On Netflix, Amazon and Disney+
The weekend is here. It's here! Regardless of what streaming service you subscribe to, we want to help you find something great to watch. We've gone through Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ to find the best titles on each service. |
Here's one of the 50 best movies on Netflix |
 | | From left, Asa Butterfield and Ben Kingsley in "Hugo."Jaap Buitendijk/Paramount Pictures |
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A film directed by the maker of such violence- and profanity-laden classics as "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," and "Goodfellas" isn't an obvious choice for family entertainment. But the source material for this 2011 charmer from Martin Scorsese centers on another of his obsessions: cinema history. The titular novel by Brian Selznick concerns a young orphan boy's love of the then-nascent motion picture form, forged in the tiny cinemas of 1930s Paris. By exploring the boy's unexpected bond with a bitter shopkeeper, Scorsese mixes heartfelt storytelling with film history. But it won't bore the kids, thanks to the generous helpings of slapstick comedy, jaw-dropping effects and full-on movie magic. Manohla Dargis called it "serious, beautiful, wise to the absurdity of life and in the embrace of a piercing longing." |
Here is one of the best TV shows on Netflix |
 | | Regina King in "American Crime."Nicole Wilder/ABC |
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Created by the Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley, the anthology series "American Crime" features an outstanding cast — anchored by Regina King, Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton and Benito Martinez — playing different characters in each of the show's three seasons. The stories are set in different parts of the United States (California, Indiana and North Carolina), and each explores how class and race affect the way justice is served. Ridley assembled an all-star team of writers and indie film directors, who were given the freedom to produce something unusually sophisticated and nuanced for a network television show. Our critic called it, "A depressing story told so skillfully that it's almost impossible not to be happy to see it unfold." |
Have a Hulu subscription? It's a lot to wade through. We can help! |
 | | A scene from "The Iron Giant."Warner Bros. |
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A young boy's friendship with an alien robot (Vin Diesel) in small-town America provides the spine for this "smooth, skilled" animated adventure from director Brad Bird (who went on to direct the Pixar classics "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille"). Set amid the early years of the Cold War, the film is a throwback to cartoons of that era. "The Iron Giant" provides thrills for the kids alongside wry humor and vintage references for their parents. |
Amazon Prime Video doesn't make it easy to find stuff. Luckily, we have done the work for you. |
 | | Morfydd Clark, mesmerizing as the title character in "Saint Maud."Angus Young/A24 |
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Harrowing and upsetting, haunted and thrilling, this feature debut from the director Rose Glass is the kind of piercing examination of faith in a cynical world that we've come to expect from the likes of Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese. Morfydd Clark is stunning in the title role as a nurse who believes she is a vessel of God, and must personally save the soul of her dying patient (a prickly, terrific Jennifer Ehle) — whether her patient likes it or not. It's the kind of film that burrows under your skin and settles there, and its shocking conclusion does not take any easy exits. Our critic praised the picture's "dark, spoiled beauty" and "mesmerizing" lead actor. |
Disney+ is full of older classics. But there are newer things to watch, too. |
 | | Anthony Mackie in "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier." What can the character's hesitancy to take over as Captain America tell us about the complexity of American identity?Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios |
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'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' |
Bringing TV shows into latest "phase" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe at once develops superheroes too minor for their own movies and adds production values uncommon on television. On the heels of "WandaVision," "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" takes place six months after the events of "Avengers: Endgame," focusing on two characters haunted by the loss of Captain America but given little time for reflection before a new terrorist group starts to emerge. Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) make for one seriously glum duo, but the action sequences have a mortal, punishing grit to them that would make Cap proud. |
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