Yet again, we’ve got quite the hodgepodge of new titles available on streaming services this week, beginning with Charlie Kaufman’s Oscar-nominated stop motion drama and a Barack Obama biopic. Then we’ve got a new Netflix original series, a couple of smaller films, and more. Read on for all the choices this week.
This Certified Fresh drama centers on a boy’s efforts to track down a murderer without giving in to his own homicidal urges.
Available now on: Netflix
Lily Rabe stars in this drama about about a teacher whose inner turmoil dovetails with her chaperoning duties on a weekend school trip.
Available now on: Netflix
Brit Marling stars in this mysterious Netflix original series about a woman missing for seven years who returns home with special powers and a new agenda.
Available now on: Netflix
Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies star in this sci-fi drama about a family struggling to survive during an alien invasion.
Available now on: Netflix
Devon Terrell stars in this dramatized look at President Barack Obama’s life as a young college student.
Available now on: Netflix
Charlie Kaufman’s deeply melancholy stop-motion tale centers on a lonely man whose failure to connect with others is challenged by a chance meeting with a woman staying in the same hotel.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
In this found footage horror film, a small town mayor’s failure to heed researchers’ warnings of lethal toxicity leads to a horrific outbreak of a mutant breed of tongue-eating louse.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell star in Peter Berg’s account of the 2010 disaster on the titular drilling rig.
Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes
Nate Parker writes, directs, and stars in this historical tale about the life of Nat Turner, who famously led a slave revolt in 1831.
Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes
