29.99 (save $20)
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max $39.99 (save $20)
Amazon Fire TV Cube $114.99 (save $25)
...get the Amazon Fire TV Stick. This one gives you Alexa voice assistant in the remote control. You can get it now for $24.99 (originally $39.99), and you can read the full PC Mag review here.
...get the Fire TV Stick 4K for $29.99 (originally $49.99). This option is great for those with 4K Ultra HD TVs and if you get at least wifi 6. You can read the full PC Mag review here.
...choose the FireTV Stick 4K Max for $39.99 (originally $59.99). This Fire Stick offers the best performance, with twice as much storage as the rest at 16GB. It supports 4K Ultra HD and the Wi-Fi 6E standard. You can read the full PCMag review here.
If all of the above applies to you and you have extra money to spend, consider the Amazon Fire TV Cube for $114.99 (originally $139.99). The Cube gives you hands-free voice control for your TV or any other device you can connect to it, including gaming consoles, without a remote (though it does come with one). Another worthy addition is the ethernet port; a wired connection to your router will offer the fastest speeds and best video quality. Read the full PCMag review here.
Prepare your eye holes for Hulu's ambitious April release schedule. The streaming platform's spring slate includes everything from a new Vanderpump-based reality series to the triumphant return of Elisabeth Moss in espionage-heavy drama The Veil. There's a new season of Welcome to Wrexham to enjoy, and documentaries about hip-hop and politics, malfeasance in horse racing, and the sordid secrets of Miss America, too. Below are the best shows and movies coming to Hulu this month.
Elisabeth Moss, star of incendiary and awesome The Handmaid’s Tale, returns with a new series that explores the shadowy world of international espionage. The Veil follows a pair of secret agents locked in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse that takes them from Istanbul to Paris to London and everywhere in between. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as agents of the CIA and the French DGSE work together to learn a deadly secret from a mutual enemy. If you’re in the mood for a stylish, fast-paced, whip-smart spy thriller, The Veil is your jam.
Starts streaming April 30
The third season of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's reality sports series about two American actors who buy a broken down Welsh soccer team sees the Wrexham football club having been promoted to the coveted English Football League. But entering soccer’s big league means the competition will be serious; are Wrexham's players, coaches, and owners ready to rise to a new slate of challenges?
Starts streaming April 19
Ryan Murphy’s long-running horror series returns to finish its Delicate storyline with four new episodes. Starring Emma Roberts and Kim Kardashian, Delicate is a horror tale about pregnancy, a la Rosemary’s Baby, in which ambitious actress Anna Victoria (played by Roberts) goes to extreme lengths in pursuit of motherhood. Kardashian plays her cutthroat publicist, Siobhan Corbyn, and the series never miss a chance to skewer Hollywood excess along with the pre-natal horror.
Starts streaming April 3
This four-part documentary series takes viewers deep inside the world of New Jersey’s favorite sons, pop metal hair rockers Bon Jovi. Through never-before-seen personal videos and photos, concert footage, and interviews with the Bon Jovis themselves, Thank You, Goodnight details the band’s 40-year career of rocking and/or rolling. If you’re in the mood for old duffers telling “we came from nothing” stories and wistfully discussing their days of rock star excess, this is the series for you. Includes unreleased demos from Bon Jovi and interviews with Bruce Springsteen, John Shanks, Obie O’Brien, and more.
Starts streaming April 26
Famous reality TV magnate Lisa Vanderpump bought a palatial villa in the French countryside, and in this reality show, her staff of charismatic event coordinators, chefs, mixologists, and servers are tasked with arranging extravagant, Vanderpump-curated experiences for elite guests, all while Lisa evaluates whether this is the right crew to staff the newest venture in the extended Vanderpump financial universe. Vanderpump Villa promises heartfelt and heated moments from both the staff and the guests, insanely opulent experiences in exotic French locales, and is absolutely free of guillotines. In season one.
Based on author Rebecca Godfrey’s account of a real-life crime, Under the Bridge tells the story of 14-year-old Reena Virk (played by Vritika Gupta) who went out to hang with her friends one night in 1997 and never returned home. Riley Keough plays Godfrey, whose research for her book takes her inside the hidden, menacing world of the teenagers of British Columbia and finds her teaming up with a local police officer who is also investigating Virk’s murder.
Starts streaming April 17
The Greatest Hits is a different kind of time travel movie. It doesn’t concern itself with the paradoxes of temporal dislocation or the science behind time machines. Instead, it’s a magical realist take on the genre, in which time travel is used to explore memory, grief, and redemption. Lucy Boynton plays Harriet, who is able to travel backwards in time when she hears music that played when her boyfriend was alive, but she can only stay in the past for the length of the song. Romantic time travel movies are always amazing and Greatest Hits is a worthy addition to the tiny cinematic sub-genre.
Starts streaming April 12
This British comedy/drama series follows Nina, a woman with autism who’s very happy with her day-to-day existence. She lives with her beloved neurotypical sister Evie and works at her dream job as a paleontologist. But when Evie suddenly decides to get engaged, Nina is forced to come to terms with a huge change in the all-important routine she relies upon. Nina is played by series’ co-creator Ashley Storrie, who has autism, promising non-cliche insights into the show’s subject matter.
Starts streaming April 5
Mainstream TV has finally noticed the popularity of interrogation videos on YouTube. Made by the producers of ABC’s 20/20, this true crime series is based on the verbal cat-and-mouse game that ensues after a suspect is read their Miranda rights. Through examinations of notorious murder cases, The Interrogation Tapes explores both heinous crimes and the tricks and techniques interrogators use when they’re trying to finagle confessions from accused criminals.
Starts streaming April 2
When we talk about groundbreaking inventions and technological leaps forward, we tend to focus on the positive progress brought by things like the cotton gin or the space shuttle. Dark Marvels walks the lefthand path instead and digs into the evil engineering behind deadly weapons, sinister spy tools, torture devices, and other diabolical human innovations. Dark Marvels attacks its subject with glee through expert interviews, evocative recreations, archival footage, and state-of-the-art 3D graphics.
The Miss America Pageant is a deeply weird and creepy American institution, and it's long overdo for a deep dive into its troubling and sleazy history and culture. Made by the people who brought us Secrets of Playboy, this docuseries features interviews with former Miss Americas (and just-missed Americas) who dish out the secrets the nation's best woman hides inside her huge hairdo and shiny, white teeth.
Starts streaming April 18
When president Obama strode into the White House Correspondent's Dinner in 2013 to DJ Khaled's "All I Do Is Win,” it marked a seismic cultural shift, for both hip-hop and American politics. Narrated by Jeezy, This documentary series goes beyond Obama’s power move to explore the history of hip-hop’s relationship to the nation’s power structures, charting hip hop’s evolution from a disreputable musical form politicians derided for cheap political points, to a cultural force that helps move elections.
Starts streaming April 22
Whether it’s submarines or sunken ocean liners, director James Cameron loves crap that’s underwater. With the help of National Geographic, Cameron adds octopuses to his list of soggy documentary subjects, exploring the unique lives and minds of these mysterious under-the-ocean aliens who can change colors, squeeze into spaces the size of their eyeballs, and might be more intelligent than we can even understand.
Starts streaming April 22
If you think race horses spend their downtime lounging around on grassy meadows, chewing cud and preparing for the next big race, get ready for a rude awakening. This New York Times-produced documentary series digs into the dark side of horse racing and uncovers a shady underworld full of sleazy trainers, reprobate veterinarians, rampant horse doping, and other questionable practices.
Starts streaming April 27
This documentary tells the story of Freaknik, an iconic street party/festival that took over Atlanta every year in the '80s and '90s. More than just a good time, Freaknik became a celebration of Black life and culture. Told through archival footage, interviews with 21 Savage, Killer Mike, CeeLo Green, and many more who were there, Freaknik examines the growth of the festival and its eventual demise.
Starts streaming March 21.
There are more than enough accounts of World War II from soldiers' perspectives, but We Were the Lucky Ones charts an ordinary family's nightmarish experience of the war. Based on a true story, this historical drama follows the Kurcs, a Jewish family in Poland that's torn apart by the rise of Third Reich. Split up by historical circumstances and personal choices, the Kurcs struggle to survive and reunite in a world gone mad.
Starts streaming on March 28.
With the recent legislation affecting IVF in Alabama, SPERMWORLD is a timely documentary about the world of underground sperm donation. Donors and would-be parents connect on message boards, meet at strip malls or coffee shops, and create life, all outside of the gaze of the medical establishment. Directed by Lance Oppenheim and produced by The New York Times and FX, SPERMWORLD details not just an underground medical movement, but a new kind of family relationship.
Starts streaming March 30.
This National Geographic documentary series turns the lens around and tells the stories of the people who create iconic, powerful imagery. Photographers covers all aspect of modern photography; subjects include nature photographer Cristina Mittermeier, fashion photographer Campbell Addy, and photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen.
Starts streaming March 19.
The patriarchy slides its tentacles around every aspect of life—even our understanding of the animal kingdom. Queens aims to set the record straight. Through nature footage shot all over the world, from the tundra, to the rainforest, to the sea, and with powerful narration by Angela Bassett, this National Geographic documentary details the badass queens of the animal kingdom.
Starts streaming March 5.
Director Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things is a dizzying mash-up of horror, romance, science-fiction, comedy, and sex. Emma Stone turns in a fascinating, utterly all-in performance as Bella Baxter, a young woman who has the brain of a baby implanted in her head by a mad doctor (played by Willem Dafoe). Set in a steampunk/fairytale version of Victorian Europe, Poor Things is endlessly visually fascinating, intellectually stimulating, and funny as shit. It's a must-watch (catch it before the March 10 Oscar ceremony, where it is nominated for 11 awards).
Starts streaming March 7.
With the sequel in theaters, it's the perfect time to rewatch 2021's Dune. Director Denis Villeneuve hit a home run with this adaptation of Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction novel. Crafting the difficult, complex source material into a film that both audiences and critics loved—even those audience and critics that are like, "I'm not into science fiction." Dune features standout performances from Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson, who manage to be as interesting as the bigger-than-huge visuals.
Starts streaming on March 1.
In Birdman, Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomson, an actor who had been household-name famous for his portrayal of movie superhero Birdman. But that was year ago, and now, the specter of Birdman literally haunts him as he tries to make a comeback by starring in a Broadway adaptation of a Raymond Carver story. Seemingly (but not actually) shot in one take, Birdman is a frantic, fascinating portrait of an artist tortured by irrelevance and descending into madness. It's not like any other movie you've ever seen, I promise. (And it's still a wonder that a movie this weird managed to win the Best Picture Oscar.)
Starts streaming on March 1.
Tom Hanks stars as the most reassuring man in television history, Mr. Rogers, the kid's TV show host who rose to fame by taking children seriously. Using filmic techniques made famous on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, director Marielle Heller tells Rogers' story through the eyes Lloyd Vogel, a jaded, emotionally damaged writer assigned to pen a puff piece on Rogers. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is about the conflict between cynicism and sincerity, and in the face of Mr. Rogers' "cardigan sweaters and light piano jazz" worldview, cynicism doesn't stand a chance.
Starts streaming March 5.
This critically lauded documentary from director Nick Broomfield examines the troubled personal life and career of The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones. After forming the band, Jones was gradually pushed from the spotlight by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, until he was sacked from the band and ended up dead in his swimming pool a few weeks later. If you're into rock and roll mythology, The Stones and Brian Jones offers a huge helping of a research, remembrances, and archival footage from the days when rock and roll actually mattered.
Starts streaming March 14.
Movies are a mixed bag when it comes to depicting sex. There are those truly brilliant films that capture the complexities, complications, and sometimes even the hotness of good, bad, and mediocre sex...and then there are all the movies that don’t. The people may be pretty, sure, but cinematic love scenes are often downright sterile.
But then there are those films that are just aching for it. Movies in which every scene seems drenched in longing, in pent-up desire, roiling with straight-up horniness. Echoing real life, these movies are positively lousy with people who desperately want to fuck.
None of the horniest movies even qualify as porn—some don’t even have any sex scenes—but every one of them is DTF from the first frame to the end credits.
Prime is celebrating springtime by premiering Fallout, a big-budget show based on the video game series; a second season of anthology horror series THEM: The Scare; Música, an auteur romantic-comedy from internet celebrity Rudy Mancuso; and way more. Check below for the best new shows and movies on Prime in April, with a few timeless movie recommendations for fun.
The Fallout video games are practically revered among gamers, so there will be a lot of critical eyes turned toward Prime’s TV series based on them. Luckily, Fallout’s executive producer Jonathan Nolan knows how to adapt a dystopian science fiction story—he created HBO’s Westworld. In classic Fallout style, the series is set 200 years after a nuclear apocalypse obliterated humanity, and begins with the hero, Lucy (Ella Purnell), stepping out of a Vault-Tec vault into a bombed-out Los Angeles. She’ll encounter gun-slinging ghouls, the power-suited Brotherhood of Steel soldiers, a Mr. Handy robot, and all kinds of “hey, I recognize that!” material from the games. Hit play to see if it lives up to its legacy.
