7 Best Movies Available This Weekend on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video and More

7 Best Movies Available This Weekend on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video and More

This weekend is also full of great new movies available on the best streaming services, including Netflix and Hulu. But narrowing down what to watch isn't always easy.

Here at Tom's Guide, we've done the hard work for you by rounding up the hits and zeroing in on the duds to make your next movie night unforgettable. First on the list is "Mean Girls," the 2017 hit musical adaptation based on the 2004 teen comedy that just appeared on the pay-per-view video-on-demand streaming service.

It's not the only big movie to hit streaming services this week. Best Picture nominee "Zone of Interest" can also be watched from the comfort of your couch, while Hulu will offer "All of Us Strangers," considered one of the biggest Academy Awards showstoppers of the year. Netflix, meanwhile, will stream the hilarious and poignant "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" and last year's big Oscar contender "Everywhere All at Once."

So without further ado, here are our top picks for movies to stream this weekend. Check out nine more shows and movies we recommend.

We've heard it all before, but never as much as this. Mean Girls is a 2017 adaptation of the musical of the same name, itself based on a 2004 teen comedy.

Angourie Rice plays Cady Herron, a transfer student trying to make her way through the jungle that is American high school, and Renée Rapp plays Regina George, who leads a clique of mean popular girls known as the "Plastics." When Cady infiltrates the group and tracks down Regina, the shenanigans begin, and the rest of the story unfolds much like the popular teen comedy on which it is based.

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At the opposite end of the fun and depressing spectrum is Zone of Interest. The World War II historical drama has been nominated for five Academy Awards.

In the literal shadow of the Auschwitz concentration camp run by Rudolph, a German couple lives within a perfect wall.

The film does not turn a blind eye to the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany against the Jews, but it is more background noise than a starring role. The real horror comes from observing the ordinary lives carved out by a family that sees their position in the Holocaust as merely a means to a better life.

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A story of unlikely relationships, love, and grief, "The Strangers" is an emotional roller coaster.

Andrew Scott ("Fleabag") plays Adam, a lonely screenwriter just trying to get through each day, when his mundane routine is interrupted by his mysterious, drunken neighbor Harry, played by Paul Mescall ("Normal People") The two As their romance takes a sharp turn, Adam visits the house where he once lived with his parents. His parents died in a car accident when he was twelve years old. Inexplicably, the house has not changed, and Adam has the miraculous opportunity to be reunited with his parents, played by Claire Foy and Jamie Bell, who are still alive and well.

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I was a big fan of the "Marcel in a Shoeless Shell" short film (try saying that five times fast) posted on YouTube in the early 2010s, and I'm sorry I missed Marcel's big screen debut in 2022. Needless to say, I was overjoyed to learn that the film, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, will be available on Netflix this weekend.

The A24 production Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a collaboration between filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate (Mona Lisa in Parks and Recreation). Unlike the shredded shorts, the film has an overarching story: after his divorce from Slate, Dean moves to an Airbnb and discovers Marcel, a talking shellfish who lives with his grandmother, Nana Coney, and his pet lint ball, Alan. Dean uploads a video of Marcel to YouTube, and he quickly becomes a cultural phenomenon. Marcel's newly discovered virality leads him to search for his long-lost family, but the world is a very big place for the little shell.

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Last year, the film struck seven gold medals at the Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Actress. The film captivated audiences and critics alike, and when it exploded into theaters in the spring of 2022, it generated a lot of word-of-mouth buzz.

But is the film worth the hype? As someone who has seen it three times (and shed a tear each time), I can confidently answer "yes. This absurdist comedy-drama follows the misadventures of a middle-aged woman (Michelle Yeoh) caught in a multiverse battle with another version of her nihilistic daughter (Stephaine Hewitt). Joining her are her ill-fated but well-meaning husband (Ke Hui Kwan) and an IRS inspector (Jamie Lee Curtis) who is investigating the family for tax fraud. Don't get me wrong, it's a strange turn of events, but it's one that will surely pay off if you keep persevering with it.

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Tyler Perry not only makes "Madea" comedies, but has branched out into directing dramas for several years now. His latest is a legal thriller starring Destiny's Child alum Kelly Rowland as criminal defense attorney Mia Harper, who becomes embroiled in a murder case involving enigmatic artist Ziah Malloy (Trevante Rose). Tossed around by the complexity of the case and the cunning charm of her client, Mia comes to grips with the fact that everyone is guilty of something. And where there is desire and deception, there is also danger.

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Two years ago, Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" chronicled the extraordinary rise of Elvis Presley. In this biographical drama, Sofia Coppola turned the spotlight on his wife, Priscilla Presley. The story begins with their first meeting, when Priscilla (Kylie Spaney) was only 14 and Elvis (Jacob Elordi) was 24 and already a world-famous singer. Years later, the two reunite and begin a roller-coaster romance in earnest. But their relationship was inextricably intertwined with substance abuse, emotional ups and downs, and mental health issues. Burning love inflicts the deepest wounds.

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