What’s new to streaming this week? (Oct. 24, 2025)

Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that’s before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer!

Don’t be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We’ve got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, and animation, among others. But if you’re seeking something brand-new (or just new to streaming), we’ve got you covered there, too.

Mashable’s entertainment team has scoured the streaming services to highlight the most buzzed-about releases of the week and ranked them from worst to best — or least worth your time to most watchable. Whether you’re looking for horrifying Halloween-worthy watches, rom-com charmers, gut-churning true crime, or adventures that are totally mathematical, we’ve got something just for you.

12. Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order

If you loved Rolin Jones’ riveting TV adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, AMC is hoping you’ll follow that affection to their new spinoff, Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order. Created by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), this drama series follows the goings-on of the curious group introduced in Season 2 of Interview with the Vampire through Raglan James (Justin Kirk).

However, Kirk — who has a saucy chemistry with Eric Bogosian’s hard-nosed interviewer — is not the leading man of Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order. Instead, the series stars Nicholas Denton as a new human recruit to the order while William Fichtner plays a vampire who’s pulling the strings of the order to his own ends. There’s plenty of intrigue, plus witches, ghouls, and clairvoyants, but frankly too few vampires. Without them, Talamasca lacks bite. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor

Starring: Nicholas Denton, William Fichtner, Elizabeth McGovern, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, and Céline Buckens

How to watch: Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order premieres Oct. 26 on AMC and AMC+.

11. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The 1992 version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle was a box-office smash that drew praise for Rebecca De Mornay’s vicious femme fatale masquerading as a nice nanny. The 2025 version keeps the premise of a revenge-seeking blonde infiltrating the home of her secret nemesis as a nanny. But screenwriter Micah Bloomberg and director Michelle Garza Cervera bring some new twists to the mix. Chief among them, you won’t know going in what ax this nanny has to grind against the mother of the house.

As Polly, Maika Monroe is more of a mystery, wheedling her way into the life and home of Caitlin Morales (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and swiftly winning over the affections of her two children and her husband (Raúl Castillo). But Caitlin’s best friend (Martin Starr, taking the Julianne Moore role from the original) is suspicious. The journey isn’t as juicy or campy as the ’92 version. Still, blood will spill along with secrets, with Cervera delivering jaw-dropping gore along with a climax you won’t see coming. — K.P.

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo, and Martin Starr

How to watch: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is now playing on Hulu.

10. Nobody Wants This, Season 2

Emmy-nominated rom-com Nobody Wants This returns for a second season this fall, in which viewers will see how podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell) and rabbi Noah’s (Adam Brody) relationship has progressed. How will they continue to navigate their different faiths? And what’s next after the honeymoon phase?

On top of the return of Bell and Brody, Nobody Wants This has added several new guest stars in Season 2, including Leighton Meester (Brody’s real-life wife) as Joanne’s high school nemesis turned Instagram mommy influencer, Abby.* — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter

Starring: Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Seth Rogen, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons, Jackie Tohn, Michael Hitchcock, Stephanie Faracy, Paul Ben-Victor, Tovah Feldshuh, Sherry Cola, D’Arcy Carden, Leighton Meester, Miles Fowler, Alex Karpovsky, and Arian Moayed

How to watch: Nobody Wants This is now streaming on Netflix.

9. The Monster of Florence

Before there was the fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter, there was the real deal that inspired him, the Monster of Florence. Targeting couples out on romantic dates, the Monster — as the Italian media dubbed him — murdered 16 victims between 1968 and 1985.

For years, this story has fascinated authors and actors. George Clooney and Antonio Banderas have long been developing a movie based on Douglas Preston’s nonfiction book The Monster of Florence. However, Leonardo Fasoli and Stefano Sollima have beaten them to the punch, creating an Italian mini-series that digs into the investigation. If you don’t know this story, brace yourselves. It’s a dark ride. — K.P.

Starring: Marco Bullitta, Valentino Mannias, and Francesca Olia

How to watch: The Monster of Florence is now on Netflix.

8. The Long Walk

One of several high-profile Stephen King adaptations to be hitting screens this year — hi, The Running Man and IT: Welcome to Derry! — The Long Walk conjures up a nightmarish dystopian future in which the U.S. hosts a yearly death march for young men. The last walker standing wins any wish that their heart desires, but at what cost?

Director Francis Lawrence, who helmed four of the five Hunger Games films, pulls no punches in The Long Walk. The result is a relentlessly bleak saga buoyed by a talented young cast that includes Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, and Ben Wang. Serious emphasis on bleak, as this movie is not for the faint of heart (or anyone looking for a happy watch). As I wrote in my review, “After almost two hours of being immersed in this string of deaths, you may find yourself begging, ‘Enough already!’ The Long Walk, however, does not let up, trapping you in a never-ending nightmare of bloodied feet and fraying minds.” — B.E.

Starring: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Joshua Odjick, Roman Griffin Davis, Josh Hamilton, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill

How to watch: The Long Walk is now available on digital.

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7. Anyone But You

Looking for a frothy rom-com to watch this week? Then check out Anyone But You, now on Hulu.

Directed by Easy A‘s Will Gluck, the film stars the buzzy pairing of Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney as Ben and Beatrice, mortal enemies who must set aside their differences during a wedding. Enter fake dating tropes, ridiculous pratfalls, and several charming renditions of Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten.” Part sneaky Much Ado About Nothing adaptation, part Australian tourism ad, Anyone But You is pure fun, and I can’t lie, I eat it up. — B.E.

Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, Bryan Brown, and Rachel Griffiths

How to watch: Anyone But You is now streaming on Hulu.

6. The Roses

Director Jay Roach (Meet the Parents) and screenwriter Tony McNamara (The Favourite) joined forces for a new adaptation of Warren Adler’s darkly comic novel about divorce, The War of the Roses. Starring as the warring Roses, Theo and Ivy, are Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, supported by an array of familiar faces and Saturday Night Live alumni.

However, all this star power can’t make up a lack of bite. While The Roses has its moments, Roach’s version never gets as dark, sexy, or totally twisted as The War of the Roses movie helmed by and co-starring Danny DeVito back in 1989. In my review, I lamented, “The Roses by any other name would still be a middling comedy, but compared to the caustic and sexy ’89 gem? It can’t shine.” — K.P.

Starring: Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow, Sunita Mani, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, and Kate McKinnon

How to watch: The Roses is now on digital.

5. A House of Dynamite

What if you had 19 minutes before nuclear war kicked off? What could you possibly do to stop it? Or, failing that, what unfinished business would you want to tackle? This is the nauseating question at the center of A House of Dynamite. Academy Award–winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) teams with Zero Day writer Noah Oppenheim — and an all-star cast — to show what it might look like if one of the United States’ enemies launched a missile at one of our nation’s major cities.

Boasting a star-studded cast, this ensemble drama pitches audiences from politicians to military leaders to intelligence officers and the president (Idris Elba) all trying to make the most of those 19 minutes. Told in three chapters, the 19 minutes replay again and again from different perspectives, illuminating for civilians what an American response to such nuclear aggression could look like. But be warned, this movie will give you anything but a happy ending. — K.P.

Starring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke

How to watch: House of Dynamite premieres on Netflix on Oct. 24.

4. Bone Lake

With a title like Bone Lake, two possibilities come to mind: The first is that this horror thriller might be set on a lake with a dark past, full of human remains, bones included. The second is that “Bone Lake” is a place to bone — sexually — making it exactly the kind of place where a crazed killer might stalk for prey. And hey, my dude, congrats to you for being right on both counts. 

As any horror fan worth their salt might hope, Bone Lake delivers as a trashy thriller about sex and murder. But it’s also smarter than its title suggests. And yet, it’s still plenty stupid in a terrific way. For more on how, check my review for Mashable. — K.P.

Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita, and Marco Pigossi

How to watch: Bone Lake is available on digital on Oct. 24.

3. Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, Season 2

Fionna and Cake return for a mind-bending second season, but we’d expect nothing less from Adam Muto and Pendleton Ward’s genderbent spinoff series that officially made these fan-ficted heroines Adventure Time canon.

After saving her dimension from obliteration, Fionna is back to the struggle of adulting. Specifically, she’s scrambling for back rent so her baking buddy Gary Prince’s sweet shop dreams can come true. But things get way more complicated when back in Ooo, Finn is critically wounded and, in a bid to save him, Huntress Wizard gets pitched into Fionna’s realm. What does it all mean? And how might Simon help? You’ll have to turn in each week to see. This season will be dropping wild new eps all the way to Christmas. — K.P.

Starring: Madeleine Martin, Roz Ryan, Tom Kenny, Donald Glover, Andrew Rannells, Sean Rohani, and Kayleigh McKee

How to watch: Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Season 2 premieres on HBO Max on Oct. 23.

2. Weapons

Barbarian writer/director Zach Cregger’s new horror movie has proved popular with audiences and critics alike, racking up an impressive $250 million+ at the global box office and a swathe of positive reviews and reactions. It probably helps that the movie’s starting point is so intriguing: An entire class of school children, with the exception of one boy, goes missing on the same night at the exact same time, running out of their homes into the darkness and not coming back.

“The last thing I ever want to do is overhype a movie, but just trust me when I say: You are not ready for Weapons,” wrote Mashable’s Belen Edwards in her review. “I don’t mean that in a ‘This is the scariest horror movie you’ll ever see!’ way, although writer-director Zach Cregger stirs up plenty of frights that had my whole theater hollering. Instead, I mean it more in the sense that Weapons is a wonderfully surprising film. Whatever you think it’s going to throw at you, chances are you aren’t prepared for what it actually lobs your way.”* — Sam Haysom, Deputy UK Editor

Starring: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, Austin Abrams, Amy Madigan, Cary Christopher, June Diane Raphael, Toby Huss, Sara Paxton, Justin Long

How to watch: Weapons begins streaming on HBO Max on Oct. 24.

1. IT: Welcome to Derry

Any new addition to the rapidly growing list of Stephen King adaptations is always something to get excited about, and that goes double when the source material is a classic like IT. Based on Mike Hanlon’s historical interlude chapters from the novel, IT: Welcome to Derry acts as a prequel to Andy Muschietti’s wildly successful movies, taking us back to the previous killing cycles in which Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård, who returns to the role) terrorized the town.

“My jaw hit the floor 10 minutes into IT: Welcome to Derry, and that’s pretty much where it stayed as I kept watching the show,” wrote Mashable’s Belen Edwards in her review. “The biggest reason for my shock and awe was, of course, IT: Welcome to Derry‘s scares. This is a Stephen King show, after all, and you’re going to get the nightmares to prove it.” — S.H.

Starring: Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Clara Stack, Amanda Christine, Mikkal Karim-Fidler, and Bill Skarsgård

How to watch: IT: Welcome to Derry debuts on HBO Max on Oct. 26, 9 PM ET, with new episodes each Sunday.

(*) denotes a blurb comes from a previous list.