Start streaming April 11
Don’t discount this original comedy series because it’s on FreeVee. Dinner with the Parents’ cast includes some of the funniest people who have ever been seen on a screen, including Dan Bakkedahl, Michaela Watkins, and Carol Kane—there’s even a YouTube star, Daniel Thrasher, for the kids. Adopted from wildly popular British sit-com Friday Night Dinner, each episode of Dinner with the Parents revolves around a family meal at the eccentric Langer family’s house, a meal that inevitably descends into chaos.
Starts streaming on FreeVee on April 18
Camila Mendes from Riverdale and internet personality Rudy Mancuso star in this Amazon original romantic comedy. Mancuso co-wrote the screenplay and composed the music in Música too. Described as an “untraditional romantic comedy that moves to its own infectious beat,” Música tells the story of Rudy (natch) a charismatic Brazilian street performer with synesthesia—he experiences everyday noises as music. Rudy’s directionless life is turned inside-out when he meets Isabella (Mendes), a beautiful woman who works at a fish market and seems to understand him much better than his girlfriend.
Starts streaming April 4
The second season Little Marvin’s horror anthology series is set in 1991 Los Angeles and stars Deborah Ayorinde as Dawn Reeve, an LAPD detective investigating a particularly grisly series of murders. With the city teetering on the edge of chaos, Reeve tracks down the killer, but begins to suspect that something worse than human evil may be behind the crimes, and it’s targeting her and her family. THEM: The Scare also stars Pam Grier as Athena Reeve, and that’s reason enough to check it out.
Starts streaming April 25
If you’re in the mood for a teenage love story, check out How to Date Billy Walsh. Set at a posh British boarding school, Billy Walsh tells the story of Archie’s lifelong crush on his best friend Amelia (Charithra Chandran). Just when Archie is ready to tell his pal how he feels, Amelia meets Billy Walsh, a handsome, charismatic American transfer student, and she falls hard. Complications, as they say, ensue, as Amelia tries to date Billy and Archie tries to secretly keep them apart. It may not be the most original story for a teen comedy, but it’s presented here with sincerity and wit.
Starts streaming April 5
This reality/renovation show chronicles former Bachelorette and current handsome boy Tyler Cameron’s quest to start a construction business in his hometown of Jupiter, Florida. We are meant to believe that Cameron has always dreamed of working in construction, and now that he no longer stars in a top-rated television show where a gaggle of attractive women compete for his affection, he is finally free to pursue his real passion: renovating other people’s houses. Each of the eight episodes of Going Home features a remodeled home, and the series also boasts appearances from reality TV stars like Matt James, Rachael Kirkconnell, Jason Tartick, and Hannah Brown.
I sometimes forget how great martial arts movies can be, often for years, but then I’ll watch something like Ong-Bak and go, “wait, why do I ever watch any other kind of movies?” Tony Jaa turns in a performance on the level of Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan with his portrayal of Ting, who sets out from his small village to retrieve a stolen statue of Buddha. That plot, though, is secondary to the fight sequences. Shot in pre-digital, no-wire-work times, Jaa and the rest of the cast’s stunts and choreography will have you saying “Goddamn” or shaking your head in pure disbelief.
Starts streaming April 1
One thing I'll say for him, Jesus is cool. A screening of Jesus Christ Superstar is an Easter tradition in my house, and it should be in yours too. The story of Judas’ betrayal of Jesus told through hippie-era acid rock, Jesus Christ Superstar works as both campy rock opera and as straight story-telling—the source material is pretty solid. Packed with great music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and featuring performances from talented long-hairs like Ted Neeley as Jesus Christ and Carl Anderson as Judas, Jesus Christ Superstar is so great, it almost makes me forget I’m an atheist.
Starts streaming April 1
If you’re the kind of person who can separate an artist from their work, watch (or re-watch) Rosemary's Baby, a masterpiece horror movie from director Roman Polanski. It’s strange that a criminal and reprobate like Polanski could have made a movie as progressive and pro-feminist as Rosemary’s Baby, but art is sometimes weird like that. Rosemary’s Baby’s pregnant-with-the-devil story works on the surface as a creepy slow-burn suspense/horror tale, but underneath is a scathing critique of the patriarchy, with powerless Rosemary systemically victimized and violated by everyone and everything in her supposedly perfect life. It’s still hard-hitting 55 years later, and it features stand-out performances from Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, and Ruth Gordon.
Starts streaming April 1
I can’t say enough positive things about The Holdovers. A character-driven drama directed by the great Alexander Payne, The Holdovers stars Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a hardass classics instructor at a New England boarding school. Tasked with babysitting a crew of poor-little-rich-boys with nowhere to go over Christmas vacation, Hunham strikes up an unlikely friendship with troubled-but-intelligent delinquent Angus Tully (played by Dominic Sessa) and the school's cook, Mary Lamb (a role for which actor Da'Vine Joy Randolph won an Academy Award). It’s the kind of movie that you know will make you cry about five minutes in, but the tears are honest, man.
Starts streaming April 29
Wrestler-turned-movie-star John Cena is always funnier than you think he’ll be, and Ricky Stanicky gives Cena the chance to sink his teeth into a hammy role as the title character. In this Amazon-produced comedy from director Peter Farrelly, Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler play Dean, JT, and Wes, lifelong pal who and have been pretending to have a friend to use as an alibi or scapegoat since they were kids—if they want a night out with the guys, they just say they’re visiting Ricky Stanicky in the hospital. When their partners become suspicious and demand to meet Stanicky, the trio hire "Rock Hard" Rod (John Cena), a washed-up actor who specializes in x-rated celebrity impersonations, to portray Ricky. Things quickly spiral out of control as Ricky refuses to drop the role and insinuates himself into every aspect of their lives.
Starts streaming March 1.
In the original Road House, Patrick Swayze played against type as the bouncer in rough Southern saloon. In the remake, it’s a jacked-up Jake Gyllenhaal doing the honors. He plays Elwood Dalton, a nice-seeming dude who used to be a UFC fighter. Down on his luck, Dalton takes a gig as security at a rundown roadhouse in the Florida Keys, but his new gig quickly leads beyond bouncing drunks toward confrontations with dangerous criminals. In his first acting job, MMA champion Conor McGregor plays the heavy, and finding out if he can act is enough reason to watch Road House by itself.
Starts streaming March 21.
This animated superhero show has built up a large following for its R-rated action and compelling story, so the second half of season 2 appearing on Amazon is cause for celebration in nerd-circles. Invincible’s main character is 17-year-old Mark Grayson, a second-generation superhero living under the shadow of his famous dad, Omni-man, the most powerful man on the planet. According to Prime’s official show description, in the second part of season 2, “Mark goes back to college, reads his dad's books, and nothing bad happens to him or his family. This is a very official synopsis.” So I’ll go with that.
Starts streaming on March 14.
This documentary explores the life and work of iconic artist Frida Kahlo using her own words taken from journals, letters, interviews and other primary source material, all illustrated with animations inspired by Kahlo’s art. First-time director Carla Gutiérrez had access to material never presented to the public before, and uses it to create a film that aims to go deeper than an art history lesson or just-the-facts biography.
Starts streaming March 14.
In this BBC-produced action series, a pair of down-on-their-luck strangers happen upon a shipwrecked boat that’s packed to the rafters with pure cocaine. They decide to sell it, but their get-rich-through-drug-sales scheme goes haywire when they get mixed up with the police, masked assassins, and “The Tailor,” a hardened gang-boss who wants his shipment of cocaine back. Boat Story was created by the people who made the excellent Netflix show The Tourist, and if even comes close to measuring up to that show, you won't want to miss it.
Starts streaming on March 12.
Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Tig Notaro’s best jokes come from mining everyday life for comedy gold, and delivering it with a laid-back, friendly style. In Hello Again, she takes on domestic life, misunderstandings with clerks at the airport, and more.
Starts streaming on March 26.
The Five Nights at Freddy’s video games are considered best-of-the-best by many horror game fans, so the movie adaptation was eagerly awaited, particularly since the game’s creator is a producer and co-writer of the film. But does the tale of a kids’ pizza place haunted by animatronic monstrosities work as a movie? Depends on who you ask. Critics hated it, giving it a measly 32% on rotten tomatoes, but fans loved it, earring it an 87% audience score. All you can do is give it a shot and see where you land.
Starts streaming on March 5.
Everyone loves minions, but what even are they? Rise of Gru answers that and many other questions by presenting Gru’s origin story and his meet-cute with the minions, taking us back to the 1970s, when Gru was just a boy dreaming of world domination from his suburban bedroom. Minions: The Rise Of Gru features voice acting from Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Michelle Yeoh, and Julie Andrews as Gru’s mom, and the animation by best-in-the-world-except-Pixar animation company Illumination,
Starts streaming on March 26.
Netflix is opening the floodgates and unleashing a torrent of interesting and notable original movies and TV shows for April, including Ripley, a series based on the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley; The Scargiver, the second film in Zack Snyder's epic space opera Rebel Moon; and Scoop, a look behind the BBC interview that took down a prince. There's also a reboot of Good Times, Dead Boy Detectives, and more, more, more.
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, this series stars Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, and Andrew Scott in the title role as Tom Ripley, a grifter and conman with too much charm and not enough morality. Director Steven Zaillian's moody black-and-white visuals set the tone of Ripley's chilling but glamorous life. After being hired by a wealthy industrialist to retrieve his wayward son from Italy, the ever-scheming Mr. Ripley sees an opportunity, and inserts himself into Dickie’s life, leading to a dark spiral of psychological abuse, mayhem, and murder. If you like plot twists and stylish wickedness, you’ll be very into Ripley.
Starts streaming April 4
The climax of Zack Snyder’s epic science fiction story promises a breakneck pace, larger-than-a-galaxy action sequences, and heroic characters battling impossible odds with everything on the line. Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver continues the story of Kora and her surviving allies as they face off against Admiral Atticus Noble and the Imperium legion. With the collective force of the Realm gathered to destroy them, this rag-tag band of rebels mounts a last stand to free the villagers of Veldt. In other words, it’s rip-roaring space adventure.
Starts streaming April 19
This ripped-from-the-headlines films tells the story of how BBC’s Newsnight secured the TV interview with Prince Andrew that led to his downfall. Based on the account of Newsnight’s booker Sam McAlister, Scoop takes us behind the scenes of the scoop of the century, detailing how McAlister (played by Billie Piper) secured an “un-gettable” interview with Prince Andrew (Rufus Sewell), and how journalist Emily Maitlis (Gillian Anderson) grilled the prince on air about his connection to Jeffery Epstein, leading to his withdrawal from official royal duties.
Starts streaming April 5
The ghosts at the center of Dead Boy Detectives don’t spend time haunting people; they solve crimes instead. Based on the comic from Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, and set in Gaiman’s Sandman universe, Dead Boy Detectives follows Edwin and Charles (George Rexstrew and Charles Rowland), best dead friends spending their afterlives solving supernatural crimes. With the help of their clairvoyant pal Crystal (Kassius Nelson), the Dead Boys will face off against witches, monsters, and other supernatural enemies to solve the earthly realms most baffling mysteries.
Starts streaming April 25
With the help of executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Netflix has revived Norman Lear’s seminal 1970s sitcom Good Times and re-imagined it as an R-rated animated series. Featuring the voices of J.B. Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jay Pharoah, and more, Good Times tells the story of the latest generation of the Evans family who are scratching and surviving, hanging and jiving, in a Chicago housing project. The details have been modernized, but the theme of togetherness in the face of hard times remains the same.
Starts streaming April 12
This documentary tells the fascinating story of a radical experiment conducted in an Arkansas jail. Faced with deteriorating conditions, mistreatment of prisoners, and a high recidivism rate, Sheriff Eric Higgins ordered all the cell doors opened and gave the prisoners the authority to make decisions about how the jail should be run. The goal was to see whether autonomy would result in a greater sense of community, a more humane lock-up, and fewer accused criminals returning to the clink. Check out Unlocked: A Jail Experiment to see how well it worked.
Starts streaming April 10
This dark comedy series illustrates the adage “no good deed goes unpunished.” Written, directed, and starring comedian Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer is a fictionalized version of real events in his life. Gadd plays bartender Donny Dunn, who shows kindness to a troubled customer named Martha. Dunn’s innocent altruism leads to Martha becoming obsessed and throwing both of their lives into chaos. Baby Reindeer consciously avoids the typical tropes of stories about stalkers, choosing to focus on the reality of what it’s like to be the center of an unhinged person’s world.
Starts streaming April 11
If you’re in the right mood, a docuseries about eerie encounters, unexplained disappearances, haunted houses, and UFOs hits the spot. Files of the Unexplained features eight episodes, with each exploring a different perplexing mystery including alien abduction, a spate of human feet washing up on beaches, and people seemingly vanishing into thin air. There’s probably a rational explanation for these events, but what if there isn’t?
Starts streaming April 3
If you like stand-up comedy but you’re sick of the same old shizz, check out Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen. The Scottish standup, podcaster, and writer's unique life story, personality, and neurodivergence guarantees unique and screamingly funny takes on sex, drinking, autism, feminism, and everything else.
Starts streaming April 22
When a Vietnamese immigrant couple is brutally slain in their home, police are baffled. The sole survivor of the crime, the couple’s daughter Jennifer, lays the blame on masked intruders on a rampage, but there’s something suspicious about her account. What Jennifer Did digs deeply into this shocking crime through interrogation footage of Jennifer and interviews with the people involved, revealing a story with unexpected twists, baffling motives, and a most unlikely perpetrator.
