This week on streaming video, we’ve got some fan favorites on TV and film, as well as several classics, a few worthy indies, and some excellent television. Read on for the full list:
The final season of NBC’s beloved workplace comedy finds Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) working as a federal parks director while her husband Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) makes a bid for Congress. If you missed it when it originally aired, you can catch up now.
Available now on: Netflix
This Oscar-nominated documentary examines the drug trade from both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Available now on: Netflix
Ravi Patel’s Certified Fresh documentary chronicles his family’s persistent attempts to find him a spouse.
Available now on: Netflix
The film follow-up to Joss Whedon’s much loved and, in the opinion of many, wrongfully cancelled sci-fi series Firefly finds the crew of the titular vessel on the run after they pick up a fugitive psychic and her brother.
Available now on: Netflix
Asia Argento’s darkly comedic coming-of-age tale centers on a misfit child of divorce who finds solace in the companionship of her best friend and a stray cat.
Available now on: Netflix
This Oscar-nominated documentary short follows the daily struggles of a teenage victim of Agent Orange in Vietnam who dreams of becoming an artist.
Available now on: Netflix
Robert Rodriguez’s Certified Fresh adaptation of the Frank Miller comic is a dark, grisly collection of interconnected pulp fiction starring Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, and Mickey rourke, and shot with a unique visual flair.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This classic from Jean Vigo centers on a barge captain and his new wife, who sneaks away from her jealous husband to enjoy the big city, only to find that he’s left port without her.
Available now on: Fandor
Agnès Varda’s existential snapshot follows a young pop star as she wanders through Paris for a couple of hours while waiting to find out whether or not she has cancer.
Available now on: Fandor
This Certified Fresh Cold War thriller tells the story of an East German doctor whose escape plan to the West is complicated by a man she doesn’t fully trust
Available now on: Fandor
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
Chris Marker’s abstract philosophical documentary explores the nature of memory, layering music and poetic verse over a collage of disparate images.
Available now on: Fandor
This Certified Fresh biopic dramatizes the life of the legendary philosopher and her coverage of the trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
Available now on: Fandor
