{"id":508008,"date":"2026-03-01T19:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508008\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:59:17","slug":"best-movies-streaming-in-march-2026-wicked-for-good-peaky-blinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508008\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Movies Streaming in March 2026: Wicked For Good, Peaky Blinders"},"content":{"rendered":"

March is home to the 2026 Oscars, which makes it the perfect time for a handful of the most acclaimed nominees to make their streaming debuts. Neon\u2019s international favorites \u201cThe Secret Agent,\u201d \u201cSentimental Value\u201d and \u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d all debut on Hulu this month. Two of these films, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d and \u201cSentimental Value,\u201d are best picture nominees, while all three were awarded major prizes at the Cannes Film Festival last May. \u201cIt Was Just an Accident,\u201d directed by Jafar Panahi, took home the festival\u2019s top prize, the Palme d\u2019Or. \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d won Cannes\u2019 best director and best actor prizes for Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho and Wagner Moura, respectively.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHamnet\u201d is another one of the major Oscar contenders hitting streaming before the March 15 ceremony. The acclaimed Chloe Zhao-directed drama, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, is up for eight prizes, including best picture. Jessie Buckley is a favorite to win the best actress prize after sweeping the season so far with wins at the Golden Globes, Critics\u2019 Choice Awards and BAFTAs.<\/p>\n

Outside of the Oscars, Peacock is bringing a blockbuster to streaming with the premiere of \u201cWicked: For Good.\u201d The musical sequel, once again headlined by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, arrives on streaming after a $500 million-plus theatrical run worldwide. Netflix, meanwhile, is sure to have a streaming blockbuster on its hands with the premiere of \u201cPeaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,\u201d the long-anticipated movie continuation of the hit series. Cillian Murphy returns as Tommy Shelby.<\/p>\n

Check out a rundown below of the biggest films new to streaming in March.<\/p>\n

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (March 20 on Netflix)\"Peaky<\/p>\n

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (March 20 on Netflix)<\/p>\n

The \u201cPeaky Blinders\u201d franchise finally returns in movie form with \u201cThe Immortal Man.\u201d Cillian Murphy is back as Tommy Shelby and Barry Keoghan is playing a grown-up Duke Shelby, the illegitimate son of Tommy who\u2019s now running the Peaky Blinders gang. Stephen Graham and Ned Dennehy return as Shelby family allies Hayden Stagg and Charlie Strong, respectively. The cast also includes newcomers Rebecca Ferguson and Jay Lycurgo.<\/p>\n

Wicked: For Good (March 20 on Peacock)\"Wicked:<\/p>\n

Wicked: For Good (March 20 on Peacock)<\/p>\n

\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d may have been shut out of the Oscar nominations, but the musical sequel is sure to bring in the eyeballs to Peacock this month when it debuts on March 20 after a $525 million box office run worldwide. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande return as Elphaba and Glinda, although this time their friendship has soured as the duo must find their way back to each other amid the forces of Oz pulling them apart. The sequel\u2019s streaming premiere will also include a sing-along version of the movie, plus another with a full-length commentary from director Jon M. Chu. Deleted scenes and more bonus content will also be available to stream.<\/p>\n

Hamnet (March 6 on Peacock)\"Hamnet<\/p>\n

Hamnet (March 6 on Peacock)<\/p>\n

Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s \u201cHamnet,\u201d starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, was pegged as an instant Oscar contender when it world premiered at the Telluride Film Festival last September, and now the Shakespeare family drama is up for eight Awards, including best picture, best director and best actress. Buckley is the clear favorite to win the best actress Oscar after victories at the Golden Globes, Critics\u2019 Choice and BAFTAs. The movie arrives on streaming after an impressive run in theaters, where it has grossed nearly $90 million and counting at the worldwide box office. \u201cHamnet\u201d joins Focus Features\u2019 other Oscar contenders on Peacock, including \u201cBugonia\u201d and \u201cSong Sung Blue.\u201d<\/p>\n

It Was Just an Accident (March 1 on Hulu)\"It<\/p>\n

It Was Just an Accident (March 1 on Hulu)<\/p>\n

Jafar Panahi\u2019s masterpiece \u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d debuts on Hulu shortly ahead of the 2026 Oscars, where it is nominated for best original screenplay and best international feature. The drama won the Palme d\u2019Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Mixing dark comedy with elements of a moral thriller, \u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d centers on a group of former Iranian political prisoners who question whether or not a man is their former tormenter and if they should enact vengeance or not. The movie was named the seventh\u00a0best film of 2025<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Variety\u00a0film critic Peter Debruge.<\/p>\n

