There are just a handful of noteworthy selections new to Netflix and Amazon Prime this week, while FandangoNOW adds a mix of well-received older titles (including one Disney classic) and new releases. Read on for the full list.
This acclaimed horror hybrid from debuting writer-director Babak Anvari is set in war-torn Tehran and centers on a mother and daughter who may or may not be suffering from the presence of a Djinn.
Available now on: Netflix
Season 12 of FX’s enduring comedy about a gang of misanthropic friends who run an Irish pub in Philly just premiered last week, and if you caught it for the first time and thought, “This is insane. I want more,” then you’re in luck. Netflix has all 11 previous seasons.
Available now on: Netflix
Following the success of Stranger Things, Netflix goes full retro by remaking and recontextualizing a popular 1970s-1980s sitcom about a divorced mother raising two teenage daughters. Except this time, they’re Cuban.
Available now on: Netflix
This Certified Fresh documentary spends a year chronicling the life of the powerful contemporary soul singer — who we unfortunately lost in November — as she attempts to release a new album while battling cancer.
Available now on: Netflix
Bryan Cranston stars in this real-life drama about an undercover US Customs agent who enters Pablo Escobar’s drug trafficking operation in an effort to build a case and bring down his financial support system.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Toby Kebbell and Brian Cox star in this thriller about an Afghanistan war veteran who returns home and discovers a conspiracy between intelligence agencies and a gang of drug dealers.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Disney’s classic take on the story of a wooden boy who wishes to become human is being made available to stream this week.
Available now on: FandangoNOW
In José Padilha’s sequel to the hit 2010 Brazilian crime drama, Wagner Moura reprises his role as a military police captain who helps stem gang violence in his town but inadvertently empowers corrupt cops and politicians in the process.
Available 1/11 on: FandangoNOW
Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo star in Mira Nair’s inspirational tale based on a true story about a chess prodigy who is discovered in a Ugandan slum and nurtured to become a champion.
Available now on: FandangoNOW
Rebecca Hall stars in this fact-based drama as Christine Chubbuck, the Florida news reporter who committed suicide on live TV in 1974.
Available now on: FandangoNOW
This surprisingly effective prequel to the forgettable 2014 original follows a scam psychic and her two daughters as they deal with an unwelcome spirit who enters their lives via the titular game board.
Available now on: FandangoNOW
Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, and Owen Wilson lead an all-star comedic cast in this based-on-true-events caper about an armored vehicle driver who attempts pull off an impossible heist in hopes of impressing a woman.
Available 1/13 on: FandangoNOW
Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher play a regular suburban couple who get roped into an international conspiracy when their new neighbors turn out to be spies.
Available now on: FandangoNOW
