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    Best Movies to Watch: Your Ultimate Guide to New Releases & Streaming

    Don’t know what to watch? We’ve got your back with the must-see new releases and streaming picks

    Matthew Singer
    Written by Matthew Singer
    Film writer and editor
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    Streaming is hard. That seems like a misnomer, given that practically every movie you could ever want to watch is now a few clicks away. But that’s the issue: knowing precisely what’s out there, and where to find it, can become overwhelming. Here, we’re doing the hard work for you, by cutting through the clutter and getting straight to the best movies available to watch right now and in the near future – not just at home, but in theaters as well. We will update this guide regularly, so you can always find something to watch. Here’s the latest and greatest available right now.

    What to Watch Now: New Movie Releases

    In Cinemas and Theaters This Month

    The Bad Guys 2

    The first Bad Guys didn’t exactly leap into the animation canon, but it apparently did well enough to warrant a sequel. It’s a ‘one last heist’ scenario involving the original gang of anthropomorphic animal thieves and a new all-female crew of criminals led by a raven with the unmistakable voice of Natasha Lyonne. Read our review.

    In theatres now

    The Naked Gun 

    Who knew it was even legal to remake The Naked Gun, let alone make it good, but the Liam Neeson-starring reboot of Zucker, Abrams and Zucker’s splatter-joke classic is already getting rave reviews. Read our review.

    In theatres now

    Together 

    Real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco take codepedency to new levels of literalism in this body horror freak show, which was highly touted coming out of festival season.

    In theatres now

    Freakier Friday

    Lindsay Lohan returns to her second most beloved franchise, along with Jamie Lee Curtis, which begs the question: how many body swaps can a person take? That can’t be good for the internal organs.

    In theatres Aug 8

    Weapons

    Zack Cregger’s followup to Barbarian is the most anticipated horror movie of the year, despite no one knowing much about it. All that’s clear is that it involves a group of missing schoolchildren in a small suburban town - but the teasers have gotten increasingly freaky.

    In theatres Aug 8

    Highest 2 Lowest

    Spike Lee does Akira Kurosawa in this remake of the Japanese master’s social thriller High and Low, starring Denzel Washington as a music mogul whose conscience is tested by an extortion scheme. Read our review.

    In theatres Aug 15

    Nobody 2 

    Bob Odenkirk became an unlikely action star in 2021’s Nobody, playing an assassin turned family man turned assassin again. In the sequel, he’s forced to kick ass while on vacation.

    In theatres Aug 15

    Americana

    There’s something comforting about knowing they still make fake Pulp Fictions. Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser are a waitress and a military vet — guess which is which — tracking down a valuable Native American artifact also coveted by a violent criminal. Halsey and Simon Rex are there, too. 

    In theatres Aug 15

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    Best Movies Streaming Now

    Best New Movies to Watch on Netflix

    Happy Gilmore 2

    Adam Sandler resurrects his best comic character, the eponymous failed hockey goon turned pro golfer, for a comeback that’s ultimately pretty pointless yet welcome all the same.

    Watch Happy Gilmore 2 now on Netflix

    My Oxford Year

    Didn’t get enough of young American women falling in love overseas from Emily in Paris and Too Much? In this romcom, a New Yorker studying at Oxford falls hard for a local, complicating her planned return to the states.

    Watch My Oxford Year now on Netflix

    Fixed

    Sony dips into “adult animation” with this story of a dog’s wild night out before getting neutered. Adam DeVine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, and Fred Armisen supply voices. 

    Watch Fixed on Netflix starting Aug 15

    Night Always Comes

    A woman (Vanessa Kirby) tours the criminal underworld to save her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) from eviction in this thriller, adapted from the book by Oregon-based writer Willy Vlautin (Lean on Pete).


    Watch Night Always Comes on Netflix starting Aug 15 

    Best New Movies to Watch on Hulu

    Bob Trevino Likes It

    A young woman (Barbie Ferreira) forms a bond with a man who shares the same name with her estranged father (John Leguizamo) in this gentle comedy that stays on the sweet side of sentimental.

    Watch Bob Trevino Likes It on Hulu starting Aug 5

    The Monkey

    Oz Perkins follows up the leftfield success of Longlegs with this death-happy lark, adapted from a Stephen King short story, about a toy monkey that unleashes a Final Destination-ish curse on a pair of twin brothers. Read our review.

    Watch The Monkey on Hulu starting Aug 7

    Sharp Corner

    An overlooked gem, this gripping psychological thriller stars Ben Foster as the patriarch of a family that buys a house near a strip of road infamous for car accidents and watches as the literal pile-up of death and destruction outside their doorstep sets the household on the edge of madness.

    Watch Sharp Corner on Hulu starting Aug 12
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    Best New Movies to Watch on HBO Max

    Death of a Unicorn

    A father and a daughter (Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega) hit and kill the mythical creature of the title, incurring all sorts of unintended consequences, up to and including a fairly on-the-nose (horn?) class satire. 

