Every week on Polygon, we round up the hottest new releases on streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, Inside out 2starring Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke, is finally coming to Disney Plus after premiering on VOD in August. There are even more to choose from, like Jon Watts. wolves on Apple TV Plus, the The rosemary baby prequel Apartment 7A on Paramount Plus, the paramedic drama asphalt city on Hulu and the documentary Will and Harper on netflix. Not to mention the new releases on VOD like the supernatural horror film. The front room and the Colleen Hoover adaptation Finish with us.
Here's everything new that's available to check out this weekend!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Gender: Documentary
Execution time: 1h 54m
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Cast: Will Ferrell and Harper Steele
In this documentary, comedian Will Ferrell takes a road trip with Harper Steele, former SNL head writer and good friend of Ferrell's for 17 years, who recently came out as a trans woman. After Steele approached him about his transition, Ferrell decided to learn more about the trans community and the two embarked on a cross-country road trip. This film documents their experience and, more importantly, their friendship.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Gender: Coming-of-age drama
Execution time: 1h 51m
Director: Sydney Free Land
Cast: Kauchani Bratt, Jessica Matten, Devin Sampson-Craig
Based on the non-fiction book. Canyon dreams, rez ball follows a Native American high school basketball team in New Mexico. The team is ready to compete in the state championships, but they must bounce back after losing their star player. It's an underdog story that also showcases Native American culture. Produced by LeBron James (yes, that LeBron James), Rez Sports comes from director Sydney Freeland (The best of Drunktown) with a screenplay co-written by Freeland and Sterlin Harjo (Reserve dogs).
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Gender: Suspense
Execution time: 2h 5m
Director: Jean Stephane Sauvaire
Cast: Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn, Michael Pitt
Based on the 2008 novel by Shannon Burke. Black FliesThis drama stars Tye Sheridan (Ready player one) as Ollie Cross, a rookie paramedic for the New York City Fire Department who is assigned to work the night shift alongside his grizzled partner Gene (Sean Penn). Think training daybut with paramedics, and you get the essence of the tone of this movie.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video
Gender: Mystery
Execution time: 1h 37m
Director: Philippe Lacote
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Richard Madden
What's better than a Richard Madden? Two Richard Maddens! In this mystery crime drama, Madden plays two beautiful twin brothers who become trapped in a love triangle. Enter a tortured detective known as “The Jealous Man” (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who travels to a remote Greek island to investigate a suspicious love triangle-related death. It is based on a story by the Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Apple TV Plus
Image: apple
Gender: action comedy
Execution time: 1h 48m
Director: Jon Watts
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan
Jon Watts finally escaped the MCU content mines and made a new movie starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt! wolves It focuses on the story of Jack (Clooney) and Nick (Pitt), two professional “fixers” who are hired to clean up the scene of a murder. The problem is that they both prefer to work alone and have to work together once the task fails.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus
Image: Disney/Pixar
Gender: Coming of age fantasy
Execution time: 1h 36m
Director: Kelsey Mann
Cast: Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman
Almost ten years later From the inside out became one of the most beloved Pixar films ever made, the sequel broke box office records to become the highest-grossing animated film in history and the highest-grossing film of 2024 by some margin. Set two years after the original, Inside out 2 Follow Riley as a 13-year-old with new challenges and new emotions.
Pixar purists are certainly justified in feeling some anxiety about the way the studio has committed to sequels and franchises lately, and how many of its more recent originals have lacked the old emotional magic that gave the studio its reputation. and produced a stream of indelible emotions. memorable successes. But Inside out 2 It's a good sign that the company is returning to its core strengths. It's a sequel to a movie that didn't require one, and an expansion of a setting that took much of its initial power from the simplicity of its setup: five emotions, caught in conflict by an unprecedented new challenge. But the new film earns its place in the Pixar pantheon with its creativity, its artistry, and its heartfelt writing. It's almost enough to do Inside Out 3: The University Years It seems like a promising speech.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Paramount Plus
Image: Paramount Plus
Gender: Psychological thriller
Execution time: 1h 44m
Director: Natalie Erika James
Cast: Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest, Jim Sturgess
Julia Garner (ozarks) stars in this psychological thriller as Terry, an ambitious young dancer who suffers a terrible injury that derails her dreams of stardom shortly after moving to New York. When a wealthy older couple offers him a room to stay in their luxurious apartment building, Terry takes the opportunity to rest and recuperate. However, soon after arriving, you begin to suspect that there is more to this building than meets the eye. Apartment 7A is a prequel to Roman Polanski's 1968 horror classic The rosemary baby.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder and AMC Plus
Image: Shudder
Gender: Horror
Execution time: 1h 38m
Director: Damian McCarthy
Cast: Carolyn Bracken, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy
Rarity follows Darcy (Carolyn Bracken), a blind clairvoyant medium who is mourning the recent death of her sister (also Carolyn Bracken). Not very happy with the official story behind the murder, Darcy returns to the crime scene and uses a (very creepy looking) wooden mannequin to psychically determine what really happened the night her twin sister died.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: A24
Gender: horror thriller
Execution time: 1h 34m
Directors: Max Eggers, Sam Eggers
Cast: Brandy, Andrew Burnap, Kathryn Hunter
Brandy stars in this new horror thriller from directing duo Sam and Max Eggers as Belinda, a newly pregnant anthropology professor anxiously awaiting the birth of her next child while still mourning the death of her firstborn. When she and her husband Norman (Andrew Burnap) take in their recently widowed stepmother Solange (Kathryn Hunter), the arrival of their new guest sparks several dark and disturbing revelations that threaten Belinda's life and sanity.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: Magnet Release
Gender: horror mystery
Execution time: 1h 35m
Director: Jason Yu
Cast: Jung Yu Mi, Lee Sun Kyun, Kim Gook Hee
This Korean horror mystery follows Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) and Hyeon-soo (Lee Sun-kyun), a newlywed couple whose domestic life is threatened by the latter's strange behavior while sleepwalking. . Fearing for the life of her newborn son, Hyeon-soo must search for a cure for her husband's condition before something terrible happens.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: Columbia Photos
Gender: romantic drama
Execution time: 2h 10m
Director: justin baldoni
Cast: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate
Raise your hand if your social media algorithms think that just because you like to read has to I love Colleen Hoover's books. Finish with us is based on Hoover's best-selling 2016 novel, which follows a florist in an abusive relationship who reconnects with her first love. Despite what the TikTok edits might have you think, it's actually about breaking the cycle of domestic abuse.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: Sony Pictures Classics
Gender: Comedy
Execution time: 1h 51m
Director: Natan Plata
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly De León
In this comedy-drama, a cantor facing a crisis of faith after the death of his wife reunites him with his childhood music teacher, who seeks his help for a late bat mitzvah. Sparks fly between the two as they reconnect and confront their personal relationships with Judaism. between the templeIt first premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.