What's Coming Out This Week In Theaters and On Streaming, VOD & TV (November 17 - November 23, 2025)
All the 🎥 films and 📺 shows hitting theaters and streaming this week!
With plenty of new releases landing in theaters and on streaming platforms this week, there’s no shortage of choices. Here’s a rundown of what’s on the way. And whether you’re settling in for a quiet night at home or heading out to your local cinema this weekend, you’ll have more than a few options to pick from. Check it out!
🎥 In Theaters This Week
🎥 Wicked: For Good
(Fri, Nov 21st — wide release)
In this spellbinding musical finale from filmmaker Jon M. Chu, Glinda and Elphaba, two unlikely friends, find their bond tested as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) twists the truth and turns fear into a weapon. With Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande leading the soaring heartbreak, this dazzling showdown mixes political paranoia, emotional reckoning, and a whole lot of green-tinged destiny. Expect flying broomsticks, fractured loyalties, and one last duet that might just shatter every heart in the Emerald City.
🎥 Sisu: Road to Revenge
(Fri, Nov 21st — wide release)
This ferociously wild Finnish action sequel hits the gas hard, sending a grief-fueled commando on a one-man rampage across WWII tundra. Jorma Tommila brings the icy glare while Stephen Lang devours scenery as a merciless Red Army captain in a frenzy of flipped trucks and improvised carnage. Under Jalmari Helander’s gonzo direction, it’s a blood-soaked reminder that you can’t keep a good Finn down... especially when revenge is the only road worth taking!
🎥 Rental Family
(Fri, Nov 21st — wide release)
This tender Tokyo-set dramedy follows a washed-up American actor who lands an unusual gig “renting” himself out as a stand-in dad, husband, or friend for Japanese locals facing private struggles. Oscar-winner Brendan Fraser brings his trademark warmth to a story steeped in gentle awkwardness and cross-cultural melancholy. It’s a soulful reminder that sometimes faking connection is the first step to finding the real thing.
🎥 Altered
(Fri, Nov 21st — limited release; also on ✅VOD/Digital)
This scrappy sci-fi underdog tale finds Tom Felton in a gene-obsessed future as a wheelchair-bound “Special” who builds a DIY supersuit that not only lets him walk but also blast his way through a gene-engineered ruling class. Cult director Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky) amps up the pulpy comic-book-style chaos and dark wit as one unlikely hero sparks a full-blown class uprising. It’s Gattaca meets Elysium, where evolution is power and the least-modified man alive becomes the biggest threat.
🎥 Time Travel Is Dangerous
(Fri, Nov 21st — limited release; also on ✅VOD/Digital)
Two best friends and vintage shop owners, Ruth and Megan, stumble upon a time machine… and suddenly their inventory just got a lot more interesting. What starts as a clever way to “borrow” treasures from the past soon turns into a chaotic adventure through history, fashion, and the occasional temporal disaster.
🎥 Zodiac Killer Project
(Fri, Nov 21st — limited release; in select theaters)
What began as a search for the Zodiac Killer becomes a meta investigation into our fascination with murder, myth, and the mechanics of storytelling itself. Through haunting imagery and sharp self-reflection, filmmaker Charlie Shackleton turns a failed true crime film into a provocative study of the genre—and why we can’t look away.
🎦 Streaming This Week
🎦 Selena y Los Dinos
(Mon, Nov 17th — premiering on Netflix)
This intimate archival doc lets legendary Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez tell her own story, stitching rare family footage into a tender portrait of her rise as the Queen of Tejano. Following Selena and her family band as they break barriers and reshape a genre, it captures the drive, love, and ambition behind her meteoric ascent. It’s a heartfelt tribute to a family, a movement, and an icon whose voice still echoes across generations.
🎦 Thoughts and Prayers
(Tues, Nov 18th — premiering on HBO MAX)
In a country where lockdown drills are as common as fire alarms, survival has become an industry. This new HBO documentary exposes America’s $3 billion marketplace of fear—from classrooms to conventions—where bulletproof gear and active-shooter drills have become a way of life. Tracing the rituals of a nation preparing for violence rather than preventing it, the doc delivers a haunting portrait of safety turned spectacle.
