Streaming services have taken over as one of the best ways to catch the latest movies. Whether they’re making a stop in theaters before rolling out digital rentals or they launch as first-run originals from the likes of Netflix, Apple TV, or HBO; we’re rounding up the best titles so you’re not left in the dark — until it’s time to start the film, that is. Check back each week (usually on Friday) to see the latest additions for movies that are now available to stream, the latest theatrical releases, and movies coming next week.
New This Week — March 8
Damsel
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Release Date: March 8 (Netflix)
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Nick Robinson, Robin Wright, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Bassett, Ray Winstone, Brooke Carter, Rui M Tomas, Ulli Ackermann
A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. Thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon, she must rely on her wits and will to survive.
Argylle
Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime
Release Date: March 5 | February 2 (theater)
Cast: Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson
When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway’s fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by her cat Alfie and Aiden, a cat-allergic spy, Elly races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Conway’s fictional world and her real one begins to blur.
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Ricky Stanicky
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: March 7
Cast: Zac Efron, Jermaine Fowler, Andrew Santino, John Cena, Lex Scott Davis, Anja Savcic, William H. Macy, Riley Stiles, Oscar Wilson
When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, the trio still uses the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. But when their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio decide to hire a washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator to bring him to life.
American Dreamer
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: March 8
Cast: Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Danny Pudi, Kimberly Quinn, Danny Glover, Matt Dillon, Michelle Mylett, Rebecca Olson, C. Ernst Harth
In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
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Poor Things
Genre: Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
Release Date: March 7 (Hulu), February 28 (buy) | Dec 8, 2023 (wide), Sep 8 (festival) (theater)
Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott, Damien Bonnard, Kathryn Hunter
Bella Baxter is brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
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Before I Change My Mind
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Release Date: March 5
Cast: Vaughan Murrae, Dominic Lippa, Lacey Oake, Matthew Rankin, Shannon Blanchet, Rohan Khare, Jhztyn Contado, Milana Bochinski, Kaitlyn Haugen
1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.
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The Ballad of Davy Crockett
Genre: Action
Release Date: March 8
Cast: William Moseley, Colm Meaney, Jesse Hutch, Valerie Jane Parker, Nico Tirozzi, Edward Finlay, Rocky Abou-Sakher, Gray Wolf Herrera, Tommy Kramer
In 1815, an American Legend, whose wife has fallen deathly ill, leaving his young children to survive on their own, must fight his way back to them across the many perils found in the Savage Lands of the wild frontier.
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5lbs of Pressure
Genre: Action, Thriller
Release Date: March 8
Cast: Luke Evans, Rory Culkin, Alex Pettyfer, Rudy Pankow, Charlie Rawes, Laura Hopper, Fahim Fazli, James Oliver Wheatley, Julee Cerda
Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn’t know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking for revenge. Mike, is trying to escape a life of crime living under the thumb of his gangster Uncle.
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The Troubles: A Dublin Story
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release Date: March 5
Cast: Ray Malone, Paul Murphy, Wayne Byrne, Adam Redmond, Sarah Hayden, William Delaney, Sophia Adli, Luke Hanlon, Aisling Goodwin
Two young Dublin brothers must navigate loyalty, honour and the dangerous world of republicanism as they fuel the Northern war machine – by any means necessary.
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Genre: Documentary, Science, Space
Release Date: March 8 | March 8 (theater)
Cast: Dr. Al Holland, Kayla Barron, Dr. Jack Stuster, Cady Coleman, Sukjin Han, Jackie Morie
Social isolation affects millions of people, even Mars-bound astronauts. A savvy NASA psychologist is tasked with protecting these daring explorers.
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Frankenstein: Legacy
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Release Date: March 4
Cast: Philip Martin Brown, Michelle Ryan, Juliet Aubrey, Matt Barber, Katie Sheridan, Philip Philmar, Charles Dale, Jonathan Hansler, Simon Pengelly
Frankenstein’s secrets did not die with him. As graves are torn up and patience disappear from asylum, William Browning sets out to find who stole his father’s body – and finds horrors close to home as his mother descends into madness.
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Night Shift
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Release Date: March 8
Cast: Phoebe Tonkin, Lamorne Morris, Madison Hu, Lauren Bowles, Patrick Fischler, Christopher Denham, Connor Price
A young woman working her first night shift at a remote motel begins to suspect that she is being followed by a dangerous character from her past. As the night progresses and increasingly supernatural events occur, she quickly finds out that nothing is what it appears to be.
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Beware the Boogeyman
Genre: Horror
Release Date: March 5
Cast: Tim Coyle, Elissa Dowling, Khail Duggan
For her first day of orientation, Dr. Tristian Mackenzie makes her way to the Silverdale Psychiatric Hospital for the criminally insane, where she learns of the strange series of cases from the similarly strange Dr. Moon.
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The Piper
Genre: Horror
Release Date: March 8
Cast: Charlotte Hope, Julian Sands, Kate Nichols, Salomé Chandler, Oliver Savell, Philipp Christopher, Alexis Rodney, Pippa Winslow, Aoibhe O’Flanagan
When a composer must finish her late mentor’s concerto, she discovers that playing its music summons deadly consequences.
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T Blockers
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Release Date: March 5
Cast: Lauren Last, Lewi Dawson, Toshiro Glenn, Lisa Fanto, Stanley Browning, Thai Hoa Steven Nguyen, Joe Romeo, Chris Asimos, Brendan Cooney
When ancient parasites rise from beneath a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible as hosts, a young trans filmmaker finds herself the only one who can sense the possessed, and rally the resistance before the horror escapes and spreads.
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Added Last Week — March 1
Anyone But You
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: February 28 | Dec 22, 2023 (theater)
Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, Michelle Hurd, Bryan Brown, Darren Barnet, Hadley Robinson, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths
After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold – until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
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Mean Girls
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: February 28 | January 12 (theater)
Cast: Reneé Rapp, Angourie Rice, Avantika Vandanapu, Bebe Wood, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Christopher Briney, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows
New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called ‘The Plastics,’ ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis and Damian, she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.
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Code 8 Part II
Genre: Science Fiction, Action
Release Date: February 28 (Netflix)
Cast: Stephen Amell, Robbie Amell, Alex Mallari Jr., Sirena Gulamgaus, Jean Yoon, Aaron Abrams, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Natalie Liconti, Jane Moffat
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
Lisa Frankenstein
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Release Date: March 1 | Feb 9 (theater)
Cast: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest, Jenna Davis, Joshua Montes, Bryce Romero
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.
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Poor Things
Genre: Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
Release Date: February 28 | Dec 8, 2023 (wide), Sep 8 (festival) (theater)
Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott, Damien Bonnard, Kathryn Hunter
Bella Baxter is brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
