Best new movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more

By Dan Girolamo Updated November 15, 2025

Netflix has unleashed a Gothic movie masterpiece with Frankenstein. This costly passion project seemed to have paid off, as Frankenstein received outstanding reviews and garnered a reported 1.8 million views on Netflix within the first three days of its release, reaching No. 1 on the platform’s Top 10 list.

Other highlights this weekend include Ryan Coogler’s musical vampire movie, Sinners, as well as James Gunn’s DC Universe film, Superman. Read the entire guide for all of our streaming picks.

We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on HBO Max, and the best movies on Disney+.

Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro has just released quite possibly the greatest film adaptation of Frankenstein ever. In this faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) recounts the story of how he sought to bring life to dead flesh after the untimely demise of his mother.

We follow Victor in his decades-long quest to build a living Creature (Jacob Elordi) using the parts of human corpses. However, once he finally achieves his goal, in his arrogance, he unleashes the Creature’s superhuman wrath after injecting him with hatred and loneliness. While the Creature is one of cinema’s most iconic monsters, this film shows that his creator was the real monster all along.

Stream Frankenstein on Netflix.

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler unleashed one of the most inventive horror movies in recent years with this original film. Set in Jim Crow-era Mississippi, Sinners follows gangster twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) as they try to open a juke joint in their hometown after working for Al Capone.

Though their opening night starts out great, the mystical music created by their guitarist cousin Sammie (Miles Caton) attracts the attention of the vampire Remmick (Jack O’Connell). The party quickly turns into a massacre as Remmick and his followers turn the twins’ friends and loved ones into vampires, culminating in an epic battle between the living and the dead.

Stream Sinners on HBO Max.

After years of development, Superman finally soared into our lives this past summer. The first film in James Gunn’s DC Universe is not an origin story. Instead, Clark Kent (David Corenswet) has been operating as the Man of Steel for over three years when Gunn’s story begins.

While Superman faces the consequences of intervening in foreign relations, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) orchestrates a plan to rid the world of the Kryptonian. Faced with adversity, Superman fights to show the goodness of humanity. Just another busy week for the Man of Steel.

Stream Superman on HBO Max.

Over two decades since the release of 28 Days Later, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reconvened to further explore the rage virus in 28 Years Later. In the British Isles, a quarantined community lives on a secluded island connected to the mainland by a causeway.

Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son, Spike (Alfie Williams), venture to the mainland for a hunting ritual. They discover a mutated version of the Rage virus that continues to wreak havoc. However, it’s the survivors, not the infected, who may pose the biggest threat to survival.

Stream 28 Years Later on Netflix.

One of 2025’s biggest horror movies is now available on streaming. Written and directed by Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, Weapons begins with 17 children from the same class walking out of their homes and disappearing into the night at 2:17 a.m.

After this bizarre and unexplainable tragedy, we follow the missing kids’ teacher (Julia Garner), her only remaining student (Cary Christopher), the father (Josh Brolin) of one of the missing kids, and a few other adults in their town as they become embroiled in this terrifying mystery unleashed by a supernatural evil.

Stream Weapons on HBO Max.

War is hell. That phrase perfectly describes Warfare, a harrowing military thriller by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza. Based on Mendoza’s time in the Iraq War, Warfare revolves around a platoon of Navy SEALs who bunker down inside a two-story house after the Battle of Ramadi.

Once their position is discovered by the enemy, chaos ensues, resulting in an explosive firefight. Told in real time, Warfare is loud, immersive, and downright terrifying.

Stream Warfare on HBO Max.

After a brief theatrical run, Highest 2 Lowest moved onto streaming, where the majority of people can now watch the fifth collaboration between Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. In this film, music mogul David King is tabbed with the “best ears in the business.”

King is looking to buy back the majority interest in his company, so he uses most of his personal assets as collateral. On the day the deal is supposed to happen, King becomes involved in a ransom plot. Serving as a modern reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, Highest 2 Lowest is a sleek thriller that utilizes the New York setting to its advantage.

Stream Highest 2 Lowest on Apple TV+.

Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd combined their comedic powers for A24’s Friendship. Craig Waterman (Robinson) is an emotionally unavailable suburban dad looking to sell his home. Eccentric weatherman Austin Carmichael (Rudd) moves to the neighborhood and forms an unlikely friendship with Craig. This bond with Austin temporarily changes Craig for the better.

However, the very friendship that gives him hope starts to ruin his life. Friendship can feel like an extended episode of I Think You Should Leave, which is a good thing. It also happens to be one of the best uses of cringe comedy you’ll see in a movie this year.

Stream Friendship on HBO Max.

Only one American movie has crossed the billion-dollar threshold in 2025, and that’s Lilo & Stitch. In this live-action remake of the 2002 animated classic, we follow Hawaiian Lilo Pelekaj (Maia Kealoha), a lonely girl living with her older sister Nani (Sydney Elizebeth Agudong).

In need of a friend, Lilo goes to an animal shelter and adopts Stitch, an alien that acts like a dog. Stitch was created to be a destructive force, but he softens his attitude thanks to Lilo’s kindness. To avoid social workers and government employees, Lilo and Stitch will have to rely on the one thing they’re both searching for: family.

Stream Lilo & Stitch on Disney+.

Riverdale’s KJ Apa and Glass Onion’s Madelyn Cline play two travelers who embark on a romantic journey in The Map That Leads to You. Heather (Cline) is a young woman who seemingly plans out every aspect of her life, even her itinerary on her European excursion.

When she meets fellow traveler Jack (Apa), Heather takes a risk and accompanies him on a journey across Europe. What starts as a casual fling develops into something more, as the two young lovers contemplate their future as their trip winds down. Is Heather willing to change her plans for love?

Stream The Map That Leads to You on Prime Video.

Liam Neeson has long established himself as one of cinema’s biggest action stars. However, he took that persona in a whole new direction with this recent reboot of the Naked Gun franchise.

2025’s The Naked Gun follows Frank Drebin Jr. (Neeson) as he investigates a murder linked to a world-ending conspiracy orchestrated by a wealthy tech mogul (Danny Huston). However, in true Naked Gun fashion, Drebin gets into all sorts of comedic hijinks that threaten to kill Police Squad and make the audience die of laughter.

Stream The Naked Gun on Paramount+.

After the breakout success of Longlegs, Osgood Perkins returns with another nightmare in The Monkey. Based on Stephen King’s 1980 short story, The Monkey follows twin brothers Hal and Bill (Christian Convery), who blame a cursed toy monkey for several shocking and elaborate deaths. The boys discard the monkey in a well and go their separate ways.

25 years later, the monkey returns and picks up where it left out — killing people in the most violent of ways. The estranged brothers (Theo James) must reunite and find the monkey before it unleashes more carnage.

Stream The Monkey on Hulu.

One woman is willing to risk her life for the betterment of her family in Night Always Comes. Lynette (Fantastic Four’s Vanessa Kirby) is determined to keep her childhood home so she can live there with her mother, Doreen (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and brother, Kenny (Zack Gottsagen), who has Down syndrome.

Lynette has $25,000 to keep the house in her possession, but Doreen spends it all when the banks need it. Desperate for money, Lynette will do whatever it takes, even if she has to lie, cheat, and steal.

Stream Night Always Comes on Netflix.