The Best New Movies to Stream This Week

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Looking to settle in with a good movie? Me too. That's why I've pored over release schedules to bring you the best original and new-to-streaming movies you can watch on Netflix, Prime, Max, Hulu, and other streaming platforms this week. The biggest winner: You're Cordially Invited. How can you go wrong with a romantic comedy starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon?

You're Cordially Invited

Comedic icons Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon star in a domestic comedy in which bridal parties battle for supremacy. A terrible planner booked both Ferrell's daughter's wedding and Witherspoon's sister's weddings for the same time and place. Instead of cooperating, the families go head-to-head and try to destroy each other. You're Cordially invited was directed by Nick Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Neighbors), so you're in good hands if you like solid comedy from solid comedy professionals.

Where to stream: Prime

You Hurt My Feelings

It's impossible to not like Tina Fey. In You Hurt my Feelings, the writer-turned-actress plays a novelist whose world is shaken when she overhears her husband's actual opinion of her newest book. Directed by Nicole Holofcener (Friends with Money) and bearing the A24 Films mark of quality, You Hurt my Feelings earned unqualified raves from critics for its subtle, smart story about the lies we tell each other.

Where to stream: Netflix

Star Trek: Section 31

In this new original Trek movie, the amazing Michelle Yeoh reprises the role she played in Star Trek: Discovery. She is Emperor Philippa Georgiou, who joins a secret division of Starfleet and takes us inside the seedier parts of the federation. The advanced reviews have not been kind, with critics savaging the show's edgy, quirky take on the ST universe, but on the other hand, even bad Star Trek is better than no Star Trek, and at least they're trying something different.

Where to stream: Paramount+

Last week's picks

A Real Pain (2024)

Written by, directed by, and starring Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain is a buddy comedy/road movie in which a pair of mismatched cousins tour through Poland to visit holocaust memorials. This plot would be a disaster in the wrong hands, but Eisenberg's sensitive directorial skills and amazing performances from both Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin elevate A Real Pain into a memorable, touching film you shouldn't miss. It more than earned its 96% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Where to stream: Hulu

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy takes viewers behind the music and behind the mugshot. Through never-before-seen archival footage and interviews with the (probably former) friends and associates who knew him best, The Making of a Bad Boy explores Sean "Diddy" Combs' long journey from musical icon and hip hop impresario to nearly universally hated pariah and prisoner.

Where to stream: Peacock

Sleep (2023)

Korean psychological thriller Sleep balances nuanced characters with a slow-burn ghost story about the world we inhabit while we dream. Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun play Soo-jin and Hyun-su, a married couple with a baby on the way whose seemingly tranquil domestic lives are shattered when Hyun-su starts talking in his sleep, saying "Someone’s inside." Spooky!

Where to stream: Hulu

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