Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that’s before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer!
Don’t be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We’ve got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, and animation, among others. But if you’re seeking something brand new (or just new to streaming), we’ve got you covered there, too.
Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin puts his own gory spin on mummy stories in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. (No relation to the Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz franchise, or to the 2017 Tom Cruise flop.) Here, the mummy is Katie (Natalie Grace), a young girl who was kidnapped while her family lived in Egypt. Her parents (Jack Reynor and Laia Costa) rejoice when she turns up years later. However, there are several red flags to her reappearance: She’s found in an ancient sarcophagus, and she seems to have a thirst for blood.
Cronin’s penchant for creepy kids doesn’t quite translate to his take on The Mummy, with most of the film’s scares falling flat. As I wrote in my review, “On the one hand, the gore, when it comes, is spectacular. On the other hand, it’s sandwiched within an underwhelming storyline that never truly lets loose.” — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter
Starring: Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, Veronica Falcón, Shylo Molina, Billie Roy, Hayat Kamille, Emily Mitchell, May Elghety, Husam Chadat, Tim Seyfi, and Mark Mitchinson
How to watch: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy debuts July 3 on HBO Max.
I hate how addicted I am to Netflix’s Worst ________ Ever franchise: Worst Ex Ever, Worst Roommate Ever, and Worst Neighbor Ever. They get grim and twisted. And I can’t get enough.
This true crime series offers 50-minute (or so) episodes, each unfurling a nightmarish scenario, told by the survivors who lived it. While I’ve not yet seen Worst Neighbor Ever, I have seen ID’s similarly themed Fear Thy Neighbor and both seasons of Worst Roommate Ever. These stories tend to be shocking, creepy, but — be warned — not always satisfying. (HBO’s Neighbors seemed to stop at a kind of “This is bonkers, huh?” with no real resolution.)
From the trailer, I’m anticipating this one will be satisfying for your next true crime fix. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor
How to watch: Worst Neighbor Ever is now streaming on Netflix.
It wouldn’t be summer TV without sharks, and National Geographic gets things started with its 14th annual SharkFest. The festivities begin July 5 with Hammerhead Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory, then continue throughout the month with programming like World’s Biggest Mako, Attack of the Samurai Sharks, and Shark vs. Giant Croc. If you’re looking to get up close and personal with sharks from the comfort of your own home, dive into Sharkfest. — B.E.
How to watch: Sharkfest begins July 5 on National Geographic, Disney+, and Hulu.
If you like your action with some dark comedy, you’ll want to check out The Get Out.
Based on Thomas Perry’s novel Strip, this thriller stars Russell Crowe as night club owner Manco Kapak. After decades of shady deals, he’s ready to change his life to become more legit and less stressed out, but breaking ties with a cartel is easier said than done. Manco hits a unique snag when he’s held up by a pair of masked thieves who think of their life of crime as a movie. This premise promises a wild ride, while a star-studded cast assures a fun watch. — K.P.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, Daniel Zovatto, Josh McConville, Nina Dobrev, and Aaron Paul
How to watch: The Get Out is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.
Audiences went feral for writer/director Curry Barker’s ultra-creepy Obsession. The film turns rom-com expectations on its head by presenting a lovelorn protagonist named Bear (Michael Johnston), who might seem like a nice guy but is actually the movie’s villain.
Obsessed with his friend Nikki (a riveting Inde Navarrette), he makes a wish that she’ll not only notice him, but will love him more than anyone else. In the way of the mythic monkey’s paw, this wish goes horribly wrong, transforming Bear’s dream girl into a nightmare. Obsession is thoroughly chilling, especially thanks to Navarrette’s harrowing performance. But Barker’s exploration of sexual politics ultimately feels juvenile because of a flubbed final act. As I explained more in-depth in my review, “This makes the finale of Obsession unnerving — not so much for what it shows, but for the empathy it ultimately lacks.”* — K.P.
Starring: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter
How to watch: Obsession is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.
If you love Sex and the City or And Just Like That… you won’t want to miss Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story. Produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, this documentary explores the life and groundbreaking sex-positive work of New York City icon Robin Byrd.
