{"id":200666,"date":"2025-12-24T00:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/200666\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T00:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:29:12","slug":"7-top-new-movies-to-stream-this-week-on-netflix-hulu-and-more-dec-23-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/200666\/","title":{"rendered":"7 top new movies to stream this week on Netflix, Hulu and more (Dec. 23-29)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The holidays are almost here, and with families everywhere gathering over the next few days, the best streaming services<\/a> are giving households plenty of options with a slew of top new movies landing across Netflix, Hulu, Peacock and more.<\/p>\n

This week sees several new arrivals. While horror sequel \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d is perhaps the most high-profile pick, my personal favorite is \u201cEternity.\u201d This charming rom-com is one of my favorite movies of 2025<\/a>, and includes a cast of very likable characters. Meanwhile, Netflix offers up family drama \u201cGoodbye June,\u201d and the much-talked-about \u201cBugonia\u201d debuts over on Peacock.<\/p>\n

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These are the most high-profile new movies across streaming services this week. And don\u2019t forget to check out our guide to the top new TV shows<\/a> streaming over the coming days, if you\u2019re in the mood for some seasonal binge-watching.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Eternity\u2019 (PVOD)<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not easy to feel fresh in the oversaturated romantic comedy genre, but \u201cEternity\u201d is a rare crowd-pleaser that makes old tropes feel new again. It might take a few elements from TV\u2019s \u201cThe Good Place,\u201d but it still carves out an identity that\u2019s all its own. \u201cEternity\u2019s\u201d strongest element is its charming trio of leads, Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner, and I\u2019d be remiss not to commend the enjoyable spin on the afterlife that\u2019s central to its narrative.<\/p>\n

After dying peacefully surrounded by her loved ones, Joan (Olsen) awakes in a place known as the \u201cJunction.\u201d Here she has just seven days to decide where she wants to spend eternity. However, the bigger question is who to spend it with. She\u2019s stuck in a love triangle between Larry (Teller), the man she was married to for decades, and Luke (Turner), a lost love, who has waited almost 70 years to be reunited with Joan.<\/p>\n

Watch on Amazon (buy\/rent)<\/a> from December 23<\/p>\n

\u2018Sentimental Value\u2019 (PVOD)<\/p>\n

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One of the big players of the upcoming awards season makes its streaming debut this week. \u201cSentimental Value\u201d has been showered with praise since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, and looks set for several Oscar nominations in 2026. Rated 96% by critics and an impressive 94% by viewers on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, it\u2019s a powerful drama that has won many fans on both sides of the aisle. If you\u2019re looking for a quality movie this week, it\u2019s definitely one to consider streaming.<\/p>\n

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Directed by Joachim Trier, the film explores the relationship between two sisters, Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), and their estranged father, a film director named Gustav (Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd). However, when Nora turns down a role in Gustav\u2019s comeback movie, the role is instead given to an American actress, Rachel (Elle Fanning), adding a new dynamic to their already thorny relationship.<\/p>\n

Watch on Amazon (buy\/rent)<\/a> from December 23<\/p>\n

\u2018Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u2019 (PVOD)<\/p>\n

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\u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d might be one of 2025\u2019s worst-reviewed movies (it’s rated 16% on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>), but it\u2019s clearly a crowd-favorite. Incorporating several nods towards its video game source material, fans of the FNAF franchise enjoyed this horror sequel a lot more than critics. If you\u2019re deep in the game\u2019s lore, you\u2019ll likely get a kick out of this big-screen adaptation, but if the original didn\u2019t appeal, then you can skip.<\/p>\n

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Set one year after the first \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s\u201d movie, former security guard Mike (Josh Hutcherson) is attempting to move on from the horrors experienced 12 months prior. However, his 11-year-old sister, Abby (Piper Rubio), continues to be drawn into a sinister world of murderous animatronics, and soon enough the terror starts anew. The jump scares are cheap, and the big third-act twist is groanworthy, but \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d knows its target audience and plays to them.<\/p>\n

Watch on Amazon (buy\/rent)<\/a> from December 23<\/p>\n

\u2018Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere\u2019 (PVOD)<\/p>\n

