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. |
 | | Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon."Warner Bros. |
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After headlining several influential kung fu movies in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee made his big breakthrough to American audiences with this high-profile Warner Bros. production. Lee stars as a martial arts instructor who is hired by British spies to gather intelligence against a crime lord at a fighting competition — a silly plot, but one sturdy enough to hang several genuinely jaw-dropping fight sequences on. "Enter the Dragon" became one of the highest-grossing action movies of all time, but Lee never saw its success; he died less than a month before its premiere. Yet its influence lives on, in the cinema of John Woo, Jackie Chan, Quentin Tarantino and Stephen Chow. Our critic praised the script and direction, which "spur the action forward without an ounce of fat." |
Here is one of the best TV shows on Netflix. |
 | | Stephen Satterfield, left, and Jessica B. Harris on the first episode of "High on the Hog."Netflix |
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Based on a book by the culinary historian Jessica B. Harris, this docu-series connects African recipes to American recipes, by way of the experiences of slaves and their descendants. Hosted by Stephen Satterfield, "High on the Hog" is both a vibrant travelogue and a valuable education, going in-depth into the reasons ingredients like rice, ham, okra and yams have become staples. In an essay for the Times, the James Beard award-winning food writer Osayi Endolyn called the series "an incredible reframing of history that reintroduces the United States to viewers through the lens of Black people's food — which is to say, American food." |
Have a Hulu subscription? It's a lot to wade through. We can help! |
 | | Leonard Nimoy in the original "Star Trek."CBS |
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Like his contemporary Rod Serling ("The Twilight Zone"), Gene Roddenberry used the conventions of genre fiction to tell strikingly contemporary stories about the human condition. The original series is shockingly slender — it only ran three seasons and 79 episodes, yet spawned over a dozen movies and multiple spinoff series. Many of them are also available on Hulu, but this is where it all began, and where the curious viewer should start; the vital narrative elements are all in place, and the original ensemble (particularly William Shatner's cocky Captain Kirk, Leonard Nimoy's sensible Mr. Spock, and DeForest Kelley's exasperated Dr. "Bones" McCory) is hard to top. |
Amazon Prime Video doesn't make it easy to find stuff. Luckily, we have done the work for you. |
 | | Michael Shannon has strange visions in "Take Shelter."Sony Pictures Classics |
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This unsettling thriller from the writer and director Jeff Nichols ("Midnight Special," "Loving") harnesses its dread and tension not from the impending apocalypse, but from the reliability of its harbinger; we're never quite certain about the visions of the protagonist (Michael Shannon). He plays the role with grounded authority and wild-eyed abandon as he is consumed with the fear that something bad may happen to his wife (Jessica Chastain) and daughter (Tova Stewart). Chastain conveys the frustrations and fears of a woman who wants to follow her husband, but perhaps not this far. In The Times, A.O. Scott called it "a perfect allegory for a panicky time." |
Disney+ is full of older classics. But there are newer things to watch, too. |
 | | A scene from "Oceans," by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud.Disneynature |
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Of the Disneynature documentaries, "Oceans" is perhaps the least interested in scientific utility, leaning instead on the poetic flourishes of Pierce Brosnan's narration. But for the directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud, the Frenchmen responsible for the awe-inspiring "Winged Migration," this attention to the abstract wonders of the sea is entirely by design. Their survey of four oceans marvels at synchronized harmonies of behavior, the alien beauty of deep-sea creatures and even a night shot of a rocket through an iguana's eyes. Jeannette Catsoulis praised its "crystalline imagery and poetic immediacy." |
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