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The Santa Clause, Misery, and More Available to Stream on Netflix and Amazon Prime

by | December 13, 2016 | Comments

There’s a lot of random stuff newly available to stream this week, but at least we get a season-appropriate choice and a reliable thriller. Then we’ve also got a handful of acclaimed smaller films and a couple of classics to round out the list. Read on for all the choices this week.


New on Netflix

 

Asperger's Are Us (2016) 100%

This humorous documentary centers on four friends with varying degrees of autism in a comedy troupe together as they prepare for what could be their final show.

Available now on: Netflix


Breaking a Monster (2015) 100%

This documentary charts the success of a preteen band and the viral fame that earned them a gig opening for Metallica.

Available now on: Netflix


Spa Night (2016) 96%

This indie drama centers on a young Korean-American man in Los Angeles who struggles against cultural exepctations when he experiences a sexual awakening at his new job.

Available now on: Netflix


The Santa Clause (1994) 73%

Tim Allen stars in this holiday family comedy about a divorced father who accidentally kills Santa Claus and inherits his job.

Available now on: Netflix


New on Amazon Prime

 

Mozart in the Jungle: Season 3 (2016) 100%

This lighthearted Amazon original comedy shows the inner workings of the contemporary fictitious New York Symphony, led by a young upstart conductor.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


Misery (1990) 91%

Kathy Bates and James Caan star in this thriller based on the Stephen King novel about a disturbed woman who takes a famous author hostage and forces him to write a new novel.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


The Iran Job (2012) 90%

This documentary follows an American basketball player who decides to play for a professional team in Iran and discovers the country is not what he expected.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


Meet John Doe (1941) 92%

Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck star in Frank Capra’s comedy about a reporter who causes a national stir when she publishes a controversial fake letter and hires a former ballplayer to pose as the letter’s author.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


Uncertain Terms (2014) 71%

This indie drama centers on a scorned man who retreats to his aunt’s countryside home for pregnant teens, where he unwittingly stirs up trouble among the residents.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


Available to Purchase

 

Train to Busan (2016) 95%

This apocalyptic action-horror film from South Korea follows a group of passengers on a commuter train fighting to survive a zombie outbreak.

Available now on: AmazonFandangoNOW, iTunes


American Honey (2016) 80%

Sasha Lane delivers a breakout performance in Andrea Arnold’s drama about a girl who sets out across the midwest with a traveling sales crew.

Available now on: AmazonFandangoNOWiTunes


Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) 65%

Eva Green and Asa Butterfield star in Tim Burton’s adaptation of the eponymous 2011 novel, about a boy who discovers a secret house where a mysterious headmistress presides over children with exotic supernatural powers.

Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNOWiTunes


Snowden (2016) 61%

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in Oliver Stone’s portrait of the famed CIA employee who leaked classified information from the NSA and exposed a number of clandestine surveillance programs.

Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNOWiTunes