There aren’t many big titles newly available on streaming video this week, but we do have plenty of worthy indies, including a Chris Rock comedy, and some decent TV, like TNT’s alien invasion series Falling Skies. Plus, there’s a holiday treat, a couple of well-received foreign films, and some classics. Read on for details:
Chris Rock (who also directed) plays Andre Allen, a popular comic actor who’s about to be married to a famous reality TV star. He agrees to be profiled by a New York Times reporter (Rosario Dawson), and as they stroll about the city, Allen begins to question the decisions he’s made in his life and career.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
TNT’s Steven Spielberg-produced action drama centers on a group of survivors — led by Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood — mounting a resistance effort against alien invaders.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
One of the classic Rankin-Bass TV specials from the 1970s, this stop motion animated musical features the voices of Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, and more in a dramatization of the popular holiday song.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This documentary chronicles the unlikely success of the studio that brought audiences both classic B-movie actioners starring Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme and films by directors like John Cassavetes and Franco Zeffirelli through the 1970s and 1980s.
Available now on: Netflix
This thriller from China centers on a former cop who teams up with his old partner to solve the case that ended their careers after copycat murders begin to occur.
Available now on: Netflix
Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan star in this modern-day adaptation of a Henry James novel about the effects of divorce on a seven-year-old girl.
Available now on: Netflix
This Canadian black comedy is about a former child star who fakes his way into a gig as a high school guidance counselor.
Available now on: Netflix
This Korean thriller follows a detective whose involvement in a hit-and-run becomes part of a tangled criminal investigation.
Available now on: Netflix
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
A 1955 noir by Joseph Lewis, this thriller follows a cop who squares off against a ruthless mob kingpin whose sadistic methods begin to irk his own men.
Available now on: Fandor
Frank Sinatra is dependably awesome in Otto Preminger’s dated but still compelling portrait of a junkie at the end of his wits.
Available now on: Fandor
The second installment of the dystopian sci-fi series finds Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his gang attempting to survive a barren landscape while on the run from an evil organization and deadly zombies.
Available 12/4 on: Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu
