It’s somewhat uncommon that the middle of the month is a massive update to our list of the best movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Max (HBO), and other services, but here we are! This week, there are nine new additions across six streamers, including a few big ones. In fact, it’s hard to say what the headliner really is.
This week, the horror hit Longlegs lands on Hulu, Apple TV+’s dystopian thriller The Gorge arrives on Apple TV+, Sara Bareilles’ Waitress: The Musical lands on Max, and a long-running romantic comedy series gets yet another sequel on Peacock.
We also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+.
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Hulu
Longlegs (2024)
77%The year’s biggest horror hit, Longlegs stars scream queen Maika Monroe as gifted FBI recruit Lee Harker, assigned to hunt an elusive active serial killer.
But as the investigation gets increasingly grim and connected to the occult, Harker soon discovers a personal connection with the killer, a sadistic monster called Longlegs (Nicolas Cage). With a sudden edge, Harker must race against the killer to keep him from claiming the lives of another family.
Omni Loop (2024)
68%After being diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest, quantum physicist Zoya Lowe (Mary Louise Parker) finds herself stuck in a time loop reliving the last five days of her life. Unfortunately, she also only has a week to live.
Originally resigned to her fate, Zoya regains her lease on life after she agrees to team up with a gifted student (Ayo Edibiri) to solve time travel and save Zoya’s life in the process.
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
This Hulu original dives deep into the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, Sly Stone’s groundbreaking and iconic funk band.
Among one of America’s greatest and brightest Black musical artists of the 1960s and 1970s, Stone led a funk revolution that captured Black America and eventually the whole nation. This documentary combines interviews and archival footage to tell the story of the band’s rise, reign, and eventual fadeout under the burden of success as a Black group in America.
Kill (2024)
74%This popular Indian action movie is available to watch in the U.S. on Hulu. When army commando Amrit (Lakshya Lalwani) discovers the love of his life, Tulika (Tanya Maniktala), is arranged to be married against her will, he boards a train to New Delhi intending to derail the wedding.
But when a gang of thieves infiltrates the train and begins to terrorize the passengers, Amrit adopts a secondary mission: kill all the thieves and save the passengers.
A Real Pain (2024)
86%Jesse Eisenberg directed and stars in this sardonic comedy alongside Kieran Culkin. Cousins David and Benji couldn’t be more different, but they both loved their grandmother deeply, so they reunite for a tour through her Polish homeland in her honor.
As their old tensions inevitably resurface against the backdrop of their family history, they find it increasingly difficult to bury the hatchet and focus on why they’re in Poland in the first place: closure.
Apple TV+
The Gorge (2025)
Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller star in The Gorge, a sci-fi dystopian thriller. Appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast, highly classified gorge, two operatives grow close to one another as they protect the planet from an undisclosed, mysterious evil lurking within the gorge.
After bonding from a distance, their connection is tested when a cataclysmic event finally rattles the gorge and threatens to release the evil upon the world.
Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
53%The rare film to be made by another studio and get a theatrical release before landing on Apple TV+, Fly Me to the Moon had some modest box office success this summer. Marketing pro Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) is brought in to fix NASA’s public image problems as the agency prepares for its most important mission to date: putting a man on the moon.
All this messaging wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’ (Channing Tatum) worksite. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, suddenly both Jones and Davis have another job. They must stage a fake moon landing, just in case the real one doesn’t pan out.
Max (formerly HBO and HBO Max)
Waitress: The Musical (2023)
74%Sara Bareilles wrote the music for the Tony-nominated Broadway hit, and now the show is available to watch from home on Max. Jenna Hunterson (Bareilles) is an expert pie maker, stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage that can’t contain her talent and dreams.
When a nearby baking contest offers her a way out, Jenna taps deep into that baking talent and summons her courage to enter the contest. With the support of her fellow waitresses and an unexpected romance, Jenna finally decides to pursue her dreams.
Flow (2024)
This French animated film tells the tale of a courageous, solitary cat displaced by a giant flood. Finding refuge on a boat amongst other animals — a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog — the cat must lead the motley crew to find dry land, traversing through natural and supernatural realms in a completely transformed world.
Now living on an aquatic planet, the animals must work together to build trust and courage and adapt their wits to survive.
We Live in Time (2024)
59%One of the year’s most romantic tear-jerkers, We Live in Time stars Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in a love epic. Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) meet by chance but connect immediately as if fate brought them together.
