This week on streaming video, we’ve got some fan favorites on TV and film, as well as several classics, a few worthy indies, and some excellent television. Read on for the full list:
The final season of NBC’s beloved workplace comedy finds Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) working as a federal parks director while her husband Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) makes a bid for Congress. If you missed it when it originally aired, you can catch up now.
Available now on: Netflix
This Oscar-nominated documentary examines the drug trade from both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Available now on: Netflix
Ravi Patel’s Certified Fresh documentary chronicles his family’s persistent attempts to find him a spouse.
Available now on: Netflix
The film follow-up to Joss Whedon’s much loved and, in the opinion of many, wrongfully cancelled sci-fi series Firefly finds the crew of the titular vessel on the run after they pick up a fugitive psychic and her brother.
Available now on: Netflix
Asia Argento’s darkly comedic coming-of-age tale centers on a misfit child of divorce who finds solace in the companionship of her best friend and a stray cat.
Available now on: Netflix
This Oscar-nominated documentary short follows the daily struggles of a teenage victim of Agent Orange in Vietnam who dreams of becoming an artist.
Available now on: Netflix
Robert Rodriguez’s Certified Fresh adaptation of the Frank Miller comic is a dark, grisly collection of interconnected pulp fiction starring Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, and Mickey rourke, and shot with a unique visual flair.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This classic from Jean Vigo centers on a barge captain and his new wife, who sneaks away from her jealous husband to enjoy the big city, only to find that he’s left port without her.
Available now on: Fandor
Agnès Varda’s existential snapshot follows a young pop star as she wanders through Paris for a couple of hours while waiting to find out whether or not she has cancer.
Available now on: Fandor
This twisty Japanese ghost story (literally translated as “Black Cat“) from Kaneto Shindô begins with the murder of two women, whose spirits emerge to exact vengeance upon those who have wronged them.
Available now on: Fandor
This Certified Fresh Cold War thriller tells the story of an East German doctor whose escape plan to the West is complicated by a man she doesn’t fully trust
Available now on: Fandor
This groundbreaking documentary by Albert and David Maysles profiles Edie Beale — aunt of Jackie Kennedy Onassis — and her daughter, also named Edie, who lived in poverty at the titular estate for decades.
Available now on: Fandor
Chris Marker’s abstract philosophical documentary explores the nature of memory, layering music and poetic verse over a collage of disparate images.
Available now on: Fandor
This Certified Fresh biopic dramatizes the life of the legendary philosopher and her coverage of the trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
Available now on: Fandor
