Every week on Polygon, we round up the hottest new releases in streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, Inside out 2starring Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke, is finally coming to stream on Disney Plus following its VOD premiere in August. There are even more to choose from, like Jon Watts’ Wolfen on Apple TV Plus, the Rosemary’s child precursor Apartment 7A about Paramount Plus, the paramedic drama Asphalt city on Hulu, and the documentary Wil & Harper on Netflix. Not to mention new releases on VOD, like the supernatural horror film The front room and the Colleen Hoover adaptation It ends with us.
Here’s everything new to watch this weekend!
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1h 54m
Director: Jos Greenbaum
Form: Will Ferrell, Harper Steele
In this documentary, comedian Will Ferrell goes on a road trip with Harper Steele, former SNL head writer and Ferrell’s close friend of 17 years, who recently came out as a trans woman. After Steele reached out about her transition, Ferrell decided to learn more about the trans community, and the two embarked on a cross-country road trip. This film documents their experiences – and more importantly, their friendship.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Coming of age drama
Duration: 1h 51m
Director: Sydney Vrijland
Form: Kauchani Bratt, Jessica Matten, Devin Sampson-Craig
Based on the non-fiction book Canyon dreams, Rez ball follows a Native American high school basketball team in New Mexico. The team will compete in the state championships, but they must rally after losing their star player. It is an underdog story that also shows Native American culture. Produced by LeBron James (yes, That LeBron James), Rez Sports comes from director Sydney Freeland (The best of Drunktown) with a script co-written by Freeland and Sterlin Harjo (Reservation dogs).
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 2h 5m
Director: Jean-Stephane Sauvaire
Form: Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn, Michael Pitt
Based on the 2008 novel by Shannon Burke Black fliesthis drama stars Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One) as Ollie Cross, a rookie paramedic for the New York City Fire Department who has to work the night shift with his grizzled partner Gene (Sean Penn). Think Training daybut with paramedics, and you get the gist of what this film is aiming for tonally.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video
Genre: Mystery
Duration: 1h 37m
Director: Philippe Lacôte
Form: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Richard Madden
What’s better than a certain Richard Madden? Two Richard Maddens! In this crime mystery drama, Madden plays two beautiful twin brothers who become entangled in a love triangle. Enter a tortured detective known as ‘The Jealousy Man’ (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who heads to a remote Greek island to investigate a suspicious death linked to the love triangle. It is based on a short story by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Apple TV Plus
Genre: Action comedy
Duration: 1h 48m
Director: Jon Watts
Form: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan
Jon Watts finally broke out of the MCU content mines and made a new movie, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt! Wolfen centers on the story of Jack (Clooney) and Nick (Pitt), two professional ‘fixers’ who are hired to clean up the scene of a murder. The problem is that they both prefer to work alone and have to work together once the assignment fails.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus
Genre: Coming-of-age fantasy
Duration: 1h 36m
Director: Kelsey Mann
Form: Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman
Almost ten years later Inside out became one of the most beloved Pixar films ever made, the sequel broke box office records to become the highest-grossing animated film ever and by some margin the highest-grossing film of 2024. Set two years after the original, Inside out 2 follows Riley as a 13-year-old with new challenges and new emotions.
Pixar purists certainly have a right to have some concerns about how the studio has been dealing with sequels and franchises lately, and how many of the more recent originals lacked the old emotional magic that gave the studio its reputation and a stream of indelible , memorable hits. But Inside out 2 is a good sign that the company is returning to its core strengths. It’s a sequel to a film that didn’t ask for one, and an expansion of a setting that derived much of its initial power from the simplicity of its premise: five emotions locked in conflict over an unprecedented new challenge. But the new film earns its place in the Pixar pantheon with its creativity, craftsmanship, and heartfelt writing. It’s almost enough to make Inside Out 3: The student days seems like a promising pitch to me.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Paramount Plus
Genre: Psychological thriller
Duration: 1h 44m
Director: Natalie Erika James
Form: Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest, Jim Sturgess
Julia Garner (Ozark) stars in this psychological thriller as Terry, an ambitious young dancer who, shortly after moving to New York, suffers a horrific injury that derails her dreams of stardom. When a wealthy, older couple offers her a room in their luxury apartment complex, Terry seizes the opportunity to rest and recuperate. Shortly after arriving, however, she begins to suspect that there is more to this building than it seems. Apartment 7A is a prequel to Roman Polanski’s 1968 horror classic Rosemary’s child.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder and AMC Plus
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1h 38m
Director: Damian McCarthy
Form: Carolyn Bracken, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy
Oddity follows Darcy (Carolyn Bracken), a blind psychic medium who is mourning the recent death of her sister (also Carolyn Bracken). Not entirely happy with the official story behind the murder, Darcy goes back to the crime scene and uses a (very spooky-looking) wooden mannequin to psychically determine what really happened the night her twin sister died.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Horror thriller
Duration: 1h 34m
Directors: Max Eggers, Sam Eggers
Form: Brandy, Andrew Burnap, Kathryn Hunter
Brandy stars in this new horror thriller from directing duo Sam and Max Eggers as Belinda, a newly pregnant anthropology professor eagerly awaiting the birth of her next child, while still mourning the death of her firstborn son. When she and her husband Norman (Andrew Burnap) take in his recently widowed stepmother Solange (Kathryn Hunter), the arrival of their new guest brings several dark, disturbing revelations that threaten Belinda’s life and sanity.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Horror mystery
Duration: 1h 35m
Director: Jason Yu
Form: Jung Yu-mi, Lee Sun-kyun, Kim Gook-hee
This Korean horror mystery follows Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) and Hyeon-soo (Lee Sun-kyun), a newlywed couple whose home life is threatened by the latter’s bizarre behavior while sleepwalking. Fearing for the life of their newborn child, Hyeon-soo must find a cure for her husband’s condition before something terrible happens.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Romantic drama
Duration: 2h 10m
Director: Justin Baldoni
Form: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate
Raise your hand if your social media algorithms think this is just because you enjoy reading must I love Colleen Hoover’s books. It ends with us is based on Hoover’s 2016 best-selling novel, which follows a florist who reconnects with her first love in an abusive relationship. Despite what the TikTok edits would have you think, it’s actually about breaking the cycle of domestic violence.
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 1h 51m
Director: Nathan Silver
Form: Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly De Leon
In this comedy-drama, a cantor who faces a crisis of faith after the death of his wife reunites him with his childhood music teacher, who seeks his help for a late bat mitzvah. Sparks fly between the two as they reconnect and confront their personal relationships with Judaism. Between the Temples first premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.