Before Carrie was musing over shoes and Mr. Big, Byrd was hosting The Robin Byrd Show on public access TV from her Manhattan apartment. She tackled topics that spooked the mainstream media, including LGBTQ+ rights, sex toys, AIDS awareness, and safer sex. She went from being a crotched-bikini-wearing provocateur to becoming a fearless activist. So, watching her doc seems a terrific way to close out Pride Month. — K.P.
How to watch: Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story is now streaming on HBO Max.
Train to Busan, The Ugly, and Hellbound writer and director Yeon Sang-ho has a new horror series for you, and it’s based on Ishirō Honda’s classic Japanese 1960 sci-fi thriller The Human Vapor. Co-written with Gannibal‘s Shinzo Katayama (who also directs), this South Korean-Japanese series was developed by Toho (the legendary studio responsible for the original Vapor film and a little-known franchise called Godzilla) and Yeon’s own Wow Point studio.
Set in Japan, the series follows a killer known as the Human Vapor (played by newcomer UTA), who appears to be able to turn himself into exactly that in order to murder people — very publicly. Online streams, TV broadcasts, it’s live and horrific. And worse, the killer announces the details of his targets in advance, promising a similar press conference each time with gory details. Detective Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri) and reporter Kyoko Kono (Yu Aoi) race against time to find and stop the murderer, but learn they’re chasing extremely homicidal smoke. Good luck. — Shannon Connellan, Senior Editor
Starring: Shun Oguri, Yu Aoi, Suzu Hirose, Kento Hayashi, UTA, and Yutaka Takenouchi
How to watch: Human Vapor is now streaming on Netflix.
Adventure Time is back with a new look and new 11-minute episodes! Executive producer and showrunner Nate Cash worked on previous seasons of the show as a storyboard supervisor, creative director, voice director, and supervising director. For this new spinoff, he’s removed the hard lines of familiar characters, creating a softer feel. But this is still the Finn and Jake we all know and love.
Across the episodes given to press, Adventure Time: Side Quests offered a kooky collection of tales, introducing new characters and bringing back fan favorites like Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Princess Bubblegum, and Lumpy Space Princess. Like the early seasons of Adventure Time, these eps are fun, weird, and funny, but do little to affect the show’s complex lore. (Look to Fionna and Cake or Distant Lands for that!) The first few made me wonder if Cash was looking to relaunch the show to grab a new audience of young kids. But episodes like “Joey Waffles” and “Game Night” deal in more mature content, like discussions of depression, divorce, and the drama of a Dungeons and Dragons session going off the rails. Which is all to say, fans of the original Adventure Time will likely be grateful for more quests with Finn, Jake, and the oddballs of Ooo. — K.P.
Starring: Sasha Knight, John Dimaggio, Tom Kenny, Olivia Olson, and Hynden Walch
How to Watch: Adventure Time: Side Quests is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
Who was Elle Woods before Legally Blonde? Find out in Elle, Prime Video’s prequel series. The show transports viewers to Elle’s (Lexi Minetree) junior year of high school. Instead of living it up in Los Angeles as she’d hoped, she and her parents must move to Seattle, whose grungy, rain-soaked vibes are the polar opposite of Elle’s bubbly pink optimism.
Despite a delightful leading performance from Minetree and some truly fun teen drama, Elle suffers from prequel syndrome. Why does Elle’s fish-out-of-water experience here not inform her time at Harvard Law? Why do we need an Elle Woods origin story in the first place? Why not make a new teen drama? As I wrote in my review, “I would like Elle better if it wasn’t a Legally Blonde prequel.” — B.E.
Starring: Lexi Minetree, June Diane Raphael, Tom Everett Scott, Chandler Kinney, Jacob Moskovitz, Gabrielle Policano, Zac Looker, and James Van Der Beek
How to watch: Elle is now streaming on Prime Video.
