What is new to streaming this week? (Aug. 8, 2025) through NewsFlicks

In search of anything nice to look at at house? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for selection between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, Top Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and extra. And that’s the reason ahead of you even have a look at the huge libraries of films and tv systems inside of every single streamer!

Do not be crushed or waste an hour scrolling thru your services and products to decide what to look at. We’ve got were given your again, no matter your temper. Mashable gives watch guides for all the above, damaged down through style: comedy, mystery, horror, documentary, and animation, amongst others. However in case you are looking for anything brand-new (or simply new to streaming), we have now were given you lined there, too.

Mashable’s leisure group has scoured the streaming services and products to spotlight essentially the most buzzed-about releases of this week and ranked them from worst to highest — or least value your time to maximum watchable. Whether or not you might be within the temper for Carrie Bradshaw’s dramatics, clown-centered carnage, kooky crime comedies, splashy horror, Seth Rogen shenanigans, or the go back of the Addams Circle of relatives, we have now were given anything only for you.

14. And Simply Like That…, Collection Finale: Phase 1

And similar to that, it is come to an finish. Once more. Intercourse and the Town by-product And Simply Like That… will air its very closing episode subsequent Thursday, Aug. 14, after showrunner Michael Patrick King introduced Season 3 could be its closing. The primary of a two-part finale, this week’s episode might be a farewell to Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her well-dressed New York pals and fanatics. It is been a wild experience, throughout the collection’ engagement with fashionable relationship, vaginal suppositories, new tech, and making a multitude of Diwali — and the entire wild cameos they may muster. Even though it is examined us now and then, the by-product has proven how a lot Intercourse and the Town lovers will do for actual love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, eating, can’t-live-without-each-other love. — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Mario Cantone, Sarita Choudhury, Evan Handler, David Eigenberg, Nicole Ari Parker, John Corbett, Sebastiano Pigazzi, Dolly Wells, Mehcad Brooks, Jonathan Cake, and Logan Marshall-Inexperienced

How you can watch: The primary a part of the two-part collection finale for And Simply Like That… premieres on HBO Max on Aug. 7.

13. Clown in a Cornfield

In keeping with Adam Cesare’s novel of the similar title, Clown in a Cornfield delivers precisely what you would be expecting from the name. Within the rural Midwestern environment of Kettle Springs, Missouri, the panorama is wealthy in cornfields, the entire higher to cover the creeping clown-faced killer who stalks native teenagers. His title is Frendo. There used to be a time when he used to be an emblem of native satisfaction, the mascot of the Baypen Corn Syrup manufacturing facility. However as new child on the town Quinn Maybrook (Katie Douglas) quickly learns, Frendo is again. And he is out for blood.

Splashy in violence and wealthy in subgenre tropes, Clown in a Cornfield gives few surprises. However slasher lovers had been giddy over this one since its SXSW premiere. — Kristy Puchko, Leisure Editor

Starring: Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Kevin Durand, and Will Sasso

How you can watch: Clown in a Cornfield debuts on Shudder on Aug. 8.

12. The Pickup

From The Blackening director Tim Tale comes a heist comedy whose forged by myself will have to have you ever including it for your queue.

Two eras of Saturday Night time Are living icons collide. Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson superstar as armored truck guards who’ve one hell of a shift forward of them. A old-timer in this process, Russell (Murphy) is eager to complete on time to get house to his spouse (Eva Longoria) to have a good time their twenty fifth marriage ceremony anniversary. Travis (Davidson) is more recent to this line of labor, and way more vulnerable to panic. To be honest, it is doubly worrying when no longer handiest are they held up through a artful thief, however that thief additionally occurs to be Travis’ hook-up from the night time ahead of (Keke Palmer). And that’s the reason ahead of we get to her blackmail plan, which comes to a good larger scheme! — Ok.P.

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Eva Longoria, Andrew Cube Clay, Marshawn Lynch, and Keke Palmer

How you can watch: The Pickup debuts on Top Video on Aug. 6.

11. Freaky Stories

Need a flick that has a antique nighttime films vibe? Then you can thrill over Freaky Stories. Co-written and co-directed through Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Part Nelson), this number of vignettes set in 1987 Oakland options large stars and a few gnarly twists.

One tale makes a speciality of some younger punks who want to kick Nazis out in their scene. In the meantime, a budding rap duo will get an opportunity to polish. A professional-baller is going vigilante when a house invasion leaves his family members lifeless, and a newly minted father (Pedro Pascal in daddy mode once more!) seeks revenge at the workforce that killed his spouse. Bizarre, wild, and a little bit wonky, Freaky Stories delivers on its title. — Ok.P.

