The best new movies to watch at home this weekend, including blockbuster Bollywood hit Pathaan, Knock at the Cabin, Netflix’s Furies, Nope, Top Gun: Maverick, and more to stream at home.
Good news, Polygon readers. This week is one of the most jam-packed for new releases available to watch at home so far this year. And there’s a little bit for everybody.
Right out of the gate, M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic Dave Bautista vehicle Knock at the Cabin makes its streaming debut on Peacock. It’s one of our favorite movies of 2023, and one of the scariest horror movies of the year, too.
That’s far from all — two of 2022’s best movies also make their way to streaming platforms. The animated fantasy drama Inu-Oh, from the legendary director Masaaki Yuasa, lands on Hulu, and Jordan Peele’s exemplary Nope moves from Peacock to Prime Video.
That’s not it, especially for action fans. Global mega star Shah Rukh Khan returns to the screens with his big-budget action epic Pathaan, the fourth installment in the YRF Spy Universe, now on Prime. Veronica Ngo takes the reins of the Furie franchise with the sequel Furies, out on Netflix. And Guy Ritchie’s latest Jason Statham collaboration, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, arrives on VOD.
Let’s get into it.New on NetflixFuries
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Action-thriller
Run time: 1h 49m
Director: Veronica Ngo
Cast: Veronica Ngo, Song Luan, Thuan Nguyen
I’m on the record as being a big fan of 2019’s Furie, a martial arts revenge thriller that broke box-office records in Vietnam and cemented star Veronica Ngo and director Le-Van Kiet (who went on to direct The Princess) as talents to watch.
It’s four years later, and Ngo has been handed the keys to the franchise. She’s now behind the camera (as well as in front of it) in this brutal twist on a Charlie’s Angels-like story.
Set in 1990s Saigon, Furies follows three traumatized young women who are recruited by a gangster (Ngo) to form a kickass team of crimefighting avengers. With slick fight scenes and a cityscape equally soaked by neon and blood, there’s plenty to like about the prequel. It ultimately did not land in the same way Furie did for me, but I’m fully convinced of Ngo’s ability as a director and movie star, and hope she gets a blank check to make whatever she wants next. A word of caution: Furies includes multiple explicit scenes of sexual assault.New on HuluInu-Oh
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Genre: Historical fantasy musical
Run time: 1h 38m
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Cast: Avu-chan, Mirai Moriyama
Masaaki Yuasa’s animated musical follows the masked vagrant Inu-Oh who, after crossing paths with a blind biwa-playing musician named Tomona, finds himself overwhelmed by his compulsion to dance.
