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by | October 17, 2017 | Comments

This week on streaming services, we’ve got an acclaimed Netflix original period crime drama, a Will Ferrell-John C. Reilly comedy, a bunch of great indie films on Amazon, and the latest from Noah Baumbach. Read on for details.


New on Netflix

 

Mindhunter: Season 1 (2017) 96%

Jonathan Groff and Anna Torv star in this Netflix original series from Executive Producers David Fincher and Charlize Theron about the early efforts of the FBI to profile serial killers.

Available now on: Netflix


The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) 92%

Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, and Ben Stiller lead an ensemble cast in Noah Baumbach’s Netflix original film, which centers on a trio of siblings dealing with the influence of their aging father over their lives.

Available now on: Netflix


Donnie Darko (2001) 87%

Jake Gyllenhaal and Jena Malone star in this cult favorite sci-fi drama about a bright but peculiar high schooler who suffers an existential crisis when a potentially imaginary six-foot-tall rabbit tells him the world is about to end.

Available now on: Netflix


Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) 71%

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star in Adam McKay’s comedy about a top NASCAR driver who is threatened by the emergence of an up-and-coming French Formula One racer.

Available now on: Netflix


New on Amazon Prime

 

City of Ghosts (2017) 98%

This documentary follows the efforts of the citizen journalist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and their efforts to chronicle human rights violations by ISIS in Syria. No information on special features is available.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


Sand Dollars (2014) 94%

Geraldine Chaplin stars in a drama about the relationship between and older American woman and a twentysomething Dominican.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


A Quiet Passion (2016) 92%

Cynthia Nixon stars as Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’ biopic about the celebrated American poet’s life.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


The Other Dream Team (2012) 88%

This documentary tells the story of the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic basketball team, whose road to the bronze medal helped bring hope to their newly independent home country.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


Bellflower (2011) 73%

This indie action flick centers on a pair of weapon-manufacturing friends preparing for the apocalypse who embark on a tumultuous journey when one of them falls in love with a charismatic woman.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) 66%

In this loose sequel to the 1976 horror film of the same name, the small town of Texarkana, Texas is terrorized again by a mysterious killer who mimics the murders that took place in the same town 65 years before.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (2015) 67%

This drama centers on a group of sexually uninhibited French teenagers who must deal with a scandal when their risque leisure activities are discovered.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


Lore: Season 1 (2017) 69%

This Amazon original anthology series based on the popular podcast of the same name examines the historical origins of creepy folk tales and scary stories.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


New on FandangoNOW

 

Step (2017) 96%

This documentary centers on a Baltimore girls’ high school’s step squad as they practice to be the best and hopefully attend college afterwards.

Available now on: FandangoNOW


Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) 90%

Vince Vaughn and Don Johnson star in this crime drama about a down-and-out mechanic who is forced into acts of brutal violence when a shootout with cops lands him in prison.

Available now on: FandangoNOW


Kidnap (2017) 35%

Halle Berry stars in this thriller about a single mom who risks everything to retrieve her abducted son.

Available now on: FandangoNOW


The Dark Tower (2017) 15%

Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey star in this sci-fi actioner based on the beloved Stephen King novel series about a wandering gunslinger’s eternal battle with a mysterious Man in Black, who seeks the destruction of the universe.

Available now on: FandangoNOW