Streaming services offer a ton of content, but finding new releases isn’t always easy. Thankfully, we’ve rounded up the best films to add to your weekly queue.
Theaters may have reopened, but it’s streaming platforms that are leading the way in movies this year. Netflix has committed itself to releasing a new original film every week in 2021 while HBO Max is releasing Warner Bros.’ entire 2021 theatrical slate as soon as the movies hit theaters. With so much coming and going on the major streamers every week, it’s hard to stay on top of what’s new and what’s worth your time. Between intriguing originals and can’t-miss classics, we’re keeping an eye on the best new movies to stream each week on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO. This list will help you keep up to date every week! We also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, and the best movies on HBO. What happens when a meticulously planned three-person mission to Mars reaches space, only to discover that an unplanned passenger has stowed away for the trip? Turns out, a whole lot, and none of it good. Stowaway takes a serious look at a common comic conceit when a stowaway threatens the lives of everyone on board simply by being present. Suddenly faced with an impossible choice, the crew must decide how to handle the mission. Watch on Netflix This gothic horror from Guillermo del Toro may not be for everyone, but if you’re into fantasy and horror, you’ll probably enjoy it. After marrying the charming and seductive Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), Edith (Mia Wasikowska) is swept away to Sharpe’s remote mansion in the English hills. Thomas’ sister, Lady Lucille (Jessica Chastain), also lives there, standing guard over her family’s dark secrets. But Edith has a secret of her own. Able to communicate with the dead, Edith works to decipher the mystery behind the ghostly visions that haunt her new home. Watch on Netflix Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is a cerebral examination of Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), a troubled, boozy drifter who is struggling with the trauma of World War II and the demons that have previously ruled his life. One night in 1950, Freddie meets Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the charismatic leader of a religious movement called The Cause. Freddie works tirelessly to adhere to Dodd’s teachings and forms a close bond with his mentor, but other members of Dodd’s inner circle see him as a threat. Watch on Netflix Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer star in this superhero send-up about two childhood best friends who reunite as adults to form a crime-fighting superhero duo when one of them invents a formula that gives normal people superpowers. Now, suddenly imbued with great power, will they also show great responsibility? Watch on Netflix Caleb McLaughlin ( Stranger Things) and Idris Elba star in this coming-of-age drama about the Fletcher Street Cowboys, a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys. Cole (McLaughlin) is a rebellious teen who continues to stray from the straight-and-narrow, so he’s sent to live with his estranged father for the summer. It just so happens that his father keeps a horse in the house and is an urban cowboy. Watch on Netflix You don’t have to love baseball to fall into the blissful nostalgia of The Sandlot, one of the great movies about childhood summers. It’s a classic story about a new kid in town who joins a group of neighborhood kids down at the local sandlot and, in between trips to the community pool and theater, learns just about everything a kid needs to know about America’s pastime. Especially the most important rule, when it comes to hitting a home run into the backyard of the neighborhood monster, Hercules: You hit it, you get it. Watch on Hulu From “Vote for Pedro” to “Get yourself a dang quesadilla” to one of the worst/best dance routines in cinema history, Napoleon Dynamite is one of the most weirdly memorable films of the 21st century.