In this decade-spanning romance, Almut’s career as a chef takes off, while Tobias finds peace with Almut after his divorce. But a cancer diagnosis threatens to severely curtail the amount of time they have together.
Goodrich (2024)
62%Michael Keaton stars in this dark comedy as Andy Goodrich, a man whose life is upended when his wife enters a 90-day rehab program, leaving him on his own with their nine-year-old twins.
Confused and out of practice with the trials of modern parenthood, Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace (Mila Kunis). Unfortunately, Goodrich was never much of a father to Grace, and the special care he seems to have for his second set of children ruffles some feathers.
Your Monster (2024)
62%This heady horror romance stars Melissa Barrera as Laura Franco, a soft-spoken actor dumped by her longtime boyfriend while she’s recovering from surgery. Physically and emotionally scarred, she retreats to her childhood home, feeling bleak about the future.
Her nose gets really rubbed in it when she discovers her ex is staging a musical that she helped him develop, cutting her out completely. Out of all the gut-wrenching punches of life, a monster (Tommy Dewey) emerges with whom Laura develops a deep connection and falls in love with the rage inside her.
Peacock
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
71%24 years after Bridget Jones’ Diary, Renée Zellweger is back in the role that made her a star. Now in her 50s, Bridget is widowed after Mark (Colin Firth) is killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan.
Raising two young children on her own, Bridget finds herself in a state of emotional limbo and permanent overwhelm. But with the help of loyal friends and a former lover (Hugh Grant), she begins to regain some grasp of her sanity.
Piece by Piece (2024)
63%Pharrell Williams has long been a music visionary, so it’s not surprising he’d hatch a wildly creative idea for a documentary.
Teaming up with LEGO®, Piece By Piece is an autobiographical animated journey through Pharrell’s life, replete with rich music and storytelling. This colorful, occasionally chaotic documentary feels appropriate for one of this generation’s most infectious and innovative musical stars.
The Wild Robot (2024)
85%One of 2024’s sweetest movies is The Wild Robot, based on the best-selling kids’ trilogy by Peter Brown. When robot ROXXUM unit 7134 (“Roz” for short) is shipwrecked and stranded on an uninhabited island, she must develop new programming to survive in the harsh new environment.
As Roz gradually builds relationships with the animals on the island, she develops a newfound responsibility after discovering an orphaned gosling. Becoming an adoptive parent, Roz must raise the gosling to be a successful adult goose.
MGM+
Nickel Boys (2024)
91%Based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Nickel Boys follows Elwood Curtis (Ethan Herisse), a young boy whose promising future is derailed by a small misstep.
Sentenced to Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory school in the Jim Crow South, Elwood continues to cling to his optimistic worldview despite the grim prognostications of his new friend, Turner (Brandon Wilson). Despite the brutality of Nickel, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, while the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement serves as a light to awaken a new vision for Turner.
Amazon Prime Video
Broken Rage (2024)
Director Takeshi Kitano has dropped on Prime Video the first part of his two-part saga into the Japanese underworld, Broken Rage. Seemingly unremarkable, “Mouse” (Kitano) is actually a prolific hitman.
When he’s caught by police, Mouse is given a deal to go undercover and infiltrate the yakuza. If he refuses, he will go to jail. Tapping into all of his cunning, Mouse struggles to stay a step ahead of both organizations, orchestrating a delicate plan while using just a little bit of violence when needed.
You're Cordially Invited (2025)
56%They don’t make many pure R-rated comedies anymore, so that in its own right makes You’re Cordially Invited something of a breath of fresh air. Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon star as antagonists in this flick about an accidental dual booking at the same wedding venue.
Each bridal party is determined to make the most of the situation and preserve their family’s special moment despite the tight quarters. Yet the father of one bride (Ferrell) and the sister of the other (Witherspoon) are motivated to make the day even more memorable for their special people.
Unstoppable (2024)
68%Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) was born with one leg, but through his indomitable spirit and the support of his devoted mother, Judy (Jennifer Lopez), and his high school coaches, he fought to earn a spot on the Arizona State Division 1 wrestling team.
But at a new level, it takes absolutely everything he has to achieve his ultimate goal to become an NCAA Champion. This Amazon Prime original is based on a true story.
Red One (2024)
34%What would you get if you crossed The Santa Clause with Mission: Impossible? Well, you’d get Red One and you might wonder why you ever thought of this idea in the first place. Regardless, it’s the biggest-budget Christmas movie of all time and is arriving on Prime Video less than a month after it’s theatrical release.