Starring: Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, and Jack Champion

How you can watch: Freaky Stories debuts on HBO Max on Aug. 8.

10. Taurasi

As ladies’s basketball and the WNBA proceed to surge in reputation due to younger stars like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Paige Bueckers, there is no higher time to atone for the historical past of the game and be told concerning the gamers who lead the way. Input Taurasi, Top Video’s docuseries about some of the GOATs of the game: Diana Taurasi.

A participant who is gamely alternated between enjoying the hero and embracing the heel position (she’s the queen of trash-talking for a explanation why), Taurasi is an undeniably attention-grabbing — even polarizing — determine. Her tale is similarly attention-grabbing, with Taurasi inspecting her adventure from UConn superstar to WNBA legend, together with her time enjoying out of the country in Russia. At handiest 3 portions, there is a sense that there may well be much more to the tale, however it is nonetheless a satisfaction to listen to Taurasi’s frank enter on her personal existence. — Belen Edwards, Leisure Reporter

How you can watch: Taurasi is now streaming on Top Video.

9. Outlander: Blood of my Blood

Outlander lovers know all concerning the time-traveling love tale of Claire (Caitríona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) — however what about their folks’ love tales?

Prequel Outlander: Blood of My Blood weaves the romances of the 2 {couples} in combination and delivers foundation tales for key Outlander gamers. Claire’s folks, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), go paths right through the horrors of International Conflict I, whilst Jamie’s folks, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), meet within the Scottish Highlands within the 18th century. Ahead of Outlander airs its 8th and ultimate season, Blood of My Blood is bound to tide over Outlander lovers’ cravings for sweeping romance.* — B.E.

Starring: Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine, Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Tony Curran, Séamus McLean Ross, Sam Retford, Rory Alexander, and Conor MacNeill

How you can watch: Outlander: Blood of My Blood premieres Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Starz, with new episodes streaming Fridays at the Starz app and Starz streaming and on-demand platforms.

8. Jurassic International Rebirth

Set 5 years after Jurassic International: Dominion, the 7th installment within the Jurassic Park movie collection follows a smirking mercenary (Scarlett Johansson) and a paleontologist dressed in “slutty little glasses” (Jonathan Bailey) onto a tropical island, the place dinosaur blood would possibly end up a scientific miracle. If they are able to get it and live on!

Marking the go back of Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp (Presence, Kimi, Dying Turns into Her) to the collection, Jurassic International Rebirth took a large swing to get this franchise again on the right track. However the effects had been a blended bag. In my assessment for the movie’s theatrical free up, I wrote, “Jurassic International Rebirth is a rocky experience. Some bits are completely exhilarating, whilst others really feel like a chore. However in contrast to the people on this franchise, the people of our international simply can’t tire of those unbelievable beasts, glad to shell out price ticket cash to get as shut as we would possibly to their monumental majesty. And this movie, together with its hilariously calamitous opening with its considered necessary kill, will ship, feeding each all our craving for pleasure and our want for escapism.” — Ok.P.

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Good friend, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

How you can watch: Jurassic International Rebirth is now to be had for hire or acquire on Top Video.

6. & 7. Now You See Me & Now You See Me 2

With the approaching sequel Now You See Me, Now You Do not coming to theaters this autumn, now could be a great time to revisit the primary two movies within the 4 Horsemen trilogy.

2013’s Now You See Me established the arena of 4 magicians who use their unbelievable illusions to tug off a stunning financial institution heist. (Danny Ocean may by no means!) 3 years later, the workforce reconvened for stimulating journey that pitted them towards a tech genius. How will those schemes result in Now You See Me, Now You Do not? There is just one method to in finding out. And that’s the reason a film marathon, child! — Ok.P.

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Not unusual, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman

How you can watch: Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2 at the moment are streaming on Netflix.

5. The Monkey

Osgood Perkins, the twisted thoughts at the back of Longlegs, delivers a darkly hilarious adaptation of a gnarly Stephen King brief tale. Have in mind the ones creepy robot monkey toys that performed an software on the flip of a crank? Neatly, this one beats its drum as a harbinger of doom. In particular, that tinny tum-tum-tum manner anyone goes to die in an overly violent or even comically ugly manner.