    Watch Death of a Unicorn now on HBO Max


    Final Destination Bloodlines

    The biggest horror movie of the year, in which anonymous pretty young things are killed off in spectacularly complicated fashion. Read our review.

    Watch Final Destination Bloodlines now on HBO Max


    Freaky Tales

    An ‘80s-set, ‘90s-feeling anthology flick, in which four wild stories from the streets of Oakland, California, interconnect in unexpected ways. It might be the one Pedro Pascal movie you haven’t seen yet this year.

    Watch Freaky Tales on HBO Max starting Aug 8


    The Legend of Ochi

    A creature feature straight out of the Amblin ’80s, in which a girl befriends a cute critter she’s been taught to fear.

    Watch The Legend of Ochi on HBO Max starting Aug 15

    Best New Movies to Watch on Peacock

    Drop 

    A widowed mother is tormented by threatening AirDrops while on her first date since the death of her husband. If you liked Trap, there’s no reason you shouldn’t enjoy this similarly silly-yet-fun Blumhouse thriller, a showcase for rising star Meghann Fahy (Netflix’s Sirens).

    Watch Drop now on Peacock

    Borderline

    A pop star and her bodyguard fight off a deranged stalker in this thriller from Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden. 

    Watch Borderline now on Peacock
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    Best New Movies to Watch on Paramount+

    Love Me

    Sort of a live-action Wall-E, this sci-fi two-hander involves a romance between a satellite and a weather buoy, with Steve Yeun and Kristen Stewart as their human avatars. It’s a bit hard to accurately explain, but suffice to say, there are worse choices to carry a high-minded film than those two.

    Watch Love Me now on Paramount+

    Transformers One

    Who needs Megan Fox, Shia LeBeouf and whoever was in the more recent sequels? This animated origin story, going all the way back to the youth of Optimus Prime and Megatron, is arguably better than any of the live-action movies, and boasts an impressive voice cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm.

    Watch Transformers One now on Paramount+ 

    Best New Movies to Watch on Disney+

    SALLY 

    A look at the life and times of pioneering astronaut Sally Ride, featuring insights from her partner, former tennis pro Tam O’Shaughnessy.

    Watch SALLY now on Disney+

    Jaws at 50

    Aside from Apocalypse Now, no other movie production has become part of infamous Hollywood lore like Steven Spielberg’s industry-changing blockbuster. Unfortunately, no one had the foresight to make a documentary about the making of Jaws as it was happening, so this retrospective, marking the film’s 50th anniversary, will have to do.

    Watch Jaws at 50 now on Disney+

    Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful

    The pop star accompanied her new album with this visual accompaniment, a loosely connected series of videos full of uncanny images and spoken-word interludes, centred around the theme of healing. It looks great, if nothing else.

    Watch Something Beautiful now on Disney+

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    Best New Movies to Watch on Prime

    Heads of State

    After finding themselves the target of a global conspiracy, the bickering US President (John Cena) and British Prime Minister (Idris Elba) team up with agents from both MI6 (Priyanka Chopra) and CIA (Jack Quaid) to take out their common enemy. Good, dumb fun, with two guys in Cena and Elba who excel at this kind of winking action-comedy.

    Watch Heads of State now on Prime

    Better Man

    Americans shrugged at this biopic of British pop star Robbie Williams, in which the singer is portrayed by a CGI monkey. It’s their loss – it’s one of the most effective observations of the toxicity of fame to come along in a while.

    Watch Better Man now on Prime 

    The Pickup

    On the one hand, this heist comedy stars Eddie Murphy, Keke Palmer and ex-NFLer Marshawn Lynch, one of the best comic cameos around. On the other hand, it also has Pete Davidson and Andrew Dice Clay in the cast. Is it above-par or merely insane?

    Watch The Pickup on Prime starting Aug 6

    Best New Movies to Watch on Apple TV+

    Bono: Stories of Surrender

    In this adaptation of his one-man live show, the U2 frontman tamps down his messianic stage persona, sharing glimpses into his personal life for an intimate audience in between stripped-down renditions of hits like ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ and ‘Beautiful Day’, backed by classical musicians.

    Watch Bono: Stories of Surrender now on Apple TV+ 

    Echo Valley 

    When her drug-addict daughter (Sydney Sweeney) shows up on her doorstep covered in blood, a Pennsylvania horse trainer (Julianne Moore) goes to great lengths to clean up her mess. Hey, that’s an intriguing twosome – and Domhnall Gleeson looks suitably skeevy as the guy who knows their secret, and has no qualms taking advantage of it.

    Watch Echo Valley now on Apple TV+ 

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    What to Watch By Genre & Mood

    Best Action Movies to Stream Now

    Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

    Tom Cruise jumps back into his flight suit and into the cockpit of an F16 in the blockbuster sequel to the jet-flying, beach-volleyball-playing 1986 classic. It’s the rare reboot to surpass the original.

