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5 must-watch movies & TV shows streaming right now
The best of what's new streaming on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney Plus, and more.
Welcome to Boston.com’s weekly streaming guide. Each week, we recommend five must-watch movies and TV shows available on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, and more.
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LATEST STREAMING NEWS
New Movies Streaming
‘High and Low‘ (1963)
Before you head to theaters for Spike Lee and Denzel Washington’s new movie “Highest 2 Lowest” (read my full review here), watch the Akira Kurosawa classic that inspired it. The film stars Toshiro Mifune (“Seven Samurai”) as a Japanese businessman trying to save his company who is faced with a dilemma when kidnappers mistakenly snatch his chauffeur’s son instead of his own and hold him for ransom.
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How to watch: “High and Low” is streaming on HBO Max.
‘Night Always Comes’ (2025)
After a somewhat underwritten role in the recent superhero flick “The Fantastic Four,” Vanessa Kirby is front and center in this pulse-pounding Netflix thriller. Kirby plays Lynette, a woman living on the margins who is finally given a chance at homeownership, promising stability for her and her brother (Zack Gottsagen), who has Down syndrome. But when her narcissistic mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) blows the down payment on a new car, she has less than 24 hours to come up with $25,000, leading her down a very dangerous path.
How to watch: “Night Always Comes” is streaming on Netflix.
‘Training Day’ (2001)
Denzel Washington could’ve won an Oscar three or four times in the ‘90s. But after getting shut out in one of his strongest decades, the Academy made up for it when Washington played iconoclastic LAPD cop Alonzo Harris, dragging up-and-comer Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) into the murkiest depths of corruption over a tense 24 hours.
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How to watch: “Training Day” is streaming on MGM+.
New TV Shows Streaming
‘Alien: Earth’
Noah Hawley proved with “Fargo” that he can capably adapt classic films for the small screen, and he does so again with this ambitious series set two years before Ridley Scott’s original 1979 film (also streaming on Hulu). Sydney Chandler (“Sugar”) plays the first-ever “hybrid” (a synthetic being implanted with a human consciousness), while “Justified” star Timothy Olyphant plays her trainer and mentor.
How to watch: “Alien: Earth” is streaming on Hulu.
‘Chief of War‘
Jason Momoa’s passion project about late-18th century Hawaii lets him meld the best parts of his most notable roles (“Game of Thrones,” “Aquaman,” “Dune”) into one character. Playing the mighty warrior Kaʻiana, Momoa is quick with a smirk and a spear, but he also recognizes the grave danger presented by both rival tribes and white colonists.
How to watch: “Chief of War” is streaming on Apple TV+.
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