Each week at Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases on streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies you can watch at home.
This week, Flash twicethe new psychological horror film by actress and director Zoë Kravitz, is available for purchase and rental on VOD following its cinema premiere last month. There is also the horror thriller cuckoostarring Hunter Schafer, which is also available to rent and buy on VOD. If neither of those interests you, don’t worry; there are plenty of other new releases to stream this week, like Jane Schoenbrun’s I saw the TV light up about Max, Luca Guadagnino challengerthe Norwegian horror mystery Dealing with the undead on Hulu and more!
Here’s everything new to see this weekend!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: drama
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Pour: Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen
This family drama follows three estranged sisters who are reunited during their ailing father’s final days. The tension between the three is heightened because one of them is not biologically related to the others. Old animosities flare up, but the three must overcome their differences to be able to spend her final moments with their father.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Adventure comedy
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
Director: Mark Dindal
Pour: Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham
It’s Chris Pratt! As Garfield! The lazy orange cat meets his long-lost father Vic again (of all people, Samuel L. Jackson voices him). Together with Odie, Vic and Garfield plan a robbery on a farm to steal a lot of milk and use it to appease the Persian cat crime boss that Vic works for. The film was directed by Mark Dindal, who is best known for his A kingdom for a llama
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Genre: Horror drama
Duration: 1h 37m
Director: Thea Hvistendahl
Pour: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars
There are countless horror films about the resurrection of the dead. None of them is as Dealing with the undeadHowever, based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2005 novel, the film tells the story of three families living in Oslo, all of whose members mysteriously rise from the dead as semi-conscious corpses. How will they deal with this new phenomenon, and is it a second chance to say goodbye… or a curse?
Where to watch: Available to stream on Max
Genre: Psychological horror
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Pour: Judge Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Helena Howard
If you haven’t had the chance to watch Jane Schoenbrun’s critically acclaimed psychological horror drama yet, don’t worry: There’s still time, especially now that the film is available to stream on Max. Justice Smith plays Owen, an isolated teenager who is haunted by a television series called The pink opaque. As the years go by, however, Owen gradually realizes that there is more to the show – and his own reality – than first meets the eye.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video
Genre: Sports drama
Duration: 2h 11m
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Pour: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist
Luca Guadagnino’s sensual sports drama about a love triangle in professional tennis has been making waves in certain circles around the world since its release in late April and is one of the best films of the year. Now you can enjoy it at home.
This script is a terrific three-course meal for Faist and O’Connor. They get to switch roles of top and villain from scene to scene and era to era, as Art and Patrick help and hurt each other in equal measure. But it’s an absolute smorgasbord for Zendaya, who has never had so much scope even in leading roles. Tashi is a delightfully layered character, both rightfully angry at having her ambitions thwarted and cruelly angry at all the men who have the nerve to keep playing the game that was taken from her. She hungers for affection and denies it at the same time, alternately sensually curious and coldly dispassionate, ambitious and jaded, torn and confident. She’s the kind of character that master’s theses in the media world are made of, and unraveling Tashi’s conflicting motives and how she integrates them will likely become a pop culture obsession in the months to come.
Where to watch: Available to stream on AMC Plus
Genre: drama
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes
Director: Nicole Riegel
Pour: KiKi Layne, Thomas Doherty, Melanie Nicholls-King
KiKi Layne (If Beale Street could talk) stars in this musical drama as Dandelion, a struggling singer-songwriter who travels the country giving concerts while yearning for a career breakthrough she fears will never come. After she begins a romance with Casey (Thomas Doherty), a fellow dissatisfied musician, their love proves to be the inadvertent catalyst for Dandelion’s discovery of an authentic artistic voice all her own.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: horror
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes
Director: Tilman Singer
Pour: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick
Hunter Schafer (euphoria) stars in this horror film as Gretchen, a teenager grieving the loss of her mother. After her father and stepmother force her to move to the Bavarian Alps, she is hired to work for Mr. Koenig (Dan Stevens), the owner of the hotel her parents helped build. But Gretchen soon discovers that something far more sinister is going on beneath the surface of this idyllic resort town.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Psychothriller
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes
Director: Zoe Kravitz
Pour: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater
Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut is a psychological thriller about a cocktail waitress named Frida (Naomi Ackie) who is kidnapped by a tech mogul for a lavish party vacation on a private island. But Frida notices something strange happening with the female guests. Interesting fact: The working title of the film was Pussy Island
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Science fiction drama
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes
Director: Bernardo Britto
Pour: Mary Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Carlos Jacott
Omni-Loop Premiering at the 2024 South by Southwest Festival, it’s a sci-fi drama about a Florida woman named Zoya (Mary-Louise Parker) who teams up with a scientist to solve the problem of time travel when a black hole grows in her chest. It’s not just about time travel, but also a time loop and a lot of time confusion as Zoya comes to terms with her life and her regrets.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Science fiction horror
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes
Director: Chris Weitz
Pour: John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu
Remember Smart homethis 1999 science fiction comedy about a fully automated house with the voice of Katey Sagal that goes crazy? Well, imagine if the film was a horror thriller instead and you have the gist of Worriedthe new film by director Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass, The Twilight Saga: New Moon) starring John Cho and Katherine Waterston.
When a happy family decides to try out AIA (Havana Rose Liu), a commercial artificial intelligence designed to help them better organize their home lives, they are extremely pleased with the results – at least until the AI, in its perverse desire to be part of the family, starts psychologically manipulating the family and harming those around them.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Science fiction thriller
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes
Director: Mikael Hafström
Pour: Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham
In this science fiction thriller, Casey Affleck (Manchester by the sea) as John, an astronaut aboard an experimental spacecraft designed for a multi-year mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. When the passengers aboard the ship begin to suspect that the mission has somehow been compromised, John must work with the ship’s captain (Laurence Fishburne) to find a solution and survive.