Buckle up, folks, because it’s a huge week for our list of the best movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Max (HBO), and other services. Not only is the summer’s biggest movie, Deadpool & Wolverine, officially streaming, but there are five additional movies, including one of the other biggest movies of the summer, Twisters.
Beyond the two huge hits, another four flicks join the list, including three new additions to Netflix.
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+.
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Thelma2024
Disney+
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
56%Disney+ is now the streaming home to the summer’s two top movies: Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. The third film in the Deadpool series finds Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) living listlessly in civilian life, retired from his days as the mercenary Deadpool.
As tends to happen in these movies, however, the planet soon faces an existential threat, forcing Deadpool to don the suit once again. But this time, he’s looking for reinforcements in the form of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Except this isn’t his Wolverine. Instead, Deadpool has to use Cable’s time travel device to rope in another Wolverine from another timeline.
Music by John Williams (2024)
72%Inside Out 2 (2024)
73%Peacock
Twisters (2024)
65%About a year ago, you might have asked yourself if anyone really wanted a sequel to the 1996 disaster flick Twister. Now, one question remains: Why didn’t they do it sooner? After racking up more than $370 million at the box office, Twisters was the summer’s fourth-biggest movie, and the second if you remove the two kids’ movies on this list.
In the standalone sequel, Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Kate Carter, a former storm chaser still haunted by a horrific tornado encounter in college. Although she studies storm patterns on screens in New York City, she’s lured back into the field by her friend, Javi (Anthony Ramos), to test a groundbreaking new system. There, she meets social media storm-chasing superstar Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), who offers to test the system in the field. But what starts as an ordinary test soon turns perilous as the crew finds themselves in the path of multiple converging storm systems in central Oklahoma.
Despicable Me 4 (2024)
52%Dìdi (弟弟) (2024)
78%Netflix
Emilia Pérez (2024)
72%This gritty musical made a lot of noise at the Cannes Film Festival, and now it’s being released as a Netflix Original. Emilia Pérez is a highlight of Netflix’s November slate, and a great movie night option if you’re looking for something a little outside of the box.
Rita (Zoe Saldaña) is an overqualified and undervalued lawyer at a major firm that’s more interested in helping criminals evade justice than putting them away. A cartel leader hires Rita to help him leave the organization and initiate his secret plan to transition into a woman.
Close to You (2024)
55%Elliot Page stars in this semiautobiographical film about a man returning to his small town years after transitioning from a woman. Sam (Page) left his small town on Lake Ontario for Toronto years ago, but now he heads back to visit his family for his dad’s birthday. On the way, a chance encounter with a friend from high school (Hillary Baack) sparks old feelings about a first love that was never properly resolved.
Dealing with a crippling lack of confidence and fear of acceptance from his family, Sam must come to terms with the person he is and accept himself once and for all. A hit at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Close to You makes its streaming debut on Netflix.
Widow Clicquot (2024)
65%Martha (2024)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
34%Hulu
Thelma (2024)
77%A feel-good movie for all of us who have been harassed by phone scammers, Thelma is not your typical type of revenge film. June Squibb (Inside Out 2) stars as 93-year-old Thelma Post, who is duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson.
Rather than take the ignominy lying down, she sets off across the city on her scooter to reclaim what was taken from her. It turns out she has a lot more life left in her, and the scammers are about to find out she means business. Parker Posey, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Roundtree, and Clark Gregg round out a strong cast.
Poolman (2024)
29%A movie that seems destined for “so bad it’s good” status, Poolman stars Chris Pine as Darren Barrenman, a hippie native Angeleno who spends his days tending to the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block. An eternal optimist and activist, Darren is always fighting to make Los Angeles a better place to live — or at least more in line with his vision of what it should be.
When he’s tasked by Diane Espilnade (Annette Bening) to uncover the truth behind a shady business deal, Darren is eager to enlist the help of his friends to investigate a corrupt politician and a greedy land developer.
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023)
79%Mr. Crocket (2024)
Sting (2024)
57%Amazon Prime Video
My Old Ass (2024)
74%Canary Black (2024)
Brothers (2024)
Challengers (2024)
House of Spoils (2024)
Shudder
Black Cab (2024)
The Exorcism (2024)
46%Max (formerly HBO and HBO Max)
Janet Planet (2024)
83%Trap (2024)
52%MaXXXine (2024)
64%Caddo Lake (2024)
Tuesday (2024)
69%Apple TV+
The Last of the Sea Women (2024)
Wolfs (2024)
62%Paramount+
Apartment 7A (2024)
50%A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
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