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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. Obsession (Peacock)
It’s been the little movie that could of 2026. Hardcore horror-heads already knew Curry Barker from his viral 2024 short Milk and Serial, but the runaway success of his debut feature has placed him on a Zach Cregger-like trajectory. A lonely music-store employee (Michael Johnston) uses a wish-granting toy to make his crush (Inde Navarrette, a major find) fall in love with him – a gambit that ends up working a bit too well. Read Time Out’s review.
Watch Obsession now on Peacock
2. Mile End Kicks (Netflix)
Calling writer-director Chandler Levack’s romcom ‘the indie-rock Almost Famous’ might be overstating things, but ‘a millennial Reality Bites’ hits the mark, as Barbie Ferreira’s aspiring rock critic relocates to the hipster hotbed of Montreal in summer 2011 and falls into a love triangle with two members of the same band. No matter your generation or music taste, you’ll recognise the twentysomething urge to make terrible decisions. It’s one of the year’s most delightful surprises.
Watch Mile End Kicks now on Netflix
3. Is God Is (MGM+)
In a year of impressive debut features, Aleasha Harris’s stylish revenge thriller flew a bit under the radar, but everyone who managed to see it came away with their wigs blown back. Two twins, left terribly disfigured by a fire, embark on a mission to fulfill their mother’s dying wish: kill their abusive father. It’s a unique, high-energy blend of genres ranging from horror to comedy to westerns. If you missed it in theaters, catch up now, because Harris is a name you’ll be hearing much more from in the future.
4. Exit 8 (Shudder)
A sparse, small-scale mindbender, director Genki Kawamura’s high-concept horror-thriller makes for a natural companion to Backrooms in its exploration of liminal spaces and the fear of getting lost – and losing yourself. A young man (Kazunari Ninomiya) steps off a subway train and finds himself trapped in a maze of endless, white-tiled corridors. Adapting a simple puzzle-solving video game into a hallucinatory stress dream, it’s an effective metaphor for breaking the unchanging infinity-loop of one’s own life. Read Time Out’s review.
5. Heartstopper Forever (Netflix)
Alice Oseman’s tender and uplifting teen love story Heartstopper won raves for its queer themes and sensitive handling of big issues including adolescent sex and mental health. In lieu of a final season, this feature-length finale wraps things up for Nick and Charlie (Kit Connor and Joe Locke) as they stand at the precipice of life beyond high school.
Watch Heartstopper Forever now on Netflix
6. Marc By Sofia (HBO Max)
Who better to profile Marc Jacobs than Sofia Coppola? In her first documentary, the always-fashionable filmmaker gives the iconoclastic fashion designer’s life and career a hagiographic treatment that’s free of conflict or controversy. Nonetheless, it’s an absorbing exploration of Jacobs’ creative process, rendered with appropriately chic style.
Watch Marc By Sofia now on HBO Max
7. Cold Storage (MGM+)
Frequently Spielberg screenwriter David Koepp (Disclosure Day, Jurassic Park) adapts his own novel into a goofy, gloopy sci-fi horror comedy. When a parasitic government bioweapon escapes from a storage facility, it’s up to two employees (Stranger Things’ Joe Keery and Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell) – plus Liam Neeson as a Pentagon operative – to save the world. An unabashed B-movie tribute harking back to the likes of Slither and Tremors, it’s wild, winky fun. Read Time Out’s review.
Watch Cold Storage now on MGM+
8. Miroirs No 3 (MUBI)
German filmmaker Christian Petzold does Vertigo as a family drama. After miraculously walking away from a car accident on a country road that kills her boyfriend, Laura (frequent Petzold actor Paula Beer) is taken in by the older lady (Barbara Auer) who lives next door. While their friendship blossoms, it soon becomes clear that each is filling a void for the other – in ways that are not entirely healthy. While the ‘twist’ is easy to call, the film remains elusive, making for a uniquely spellbinding viewing experience. Read Time Out’s review.