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March Madness isn’t just for the hoopsters. This month is also a slam dunk for new movies coming to your favorite streaming services.
Netflix, Peacock, Disney+, Max and more have plenty to offer if you’re mad about flicks to watch from your couch. There’s theatrical fare finally ready to stream, including this year’s best picture Oscar winner, a witchy blockbuster and a Hugh Grant horror film, plus a bunch of original stuff such as a fresh Tyler Perry thriller and a Millie Bobby Brown/Chris Pratt adventure.
Here are 15 notable new movies you can stream right now:
‘Anora’
The stripper dramedy won five Oscars, including best picture, with its acclaimed story of a hot-tempered, Cinderella-esque sex worker (Mikey Madison) who elopes with a Russian oligarch’s son (Mark Eydelshteyn). Things then go sideways in a narrative with themes of class structures and human connection.
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Where to watch: Hulu
‘Better Man’
Even with signature tropes of its ilk and the career-tanking vices of many a “Behind the Music” episode, the Robbie Williams biopic’s unconventional storytelling – i.e., the pop star being presented as a cheeky singing chimpanzee – match the fantastical nature of Williams’ rise-and-fall-and-rise-again tale.
Where to watch: Paramount+
‘Control Freak’
Beware this body horror flick, because you might never scratch your head again. A stressed-out motivational speaker (Kelly Marie Tran) has her very controlled life torn asunder when a constant itch on her noggin turns out to be a parasitic demon, one that forces her to revisit the sins of her Vietnamese parents’ past.
Where to watch: Hulu
‘The Electric State’
This one’s for the Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown completists. In an alt-history America where robots revolted against man, the sci-fi adventure centers on an ex-soldier (Pratt) and a teen (Brown) looking for her brother who team up with a bunch of mechanical mascots to thwart a villainous tech magnate (Stanley Tucci).
Where to watch: Netflix
‘Heretic’
Though Hugh Grant is not known for being a horror staple, he splendidly plays the villain in this thriller. His sinister Mr. Reed invites a couple of young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher) into his house with the promise of blueberry pie and religious conversation but ends up putting them through the philosophical and physical wringer.
Where to watch: Max
‘Kraven the Hunter’
The old-school Spider-Man supervillain is turned into a bit of a secret-agent man in this comic-book flick. Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, given animalistic powers as a youngster, who hunts criminals and scrambles to save his brother (Fred Hechinger) from enemies of their Russian mobster father (Russell Crowe).
Where to watch: Netflix
‘Moana 2’
The animated sequel plots an extremely familiar course but at least does so with fresh new personalities and more inspired Pacific Island influence. The best reason for a “Moana” revisit, though, is still the dynamic pairing of the empowering title wayfarer (voiced by Auli‘i Cravalho) and her trickster demigod sidekick Maui (Dwayne Johnson).
Where to watch: Disney+
‘O’Dessa’
In this extremely trippy rock opera, “Stranger Things” standout Sadie Sink stars as the title farm girl, whose father was a rambler with a guitar that prophesied the coming of a musical messiah. When the heirloom is stolen, O’Dessa ventures to the city to find it, runs afoul of a game-show-host dictator and winds up on a dystopian “American Idol.”
Where to watch:Hulu
‘The Outrun’
Saoirse Ronan stars in this thoughtful addiction drama as a young alcoholic Scottish woman who leaves rehab to go back home to the Orkney Islands. After struggling to reconnect with her mom and community, she gets back to her science roots – and turns her life around – by taking a gig searching for a rare bird.
Where to watch: Netflix
‘The Parenting’
A gay couple (Nik Dodani and Brandon Flynn) rent a palatial countryside house for a getaway where their parents can all meet each other, then everyone discovers the place contains a pesky poltergeist. Relentlessly silly instead of scary, the horror comedy is worth a watch just for goofy Brian Cox playing a possessed dad.
Where to watch: Max
‘Revelations’
Netflix has become a launchpad for intriguing, genre-bending Korean shows and movies. (“Squid Game,” anyone?) This psychological thriller is the latest, centered on a pastor (Ryu Jun-yeol) believing in divine revelations, a detective (Shin Hyeon-bin) haunted by visions of her dead sister, and the case of a missing girl.
Where to watch: Netflix
‘Sing Sing’
Colman Domingo stars in this unforgettable prison drama based on a true story and featuring a talented bunch of ex-con thespians. Incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit, Divine G (Domingo) recruits a hardened fellow convict (Clarence Maclin) to join the prisoner theatrical troupe that brings him creative joy while yearning for his own freedom.
Where to watch: Max
‘Strange Darling’
The twisty thriller begins with a one-night stand between two mysterious figures, “The Lady” (Willa Fitzgerald) and “The Demon” (Kyle Gallner). What unfolds after that is a nonlinear narrative centering on a cat-and-mouse chase, a serial killer’s longtime murder spree and an ending that’ll make you watch the whole thing again.
Where to watch: Paramount+
‘Tyler Perry’s Duplicity’
Perry’s latest soapy thriller stars Kat Graham as an attorney out for justice and helping her best friend (Meagan Tandy) when her husband is shot by a white cop. As racial tensions threaten to embroil the city, the lawyer’s search for the truth goes some personal and surprising ways. (The thing isn’t called “Duplicity” for nothing.)
Where to watch:Prime Video
‘Wicked’
Jon M. Chu’s enchanting “Wizard of Oz” prequel is all about its two leads and one showstopping rendition of “Defying Gravity.” Cynthia Erivo stands out as the rebellious and righteous outsider Elphaba (aka the future Wicked Witch of the West), and Ariana Grande is her rival-turned-bestie, the hair-whipping, doe-eyed Glinda.
Where to watch: Peacock