Starts streaming April 10
This Netflix documentary pulls open the metaphorical cabinet of 4Chan so we can watch the online roaches scurry. As told by The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem, 4chan started as an online hangout for creative homebound miscreants but devolved into a hive of scum and villainy that pierced the veil between the online and real worlds, turning our entire culture into a message board flame war in the process.
Starts streaming April 5
Cate Blanchett narrates this family-friendly nature documentary that travels the world to explore the interconnectedness of nature. Our Living World’s stunning wildlife photography, breathtaking locations, and timely and trenchant observations about the beauty and fragility of the natural world probably won’t slow mankind’s destruction of the planet by a single second, but you never know, and we might as well look at it while it's here.
Starts streaming April 17
Created by Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and based on the novels of Chinese writer Cixin Liu, the Netflix series 3 Body Problem is science fiction on a massive scale. Over its eight episodes, this series details an extraterrestrial invasion of Earth unfolding in slow motion. It begins with a spate of prominent scientists disappearing and continues through the upheaval the imminent occupation brings to earth when humanity divides into people who want to stop the occupation and those who welcome humanity's new overlords.
Starts streaming on March 21
This Netflix original biopic casts Oscar-winner Regina King as Shirley Chisholm, the first Black congresswoman, and details her groundbreaking run for president in 1972. Written and directed by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime, Needle in a Timestack) and based on extensive interviews with Chisholm’s family and friends, Shirley gives viewers a you-are-there look at Chisholm's courageous run.
Starts streaming on March 22
Adam Sandler is best known for his wacky comedies, but he's a great actor when he feels like it. Netflix original Spaceman shows off Sandler's deeper side, casting him as Jakub, an astronaut adrift in both outer space and his personal life. Six months into a solitary research mission on the fringes of the solar system, Jakub realizes his earthbound marriage is crumbling, and finds solace and advice from an unlikely source: Hanuš, an ancient, spider-like alien hiding in his ship. The film comes from director Johan Renck, who won an Emmy for HBO's Chernobyl, and co-stars Carey Mulligan.
Starts streaming on March 1
There are tons of TV shows and movies that glamorize the golden age of the British aristocracy, but inheriting a title and an estate is a new kind of nightmare in The Gentlemen. When Eddie moves into his family's ancestral mansion, he finds it a crumbling money pit with a drug dealing gang squatting on the crumbling estate. With no serfs to burn to keep warm, Eddie turns to crime to get by. Netflix advertises this series as “Old money meets drug money,” and that’s good enough for a click from me, but the show was created and directed by Guy “Two Smoking Barrels” Ritchie, so I might even click it twice.
Starts streaming on March 7.
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown plays Elodie in Damsel, a fantasy movie that turns fairytale tropes upside down. After her betrothal to a prince, Elodie learns that her fate isn't to live happily ever after, but to be sacrificed to a dragon. To survive (and bring down the evil royal family who cast her into the dragon cave) Elodie will have to face the fire-breathing beast herself. No knight in shining armor is coming to save the day.
Starts streaming on March 8.
To contrast the science fiction and fantasy, Netflix is dropping an old-fashioned romantic comedy, Irish Wish, just in time for Saint Patrick's Day. Lindsay Lohan plays Maddie Kelly, a shy, lonely book editor and perpetual bridesmaid pining for her best friend’s fiancé. At her friend’s destination wedding in Ireland, Maddie makes a wish that magically comes true, and wakes up in an alternative reality where she’s the one set to walk down the aisle. As you might guess, Maddie soon learns the true meaning of the old adage “be careful what you wish for.”
Starts streaming March 15.
Netflix is launching its live coverage of tennis with a blockbuster exhibition match that might go down in sports history. Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, two Spanish athletes with a history and a classic rivalry, will face off in Las Vegas. Nadal is a veteran champion; his rival Alcaraz is a fiery young upstart looking to take the crown. Classic drama played out on the court.
The Netflix Slam airs live at at 12:30pm PST on March 3.
You won’t find many better movies to watch this month (or any month) than Bonnie and Clyde. Arthur Penn’s 1967 crime drama stars Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty as the title characters, and it practically invented the pulp-noire genre. The story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker’s crime spree/love affair set the blueprint for stylishly violent flicks to come like Natural Born Killers, Thelma & Louise, and everything Tarantino ever shot. If you want to hear the other side of the B&C story, Netflix’s The Highwaymen portrays the dudes who caught Bonnie and Clyde (but it’s only so-so as a film.)
Starts streaming on March 1.
This unsettling documentary details the scary world of the "troubled teen" industry, where children are kidnapped and forced to live in horrendous conditions in often abusive institutions, all with the blessing of their parents. Through interviews with traumatized survivors, The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping digs up copious dirt on The Academy at Ivy Ridge in Ogdensburg, NJ, a “disciplinary boarding school” that was rocked with accusations of abuse and torture before being shuttered in 2009.
Starts streaming on March 6.
Award-winning comedian Hannah Gadsby hosts some of earth’s funniest genderqueer comics at London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre in Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda. The program includes sets from ALOK, Chloe Petts, DeAnne Smith, Ashley Ward, Jes Tom, Mx. Dahlia Belle, and Krishna Istha. Reading all the negative comments on the YouTube trailer made this into a must-see for me; if these jerks are being triggered, Netflix must be doing something right.
Starts streaming March 5.
I’m morally and professionally opposed to golf and all things golf-related, but I'm willing to change my mind. A lot of people enjoy the sport, and this docuseries following a diverse group of professional golfers competing at the sport's biggest events might be enough to change my opinion. To add to the drama: This is a Ryder Cup year, and the PGA is in a state of flux after its agreement to partner with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, backers of LIV Golf.
Starts streaming March 6.
Supersex is a Netflix original bio-series detailing the life of porn star Rocco Siffredi, who rose from humble roots in a small Italian village to the heights of a unique kind of fame as an iconic, international sex celebrity. The series was created and written by Francesca Manieri, whose previous show, We are Who We Are, was as inclusive, woke, and feminist as anything, so this should be a very interesting take on Siffredi’s life and profession.
Starts streaming on March 6.
In this straight-from-Korea Netflix comedy, a father accidentally transforms his daughter into a chicken nugget. I didn’t make that up; that’s really what happens in Chicken Nugget. I haven’t seen it yet, but I feel confident proclaiming Chicken Nugget the greatest movie ever made.
Starts streaming March 15.
Director Halina Reijn’s Gen-Z horror movie Bodies Bodies Bodies is like Euphoria with murder. A group of stylish, callow rich people travel to a remote mansion to party, but things go violently wrong. It’s a well-worn premise but it’s presented in an up-to-the-second style, with stars like Pete Davidson, Maria Bakalova, and Rachel Sennott playing the kinds of love-to-hate characters you don’t mind seeing get murdered.
Starts streaming on March 20.
Sometimes you want to watch a TV show about whether or not various things are cake, and Is it Cake?is by far the best series ever made based on that concept. Incredibly skilled bakers from around the country compete for cash prizes by creating realistic-but-edible versions of everyday objects in hopes of fooling a panel of guest judges. Saturday Night Live’s Mikey Day returns as host, and guest judges include Jay Pharoah, Lauren Lapkus, London Hughes, Oscar Nuñez, and many others.
Starts streaming March 29.
Prime Video's March lineup is lighter than last month. The biggest highlight is a remake of the 1989 action film Road House (March 21) starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a former UFC fighter who goes to work at a roadhouse in the Florida Keys. If you need a refresher, the original Road House starring Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott is being added to the platform on March 1.
Also coming this month is part two of season two of the animated adult superhero series Invincible (March 14). Part one dropped in November 2023. Finally, there's the comedy film Ricky Stanicky (March 7) starring Zach Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler as friends who hire an impersonator—played by John Cena—to be an imaginary character they invented in childhood.
Here’s everything else coming to Prime Video and Amazon-owned, ad-supported Freevee in March.
A Fistful of Dynamite (1972)
Angela’s Ashes (2000)
At First Sight (1999)
Back to School (1986)
Batman (1989)
Batman Returns (1992)
Bio-Dome (1996)
Blackfish (2013)
Bring It On (2000)
Bring It On: All Or Nothing (2006)
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009)
Bull Durham (1988)
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
Cadillac Man (1990)
Catwoman (2004)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Duel at Diablo (1966)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Friday Night Lights (2004)
God’s Not Dead (2014)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Guns of The Magnificent Seven (1969)
How High (2001)
How High 2 (2019)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
I Saw the Devil (2011)
Kicking & Screaming (2005)
Land of the Lost (2009)
Lawman (1971)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Minnie And Moskowitz (2017)
Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot (2015)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
Pet Sematary (1989)
Premonition (2007)
RBG (2018)
Return to Me (2000)
Road House (1989)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Rob Roy (1995)
Running Scared (1986)
Safe House (2012)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Species: The Awakening (2007)
Super 8 (2011)
Take Shelter (2011)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
The Break-Up (2006)
The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Last Waltz (1978)
The Long Riders (1980)
The Madness of King George (1994)
The Magnificent Seven Ride (1972)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
The Untouchables (1987)
The Warriors (1979)
This Is The End (2013)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Waterworld (1995)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)
Divergent (2014)
Marlowe (2023)
Ricky Stanicky (2024)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023)
Frida (2024)
Invincible (Season 2 Part 2)
The Captive (2014)
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023)
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
Road House (2024)
Wrath of Man (2021)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Battle Royale (2001)
21 Jump Street (2012)
22 Jump Street (2014)
3 Days to Kill (2014)
Before I Fall (2017)
Dolittle (2020)
Emma (2020)
Ghostbusters (2016)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Julie & Julia (2009)
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
Peter Rabbit (2018)
Picture Day (2012)
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
The Master of Disguise (2002)
The Young Victoria (2009)
Hannah’s Law (2012)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Boat Story (2024)
The Invisible Man (2020)
100% Wolf (2020)
Run the Race (2018)
Max has a handful of big names on its March slate. First up is the HBO Original The Regime (March 3), a political satire starring Kate Winslet as the increasingly paranoid chancellor of an authoritarian regime that's coming apart. Dream Scenario (March 15), a black comedy film from A24, stars Nicolas Cage as a man who begins appearing in millions of strangers' dreams, with Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, and Dylan Baker as supporting cast. This month also sees the streaming debut of Timothée Chalamet's Wonka (March 8).
There are two HBO Originals on the documentary side. First up is A Revolution on Canvas (March 5), a political thriller about the disappearance of "treasonous" paintings by Iranian modern artist Nickzad “Nicky” Nodjoumi, who is also the filmmaker's father. On March 12, catch The Lionheart, which follows the family of Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon, who died in a crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2011, as they grieve their loss.
Finally, Max's March live sports lineup includes all of the 2024 NCAA Divison I Men's Basketball Championship, which starts on March 19.
Here’s everything else coming to and leaving from Max in March, including library films like the Ocean's 11 and Scream franchises.
