October has arrived with a bang as our list of the best movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Max (HBO), and other services gets a massive overhaul this week! There are new additions to six streaming services, including many offerings for the spooky season.
The best new movies to stream this week include Didi on Peacock and Challengers on Prime Video. However, there’s a whole lot more to check out. Read on for the 10 new flicks across six different streaming services.
We also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+.
New movies to stream at a glance
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Challengers2024 -
House of Spoils2024
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Dìdi (弟弟)2024
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We Grown Now2024
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It's What's Inside2024
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The Platform 22024
Amazon Prime Video
Challengers (2024)
132m
Genre
Romance, Drama
Stars
Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor
Directed by
Luca Guadagnino
Watch on mgm+
Who knew a great movie could be made out of tennis games and complicated love triangles? Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers is not only one of 2024’s best movies, but it’s also one of the most purely enjoyable experiences out there. Zendaya stars as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis wunderkind who coaches her pro husband, Art, whose career has hit a lull. When an old rival of Art’s and an old flame of Tashi’s sweeps back into their lives, will he change their game both on and off the court? Challengers is sexy without being graphic and sporty without needing to know too much about tennis to follow along. It also gives Zendaya and co-stars Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor a chance to showcase their impressive acting and irresistible charisma.
House of Spoils (2024)
101m
Genre
Horror, Thriller
Stars
Ariana DeBose, Barbie Ferreira, Arian Moayed
Directed by
Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy
Watch on Amazon
This new Amazon Original thriller stars Ariana DeBose as an ambitious young chef opening a new restaurant on a remote estate. The farm-to-table concept feels doomed on arrival, however, as she fights kitchen chaos, her own self-doubt, and a haunting presence that is constantly attempting to sabotage her. Imagine if The Menu were less satire, and more straight horror.
Killer Heat (2024)
97m
Genre
Crime, Romance
Stars
Richard Madden, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley
Directed by
Philippe Lacôte
Watch on Amazon
This Amazon Prime original movie is set on the island of Crete, as American expat and private eye Nick Bali (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is hired to investigate an apparent accidental death. The sister-in-law (Shailene Woodley) of the victim, a young shipping magnate, doesn’t believe the official police report. Now, Nick has stumbled into a dark conspiracy within the victim’s family. Who killed Leo Vardakis (Richard Madden)?
Jackpot! (2024)
106m
Genre
Action, Comedy
Stars
Awkwafina, John Cena, Simu Liu
Directed by
Paul Feig
Watch on Amazon
Awkwafina and John Cena star in Jackpot! The comedy is set in a near future in which a Grand Lottery has been newly established in California. But there’s a wrinkle: If you can kill the winner before sundown, you can legally claim their multibillion dollar jackpot. So when Katie Kim (Awkwafina) mistakenly finds herself with the winning ticket shortly after moving to Los Angeles, she reluctantly teams up with amateur lottery protection agent Noel Cassidy (Cena) to fend off the hordes of jackpot hunters until sundown. Unfortunately, Noel’s chief rival, Louis Lewis (Simu Liu), is also desperately seeking to collect Katie’s prize.
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black (2024)
143m
Genre
Drama, Thriller
Stars
Meagan Good, Debbi Morgan, Cory Hardrict
Directed by
Tyler Perry
Watch on Amazon
Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict star in this steamy Amazon Original thriller from Tyler Perry. When her husband, Dallas (Hardrict), abandons their marriage, Ava (Good) refuses to relent. But the more she presses and examines the marriage, the more she discovers Dallas’ bad behavior has long sabotaged their ability to connect.
Peacock
Dìdi (弟弟) (2024)
78%
94m
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Stars
Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen
Directed by
Sean Wang
Watch on Peacock
A coming-of-age story in the mold of Jonah Hill’s Mid-90s, Didi follows an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy in his last month of summer before high school in 2008. Despite his rigid family upbringing, Didi finds there are a number of things his family and school can’t teach him, including how to skate, flirt, and love his mom.
The Fall Guy (2024)
73%
126m
Genre
Action, Comedy
Stars
Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Directed by
David Leitch
Watch on Peacock
Ryan Gosling stars as stunt man Colt Seavers in the ridiculous meta comedy The Fall Guy. After a nearly career-ending accident, Seavers finds himself the star of his own narrative as he has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy, and win back the love of his life (Emily Blunt) while still getting blown up at his day job.
