What to Watch

Your time is precious, and your options are endless. The good news: We watch it all so you don’t have to. Polygon’s What to Watch highlights the best, the funniest, the scariest, and the most exciting in movies, TV, and everything in between. Stop scrolling, start watching!

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dead man's wire
The most shocking crime thriller of 2025 with a twist you won't believe is finally streaming on Netflix

A meticulous retelling of a 1970s hostage incident

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The Medicine Seller stares right at the camera in Episode 1 of Mononoke
Netflix's eccentric 12-part dark fantasy is a masterpiece you'll finish in one weekend

Mononoke stuns with its avant garde approach to animation

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HBO's 5-part thriller is one of the best TV shows of the past 10 years — and the perfect weekend binge

Bureaucratic failure can be scarier than zombies

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The peak of Daniel Radcliffe's strange career is now free to stream

The film, stage, and TV actor has never looked back at Harry Potter, but one movie stands out as exceptionally defiant

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shiva baby
Say goodbye to the most heart-racing 77-minute thriller that's leaving Netflix

Rachel Sennott's breakout movie mires in the horrors of forced socialization

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This 13-part sci-fi thriller is so good cyberpunk fans will binge it in one night

Have you ever wished to become god over the internet?

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Michael Bay
Michael Bay's unwatchable superhero reboot still at least got one thing right

But, like, only one thing

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Shizuka Kuze looks overwhelmed while she's in class in Takopi's Original Sin
10 best anime on Prime Video to watch right now

Prime Video is a treasure trove for anime blind spots and overlooked gems

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dragonheart
Without Jurassic Park, we wouldn’t have this phenomenal '90s fantasy epic

A world without Sean Connery as a dragon is one I don't want to be part of

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Kate Siegel looks to the left while sitting on a fence in Midnight Mass. An American Flag appears behind her.
Netflix's 7-part vampire thriller is a chilling masterpiece you'll finish in one weekend

Years later, Mike Flanagan's magnum opus still holds up

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troy wide shot battle
This 22-year-old war epic does one thing better than Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey ever could

Homer's other Greek epic got a blockbuster movie that's better than you remember

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David Harbour in No Sudden Move
The lost movies of the last 5 years to go back and watch

2021 was a wild time

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scream 7
The most controversial thriller of 2026 is finally on streaming

And everything else you can watch at home this weekend

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HBO Max is about to lose Christopher Nolan's most underrated masterpiece

Before Batman and Oppenheimer, Memento reveled in everything Christopher Nolan cared about

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widow's bay
Apple's new Stephen King-like thriller is officially a streaming hit

It's not too late to catch up

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Shot from Adolescence of Utena featuring the two main stars
One of anime's most celebrated arthouse movies is finally coming to theaters

You don’t want to miss it

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Chiharu and Makina look surprised as they open a door on the train in Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express
Netflix's next sci-fi sleeper hit is a 12-part anime so great you'll finish it in one weekend

Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express is a boisterous ride

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Bowser goes for a ride with his son Bowser Jr., both Koopas beaming at each other, in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy movie and everything new to streaming this weekend

Travel to the future or plan a Quentin Tarantino marathon

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Shot from City the Animation featuring the three leads in the series.
3 anime snubbed by the 2026 Anime Awards that should have won instead

Mainstream hits swept the ceremony once again, but these 3 anime left a far bigger impact

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mission impossible
Mission: Impossible set up 8 films and 30 years of Tom Cruise's mania in 30 perfect minutes

You haven't seen him when he's upset. And you never will again.

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