Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that’s before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each one!
Don’t be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We’ve got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, and animation, among others.
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But if you’re seeking something brand-new (or just new to streaming), we’ve got you covered there, too.
Mashable’s entertainment team has scoured the streaming services to highlight the most buzzed-about releases of this week and ranked them from worst to best — or least worth your time to most watchable. Whether you’re looking for a marmalade-infused trip to Peru, Keke Palmer and SZA’s buddy comedy, the video game adaptation we’ve been waiting for, or a millennium bug-inspired horror, we’ve got something just for you.
Here’s what’s new on streaming, from worst to best.
9. Opus
Want something funky and fun? Check out A24’s Opus. The directorial debut of Mark Anthony Green stars The Bear‘s Ayo Edebiri as a young entertainment journalist hungry for her big breakthrough. So when a reclusive rock star (John Malkovich) returns to the spotlight with a new record — and what seems to be an actual cult surrounding him — she’s eager to get the scoop. However, between sycophantic fans, stalking cult members, and her celebrity-obsessed boss (Murray Bartlett), this reporter discovers the truth could lead to something far more sinister than even she could have predicted.
How ‘Opus’ explores the intersection of fandom and fervor
A wild tale with a star-stuffed cast, Opus set high expectations at its Sundance debut in January. However, critics have been mixed on the movie itself, noting Green bites off more than he can chew. In his review for Mashable, Siddhant Adlakha lamented, “The little that works ends up shackled by lousy, scattershot filmmaking that saps the movie of all tension, insight, and fun.” —Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor
Starring: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder, Young Mazino, Stephanie Suganami, and Tatanka Means
How to watch: Opus is now available for rent or purchase on Prime Video.
8. Pulse
Netflix aims for its own Grey’s Anatomy with Pulse, a medical drama brimming with relationship drama and gnarly injuries. The series transports us to Miami’s Maguire Medical Center as it braces for a hurricane. But a storm is brewing inside Maguire as well. Chief Resident Dr. Xander Phillips (Colin Woodell) has been suspended following a report by one of his colleagues, Dr. Danny Simms (Willa Fitzgerald). Turns out, the two had been harboring a secret relationship — but how did it start, and what led to the report?
Pulse teases out the answers to these questions amidst a sea of hurricane injuries and bloody operations, hoping to examine the power dynamics of workplace relationships while also delivering medical thrills. The result is compulsively watchable, but when compared to 2025’s other big new medical drama, Max’s spectacular The Pitt, Pulse just can’t quite measure up. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter
Starring: Willa Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell, Jessie T. Usher, Justina Machado, Jack Bannon, Daniela Nieves, Chelsea Muirhead, and Jessy Yates
How to watch: Pulse is now streaming on Netflix.
7. Devil May Cry
If you’ve spent hours pulverising demons in Hideki Kamiya’s beloved Capcom game series Devil May Cry, you’re going to want to make sure you have a Netflix login this week. Studio Mir, the South Korean animation studio behind The Legend of Korra and The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, have teamed up with Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix showrunner Adi Shankar and Yasuke writer Alex Larsen for the long-awaited TV adaptation.
Johnny Yong Bosch (who voices the character Nero in the DMC games) voices the iconic demon-hunting protagonist Dante, whose path of vengeance is a brutal and bloody one — especially now the gates of Hell are open. If you’ve seen Studio Mir’s work with the Netflix Witcher anime series, you know this show will also be brutal and bloody. — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor
Starring: Johnny Yong Bosch, Scout Taylor-Compton, Hoon Lee, Kevin Conroy, and Chris Coppola
How to watch: Devil May Cry debuts on Netflix April 3.
6. The Bondsman
If you crave something creepy, kooky, and country, you’ll relish Blumhouse’s The Bondsman. Kevin Bacon returns to horror with this new streaming series that sees him play Hub Halloran, a bounty hunter tasked with chasing down demons who’ve escaped from hell. The star of such bone-chilling film as Tremors, The Hollow Man, MaXXXine, and Stir of Echoes brings a snarling gravitas to the role, as Hub is forced into violent face-offs with bad mortal men and malevolent beasts while also seeking to reconnect with his country singer wife and grown son. Thankfully, his loving (and relentless) mother (Beth Grant) has got his back, come hell or high water. But work/life balance is even harder when your life has already ended, and every day you roam the earth is only because the Devil has work for you to do.
Can Hub save his marriage? His family? His soul? Season 1 of The Bondsman offers eight episodes full of character-driven drama, dark humor, and gory slaughter. We’d expect nothing less from Blumhouse. — K.P.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Nettles, Beth Grant, Damon Herriman, Maxwell Jenkins, and Jolene Purdy
How to watch: The Bondsman is now on Prime Video.
5. Y2K
If you love ’90s nostalgia and wacky horror/comedies, you’ll treasure Y2K. Saturday Night Live‘s Kyle Mooney makes his directorial debut with this goofy movie, which imagines that when the clocks clicked over into the year 2000, mankind’s greatest fears were realized. Specifically, all our coolest tech — from Tamagotchis to CD players — would gain artificial intelligence and go on a murderous rampage.
