{"id":498333,"date":"2026-06-13T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/498333\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T21:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:48:16","slug":"8-best-new-movies-and-shows-to-stream-this-week-june-12-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/498333\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Week (June 12-14)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a quieter week for streaming premieres than usual.<\/p>\n

On Netflix<\/a>, the first-ever fully stop-motion animated Mexican film has made its streaming premiere, while the fifth season of one fan-favorite romantic drama has also arrived on the platform. Elsewhere, Hulu has unveiled the entire first season of a new British \u201cwrong-com\u201d and Amazon\u2019s Prime Video has debuted the freshman season of a new, YA romance that should satisfy fans of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d and \u201cOff Campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the eight best new movies and shows you can stream this weekend.<\/p>\n

\""Alice\u201cAlice and Steve\u201d Season 1 (Lara Cornell\/Hulu)<\/p>\n

\u201cAlice and Steve\u201d Season 1 (Hulu)<\/p>\n

\u201cAlice and Steve\u201d helped kick off this week\u2019s streaming premieres. Created by former \u201cSex Education\u201d staff writer Sophie Goodhart, this \u201cwrong-com\u201d follows a pair of lifelong friends (Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker) whose friendship is tested when Clement\u2019s Steve begins dating the daughter of Walker\u2019s Alice. The series\u2019 entire six-episode first season debuted all at once Monday on Hulu.<\/p>\n

\"Every-Year-After\"Sadie Soverall as Percy Fraser in \u201cEvery Year After\u201d (Prime Video)<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery Year After\u201d Season 1 (Prime Video)<\/p>\n

While \u201cAlice and Steve\u201d promises to deliver the same kind of comedic, messy rom-com thrills as shows like \u201cSex Education,\u201d Prime Video\u2019s \u201cEvery Year After\u201d<\/a> is positioned to drive in the same angsty YA romance lane as other hit shows like \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on author Carley Fortune\u2019s best-selling novel \u201cEvery Summer After,\u201d the new series spans the course of six years and one week in a small lake town and follows its leads (Sadie Soverall\u2019s Percy and Matt Cornett\u2019s Sam) as their lives are shaped by first loves and important choices. Its complete, eight-episode first season premiered binge-style Wednesday on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

\"surviving-earth-baby-elephant-nbc\"A baby elephant in \u201cSurviving Earth.\u201d (NBC)<\/p>\n

\u201cSurviving Earth\u201d (Peacock)<\/p>\n

NBC and Peacock have a treat in store this week for nature documentary fans. \u201cSurviving Earth,\u201d a new eight-part docuseries about the Earth\u2019s anthropological history, premiered its first episode Thursday night on NBC. It became available to stream Friday on Peacock.<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s remaining seven installments will follow one at a time every week, first premiering Thursday nights on NBC and the next day on Peacock. Using cutting-edge CGI animation, \u201cSurviving Earth\u201d shows viewers how intelligent life once existed on Earth millions of years ago.<\/p>\n

\""Sweet\u201cSweet Magnolias\u201d Season 5 (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\u201cSweet Magnolias\u201d Season 5 (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery Year After\u201d is not the only noteworthy romantic drama premiering on streaming this week. On Thursday, Netflix also unveiled the entire 10-episode fifth season of beloved original series \u201cSweet Magnolias.\u201d At this point in its run, you likely know whether or not the South Carolina-set show is up your alley or not. If it is, then the series\u2019 latest episodes, its first since Feb. 2025, likely deserve a place on your weekend watchlist this week.<\/p>\n

\"I\u201cI Am Frankelda\u201d (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\u201cI Am Frankelda\u201d (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\u201cI Am Frankelda,\u201d<\/a> one of this year\u2019s most intriguing new animated films, made its streaming debut Friday on Netflix.<\/p>\n

The Mexican stop-motion dark musical fantasy film from directors Arturo and Roy Ambriz follows a determined 19th-century Mexican writer as she journeys into her own subconscious to finally face down the monsters she has written so extensively about. The film has garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews up to this point, and its distinct, fantastical visuals and story may make it exactly what you are looking for this weekend.<\/p>\n

\""They\u201cThey Will Kill You\u201d (New Line Cinema)<\/p>\n

\u201cThey Will Kill You\u201d (HBO Max)<\/p>\n

If you want a film that is considerably darker and more violent than \u201cI Am Frankelda\u201d to watch this weekend, look no further than \u201cThey Will Kill You.\u201d This action-filled horror comedy from director Kirill Sokolov hit theaters earlier this year but has now made its streaming debut this week on HBO Max. <\/p>\n

A horror comedy in the same vein as films like \u201cReady or Not,\u201d the movie follows an ex-convict (Zazie Beetz) whose response to a job listing for a housekeeper at a New York City high-rise ends up putting her at the center of a desperate fight for her life against the building\u2019s cult leaders.<\/p>\n

\"the-listeners-rebecca-hall\"Rebecca Hall in \u201cThe Listeners\u201d (BBC)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Listeners\u201d (Starz)<\/p>\n

Nearly two years after it aired in the U.K., \u201cThe Listeners\u201d is finally set to premiere in the United States. A four-episode limited series adaptation of author Jordan Tannahill\u2019s 2021 novel of the same name, \u201cThe Listeners\u201d stars Rebecca Hall as a teacher who finds herself suddenly tormented by a humming noise that seemingly only a few other people are able to hear. The series received largely positive reviews when it aired in the U.K., and its first episode is slated to premiere Friday on Starz (both the channel and the app).<\/p>\n

\""My\u201cMy Adventures with Superman\u201d Season 3 (Adult Swim\/HBO Max)<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Adventures with Superman\u201d Season 3 (HBO Max)<\/p>\n

It has been nearly two full years since the second season of \u201cMy Adventures with Superman\u201d ended. Fortunately, the animated superhero series\u2019 hiatus is, at long last, nearly at an end. A playful, romantic coming-of-age twist on the typical Superman story, this animated gem quickly won over comic book fans\u2019 hearts when it initially premiered back in 2023.<\/p>\n

Now, the series\u2019 third season is set to follow its central, found family as they are forced to confront new enemies that both threaten their shared future and test their bonds with each other. Its first episode premieres Saturday night on Adult Swim and becomes available to stream the next day on HBO Max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is a quieter week for streaming premieres than usual. On Netflix, the first-ever fully stop-motion animated Mexican…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[168486,3281,93,205975,3286,204171,61,60,270,195063,1868,205982,136588,131380,117549,6256],"class_list":["post-498333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-alice-and-steve","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-entertainment","tag-every-year-after","tag-hbo-max","tag-i-am-frankelda","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-my-adventures-with-superman","tag-netflix","tag-surviving-earth","tag-sweet-magnolias","tag-the-listeners","tag-they-will-kill-you","tag-what-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}