What to Watch Now: Best New Streaming Movies & TV
This month's best new streaming releases
The following lists include movies and TV series added to the various streaming services over the past four weeks with Metascores of 61 or higher, plus a few additional noteworthy titles that do not have Metascores. Titles with poor or mediocre reviews are omitted; this is just the good stuff.
Good recent additions to CBS All Access
TV shows
Score/Title Genre All Access
60 Minutes Seasons 41-47 News Watch
72 The Amazing Race Seasons 1-25 Reality competition Watch
The Andy Griffith Show Seasons 1-8 Comedy Watch
69 CSI: Miami Seasons 1-10 Drama Watch
Cheers Seasons 1-11 Comedy Watch
88 Everybody Hates Chris Seasons 1-4 Comedy Watch
74 Everybody Loves Raymond Seasons 1-9 Comedy Watch
Family Ties Seasons 1-7 Comedy Watch
80 Frasier Seasons 1-11 Comedy Watch
76 The Good Wife Seasons 1-6 Drama Watch
I Love Lucy Seasons 1-6 Comedy Watch
MacGyver Seasons 1-7 Drama/Action Watch
Mission: Impossible Seasons 1-7 Drama/Action Watch
71 Survivor Seasons 1-29 Reality competition Watch
Star Trek Seasons 1-3 Sci-fi Watch
74 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Seasons 1-7 Sci-fi Watch
66 Star Trek: Enterprise Seasons 1-4 Sci-fi Watch
51 Star Trek: The Next Generation * Seasons 1-7
* Score is for Season 1 only; show is included here on the basis of the far
superior seasons 2-7. (Plus, we all know it's better than Enterprise and Voyager.) Sci-fi Watch
66 Star Trek: Voyager Seasons 1-7 Sci-fi Watch
Taxi Season 4 Comedy Watch
The Twilight Zone Seasons 1-5 Sci-fi/Drama Watch
96 Twin Peaks Seasons 1-2 Drama Watch
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Good recent additions to Amazon Instant Video
New to Amazon Prime members (free to stream)
Score/Title Genre Prime Instant Video
An Affair to Remember (1957) Drama/Romance
Alice (1990) Comedy
87 All Is Lost (2013) Drama
Alpha House Season 2 Comedy
Annie Hall (1977) Comedy
87 The English Patient (1996) Drama
69 Evil Dead II (1987) Horror
75 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) Action-adventure
79 In A World… (2013) Comedy/Drama
69 Palo Alto (2014) Drama
77 Rescue Dawn (2007) Action-adventure
65 Scream (1996) Horror/Thriller
91 Transparent Season 1 Comedy/Drama
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Movies
Score/Title Genre Amazon Instant
70 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) Rom-com
Alice (1990) Comedy
Annie Hall (1977) Comedy
68 Chef (2014) Comedy
64 Chinese Puzzle (2014) Comedy/Drama
73 Cold in July (2014) Thriller
63 The Congress (2014) Drama/Animation/Sci-fi
71 Copenhagen (2014) Drama
81 District 9 (2009) Sci-fi
71 Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Sci-fi/Action
79 For Those in Peril (2014) Drama
67 Ghostbusters (1984) Comedy
76 Housebound (2014) Horror/Comedy
76 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Animation/Family
78 The Last of the Unjust (2013) Documentary
86 Lincoln (2012) Drama
76 Listen Up Philip (2014) Comedy/Drama
65 Lucky Them (2014) Drama
87 Manuscripts Don't Burn (2014) Foreign/Drama
72 Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014) Documentary/Music
68 Neighbors (2014) Comedy
75 Obvious Child (2014) Comedy
79 Searching for Sugar Man (2012) Documentary/Music
69 Venus In Fur (2014) Foreign/Drama
87 We Are The Best! (2014) Foreign/Drama
74 Whitey: United States of America
v. James J Bulger (2014) Documentary
72 Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Animation/Family
74 X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Action-adventure
TV shows
Score/Title Genre Amazon Instant
66 A to Z Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
69 American Horror Story: Freak Show (in progress) Horror
77 black-ish Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
61 Cristela Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
73 The Flash Season 1 (in progress) Action-adventure
63 Gracepoint Season 1 (in progress) Drama
68 How to Get Away With Murder Season 1 (in progress) Drama
80 Jane the Virgin Season 1 (in progress) Comedy/Drama
78 Star Wars Rebels Season 1 (in progress) Animation/Sci-fi
62 Town of the Living Dead Season 1 (in progress) Reality
80 The Walking Dead Season 5 (in progress) Horror
= Available free to . (Others may rent or buy as normal.)
