The best new movies to stream this weekend (May 1)

Streaming ain’t easy. Sure, if you’re a cinephile, practically every movie you could ever want to watch is at your fingertips. But therein lies the problem: knowing 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 new movies available to watch right now. Here are the four must-watch movies hitting streaming services this weekend. 

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1. “Wuthering Heights” (HBO Max)

Emerald Fennell was already one of the most polarising young filmmakers before she decided to adapt one of the most beloved Victorian novels of all-time. She changed enough details to irk purists – hence the quotation marks – but it’s still a rather hot, horny (if ultimately pretty empty) take. Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie are the toxic lovers at the story’s center, with a soundtrack by Charli XCX. Read Time Out’s review.

Watch “Wuthering Heights” now on HBO Max

2. Swapped (Netflix)

Who could’ve predicted that Michael B Jordan’s first post-Sinners project would be voicing a woodland creature who swaps bodies with the winged predator who wants to eat him? All right, so it’s probably just a scheduling thing, but it’s still weird optics to go from a major Oscar win to a Netflix animated movie. Word is, though, that it’s sweetly empathetic – and it has Tracy Morgan doing Tracy Jordan as a fish, which sounds promising.

Watch Swapped now on Netflix

3. Heresy (Shudder)

In this Dutch folk-horror chiller, a woman in a medieval village finds her faith tested by supernatural entities lurking in the surrounding woods. It sounds exceedingly The Witch-coded, but looks properly atmospheric and goosebump-raising.

Watch Heresy now on Shudder

4. Hallow Road (Hulu)

Matthew Rhys and Rosamund Pike give appropriately harried performances in this psychological thriller as parents speeding to help their daughter with a roadside emergency – she’s struck a pedestrian on an isolated stretch of highway. As they race to the scene, with the kid on the phone in a panic, it becomes clear she’s not alone. 

Watch Hallow Road now on Hulu