Enola Holmes, Sherlock’s younger sister, returns for a third Netflix movie, with Millie Bobby Brown back on the trail as the now-established detective. Set in Malta instead of Victorian England, Enola Holmes 3 sees the titular heroine grown up and facing two troubling paths: the case of the kidnapped brother, Sherlock (Henry Cavill), and the case of walking down the aisle. However, Enola’s marriage to her beloved Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge) takes a back carriage seat when the game is afoot. “With another playful performance from Brown and her accomplished co-stars, and a Victorian narrative that surprisingly acknowledges Britain’s bloody colonial legacy, Enola Holmes 3 files another satisfyingly twisty case for the franchise,” I wrote in my review. “And this time, we finally get to hang out properly with Dr. John Watson (Himesh Patel).” — S.C.
Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Himesh Patel, Louis Partridge, and Sharon Duncan-Brewster
How to watch: Enola Holmes 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
Siobhan McCarthy flips the script on ’00s gender-swap comedies like She’s the Man in She’s the He, a film whose cast mainly includes trans, non-binary, and queer actors. “Gender-bending narratives have always been told by cis people, and they’ve always used trans people as the butt of the joke,” McCarthy, who identifies as trans and nonbinary, told Screen Anarchy. “I began to think about what it would mean for one of those stories to get told by a trans person and to really foreground trans joy in the telling of that story.”
She’s the He centers on best friends Alex (Nico Carney) and Ethan (Misha Osherovich), whose plan to convince their fellow high school students they’re not gay involves pretending to come out as trans. But such a performance might just be the start of a real path to self-discovery. — S.C.
Starring: Misha Osherovich, Nico Carney, Suzanne Cryer, Mark Indelicato, Malia Pyles, Emmett Preciado, and Kyle Butenhoff
How to watch: She’s the He is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.
Michelle Buteau and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel’s Netflix comedy series takes its final bow with Season 3, with a colossal cast joining Survival of the Thickest to send it off (just look at that starring lineup). Based on Buteau’s book and directed by Insecure head writer Amy Aniobi (who’s also the showrunner) alongside Survival of the Thickest Seasons 1 and 2 director Kim Nguyen, the series reconnects with designer and stylist Mavis Beaumont (Buteau). She’s crushing it in New York’s fashion world and looking to launch her own inclusive line for every body type. She’s also loving life with her artist best friend Khalil (Tone Bell) and head over heels for handsome Italian Luca (Marouane Zotti). But she’s also thinking about the future (and not just the next Paris Fashion Week), which comes with a whole range of blunt health conversations with icon Wanda Sykes in a guest-starring doctor role. — S.C.
Starring: Michelle Buteau, Tone Bell, Marouane Zotti, Peppermint, Liza Treyger, Garcelle Beauvais, Wanda Sykes, D.L. Hughley, Ashley Graham, Ronny Chieng, Ice-T, Wyatt Cenac, Jenna Lyons, Kandi Burruss, LaQuan Smith, Charles Harbison, Ashley Romans, Anthony Michael Lopez, Alecsys Proctor-Turner, RonReaco Lee
How to watch: Survival of the Thickest Season 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
In this direct sequel to Ready or Not, Samara Weaving reprises the the role of the Grace Le Domas (née MacCaullay), who was recently widowed when a deal with the devil went sideways for her in-laws. But they’re not the only ultra-rich families who’ve struck such an agreement. And now, a new lot of affluent and armed antagonists are on the hunt for round two. At least this time, Grace gets a Player 2 in her estranged sister (Kathryn Newton).
In my review out of SXSW, I cheered the bonkers fun that the filmmaking team known as Radio Silence brings to this sequel. Particularly shouting out Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shawn Hatosy for bringing mesmerizing menace as a pair of toxic twins, I concluded, “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is a winner when it comes to being a totally batshit good time.”* — K.P.
Starring: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, David Cronenberg, and Elijah Wood
How to watch: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is now streaming on Hulu.