127 Hours (2010)
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
Baby Mama (2008)
The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)
The Best Man Holiday (2013)
Bullet Head (2018)
Cabaret (1972)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Deadpool (2016)
Dear White People (2014)
Dope (2015)
The Expendables (2010)
The Expendables 2 (2012)
The Expendables 3 (2014)
The Farewell (2019)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Good Time (2017)
The Green Knight (2021)
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Hot Air (2019)
King Kong (1933)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Last Christmas (2019)
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Lean On Me (1989)
Leatherheads (2008)
Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
Me and Earl and The Dying Girl (2015)
Nine Lives (2016)
Observe and Report (2009)
Ocean's 11 (1960)
Ocean's Eight (2018)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
On Chesil Beach (2018)
Pulling Strings (2013)
Rambo (2008)
The Revenant (2016)
Royal Crackers, Season 2 (Adult Swim)
Scream (1996)
Scream 2 (1997)
Scream 3 (2000)
Selling The Hamptons, Season 2
She's Out of My League (2010)
Shut In (2016)
Sinister (2012)
Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
Son of Kong (1933)
Still Alice (2014)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Yes Man (2008)
Zookeeper (2011)
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett (OWN)
The Regime (HBO Original)
Small Town Potential (HGTV)
Rock the Block, Season 5 (HGTV)
Seeking Sister Wife, Season 5 (TLC)
Spring Baking Championship, Season 10 (Food Network)
Wardens of the North, Season 2 (Animal Planet)
A Revolution on Canvas (HBO Original)
My 600-Lb. Life, Season 12 (TLC)
On The Case with Paula Zahn, Season 27 (ID)
The Dog House: UK, Season 5 (Max Original)
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic: Grumpy's Ginormous Adventure (Special)
Gold Rush: White Water (Discovery Channel)
A Star Is Born (2018)
Tiny Toons Looniversity, Season 2A (Cartoon Network)
Tiny Toons Looniversity: Spring Break (Special)
Wonka (2024)
Lakefront Empire (HGTV)
7 Little Johnsons, Season 14 (TLC)
Fixer To Fabulous: Italiano (HGTV)
The Lionheart (HBO Original)
The Many Lives of Martha Stewart (CNN Original)
Wildcard Kitchen (Food Network)
Vacation (2015)
The Girls on the Bus (Max Original)
Justice, USA (Max Original)
90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk, Season 10 (TLC)
Dream Scenario (2023) (A24)
Mini Beat Power Rockers, Season 1-4A (Discovery LATAM)
The Pioneer Woman, Season 36 (Food Network)
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, Season 8 (TLC)
Mary Makes It Easy, Season 3 (Food Network)
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (ID)
Contraband: Seized at the Border, Season 3 (Discovery Channel)
Down Home Fab, Season 2 (HGTV)
House Hunters: All Stars (HGTV)
Design Goals (Magnolia Network)
Lethally Blonde (ID)
Mean Girl Murders, Season 2 (ID)
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2A (Cartoon Network)
Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room, Season 3 (Discovery Channel)
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Season 47 (Food Network)
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO Original)
Guy's Ranch Kitchen, Season 7 (Food Network)
Elvis (2022)
Just a Boy from Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen (2023)
12 oz. Mouse, Season 1-3
Relaxing Old Footage with Joe Pera (Quarantine Special) (2020)
Hit & Run
OWN Celebrates The New Color Purple (OWN)
Own Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett (OWN)
Own Spotlight: Oprah & Danielle Brooks (OWN)
Own Spotlight: Oprah & Fantasia Barrino (OWN)
Own Spotlight: Oprah & Taraji P. Henson (OWN)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Infomercials (2020 Additional Episodes)
The Grey (2013)
Amsterdam (2022)
Back on the Record with Bob Costas, Season 1-2 (HBO Original)
Jack Stauber's Opal (2020)
The Promise (2017)
A Day in the Country (1946)
Across the Universe (2007)
The Animal (2001)
The Answer Man (2009)
The Benchwarmers (2006)
The Big Wedding (2013)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)
Cesar Chavez (2014)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Class Action (1991)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Control Room (2004)
Coraline (2009)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Dutch (1991)
Evan Almighty (2007)
Fast Food Nation (2006)
Firestorm (1998)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
Ghost (1990)
The Golden Child (1986)
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Harriet The Spy (1996)
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987)
In Vanda's Room (2000)
Ismael's Ghosts (2018)
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Late August, Early September (1998)
Lean On Me (1989)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Life As We Know It (2010)
Major Barbara (1941)
Millennium (1989)
Mon Oncle D'Amerique (1980)
My Life as a Dog (1985)
The Naked Kiss (1964)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Pootie Tang (2001)
Post Grad (2009)
The Pyramid (2014)
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
Revolutionary Road (2009)
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Se7en (1995)
Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
Smallfoot (2018)
The Soloist (2009)
Strange Days (1995)
Sunset Strip (2000)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
Taken 3 (2015)
Tanner '88 (1988)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Teen Wolf Too (1987)
Traffik (2018)
Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (Aka A Brave Little Rooster) (2015)
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Upgrade (2018)
The Verdict (1982)
A Walk In The Woods (2015)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Whose Streets? (2017)
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Winter's Bone (2010)
Paramount+ is getting a new batch of movies and TV shows in March, including Little Wing (March 13)—an original film inspired by Susan Orlean's article in The New Yorker—starring Brooklynn Prince and Kelly Reilly as daughter and mother trying to save their home. Prince's character steals a valuable bird and befriends a pigeon racer played by Brian Cox.
For Paramount+ With Showtime subscribers, there's A Gentleman in Moscow (March 29), an adaptation of the Amor Towles novel of the same name. The limited series stars Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, an aristocrat living in a hotel under house arrest in post-revolutionary Russia. Other highlights include film festival award-winners War Pony (March 1), a drama following the lives of two Oglala Lakota men on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and Raging Grace (March 6), a horror about a Filipina immigrant who attempts to hide her daughter while caring for her wealthy employer.
Also on the slate for all subscribers is season five of the true crime series Never Seen Again (March 12) as well as classic comedies like Airplane!, Tommy Boy, and Raising Arizona.
Here’s everything else coming to the service in March. Note that titles with an asterisk are exclusive to Paramount+ With Showtime; everything else is also available to subscribers on the ad-supported plan. Those with two asterisks are available to Paramount+ With Showtime users streaming live on CBS and to all subscribers the following day.
War Pony, premiere*
Raging Grace, premiere*
The Thundermans Return, premiere
Never Seen Again, season five premiere
Little Wing, premiere
A Gentleman in Moscow, premiere*
Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later, premiere*
Air Warriors (Season 11)
CBS News Specials: State of the Union Address
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Blaze of Glory
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Race to the Top of the World!
America's Hidden Stories (Season 3)
Black Ink Crew Los Angeles (Season 2)
Black Ink Crew New York (Season 10)
Peppa Pig (Season 9)
The Amazing Race (Season 36)**
The Last Cowboy (Season 4)
The King of Queens (Seasons 1-9)
Behind the Music (Season 2)
LL Cool J Presents: The Rock the Bells Festival - Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Ten Steps to Disaster (Season 2)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airplane!
All About the Benjamins
An Elephant's Journey*
Angela's Ashes
At Any Price
Awakenings*
Black Sheep (1996)
Blood Out*
Burnt*
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coming to America
Deception (2008)
Disturbia
Drugstore Cowboy*
Enough Said
Flatliners (1990)
Flyboys*
Footloose (1984)
Frank Miller's Sin City*
Freelancers*
Guns Akimbo*
Happy-Go-Lucky*
In Bloom*
In Too Deep (1999)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jagged Edge
Lizzie*
Miller's Crossing
Noah (2004)
Not Another Teen Movie
Once Upon a Time in America
Raising Arizona
Requiem for a Dream*
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Seabiscuit
Sleepy Hollow
St. Elmo's Fire*
The Abyss (1989)
The Big Short
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Dictator
The Drop
The Gift*
The Girl Next Door
The Good Girl
The Outsiders (1983)
The Vatican Tapes*
The Warriors (1979)
Tommy Boy
Wayne's World
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
The Accused
This Is Where I Leave You
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Home Again (2017)*
What Happens Later*
Sleeping with Other People*
Carol (2015)*
Set Up*
The biopics nominated for Best Picture in this year's Oscar race (Oppenheimer, Maestro) put famous men front and center, with little mention of the women who stood by them and helped them achieve greatness. That doesn't seem right for an awards ceremony taking place during Women's History Month.
If you want to right that wrong, we offer 10 empowering historical films that put dynamic, powerful women front and center—just in time for our annual celebration of the women who have shaped our past and created a bright future for all of us.
There's a scene in this award-winning legal drama when George, the biker boyfriend of the titular character, demands that she choose between him and her job. At this moment, Brockovich, played by Julia Roberts, realizes who she is and the importance of her work, and she chooses her job. It's a small moment in the film but also one of the most powerful.
Where to stream: Netflix, Digital rental
Felicity Jones puts in a powerful performance as Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The film, written by the Justice's nephew, depicts her journey as a law student to become a co-founder of the Women's Rights Project at the ACLU. She eventually walks up the steps of the Supreme Court building to become an icon.
Where to stream: Digital rental
While Tina Turner reportedly was not fond of the film about her life because it changed many of the details of her rise to rock superstardom, it does boast a breakthrough performance by Angela Bassett, who depicts the legend as a force of nature that no one could contain.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Coming-of-age dramas can feel a little routine, but there's nothing typical about this black-and-white animated drama about a young girl during the Iranian Revolution who vows to stay true to herself even as her country's social freedoms begin to diminish, affecting her and her family in considerable ways.
Where to stream: YouTube, Digital rental
It was one match that changed women's tennis forever. In 1973, the sexist Bobby Riggs (Steve Carrell) convinced top tennis star Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) to play in a fateful game dubbed the "Battle of the Sexes." Depicting a past that is still somehow related to our present, you can't help but cheer for King, even if you already know how the match ends.
Where to stream: Digital rental
On the surface, this historical drama about young Queen Victoria's ascent to the throne has all the makings of an episode of The Crown. However, there's a love story between a woman in power and a man who wishes to work with, not over, her that gives the film its heart.
Where to stream: YouTube, Digital rental
Growing up under her father's strict supervision, Selena Quintanilla Pérez grows into a strong woman and successful Latin pop star before the president of her fan club tragically kills her just as she's about to cross over into the English-speaking market. This groundbreaking film features a stunning performance by Jennifer Lopez, who would become a multi-hyphenate star after its release.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Traveling to the Congo to study mountain gorillas, eccentric researcher Dian Fossey is met with resistance not only because of political unrest in the region but because of her gender. She eventually forms a bond with and protects these majestic creatures. Sigourney Weaver portrays Fossey, spending much of Oscar-nominated performance with the animals she studies (or men in costumes imitating them) to elevate what could have been a typical biopic into something more profound.
Where to stream: Digital rental
This critically acclaimed biopic successfully links the titular painter's life with her extraordinary work, which at the time was overshadowed by her oversexed spouse, Diego Rivera. But even as tragedy seeps into her life, Kahlo's passion for her art never stops, as if she would die if she could no longer paint.
Where to stream: Pluto TV, Paramount+ with Showtime, Digital rental
Math got John Glenn into space—and three African-American women working for NASA (at a time when segregation and sexism were the norm) calculated the equations that got him there. While the film takes a lot of historical license to tell a crowd-pleasing story, it doesn't take away from the fact that extraordinary females played a significant role in helping the United States win the Space Race.
Where to stream: Disney+, Digital rental
Some movies want to say something important; others just want to say something loud, with lots of explosions. There is art to the dumb action movie. Many of the following 30 films split critics and moviegoers rather dramatically, whether because audiences saw things in them the reviewers missed, or because they were looking for a very different experience. They have been referred to as dumb fun, but anyone who has looked out the window (or checked social media) recently will recognize that reality is far dumber. There’s nothing wrong with a diversion, or with finding joy (and maybe even hidden meaning) in an over-the-top action flick.
Filmmakers understood the power of sex long before TV did—or at least, they actually made effective use of it much more quickly. The early days of the television medium were largely about all-ages programming. Families might have any number of children, but no obvious way in which they had come into being, given the chaste pecks exchanged between parents and the double beds in mom and dad’s bedroom. (Lucy Ricardo’s pregnancy was a topic of much discussion among executives—wouldn’t a pregnancy imply sex had happened? Perish the thought.)
By the 1960s, and certainly the 1970s, the production code had broken down enough that movies, though they’d gotten quite good at implying sexuality, no longer had to be nearly as coy about it. Television soon began following suit, if slowly, and with more subtlety.
As in real life, it’s entirely possible to be excessively horny without ever actually getting down to business; sexual tension builds just as well—or even more effectively—without exposed boobs and butts. We didn’t need to see Gomez and Morticia getting busy to know that their coffin was getting a workout every night. Modern TV is far more explicit about sexuality, but sexual tension (which is to say, unbridled horniness) is something else entirely. And these are 35 of the horniest TV shows ever made.
It frustrates my youngest son that he's still too young to watch Jurassic Park while his older brother has now seen it twice and watches the Netflix spin-off Camp Cretaceous regularly. However, the future paleontologist/astronaut/doctor/first responder (he likes jobs) can watch plenty of dino-centric content appropriate for his age, with much of it falling into the educational realm.
It's a plot similar to Jurassic Park: A scientist wants modern children to experience dinosaurs, so he makes them friendly and intelligent and sends them to '90s New York City, where they befriend two kids. But the scientist has an evil brother who wants to turn the creatures into their true, monstrous selves. Marketed as a family-friendly animated alternative to Spielberg's PG-13 scare fest, it has a lot for kids to like, but adults may find it lacking.
Where to stream: Digital rental
A family of Pteranodons adopts a young T-rex named Buddy. When the curious creature wants to learn about other dinosaurs, he and his family hop aboard the titular train. Produced by The Jim Henson Company and PBS, this delightful animated show is educational without alienating its young audience. Parents will learn some new things, too!
Where to stream: PBS Kids, Prime Video, Digital rental
Like Jurassic Park, this film, about a dinosaur who overcomes adversity to become the leader of his herd, features realistic-looking CGI characters. However, the movie takes its title from the excellent BBC documentary series of the same name, making its depictions of dinosaurs (mostly) scientifically accurate for the time.
Where to stream: Digital rental
Young kids won't care that the titular brontosaurus, brought to life by stop-motion, doesn't hold a candle to today's special effects. On the other hand, parents will get lost in the nostalgia of this '80s classic about a paleontologist couple trying to protect the young dino from an evil scientist.
Where to stream: Digital rental
This British TV series, in which a museum worker goes back in time and gets into misadventures with dinosaurs and mammoths, is aimed toward the preschool set with its 15-minute episodes and fun, goofy tone.
Where to stream: Pluto TV
There's lots of fun for the entire family in this British adventure film about a mysterious crystal that teleports items from different periods on an island. However, the big draw is it might be the first to show feathers on a Tyrannosaurus, something seemingly unheard-of in movies in which the big-headed lizard with tiny arms is supposed to look and be menacing.
Where to stream: Pluto TV, Tubi, Freevee, Roku Channel, YouTube, Digital rental
Dan—and, in the sequel series, Dana—are young paleontologists-to-be who can see the creatures they are studying in the modern world. What sets these two Canadian television programs apart from other dino-centric shows is their focus on how scientific thinking plays a role in helping the main characters learn more about prehistoric creatures.
