A model new yr is right here, which suggests there is a host of new movies and TV exhibits to sit up for. To kick-start your 2026, the world’s best streaming services are rolling out a medley of recent releases that ought to assist you to cling on to that vacation bubble for just a bit longer.
From the epic conclusion of one of many most-watched TV exhibits of all time to the streaming debut of two current movies from 2025, there’s lots to peruse within the listing beneath, that are all however assured to maintain you entertained over the weekend. Now, go get your first watchlist of the yr prepared! – Amelia Schwanke, senior leisure ed
Stranger Things season 5 finale (Netflix)
One of TV’s biggest showdowns is finally here! The eighth and final episode of Stranger Things season 5 landed on Netflix on the finish of 2025. If you didn’t catch the two-hour finale, titled ‘The Rightside Up’, during its limited theatrical run in the US and Canada this week, there’s no higher time to stream it, particularly now that Netflix’s servers are rather less overloaded.
The Duffer Brothers have rolled the cube on their ’80s monster fever dream for one final time, bringing an emotional 10-year journey to a detailed for considered one of Netflix’s most-watched and most talked about exhibits. There’s lots to wrap up within the finale, too. From stopping Vecna to confronting the Mind Flayer as soon as and for all, the Hawkins heroes have every thing using on the ultimate combat. – AS
Run Away (Netflix)
We’re only some days into 2026 and Harlan Coben’s Run Away has unleashed a storyline so unhinged, it may very well be an all-time for Netflix crime dramas. Simon (James Nesbitt) is desperately trying to find his runaway daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) after she leaves dwelling for her abusive, drug-addicted boyfriend, Aaron (Thomas Flynn).
When Aaron turns up lifeless, Simon is the primary suspect. Going in opposition to the police, his household and his higher conscience to search out Paige, he discovers excess of he ever bargained for. You’ll must droop any ounce of perception you might have in your physique, nevertheless it’ll be value it.
I used to be giddy your complete manner by watching it, and it is secure to say that I’ve by no means loved following a grisly homicide extra. Ruth Jones must be forged in additional critical dramas, however the star of the present is the series ending, which I’d always remember. – Jasmine Valentine, leisure reporter
Barron’s Cove (Paramount+)
Severance followers, do you want extra Tramell Tillman in your life? Of course you do, which is why it is best to watch Barron’s Cove this weekend. He joins a terrific forged on this thriller film, alongside Garrett Hedlund, Hamish Linklater and Brittany Snow.
The Paramount+ thriller film follows a person who kidnaps a younger boy after his son’s loss of life is dominated a suicide and no justice is completed. The boy, a classmate of his late son, is taken to a distant lake home, the place the person interrogates him about his son’s disappearance.
It’s actual bleak, fringe of your seat stuff and whereas the critics are divided, the premise is intriguing, which suggests you would possibly get a kick out of this nail-biting thriller. – Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
Together (Hulu)
Real life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco lead the forged of this unmissable body horror movie, which explores codependency in a critically chilling manner. They play Tim and Millie, a pair who transfer to the countryside the place they start to expertise disturbing occasions as their our bodies begin to turn out to be caught collectively.
There’s some critically cringe-inducing moments right here and I imply that in the very best manner. While it doesn’t go fairly as onerous on the gore because it might’ve, there’s loads of glorious particular results and moments which are very uncomfortable to sit down by.
Together is extensively thought to be considered one of 2025’s best horror movies, with a glowing 90% Rotten Tomatoes score. It’s effectively value your time this weekend. – LB
The Cult of the Real Housewife (HBO Max)
TLC’S new investigative docuseries investigates The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby and her Faith Temple Pentecostal Church. With allegations of religious and monetary misconduct surrounding each Cosby and the church itself, there’s lots to uncover on this three-part collection that is now streaming on HBO Max.
Throughout the episodes, the collection paperwork the church’s historical past due to investigative journalists and bloggers who’ve been monitoring the story from the start. It additionally encompasses a main cult knowledgeable to supply perception into mind-control cults, and it sounds prefer it’s going to be a binge worthy one this weekend.
I’ve been gripped by TLC packages for years and I’m positive this one will probably be no exception. – LB
Cheetahs Up Close with Bertie Gregory (Disney+/Hulu)
Clearly, Cheetahs Up Close with Bertie Gregory is a documentary I would like to observe on Disney+, seeing as I took one take a look at the above trailer thumbnail and proudly informed my colleagues that this can be a leopard. Filmmaker Bertie Gregory’s new documentary particular “captures the extreme challenges facing the world’s fastest land animal”, based on National Geographic.
Gregory follows the wildebeest migration within the Serengeti first-hand, ensuing within the heart-stopping survival of the fittest standoff because the particular continues. Don’t fear, it is not all violent… the newborn cubs are extremely cute. – JV
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (Netflix)
Rather brilliantly, Netflix is attempting to one-up Hulu’s true crime documentary game. In 2025, Devil within the Family: the Fall of Ruby Franke hit Disney+ to worldwide acclaim, and now we’re revisiting the horrifying story once more, however targeted on Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt.
In 2023, her baby abuse arrest alongside parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke shocked the world, and based on Netflix, “exposed a twisted tale of manipulation”. It’s the story we seemingly cannot get sufficient of, and we’re about to revisit it from a wholly unique approach.
If something, this documentary would possibly show to be much more stunning than something that was already public data. Hildebrandt is the most important enigma and the one we all know the least about… effectively, up till now. – JV
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