{"id":777609,"date":"2026-07-03T12:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777609\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:25:16","slug":"10-new-movies-to-watch-this-weekend-on-prime-video-netflix-and-hbo-max-july-3-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777609\/","title":{"rendered":"10 new movies to watch this weekend on Prime Video, Netflix and HBO Max (July 3-5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Fourth of July! We head into the long weekend with a roster of exciting movies<\/a> to watch, among them, two of the biggest box office hits of the year.<\/p>\n

After being made available on VOD, Project Hail Mary<\/a> is finally streaming on a service you likely have: Prime Video. Based on the book by Andy Weir, the movie follows a high school teacher turned astronaut and the unlikely friendship he develops with an adorable alien. It\u2019s The Martian meets ET. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s also Obsession<\/a>, one of the year\u2019s biggest box office surprises. The movie is available to rent and buy on digital. If you\u2019ve already seen it and want to know more, there\u2019s an unleashed version with a 19-minute bonus feature that goes deeper into the project, exploring \u201cbehind the scenes with filmmaker Curry Barker<\/a> and the cast to see them create a wild horror story out of intense performances and shocking scares.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other noteworthy movies on the list include the eat-the-rich romp Ready or Not 2<\/a>, Lee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy<\/a>, which was praised for its scares but critically panned, and the new entry in the Netflix hit franchise, Enola Holmes.<\/p>\n

1 <\/p>\n

Project Hail Mary<\/p>\n

Available on Prime Video<\/p>\n

Genre: Sci-fi<\/p>\n

Run time: 2h 36m<\/p>\n

Director: Phil Lord and Chris Miller<\/p>\n

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Huller.<\/p>\n

Project Hail Mary is based on the Andy Weir novel, which became one of the biggest sci-fi hits in recent years. Marking the comeback of Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who hadn\u2019t directed a movie since 22 Jump Street, the wait paid off, with the space movie becoming one of the year\u2019s biggest box office wins. The story follows Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), a high school teacher who becomes planet Earth\u2019s unlikely hero and only hope in finding a solution against an alien microorganism that\u2019s consuming the sun and other planets.<\/p>\n

In the movie\u2019s review, Polygon writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cLord and Miller\u2019s Project Hail Mary reduces the book\u2019s extensive scientific explanations to a few snippets of exposition and an overall sense that its protagonist is extremely smart. That leaves more room for the film\u2019s lively emotional component, centering on Ryland\u2019s unlikely blend of humor, self-effacement, sensitivity, surprising insight, and frank cowardice.\u201d<\/p>\n

2 <\/p>\n

Obsession<\/p>\n

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\n Image: Focus Features<\/p>\n

Available on VOD<\/p>\n

Genre: Horror<\/p>\n

Run time: 1h 48m<\/p>\n

Director: Curry Barker<\/p>\n

Cast: Inde Navarrette, Michael Johnston<\/p>\n

Obsession was a festival darling back when it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Still, no one expected the success it found at the box office, with audiences showing up, week after week, for more. Marking Curry Barker\u2019s feature debut, the story follows Bear, a sad and lovelorn guy who’s been in love with his best friend Nikki for years. After finding a trinket called the One Wish Willow that promises to deliver one wish, Bear asks for Nikki to love him more than anyone in the world. It comes true and it’s not great!<\/p>\n

In our review, Polygon writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This turn positions Obsession as a kind of supernatural stalker movie. In true monkey\u2019s-paw fashion, the undying affection Bear sought from Nikki becomes frightening, as she dotes and fixates on him to an unhealthy degree, the details of which are best left for the audience to discover.<\/p>\n

3 <\/p>\n

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come<\/p>\n

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\n Image:\u00a0Pief Weyman\/Searchlight Pictures\/Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Available on Hulu<\/p>\n

Genre: Horror<\/p>\n

Run time: 1h 48m<\/p>\n

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet<\/p>\n

Cast: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy<\/p>\n

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come picks up right where the first movie ended. After surviving a grueling night with the evil family of the rich guy she just married, Grace is thrown into a deeper level of the apocalyptic game, discovering that there are more evil families involved. To force her to play and participate, they’ve brought in her younger sister, using her as collateral.<\/p>\n

