On Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and Amazon
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 is one of the 50 best movies on Netflix. |
 | | Merab Ninidze and Ia Shugliashvili in "My Happy Family."Netflix |
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A 52-year-old Georgian woman shocks her family, and her entire community, when she decides to move out of the cramped apartment she shares with her husband, children and parents in order to begin a life of her own. "In this world, there are no families without problems," she is told, and the conflicts of the script by Nana Ekvtimishvili (who also directed, with Simon Gross) are a sharp reminder that while the cultural specifics may vary, familial guilt and passive aggression are bound by no language. Manohla Dargis praised its "sardonically funny, touching key." |
Here is one of the best TV shows on Netflix. |
 | | A scene from "City of Ghosts."Netflix |
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Most TV series aimed at young children tend to be repetitive and remedial, designed to teach a few simple lessons while keeping the little ones engaged. But there's much more going on in "City of Ghosts," a show that offers a relaxed and informative tour through the history and culture of Los Angeles. Created by Elizabeth Ito (a veteran of TV animation who previously worked on "Phineas and Ferb" and "Adventure Time"), "City of Ghosts" is about a team of elementary school-aged paranormal investigators who interview friendly ghosts and the people they haunt. The visually striking blend of photographs and drawings — coupled with the use of real, off-the-cuff audio interviews — gives this delightful cartoon the feel of a documentary. |
Have a Hulu subscription? It's a lot to wade through. We can help! |
 | | Frances McDormand in "Nomadland."Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures/Searchlight Pictures, via Associated Press |
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Frances McDormand builds another nuanced, sometimes prickly performance (and won a third Oscar in the process) as a widow who roams America living "the van life," working temporary and seasonal jobs, making just enough to get by and keep moving. The Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao uses real people who live that life in supporting roles, crafting the picture as something of a snapshot of this subculture; by its end, it feels as though you know how this scene works and how these lives are lived. But within that, "Nomadland" is a sensitive and intelligent meditation on solitude, mortality (and thus, on grief and loss) and making the best of what's left. A.O. Scott called it "patient, compassionate and open." |
Amazon Prime Video doesn't make it easy to find stuff. Luckily, we have done the work for you. |
 | | From left, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane and Chloë Grace Moretz in "The Miseducation of Cameron Post."Film Rise |
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'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' |
The filmmaker Desiree Akhavan co-wrote and directed this delicate, funny adaptation of Emily Danforth's young adult novel, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Chloë Grace Moretz does some of her best work to date as Cameron, a gay teenager whose conservative guardians send her to an isolated "conversion therapy" center — where, instead of a "cure," she finds the support and validation of like-minded peers. A.O. Scott wrote that it navigates "troubled culture-war waters with grace, humor and compassion." |
Disney+ is full of older classics. But there are newer things to watch, too. |
 | | Joy and Sadness in a scene from "Inside Out."Disney/Pixar |
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When an 11-year-old girl moves to San Francisco from the Midwest, the personified emotions that control her mind — Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Bill Hader) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling) — go haywire. Ranking near the top of Pixar tear-jerkers, "Inside Out" is about how children develop into complex emotional beings and the important role that melancholy plays in making it happen. A.O. Scott called it "an absolute delight — funny and charming, fast-moving and full of surprises." |
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