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The best of what’s new streaming on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney Plus, and more.
Welcome to Boston.com’s weekly streaming guide. Each week, we recommend five must-watch movies and TV shows available on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, and more.
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New Movies Streaming
‘Friendship’ (2025)
If you’re a fan of Tim Robinson’s awkward Netflix sketch comedy series “I Think You Should Leave,” then “Friendship” is a must-watch. As a boring suburban dad who strikes up a friendship with his cool neighbor (Paul Rudd), Robinson is a living, breathing, grimacing avatar for our every insecurity.
How to watch: “Friendship” is streaming on HBO Max.
‘Highest 2 Lowest’ (2025)
Spike Lee and Denzel Washington always make a great team, and their latest, a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low,” is no different. (You can read my full review here.) Even when he’s playing a record executive embroiled in a hostage crisis and on the brink of financial ruin, Washington has the unparalleled swagger he brings to every role.
How to watch: “Highest 2 Lowest” is streaming on Apple TV+.
‘Lilo & Stitch’ (2025)
My responses to Disney’s string of live-action remakes have ranged from mild enjoyment (“The Jungle Book”) to outright hostility (“The Lion King”). I don’t think any of them are really necessary, but almost every one of them is a money-printing machine, including “Lilo & Stitch,” which grossed over a billion dollars this summer.
The buddy comedy about a young Hawaiian girl (Maia Kealoha) and the adorable alien (voice of Chris Sanders) that crash-lands nearby remains largely unchanged, minus a couple of borrowed elements from the sequels and spinoffs to the 2002 animated hit. But it’s harmless fun, and seeing Tia Carrere (“Wayne’s World”) resurface in a project is always nice.
How to watch: “Lilo & Stitch” is streaming on Disney+.
New TV Shows Streaming
‘The Great British Baking Show’
Are you one of the few people in America who doesn’t have a go-to reality show or competition series to unwind with after a stressful day at work? If so, we’d recommend “The Great British Bake-Off” — or as it’s known in America due to some very silly trademark issues, “The Great British Baking Show.”
The show, which just kicked off its 16th season, pits 12 amateur bakers against each other in a fight to curry the favor of judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith and be the last baker standing. “Pits” is the wrong word, though, as “GBBS” is a remarkably pleasant show in which the competitors help each other out and lift each other’s spirits, all in the service of producing show-stopping breads, cakes, tarts, and more.
How to watch: “The Great British Baking Show” is streaming on Netflix.
‘The Paper‘
“Parks and Recreation” and the U.S. version of “The Office” are two sitcoms that showed early potential but didn’t fully hit their stride until Season 2. “The Paper,” a spinoff of “The Office” and also from creator Greg Daniels, feels like another example. (You can read my full review here.)
The show, which follows the staff of a fictional failing small-town newspaper (The Toledo Truth Teller), is very funny at its best, and the storylines built on running a failing newspaper are perfect plot fodder. The show doesn’t totally click until about midway through the season, but thankfully Peacock has already renewed the show, so it should have plenty of room to grow.
How to watch: “The Paper” is streaming on Peacock.
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