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It’s almost the weekend and that means it’s time for another list of the best new movies and TV shows on streaming. This list is here to help you plan out an exciting couple of days viewing across some of the best streaming services.
The return of Euphoria for its third (and likely final) season is the biggest news this week, but there’s also some choice film selections, the season finale of The Pitt, and loads more to choose from this week.
New movies
HIM (Netflix)
Available: US
Watch now: Netflix
This satirical horror was produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions. It follows Cam Cade (Tyriq Withers), a rising star football player who is offered the chance to be mentored by his childhood hero, quarterback Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans), at a remote compound in the desert. He eagerly accepts, but White’s training regimen is… extreme, and it’s not long before things take a deeply sinister turn. How far will Cam go to be the G.O.A.T.?
HIM didn’t make much of a splash when it was released last year, but there’s a lot to enjoy in Justin Tipping’s film, including some super-stylish direction and a deadpan sense of humor.
Watch HIM.
The Hunger Games saga (Hulu)
Available: US
Watch now: Hulu
There’s a brand new Hunger Games movie headed our way at the end of the year. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is a prequel that takes us back in time to find out the backstory of Haymitch Abernathy and the infamously bloody Second Quarter Quell. Before that, you can catch up on the whole series so far, with all five films coming back to Hulu.
The first two films (The Hunger Games and Catching Fire) remain excellent movies – smart and exciting thrillers with a strong current of political commentary. The two-part Mockingjay brings the series to a slightly muddled conclusion, but you’ll need to see how it all ends. Finally, 2023’s The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a pretty solid prequel, which reveals the tragedy behind the franchise’s villain, Coriolanus Snow.
Watch The Hunger Games.
Halloween Ends (Netflix)
Available: US
Watch now: Netflix
A slightly complicated recommendation this, because the final chapter in David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy is more “interesting” than “great”. Still, if you have a fondness for this franchise then it’s worth a watch and the way it wraps up the saga is fascinatingly unexpected. It’s three years after serial killer Michael Myers’ most recent rampage. Young Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) is an outcast in Haddonfield, following a fatal accident. Isolated and losing his grip on reality, he develops an unhealthy obsession with Myers.
Moving the focus off an iconic villain (who is largely lurking in the background) and on to a new character was certainly a bold choice and one that doesn’t entire work, but there’s an evocative, Twin Peaks-y atmosphere to the film that feels fresh for this franchise.
Watch Halloween Ends.
New TV shows
The Pitt season 2 finale (HBO Max)
Available: US/UK
Watch now: HBO Max
The second season of the mega-hit medical drama reaches its conclusion this week. The Pitt season 2 has seen Robby (Noah Wyle) sliding further into burnout and questioning his future as a doctor. Meanwhile a disaster at a waterslide has flooded the hospital with new patients, and ICE agents are complicating matters further. It’s another chaotic day at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.
The Pitt continues to be the most intense show on TV, with one disaster after another for the hospital’s poor, beleaguered staff. It’s an incredibly addictive show and this season finale looks like it could be a major turning point for the show.
Watch The Pitt.
Euphoria season 3 (HBO Max)
Available: US/UK
Watch now: HBO Max
The third and very probably final season of the buzzy teen drama is now streaming on HBO Max. Season 2 ended with Rue (Zendaya) finding sobriety. Cut to five years later and things have not gone according to plan. Rue is now working as a drug mule for Laurie (Martha Kelley) and while things seem like they might be looking up for Nate (Jacob Elordi) and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), who are now engaged, everyone is grappling with their own problems now that high school is over.
Euphoria has blown up in ways that few would predict, with Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and Jacob Elordi all becoming a-list movie stars. Season 3 looks like another rollercoaster ride of emotional highs and lows.
Watch Euphoria.
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord (Disney Plus)
Available: US/UK
Watch now: Disney Plus
Four episodes of this darker take on Star Wars are now available to stream. Maul is trying to build his criminal empire in the wake of the Clone Wars, while also hunting down the allies who have betrayed him. Meanwhile the former Sith is also planning to train a new new apprentice, Devon Izara (Gideon Adlon), a Jedi who is on the run following the Empire’s Order 66, and very susceptible to Maul’s evil influence.
Maul – Shadow Lord has been a solid hit for Disney. It’s fascinating seeing a Wars show so fully from the perspective of a character who is still very much a villain – just a slightly more relatable one than the enemies he’s battling.
Watch Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord.
Looking for something else to watch? Check out our list of the best Netflix movies or the best movies on Disney Plus.