Where to stream: Prime Video
As it was the first film in the Ice Age series in 3D, the producers decided to up the game for the mammoth Manny, sabre tooth Diego, and Sid the sloth by mixing up time periods and throwing dinos into the mix. Your kids will learn very little about the prehistoric or ice ages by watching this film, but at least they'll have some fun.
Where to stream: Disney+, Digital rental
This award-winning animated children's show released its third season last September. It has become so popular among its preschool audience that a stage show chronicling the adventures of the Cassidy family's dino sanctuary toured across America last year.
Where to stream: Disney+, The Roku Channel, Digital rental
Is pairing Lego with the Jurassic World franchise a clever way to sell toys to children? Yes. Is it also a fun way to introduce kids to a series of movies that they aren't old enough to watch yet? Also yes. Plus, there are plenty of Easter eggs and in-jokes referencing the previous films in the series to keep parents entertained, too.
Where to stream: Peacock, Digital rental
This documentary series, which premiered on the educational streaming service Curiosity Stream, focuses on the latest discoveries that paleontologists have made about creatures in the prehistoric age, many of which contradict what we've become accustomed to in the movies.
Where to stream: Fubo TV, The Roku Channel, Tubi, Curiosity Stream
We wouldn't be doing our jobs if we didn't include this '80s animated classic. At times tragic and heartwarming, the film, produced by Spielberg and George Lucas and directed by Don Bluth, follows a young Apatosaurus and his friends searching for greener pastures, but a hungry T-rex is on their tails. The film inspired 13 sequels and a television show, but the original is the best by far. Try not to cry.
Where to stream: YouTube, Digital rental
Dinosaur documentaries get the David Attenborough treatment in this eye-popping five-part series that uses up-to-date research and photorealistic effects similar to those used in the remakes of The Jungle Book and The Lion King. A second season premiered the following year.
Where to stream: Apple TV+
Netflix's March slate includes film highlights like Shirley (March 22), starring Academy Award winner Regina King as politician Shirley Chisholm—the first Black congresswoman who served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and ran a presidential campaign in 1972.
Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan star in Spaceman (March 1), a sci-fi drama based on the 2017 novel Spaceman of Bohemia, about an astronaut sent on a solo mission into space. Also for sci-fi fans, the new series 3 Body Problem (March 21) is based on the book by Liu Cixin and adapted by Game of Thrones writers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.
March's comedy lineup includes a new special hosted by Hannah Gadsby—Gender Agenda (March 5) brings genderqueer comedians like ALOK, Chloe Petts, DeAnne Smith, Asha Ward, Jes Tom, Mx. Dahlia Belle, and Krishna Istha to the same stage. Later in the month, catch a new hour from Steve Treviño (Simple Man, March 12) and debut specials from Red Ollero (Mabuhay Is A Lie, March 14) and Brian Simpson (Live from the Mothership, March 19).
Season two of Netflix's sports doc Full Swing, which goes behind the scenes of pro golf, drops on March 6, while The Netflix Slam featuring an exhibition match between tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will stream live on March 3 at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Netflix in March, including library films like Kill Bill (Vols. 1-2) and The Hunger Games (all four installments).
Bad Dinosaurs—Netflix Family
Aníkúlápó: Rise of the Spectre—Netflix Series
Blood & Water: Season 4—Netflix Series
Furies—Netflix Series
Maamla Legal Hai—Netflix Series
My Name Is Loh Kiwan—Netflix Film
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 7—Netflix Series
Spaceman—Netflix Film
You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack—Netflix Film
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
21 Bridges
A Madea Family Funeral
Beverly Hills Ninja
Bonnie & Clyde
Devil in a Blue Dress
The Disaster Artist
Dumb and Dumber
Fear
The Gift
Godzilla (2014)
The Jamie Foxx Show: Seasons 1-5
Love & Basketball
National Lampoon's Animal House
Out of Africa
Step Brothers
Tammy
Think Like a Man
Think Like a Man Too
Vampires
Yesterday
The Netflix Slam—Netflix Live Event
Hot Wheels Let's Race—Netflix Family
The Resident: Seasons 1-6
Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda—Netflix Comedy
Full Swing: Season 2—Netflix Documentary
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping—Netflix Documentary
Supersex—Netflix Series
The Gentlemen—Netflix Series
I Am Woman
Pokémon Horizons: The Series—Netflix Family
The Signal—Netflix Series
Blown Away: Season 4—Netflix Series
Damsel—Netflix Film
Queen of Tears—Netflix Series
CoComelon: Season 10
Young Royals: Season 3—Netflix Series
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir: Season 4
Steve Treviño: Simple Man—Netflix Comedy
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War—Netflix Documentary
Bandits—Netflix Series
24 Hours with Gaspar—Netflix Film
Art of Love—Netflix Film
Girls5eva: Seasons 1-2
Girls5eva: Season 3—Netflix Series
Red Ollero: Mabuhay Is A Lie—Netflix Comedy
Chicken Nugget—Netflix Series
Irish Wish—Netflix Film
Iron Reign—Netflix Series
Murder Mubarak—Netflix Film
The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare—Netflix Documentary
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner
30 for 30: Survive and Advance
30 for 30: The Fab Five
Love & Hip Hop New York: Season 1-2
Young Royals: Season 3—Netflix Series
Young Royals Forever—Netflix Documentary
Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership—Netflix Comedy
Forever Queens: Season 2—Netflix Series
Physical: 100: Season 2—Netflix Series
Bodies Bodies Bodies
3 Body Problem—Netflix Series
Buying Beverly Hills: Season 2—Netflix Series
The Casagrandes Movie—Netflix Family
El Paseo 7
On The Line
Shirley—Netflix Film
Gabby's Dollhouse: Season 9—Netflix Family
Dave Attell: Hot Cross Buns—Netflix Comedy
The Believers—Netflix Series
The Conners: Seasons 1-5
No Pressure—Netflix Film
Rest In Peace—Netflix Film
Testament: The Story of Moses—Netflix Documentary
The Beautiful Game—Netflix Film
Heart of the Hunter—Netflix Film
Is It Cake?: Season 3—Netflix Series
The Wages of Fear—Netflix Film
Vikings: Seasons 1-6
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Martin: Seasons 1-5
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Bee Movie
This Is Where I Leave You
Lady Bird
Miracle in Cell No. 7
The Giver
Get on Up
Savages
The Cursed
Carol
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Jackie Brown
John Wick
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 3
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Black Adam
Community: Seasons 1-6
Hoarders: Season 12
It's Complicated
Justice League
Little Fockers
Man Like Mobeen: Seasons 1-3
Man of Steel
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
My Best Friend's Wedding
Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Bird
Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Flower
Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Wind
Shazam!
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman 1984
Hulu's March slate is going hard on documentary content. One highlight is the Hulu Original documentary Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told (March 21), which celebrates the legacy of the legendary Atlanta street party of the '80s and '90s and features appearances by 21 Savage, Lil Jon, Killer Mike, Jalen Rose, Too $hort, Shanti Das, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Erick Sermon, CeeLo Green, Rico Wade, and Kenny Burns.
Another standout on the documentary side is the feature-length FX's SPERMWORLD (March 30), which dives deep into the online forums where sperm donors and prospective parents connect and the actual encounters in which they meet. The lineup also includes Queens (March 5), a National Geographic series narrated by Angela Bassett about powerful female leaders around the world; The Stones and Brian Jones (March 14), a profile of the founder of The Rolling Stones; and season one of the Nat Geo series Photographer (March 19).
For drama fans, there's the limited series premiere of We Were The Lucky Ones (March 28), an adaptation of Georgia Hunter's novel of the same name, which tells the true story of a Jewish family separated at the beginning of World War II.
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Hulu in March, including new seasons of Fox series MasterChef Junior (March 5), So You Think You Can Dance (March 5), The Cleaning Lady (March 6), Animal Control (March 7), and The Masked Singer (March 7).
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Dubbed)
Dark Side of the 90s: Complete Season 2
Dark Side of the 2000s: Complete Season 1
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, 2007
Ali, 2001
Bad Teacher, 2011
Batman Begins, 2005
Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2012
Belle, 2014
Bend It Like Beckham, 2003
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance), 2014
Blade Runner 2049, 2017
Dangerous Beauty, 1998
The Descendants, 2011
Dreamin' Wild, 2022
Drive Angry 3D, 2011
Dune, 2021
Dunkirk, 2017
Enough Said, 2013
Failure to Launch, 2006
The Favourite, 2018
Firehouse Dog, 2007
Foxcatcher, 2014
Goodfellas, 1990
Goosebumps, 2015
The Heat, 2013
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 2005
The Hot Chick, 2002
How I Live Now, 2013
Ice Age: Continental Drift, 2012
Inception, 2010
Kingdom Come, 2001
L.A. Confidential, 1997
Legends of the Fall, 1994
Life of Pi, 2012
My Cousin Vinny, 1992
No Good Deed, 2014
Person To Person, 2017
Pokemon Detective Pikachu, 2019
Salt, 2010
Scarface, 1983
Sexy Beast, 2001
Shark Tale, 2004
Sisters, 2015
The Spirit, 2008
Stand by Me, 1986
Street Kings, 2008
Surrogates, 2009
Takers, 2010
The Tree of Life, 2011
Thank You for Smoking, 2006
Thirteen, 2003
Win Win, 2011
The Wrestler, 2008
Catfish: The TV Show: Complete Season 8H
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019
Queens: Docuseries Premiere
MasterChef Junior: Season 9 Premiere
So You Think You Can Dance: Season 18 Premiere
The Marsh King's Daughter, 2023
Extraordinary: Complete Season 2
Alert: Missing Persons Unit: Season 2 Premiere
The Cleaning Lady: Season 3 Premiere
Port Protection Alaska: Complete Season 7
The Masked Singer: Season 11 Premiere
Animal Control: Season 2 Premiere
30 Something Grandma: Complete Season 1
Abducted By My Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story, 2023
Alone: Complete Season 10
Hoarders: Complete Season 14
My Strange Arrest: Complete Season 1
Cash Out, 2023
Blackfish, 2013
Deliciously Twisted Classics: Complete Season 1
The First 48: Complete Season 23
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini, 2023
The Stones and Brian Jones, 2023
Grey's Anatomy: Season 20 Premiere
Station 19: Season 7 Premiere
9-1-1: Season 7 Premiere
Diggers, 2006
Children of the Corn, 2023
Life Partners, 2014
Taken, 2009
Taken 2, 2012
360, 2011
St. Patrick's Day Parade: Livestream
Photographer: Season 1 Premiere
Life Below Zero: Complete Season 22
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told: Documentary Premiere
Ancient Aliens: Complete Season 19B
I Survived a Crime: Complete Season 2
The Mega-Brands That Built America: Complete Season 1
Pawn Stars: Complete Season 21
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard, 2023
Davey & Jonesie's Locker: Complete Season 1
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Dubbed, Subbed)
One Shot, 2021
Skyfire, 2021
Jujutsu Kaisen: Complete Season 1 (Dubbed, Subbed)
Charlie's Angels, 2019
DC League of Super-Pets, 2022
Montana Story, 2022
Life Below Zero: Next Generation: Complete Season 7
The Rising of the Shield Hero: Complete Season 3 (Dubbed)
We Were The Lucky Ones: Complete Season 1
Spy X Family: Complete Season 2 (Dubbed)
Beyond the Headlines: The Series: Complete Season 1
Cultureshock: Complete Season 1
Cult Justice: Complete Season 1
Secrets of Penthouse: Complete Season 1
To Kill a Stepfather, 2023
$100 Makeover: Complete Season 1
24 Hour Flip: Complete Season 1
Fright Krewe: Complete Season 2
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Dubbed, Subbed)
Paint, 2023
FX's SPERMWORLD: Documentary Premiere
A Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express, 2023
Black Clover: Complete Seasons 3 and 4 (Dubbed, Subbed)
Blue Lock: Complete Season 1 (Dubbed, Subbed)
Dr. Stone: Complete Season 2 (Dubbed, Subbed)
Mob Psycho 100: Complete Season 2 (Dubbed, Subbed)
The Rising of the Shield Hero: Complete Season 1 (Dubbed, Subbed)
Tokyo Revengers: Complete Season 1 (Dubbed, Subbed)
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun: Complete Season 2 (Dubbed, Subbed)
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family, 2011
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, 2009
The Square, 2017
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, 2017
Active Measures, 2018
Amsterdam, 2022
Crazy Rich Asians, 2018
Among the Shadows, 2019
A Star is Born, 2018
The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022
Hell Hath No Fury, 2021
All Good Things, 2010
Drinking Buddies, 2013
Love, Simon, 2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure, 2018
Nature Calls, 2012
Please Stand By, 2017
I Think We're Alone Now, 2018
Batman Begins, 2005
Belle, 2014
Best Night Ever, 2013
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance), 2014
Bronson, 2008
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, 2012
Dunkirk, 2017
The Empty Man, 2020
Enough Said, 2013
The Favourite, 2018
Goon, 2011
Goodfellas, 1990
How to be Single, 2016
The Life Before Her Eyes, 2007
Inception, 2010
Jason Bourne, 2016
Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021
Man On Wire, 2008
Mr. Nobody (Extended Cut), 2009
Nightmare Alley, 2021
The Notebook, 2004
The Oxford Murders, 2008
The Right Kind Of Wrong, 2013
Second Act, 2018
The Sorcerer And The White Snake, 2011
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, 2010
Underwater, 2020
The Wolfpack, 2015
Young@Heart, 2007
Swifties, March on Disney+ is for you: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version) is making its streaming debut on March 15 following its limited theater run last fall as the top-selling concert film of all time. The movie was created over three shows at LA's SoFi stadium in August 2023.
