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Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that’s before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each one!
Don’t be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We’ve got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, animation, and more.
But if you’re seeking something brand spanking new (or new to streaming), we’ve got you covered there, too.
Mashable’s entertainment team has scoured the streaming services to highlight the most buzzed-about releases of this week and ranked them from worst to best — or least worth your time to most watchable. Whether you’re looking for FBI action, a star-studded video game adaptation, a timely animation, or a Star Trek spinoff, we’ve got something just for you.
Here’s what’s new on streaming, from worst to best.
9. The Night Agent Season 2
No longer contained to the FBI basement picking up calls from agents in distress, the consistently awake Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) is now a proper Night Agent in Shawn Ryan’s Netflix series — you don’t save the president in Season 1 and stay behind a desk. Season 2 sends Peter and super-coder Rose (Luciane Buchanan) back into don’t-trust-anyone mode, this time in New York City. After a surveillance op tracking intel leaks goes to shit in Bangkok, Peter’s on the run, trying to track down the people involved in the ambush. Although the hand-to-hand combat is as furious as Season 1, the second series doesn’t feel as fun or unique, bringing nothing new to the genre and little reason to cheer for these trope-fuelled characters. — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor
Starring: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Berto Colon, Michael Malarkey, Keon Alexander, Brittany Snow, Teddy Sears, Navid Negahban, and Rob Heaps
How to watch: The Night Agent Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix.
8. What Drives You
John Cena’s conquered the world of professional wrestling, movie stardom, and game show host. So, why not take a crack at talk show host next? What Drives You is Cena’s spin on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, in which he rolls up to the homes (or studios) of celebrities, checks out their car collections and — while going on a ride in their preferred conveyance — talks life, adversity, and ambition. See, What Drives You is a title both literal and metaphorical.
In the first four episodes released to press, Cena talks with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, pro-wrestlers The Miz and Logan Paul, and rapper Jelly Roll. While Cena has a soft touch as an interviewer, his subjects — perhaps comfortable with his presence or in their rich rides — are happy to share their stories of highs and lows. This makes for an interview series that’s glossy and feel-good, with a lot of revved engines. —Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor
Starring: John Cena, Logan Paul, Travis Barker, The Miz, and Jelly Roll
How to watch: What Drives You is now streaming on Roku.
7. Star Trek: Section 31
An action film starring Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh should be an easy must-see. But regrettably, this Star Trek: Discovery spinoff is a mess of a movie.
Reprising the role of pansexual chaos gremlin Philippa Georgiou, Yeoh headlines a movie that plunges into the former Terran Emperor’s tragic origins. But the story’s main thrust is that Star Fleet’s secretive Section 31 squad wants to recruit her for a mission that could save her new home universe from the conquering old one. Now, while there’s a batch of fun characters in this story, the movie overall feels rushed. We suspect that’s because Section 31 was originally intended as a series, and was potentially retrofitted into a confining feature-length runtime. So, while a lot of big reveals happen, little has time to land. The result is a Star Trek movie that is wildly unwieldy, sometimes fun, but often frustrating. But it goes without saying Yeoh slays in it — literally and figuratively. —K.P.
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Omari Hardwick, Kacey Rohl, Sam Richardson, Sven Ruygrok, Robert Kazinsky, Humberly Gonzalez, and James Hiroyuki Liao
How to watch: Star Trek: Section 31 is now streaming on Paramount+.
6. Prime Target
One Day‘s Leo Woodhall swaps romance for thriller in Prime Target, a new thriller from Sherlock writer Steve Thompson. The series follows a math student and Good Will Hunting-style genius who discovers a new pattern involving prime numbers — only to realise a shadowy group is trying to sabotage him at all costs. This one starts slow, but from the trailer it looks like it’ll quickly turn into a full-blown Bond movie. — Sam Haysom, Deputy UK Editor
Starring: Leo Woodall, Quintessa Swindell, Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee, Joseph Mydell
How to watch: Prime Target is streaming now on Apple TV+.
5. Grafted
The body horror gets turned up to 11 in Sasha Rainbow’s New Zealand-set college slasher with a sci-fi twist. Wei (Joyena Sun), a Chinese student and the daughter of a scientist on the breakthrough of a new skin grafting treatment, travels to New Zealand to stay with her popular cousin Angela (3 Body Problem‘s Jess Hong) while attending the local university. But Wei quickly discovers that even though she’s a bit socially awkward, her path to friendship and her dead father’s research may actually go hand in hand. This one never quite gets to the heart of the deeper issues it hints at, but it’s still a fun watch with plenty of truly icky moments. — S.H.