The Secret Agent (March 1 on Hulu)\"The<\/p>\n

The Secret Agent (March 1 on Hulu)<\/p>\n

Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho\u2019s \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d is nominated for four Oscars (best picture, best actor, best international feature and best casting) and won the best actor and director prizes at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Leading man Wagner Moura also won the prize for best actor in a drama film at the Golden Globes, where \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d was also awarded the foreign-language film prize. Moura plays a former professor caught in the political turmoil of Brazil\u2019s military dictatorship in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n

Sentimental Value (March 23 on Hulu)\"Sentimental<\/p>\n

Sentimental Value (March 23 on Hulu)<\/p>\n

Joachim Trier\u2019s \u201cSentimental Value\u201d won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival last year and is nominated for an impressive nine Oscars, including best picture, director, actress (Renate Reinsve), supporting actor (Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, who won the Golden Globe) and two best supporting actress bids (Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas). Reinsve and Lilleaas play sisters struggling to reconnect with their father Gustav, a prolific filmmaker who has cast a popular American actor in a new movie about his relationship with his family. \u201cSentimental Value\u201d was named the\u00a0third best movie of 2025<\/a>\u00a0byVariety\u00a0film critic Owen Gleiberman.<\/p>\n

War Machine (March 6 on Netflix)\"War<\/p>\n

War Machine (March 6 on Netflix)<\/p>\n

\u201cReacher\u201d star Alan Ritchson is hoping to bring some of his Prime Video popularity to Netflix as the latter platform launches his action star vehicle \u201cWar Machine,\u201d written and directed by Patrick Hughes. The synopsis reads: \u201cOn one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.\u201d Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, Esai Morales and Blake Richardson co-star.<\/p>\n

Pretty Lethal (March 25 on Prime Video)\"Pretty<\/p>\n

Pretty Lethal (March 25 on Prime Video)<\/p>\n

Prime Video\u2019s original movie \u201cPretty Lethal\u201d launches March 25 after a world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival earlier in the month. Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika, Maddie Ziegler, Michael Culkin, Lydia Leonard and Uma Thurman star. The action thriller centers on five ballerinas whose bus breaks down in a remote forest on the way to a prestigious dance competition. The girls seek shelter at the home of a former ballet prodigy, but their temporary home is hiding unexpected horrors.<\/p>\n

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (March 7 on Netflix)\"Downton<\/p>\n

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (March 7 on Netflix)<\/p>\n

After launching on Peacock last fall, \u201cDownton Abbey: The Grand Finale\u201d makes its Netflix streaming debut this month. The synopsis reads: \u201cThe Crawley family and their staff enter the 1930s, where Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble. The entire household is forced to grapple with the threat of social disgrace and must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nobody 2 (March 14 on Netflix)\"Nobody<\/p>\n

Nobody 2 (March 14 on Netflix)<\/p>\n

Bob Odenkirk\u2019s \u201cNobody 2\u201d debuts on Netflix this month after making its streaming debut last November on Peacock. Odenkirk returns as the overworked assassin Hutch in this sequel to the 2021 action movie. Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz, Colin Hanks, RZA, Christopher Lloyd and Sharon Stone also star. After deciding to take his family to a tourist town for a vacation, Hutch unexpectedly finds himself dealing with a crime boss after encountering her local bullies. The movie grossed $41 million worldwide last summer.<\/p>\n

The Bad Guys 2 (March 21 on Netflix)\"The<\/p>\n

The Bad Guys 2 (March 21 on Netflix)<\/p>\n

DreamWorks Animation\u2019s sequel \u201cThe Bad Guys 2\u201d arrives on Netflix this March after its Peacock launch last fall and is sure to bring in family audiences. The film features the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Zazie Beetz, Danielle Brooks, Natasha Lyonne and more. The synopsis: \u201cOur now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anemone (March 28 on Netflix)\"Anemone<\/p>\n

Anemone (March 28 on Netflix)<\/p>\n

Daniel Day-Lewis ended his acting retirement for \u201cAnemone,\u201d a dark family thriller helmed by son, Ronan Day-Lewis. Sean Bean, Samuel Bottomley, Safia Oakley-Green and Samantha Morton co-star. Per the official synopsis: \u201cThe Northern England\u2013set film begins as a middle-aged man (Bean) sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother (Day-Lewis). Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship\u2014one that was forever altered by shattering events decades earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fackham Hall (March 6 on HBO Max)\"Fackham<\/p>\n

