10 New Movies to Watch This Weekend

10 new movies to watch this weekend

From prehistoric suburban chaos and unsettling horror to biographical drama and broad comedy, this weekend’s new releases cover a wide range of moods. Here are 10 films arriving across video-on-demand services, Netflix, Prime Video and Shudder between September 18 and 20, 2026.

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1. The End of Oak Street

Available on: VOD
Genre: Fantasy
Run time: 1h 39m
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella

Denise and Greg are struggling through a difficult patch in their relationship while their children sense that something is wrong at home. Their problems become dramatically larger when the entire neighbourhood is transported thousands of years into the past, where dinosaurs and other Mesozoic predators await. The result is a frightening prehistoric adventure with the feel of a family-oriented fantasy taken in a much darker direction.

2. It Ends

Available on: VOD
Genre: Horror
Run time: 1h 29m
Director: Alexander Ullom
Cast: Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth

Four friends, all recent university graduates, take one last drive before their lives move in different directions. A missed turn places them on a seemingly endless two-lane highway, turning a simple road trip into a surreal nightmare. Beneath the supernatural premise is an anxious portrait of young adults searching for direction after graduation.

3. Hellcat

Available on: Shudder
Genre: Horror
Run time: 1h 31m
Director: Brock Bodell
Cast: Dakota Gorman, Todd Terry, James Austin Johnson

Lena wakes inside a locked camper being pulled by a stranger. He insists that he is trying to save her life, explaining through an intercom that she has an infection and is being taken to a doctor. With Lena unable to escape and the driver controlling every part of the journey, the confined setup creates a tense horror mystery.

4. Tony

Available on: VOD
Genre: Drama
Run time: 1h 46m
Director: Matt Johnson
Cast: Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones

This biographical drama follows Anthony Bourdain as an aimless teenager who finds unexpected work in a kitchen. What begins as a chance job develops into a passion for cooking and eventually points him towards his life’s calling.

5. Best of the Best

Available on: Netflix
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 1h 52m
Director: Lena Khan
Cast: Maitreyi Ramakrishna, Priyanka Kedia

Maya and Anjali have been inseparable for years and begin university together at UCLA. Joining a Bollywood dance team introduces them to a fiercely competitive environment, testing both their friendship and their expectations of college life.

A woman and a man looking at each other in Finding Emily

6. Finding Emily

Available on: VOD
Genre: Romantic comedy
Run time: 1h 50m
Director: Alice MacDonald
Cast: Angourie Rice, Spike Fearn, Minnie Driver

After meeting a woman named Emily at a party, a lovesick university student sends a mass email to find her again. Another Emily responds and joins the search, intending to record the experience for her psychology dissertation. The mistaken identity premise turns a campus-wide hunt into an unlikely romantic comedy.

Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith in The Napa Boys

7. The Napa Boys

Available on: Prime Video
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 1h 32m
Director: Nick Corirossi
Cast: Kevin Smith, Nick Corirossi, Sarah Ramos

Presented as the fourth instalment of a long-running franchise, this ensemble parody sends a group of wine-loving characters on an adventure through California’s Napa Valley. Its central target is Hollywood’s appetite for sequels and established cinematic brands.

Matthew McConaughey in The Rivals of Amziah King

8. The Rivals of Amziah King

Available on: VOD
Genre: Western
Run time: 2h 11m
Director: Andrew Patterson
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Angelina LookingGlass, Kurt Russell

In rural Oklahoma, charismatic musician and beekeeper Amziah King is reunited with his estranged daughter. He wants to bring her into the family business, but she soon discovers that the work carries dangers neither of them can easily avoid.

9. Goody Goody

Available on: Shudder
Genre: Horror
Run time: 1h 20m
Director: Raymond Creamer
Cast: Samantha Robinson, Colby Hollman, Colleen Foy

Expectant parents Goody and Jayson rent a remote cabin so they can manage their planned home birth with help from a doula. When labour begins during a storm, the couple suspects that an evil presence shares the cabin with them—and that it may be connected to their unborn child.

10. Stop! That! Train!

Available on: Netflix
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 1h 35m
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: RuPaul, Marcia Marcia Marcia, Jujubee

This disaster-movie spoof follows two bored train stewardesses who take jobs with a luxury rail company. Their routine changes when a huge storm threatens the train, forcing them to cooperate with passengers and fellow crew members to survive.

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