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‘Ex Machina’ – It’s man vs machine on HBO Max
Tom Hanks brings ‘A Hologram for the King’ on Peacock
‘Logan’ – An epitaph for Wolverine on Disney+
‘The Americans’ – Soviet spies in suburbia on Hulu
‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’ on HBO Max
Oscar-winner ‘Mystic River’ on HBO Max and Peacock
Last chance: ‘Logan Lucky’ – Steven Soderbergh’s red state heist comedy on Hulu
Baby, I don’t care – ‘Out of the Past’ on HBO Max

What to stream: ‘The Sandman’ awakens on Netflix, ‘Thirteen Lives’ and ‘Licorice Pizza’ on Prime, ‘Prey’ on Hulu

Plus Oscar winner ‘Belfast’ on HBO Max, animated films ‘Luck’ on Apple TV+ and ‘Lightyear’ on Disney+, classics ‘Gaslight’ and ‘Out of the Past’ on HBO Max, and ‘Paradise Highway’ on VOD

What to stream: ‘Uncoupled’ with Neil Patrick Harris on Netflix, ‘Surface’ on Apple TV+, ‘The Resort’ on Peacock, ‘Paper Girls’ on Prime

Plus ‘The Honor Society’ on Paramount+, documentaries ‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ on HBO Max and ‘The Most Hated Man on the Internet’ on Netflix, ‘Not Okay’ on Hulu

What to stream: ‘The Gray Man’ on Netflix, ‘Anything’s Possible’ on Prime Video, ‘Happening’ on AMC+, ‘The Last Movie Stars’ on HBO Max

Plus ‘Aftershock’ on Hulu, ‘Prizefighter’ on Prime Video, ‘Don McLean’s American Pie’ on Paramount+, season four of ‘Virgin RIver.’ ‘The Forgiven’ on VOD

Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina

‘Ex Machina’ – It’s man vs machine on HBO Max

Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac star in this smart and wily science fiction thriller where the ideas are the spectacle. It’s the directorial debut of Alex Garland.

Tom Hanks in 'A Hologram for the King,' directed by Tom Tykwer

Tom Hanks brings ‘A Hologram for the King’ on Peacock

Tom Tykwer directs this mix of comedy and drama about a crisis of purpose and identity for an old-schoolbusinessman trying to remain relevant in the modern world. Based on the novel by Dave Eggers.

Dafne Keen and Hugh Jackman in the superhero film directed by James Mangold

‘Logan’ – An epitaph for Wolverine on Disney+

Hugh Jackman plays the ‘X-Men’ hero for the ninth and final time in this powerful epitaph directed by James Mangold. It’s a well-told story with a human story—and human stakes—at its core.

Sean Penn in Clint Eastwood's 'Mystic River,' which won Oscars for Penn and co-star Tim Robbins.

Oscar-winner ‘Mystic River’ on HBO Max and Peacock

Clint Eastwood’s film of Dennis Lehane’s acclaimed novel is a dark, vivid tale of family, community, loyalty, and justice on the streets.

Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum, and Adam Driver in Steven Soderbergh's red state heist comedy

Last chance: ‘Logan Lucky’ – Steven Soderbergh’s red state heist comedy on Hulu

Channing Tatum and Adam Driver star as hard-luck brothers who hatch a scheme to rob a NASCAR track in this bouncy, deft, sweetly and cleverly comic heist picture.

Tobey Maguire stars on Sam Raimi's big screen superhero movie

Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ – The original big screen webslinger on Netflix and Hulu

This 2002 film was the first to capture the graphic thrills and eye-popping spectacle of a true comic book superhero and it essentially launched the 21st century superhero genre.

‘The Book of Eli’ on HBO Max and Peacock

Denzel Washington stars in this mix of post-apocalyptic science fiction, spaghetti western, and spiritual odyssey in burning desert badlands.

Natalie Portman is the ‘Black Swan’ on Hulu

‘The Red Shoes’ meets ‘Repulsion’ in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘jittery psychological portrait of neurosis and obsession in the ballet world.

‘The World’s End’ – pub crawling to the end of the world on HBO Max

The third film in the “Cornetto” trilogy created by friends and collaborators Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg is cheeky fun.

‘The Americans’ – Soviet spies in suburbia on Hulu

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys play deep-cover Soviet agents living as typical American suburban parents in Reagan’s America of the early 1980s in this fascinating domestic drama inside an espionage thriller.