March brings the usual sci-fi and superhero content, with new episodes of season three of Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Wednesdays starting March 6) and X-Men '97 (Wednesdays starting March 20). Other original content later in the month includes Madu, a feature-length documentary following Nigerian teen dancer Anthony Madu to ballet school in England as well as Renegade Nell, a British historical adventure series about a young woman framed for murder (both premiering March 29).
Disney+ is also following Nickelodeon's animated Super Bowl LVIII broadcast with a live stream of the second annual NHL Big City Greens Classic on March 9. The alternate presentation will air alongside the real-life matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins and will feature players and teams based on characters from the animated series Big City Greens.
Here’s everything coming to Disney+ in March 2024.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Season 3)—Wednesdays starting March 6
X-Men '97—Wednesdays starting March 20
Morbius
Queens
Kiff (S1, 4 episodes)
Life Below Zero (S7, 10 episodes)
Cinderella (2015)
NHL Big City Greens Classic (Livestream at 12:00 pm PT / 3:00 pm ET)
Morphle (Shorts) (S1, 14 episodes)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version)
Photographer
Life Below Zero (S22, 9 episodes)
Morphle and the Magic Pets (S1, 18 episodes)
Life Below Zero: Next Generation (S7, 7 episodes)
Random Rings (Shorts) (S3, 6 episodes)
Madu—Disney+ Originals premiere
Renegade Nell—Disney+ Originals premiere
Back in September, Amazon created an ad-free tier to its Prime video streaming service. To enjoy Prime without ads, consumers now have to pay an extra $3.99 per month on top of the $8.99 they already pay. But it was recently revealed that the company also quietly stopped supporting Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos to subscribers who don't fork over the extra cash, but they didn't bother to let anyone know.
German website 4kfilme.de first noticed the change this week, and Amazon spokesperson Katie Barker confirmed it, telling The Verge, “Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos capabilities are only available on the ad free option, on relevant titles.”
Dolby Vision is a set of standards for high dynamic range video, and Dolby Atmos is a popular surround-sound format, so this change ultimately means that higher quality audio and video, once available to all Prime subscribers, is now locked behind a four-dollar-per-month paywall.
In related Amazon news, a class action lawsuit filed on Friday in federal court in California contends Amazon breached its contract with of over 100 million subscribers and violated state consumer protection laws when it added tiered service.
According to the suit, people who purchased annual subscriptions before Amazon changed its pricing schedule were misled by the company. "Reasonable consumers expect that, if you purchase a subscription with ad-free streaming of movies and TV shows, that the ad-free streaming for movies and TV shows is available for the duration of the purchased subscription," the suit reads.
2024 is not the year to stream Disney+ on someone else's dime. During an interview with CNBC, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed the company would begin cracking down on password sharing in select countries, before blocking the practice entirely by September. (Password sharing Hulu subscribers, corporate owner Disney is coming for you too.) Technically, this policy has been in place for new subscribers since Jan. 25, and March 14 for existing customers. The news is that Disney plans to actually enforce its rules in the announced timeline.
It's a frustrating announcement for many subscribers, and not just the ones who want to watch Disney content on someone else's account. There are plenty of users who have unconventional jobs, schedules, and situations that don't fit the mold of the customer who watches Disney+ from the same home every day of their lives. Companies like Disney and Netflix might not care about that, as long as they can show that more people are signing up for their services. But don't feel the pressure to give the Mouse any more money than you already have: If Disney+'s password sharing rules work like we think they do, you might be able to keep streaming for free without too many issues.
While we now have more information about when Disney plans to crack down on password sharing, the company is still being pretty vague about how it will enforce its new rules. The terms of service say Disney can “analyze the use of your account to determine compliance,” and in this article on the help center, the company says:
You may not share your subscription outside of your household. “Household” means the collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence that are used by the individuals who reside therein.
That's similar language to Netflix's policy, the company that kicked off all this bullshit. As a refresher, Netflix treats the TV you sign into your account with as the basis for the household. All devices then need to connect to that household's wifi when signing into Netflix in order to get a pass. Of course, you aren't limited to just your actual house for streaming Netflix: These devices need to stream Netflix on your household's wifi at least once a month, but can otherwise stream Netflix from anywhere you want.
If Disney takes a similar approach to cracking down on password sharing, it'll be relatively easy to get around the rules. Assuming you live near the person whose account you're borrowing, bring your devices over to their house at least once a month and stream a few seconds from any Disney+ or Hulu show or movie. Disney+ will "remember" your device, thinking it's part of the household for the account. So, when you go back to your house, or anywhere outside the account holder's home, you shouldn't have issues streaming, at least for another 30 days or so.
If you primarily stream Disney+ on a smart TV, that will obviously be trickier—but if you are able to authenticate your tablet or phone once a month, you should then be able to cast that stream to your TV, so you can enjoy that sweet purloined content on the big screen.
If Disney has some other way to determine whether you're in compliance with the new rules, we'll update this piece to address those tactics. But for now, I expect this is how things will go. After all, no one is going to pay for a separate Disney+ subscription when they take a trip: There needs to be a way for paying customers to stream outside of their home wifi, which means there will be a way for some of us to take advantage of that loophole.
Bad news: Hulu is pulling a Netflix. The streaming service will soon start blocking users from sharing passwords outside of the account's main household, following in Netflix's "innovative" footsteps, and we know the date the change will go into effect.
It's hardly shocking, of course. Disney, which has announced plans to take over sole control of Hulu by later this year, is also rolling out password sharing restrictions for Disney+. The sharing ban is currently in effect in Canada, but will no doubt be expanding to the south as soon as Disney feels like it. The company is also changing its password policy for ESPN+, but it isn't clear exactly when those rules will be enforced.
Your last day to split your monthly Hulu subscription fee with others outside your household (or just be a freeloader) is March 14. As of the time of this writing, that means you only have about a month and a half of password sharing before Hulu starts giving you trouble. Just like Netflix, Hulu will only allow members of "the household" to access the account, meaning, "the collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence that are used by the individuals who reside therein."
Disney has also updated the language of the terms of service for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ to highlight how you cannot "impersonate" an account user, which is a weird way of saying "Don't use their password." The change to the fine print there is as follows: "You agree not to impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, including using another person’s username, password or other account information, or another person’s name or likeness, or provide false details for a parent or guardian."
It's too soon to say. Per Hulu's terms, it associates "the household" with the devices connected to your personal residence. Likely, it'll implement some sort of delay when you take those devices outside the household, say on a vacation, and will ask you to reconnect to the household internet once every so often for verification. That means you could sign into Hulu on your tablet at someone else's house, then watch at your house for a while before you got cut off again.
Watching via smart TVs could get tricky, though. Netflix associates the household with the main TV of the account holder. If Hulu does the same, you might not be able to get away with watching Hulu on your TV from another location, unless you hook up a separate, portable device to that TV.
Again, this is all speculation until we know exactly how Hulu plans to enforce these rules. Heck, maybe they'll just choose the honor system!
World Wrestling Entertainment's long-running fake sports showcase Monday Night Raw is leaving cable TV for streaming platform Netflix. After a 30-year run on cable, Raw will be live on Netflix beginning in January 2025. Until then, you can stream it on Peacock or catch it live on the USA Network at 8 p.m. every Monday night.
It was known that WWE was trying to move away from its long-time home on NBCUniversal's USA Network, but Netflix was an unexpected suitor. The company isn't known for live events; it began experimenting with small scale live "broadcasts" in 2023, streaming a standup special from Chris Rock, offering viewers a live feed of a baby gorilla (like it was 2004), and hosting a golf tournament featuring Formula 1 drivers and pro golfers, but paying a reported $5 billion for a decade of WWE broadcast rights is far more ambitious than anything the company has previously attempted.
“This deal is transformative,” Mark Shapiro, President of WWE's parent company TKO said in a press release. “It marries the can’t-miss WWE product with Netflix’s extraordinary global reach and locks in significant and predictable economics for many years." I like economics that are significant and predictable, but when they're locked in and there's extraordinary global reach? That's what I call transformative!
In other wrasslin' news, TKO CEO and WWE-founder Vince McMahon announced on Friday that he was stepping down from the organization to spend more time with his lawsuits, and the future of ex-champion and WWE star Brock Lesnar is in doubt as well. According to The Wall Street Journal's sources, Brock Lesnar was involved in McMahon's alleged crimes. Lesnar was replaced at the last minute in this past weekend's Royal Rumble, which is not a promising sign for Lesnar fans.
Prime Video's February slate is anchored by several romantically themed (or romance-adjacent) series and films. One highlight is the reboot of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's 2005 action film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, except this time it's an eight-episode comedy series starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as two spies who knowingly pretend to be married as part of their assumed identities. All episodes are streaming on Feb. 2.
There's also Upgraded (Feb. 9), a true rom-com starring Camila Mendes as an art intern who finds love while traveling for work, and This Is Me...Now: A Love Story (Feb. 16), a musical film being released alongside J.Lo's newest studio album of the same name (with appearances from Ben Affleck, Trevor Noah, Kiki Palmer, Neil Degrasse Tyson, and Sofia Vergara, among others).
For those looking beyond love, there's Giannis: The Marvelous Journey (Feb. 19), a documentary film about NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo; a new special from comedian Jenny Slate (Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional, streaming Feb. 23); and season one of Japanese drama The Silent Service (Feb. 8), a live-action based on the popular manga series.
Here’s everything else coming to Prime Video and Amazon-owned, ad-supported Freevee in February, including library films like Will Ferrell's Strays (Feb. 6) and Bottoms (Feb. 13), starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner Ayo Edebiri.
12 Angry Men (1957)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
Along Came A Spider (2001)
Annie Hall (1977)
Baseketball (1998)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Blades of Glory (2007)
Chorus Line (1985)
Cop Land (1997)
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
Event Horizon (1997)
Fiddler On the Roof (1971)
From Beyond (1986)
Gang Related (1997)
Get Out (2017)
Ghost World (2001)
Grown Ups (2010)
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Hair (1979)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
In The Cut (2003)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Just Friends (2005)
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1982)
Life (2017)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
My Left Foot (1990)
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Red Rocket (2021)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Riddick (2013)
Ride Along (2014)
Sarafina! (1992)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
Scream 2 (1997)
Shrek Forever After (2010)
Snake Eyes (1998)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
The Alamo (1960)
The Bounty (1984)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
The Core (2003)
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Great Train Robbery (1979)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1977)
The Peacemaker (1997)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Young Adult (2011)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024)
Strays (2023)
Surrounded (2023)
The Silent Service (2024)
Home Again (2017)
St. Vincent (2014)
Upgraded (2024)
Bottoms (2023)
Five Blind Dates (2024)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Dark Harvest (2023)
This Is Me…Now: A Love Story (2024)
Giannis: The Marvelous Journey (2024)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Apartment404 (2024)
Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional (2024)
Soltos em Salvador S4 (2024)
The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy (2024)
Red Queen (2024)
Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
A Soldier's Story (1984)
All Saints (2017)
Birthright Outlaw (2023)
Dog Days (2018)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Life of Crime (2013)
Mortal Engines (2018)
National Champions (2021)
New in Town (2009)
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
The Current War (2017)
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
The Marksman (2021)
The Wife (2017)
White Chicks (2004)
White House Down (2013)
A Piece of Cake (2019)
Candyman (2021)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Warcraft (2016)
Super Bowl LVIII kicks off on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET. This year, the game is being broadcast by CBS with more than 10 hours of coverage. Even if you don't have cable, there are a few ways, both paid and free, that you can watch all the action live from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
There are a handful of streaming services with live TV that include CBS (Sling TV is a notable exception). Before signing up, check the channel listings for your zip code to confirm CBS is available in your local market.
DirectTV Stream: $85 per month for the Entertainment plan, no free trial
FuboTV: $80 per month for the Pro plan, 7-day free trial for new customers
Hulu + Live TV: $77 per month, no free trial (includes ads on Hulu)
YouTube TV: Currently $63 per month with promo, 30-day free trial for new users
When signing up for a free trial, make sure you know when you'll be billed for a paid subscription and cancel before your trial expires. The game will be available in 4K for FuboTV and YouTube TV subscribers (included in the free trials but at an additional fee with paid plans). The Spanish-language broadcast is being hosted by Univision, which is also available on most live TV streaming services.
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CBS is part of the Paramount+ package, and Super Bowl coverage will stream live for subscribers on all service tiers. The Essentials plan costs just $6 per month, and new users can sign up for a 7-day free trial. If you are taking advantage of the trial, you'll want to sign up right before Feb. 11 and set a reminder to cancel if you don't want to be charged for a paid plan. The Paramount+ stream will only be available in 1080p.
