Some of our favorite shows return to streaming this week, including Somebody Somewhere on Max and Lioness on Paramount Plus. These titles, plus dozens of new ones, will arrive all week long across the major streaming platforms.
On Netflix, the South Korean horror series Hellbound is back for a second season, and the new original movie Don’t Move, about a woman who’s being hunted in the woods despite being nearly paralyzed, arrives this week, too.
In addition to Lioness, Paramount Plus will be dropping the Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 premiere, the only animated comedy series in the Star Trek canon. That show returns on Oct. 24. On Hulu, check out What We Do in the Shadows and a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and the legendary E Street Band.
And on Apple TV Plus, Billy Crystal stars and produces the new series Before; the dramatic thriller is a major departure from his repertoire (it better not ruin Harry Burns for me).
Learn more about the titles and more below.
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Best new shows and films to stream (Oct. 21 to Oct. 27)
Netflix
In the Netflix original thriller Don’t Move, produced by Sam Raimi, a young woman named Iris (Kelsey Asbille) seeks solace in the woods to recover from a tragic loss. While on a hiking trail, a stranger doses her with a paralytic drug and she has to hide and fight off her attacker before the drug renders her unable to move at all. The movie arrives on Oct. 25.
Hellbound Season Two (Oct. 25)
Netflix’s South Korean horror series Hellbound, about unearthly demonic beings that condemn humans to hell, returns for a second season this week. The series is directed by Yeon Sang-ho, known for his work on 2016’s Train to Busan. It arrives on Oct. 25.
Prime Video
Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Oct. 24)
Like a Dragon: Yakuza is a live-action drama adapted from the popular SEGA video game franchise, Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Directed by Masaharu Take, the series stars Ryoma Takeuchi as the lead character, Kazuma Kiryu, a Yakuza warrior who works among the gangsters in the fictional entertainment district, Kamurochō. The six-episode season will be distributed in two drops of three episodes apiece.
Hulu
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Oct. 25)
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is a documentary feature arriving on Hulu that offers an unprecedented look at the band that’s become legendary for its live shows. Featuring rehearsal footage, backstage conversations and performances from the band, the film pulls back the curtain on one of the most famous touring bands in modern music history.
What We Do In The Shadows Season 6 (Oct. 22)
Our favorite vampires from Staten Island return for their sixth and final season this week. What We Do In The Shadows, which co-stars Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén and Mark Proksch, will premiere on FX on Oct. 21, and comes to Hulu on Oct. 22. The season premiere consists of three episodes this week, with one new episode rolling out weekly after that.
Max
Somebody Somewhere Season 3 (Oct. 27)
Max’s excellent dramedy Somebody Somewhere, the show that taught us never to eat St. Louis Sushi, returns for its third and final season this Sunday. The half-hour show stars Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller as a pair of 40-something best friends in Kansas figuring out how to fit in and find their purpose in their small town.
Trap, the latest film from M. Night Shyamalan, stars Josh Hartnett as Cooper, a dorky dad who accompanies his daughter, Riley (Ariel Donoghue) to a concert featuring global superstar Lady Raven (played by the director’s daughter, Saleka Shyamalan). While at the concert, Cooper learns it’s part of an elaborate scheme to catch a serial killer named The Butcher, after police received a tip that he would be attending. If you haven’t seen the trailer or read any of the memes, this is your warning: Cooper is The Butcher, and he has to figure out how to escape the show while not letting on to his daughter that he’s a murderer. The film arrives on Max this week.
Paramount Plus
Lioness Season 2 (Oct. 27)
Lioness, the espionage thriller executive produced by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, is back for its sophomore season this weekend. The series stars Zoe Saldaña as Joe, the leader of a covert CIA program known as Lioness. Michael Kelly, Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman co-star. The eight-episode second season will premiere Sunday, Oct. 27 with two episodes.
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 (Oct. 24)
The fifth and final season of the Paramount Plus original animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks arrives on Oct. 24 to the platform. The series, which follows the motley crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos, features the voices of Jack Quaid, Tawny Newsome, Noel Wells and Eugene Cordero. Two episodes will arrive this week, with new episodes arriving on Thursdays through December.
Apple TV Plus
Billy Crystal may be best known for his comedy, but in the Apple TV Plus series Before, he stars as a child psychiatrist who, after recently losing his wife, meets a young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to his own past. The 10-part series co-stars Judith Light, Rosie Perez and Jacobi Jupe and the first two episodes arrive Oct. 25, with new episodes arriving weekly on Fridays.
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