What to stream: ‘The Sandman’ awakens on Netflix, ‘Thirteen Lives’ and ‘Licorice Pizza’ on Prime, ‘Prey’ on Hulu

What to stream: ‘Uncoupled’ with Neil Patrick Harris on Netflix, ‘Surface’ on Apple TV+, ‘The Resort’ on Peacock, ‘Paper Girls’ on Prime

Plus ‘The Honor Society’ on Paramount+, documentaries ‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ on HBO Max and ‘The Most Hated Man on the Internet’ on Netflix, ‘Not Okay’ on Hulu

Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum star in the film noir classic directed by Jacques Tourneur'

Baby, I don’t care – ‘Out of the Past’ on HBO Max

Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas star in Jacques Tourneur’s hard-boiled story of betrayal and revenge, a masterpiece with a haunting quality and one of the greatest film noirs of all time.

Robert Wagner blows ‘A Kiss Before Dying’ on Prime Video, Paramount+ and Criterion Channel

Joanne Woodward and Jeffrey Hunter costar in this glossy romantic thriller in Technicolor and CinemaScope, with notes of film noir.

Ingrid Bergman gets ‘Gaslight’ed on HBO Max

George Cukor entered Hitchcock territory with this shadowy tale of suspense and madness set in the gas-lit glow and cobblestone quaintness of Victorian London. The film also inspired the term “gaslighting.”

Al Pacino stars in 'Serpico',' directed by Sidney Lumet

Al Pacino is ‘Serpico’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

Sidney Lumet directs this based-on-a-true-story crime drama on location in New York and helped set the style of American crime dramas in the seventies.

‘Leave Her to Heaven’ – Gene Tierney’s fatal attraction on Criterion Channel

John Stahl’s gorgeous thriller is part Technicolor film noir and part dark romantic melodrama with a psychotic beauty at its center.

‘Swamp Water’ – Jean Renoir heads south on Criterion Channel

Dana Andrews is a trapper in the no man’s land of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp in the first American film by the great French director Jean Renoir.

‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’ on HBO Max

Isao Takahata directs this animated 10th-century fairy tale of a magical princess who is born of a bamboo stalk for Studio Ghibli, the animation powerhouse he cofounded.

Felicity Jones leads the mission Gareth Edwards' Star Wars stand-alone

‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ on Disney+

Felicity Jones leads this action-packed adventure, set in the margins of the ‘Star Wars’ universe. It becomes a clever prequel to the film that launched the franchise.

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz star in Stephen Sommers' 1999 'The Mummy' and the sequel 'The Mummy Returns'

‘The Mummy’ and ‘The Mummy Returns’ on Peacock

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz star in this comic adventure that reimagines the classic movie monster franchise as an ‘Indiana Jones’ romp.

‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’ on HBO Max

Isao Takahata directs this animated 10th-century fairy tale of a magical princess who is born of a bamboo stalk for Studio Ghibli, the animation powerhouse he cofounded.

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ on HBO Max

Guillermo del Toro directed this haunting ghost story, set in a remote orphanage in Spain, against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’ – Chinese noir on MUBI

Diao Yinan’s dark crime drama, set in China’s northern coal country in the depths of winter, takes an atmospheric approach to the shadowy murder mystery.

Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Alphaville’ – crimes of the future free on Kanopy

Eddie Constantine is Lemmy Caution in this mix of science fiction drama and pulp fiction private eye thriller.

Dominique Sanda and Stefania Sandrelli in Bernardo Bertolucci's 'The Conformist' starring Jean-Louis Trintignant

Bernardo Bertolucci’s ‘The Conformist’ free on Kanopy

Jean-Louis Trintignant is an Italian repressed bureaucrat who joins the Fascist party in 1930s Italy in Bertolucci’s brilliant study in sex, desire, politics, and personal responsibility.

The original ‘Godzilla’ on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

The greatest atomic age giant monster rises from the radioactive depths and descends upon Tokyo in the 1954 classic, now restored to its original Japanese cut.

‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’ on HBO Max

Isao Takahata directs this animated 10th-century fairy tale of a magical princess who is born of a bamboo stalk for Studio Ghibli, the animation powerhouse he cofounded.

‘Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox’ on HBO Max

The 17th DC Universe Animated Original Movie takes on a classic comic book alternate reality story that was also worked into the CW superhero series ‘The Flash.’

‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ – Miyazaki steampunk on HBO Max

This animated fantasy of a shy shopgirl, a mysterious wizard, and a jealous witch is set in a steampunk 19th century past of magic and mechanical wonders.

‘Ex Machina’ – It’s man vs machine on HBO Max

Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac star in this smart and wily science fiction thriller where the ideas are the spectacle. It’s the directorial debut of Alex Garland.