Dual brothers Invoice and Hal first discovered of the monkey’s heinous talents once they had been each boys. Now grown and estranged (and each performed through Theo James), they are at odds over what to do with the monkey because it resurfaces for contemporary blood. A story of parenthood, paranoia, and how one can snicker within the face of dying, The Monkey is without doubt one of the wackiest and maximum ugly films this 12 months. Brace your self! —Ok.P.

Starring: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wooden, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy

How you can watch: The Monkey is now streaming on Hulu.

4. Sister Nighttime

Author/director Karan Kandhari’s wild debut Sister Nighttime is a must-see for the weirdos (hello). Radhika Apte provides an amazing, unhinged efficiency as small-town bride Uma, whose organized marriage to Gopal (Ashok Pathak) reaches ranges of peculiar you might want to handiest dream of. Set in Mumbai, Sister Nighttime is “a movie as extraordinary, hilarious, and unpredictable as its protagonist,” as I wrote in my assessment. The twists are uncanny, the long-simmering thirsts bestial, and the rating, through Interpol’s Paul Banks, is the whole lot. — S.C.

Starring: Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam, and Smita Tambe

How you can watch: Sister Nighttime is now to be had for hire or acquire on Top Video.

3. Platonic, Season 2

Who says unhealthy influences are only for youngsters? Platonic, created through Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller, explores the underrepresented realm of forty-something fuck-ups, and it is gloriously amusing in its 2nd season.

Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen reunite as school besties Sylvia and Will. She’s a mom of 3, chronically arranged, and beginning her personal industry as a birthday celebration planner. He is her first large shopper — a noisy, brash beer brewer poised to marry his perky boss, a vastly tough CEO. The whole thing appears to be bobbing up roses, however those two at all times in finding the thorns.

Mid-life crises had been by no means so achingly hilarious as Platonic Season 2 explores what would possibly occur when paintings, marriage, and friendship are not as it’s possible you’ll dream. Whilst there may be quite a few laughs on this one, “Highway Shuttle” is the ep that had us screaming. —Ok.P.

Starring: Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale, Andrew Lopez, and Carla Gallo

How you can watch: Platonic Season 2 debuts on Aug. 6 on Apple TV+.

2. Sorry, Child

See the directorial debut that had critics cheering out of Sundance 2025. Web comic Eva Victor has at all times had a difficult humorousness. With Sorry, Child, which she directs, writes, and stars in, she tones down the zaniness whilst keeping up an edge that runs along a deep empathy for her heartbroken heroine, who is dealing with the trauma of sexual attack.

The development itself is off digital camera, however looms massive over the lifetime of grad pupil Agnes, at the same time as years go and he or she turns into a professor. Whilst her friends appear to transport on, she feels caught. However may the reinforce of pals or even the occasional sandwich-offering stranger assist her heal?

In my rave assessment out of Sundance, I declared, “Bittersweet, sensible, and heartwarmingly humorous, Sorry, Child is a film this is certain to seek out an target market past Sundance. And no longer simply because A24 is a grasp of promoting offbeat cinema, however as a result of Victor has a voice this is sturdy, extraordinary, and calls for to be heard.” — Ok.P.

Starring: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, and Kelly McCormack

How you can watch: Sorry, Child is now to be had for hire or acquire on Top Video.

1. Wednesday, Season 2, Phase 1

Do you pay attention that? The kooky, spooky sound of rhythmic snapping? That may handiest imply something: Wednesday Season 2 has landed on Netflix, bringing Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) and the entire Addams Circle of relatives along with her. This season, Wednesday returns to Nevermore Academy and receives a horrible imaginative and prescient. Her roommate Enid (Emma Myers) goes to die — and it is all Wednesday’s fault. With the clock ticking and a brand new rash of murders plaguing the close by city of Jericho, will Wednesday be capable of save her bestie and clear up a brand new case?

Season 2 of Wednesday fine-tunes the formulation from the joys, if wonky, Season 1, ditching its love triangle (thank goodness) and upping the horror issue. The result’s a macabre blast. As I wrote in my assessment of the display’s first 4 episodes, “Staring at [Wednesday’s] detective exploits is still natural gothic amusing, and that is the reason anything value snapping about.” — B.E.

Starring: Jenna Ortega, Isaac Ordonez, Victor Dorobantu, Luis Guzmán, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joanna Lumley, Fred Armisen, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Pleasure Sunday, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Noah B. Taylor, Evie Templeton, Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Christopher Lloyd, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Jamie McShane, and Thandiwe Newton

How you can watch: Wednesday Season 2, Phase 1 is now streaming on Netflix, with Phase 2 premiering Sept. 3.

(*) denotes a blurb comes from a prior record.