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 five must-watch movies hitting streaming services this weekend.
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1. Left Handed Girl (Netflix)
Anora’s Sean Baker co-wrote this lovely-looking family drama and coming-of-age story with director Shih-Ching Tsou, his collaborator on 2004’s Take Out. It focuses on a single mother and her two daughters, who relocate from rural Taiwan to Taipei to open a restaurant in a bustling night market. Shot entirely on an iPhone like Baker’s 2015 breakthrough Tangerine, it looks to have an up-close intimacy, with a warm and human centre. Read Time Out’s review.
Watch Left Handed Girl now on Netflix
2. The Ugly Stepsister (Hulu)
Originating on Shudder, this Norwegian twist on Cinderella has a simple but grabby elevator pitch: costume-drama body horror. In this take, the focus flips to the titular ‘ugly’ stepsister, here named Elvira, who dreams of marrying her own Prince Charming – and goes to grotesque, gut-churning lengths to make herself worthy of his attraction. A great starting idea, if nothing else.
Watch The Ugly Stepsister now on Hulu
3. The Bad Guys 2 (Peacock)
The first Bad Guys was a crazy-fun, kid-friendly homage to Quentin Tarantino, Ocean’s 11 and other, decidedly not kid-friendly influences, but it apparently did well enough with the target demographic 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 Time Out’s review.
Watch The Bad Guys 2 now on Peacock
4. Flight Risk (HBO Max)
Mel Gibson – yes, that Mel Gibson – directs this ridiculous action-thriller starring Mark Wahlberg (in a hilarious bald cap) as a pilot flying Topher Grace’s mob informant and a US Marshal across the Alaskan wilderness to New York, where the former is scheduled to testify against his employers. Would you guess something goes wrong during transport? When it comes to exhilarating genre shlock, Gibson is no Jaume Collet-Serra, but there’s still some dumb fun to be had here.
Watch Flight Risk now on HBO Max
5. Bride Hard (Hulu)
Rebel Wilson is a secret agent who must fend off terrorists who invade her best friend’s wedding in this action comedy. It didn’t get the best reviews, to put it lightly, but if you’re looking to turn off your brain and laugh intermittently while scrolling your phone, better to do it with this than, say, Train Dreams, right? Look, we’re trying here!