Last chance: ‘Logan Lucky’ – Steven Soderbergh’s red state heist comedy on Hulu

Channing Tatum and Adam Driver star as hard-luck brothers who hatch a scheme to rob a NASCAR track in this bouncy, deft, sweetly and cleverly comic heist picture.

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain face ‘A Most Violent Year’ on HBO Max

J.C. Chandor writes and directs this drama set in the crime-ridden culture of early 1980s New York City, a smart, shadowy tribute to the American crime dramas of the seventies.

Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson present this documentary

‘A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies’ – free on Kanopy

This 1995 documentary, cowritten and codirected and hosted by Martin Scorsese, is one of the most passionate and informative explorations of classic American cinema.

Watch This! Jack Benny visits ‘The Twilight Zone’

Rod Serling guest stars on ‘The Jack Benny Show’ in this 1963 episode, playing along in a skit that sends Jack Benny into… the Twilight Zone.

Sun Honglei and Louis Koo headline 'Drug War' from Hong Kong action maestro Johnnie To

Johnnie To’s ‘Drug War’ on Prime Video, MUBI, and free on Kanopy

Hong Kong crime master Johnnie To takes his brand of sleek, stark action cinema to the Chinese mainland for a story of driven cops and brutal drug smugglers.

‘Stick It’ – a gymnastic rebellion on Peacock

Missy Peregrym is a rebellious world class gymnast in this sports empowerment fantasy with a twist, a double flip, and a perfect landing.

Last chance: ‘The Runaways’ – the story of the original grrrl rockers on Hulu

Kristen Stewart plays Joan Joan and Dakota Fanning is Cherie Currie in the story of the original all-girl rock band.

The complete ’30 Rock’ on Hulu and Peacock

Tina Fey created and stars in this hilarious send-up of life behind the scenes at a late night comedy show and Alec Baldwin is brilliant as the network executive who fancies himself her mentor.

‘Ex Machina’ – It’s man vs machine on HBO Max

Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac star in this smart and wily science fiction thriller where the ideas are the spectacle. It’s the directorial debut of Alex Garland.

Tom Hanks brings ‘A Hologram for the King’ on Peacock

Tom Tykwer directs this mix of comedy and drama about a crisis of purpose and identity for an old-schoolbusinessman trying to remain relevant in the modern world. Based on the novel by Dave Eggers.

‘Source Code’ – Jake Gyllenhaal hits rewind on Hulu and HBO Max

Duncan Jones directs this action thriller would through a mystery and built on a twist: the hero keeps rewinding to relive the same eight minutes before a bomb blows.

‘The Wire: Complete Series’ turns twenty on HBO Max

“Follow the drugs, and you’ll find dealers and users. Follow the money, and you have no idea where the case will take you.” This epic series set the high water mark for television drama.

Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as Lorelai and Rory Gilmore in 'Gilmore Girls'

The complete ‘Gilmore Girls’ on Netflix

Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel are mother and daughter in this beloved dramedy that ran for seven seasons and earned a devoted following.

The complete ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ – Buffy at 25 on Hulu and Prime Video

Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the high school cheerleader who battles vampires and demons in the cult TV action fantasy that became a cultural phenomenon.

Baby, I don’t care – ‘Out of the Past’ on HBO Max

Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey in 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'

Jim Carrey discovers ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ on Peacock

Jim Carrey fights to hold onto memories of a past romance in this poignant, touching, and sometimes painfully funny in this playfully inventive romantic fantasy from writer Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry.

‘Time Bandits’ – Terry Gilliam’s fractured fairy tale on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

Gilliam’s fantastical second feature is a a strange and weird and wonderful mix of boy’s own adventure, Python-esque humor, and grim irony, all wrapped in tall tales, ancient myths, and historical figures.

Baby, I don’t care – ‘Out of the Past’ on HBO Max

Ingrid Bergman gets ‘Gaslight’ed on HBO Max

Al Pacino is ‘Serpico’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

Sidney Lumet directs this based-on-a-true-story crime drama on location in New York and helped set the style of American crime dramas in the seventies.

‘A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies’ – free on Kanopy

This 1995 documentary, cowritten and codirected and hosted by Martin Scorsese, is one of the most passionate and informative explorations of classic American cinema.

‘The Wrecking Crew!’ – the musicians behind the sixties hits on Hulu

Get to know the professionals who played on literally hundreds of pop songs and albums without credit and created the West Coast sound.

Kevin Pollak's documentary 'Misery Loves Comedy' on Amazon Prime

‘Misery Loves Comedy’ – Comedians reflect on Peacock

“Do you have to be miserable to be funny?” That’s the question that comedian and actor Kevin Pollak poses to his fellow performers in this documentary.