Good recent additions to Netflix (Watch Instantly)
Woody Allen movies
Score/Title Genre Netflix Watch Instantly
Alice (1990) Comedy
Bananas (1971) Comedy
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
But Were Afraid to Ask (1971) Comedy
Interiors (1978) Drama
Love and Death (1975) Comedy
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) Comedy
75 The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Rom-com
Radio Days (1987) Comedy
Sleeper (1973) Comedy
Stardust Memories (1980) Comedy
Zelig (1983) Comedy
Other movies
Score/Title Genre Netflix Watch Instantly
79 Affliction (1998) Drama
67 Alive Inside (2014) Documentary
64 Canopy (2014) Action-adventure
88 Chicken Run (2000) Animation/Family
65 The Debt (2011) Thriller
65 Dirty Dancing (1987) Drama/Romance
68 The Double (2013) Drama/Thriller
69 Evil Dead II (1987) Horror
62 Finding Forrester (2000) Drama
70 Galaxy Quest (1999) Sci-fi/Comedy
98 Hoop Dreams (1994) Documentary/Sports
75 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) Action-adventure
85 Ilo Ilo (2014) Foreign/Drama
79 In A World… (2013) Comedy/Drama
61 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013) Drama
65 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) Animation/Family
64 Killing Them Softly (2012) Thriller
77 Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Drama
65 L'Auberge Espagnole (2003) Foreign/Comedy
75 Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012) Documentary
The Parallax View (1974) Drama/Thriller
Paths of Glory (1957) Drama
The Producers (1968) Comedy
77 Rescue Dawn (2007) Action-adventure
80 A Room With A View (1986) Drama/Romance
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) Drama
71 Shadow of the Vampire (2000) Horror
Shane (1953) Western
62 Simon and the Oaks (2012) Foreign/Drama
72 Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Rom-com
Swimming With Sharks (1994) Comedy/Drama
64 Team America: World Police (2004) Comedy
Tombstone (1993) Western
69 Venus In Fur (2014) Foreign/Drama
73 Witching and Bitching (2014) Foreign/Horror
TV shows (full seasons only)
Score/Title Genre Netflix Watch Instantly
63 The 100 Season 1 Sci-fi/Drama
Arrow Season 2 Action-adventure
81 Gilmore Girls Seasons 1-7 Drama/Comedy
63 Hostages Season 1 Drama
How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Comedy
Parks and Recreation Season 6 Comedy
Raising Hope Season 4 Comedy
75 The Walking Dead Season 4 Horror
Last chance
Score/Title Last Day on Netflix Netflix Watch Instantly
63 Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Expires 10/26
64 American Psycho (2000) Expires 10/31
90 Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) Expires 10/31
62 The Big Chill (1983) Expires 10/31
84 Broadcast News (1987) Expires 10/31
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Expires 10/31
86 Say Anything (1989) Expires 10/31
74 Serenity (2005) Expires 10/31
71 Starman (1984) Expires 10/31
88 Thelma & Louise (1991) Expires 10/31
Good recent additions to iTunes
Movies
Score/Title Genre iTunes
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Criterion Collection Foreign/Drama
64 Canopy (2014) Action-adventure
64 Chinese Puzzle (2014) Comedy/Drama
F for Fake (1975) Criterion Collection Documentary
76 Housebound (2014) Horror/Comedy
76 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Animation/Family
Jour De Fête (1949) Criterion Collection Foreign/Comedy
76 Listen Up Philip (2014) Comedy/Drama
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) Criterion Collection Foreign/Comedy
81 Norte, the End of History (2014) Foreign/Drama
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Extended director's cut Drama
Playtime (1967) Criterion Collection Foreign/Comedy
74 Whitey: United States of America
v. James J Bulger (2014) Documentary
TV shows
Score/Title Genre iTunes
The 100 Season 2 (in progress) Sci-fi/Drama
66 A to Z Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
69 American Horror Story: Freak Show (in progress) Horror
77 black-ish Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
61 Cristela Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
73 The Flash Season 1 (in progress) Action-adventure
63 Gracepoint Season 1 (in progress) Drama
68 How to Get Away With Murder Season 1 (in progress) Drama
80 Jane the Virgin Season 1 (in progress) Comedy/Drama
63 Marry Me Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
78 Star Wars Rebels Season 1 (in progress) Animation/Sci-fi
62 Town of the Living Dead Season 1 (in progress) Reality
80 The Walking Dead Season 5 (in progress) Horror
Good recent additions to Hulu / Hulu Plus
Movies
Score/Title Genre Hulu
77 A Band Called Death (2013) Documentary/Music
75 The Believer (2002) Drama
69 I Used to Be Darker (2013) Drama
62 Klown (2012) Foreign/Comedy
76 Shotgun Stories (2008) Drama
TV shows
Score/Title Genre Hulu
77 black-ish Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
70 Californication Seasons 1-7 Comedy
61 Cristela Season 1 (in progress) Comedy
63 Gracepoint Season 1 (in progress) Drama
I'm Alan Partridge Seasons 1-2 Comedy
Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge Season 1 Comedy
Naruto Shippuden Seasons 1-7 (dubbed or subtitled) Anime
= Viewable only by Hulu Plus subscribers.
More on home video
View a list of new and upcoming DVD/Blu-ray releases, plus additional streaming releases from other months.
