Streaming services are leaning hard into Memorial Day viewing, and a new roundup says there are 10 new and notable movies to stream right now. The list spans Netflix, Amazon's Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock and HBO Max, with everything from prestige drama to outright mayhem.
Among the titles getting attention is Maggie Gyllenhaal's take on the Frankenstein mythos, with Jessie Buckley as the resurrected Bride and Christian Bale as Frank. The animated, animal-filled hoops comedy centers on Will Harris, voiced by Caleb McLaughlin, and includes Gabrielle Union as Jett. Quentin Tarantino's two-part revenge thriller has also been recut into one uncut version, 'The Whole Bloody Affair,' which runs 4 hours and 41 minutes and adds new bonus sequences plus a 15-minute intermission.
The weekend lineup also includes Sacha Baron Cohen as a chauvinistic ad executive in a comedy that stars Rosamund Pike, plus a documentary from Lawrence Kasdan about Martin Short that revisits his early years on 'SCTV' and 'SNL.' For viewers in the mood for something gentler, there is the heartwarming dramedy with Sally Field as Tova and Lewis Pullman as Cameron.
Not every pick stays in one lane. Rachel McAdams appears as a strategy expert and 'Survivor' superfan in Sam Raimi's dark comedy-thriller, while the most audacious title in the batch is a body-horror satire centered on a Chinese-American teen whose character undergoes a process that turns her into a white girl played by Mckenna Grace. The mix makes clear why the roundup singled out this stretch of the calendar: the holiday weekend is giving streamers room to push both familiar names and stranger bets at the same time.
The tension in a list like this is simple. There is plenty to watch, but not one title that fits every household, and that is exactly the point. The bigger question for viewers is not whether there are options, but which of the 10 new and notable movies best matches the mood of the night.
