This week on streaming video, we’ve got a decent high school comedy and an action thriller starring Pierce Brosnan, Milla Jovovich, and Emma Thompson that premieres online the same day it hits theaters. If you’re not looking to own a new release, you can look forward to a few classics newly available on Netflix and Fandor this week, including one of Quentin Tarantino’s recent hits, an acclaimed indie drama, a horror comedy, a martial arts favorite, and even some classics from the likes of Sergei Eisenstein and Alexander Korda. Read on for the full list:
Mae Whitman stars as Bianca, a normal happy high school senior who learns everyone refers to her as “the DUFF” (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Understandably mortified, Bianca enlists the help of her ex-BFF Wesley (Robbie Amell) to reinvent herself and shed her undesirable reputation, hoping to attract the attention of her crush in the process.
Available now on: iTunes
Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning revisionist war film stars an ensemble of actors — including Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, and more — in a story about a small WWII strike force who carry out precision hits on the Nazi forces and take on Hitler himself.
Available now on: Netflix
This Certified Fresh French thriller is the twisty tale of a man whose adulterous affairs lead to serious trouble.
Available now on: Netflix
The titular creatures are kindly, goofy monsters that have raised a little boy named Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead Wright) as one of their own. But the nefarious Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) wants to wipe out the Boxtrolls for personal gain, so it’s up to Eggs and his new friend Winnie (Elle Fanning) to stop him.
Available now on: Netflix
USA’s crime drama depicts a group of law enforcement agents pulled from different agencies for a joint task force to live and work together out of a Southern California beach house.
Available now on: Netflix
The titular creatures menace a group of friends vacationing at remote cabin in this horror comedy.
Available now on: Netflix
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Sergei Eisenstein’s epic biography of the notorious Russian ruler cut a little too close to the bone for the Stalin regime, but this subversive masterpiece also contains some of the master director’s most astonishing visual flourishes.
Available now on: Fandor
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Alexander Korda’s historical drama stars Vivien Leigh as Lady Emma Hamilton, the early 19th Century courtesan who married British ambassador Sir William Hamilton (Alan Mowbray) but left her husband for another man (Laurence Olivier) during the Napoleonic Wars.
Available now on: Fandor
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Paul Schrader’s visually stunning 1985 drama focuses on the life of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata), who famously committed public suicide in 1970.
Available now on: Fandor
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Martial arts aficionados will be well acquainted with this classic sequel to The One-Armed Boxer, in which the hero is hunted by a blind assassin adept at wielding a unique weapon.
Available now on: Fandor
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Max Ophüls’s final film is a fictionalized biopic of the titular Irish dancer who was famous for her affairs with notable figures like Franz Liszt.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
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Alejandro Jodorowsky’s bloody magic realist shocker is a surreal circus of infidelity, madness, and murder.
Available now on: Fandor
