7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max and more this weekend (January 2)

A model new yr is right here, which suggests there is a host of latest motion pictures and TV reveals to sit up for. To kick-start your 2026, the world’s finest streaming companies are rolling out a medley of latest releases that ought to aid you cling on to that vacation bubble for just a bit longer.

From the epic conclusion of one of many most-watched TV reveals of all time to the streaming debut of two current movies from 2025, there’s loads to peruse within the record beneath, that are all however assured to maintain you entertained over the weekend. Now, go get your first watchlist of the yr prepared! – Amelia Schwanke, senior leisure ed

Stranger Issues season 5 finale (Netflix)

One in all TV’s largest showdowns is lastly right here! The eighth and last episode of Stranger Issues season 5 landed on Netflix on the finish of 2025. For those who didn’t catch the two-hour finale, titled ‘The Rightside Up’, throughout its restricted theatrical run within the US and Canada this week, there’s no higher time to stream it, particularly now that Netflix’s servers are rather less overloaded.

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The Duffer Brothers have rolled the cube on their ’80s monster fever dream for one final time, bringing an emotional 10-year journey to a detailed for one in all Netflix’s most-watched and most talked about reveals. There’s loads to wrap up within the finale, too. From stopping Vecna to confronting the Thoughts Flayer as soon as and for all, the Hawkins heroes have all the pieces driving on the ultimate battle. – AS

Run Away (Netflix)

Run Away | Official Trailer | Netflix – YouTube

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We’re only some days into 2026 and Harlan Coben’s Run Away has unleashed a storyline so unhinged, it may very well be an all-time for Netflix crime dramas. Simon (James Nesbitt) is desperately looking for his runaway daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) after she leaves residence for her abusive, drug-addicted boyfriend, Aaron (Thomas Flynn).

When Aaron turns up useless, Simon is the primary suspect. Going in opposition to the police, his household and his higher conscience to seek out Paige, he discovers excess of he ever bargained for. You may should droop any ounce of perception you’ve in your physique, but it surely’ll be value it.

I used to be giddy the complete means by way of watching it, and it is secure to say that I’ve by no means loved following a grisly homicide extra. Ruth Jones must be solid in additional critical dramas, however the star of the present is the collection ending, which I would always remember. – Jasmine Valentine, leisure reporter

Barron’s Cove (Paramount+)

BARRON’S COVE | Official Trailer | Starring Garrett Hedlund | In Theaters & On Digital June 6 – YouTube

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Severance followers, do you want extra Tramell Tillman in your life? In fact you do, which is why you need to watch Barron’s Cove this weekend. He joins an awesome solid on this thriller film, alongside Garrett Hedlund, Hamish Linklater and Brittany Snow.

The Paramount+ thriller film follows a person who kidnaps a younger boy after his son’s dying is dominated a suicide and no justice is finished. The boy, a classmate of his late son, is taken to a distant lake home, the place the person interrogates him about his son’s disappearance.

It is actual bleak, fringe of your seat stuff and whereas the critics are divided, the premise is intriguing, which suggests you would possibly get a kick out of this nail-biting thriller. – Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author

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Collectively (Hulu)

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Actual life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco lead the solid of this unmissable physique horror film, which explores codependency in a chilling means. They play Tim and Millie, a pair who transfer to the countryside the place they start to expertise disturbing occasions as their our bodies begin to grow to be caught collectively.

There’s some severely cringe-inducing moments right here and I imply that in the absolute best means. Whereas it doesn’t go fairly as laborious on the gore because it might’ve, there’s loads of wonderful particular results and moments which might be very uncomfortable to sit down by way of.

Collectively is broadly considered one in all 2025’s finest horror motion pictures, with a glowing 90% Rotten Tomatoes score. It’s properly value your time this weekend. – LB

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The Cult of the Actual Housewife (HBO Max)

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TLC’S new investigative docuseries investigates The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star Mary Cosby and her Religion Temple Pentecostal Church. With allegations of religious and monetary misconduct surrounding each Cosby and the church itself, there’s loads to uncover on this three-part collection that is now streaming on HBO Max.

All through the episodes, the collection paperwork the church’s historical past due to investigative journalists and bloggers who’ve been monitoring the story from the start. It additionally incorporates a main cult skilled to supply perception into mind-control cults, and it sounds prefer it’s going to be a binge worthy one this weekend.

I’ve been gripped by TLC applications for years and I’m positive this one will likely be no exception. – LB

Cheetahs Up Shut with Bertie Gregory (Disney+/Hulu)

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Clearly, Cheetahs Up Shut with Bertie Gregory is a documentary I want to look at on Disney+, seeing as I took one have a look at the above trailer thumbnail and proudly instructed my colleagues that it is a leopard. Filmmaker Bertie Gregory’s new documentary particular “captures the acute challenges dealing with the world’s quickest land animal”, based on Nationwide Geographic.

Gregory follows the wildebeest migration within the Serengeti first-hand, ensuing within the heart-stopping survival of the fittest standoff because the particular continues. Don’t be concerned, it is not all violent… the child cubs are extremely cute. – JV

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (Netflix)

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story | Official Trailer | Netflix – YouTube

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Slightly brilliantly, Netflix is attempting to one-up Hulu’s true crime documentary sport. In 2025, Satan within the Household: the Fall of Ruby Franke hit Disney+ to worldwide acclaim, and now we’re revisiting the horrifying story once more, however targeted on Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt.

In 2023, her little one abuse arrest alongside parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke shocked the world, and based on Netflix, “uncovered a twisted story of manipulation”. It is the story we seemingly cannot get sufficient of, and we’re about to revisit it from a wholly special approach.

If something, this documentary would possibly show to be much more stunning than something that was already public data. Hildebrandt is the most important enigma and the one we all know the least about… properly, up till now. – JV

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