Several recent Oscar winners are heading to stream this week, alongside some new star-studded movies fresh from theaters. Here’s a look at all the new movies arriving on streaming this week.
New on Hulu:
‘Anora’
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The top winner at the festival is an absolutely magnificent and devastating look at modern class exploitation.
The winner of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing; Academy Award winner Sean Baker‘s Anora is a must-see.
The movie follows Ani, a 23-year-old stripper and sex worker living in Brooklyn, who is tasked with entertaining Vanya, the spoiled 21-year-old son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. Vanya falls hard for Ani, paying her money to spend the week with him as his girlfriend, and eventually asks her to marry him for him to be granted a green card. Ani’s Cinderella story doesn’t last long once Vanya’s parents catch wind of the marriage, and send their men after the two, demanding that the marriage gets annulled.
Academy Award Winner Mikey Madison (Scream) gives a star-making performance in the title role and works alongside a stellar ensemble that includes Mark Eidelstein, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian (Tangerine), Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksei Serebryakov (Nobody), and Darya Ekamasova (The Americans).
‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’
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How often does a film get generational trauma and healing right? Not often, but Titus Kaphar strikes gold with his feature debut.
Exhibiting Forgiveness tells the story of Tarrell, a highly respected painter who lives with his wife Aisha, and their son Jermaine. As Tarrell’s artwork begins to become more widespread, it leads to him receiving an unexpected visit from his estranged father, La’Ron, who holds deep regret for leaving him behind as a child.
Artist Titus Kaphar makes his directorial debut with Exhibiting Forgiveness, which stars André Holland (Moonlight), Academy Award nominee Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), John Earl Jelks (Chicago Med), and Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard).
‘O’Dessa’
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Regina Hall and Kelvin Harrison Jr. co-star in this obnoxious dystopian musical.
The legendary story of Orpheus and Eurydice gets a punk-rock post-apocalyptic makeover in the new rock opera flick O’Dessa.
The movie begins when O’Dessa journeys away from home and finds herself in Satylite City. Upon her arrival, she meets Dion, a male sex worker who works for the cruel and eccentric pimp Neon Dion. To get back a priceless family heirloom, O’Dessa begins performing her music to the inhabitants of Satylite City, which catches the eye of the celebrity illusionist and fascist dictator Plutonovich.
Geremy Jasper (Patti Cake$) directs the movie, which stars Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Waves), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus), and Regina Hall (Girls Trip).
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March 13, 2025
- Runtime
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106 Minutes
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Geremy Jasper
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Dan Janvey, Jonathan Montepare, Michael Gottwald, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lourenço Sant’Anna
New on Peacock:
‘Wicked’
Available on: Friday, March 21
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The movie musical sensation of 2024 is now available to stream at home. Wicked is the first film in the two-part feature film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical.
Serving as a prequel to L. Frank Baum‘s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wicked recontextualizes the story’s iconic villain, The Wicked Witch of the West, as Elphaba, a misunderstood green-skinned misfit at Shiz University. Her rivalry with her roommate and fellow aspiring witch, Glinda, slowly morphs into a beautiful friendship. The two’s strong bond is tested when they visit the Emerald City and learn about the Wizard’s true intentions for Elphaba.
Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directs the film, which stars Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), Grammy Award-winning pop star Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton), Ethan Slater (Broadway’s SpongeBob SquarePants), Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live), Bronwyn James (Harlots), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), newcomer Marissa Bode, Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman), with Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once), and Academy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park).
New on Netflix:
‘Den of Thieves: 2 Pantera’
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Christian Gudegast’s action sequel occasionally works, but gets too caught up in cliche criminal caper tropes.
Gerard Butler is back as crooked LAPD officer Big Nick O’Brien in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, the sequel to the 2018 cult classic crime-thriller.
Set several years after the events of the first film, Big Nick O’Brien travels to France upon learning that his former adversary, Donnie Wilson, has joined a new heist group. However instead of finally putting Donnie in handcuffs, Big Nick wants to join forces with the master thief on a new high-stakes heist.
Christian Gudegast returns to the director’s chair for the sequel, which also sees the return of O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Meadow Williams. The film also stars Evin Ahmad (The Rain), Salvatore Esposito (Fargo), and Swen Temmel (Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant).
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January 10, 2025
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144 minutes
- Director
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Christian Gudegast
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Christian Gudegast
‘The Outrun’
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Writer-director Nora Fingscheidt’s adaptation is a remarkable take on the addiction film, and gives Ronan one of her best performances yet.
Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) has received some of the highest remarks of her career for her turn in the addiction drama, The Outrun.
Based on Amy Liptrot‘s memoir of the same name, Ronan plays Rona, a young woman who has returned home after a stint in rehab to deal with her alcoholism. Rona’s parents have been separated, and she now finds herself splitting her time between the two, as she reflects on the root of her alcoholism.
Nora Fingscheidt (The Unforgivable) directs the film, which also stars Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Nabil Elouahabi (EastEnders), Izuka Hoyle (Boiling Point), Lauren Lyle (Outlander), Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses), and Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones).