4 <\/p>\n

Crime 101<\/p>\n

Available Prime Video<\/p>\n

Genre: Crime<\/p>\n

Run time: 2h 20m<\/p>\n

Director: Bart Layton<\/p>\n

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoughan<\/p>\n

Clearly inspired by Heat, Crime 101 follows a jewel thief (Chris Hemsworth) with plans to retire. Before he does, he starts planning a massive score, recruiting the necessary people to pull it all off. Meanwhile, a detective (Mark Ruffalo) and a rival thief (Barry Keoughan) put his plans at risk.<\/p>\n

5 <\/p>\n

Silent Friend<\/p>\n

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\n Image: Boutique Films<\/p>\n

Available on VOD<\/p>\n

Genre: Historical drama<\/p>\n

Run time: 2h 27m<\/p>\n

Director: Ildik\u00f3 Enyedi<\/p>\n

Cast: L\u00e9a Seydoux, Tony Leung, Luna Wedler<\/p>\n

Silent Friend has been a critical hit ever since it premiered at the Venice Film Festival, telling multiple stories across timelines, specifically 1908, 1972, and 2020, with a gorgeous ginkgo tree as the uniting thread.<\/p>\n

6 <\/p>\n

Blades of the Guardians<\/p>\n

\"Blades
\n Photo: Well Go USA<\/p>\n

Available on VOD<\/p>\n

Genre: Martial arts<\/p>\n

Run time: 2h 6m<\/p>\n

Director: Yuen Woo-ping<\/p>\n

Cast: Jet Li, Wu Ling, Chen Lijun<\/p>\n

Blades of the Guardians is set during the closing years of the Sui dynasty in China, following a bounty hunter with a strict moral code who goes on a journey while escorting one of the empire’s most wanted rebels to the capital.<\/p>\n

7 <\/p>\n

The Get Out<\/p>\n

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\n Image: Vertical<\/p>\n

Available on VOD<\/p>\n

Genre: Crime\/Comedy<\/p>\n

Run time: 1h 44m<\/p>\n

Director: Derrick Borte<\/p>\n

Cast: Russell Crowe, Luke Evans, Aaron Paul<\/p>\n

The Get Out is another crime thriller that seems like it was plucked from a different time. The film follows a club owner (Russell Crowe) who gets robbed of his life savings, derailing his plans for cozy retirement.<\/p>\n

8 <\/p>\n

Smothered<\/p>\n

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\n Image: Shudder<\/p>\n

Available on Shudder<\/p>\n

Genre: Horror<\/p>\n

Run time: 1h 39m<\/p>\n

Director: Kevin Rahardjo and Rafki Hidayat.<\/p>\n

Cast: Rio Dewanto, Faradina Mufti<\/p>\n

The film follows Alif (Rio Dewanto), a micro-painting artist who loses part of his memory after experiencing an accident. As he’s recovering, an old woman appears, claiming to be his mother, with Alif doubting her intentions and whether the two know each other at all.<\/p>\n

9 <\/p>\n

Lee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy<\/p>\n

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\n Image: New Line Cinema<\/p>\n

Available on HBO MAX<\/p>\n

Genre: Horror<\/p>\n

Run time: 2h 14m<\/p>\n

Director: Lee Cronin<\/p>\n

Cast: Jack Reynor, May Calamawy, Laia Costa<\/p>\n

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy follows a grieving family, whose daughter disappears while in Egypt. Years later, the girl is found in an ancient sarcophagus and returned home, with her possessed by an evil and terrifying demon.<\/p>\n

10 <\/p>\n

Enola Holmes 3<\/p>\n

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\n Louis Partridge and Millie Bobby Brown in Enola Holmes.Photo: Alex Bailey\/Netflix<\/p>\n

Available on Netflix <\/p>\n

Genre: Mystery<\/p>\n

Run time: 1h 45m<\/p>\n

Director: Philip Barantini<\/p>\n

Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Louis Partridge, Henry Cavill<\/p>\n

Millie Bobby Brown has built a home on Netflix. She\u2019s back for one of her most famous characters, Enola Holmes, the sister of the famous Sherlock Holmes. This time around, Enola is about to get married to her long-term love interest, Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge), when her brother (Henry Cavill) is kidnapped. She must solve the mystery and find him.<\/p>\n

We were fans of the second movie. Polygon writes:<\/a><\/p>\n

The second Enola Holmes movie is the rare sequel that improves on the first. The first had its strengths, most notably Brown\u2019s magnificent acting, but director Harry Bradbeer and screenwriter Jack Thorne seem more certain of the theme and the characters this time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy Fourth of July! We head into the long weekend with a roster of exciting movies to watch,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-777609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}