The Best New Movies to Stream This Week

Looking to settle in with a good movie? Me too. That’s why I’ve pored over release schedules to bring you the best original and new-to-streaming movies you can watch on Netflix, Prime, Max, Hulu, and other streaming platforms this week.

Between the Temples (2024)

This quirky screwball comedy casts Jason Schwartzman as a grieving cantor and Carol Kane as his former music teacher. She wants to have an adult bat mitzvah; he wants his voice back; so you know they’re going to form an unusual bond. As film critic Isaac Feldberg puts it, Between the Temples “revels in capturing the alchemical, off-kilter chaos of oddballs in proximity.” Sign me up!

Where to stream: Netflix

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

In Judas and the Black Messiah, Daniel Kaluuya turns in a mesmerizing performance as Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party. LaKeith Stanfield plays William O’Neal, aka Judas, an informant who has Hampton in his crosshairs because the FBI is dangling a pardon in front of him. Based on a true story, Judas and the Black Messiah has a 96% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and a 95% “fresh” rating from viewers, so if you haven’t seen it, now’s your chance.

Where to stream: Paramount+

ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chief’s Clothing

You don’t have to be a football fan to watch documentary ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chief’s Clothing. It’s not about the team; it’s about their biggest fan, Xaviar Babudar. Babudar’s character, ChiefsAholic, was fan-famous for showing up at every Chief’s game in a wolf costume. But NFL tickets aren’t cheap, and it turns out that the “-aholic” part of ChiefsAholic wasn’t a lie. Dude was robbing banks to pay for his Chiefs addiction—and his gambling addiction.

Where to stream: Prime

Last week’s picks

Juror #2

Directed by 94-year-old icon Clint Eastwood and starring Tony Collette, J.K Simmons, Chris Messina, Kiefer Sutherland, and Nicholas Hoult, Juror #2 is a legal drama exploring justice and personal responsibility. Hoult plays Justin Kemp, an everyman serving on the jury of high-profile murder case. When Kemp realizes he might have personal knowledge of the crime, he must decide whether he’ll try to sway the rest of the jury. This movie is getting extremely good reviews from critics.

Where to stream: Max

Blink

Directed by Oscar winners Edmund Stenson and Daniel Roher, Blink is a family-friendly documentary about the Lemay-Pelletier family of Montreal. After three of their four children are diagnosed with incurable, degenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa, their parents take them on a trip around the world to see the most beautiful and majestic things on Earth before their vision disappears forever.

Where to stream: Hulu

The Six Triple Eight

Tyler Perry gets historical in The Six Triple Eight, a movie detailing World War II’s only Women’s Army Corps unit of color, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. Their job during the war was sorting through a backlog of millions of pieces of mail addressed to American soldiers. Kerry Washington plays Captain Charity Adams who heads up a division of 855 women who help defeat Hitler by making sure letters get to their intended recipients. Because you can’t win a war with low morale.

Where to stream: Netflix