There’s a lot of random stuff newly available to stream this week, but at least we get a season-appropriate choice and a reliable thriller. Then we’ve also got a handful of acclaimed smaller films and a couple of classics to round out the list. Read on for all the choices this week.
This humorous documentary centers on four friends with varying degrees of autism in a comedy troupe together as they prepare for what could be their final show.
Available now on: Netflix
This documentary charts the success of a preteen band and the viral fame that earned them a gig opening for Metallica.
Available now on: Netflix
This indie drama centers on a young Korean-American man in Los Angeles who struggles against cultural exepctations when he experiences a sexual awakening at his new job.
Available now on: Netflix
Tim Allen stars in this holiday family comedy about a divorced father who accidentally kills Santa Claus and inherits his job.
Available now on: Netflix
This lighthearted Amazon original comedy shows the inner workings of the contemporary fictitious New York Symphony, led by a young upstart conductor.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Kathy Bates and James Caan star in this thriller based on the Stephen King novel about a disturbed woman who takes a famous author hostage and forces him to write a new novel.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This documentary follows an American basketball player who decides to play for a professional team in Iran and discovers the country is not what he expected.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck star in Frank Capra’s comedy about a reporter who causes a national stir when she publishes a controversial fake letter and hires a former ballplayer to pose as the letter’s author.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This indie drama centers on a scorned man who retreats to his aunt’s countryside home for pregnant teens, where he unwittingly stirs up trouble among the residents.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This apocalyptic action-horror film from South Korea follows a group of passengers on a commuter train fighting to survive a zombie outbreak.
Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes
Sasha Lane delivers a breakout performance in Andrea Arnold’s drama about a girl who sets out across the midwest with a traveling sales crew.
Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes
Eva Green and Asa Butterfield star in Tim Burton’s adaptation of the eponymous 2011 novel, about a boy who discovers a secret house where a mysterious headmistress presides over children with exotic supernatural powers.
Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in Oliver Stone’s portrait of the famed CIA employee who leaked classified information from the NSA and exposed a number of clandestine surveillance programs.
Available now on: Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes
