FILMS
Top Picks
The Nice Guys – Hulu 11/9
Run – Hulu 11/20
Hillbilly Elegy – Netflix 11/24
Uncle Frank – Prime 11/25
First up is one of the funniest movies of the 2010s and one of my most rewatched titles from the last decade. Shane Black’s neo-noir didn’t get the audience it deserved while it was in theaters, but it’s developed a nice little cult in the years since.
Then we’ve got three original movies all hoping to compete for awards. Run is a thriller from the team behind Searching, starring Sarah Paulson as the mysterious mother of Chloe, played by Kiera Allen (an actual wheelchair user). Hillbilly Elegy is the addiction drama adapted from J.D. Vance’s controversial best-seller. And Uncle Frank I’ve already seen at the Atlanta Film Festival, starring Paul Bettany as a closeted gay man returning home for the funeral of his abusive father. All are portraits of complicated family dynamics, and each with different goals and tones.
Recent Selections
Christmas Break-In – Netflix 11/1
A Christmas Movie Christmas – Prime 11/1 and Hulu 11/15
Christmas on Holly Lane – Hulu 11/1
A Christmas Solo – Hulu 11/1
A Christmas Switch – Prime 11/1
A Majestic Christmas – Prime 11/1
Marrying Father Christmas – Prime 11/1
Mile 22 – Netflix 11/1
Once upon a Time at Christmas – Hulu 11/1
Paws P.I. – Hulu 11/1
Piercing – Netflix 11/1
Rock N’ Roll Christmas – Prime 11/1
Wetlands – Hulu 11/1
Prospect – Netflix 11/2
The Assault – Hulu and Prime 11/3
General Commander – Hulu and Prime 11/3
Blue Story – Hulu and Prime 11/4
Christmas Catch – Netflix 11/4
Christmas with a Prince – Netflix 11/4
Braking for Whales – Hulu 11/5
Midnight at the Magnolia – Netflix 11/5
The Secret: Dare to Dream – Prime 11/6
Vik the Viking – Hulu 11/10
Graceful Friends – Netflix 11/12
The Man Who Invented Christmas – Hulu 11/12
The Ride – Prime 11/13
Sputnik – Hulu 11/13
12 Pups of Christmas – Hulu and Prime 11/15
Hometown Holiday – Netflix 11/15
A Nice Girl Like You – Hulu 11/15
Christmas Crush – Hulu and Prime 11/15
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss – Hulu and Prime 11/16
Body Cam – Hulu and Prime 11/18
McQueen – Hulu 11/18
Amulet – Hulu 11/19
Tesla – Hulu 11/20
Most Wanted – Prime 11/21
Bombshell – Hulu and Prime 11/26
Centigrade – Hulu 11/27
Life in a Year – Prime 11/27
The Big Ugly – Hulu 11/29
The 2nd – Netflix 11/30
Rust Creek – Netflix 11/30
Originals
Mother – Netflix 11/3
Operation Christmas Drop – Netflix 11/5
Citation – Netflix 11/6
La trinchera infinita – Netflix 11/6
What We Wanted – Netflix 11/11
Ludo – Netflix 11/12
I Am Greta – Hulu 11/13
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey – Netflix 11/13
The Life Ahead – Netflix 11/13
The Princess Switch: Switched Again – Netflix 11/19
If Anything Happens I Love You – Netflix 11/20
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square – Netflix 11/22
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder – Netflix 11/23
El cuaderno de Tony – Netflix 11/24
The Christmas Chronicles, Part Two – Netflix 11/25
Happiest Season – Hulu 11/25
Mosul – Netflix 11/26
The Call – Netflix 11/27
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker – Netflix 11/27
Don’t Listen – Netflix 11/27
La Belva – Netflix 11/27
Finding Agnes – Netflix 11/30
NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Picks
The Crown (Season 4) – Netflix 11/15
Animaniacs – Hulu 11/20
Small Axe – Prime 11/20
Olivia Colman is back as Queen Elizabeth II, keeping a stiff upper lip in the face of a changing England. This season also charts the rise of Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) and Princess Diana (Emma Corrin), and will hopefully touch on the Troubles in Northern Ireland
My childhood is coming back, though hopefully it won’t be ruined. The first season of the new Animaniacs brings back the old favorites (the Warner Brothers and their sister, Dot; Pinky and the Brain) and jettisons what never worked (Rita and Runt).