Starring: Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, Jared Turner, and Eden Hart.
How to watch: Grafted is now streaming on Shudder.
4. Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Teethgate aside, the latest batch of Sonic the Hedgehog films will, to me, be completely fine movies with absolutely and shockingly killer cast performances. Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik is one of his most gloriously ridiculous and underrated roles to date. The second film saw Idris Elba crushing it as Knuckles. And for the third, Keanu Reeves joins the cast as Shadow the Hedgehog.
Directed by Jeff Fowler and written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington, Sonic The Hedgehog 3 sees Ben Schwartz back as Sonic, Colleen O’Shaughnessey voicing Tails again, and Carrey making a triumphant return this time playing both Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik and his grandfather Gerald, Shadow’s creator. That’s a lot of villain firepower.* — S.C.
Starring: Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter
How to watch: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is now available to rent/buy on Prime Video.
3. Sleep
“Someone’s inside.” Two words begin writer/director Jason Yu’s feature debut Sleep, uttered by a slumbering Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) sitting at the end of his bed. This terrifies his wife Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) and is the beginning of a long line of erratic, disturbing behaviour. Is it a sleep disorder or something more sinister? A subtle horror about the anxieties of marriage and new parenthood, Sleep deprives its protagonists of vital rest, instead sending them into a waking nightmare of somnambulism and threat — mainly to the couple’s extremely cute Pomeranian, Pepper, but also, you know, the baby.
Sleep doesn’t reinvent the wheel as a slow-burn, possibly supernatural horror, instead leaning on well-worn markers of the genre — the increasingly shocking events, the enlisting of a medium, the race to discover the truth. However, Lee and Jung give intense performances that make the film feel fresh, while cinematographer Tae-soo Kim and editor Meeyeon Han find unique ways to capture the inside of a small apartment for maximum tension. Both Soo-jin and Hyun-su fear what the other is capable of, with the film pivoting from one parent’s unconscious fears to the other’s over the course of a sharp 90 minutes.* — S.C.
How to watch: Sleep is now streaming on Hulu.
2. Night Call
You ever have one of those days where nothing goes your way? Well, Brussels twentysomething Mady Bala (Jonathan Feltre) would trade your worst day for his. As a locksmith working the night shift, his job is pretty straightforward most times. But when a distress call from a pretty brunette leads him into a skinhead’s apartment, things go from bad to FUBAR in the blink of an eye — or the stab of a screwdriver.
Turns out, a femme fatale lured him unwittingly into a robbery, crossing a vicious kingpin (Romain Duris). To survive the night, Mady will need to find the girl and the money. And this grounded thriller from Michiel Blanchart will drag him through the city’s underbelly — from nightclubs to brothels and beyond — in search of salvation. In my review for Mashable, I cheered, “Blanchart’s first film is as electrifying as it is surprising. An action movie that’s daring, dark, and distinctly wild, Night Call is not to be missed.” —K.P.
Starring: Jonathan Feltre, Natacha Krief, Jonas Bloquet, and Romain Duris
How to watch: Night Call is now available on VOD.
1. The Wild Robot
One of the most buzzed-about animated movies of 2024 is now on Peacock. From Chris Sanders, the co-writer/co-director of Lilo & Stitch and the voice of Stitch, delivers a heartfelt adaptation of Peter Brown’s novel, named for the curious android at its center.
Lupita Nyong’o lends her voice to Roz, a helper droid intended for domesticity but stranded on an island populated only by wild animals, like a cunning fox (The Last of Us‘s Pedro Pascal), a sassy opossum (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘s Catherine O’Hara), and an orphaned gosling (Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor).
In her review out of the film’s Fantastic Fest premiere, Belen Edwards praised the fish-out-of-water story as well as the visual splendor Sanders paints. She writes, “Pristine forests and tidal pools bloom to life on screen, their blue and green hues a sharp contrast to Roz’s metal-gray plating and blinking lights. Flocks of geese take flight in a dazzling airborne montage. Roz’s bright lights slash through a driving snowstorm. Each image is a marvelous snapshot on its own. But together, they create something wholly incredible, making The Wild Robot an unforgettable viewing experience and a perfect capstone to celebrate DreamWorks’ 30th anniversary.”
Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames
How to watch: The Wild Robot is now streaming on Peacock.
* denotes that this blurb appeared in a previous Mashable list.
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