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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Netflix officially finds its Kpop Demon Hunters replacement — but there's a catch

Can this Pixar-esque movie take the crown?

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An underrated classic from Tom Holland is leaving Tubi very soon

There’s no possible way for Holland to web-sling out of this one

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81 (Alan Ritchson), an Army sergeant wearing fatigues and covered in dirt and blood gapes at something off-screen in War Machine
Netflix’s biggest movie of 2026 proves Alan Ritchson is unstoppable

This sci-fi action movie is Netflix's most-watched movie of the year.

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The fantasy musical of the decade is now available on Netflix

You're bound to have a wicked good time

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Matt Damon's most underrated epic adventure movie is free to stream on Tubi

10 years later, this forgotten blockbuster is worth a second chance

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One Cut of the Dead
The zombie comedy for people who don't like zombies is now streaming on Prime Video

Impossible to discuss, but an absolute must-see

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Christian Bale broods in front of the Batman suit in The Dark Knight Rises
10 best anime to watch if you love Christopher Nolan movies (#5 is even trippier than Interstellar)

These Nolan-esque anime are well worth your time

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Netflix's 9-part Gothic thriller is a chilling masterpiece you'll finish in one weekend

The Gothic keeps coming back

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Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) peers through the curtained window of a house in Backrooms
10 new movies to watch this weekend on Peacock, Netflix, and Hulu (July 17-19)

Two of the biggest horror movies of the year are streaming

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One of Scarlett Johansson's most notorious films is now free to watch on Tubi

It's that one movie, with that one scene

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Satoshi Kon’s mind-bending sci-fi masterpiece is free to stream on Tubi

Kon died in 2010, leaving behind an incredible legacy of movies and shows, but one film towers above the rest

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Disney's most ambitious fantasy adventure is a #1 streaming hit for a brutally obvious reason

2016 was a standout for Disney thanks to this animated musical

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Time travel, catharsis and Mamoru Hosoda’s animated worlds
20 years later, anime's greatest coming-of-age story still feels timeless

The secret to Mamoru Hosoda’s anime has always been understanding what we’re afraid to lose

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Robert Pattinson's indie sci-fi thriller beat Christopher Nolan in one brilliant way

And it's currently free to stream

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Sam Neill’s horror cult classic has one of the all-time great mic-drop endings

This John Carpenter movie rivals Jurassic Park in one key respect

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Netflix just added the most important blockbuster movie series of the 2010s

All five movies — so far — are now on Netflix.

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Previously thought unfilmable, this Stephen King adaptation hit #1 on HBO Max in just one day

It walked so The Running Man could, well, run

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Sam Neill's greatest sci-fi movie is still the best cosmic horror ever put to screen

The most terrifying thing about Event Horizon is watching a man understand the impossible

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This killer shark movie still has one of cinema's greatest fake-outs

A late-'90s sci-fi horror classic still delivers killer sharks, memorable performances, and one of the genre's greatest surprises.

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Denzel Washington's supremely satisfying action trilogy is now streaming on HBO Max

It's one of those reboots everyone forgets is a reboot

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