The Killer (2024)
126m
Genre
Action, Thriller, Crime
Stars
Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington
Directed by
John Woo
Watch on Peacock
John Woo’s remake of his own 1989 film stars Game of Thrones actress Nathalie Emmanuel as Zee, an infamous assassin known in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead. After refusing to kill a blinded young woman (Diana Silvers) in a Paris nightclub, however, the compassionate decision threatens to unravel her reputation and alliances, all while attracting the attention of police investigator, Sey (Omar Sy). Soon, she finds herself plunged into a sinister criminal conspiracy that forces her to confront her past.
Netflix
We Grown Now (2024)
76%
95m
Genre
Drama
Stars
Blake Cameron James, Gian Knight Ramirez, S. Epatha Merkerson
Directed by
Minhal Baig
Watch on Netflix
A coming-of-age tale that received acclaim on the festival circuit, We Grown Now takes place in Chicago in 1992. As Michael Jordan solidifies himself as a champion, imaginative best friends Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez) look to escape the mundaneness of school and the challenges of their public housing lives by exploring the city. But just as their bond grows deeper, a tragedy in the community threatens to tear it apart.
It's What's Inside (2024)
63%
103m
Genre
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
Stars
Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, Alycia Debnam-Carey
Directed by
Greg Jardin
Watch on Netflix
This insane black comedy stars a host of up-and-comers as a group of friends gathering for a pre-wedding party. When one estranged friend shows up uninvited, he casts the rest into an existential nightmare with a mysterious game that tears at the fabric of their friendship. Long-hidden secrets, desires, and grudges soon come to light.
The Platform 2 (2024)
100m
Genre
Thriller, Horror
Stars
Hovik Keuchkerian, Milena Smit, Deborah Ayorinde
Directed by
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Watch on Netflix
The Platform is a dystopian prison in which prisoners at the bottom watch food fall as it reaches only the inmates at the top in an effort to control populations. Now, a mysterious new leader has begun to impose their rule, and a new resident takes up a fight against the controversial system.
Will & Harper (2024)
75%
114m
Genre
Documentary, Comedy
Stars
Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, Tim Meadows
Directed by
Josh Greenbaum
Watch on Netflix
After 30 years of friendship, Will Ferrell’s close friend, Harper Steele, comes out as a trans woman. So, what does Will do? He makes a Netflix original movie about the two of them embarking on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship, of course. Self-admittedly ignorant of many issues facing trans people, Ferrell is a sensitive and obviously entertaining medium through which to delve into questions of gender identity.
The Garfield Movie (2024)
31%
101m
Genre
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure, Action
Stars
Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham
Directed by
Mark Dindal
Watch on Netflix
In The Garfield Movie, the beloved comic cat gets the CGI treatment. Chris Pratt voices the Monday-hating, lasagna-loving cat in this romp in which Garfield is unexpectedly reunited with his long-lost father, Vic (Samuel L. Jackson). Vic, however, is everything that Garfield is not. So when Garfield and Odie are forced out of their pampered indoor lives to help Vic in a high-stakes heist, things predictably do not go to plan.
Hulu
Babes (2024)
72%
104m
Genre
Comedy
Stars
Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, John Carroll Lynch
Directed by
Pamela Adlon
This buddy comedy stars Broad City‘s Ilana Glazer as a young woman who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand. Not remotely ready for this responsibility, Eden (Glazer) leans on her married best friend and mother of two, Dawn (Michelle Buteau). As the two women navigate this new chapter and become a strange sort of co-parenting duo, their friendship takes on new layers.
Hold Your Breath (2024)
94m
Genre
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Stars
Sarah Paulson, Amiah Miller, Annaleigh Ashford
Directed by
Will Joines, Karrie Crouse
Watch on Hulu
This new Hulu original horror stars scream queen Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story). In 1930s Oklahoma, a young woman (Amiah Miller) and her mother (Paulson) are trapped in horrifying dust storms, continually forcing the mother to confront a haunting past. As the cabin fever sets in, she begins taking extraordinary measures to protect the family from a mysterious presence.
