Streaming services have taken over as one of the best ways to catch the latest movies. Whether they’re making a stop in theaters before rolling out digital rentals or they launch as first-run originals from the likes of Netflix, Apple TV, or HBO; we’re rounding up the best titles so you’re not left in the dark — until it’s time to start the film, that is. Check back each week (usually on Friday) to see the latest additions for movies that are now available to stream, the latest theatrical releases, and movies coming next week.
New This Week — March 1
Anyone But You
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: February 28 | Dec 22, 2023 (theater)
Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, Michelle Hurd, Bryan Brown, Darren Barnet, Hadley Robinson, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths
After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold – until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
Mean Girls
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: February 28 | January 12 (theater)
Cast: Reneé Rapp, Angourie Rice, Avantika Vandanapu, Bebe Wood, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Christopher Briney, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows
New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called ‘The Plastics,’ ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis and Damian, she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.
Code 8 Part II
Genre: Science Fiction, Action
Release Date: February 28 (Netflix)
Cast: Stephen Amell, Robbie Amell, Alex Mallari Jr., Sirena Gulamgaus, Jean Yoon, Aaron Abrams, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Natalie Liconti, Jane Moffat
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
Lisa Frankenstein
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Release Date: March 1 | Feb 9 (theater)
Cast: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest, Jenna Davis, Joshua Montes, Bryce Romero
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.
Poor Things
Genre: Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
Release Date: February 28 | Dec 8, 2023 (wide), Sep 8 (festival) (theater)
Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott, Damien Bonnard, Kathryn Hunter
Bella Baxter is brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
Scrambled
Genre: Comedy
February 2 (theater)
Cast: Leah McKendrick, Ego Nwodim, Andrew Santino, Adam Rodriguez, Laura Cerón, Clancy Brown, Yvonne Strahovski, June Diane Raphael, Brett Dier
When a doctor visit reveals her fertility may be in jeopardy, thirty-something Nellie Robinson stares down the barrel of a future without options and decides to freeze her eggs.
Fourth of July
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release Date: March 1, 2024 | July 1, 2022 (limited) (theater)
Cast: Joe List, Sarah Tollemache, Paula Plum, Robert Walsh, Tara Pacheco, Robert Kelly, Richard O’Rourke, Dorothy Dwyer, Nick Di Paolo
A recovering alcoholic and jazz pianist in NYC confronts his acerbic family during their annual Fourth of July vacation.
The Sweet East
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release Date: February 27, 2024 | December 8 (LA/NY) (theater)
Cast: Talia Ryder, Simon Rex, Jacob Elordi, Jeremy O. Harris, Ayo Edebiri, Rish Shah, Jamie Granato, Earl Cave, Andy Milonakis
A picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina.
Spaceman
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Release Date: March 1
Cast: Adam Sandler, Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan, Isabella Rossellini, Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin, Sinéad Phelps, Petr Pánek, Marian Roden
During a research mission, an astronaut discovers that his marriage is in trouble. Luckily, he has the help of a mysterious creature hidden in his ship.
The Shift
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller
Release Date: March 1, 2024 | Dec 1, 2023 (theater)
Cast: Sean Astin, Neal McDonough, Elizabeth Tabish, Jason Marsden, Paras Patel, Emily Rose, Nolan North, Kristoffer Polaha, Rose Reid
Kevin travels across worlds to reunite with the love of his life, Molly. When a mysterious individual known only as The Benefactor threatens Kevin’s survival, he fights to return to the world he knows and the woman he loves.
Parallel
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama
Release Date: February 27 | February 23 (limited) (theater)
Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Aldis Hodge, Edwin Hodge
Grief-stricken after the loss of her child, Vanessa takes refuge at a lake house only to be met with an aberration of herself from a parallel universe and realizes the multiverse gates hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever.
Freud’s Last Session
Genre: Drama
Release Date: March 1, 2024 | Dec 22, 2023 (theater)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Orla Brady, David Shields, Tarek Bishara, George Andrew-Clarke
On the eve of the Second World War and the end of his life, Sigmund Freud invites iconic author C.S. Lewis for a debate over the existence of God. Exploring Freud’s unique relationship with his lesbian daughter Anna and Lewis’ unconventional romance with his best friend’s mother, the film interweaves past, present and fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.
Double Down South
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: March 1 | January 19 (limited) (theater)
Cast: Kim Coates, Lili Simmons, Igby Rigney, Tom Bower, Justin Marcel McManus, Rebecca Lines, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Jeff Trachta, Jon Levine
In a world of illegal, high-stakes gambling, Nick owns a run-down plantation house. He is enamored with the smart, tough and charming ace Diana’s intent to win big and is determined to stake her.
A Nashville Wish
Genre: Romance, Drama, Music
Release Date: February 27
Cast: Maxfield Camp, Kaileigh Bullard, Alexis Gomez, Waylon Payne, Lee Greenwood, Fletcher Olson, Molly Malady, Kevin Sizemore, Kourtney Hansen
A country music singer dreams of dating a popular cheerleader and going to Nashville, Tenn., to become a star. As fate would have it, his career takes off at the same time as their relationship, but she doesn’t share his love of music.
The Zone of Interest
Genre: Drama, War
Release Date: February 28 | Jan 19 (limited), Jan 26 (nationwide), Dec 6 and 15, 2023 (very limited) (theater)
Cast: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Medusa Knopf, Daniel Holzberg, Ralph Herforth, Maximilian Beck, Sascha Maaz, Wolfgang Lampl, Johann Karthaus
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Memory
Genre: Drama
Release Date: March 1, 2024 | Dec 22, 2023 (theater)
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Merritt Wever, Josh Charles, Elsie Fisher, Jessica Harper, Blake Baumgartner, Rand Faris, Davis Duffield
Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.
Demise
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: February 27
Cast: Carlo Mendez, Liz Fenning, Crystal Hernandez, Morris Jude, Richard Rivera, Lucy Serrano, Caitlin Rose Williams, Maralyn Facey, Ottavio Taddei
Latino landscaper, Caleb Castillo, leads a double life. He is entangled in a steamy affair with rising fashion star, Fiona Hernandez, while simultaneously devoted to his beautiful wife, Celine. Celine wants a child with Caleb more than anything in the world. As Fiona’s patience wears thin with Caleb’s promises to leave his wife, Celine discovers Caleb’s infidelity; they break up. Caleb and Fiona begin to forge a new life together, but Celine becomes obsessed with reclaiming what she believes is rightfully hers, including Caleb’s newborn son, Brody. It appears that she may just succeed. But just when Celine thinks she has achieved her devious goals.
The Promised Land
Genre: History, Drama [Danish]
Release Date: March 1 | February 2 (theater)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Morten Hee Andersen, Magnus Krepper, Søren Malling
Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen’s fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life…?
Occupied City
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: March 1, 2024 | Dec 25, 2023 (theater)
Cast: Melanie Hyams
A door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts Amsterdam, and a journey through the last years of pandemic and protest.
Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Release Date: February 27 (Peacock)
Cast: Matthew Holloway, Eva Pacohuanaco, Ricardo Flores, Adeli Abad Marchena, Juan Callan, Claire Fierman, John Q. Kelly
This documentary delves into Joran van der Sloot’s lifelong pattern of violence and pathological lying through rare interviews and new insights years after he brutally murdered American Natalee Holloway and Peruvian Stephany Flores.