So, buckle up and follow E.L.F. (Extremely Large and Formidable) operative Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson) and the world’s greatest tracker, Jack O’Malley (Chris Evans), as they chase down a villain who has kidnapped Santa (J.K. Simmons) to try and stop Christmas.
My Old Ass (2024)
74%Netflix
Kinda Pregnant (2025)
Netflix lets Amy Schumer be Amy Schumer in Kinda Pregnant. After Lainy’s (Schumer) plans to settle down and start a family completely fall apart, she becomes jealous of her best friend’s pregnancy.
To cope, and maybe because she’s a little vindictive, she fakes her own pregnancy and starts wearing a prosthetic baby bump… only to accidentally meet the man of her dreams, who now thinks she’s pregnant with some other guy’s baby.
Here (2024)
39%After Forrest Gump and Cast Away, Here is the latest team-up of director Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks. Unfortunately, it’s also the biggest box office bomb.
Mostly shot using a single camera, Here is an experimental drama that centers around a place in New England as it evolves through time and memory from a Jurassic wilderness into a home filled with love, loss, struggle, and legacy between couples and families over generations. An interesting concept, Here has been criticized for being excessively cheesy, but it now attempts to find a new audience on Netflix.
Saturday Night (2024)
63%At 11:30 pm on October 11th, 1975, Saturday Night Live aired for the first time. 50 years later, the show is still going strong after revolutionizing American comedy and producing some of the world’s most renowned comics. Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night is a semi-biographical account of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to that very first broadcast.
A host of quality young actors portray Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Rosie Shuster, Lorne Michaels, and more SNL legends.
Back in Action (2025)
Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz team up for this PG-13 Netflix original action comedy. Back in Action is a little like Mr. & Mrs. Smith a decade in the future.
Years after giving up their lives as CIA spies to start a family, Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx) are happy living a quiet family life. When their cover is blown, the duo are dragged back into the world of espionage with higher stakes than ever before.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
82%Nick Park (Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run) has been on a tear recently, and Netflix has become the American hub for his claymation releases. In his latest film, Wallace has finalized his greatest invention yet: a “smart” gnome capable of accomplishing any kind of gardening task.
But while Wallace’s canine best friend, Gromit, is concerned that Wallace has become too dependent on the bot, Wallace is blissfully unaware that a vengeful figure from his past might be masterminding things to keep Wallace complacent and uninterested in inventing anymore.
Paramount+
Gladiator II (2024)
64%Gladiator 2 might not be based even a little bit on actual history, but that hasn’t stopped Ridley Scott before! So long as you can accept that this movie is not remotely historical and is just a crazy period action movie, it’s a lot of fun. Years after witnessing the death of Maximus in the ring at the hands of his uncle, Commodus, Lucius (Paul Mescal) has grown into a ferocious man.
But when his family is overthrown and he’s forced into the Colosseum, Lucius digs into his strength to fight through the ring and refuses to give in to the new tyrannical Emperors.
Smile 2 (2024)
66%The Smile horror franchise has taken off like a shot, with the second film already landing on Paramount+ just two short years after the theatrical release of the first one. Smile 2 gets even messier and gorier as global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins to experience increasingly horrifying and unexplainable events.
Believing they’re at least in some part related to the pressures of her tour and her fame, Skye is forced to face a very dark past to regain control of her life. Yet, she’s being haunted by something relentless.
Shudder
Get Away (2024)
56%Nick Frost wrote and stars in this IFC Films horror comedy. Frost plays Richard, the patriarch of a conventional family enjoying a remote island getaway. When they discover they’re sharing the island with a serial killer, the stakes quickly ratchet up.
It’s admittedly low-hanging fruit for Frost, which may explain the poor audience reception, but critics have more or less enjoyed Get Away. Shudder isn’t always rife with genre-bending options like this one, so take advantage while it’s available for a limited time.
Black Cab (2024)
Disney+
Blink (2024)
Beatles '64 (2024)
80%Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
56%Disney+ is now the streaming home to the summer’s two top movies: Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. The third film in the Deadpool series finds Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) living listlessly in civilian life, retired from his days as the mercenary Deadpool.
As tends to happen in these movies, however, the planet soon faces an existential threat, forcing Deadpool to don the suit once again. But this time, he’s looking for reinforcements in the form of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Except this isn’t his Wolverine. Instead, Deadpool has to use Cable’s time travel device to rope in another Wolverine from another timeline.
Inside Out 2 (2024)
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