Another free (ish) way to get the game is with over-the-air (OTA) TV. Of course, this requires you to invest in a digital TV antenna and have a place to put it that gets good reception. You should check the FCC's reception map to see what signals are available in your area and try your antenna out before game day. Your mileage may vary, so if you want a stress-free watch experience, this probably isn't the best option.
You can also watch the game via the CBS Sports app or website if you already pay for CBS with a cable or satellite package or one of the live TV streaming services listed above. The game will also stream through the NFL+ mobile app—a subscription costs $7 per month.
My top picks for movies on Max this week include 2023's musical re-imagining of The Color Purple, the please-everyone-everywhere confection The Lego Movie, influential serial killer movie Se7en, and Trial by Fire, a dramatization of a massive real-life injustice. So it's a diverse line-up.
Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and Quincy Jones were among the producers of this musical adaptation of The Color Purple, (or, as they say in the trailer, a "bold new take on the beloved classic"). But it's really director Blitz Bazawule and the talented cast who make it happen. Drawing as much from the stage musical as Spielberg's film, Bazawule's is a lighter, more joyous The Color Purple, a movie about overcoming adversity as opposed to adversity itself.
The cast, writing, animation, and story of The Lego Movie fit together as solidly as the plastic bricks on which this movie is based. The end result is a perfect movie: funny, breezy, surprisingly smart, and enjoyable for both kids and adults.
The 1990s were the golden age of movies about serial killers, and Se7en is among the best of them, or at least the darkest. Director David Fincher's grisly shocker not only created the modern cinematic template for the serial killer, it also changed birthday celebrations forever—who hasn't asked "what's in the box!?" when opening presents?
This movie dramatizes the story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who may have been a monster who murdered his own children, but who was more likely an innocent man executed by a bloodthirsty Texas justice system. Trial by Fire builds a meticulous and compelling case for Willingham's innocence (or at least The State's shaky case for his guilt) without whitewashing his darker side.
In the documentary They Called Him Mostly Harmless, a band of internet sleuths put their research skills to the test by trying to track down the identity of a hiker whose body was found in a Florida swamp. The amateur investigators uncover troubling and confounding details about the unnamed man, while their in-fighting and internet drama spill over into the official investigation.
It's time to re-watch Barbie in light of its massive influence on our culture. Warner Bros. could have used the Barbie property to make a $150 million toy commercial, but instead, they put the iconic brand in the hands of Greta Gerwig, who helmed a world-shaking phenomenon of a movie. Equal parts hilarious parody and thought-provoking commentary, Barbie manages to be both wildly entertaining and to nudge our culture a tiny bit closer toward justice. Not bad for a movie about a line of dolls.
Ari Aster's masterpiece of a horror movie takes us inside an ancient Swedish cult. It builds an aura of dread by subverting all expectations of what's "scary." Instead of a cramped, dark house, Midsommar takes place in a bucolic meadow bathed in perpetual sunlight. Seen through the eyes of American tourists, Midsommar's rites at first seem picturesque and quaint, but are gradually revealed to be unsettling, then sinister—or redemptive, depending on your point of view.
If you think of Japanese giant monster movies as campy, silly jokes, i urge you to watch the original Godzilla and have your mind changed. Made less than 10 years after the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Japan, Godzilla is a serious, even somber, movie that uses a gigantic monster to explore the nature of war and the horror of nuclear annihilation. The version on Max is the original Japanese movie, not the pukey re-edited "American" version.
There aren't any new series of note premiering on Max this week, but there's a new season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for fans of satirical takes on current events, and a new season of Jellystone for fans of re-interpretations of classic cartoon characters.
Since every show is new if you haven't seen it, I've dug through the programming vaults to highlight a couple of HBO's best series ever. If you haven't seen Flight of the Concords or Barry, I'm jealous.
A new season of John Oliver's Last Week Tonight begins this week on Max. While Last Week Tonight wears its politics on its sleeve and isn't afraid to tackle big issues, it never forgets to be entertaining at the same time. The combination of Oliver's sardonic delivery, very clever jokes, and meticulous research elevate Last Week Tonight far above any other satirical-news program (Sorry, The Daily Show).
Jellystone dusts off old cartoon characters like Yogi, Boo Boo, Huckleberry Hound, and Jabberjaw, gives 'em a new coat of paint and fresh attitude, and sets 'em loose on your TV. The hook is that all these animated weirdos live in a little town together. Kids will like it because it's colorful, fast, and packed with interesting characters, while parents and grandparents will enjoy the meta-humor and nostalgia. Warning: you'll probably end up saying things like, "Look, Captain Caveman!" to your confused children.
Barry is one of the best shows HBO ever made. Bill Hader created and stars in this comedy series about a hitman who wants to be an actor. It's a hokey-sounding premise, but the writing and performances transforms high concept into high art by never sacrificing character for comedy nor losing sight of the story's inner logic. Plus, there are only four seasons, and there are unlikely to be any more, so the story has an actual ending and doesn't have a chance to go stale.
It's been over 15 years since HBO premiered Flight of the Conchords, and the quirky, deadpan comedy show still feels fresh. Conchords follows the day-to-day of folk singers Bret and Jermaine, "New Zealand’s fourth most popular parody duo," as they try to get by in New York, but the plot is more of a framework for absurdist comedy and funny songs. Musical comedy is interminable if done poorly but Conchords never hits a bum note.
Just about everyone’s grandpa has a dark side, but Sierra Barter’s step-grandfather might have been the damn Zodiac Killer. His name is Jim Mordecai, and when he was alive, he was a high school teacher and a respected member of his Bay Area community. Behind closed doors, he was an abusive husband, a sexual predator, and maybe the most notorious unidentified serial killer in American history. The Truth about Jim explores the evidence linking Mordecai to Zodiac’s crimes as well as examining the devastation a monstrous patriarch wrought on his family.
Loosely based on the career of journalist Jake Adelstein and directed by Michael Mann, Tokyo Vice takes viewers into the criminal underworld of Japan. As the sole Western reporter on the staff of Tokyo’s largest newspaper, Jake investigates a shadowy underworld of hidden power structures and criminality.
The Puppy Bowl began as low-budget Super Bowl counter-programming and has grown into an American institution, so celebrate 20 years of adorable little mutts with this special retrospective collection of the most exciting moments in the show's history, including that time that one puppy did something cute, and the time you were like "awwww. Lookit that lil guy!" You can also watch this year's Puppy Bowl in its entirety on Max, in case you missed it on Super Bowl Sunday.
Based on a novel by Stephen King, The Outsider begins with the discovery of the mutilated body of an 11-year-old boy in the woods. All the evidence points to a local man, but detective Ralph Anderson isn't convinced. With the help of Holly, a psychic investigator, Ralph uncovers an ancient evil that feeds on human misery. On the surface, The Outsider is a well-paced, bleak supernatural thriller, but on a deeper level, The Outsider is an examination of the role of faith in our wicked world.
If you're looking for a new show to binge this weekend, and you subscribe to Hulu, continue reading for the best new shows the streaming service has to offer, including the second season of true-crime docuseries Death in the Dorms, quality reality mini-series Operation Arctic Cure, and more.
This true crime series roots around in the darkest corners of the college experience, where the dreams of hopeful young scholars end in tragic murders. Death in the Dorms' macabre crimes feel all the more tragic because the series does such a good job of profiling its victims through interviews with their friends and families.
In Operation Arctic Cure, combat reporter Bob Woodruff takes war veterans to the frozen wilderness at the top of the world to "test whether awe-inspiring experiences can heal their trauma and stress." So this is not typical reality television. Instead of manufactured conflict in a mansion, Arctic Cure presents breath-taking landscapes, survival drama, and a deeper level where chilling arctic landscapes, courage, and camaraderie battle the psychological demons of war.
I'm sure you've heard of The Bear and its high-stress, high-energy depiction of operating a restaurant in Chicago, but if you're like me, you enjoyed the first season then didn't watch the second because you figured it would be a disappointment. But it's not! It's really great. It's a little uneven compared to season one, but it's still an arresting drama with a pace and feel that are entirely unique.
Unlike The Bear, PEN15 didn't find a big enough audience to continue past a second season, even though it's funnier and more inventive than almost anything else on TV. But you can still watch its two full seasons on Hulu. For this cringe-inducing tribute to the awkwardness of adolescence, PEN15's co-creators Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play seventh graders, but the rest of the cast are 13-year-olds. It's a funny sight gag, but also drives home the alienation of barely-teenage outcasts while highlighting the ridiculousness of their life-or-death dramas.
The second season of Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth premieres this week on Hulu. All 10 episodes are dropping at once, so you can binge this addictive show all weekend. Life & Beth starts where most rom-coms end: stars Schumer and Michael Cera play a young couple navigating an opposites-attract marriage. He’s a practical, no-nonsense farmer and she’s disorganized, self-defeating, but unfailingly honest. And it’s the honesty (and a lot of empathy) that elevate this show above most TV comedies.
This week, a full season of TLC’s My Strange Addiction slimes it way onto Hulu. If you’re unfamiliar, My Strange Addiction profiles people who can’t stop doing things like eating mattresses, attaching leeches to themselves, and drinking paint. So yeah, it's pure spectacle TV—but if you can leave behind the ethical concerns raised by gawking at people obvious psychological problems, it’s as addictive as...drinking a big glass of paint. It's the kind of show that makes you think, "I got my problems, but at least I'm not that bad."
This BBC-produced series takes no prisoners in detailing the messed up lives of a dysfunctional family made up of two grown sisters and their mum. If you're in the market for the "we might insult each other, but when it comes down to it, we're family" vibe of a typical American sit-com about adversity, look elsewhere: The characters in Such Brave Girls are vicious and relentless, and they genuinely don't like each other. It's not uplifting, but it's so much funnier than the alternative.
I can't get enough of Nordic noir, and A Murder at the End of the World serves up an ice cold pitcher full. Hero Darby Hart is a true crime buff and hacker who gets invited to a party at a billionaire's secret retreat in Iceland. As you might guess, someone swiftly dies, and Hart tries to solve the case. A Murder at the End of the World spices up its Agatha Christie-style story with slick visuals, excellent music, an of-the-moment star in The Crown's Emma Corrin, and a truly mind-bending mystery.
If you're looking for a brand new show to watch on Prime this week, you can check out The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, an animated comedy set among outer space health care practitioners. There's also Apartment 404, a new reality show featuring stars who are huge in Korea. Those aren't the only shows worth watching on Prime, though. Read on for my picks of the best new (and newish) shows streaming on Prime.
An animated series and written by Cirocco Dunlap (Russian Doll) The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy is a workplace comedy about an outer space medical facility where alien surgeons Sleech and Klak battle space disorders while wrestling with their messy personal lives. Starring the voices of Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, Keke Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Sam Smith and Kieran Culkin.
It's cool how streaming gives Americans a chance to watch TV shows we'd have no idea existed in the before times, like Apartment 404, a comedy/reality show that asks South Korean celebrities like Jennie (from K-Pop super-group Blackpink) and Yoo Jae-suk and Yang Se-chan (from Korean show Running Man) to become detectives and solve crimes that supposedly happened in mysterious apartment 404. Whether Apartment 404's manic investigations will cross cultural lines to resonate with you cannot be determined until you give it a look.
Created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, Swarm is a savage takedown of celebrity worship that mixes horror and dark comedy to tell the story of Dre (Dominique Fishback), an obsessed super-fan of a Beyoncé-like pop star. Dre's off-the-deep-end quest to meet her idol takes dark, murderous turns in a series that finds its space in the hidden world between reality and delusion.
Based on the novels of Lee Child, Reacher is excellent action-adventure TV. Alan Ritchson plays the title character, Jack Reacher, a former military police officer turned do-good drifter, who metes out justice with his ham-hock fists and his Sherlock Holmes brain. It's the kind of testosterone-soaked wish-fulfillment that hearkens back to the action movies of the '80s, especially in its star, who outdoes both the physique and the swag of Arnold in his prime.
This Prime original series shares a title with the 2005 film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, but it strays far from the source material. In this version of the story, the Smiths (Pen15's Maya Erskine and Atlanta’s Donald Glover) are a couple of intelligence agents who get married for real to make their undercover identities bulletproof. But feelings develop between the two opposites; complicated feelings. Each episode details a dangerous case the couple work as well as charting their equally dangerous marriage.
Amazon teamed up with the BBC to make this TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's 1990 novel in which a demon and an angel are forced to work together to prevent the end of the world. The six-episode first season proved so charming they adapted some Gaiman/Pratchett ideas for a second season, in which the odd couple search for the Angel Gabriel. Season 2 is a bit of a fall-off, but the chemistry between leads Michael Sheen and David Tennant still carry the show.
In Dead Ringers, Rachel Weisz plays identical twin gynecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle. (Is that not enough for you to watch it?) This TV update of a David Cronenberg 1988 cult, body-horror classic updates the source material by swapping the main characters' genders and centering the story on birth instead of cosmetic surgery, but Croneberg's studied, cool presentation of queasy material permeate this nothing-quite-like-it show.