And Small Axe will blur the line between TV and film even further. All five feature-length parts of Steve McQueen’s latest will air on the BBC in the UK and on Prime here, but three of the installments had their debuts at the New York Film Festival. Early buzz is extremely strong, especially for the performances from former Letitia Wright and John Boyega, seemingly free of their Disney franchise baggage.
Originals
Love and Anarchy – Netflix 11/4
Camel: Who Killed Maria Marta? – Netflix 11/5
Paranormal – Netflix 11/5
Country Ever After – Netflix 11/6
El Presidente (Season 1) – Prime 11/6
Ferro (Season 1) – Prime 11/6
Wayne – Prime 11/6
Retaliation – Prime 11/7
The Mighty Ones – Hulu 11/9
Undercover (Season 2) – Netflix 11/9
Dash & Lily – Netflix 11/10
A Teacher – Hulu 11/10
Trash Truck – Netflix 11/10
Eater’s Guide to the World – Hulu 11/11
The Liberator – Netflix 11/11
A Queen Is Born – Netflix 11/11
Alex Rider (Season 1) – Prime 11/13
James May: Oh Cook (Season 1) – Prime 11/13
The Minions of Midas – Netflix 11/13
The Boss Baby: Back in Business (Season 4) – Netflix 11/17
We Are the Champions – Netflix 11/17
El sabor de las margaritas (Season 2) – Netflix 11/18
Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas – Netflix 11/18
No Man’s Land – Hulu 11/18
Alien Xmas – Netflix 11/20
Flavorful Origins: Gansu Cuisine – Netflix 11/20
The Pack (Season 1) – Prime 11/20
Voices of Fire – Netflix 11/20
Black Narcissus – Hulu 11/21
Dragons Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday – Netflix 11/24
Wonderoos – Netflix 11/24
Great Pretender (Season 2) – Netflix 11/25
A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas – Netflix 11/27
Sugar Rush Christmas (Season 2) – Netflix 11/27
Überweihnachten – Netflix 11/27
Virgin River (Season 2) – Netflix 11/27
The Uncanny Conter – Netflix 11/28
Wonderoos: Holiday Holiday! – Netflix 11/29
A Love So Beautiful – Netflix 11/30
Spookley and the Christmas Kittens – Netflix 11/30
OLD SHOWS
Before We Die (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
Delicious (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
Elf Pets: A Fox Cub’s Christmas Tale – Netflix 11/1
Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue – Netflix 11/1
The Garfield Show (Season 3) – Netflix 11/1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
Jamestown (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1979 Episodes) – Prime 11/1
Naked Hustle (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
The Restaurant (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
Rick & Morty (Season 4) – Hulu 11/1
Skins (Complete Series) – Hulu 11/1
Stockholm (Season 1) – Prime 11/1
Killing Eve (Season 3) – Hulu 11/6
Community (Complete Series) – Prime 11/8
Power (Season 6, Part 1) – Hulu 11/9
American Horror Story: 1984 – Netflix and Prime 11/13
Scrubs (Complete Series) – Prime 11/14
Burden of Truth (Season 3) – Hulu 11/21
My Hero Academia (Season 4, Episodes 77-88) – Hulu 11/24
COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Pick
Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun – Netflix 11/11
I had never heard of the Australian comedy trio Aunty Donna until now, and assumed this was some sort of Tyler Perry-adjacent thing. But their brand of absurdist humor looks like my cup of tea, and I’ll enjoy getting to see their crazy minds work over six episodes of this sketch comedy series.
Other Specials
Felix Lobrecht: Hype – Netflix 11/3
Larry the Cable Guy: Remain Seated – Netflix 11/26