Fackham Hall (March 6 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n

\u201cDownton Abbey\u201d gets \u201cThe Naked Gun\u201d treatment in the spoof movie \u201cFackham Hall,\u201d starring Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, Tom Felton, Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston and Emma Laird.\u00a0 \u201cFackham Hall\u201d follows loveable pick-pocket Eric Noone (Radcliffe) as he lands a job at English manor house Fackham Hall. He quickly rises through the ranks and a forbidden romance with lady-of-the-house Rose Davenport (McKenzie) blossoms. But when an unexpected murder occurs, Eric gets framed \u2014 leaving Rose and her family\u2019s future perilously uncertain.<\/p>\n

Dangerous Animals (March 28 on Hulu)\"Dangerous<\/p>\n

Dangerous Animals (March 28 on Hulu)<\/p>\n

Jai Courtney is a shark-obsessed serial killer in Shudder\u2019s white-knuckle horror movie \u201cDangerous Animals,\u201d which earned rave reviews out of the Cannes Film Festival last year. Courtney plays a deranged Australian tour guide who steers you out to sea and lets you swim with the sharks. Then he feeds you to them.\u00a0From\u00a0Variety\u2019s\u00a0review:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWe have screenwriter Nick Lepard to thank for these vivid new nightmares, presented with such conviction by \u2018The Devil\u2019s Candy\u2019 director Sean Byrne that the efficient and highly effective thriller scarcely allows a calm moment in which to question how deranged its premise truly is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hot Milk (March 17 on Hulu)\"Hot<\/p>\n

Hot Milk (March 17 on Hulu)<\/p>\n

Adapted and directed by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from Deborah Levy\u2019s book, \u201cHot Milk\u201d is set during a Spanish summer and follows Sofia, a young woman (Emma Mackey) in a co-dependent relationship with her wheelchair-bound mother Rose (Fiona Shaw) as the two travel to a sun-soaked seaside town to meet an enigmatic healer (Vincent Perez) who may just have a miracle cure. But while there, Sofia meets the free-spirited yet damaged Ingrid (Vicky Krieps) and find herself falling wildly in love.<\/p>\n

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (March 27 on HBO Max)\"From<\/p>\n

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (March 27 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n

Ana de Armas picks up the \u201cJohn Wick\u201d fighting gloves from Keanu Reeves in the franchise spinoff \u201cBallerina,\u201d which arrives on HBO Max this month. From\u00a0Variety\u2019s review<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s a worthy entry in the \u2018John Wick\u2019 canon, with a revenge plot that\u2019s pure trash and an actor who gamely picks up Keanu Reeves\u2019 mantel of mayhem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Versa (March 27 on Disney+)\"Versa<\/p>\n

Versa (March 27 on Disney+)<\/p>\n

The acclaimed Disney animated short film \u201cVersa\u201d is a must-see on streaming this month. The synopsis reads: \u201cA young couple experience a gamut of emotions from grief and loss to ultimate joy as they embark on an ethereal \u2018cosmic dance of life\u2019 in this personal animated short from director Malcon Pierce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (March 10 on HBO Max)\"Fukushima:<\/p>\n

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (March 10 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n

From HBO Documentary Films: \u201cIn March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake \u2013 the strongest ever recorded in Japan \u2013 unleashed a tsunami that devastated the country\u2019s northeast coast. Entire towns were erased and 20,000 lives were lost, but an even greater threat loomed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the giant wave disabled the cooling systems of three reactors. As radiation levels soared and hydrogen explosions tore through the facility, Japan\u2019s leaders faced the unimaginable prospect of evacuating Tokyo \u2013 the world\u2019s largest city with 35 million people.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to Shoot a Ghost (March 1 on Kanopy)<\/p>\n

Charlie Kaufman\u2019s new short film starring \u201cHamnet\u201d Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley debuts on Kanopy this month. The official synopsis reads: \u201cTwo newly dead young people meet in the streets of Athens, amid the pulsing cityscape and the ghosts of history. One a translator, the other a photographer, they were outsiders in life; in death they struggle with the residue of their longings and mistakes. They wander the city together, finding consolation in the difficult beauty of existence and its aftermath.\u201d<\/p>\n

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