🎦 Champagne Problems
(Wed, Nov 19th — premiering on Netflix)
This bubbly rom-com sends Minka Kelly’s tightly wound ad exec into a Paris fling that backfires when her dream guy (Tom Wozniczka) turns out to be the boss’s son. Filmmaker Mark Steven Johnson leans into the sugar-rush charm as business and pleasure collide in fizzy, holiday style. Turns out the toughest deal to seal is the one your heart negotiates on its own.
🎦 The Son of a Thousand Men
(Wed, Nov 19th — premiering on Netflix)
In a quiet coastal village, a lonely fisherman’s wish for a son sparks a chain of mystical connections that bind strangers through shared longing and buried truths. Adapted from Valter Hugo Mãe’s acclaimed novel, Brazilian director Daniel Rezende’s lyrical new film casts a soulful spell about finding family in unexpected places and love in the unlikeliest of tides.
🎦 The Carman Family Deaths
(Wed, Nov 19th — premiering on Netflix)
This twisty Netflix true-crime doc unravels how a dramatic rescue at sea turned Nathan Carman from survivor into prime suspect. As investigators probe his mother’s 2016 disappearance and his grandfather’s earlier homicide, the case spirals into a murky tangle of family wealth, suspicion, and unanswered questions.
🎦 The Follies (Las locuras)
(Thurs, Nov 20th — premiering on Netflix)
From acclaimed filmmaker Rodrigo García, this Mexican anthology drama follows six women pushed to emotional extremes as they confront family expectations, social pressure, and self-censorship. Their separate journeys of confinement and self-discovery collide on a rain-soaked day in Mexico City, revealing raw, authentic portraits of courage, vulnerability, and the fight to claim one’s own voice.
🎦 Train Dreams
(Thurs, Nov 20th — premiering on Netflix)
From the directing, writing, and producing team of Clint Bentley (Jockey) and Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing) comes a sweeping, elegiac portrait of a man and a nation in flux. Joel Edgerton stars as Robert Grainier, a 1920s logger and railroad worker witnessing the American frontier slip away with the march of progress. With Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, and William H. Macy, this haunting drama is an ode to labor, love, and loss—an intimate epic about finding purpose in a world speeding toward modernity.
🎦 The Roses
(Thurs, Nov 20th — streaming on Hulu/Disney+)
Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch square off in a brutally funny breakup brawl where romance curdles, insults fly, and divorce turns into all-out war. Directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Fockers) and written by Tony McNamara (The Favourite), this sly reimagining of The War of the Roses transforms marital meltdown into razor-sharp comedy, with Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, and Kate McKinnon stirring the disorder.
🎦 After the Hunt
(Thurs, Nov 20th — streaming on Prime Video)
From Challengers director Luca Guadagnino comes a cerebral battle of wits set on ivy-covered grounds where intellect turns into ammunition. Julia Roberts leads as a revered professor whose world unravels when loyalty, power, and truth collide after an accusation tears through her department. With Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri sparring in a generational showdown, this high-minded drama proves the fiercest wars aren’t fought in courtrooms—they’re waged in classrooms.
🎦 The Family Plan 2
(Fri, Nov 21st — premiering on Apple TV)
This holiday action sequel sends Mark Wahlberg’s super-dad spy on a “relaxing” European vacation that erupts into Christmas-flavored mayhem. Michelle Monaghan keeps family spirits afloat while Kit Harington crashes the trip as a ruthless new adversary. In this festive free-for-all, family bonding means dodging bullets between tourist stops.
🎦 Good Boy
(Fri, Nov 21st — streaming on Shudder)
A loyal pooch becomes the ultimate guardian in this new spooky thriller told through a dog’s eyes. When his owner moves into a farmhouse plagued by malevolent forces, Indy the dog refuses to heel in the face of evil. With growls, guts, and ghost-sniffing instincts, this “good boy” proves he’s more than man’s best friend—he’s man’s last line of defense from evil spirits.
🎦 The Conjuring: Last Rites
(Fri, Nov 21st — streaming on HBO MAX)
Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) return for one last round with the devil, facing the infamous 1986 Smurl haunting. Joined by Judy Warren (Mia Tomlinson) and her boyfriend Tony (Ben Hardy), the couple battles poltergeists that make Annabelle look like a party favor. It’s one final case of faith, fear, and popcorn-flinging terror.