Jury Duty is such a funny show, it managed to attract attention and gain an audience from the TV Siberia of FreeVee. Prime's sister streaming service took a chance on a reality show with an unusual premise: an unsuspecting guy thinks he serving on a jury, but everything around him is a put-on. The judge, the other jurors, the case, etc., are all fake. This could have been disastrous; it's full of hilarious moments that make you ask "how could he not know this is a joke?" but it holds together thanks to the otherworldly improv talent of its cast. Among the many highlights, actor James Marsden, playing an asshole version of himself, growing increasingly insufferable and ridiculous as the trial goes on.
In Flack, Anna Paquin stars as Robyn, a public relations professional. She's the fixer that rich and famous people call when they've been caught doing something unspeakable. Her job is to minimize, misdirect, and mislead, and hopefully salvage the careers and good names of her clients. Each episode of Flack features a different, trashy scandal to enjoy, so if you're into glamorous people behaving like scallywags, you'll love Flack.
If you're looking for something new to watch on Hulu, the movies below are all excellent in different ways. All of Us Strangers is a stylish-but-serious examination of grief and redemption; Cat Person is a funny-but-scary look at dating in the everything-online era; Amulet is the choice for dread-inducing horror; and if you just want some mindless fantasy, you could do much worse than The Secret Kingdom.
Released to nearly universal critical acclaim, director Andrew Haigh's dreamlike All of Us Strangers examines the grief and loneliness of a middle-aged screenwriter whose identity was shaped by a lifetime of trauma, including the death of both his parents when he was 12. When Adam visits his childhood home, he finds his parents still there, and begins visiting them regularly even though they've been dead since the 1980s. Meanwhile, a new relationship with a similarly alienated neighbor offers a different kind of redemption.
In horror movie Amulet, a woman hires Tomaz, a homeless veteran, as a live-in caretaker for her crumbling house in London. Her mother lives in the attic; at least, she says it's her mother up there. But Tomaz starts to suspect that there's something very sinister in the secret recesses of the house. If you like horror movies that build up dreadful, foreboding vibes instead of throwing jump scares at you, don't miss Amulet.
Based on a short story that went viral from New Yorker writer Kristen Roupenian, Cat Person is a comedy/thriller that tells the semi-true story of 20-year-old student Margot's fumbling relationship with Robert, an older man who seems nice at first, but is hiding something terrible. Like the main characters' relationship, Cat Person goes from awkward comedy to outright terror as Robert's many red flags pile up. Maybe nothing you've experienced is this extreme, but anyone who has ever dated online will relate to Cat Person's vibe.
Sometimes you want to watch a totally escapist fantasy movie, the kind where children discover a secret world hidden under the floorboards of their room and have heroic adventures involving talking animals in a fantastical kingdom. That's just what happens to siblings Peter and Verity in The Secret Kingdom, a good-natured (but not particularly original) fantasy film for the whole proverbial family.
Produced by National Geographic, The Space Race tells the story of the pioneering Black pilots, engineers, and scientists who became NASA astronauts and were otherwise integral to the American space program. Told through archival footage and interviews with the people who were there, The Space Race details the unique challenges and triumphs of these unsung American heroes.
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum star in this romantic-comedy-adventure. Bullock is a pampered romance novelist; Tatum is the self-absorbed male model who appears on the covers of her books. The mismatched couple find themselves in a dangerous jungle, without any idea how to do anything. It's the kind of movie that survives on the chemistry and likability of its stars, and Tatum and Bullock are as charismatic as they come.
This documentary about folk music and civil rights giant Joan Baez has earned a 98% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes by going beyond a just-the-facts retelling of Baez's life and exploring the nature of pop culture and personal mythology. A combination of archival footage and fearless interviews with Baez draw a picture of Joan Baez the person and Joan Baez the icon.
Baz Luhrmann films are love-em-or-hate-em, and the director's over-the-top take on Romeo and Juliet is extra Luhrmann-y. But unlike in some of his movies, Romeo + Juliet's story isn't overwhelmed by Luhrmann's unique glitter-and-lust aesthetic. His stylized visuals compliment Shakespeare's teenage love tragedy instead of fighting against the source material, especially when enacted by a very young Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.
If you're looking for a new show to watch this week, here are the best you can stream. Highlights include Park Chan-wook's ambitious The Sympathizer and Conan O'Brien Must Go, a travel show that features Conan cracking people up all over the world. You could say, "there's something for everyone." (You don't have to, but you could.)
Legendary filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) teams up with actor and co-producer Robert Downey Jr. on this sweeping historical black comedy series. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning debut novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer tells the story of a Vietnam-era spy with conflicting loyalties. When the war ends, the North Vietnamese agent, who goes by the moniker "The Captain," is forced to flee to America, but he's not finished his job, and reports on his neighbors to the Viet Cong.
Where to stream: Max
Conan O'Brien is the funniest person alive, maybe, and this series puts him in situations designed to draw out his supernatural ability to be spontaneously hilarious. The premise: Conan visits fans in Norway, Thailand, Argentina, and Ireland, interacts with locals, and creates inspired, impromptu comedy. It's a formula that worked great on his late night shows, but HBO money means Conan O'Brien Must Go will feature better production values—they even got Werner Herzog to narrate.
Where to stream: Max
Based on author Rebecca Godfrey’s account of a real-life crime, Under the Bridge tells the story of 14-year-old Reena Virk (played by Vritika Gupta) who went out to hang with her friends one night in 1997 and never returned home. Riley Keough plays Godfrey, whose research for her book takes her inside the hidden, menacing world of the teenagers of British Columbia and finds her teaming up with a local police officer who is also investigating Virk’s murder.
Where to stream: Hulu
Have you ever wanted to watch actor Orlando Bloom defy death itself by trying dangerous sports like wingsuiting, free diving, or rock climbing? Me neither! But only because it never occurred to me. Orlando Bloom could be home rewatching Lord of the Rings or counting money, but he's jumping off mountains and nearly drowning himself instead. Is it only because he wants to be in a TV show? Or is it a legitimate Freudian death drive drawing him toward a tragic demise? I hope we finally get some answers when we watch Orlando Bloom: To the Edge.
Where to stream: Peacock
Cate Blanchett narrates this family-friendly nature documentary that travels the world to explore the interconnectedness of nature. Our Living World’s stunning wildlife photography, breathtaking locations, and timely and trenchant observations about the beauty and fragility of the natural world probably won’t slow mankind’s destruction of the planet by a single second, but you never know, and we might as well look at it while it's here.
Where to stream: Netflix
Don’t discount this original comedy series because it’s on FreeVee. Dinner with the Parents’ cast includes some of the funniest people who have ever been seen on a screen, including Dan Bakkedahl, Michaela Watkins, and Carol Kane—there’s even a YouTube star, Daniel Thrasher, for the kids. Adopted from wildly popular British sitcom Friday Night Dinner, each episode of Dinner with the Parents revolves around a family meal at the eccentric Langer family’s house, a meal that inevitably descends into chaos.
Where to stream: FreeVee (Prime)
The Miss America Pageant is a deeply weird and creepy American institution, and it's long overdo for a deep dive into its troubling and sleazy history and culture. Made by the people who brought us Secrets of Playboy, this docu-series features interviews with former Miss Americas (and runners-up) who dish out the secrets the nation's best woman hides inside her huge hairdo and shiny, white teeth.
Where to stream: Hulu
This reality/renovation show chronicles former Bachelorette star and current handsome boy Tyler Cameron’s quest to start a construction business in his hometown of Jupiter, Florida. We are meant to believe that Cameron has always dreamed of working in construction, and now that he no longer stars in a top-rated television show, he is finally free to pursue his real passion: renovating other people’s houses. Each of the eight episodes of Going Home features a remodeled home, and the series also boasts appearances from reality TV stars like Matt James, Rachael Kirkconnell, Jason Tartick, and Hannah Brown.
Where to stream: Prime
The Fallout video games are practically revered among gamers, so there will be a lot of critical eyes turned toward Prime’s TV series based on them. Luckily, Fallout’s executive producer Jonathan Nolan knows how to adapt a dystopian science fiction story—he created HBO’s Westworld. In classic Fallout style, the series is set 200 years after a nuclear apocalypse obliterated humanity, and begins with the hero, Lucy (Ella Purnell), stepping out of a Vault-Tec vault into a bombed-out Los Angeles. She’ll encounter gun-slinging ghouls, the power-suited Brotherhood of Steel soldiers, a Mr. Handy robot, and all kinds of “hey, I recognize that!” material from the games. Hit play to see if it lives up to its legacy.
Where to stream: Prime
Academy, Emmy, and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin in this historical drama detailing the most important and audacious act of diplomacy in American history. With the fate of the fledgling United States in the balance, Franklin, an eccentric 70-year-old inventor, embarks on a secret diplomatic mission to France to ask for the monarchy's help in the American revolution.
Where to stream: AppleTV+
With the help of executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Netflix has revived Norman Lear’s seminal 1970s sitcom Good Times and re-imagined it as an R-rated animated series. Featuring the voices of J.B. Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jay Pharoah, and more, Good Times tells the story of the latest generation of the Evans family who are scratching and surviving, hanging and jiving, in a Chicago housing project. The details have been modernized, but the theme of togetherness in the face of hard times remains the same.
Where to stream: Netflix
This dark comedy series illustrates the adage “no good deed goes unpunished.” Written, directed, and starring comedian Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer is a fictionalized version of real events in his life. Gadd plays bartender Donny Dunn, who shows kindness to a troubled customer named Martha. Dunn’s innocent altruism leads to Martha becoming obsessed and throwing both of their lives into chaos. Baby Reindeer consciously avoids the typical tropes of stories about stalkers, choosing to focus on the reality of what it’s like to be the center of an unhinged person’s world.
Where to stream: Netflix
Dora the Explorer is back to delight a new generation. These 26 all-new CGI animated episodes follow Dora and her monkey pal Boots on a bilingual adventure as they explore a fantastical rainforest, face off against mischievous Swiper, and get lost all the damn time. These 11-minute episodes are packed with songs, puzzles, and audience participation; the perfect thing to put your kid in front of while you sneak outside for a phone call or cigarette.
Where to stream: Paramount+
Welcome to Lifehacker's weekly round-up of the best new (and newish) movies on Prime. This week, Prime is premiering a documentary about NBA legend Giannis Antetokounmpo, new stand-up from Jenny Slate, and much more.
An in-depth documentary about NBA phenom Giannis Antetokounmpo, Giannis: The Marvelous Journey charts "The Greek Freak's" epic life story, from a childhood spent in dire poverty in Greece, to being signed by the Bucks at only 18 years old, to building himself into one of the greatest power forwards to ever play basketball.
Comedian Jenny Slate created Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and starred in Bob's Burgers, Parks and Recreation, and many other shows. Just like the title says, Slate's a seasoned professional, and her second Prime stand-up special sees her giving her unique takes on motherhood, finding a therapist, navigating relationships, and more.
This update of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shines by focusing on the "teenage" part of equation; its cast of funny, likable, young voice actors turn in naturalistic performances that feel like casual riffing and capture the personality of the comic book better than any other screen or TV adaptation. It looks amazing too, with a unique hand-drawn-by-computers animation style, and features some epic action set pieces. In short, Mutant Mayhem is fun for the whole family.
In Air, director Ben Affleck makes a breezy, clever, fast-paced movie out of the true story of how a shoe company came up with a new marketing gimmick. Part corporate hagiography and part shameless 1980s nostalgia, Air details how the ragtag Nike corporation landed an advertising deal with Michael Jordan while he was still in college, catapulting itself to the top of the sneaker game. I wish all movies about brands were this entertaining.
A few weeks ago, singer/super diva Jennifer Lopez dropped the trailer for This is Me…Now: A Love Story, a big-budget, visually arresting, autobiographical musical film/vanity project that made viewers ask, “why is J-Lo working in a factory in outer space?” and “what even is this?” Well, now we can find out. This is Me...Now has the kind of swinging-for-the-fences artistic ambition and total commitment that either results in great art or in a failure so spectacular it winds up entertaining for unintended reasons. Watch This is Me...Now and see which side of the coin comes up for J-Lo, and for you.
In this romantic comedy, Lia is the owner of a failing Chinese tea shop. A fortune teller reveals that the fate of her business is tied to Lia's love life, and she'll receive a solution to both during one of her next five dates. Five Blind Dates doesn't take any bold risks, but sometimes a formulaic rom-com with an appealing cast and tight writing is just what the TV-doctor ordered.
If you're friends with "that guy" who laments that tasteless, gross-out comedy isn't allowed in movies anymore, suggest Bottoms. It's as edgy, horny, and scatological as any gross out comedy of yesteryear, but it doesn't aim at targets that don't deserve it. Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri play "ugly, untalented gays" who try to "get cooch" by starting a fight club at their high school. Like the best teen comedies, Bottoms captures the oily mixture of awkwardness and hormones that make adolescence such a nightmare.
Yesterday combines nostalgia, Beatles covers, and fantasy in an appealing wish-fulfillment blend. It starts with a premise based on a daydream common to songwriters: what if everyone in the world forgot that the Beatles existed, but you knew all their songs? That's the situation struggling musician Jack finds himself in after being hit by a bus (just go with it). Using the "stolen" Beatles tunes, Jack quickly becomes a superstar, but should he continue living a lie?
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