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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
‘Bring Her Back’ (2025)
If you’re looking for a new horror movie after watching all the classic titles coming to streaming services in October, A24’s deeply disturbing and disgusting film about two siblings adopted by the world’s worst foster mother (Sally Hawkins) is just the ticket. If you’re a horror movie novice, stay far, far away.
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How to watch: “Bring Her Back” is streaming on HBO Max.
‘The Lost Bus’ (2025)
Based on a true story that took place during the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, Matthew McConaughey is a natural as a down-on-his-luck school bus driver who must singlehandedly save a busload of students (and their teacher, played by America Ferrera) from the rapidly advancing flames.
How to watch: “The Lost Bus” is streaming on Apple TV+.
‘The Naked Gun’ (2025)
The creative forces behind legacyquel “The Naked Gun” understand exactly what made the 1988 Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker spoof so special (Read my full review.) With fully committed performances from Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, a script absolutely stuffed with jokes, and a madcap plot from Akiva Schaffer, it’s the funniest movie of 2025.
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Surely no one expected Neeson to replace the inimitable Nielsen, name similarities notwithstanding. But playing Drebin’s son, Frank Jr., the always-stoic actor — even when he dabbles in improv comedy — fully embraces the madness of the role. (Just don’t call him Shirley.)
How to watch: “The Naked Gun” is streaming on Paramount+.
More new movies streaming this week: “Honey, Don’t!” (streaming on Peacock); “Play Dirty” (streaming on Prime Video)
New TV Shows Streaming
‘Interview with the Vampire’
If refusing to pay for a fourth or fifth streaming service has kept you from watching AMC’s adaptation of Anne Rice’s hugely successful (and influential) vampire novel, Netflix is here to help.
If this is your first foray into the gothic world of “Interview with the Vampire,” you may notice a few changes by showrunner Rolin Jones (“Weeds”). For one, Louis de Pointe du Lac is no longer a plantation owner, but a Black brothel owner. For another, the homoerotic undertones between Louis and the blood-sucking Lestat threaten to boil over (and eventually do in Season 2). That makes Louis’ interviews with curious journalist Daniel Molloy (Woburn native Eric Bogosian) all the more scintillating — as if casually discussing life as a vampire wasn’t interesting enough.
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How to watch: “Interview with the Vampire” is streaming on Netflix.
‘Love is Blind’
We’re still one season away from the tenth season of “Love Is Blind,” aka the Boston season. But if you’ve never seen the show before, jumping on for Season 9 (in Denver) isn’t a bad idea.
For those unfamiliar, “Love Is Blind” became a huge hit for Netflix at the start of the pandemic. Contestants are matched up as couples through a blind speed dating process, and are then confined to pods for 10 days. They are only able to communicate with their partner through a speaker, and are only able to see their partner once a marriage proposal has been accepted. This season brings more of the same larger-than-life personalities typical of the genre (there’s someone who calls herself “Sparkle Megan,” for example).
How to watch: “Love is Blind” is streaming on Netflix.
More new TV streaming this week: “Chad Powers” (streaming on Hulu); “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (streaming on Netflix)
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