This AI ambush pitches high school wallflower Eli (Jaeden Martell) and his outgoing goofball bestie Danny (Julian Dennison) into a battle for their lives. And all their classmates at a New Year’s Eve house party become their anxiety-ridden allies as the war between man and machine gets very ridiculous. To Mooney’s credit, he heaps plenty of delicious, era-appropriate details into Y2K, which will give children of the ’90s palpable flashbacks. But the comedy itself gets wobbly as the funniest characters get killed off. In my review out of its SXSW premiere in 2024, I determined, “Y2K is a good time, but falls short of greatness.” — K.P.
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Kyle Mooney, Alicia Silverstone, The Kid LAROI, Lachlan Watson, Daniel Zolghadri, Mason Gooding, Lauren Balone, Eduardo Franco, and Fred Durst
How to watch: Y2K premieres on Max April 4.
4. Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
It began with one missing girl, and the mother who wouldn’t give up searching for her. When Shannan Gilbert vanished in Long Island after a strange night littered with calls to 911, her mother Mari Gilbert pressed the police for answers. What they found — when they finally searched — was not Shannan’s body but the skeleton remains of four other women. This suggested a serial killer was operating out of Long Island, targeting sex workers and banking on the apathy of the police to get away with murder. The story grew into national news, spreading horror and heartbreak as more victims were unearthed.
Filmmaker Liz Garbus previously explored the story of the Gilbert family in the Netflix narrative drama Lost Girls. Now, the accomplished documentarian returns to her roots with this three-part doc, tying together the story of loss that LISK (the Long Island Serial Killer) brought onto his victims and their families. Garbus thoughtfully unfolds the case, relying on interviews with journalists and loved ones of those lost, to better understand how this serial killer went undetected for so long. In doing so, she not only captures a true crime tragedy but also the female community that showed determination, resilience, and love as they sought justice for their lost girls. This is a hard watch, but humane, thought-provoking, and among the better true crime docs Netflix has put out. — K.P.
How to watch: Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer is streaming on Netflix.
3. One of Them Days
Keke Palmer and SZA leading a buddy comedy — what more do you need? Directed by Lawrence Lamont, produced by Issa Rae, and written by Syreeta Singleton, One of Them Days is a wild, frantic ride for protagonists Dreux (Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA in her film debut). They’re best friends and roommates suddenly faced with a massive late rent payment when Alyssa’s boyfriend takes the funds and hits the road. Creative entrepreneurship emerges! Hijinks ensue!
“One of Them Days is a refreshing take on a well-worn comedy premise,” Monica Castillo writes in her review for Mashable. “With a résumé largely featuring music videos and, most recently, Rap Sh!t, Lamont has a cool directing style that results in scenes that are vibrant and sleek, full of high-octane needle drops to match… Palmer and SZA bring the heart and soul to a unique buddy comedy that feels fresh and timely.” — S.C.
Starring: Keke Palmer, SZA, Katt Williams, Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Vanessa Bell Calloway, DomiNque Perry, Maude Apatow, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Joshua Neal, Gabrielle Dennis, Patrick Cage, and Amin Joseph
How to watch: One of Them Days is now streaming on Netflix.
2. Paddington in Peru
Raise your marmalade sandwiches! The world’s most beloved bumbler in a duffle coat is back on our screens. Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) returns with the third in the film franchise, this time journeying to his home country of Peru with the Brown family. They’re on a quest to find Paddington’s Aunt Lucy, who was last seen at the Home for Retired Bears, run by the Reverend Mother (Olivia Colman).
“Rather than trying to recapture lightning in a bottle with a third adventure set in London, Paddington in Peru returns the eponymous bear to his roots in the Amazon jungle,” Mashable entertainment editor Kristy Puchko writes in her review. “This setting opens up thrilling new possibilities, as the Brown family becomes the fish out of water while Paddington meets new friends and foes, played by such cinema luminaries as Academy Award–nominee Antonio Banderas and Academy Award–winner Olivia Colman. Together with much of the original cast, this sequel delivers fresh fun and a valuable reminder of the power of Paddington.” — S.C.
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, and Carla Tous
How to watch: Paddington in Peru is now available to rent or buy on Prime Video.
1. Dying For Sex
Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate star in the hilarious yet heartbreaking Dying for Sex, a miniseries based on Nikki Boyer and Molly Kochan’s podcast of the same name. Williams plays a fictionalized version of Molly, who, after learning she has Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, leaves her husband (Jay Duplass) and sets out on a quest for sexual fulfillment.
Given its subject matter, Dying for Sex is refreshingly frank about sex, treating Molly’s journey through a world of vibrators, kinks, and sex parties without any judgment. It also doesn’t pull any punches with her cancer diagnosis, especially how it impacts her intimacy with partners. But the glue holding Dying for Sex together is the relationship between Molly and her best friend-turned-caregiver Nikki (Slate). Their bond makes for a shattering love story, and it’s all thanks to Williams and Slate’s chemistry. As I wrote in my review, “As a duo, they oscillate between gallows humor and genuine heartbreak at a moment’s notice, a dichotomy that feels so natural you can’t believe you’ve only been watching their takes on Molly and Nikki for a few episodes. You also can’t believe that their friendship will one day come to an end, but Dying for Sex faces that inevitability head on, as honest about death as it is about sex.” — B.E.
Starring: Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Rob Delaney, Jay Duplass, Kelvin Yu, Sissy Spacek, David Rasche, and Esco Jouléy
How to watch: Dying For Sex premieres April 4 on Hulu.
* denotes that this blurb appeared in a previous Mashable list.
