The Killing Joke Premieres, Four Almodóvar Films Go Digital, and More Movies Streaming This Week

Based on one of the darkest chapters in the Caped Crusader’s saga, this animated film finds Batman (voiced by Kevin Conroy) squaring off with the Joker (Mark Hamill), who gets an origin story and later attempts to drive Commissioner Gordon (Ray Wise) insane.

Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNow, iTunes

The first of four Pedro Almodóvar films newly available to purchase on iTunes, this darkly comic drama about a housewife attempting to keep a level head in the midst of a gaggle of eccentric relatives.

Available 7/31 on: iTunes

Ethan Hawke and Carmen Ejogo star in this Certified Fresh biopic of doomed jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes

Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood star in this thriller about a pair of sisters attempting to survive an apocalyptic power outage by retreating into the woods surrounding their home.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes

Another selection from Almodóvar, this dark comedy follows a nightclub singer who seeks refuge in a convent run by eccentric nuns after her lover ODs on bad heroin.

Available 7/31 on: iTunes

Lastly from Almodóvar, another dark comedy, this time following an aspiring actress-turned-makeup artist and the various criminals, schemers, and unsavory people who populate her life.

Available 7/31 on: iTunes

Jonathan Pryce stars in this dramedy about a London bakery owner who hires a teen pot dealer as an assistant and makes a killing when the boy’s marijuana stash finds its way into the mixing dough.

Available now on: iTunes

This Certified Fresh Norwegian thriller centers on a fjord collapse and the subsequent danger it poses to a sleepy tourist town.

Available now on: Netflix

This musical drama follows the artistic and personal collaboration between a ballet dancer and a street musician.

Available now on: Netflix

Sammo Hung stars in this martial arts film about a young fighter who returns to his home village to exact vengeance upon the gang boss who murdered his father.

Available now on: Netflix

Based on the legends of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, this History Channel original drama focuses on his rise from farmer to warrior, and from raider of England and France to King of the Vikings.

Available now on: Amazon Prime

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, and Chris Pine star in this Certified Fresh sci-fi drama about a woman whose rural refuge from a nuclear disaster is unsettled by the arrival of two strangers.

Available now on: Amazon Prime

SyFy’s action drama imagines a future Earth where aliens called Votans must work together with a hostile human population to survive the war-ravaged planet.

Available now on: Amazon Prime