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Hollywood continues to churn out musical biopics at a steady pace. After the success of the Bob Dylan-centered \u201cA Complete Unknown,\u201d it\u2019s not surprising to see the life and iconic work of the Boss given the cinematic treatment next. Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce Springsteen, and rather than focus on his entire career, \u201cDeliver Me From Nowhere\u201d chronicles the musician’s personal struggles during the recording of the \u201cNebraska\u201d album in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

Sure to delight Springsteen fans of any age, Allen White gives an excellent performance as the musical titan, with Jeremy Strong providing strong support as manager Jon Landau. Focusing on the recording of a legendary album is an interesting cinematic choice, but it does leave \u201cDeliver Me From Nowhere\u201d feeling less like a celebration of an extraordinary career and more like a slice-of-life picture with a restrictive scope. How well this approach will resonate is a matter of personal taste. For me, I\u2019d have preferred a more complete take.<\/p>\n

Watch on Amazon (buy\/rent)<\/a> from December 23<\/p>\n

\u2018Goodbye June\u2019 (Netflix)<\/p>\n

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Netflix is offering families everywhere a tear-jerking festive watch that is sure to be popular this holiday season. Debuting on Christmas Eve, \u201cGoodbye June\u201d looks set to be the No. 1 streaming pick for many households as the clock ticks towards the big day. And while the reviews for this Kate Winslet-directed family drama aren\u2019t stellar, they\u2019re certainly stronger than Netflix\u2019s underwhelming crop of snowy-set romantic comedies for 2025. Granted, that\u2019s not an especially high bar to clear.<\/p>\n

Set during the holiday season, \u201cGoodbye June\u201d sees four siblings thrown into turmoil when their beloved mother, June (Helen Mirren), becomes ill over the festive period. Also starring Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall and Winslet herself, \u201cGoodbye June\u201d looks sure to get the waterworks flowing, and its core message of the importance of family feels particularly vital at this time of year. Hopefully, my own family can stop squabbling long enough for us to sit down and stream this Netflix film together.<\/p>\n

Watch on Netflix<\/a> from December 24<\/p>\n

\u2018Bugonia\u2019 (Peacock)<\/p>\n

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Director Yorgos Lanthimos\u2019 latest movie is another warped comedy that explores the world around us in interesting and unique ways. Once again collaborating with Emma Stone, for a role which saw her famously shave her head, \u201cBugonia\u201d is supremely intense, occasionally uncomfortable, darkly funny, and it builds to a high-concept finale that offers much to consider. While Stone is reliably excellent, Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis aren\u2019t to be overlooked, playing a pair of conspiracy theory-obsessed brothers.<\/p>\n

In \u201cBugonia,\u201d two brothers (Plemons and Delbis) kidnap a powerful CEO (Stone). However, they haven\u2019t taken her hostage and locked her in their basement in the hopes of extorting her for money. Instead, they are convinced that she\u2019s an undercover alien who has come to Earth on a destructive mission. The CEO swears they are mistaken, but what follows is an increasingly tense standoff as the brothers attempt to prove their theory correct.<\/p>\n

Watch on Peacock<\/a> from December 26<\/p>\n

\u2018The Life of Chuck\u2019 (Hulu)<\/p>\n

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When it comes to \u201cThe Life of Chuck,\u201d I need to put my personal opinion aside. For the record, this fantasy drama did not work for me. I found it far too sappy for its own good, and also very front-loaded with its most interesting narrative elements found in the first act. However, I can acknowledge when I\u2019m the odd one out, because for the most part, \u201cThe Life of Chuck\u201d has been warmly embraced, so clearly I\u2019m just a Grinch!<\/p>\n

Directed by horror master Mike Flanagan and based on a novel by Stephen King, you might expect \u201cThe Life of Chuck\u201d to be a dark fable, but it\u2019s certainly not. Instead, it\u2019s a heartwarming drama about an extraordinarily ordinary life. Told in reverse chronological order, it charts the formative moments in the life of Charles \u201cChuck\u201d Krantz (Tom Hiddleston), as he experiences the highs and lows of human existence, including love, loss and more.<\/p>\n

Watch on Hulu<\/a> from December 26<\/p>\n

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