If Netflix is your favourite streaming service, this listing is for you. A number of new films are premiering on Netflix this week, together with a dramedy directed by Chris Rock, a documentary by Ron Howard, and a thriller thriller starring Jessica Chastain.
As for the opposite films on this listing, you may want Peacock and Apple TV. Peacock welcomes 5 films from a legendary franchise, however we’re spotlighting the primary entry. Lastly, my prime number of the week is an Apple TV film from an Oscar-winning filmmaker. Stream all 5 films within the U.S.
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The Starvation Video games
Insanity within the area
The Starvation Video games franchise was once on Netflix, however all 5 films are heading to Peacock this month. I am certain many followers, myself included, will revisit a few of these films in anticipation of The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping. You would possibly as properly begin in the beginning with The Starvation Video games, the film that launched a cinematic universe.
In Panem, every of the 12 districts should supply two tributes—one boy and one lady—to compete within the Starvation Video games, a televised competitors through which contestants struggle to the dying till just one particular person stays. District 12’s Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) turns into an unlikely fan favourite and image of hope, one thing that President Snow (Donald Sutherland) seems to squash. This could be a younger grownup film, nevertheless it’s not made for youths—put together for violence.
The Starvation Video games streams on Peacock on Nov. 14.
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Avedon
The lifetime of an iconic photographer
When it comes to style pictures and portraits, Richard Avedon is on the shortlist of most impactful photographers of the twentieth century. Avedon photographed a few of the most well-known individuals on the planet, together with Marilyn Monroe, Tina Turner, Audrey Hepburn, Buster Keaton, and the Beatles. Regardless of passing away in 2004, Avedon’s work continues to be influencing pictures at present.
To seize Avedon’s work, you want a filmmaker of comparable stature. Enter Ron Howard, an Oscar-winning filmmaker and director of Avedon, one in all Netflix’s new documentaries in November. Avedon showcases a few of the photographer’s best accomplishments, together with gorgeous behind-the-scenes entry to his life. It is a becoming tribute to a legend.
Avedon streams on Netflix on Nov. 11.
Avedon
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November 6, 2026
- Runtime
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104 minutes
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Ron Howard
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Misty Inexperienced
A satirical have a look at Hollywood
It is troublesome to imagine that Chris Rock hasn’t written and directed a film since 2014’s High 5, a film I get pleasure from. I hope the constructive response to Misty Inexperienced motivates Rock to direct extra movies as a result of he is clearly proficient behind the digicam. Talking of Misty Inexperienced, Rock’s newest film is an element Hollywood satire and half character drama a couple of washed-up actress searching for a comeback.
Rosalind Eleazar stars because the titular Misty Inexperienced, a fictional Emmy-winning actress in her late 30s who has pale out of the highlight. Her self-destructive tendencies—together with medication, alcohol, and intercourse—actually do not assist her possibilities of returning to Hollywood’s good graces. Because the partitions shut in round Misty, she’ll try and put her profession again collectively earlier than it is too late. Sluggish Horses followers will acknowledge Eleazar, however extra mainstream audiences will acknowledge her immense expertise after watching Misty Inexperienced.
Misty Inexperienced is now streaming on Netflix.
Misty Inexperienced
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October 9, 2026
- Runtime
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104 minutes
- Director
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Chris Rock
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​​​​​​​Heartland
Homicide and thriller in Nashville
In 2022, Prime Video launched Run Sweetheart Run, a enjoyable thriller from writer-director Shana Feste. The film premiered at a pageant in January 2020 and was scheduled for a theatrical launch earlier than COVID-19 derailed these plans. That film deserved extra consideration as a result of Feste crafted a humorous, violent, and impactful thriller. Heartland ought to give Feste a much bigger highlight because of the Netflix machine behind her.
Oscar winner Jessica Chastain stars as Misty Jones, a former nation music star who has spent years away from the highlight. When her niece, Charlie Coronary heart (Carter Religion), a rising nation music star, goes lacking, Misty returns to Nashville to research the disappearance herself. It seems that lots of Nashville’s criminals don’t love Misty again on the town and can do what it takes to maintain her out. Netflix has grow to be a vacation spot for thrillers, so I’ve excessive hopes for Heartland.
Heartland streams on Netflix on Nov. 13.
Heartland
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November 13, 2026
- Director
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Shana Feste
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Shana Feste
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​​​​​​​Being Heumann
The struggle for incapacity rights
When Siân Heder final wrote and directed a film, the end result was 2021’s Coda, a heartfelt story about a teen and the challenges of being the one listening to member of her household. Coda received the hearts of many, together with myself, on its technique to a shocking Greatest Image win on the 2022 Oscars. For her subsequent film, Heder will now deal with a biopic in Being Heumann.
Judy Heumann is a younger disabled lady combating for equal rights and therapy. After the federal government delayed implementing Part 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Heumann helped lead a historic sit-in at a San Francisco federal constructing in 1977. Heumann grew to become a pivotal chief within the incapacity rights motion, and her legacy lives on.
Being Heumann streams on Apple TV on Nov. 13.
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Being Heumann
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November 6, 2026
- Runtime
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127 minutes
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Siân Heder
Extra films to observe
Should you subscribe to Netflix, head to the thriller part and stream The Day After Tomorrow, an entertaining catastrophe film. Should you head to Paramount+, you may discover some basic films that each cinephile ought to watch, together with The Untouchables and 48 Hrs.