    Streaming on Paramount+

    Predator (1987)

    Arnold Schwarzenegger battles one ugly mothertrucking alien in the jungles of Central America in the original entry of the long-running action-horror franchise.

    Streaming on Hulu

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

    Ay-yi-yi-yi! Waoooo waooo waoooooooooo! Need we say more?

    Streaming on MGM+

    See Time Out’s full list of the Best Action Movies of All-Time

    Best Comedy Movies to Stream Now

    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

    Maybe we shouldn’t be so surprised the Naked Gun remake is so successful, considering Akiva Schaffer also directed this insanely funny satire that plays like This Is Spinal Tap on Adderrall.

    Streaming on Netflix

    Toy Story (1995)

    See how Woody the Cowboy and Buzz Lightyear went from enemies to friend-in-me’s in Pixar’s animated game-changer.

    Streaming on Disney+

    The Big Lebowski (1998)

    Jeff Bridges gives one of the most iconic comedic performances of all-time in the Coen bros’ seminal existential stoner comedy as Jeffrey ‘the Dude’ Lebowski, a ‘60s holdover who won’t even let a dangerous case of mistaken identity wreck his chill.

    Streaming on Peacock

    See Time Out’s full list of the Best Comedy Movies of All-Time

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    Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies to Stream Now

    Sunshine (2007)

    A crew of A-listers, including Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne and Michelle Yeoh, are dispatched to reignite a dying sun in this contemplative sci-fi drama from 28 Years Later writer-director tandem Alex Garland and Danny Boyle.

    Streaming on Hulu

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

    A groundbreaker in several ways, Robert Zemeckis’s truly looney half-’toon, half-live action comedy sendup presents an alternate-dimension vision of Golden Age Hollywood, one where 2D stars like Bugs Bunny walk off the screen and commingle with their flesh-and-blood peers.

    Streaming on Disney+

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

    A rare example of a remake exceeding the original, which injects this classic sci-fi terrifier about a clandestine alien invasion with plenty of post-Watergate paranoia.

    Streaming on Max

    See Time Out’s full list of the Best Science Fiction Movies of All-Time

    See Time Out's full list of the Best Space Movies of All-Time

    See Time Out's full list of the Best Fantasy Movies of All-Time

    Best Horror Movies to Stream Now

    Jaws (1975)

    A shark terrorizes a New England beach town. Perhaps you’ve heard of it?

    Streaming on Netflix

    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

    It’s an odd thing to say about a movie centred around a chainsaw-wielding monster who wears a mask made out of a woman’s skin, but the most striking thing about Tobe Hooper’s foundational horror classic is its restraint. It might not be as gory as the title implies, but it’s damn sure as scary.

    Streaming on Peacock

    Saint Maud (2020)

    Love Lies Bleeding’s Rose Glass made a smashing debut with this disturbing tale of religious mania, starring Morfydd Clark as a live-in nurse desperate to save the soul of the spiky ex-dancer she’s taken under her care.

    Streaming on Prime

    See Time Out’s full list of the Best Horror Movies of All-Time

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    Best Date Night Movies to Stream Now

    A Star Is Born (2018)

    Did the world really need another remake of A Star is Born? Bradley Cooper seemed to think so, and we’re glad he did, because his duet with Lady Gaga might be the best one yet.

    Streaming on Netflix

    In the Mood for Love (2000)

    A pair of cuckolds (Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, both luminescent) find themselves drawn together in the aftermath of their spouses’ infidelity in Wong Kar-wai’s masterpiece of quiet longing.

    Streaming on HBO Max

    Working Girl (1988)

    Melanie Griffith is an all-time charmer in Mike Nichols’ fizzy corporate comedy about a secretary at a brokerage firm working her way up the corporate ladder - and into the arms of her handsome coworker, Harrison Ford.

    Streaming on Hulu

    See Time Out’s full list of the Best Romantic Movies of All-Time

    See Time Out’s full list of the Best Romantic Comedies of All-Time

    Best Family Movies to Stream Now

    The Wild Robot (2024)

    After a storm capsizes a shipping vessel, an artificially intelligent robot washes ashore on an island in the Pacific Northwest and puts its service capabilities to use helping the local wildlife. A visual and emotional stunner, it recalls the glory days of Pixar. 

    Streaming on Netflix

    Encanto (2022)

    With a record-breaking soundtrack by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this story of a super-powered, multi-generational Colombian family borrows from the magical realist literary traditions of Gabriel García Márquez to explore the importance of familial bonds and staying true to yourself.

    Streaming on Disney+

    Flow (2025)

    An anonymous cat must work together with several other animals to survive a flood in this wordless wonder from Latvia, which upset several major studios at the Oscars to take home the Best Animated Feature prize.

    Streaming on Max and Hulu

    See Time Out’s full list of the Best Family Movies of All-Time

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