🎦 The Bad Guys 2
(Fri, Nov 21st — streaming on Peacock)
The Bad Guys are trying to stay squeaky clean—but a globe-trotting heist pulls them right back into the chaos. When a fierce new crew called “The Bad Girls,” led by Danielle Brooks’ cunning Kitty Kat, starts stealing the spotlight, Mr. Wolf and his misfit team scramble to keep up. With Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, and Awkwafina in tow, it’s a worldwide scramble of good vs. bad... vs. much, much worse.
🎦 The Age of Disclosure
(Fri, Nov 21st — streaming on Prime Video)
This explosive documentary dives into an alleged 80-year cover-up of non-human intelligent life and a global scramble to reverse-engineer alien technology. Through testimony from 34 government, military, and intelligence insiders, it unpacks buried programs, secret power plays, and the staggering implications for humanity’s future.
🎦 Oh, Hi!
(Sat, Nov 22nd — streaming on Netflix)
This hilariously unhinged rom-com follows Iris, a hopeless romantic who traps her new fling Isaac in a bedroom “love trial” to prove they’re soulmates—rope, panic, and all. With unexpected guests and spiraling emotions, things get messier by the minute. Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman lead this delightfully chaotic tale where nothing says romance like accidental hostage-taking.
✅ On VOD This Week
✅ Shelby Oaks
(Tues, Nov 18th — on VOD/Digital)
This eerie psychological horror marks YouTube critic Chris Stuckmann’s leap from reviewing movies to making one, following a woman (Camille Sullivan) hunting for her long-missing sister after a paranormal YouTube shoot goes disastrously wrong. Mixing found footage with folklore dread, it’s a nerve-jangling debut that shows Stuckmann isn’t just talking horror anymore—he’s making it.
✅ If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
(Tues, Nov 18th — on VOD/Digital)
This darkly funny meltdown from writer-director Mary Bronstein lets Rose Byrne spiral with sharp, chaotic brilliance as a mom spectacularly coming undone while her disengaged therapist—played surprisingly straight by Conan O’Brien—watches her reality warp under grief and absurdity. With Danielle Macdonald, Christian Slater, and A$AP Rocky fanning the chaos, it’s a sharp, unhinged comedy that’ll make you laugh, cringe, and maybe question your own therapist’s response time.
✅ Violent Ends
(Tues, Nov 18th — on VOD/Digital)
This gritty Ozarks revenge tale finds Billy Magnussen trading charm for cold fury when a cousin’s botched heist drags him back into his family’s criminal mess. As blood feuds ignite and betrayal closes in, there’s no outrunning history... or gunfire. With James Badge Dale and Alexandra Shipp, writer-director John-Michael Powell delivers a brooding Southern showdown where blood runs thick, but vengeance runs thicker.
✅ Lesbian Space Princess
(Tues, Nov 18th — on VOD/Digital)
In this irreverent Aussie animated sci-fi comedy from creators Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese, an introverted space princess blasts out of her comfort zone and into the cosmos. When her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend is kidnapped by the villainous Straight White Maliens, the galaxy’s most reluctant hero embarks on a mission powered by love, chaos, and queer cosmic energy.
✅ Stitch Head
(Tues, Nov 18th — on VOD/Digital)
This charmingly spooky animated adventure introduces Stitch Head, a forgotten creature revived in a decaying castle by a Mad Professor—only to end up defending the lab’s oddball inventions from terrified villagers. With voices from Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Tia Bannon, and Rob Brydon, director Steve Hudson gives the Frankenstein myth a whimsical makeover, celebrating lovable monsters, loyal misfits, and the families we stitch together along the way.
✅ Tallywacker
(Tues, Nov 18th — on VOD/Digital)
When a disabled guitarist scores the rock tour of his dreams, the spotlight shines brighter—and so do the cracks in his oldest friendship. Aleister (Jeremy Dubs) and his best friend-turned-roadie Emmett (Chris Goodwin) hit the road with pop sensation Carly Major (Rivera Reese), only to find that fame, friendship, and rock ‘n’ roll make for one wild mix. Directed by Brendan Boogie, this indie buddy comedy strikes the perfect chord between laughter, heartbreak, and the messy rhythm of male friendship.
