15 Shows and Movies to Watch This Weekend

Yes, there are a lot of streaming services, and, yes, there's a lot of buzz around the latest releases. But just because something's trending or on lists of most-viewed titles doesn't mean it's always worth a watch.

The past few weeks have delivered a ton of great new content, from The Odyssey to Lucky. And this week is no different.

Allow me, an entertainment editor, to help you parse through it all with shows and movies that are actually worth watching. I'm talking exciting new movies like The End of Oak Street, returning series like Tires season three and royally adjacent films like Cookie Queens. Enjoy the best selections (recommended by yours truly) on Apple TV, Prime Video and more.

From The Wrong Girls to My Brilliant Career, here's what to watch this weekend.

• Rating: PG-13
• Runtime: 99 minutes

If you didn't get enough Anne Hathaway this year with Mother Mary, Devil Wears Prada 2 or The Odyssey, fear not. The Princess of Genovia plays a wife and mom in this sci-fi/action/horror film about a family who suddenly find themselves (and their whole neighborhood) in the age of dinosaurs.

• Rating: R
• Runtime: 99 minutes

Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat play broke BFFs in this brand-new comedy. When they stumble upon a suitcase of a strange (and glowing) drug, they decide to experiment with it, leading them down a rabbit hole involving gunfire, dumpster diving, the law and, most importantly, Geena Davis.

• Rating: TV-14
• Number of seasons: 1

We all do love a period piece about a headstrong young woman who refuses to cave to societal pressures. This new show is based on a classic novel from 1901, where our heroine has to choose between a life of freedom and adventure and one of love and romance.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 1

Marvel may be dominating headlines this week (with Spider-Man crushing the box office and Wonder Man getting the chop), but DC Comics is also putting out a new offering: Lanterns starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre. This dark drama is a detective show—only with an intergalactic twist.

• Rating: NR
• Runtime: 91 minutes

I promise, once you have these songs stuck in your head, they will be there for weeks. Fans of the West End or Broadway productions of Six like myself are gonna love seeing it on the big screen—and for those who never made it to London or NYC to take in a performance, now's your chance.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 1

Netflix has been dominating the true-crime game as of late (people are still talking about Toxic Love Story and The Idaho Murders). And it's keeping the crime "conversation" going with this docuseries on the infamous cult leader who directed his followers to go on a murder spree.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 3

This Emmy-nominated sitcom starring Shane Gillis is back with a third season on Netflix. Season two of the workplace comedy about a family auto shop has an impressive 91 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so I'm excited to see what the new episodes have in store.

• Rating: G
• Runtime: 91 minutes

For those of us who love Girl Scout Cookies (Thin Mints are the best, baby!) or the royal family (Meghan Markle produced this film), Cookie Queens will be a fun and breezy watch. The G-rated documentary follows four Girl Scouts as they try to navigate (and dominate) cookie season.

• Rating: PG-13
• Runtime: 110 minutes

A regular family wakes up one morning to discover that a mysterious force is keeping them trapped inside their own home. The fact that Greta Lee and Wagner Moura play the parents is enough to bump this sci-fi/horror movie right to the top of my must-watch list.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 2

This Mexican crime thriller is back for season two on Apple TV, and let's hope it doesn't fly as far under the radar as season one did. The must-see series, set in the '70s, follows four female police officers out to defy expectations and bring a serial killer to justice.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 4

For those who love shows about former military men getting drawn into giant international conspiracies, Reacher is absolutely for you. The fourth season drops on Prime Video this week, and it focuses on—you guessed it—another high-stakes conspiracy involving some powerful and dangerous folks.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 4

We thought we'd seen the last of Ted, Roy, Keeley and Rebecca back in 2023, but apparently all we had to do was "Believe," because Ted Lasso is back for season four. This time around, Ted is across the pond to coach a women's soccer team. And as my colleague put it in her review of the new season, "The series is just as sharp and heartfelt and topical as it was when we last left off." Phew.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 1

Disturbing crimes hit a 1980s prep school in this intense Ryan Murphy series starring Kaia Gerber. Now Murphy has delivered us some gems (9-1-1, Glee) and some disasters (All's Fair), but this new soapy/sexy thriller shows signs of genuine promise—especially since it's co-created by the author of American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 1

I don't know how this one has flown so far under the radar, but this new comedy-thriller series looks so good (it might just be the show I'm most excited to see this week). A suburban mom teams up with a private investigator to catch her cheating husband—but things quickly go awry as she's thrown into a world of dangerous criminals and a deadly drug cartel.

• Rating: TV-14
• Number of seasons: 1

Based on the best-selling book series, this new USA Network show stars Tracy Spiridakos (Chicago P.D.) as a crime-solving park ranger. According to the show's description, "While Anna tries to outrun her demons following a life-changing tragedy, her focus turns to solving crimes that have taken place within national park grounds, no matter who or what gets in her way." Sign me up.

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