Now Streaming: While We’re Young, Apocalypse Now, The Great Escape, and More
This week on streaming video, we’ve only got one new release available for purchase, but there’s also a lot of great new content on Netflix, Fandor, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. Whether you’re looking for teen drama, cinema classics, cult favorites, or recent hits, there’s probably something worth watching. Read on for the full list:
Available for purchase
While We’re Young 84%
Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Amanda Seyfried, and Adam Driver star in Noah Baumbach’s Certified Fresh dramedy about a childless couple who feel energized when they begin hanging out with a younger hipster couple.
New on Netflix
Apocalypse Now/Apocalypse Now Redux 91%
Francis Ford Coppola reimagined Conrad’s Heart of Darkness for the Vietnam War, and the result is one of cinema’s most hallucinatory depictions of the horrors of war. Coppola’s longer director’s cut is also available.
Available now on Netflix: Apocalypse Now, Apocalypse Now Redux
The Great Escape 94%
John Sturges’ acclaimed adaptation of Paul Brickhill’s memoir stars Steve McQueen and James Garner in a WWII drama about Allied POWs who escape from a Nazi prison camp.
Available now on: Netflix
Y Tu Mamá También 90%
Alfonso Cuarón earned international recognition for this coming-of-age drama starring Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal as a pair of best friends who embark on a journey of self-discovery when they take off on a road trip with a sensuous older woman (Maribel Verdú).
Available now on: Netflix
The Pope of Greenwich Village 77%
Eric Roberts and Mickey Rourke star in this crime comedy about a pair of down-on-their-luck cousins who decide to rob a local business and end up running afoul of the mob.
Available now on:
The Aviator 86%
Martin Scorsese’s sprawling three-hour biopic following the life and times of all-American weirdo Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) boasts impeccable period detail and an excellent ensemble cast that includes Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Kate Beckinsale, and Gwen Stefani.
Available now on: Netflix
The Quiet American 87%
Phillip Noyce’s adaptation of the Graham Greene novel stars Brendan Fraser and Michael Caine in a drama about a British journalist and a CIA agent who both fall for the same woman (Do Thi Hai Yen) in Saigon amid rising tensions leading to the Vietnam War.
Available now on: Netflix
The Others 84%
Nicole Kidman stars in this creepy, atmospheric thriller about a woman trying to protect her children from the specters that haunt their stately Victorian mansion.
Available now on: Netflix
Pretty Little Liars: Season Four
Lucy Hale stars in ABC Family’s drama about four friends who are reunited after they all begin receiving strange anonymous messages a year after their mutual friend’s mysterious death.
Available now on: Netflix
The Sisterhood of Night 81%
Georgie Henley and Kara Hayward star in this thriller about a teen who uncovers secrets about a cult-like group of girls at her high school, which subsequently throws her town into disarray.
Available now on: Netflix
The Lost Boys: Special Edition 75%
Corey Haim, Jason Patric, and Kiefer Sutherland star in this cult classic thriller about a pair of teens who move to a new town and face off against a gang of local vampires.
Available now on: Netflix
Sense8: Season One
From the minds of the Wachowskis (The Matrix) comes the new Netflix series Sense8, which follows eight strangers from around the world who are able to connect to each other telepathically and experience each other’s lives.
Available now on: Netflix
New on Fandor
Beauty and the Beast
96%
Jean Cocteau’s haunting masterpiece has lost none of its eerie power over the years; it’s a fairy tale for grown-ups that remains a landmark of fantasy filmmaking.
Available now on: Fandor
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
81%
Creepy, surreal, and visually striking, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is one of the high points of the Czech New Wave and has influenced the work of Neil Jordan and Tim Burton.
Available now on: Fandor
Black Orpheus
88%
With its colorful visual palate, tuneful bossa nova soundtrack, and wonderful performances, Marcel Camus’ update of the ancient tale of Orpheus and Eurydice is another arthouse classic.
Available now on: Fandor
New on Hulu
The Bridge: Season Two
El Paso Police detective Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger) teams up with Ciudad Juárez detective Marco Ruiz (Demián Bichir) team up to fight crime along the border on one of TV’s weirdest cop shows.
Available now on: Hulu
The Whispers: Season One
Barry Sloane and Brianna Brown star in ABC’s sci-fi series about a supernatural alien entity that slowly attempts to take over the Earth by bringing children under its control.
Available now on: Hulu
New on Amazon Prime
Much Ado About Nothing
87%
Joss Whedon’s micro-budgeted modern-day reworking of Shakespeare’s comedy features a plethora of Whedon regulars, including Amy Acker, Clark Gregg, and Nathan Fillion.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Seven Psychopaths
82%
Colin Farrell stars as a struggling screenwriter whose well-meaning buddy (Sam Rockwell) places him in danger when he unwittingly kidnaps a dog belonging to a violent gangster (Woody Harrelson) who will stop at nothing to rescue his beloved pet.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
World War Z
67%
When mankind is threatened by a global zombie outbreak, it’s up to ex-United Nations operative Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) to scour the planet to find the source of the pandemic.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