✅ Anniversary
(Fri, Nov 21st — on VOD/Digital)
This simmering thriller turns a milestone anniversary into a minefield when Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler’s son shows up with a girlfriend whose incendiary past raises every alarm. As tensions spike and long-buried truths bubble up, the façade of a picture-perfect family begins to crumble. With Dylan O’Brien, Phoebe Dynevor, Madeline Brewer, Zoey Deutch, and Mckenna Grace, director Jan Komasa builds dread one awkward toast at a time.
⇯ See Above: ✅ Altered (Fri, Nov 21; VOD/Digital)
⇯ See Above: ✅ Time Travel Is Dangerous (Fri, Nov 21; VOD/Digital)
📺 On TV This Week
📺 Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
(Mon, Nov 17th — on Peacock)
From Jaws to Jurassic Park, this three-part docuseries takes fans on the ultimate behind-the-scenes adventure through the history of Universal Studios. Packed with rare footage, candid interviews, and a sneak peek at the new Epic Universe park, it’s a thrill ride through cinema, innovation, and imagination.
📺 The Mighty Nein
(Wed, Nov 19th — on Prime Video)
From the creators of The Legend of Vox Machina comes a new chapter of chaos, camaraderie, and high-stakes heroics set 20 years later in the same world. This time, a ragtag group of fugitives and outcasts must master trust, magic, and teamwork before an ancient relic tears their reality apart.
📺 A Man on the Inside: Season 2
(Thurs, Nov 20th — on Netflix)
Charles is diving back undercover—this time on a lively college campus. In Season 2 of Michael Schur’s offbeat investigation comedy, Ted Danson’s widowed professor-turned-sleuth hunts for a stolen high-value laptop, only to wind up neck-deep in campus drama and a potential romance with Mary Steenburgen’s suspiciously charming professor. Another semester, another mess only Charles could stumble into.
📺 The Assassin
(Thurs, Nov 20th — on AMC+)
This globe-trotting British thriller kicks off when a retired assassin (Keeley Hawes) and her estranged son (Freddie Highmore) turn a tense family reunion into a full-blown firefight. Hawes and Highmore outrun secrets, bullets, and decades of unresolved issues in a globe-trotting chase from The Missing and The Tourist creators Harry and Jack Williams. Turns out some family baggage comes armed and ready to explode.
📺 High Horse: The Black Cowboy
(Thurs, Nov 20th — on Peacock)
Produced by Jordan Peele, this three-part Peacock documentary rewrites the legend of the Wild West by uncovering the untold story of the Black cowboy. Featuring interviews with Pam Grier, Rick Ross, Lori Harvey, Bun B, and The Compton Cowboys, the docuseries blends pop culture and history to reclaim a legacy erased from the frontier.
📺 Blossoms Shanghai
(Sat, Nov 22nd — on Criterion Channel)
This sweeping Shanghai drama charts an ordinary hustler’s climb into the city’s glittering ‘90s elite, where every success comes laced with temptation and betrayal. Across an epic 30-episode run, acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai pours his neon-drenched lyricism into a slow-burn tale of ambition, desire, and shifting loyalties.
📺 Bel-Air: Season 4
(Sat, Nov 22nd — on Peacock)
The Banks family returns for one last ride as Bel-Air heads into its fourth and final season. With graduation on the horizon, Will and Carlton face defining crossroads that could shape the rest of their lives. As tensions rise and loyalties shift within the Banks household, everyone—from Phil and Viv to Hilary and Ashley—must confront what family truly means.
📺 Missing: Dead or Alive?: Season 2
(Sat, Nov 22nd — on Netflix)
A young woman disappears without a trace in the dead of night. A man vanishes, leaving behind the belongings he’d never willingly abandon. As police confront these unsettling cases and more, this chilling true-crime docuseries digs into mysteries where every clue raises darker questions... and every answer comes at a cost.
📺 Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember
(Sun, Nov 23rd — on NatGEO/Disney+/Hulu)
This intimate documentary special follows Chris Hemsworth as he leads his father, Craig—newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s—on a nostalgic Australian road trip meant to spark memory and connection. Along the way, Chris digs into surprising research showing how social bonds can slow cognitive decline and boost brain health. The result is an emotional journey that blends science, family, and the restorative power of shared memories.