Disney’s revival of the mighty ’90s X-Men: The Animated Series is back for a second season — and the Apocalypse is nigh. Ancient Egyptian mutant En Sabah Nur (voiced by Adetokumboh M’Cormack and Ross Marquand in the past and present, respectively) will dominate our heroes’ focus in Season 2. However, with the gang scattered across time, reuniting this dream team is higher on the to-do list. Though he’s the fan favorite villain who will become Apocalypse, En Sabah Nur’s journey is long and full of terrors. Notably, the series comes after turbulence behind the scenes; X-Men ’97 showrunner and writer Beau DeMayo was fired by Disney after Season 1, though he had finished writing Season 2. — S.C.
Starring: Ross Marquand, Matthew Waterson, Ray Chase, Jennifer Hale, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, and George Buza
How to watch: X-Men ’97 is now streaming on Disney+.
The word “iconic” gets thrown around a lot these days. But there’s no denying that The Devil Wears Prada movie adaptation was iconic. The fashion had audiences gagging on the eleganza of Andy Sachs’ (Anne Hathaway) stylish journey of self-discovery working under the iron fist that was Runway magazine’s editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) — herself a thinly veiled Anna Wintour. Who among us hasn’t yelled, “Gird your loins!” in a clumsy Stanley Tucci impersonation? Or felt smug about cerulean ever since we first heard that epic monologue?
Twenty years later, this chic sequel picks up with the tables turned. Andy is a successful journalist, while Miranda’s reign at Runway is threatened by a current scandal. Will Andy aid her? Or expose her?*
Mashable’s Shannon Connellan wrote in her review, “Offering the season’s most anticipated collection of high fashion, celebrity cameos, and sweeping statements on modern media, The Devil Wears Prada 2 delivers an expertly tailored sequel, made-to-measure and unmistakably its own brand.” — K.P
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Lucy Liu, Justin Theroux, B. J. Novak, Simone Ashley, and Pauline Chalamet
How to watch: The Devil Wears Prada 2 is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.
Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! You can now watch sci-fi crowdpleaser Project Hail Mary at home. Based on the bestselling novel by Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary imagines a terrifying scenario: Earth’s sun is dimming, and we have one last-ditch hope at figuring out how to save it. That hope is Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), a science teacher stranded alone in space. Alone, that is, until he meets Rocky (voiced and puppeted by James Ortiz), everyone’s new favorite movie alien.
That encounter kicks off the heartwarming bromance that fuels the rest of Project Hail Mary, which bursts with humor, apocalyptic drama, and riveting spacewalks. As Mashable Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko wrote in her review, “Imagine The Martian meets Half Nelson meets E.T., and you’ll get some idea of the mirthful mash-up that is Project Hail Mary.” — B.E.*
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, Milana Vayntrub, and James Ortiz
How to watch: Project Hail Mary is now streaming on MGM+.
Silo Season 2 left us on so many brutal cliffhangers that Season 3 has felt a long time coming, but now we’re hopefully poised to get some of the big questions answered: What exactly is the safeguard? What’s next for Sims (Common) and his family? Will Bernard (Tim Robbins) survive that fire? Based on the trailer, which cuts between the underground silo in the present day and the pre-silo storyline started in that surprise Season 2 flashback, it looks like we may also get an origin story. Eep. — Sam Haysom, General Assignment Editor, UK
Starring: Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Alexandria Riley, Shane McRae, Remmie Milner, Rick Gomez, Billy Postlethwaite, Clare Perkins, Ashley Zukerman, Jessica Henwick, Laura Innes, Jessica Brown Findlay, Morven Christie, Reed Birney, Matt Craven, Colin Hanks, and Steve Zahn
How to watch: Silo Season 3 premieres July 3 on Apple TV.
(*) denotes a blurb came from a prior list.
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Shannon Connellan is Mashable’s Senior Editor, General Assignments, based in London. She has been Mashable’s UK Editor (and still manages the illustrious UK team) and Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives searching for Exit 8. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror, and loves to nerd out with movie stars, filmmakers, and TV creators.
Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Television Critics Association, as well as a Tomatometer-approved critic.
Kristy Puchko is the Entertainment Editor at Mashable. Based in New York City, she’s an established film critic and entertainment reporter who has traveled the world on assignment, covered a variety of film festivals, co-hosted movie-focused podcasts, and interviewed a wide array of performers and filmmakers.
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