Asphalt City (2024)
47%
120m
Genre
Thriller, Drama
Stars
Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan, Gbenga Akinnagbe
Directed by
Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Watch on Hulu
Originally screened at the Cannes Film Festival as Black Flies, Asphalt City stars Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan as an EMT odd couple. Ollie Cross (Sheridan) is a young paramedic in New York who’s assigned to work with veteran EMT Rutkovsky (Penn). Thrust into the chaos of the job, he learns firsthand the ethical ambiguity that many EMTs must navigate on the front lines of life and death.
Handling the Undead (2024)
70%
98m
Genre
Horror, Drama, Mystery
Stars
Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars
Directed by
Thea Hvistendahl
Watch on Hulu
This Norwegian zombie-adjacent movie follows three Oslo families thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones suddenly come back to them. But they’re not the typical undead. Rather, they somehow seem even more alive. Each family is forced to stop grieving and accept the return of those they thought they had already lost.
Boy Kills World (2024)
47%
110m
Genre
Crime, Thriller, Action
Stars
Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, H. Jon Benjamin
Directed by
Moritz Mohr
Watch on Hulu
In this Kill Bill reimagining, Boy Kills World stars Bill Skarsgård as Boy, a young man who vows revenge after the murder of his family by the matriarch of a postapocalyptic dynasty, Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen). Boy is deaf and voiceless, driven only by his inner voice. He seeks to train with a mysterious shaman (Yayan Ruhian) to hone his skills and become a terrifying instrument of death. As he descends into bloodlust, he falls in with a resistance group, giving his murderous mayhem additional meaning.
Max (formerly HBO and HBO Max)
Salem's Lot (2024)
50%
113m
Genre
Horror
Stars
Lewis Pullman, Alfre Woodard, Makenzie Leigh
Directed by
Gary Dauberman
Watch on max
A new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic book Salem’s Lot has landed on Max. In this original production, author Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) returns to his childhood home, Jerusalem’s Lot, to find inspiration for his new book. However, Ben finds much more than just inspiration when he discovers that the town is being preyed upon by a vampire.
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
86%
100m
Genre
Drama, Horror
Stars
Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman
Directed by
Jane Schoenbrun
Watch on max
Justice Smith stars in I Saw The TV Glow as Owen, a teenager leading an ordinary suburban life. But when a classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show that depicts a supernatural world beneath their own, Owen becomes obsessed. And that’s when his grip on reality begins to slip.
Civil War (2024)
75%
109m
Genre
War, Action, Drama
Stars
Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny
Directed by
Alex Garland
Watch on max
One of the year’s most provocative movies hits close to home this election season. Set in the near future, Civil War follows a team of military-embedded journalists chronicling a new American Civil War. The teams races to reach DC before rebel factions attack the White House and remove an authoritarian president who refuses to relinquish the office.
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
91%
124m
Genre
Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Stars
Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki
Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki
Watch on max
Hayao Miyazaki’s (Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away) The Boy and The Heron takes place at the height of World War II, as teenage Mahito is haunted by his mother’s tragic death. When he relocates from Tokyo to the rural home of his new stepmother, Natsuko, he’s troubled to find she bears a striking resemblance to his real mother. Struggling to adjust, Mahito notices this new world growing continually stranger, predicated by the persistent appearance of a gray heron who dubs Mahito the “long-awaited one.”
The Watchers (2024)
46%
102m
Genre
Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Stars
Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré
Directed by
Ishana Night Shyamalan
Watch on max
The directorial debut of M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter, Ishana, The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning as Mina, a 28-year-old artist who becomes stranded in an untouched forest in western Ireland. When she finally finds shelter, her horror is just beginning, as she is unknowingly trapped alongside three strangers who are watched by mysterious creatures every night.
Shudder
V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
72%
114m
Genre
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Stars
Alanah Pearce, Phillip Andre Botello, Jolene Andersen
Directed by
Jordan Downey, Justin Long, Christian Long, Kate Siegel, Virat Pal, Justin Martinez, Jay Cheel
Watch on Shudder
The newest (seventh!) addition to the V/H/S horror franchise takes audiences into an infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous life forms. With six new horrifying tapes, V/H/S Beyond goes to a sci-fi-inspired hellscape for thrills and terrors that are truly out of this world.