New on Max:
‘Sing Sing’
Available on: Friday, March 21
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The powerful drama about a theater group at Sing Sing prison is full of surprises and soul.
Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Actor, Sing Sing is finally available to watch at home, after releasing in theaters last summer.
Based on the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison, the movie largely focuses on Divine G, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. He’s found purpose through the prison group and often has been cast as the star in all of the productions, and even has become a playwright in his own right. Divine G convinces a fellow prisoner, Divine Eye to join the group, and forms a strong bond with him over the course of time.
Academy Award nominee Greg Kwedar (Jockey) directs the film which stars Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo (Rustin), Sean San José, and Academy Award nominee Paul Raci (Sound of Metal). The movie also notably stars real-life formerly incarcerated men who went through the reform program including Clarence Maclin and Jon-Adrian Velazquez.
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July 12, 2024
- Runtime
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107 Minutes
- Director
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Greg Kwedar
- Writers
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Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
New on VOD:
‘Cleaner’
Available on: Friday, March 21
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Ridley is joined in the cast by Clive Owen and ‘One Piece’s Taz Skylar.
Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) gets her very own version of Die Hard in the action-thriller Cleaner.
When a group of environmental activists hold a protest at a gala in London, some of the more radical activists take things a step further by taking everybody hostage and threatening to blow up the building if the police interfere. This leads to the ex-soldier Joey Locke, who currently works as the building’s window cleaner, to save the day by using her special skills, especially after she learns that her older brother is one of the hostages.
Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) directs the movie, which also stars Taz Skylar (One Piece) and Academy Award nominee Clive Owen (Children of Men).
Cleaner
- Release Date
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February 21, 2025
- Director
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Martin Campbell
- Writers
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Matthew Orton, Simon Uttley, Paul Andrew Williams
‘Last Breath’
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Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu star in this film based on a true story.
Based on the tense true story, Last Breath recaptures a real-life rescue mission that took place in 2012.
A team of deep-sea divers and underwater welders working on an undersea gas line in the North Sea get into a serious accident, which leaves one of their crewmates stranded underwater with limited oxygen. This leads the other crewmembers to attempt the impossible and rescue one of their own.
Alex Parkinson, who directed the 2019 documentary of the same, makes his narrative debut with Last Breath. The survival thriller stars Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Finn Cole (Peaky Blinders), and Cliff Curtis (Fear the Walking Dead).
Last Breath
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February 27, 2025
- Runtime
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93 minutes
- Director
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Alex Parkinson
- Writers
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Alex Parkinson, David Brooks, Mitchell LaFortune
- Producers
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Jared Underwood, Alastair Burlingham, Danny Mandel, Jeremy Plager, Anna Mohr-Pietsch, Gary Raskin, Stewart Le Marechal, Richard Da Costa, Andrew C. Robinson, Jonny Persey, David Brooks, Al Morrow, Dan Clifton, Hal Sadoff, Paul Brooks, Norman Golightly
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Woody Harrelson
Duncan Allcock
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‘My Dead Friend Zoe’
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Also starring Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman, ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ is a hilarious and heartbreaking film.
Based on a true story, the war dramedy My Dead Friend Zoe tells the story of an Army vet coming home from the war, with a supernatural twist.
Merit returns home from the Afghanistan war, but continues to envision her dead best friend Zoe, who was killed overseas, talking to her and guiding her through life. Merit is soon drawn into a conflict between her Vietnam vet grandfather and her VA counselor.
Kyle Hausmann-Stokes makes his directorial debut with the movie, which stars Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery), Natalie Morales (Dead to Me), Academy Award nominee Ed Harris (The Truman Show), and Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby).
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March 9, 2024
- Runtime
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98 Minutes
- Director
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Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
- Writers
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Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, A.J. Bermudez, Cherish Chen
- Producers
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Terri Feldman Lubaroff, Travis Kelce, Richard Silverman
‘Riff Raff’
Available on: Friday, March 21
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Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus) leads an all-star cast in the crime comedy Riff Raff.
Ex-criminal Vincent has tried to live a quiet life since his days running from the law, but his plans are upended upon the arrival of his ex-wife Ruth and his estranged family arrive and find him with his new family, who warn him that his old rival gangsters are coming for him.
Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) directs the movie, which also stars Ed Harris (The Truman Show), Gabrielle Union (Bring It On), Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island), and Academy Award nominee Bill Murray (Lost in Translation).
New on Prime Video:
‘Tyler Perry’s Duplicity’
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Tyler Perry‘s latest movie for Prime Video has him charting once again into some dicey territory.
Tyler Perry’s Duplicity begins when Marley, a successful attorney, is forced to take on the case of the police shooting of her best friend Fela’s husband. Alongside her former cop-turned PI boyfriend, Marley desperately tries to figure out the truth but realizes that things are much more than they seem.
The movie stars Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries), Meagan Tandy (Batwoman), Tyler Leply (Harlem), and RonReaco Lee (Survivor’s Remorse).
Tyler Perry’s Duplicity
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March 20, 2025
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