Oddity (2024)
78%
98m
Genre
Horror, Mystery
Stars
Carolyn Bracken, Jonathan French, Steve Wall
Directed by
Damian Mc Carthy
Watch on Shudder
In the mood for a horror movie? The streaming destination for screams, Shudder, serves up Oddity. After the brutal murder of her twin sister, blind occultist Darcy (Carolyn Bracken) takes up a revenge tour. Using inherited haunted items to guide and fuel her rage, she leaves no stone unturned to find those responsible.
Disney+
Inside Out 2 (2024)
73%
97m
Genre
Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Stars
Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman
Directed by
Kelsey Mann
Watch on Disney+
One of the biggest movies of the summer, Inside Out 2, picks back up in the mind of a now-teenage Riley. But while Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale), and Disgust (Liza Lapira) have felt like things have been going OK, they’re not ready for the explosive arrival of new teenage emotions like Anxiety (Maya Hawke), who shows up and commandeers the whole operation with a bunch of new emotions in tow.
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
62%
129m
Genre
Drama, History
Stars
Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham
Directed by
Joachim Rønning
Watch on Disney+
Born to immigrant parents in New York City in 1905, Trudy Ederle (Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s Daisey Ridley) became one of the most decorated woman swimmers of her time. Through the steadfast support of her sister and trainers, Ederle fought against the patriarchy to win Olympic gold on her way to the ultimate feat: Becoming the first woman to swim the 21-mile gauntlet of the English Channel.
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
65%
108m
Genre
Documentary
Stars
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz
Directed by
Ron Howard
Watch on Disney+
Jim Henson is history’s most renowned and beloved puppeteer, and this Ron Howard-directed documentary delves deep into the mind of the creative visionary. From Henson’s early days of puppeteering on local TV to Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and beyond, Jim Henson Idea Man uses Henson’s personal archives for an insightful look into the mind of a complex, deeply imaginative man.
Apple TV+
Wolfs (2024)
62%
107m
Genre
Crime, Comedy, Thriller
Stars
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Austin Abrams
Directed by
Jon Watts
Watch on Apple TV+
Brad Pitt and George Clooney team up for this Apple TV+ original as a couple of professional fixers (and loners) forced to work together on the same job. Both men are hired to clean up the same high-profile crime, but each has a subtle directive the other doesn’t know about. Regardless, neither expected the evening to spin completely out of control.
The Instigators (2024)
48%
101m
Genre
Crime, Comedy
Stars
Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau
Directed by
Doug Liman
Watch on Apple TV+
Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, and BU alum Hong Chau all reunite in Boston for The Instigators, a hyperlocal heist movie that should appeal to more than just New Englanders. Rory (Damon) and Cobby (Affleck) are old friends who make an unlikely team when they decide to team up to rob a corrupt politician of ill-gained earnings. Unfortunately, everything goes wrong pretty much from the jump, forcing them to go on the run from the police, corrupt bureaucrats, and vengeful crime bosses. Their only lifeline is Rory’s therapist (Chau), whom they rope in to help them get away.
Paramount+
Apartment 7A (2024)
50%
104m
Genre
Horror, Thriller
Stars
Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest, Kevin McNally
Directed by
Natalie Erika James
Watch on Paramount+
Although Paramount+ hasn’t done much in the way of original movies, it’s taking a bit of a swing with artsy thriller Apartment 7A. Julia Garner stars as Terry Gionoffrio, an ambitious young dancer sidelined with a devastating injury. The silver lining, however, is that a wealthy older couple (Dianne Wiest and Kevin McNally) have welcomed her into their home in the luxury building the Bramford. There, she meets an influential Broadway producer (Jim Sturgess), who offers her a second chance at fame. But after an evening that she can’t quite remember, she soon begins to suspect there may be something evil afoot.
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
68%
99m
Genre
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Stars
Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff
Directed by
Michael Sarnoski
Watch on Paramount+
The third film in the Quiet Place saga, A Quiet Place: Day One, goes all the way back to the beginning. This prequel to the first two films follows Sam (Lupita Nyong’o), a woman who just happens to be on a day trip to New York City when bloodthirsty alien creatures with ultrasonic hearing invade the planet.
