This weekend’s new drops on streaming include some great summer films filled with action, thrills, and vampires, too. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has come to HBO Max, so if you didn’t catch it in theaters, there’s no better way to spend July 4th than with some Southern vampires. On Prime Video, check out John Cena and Idris Elba as world leaders-turned-action heroes in Heads of State, and on Netflix, Charlize Theron and Uma Thurman go head to head in The Old Guard 2.
Not sure which new releases to check out? Let us here at Decider help you figure out what to watch this weekend and where to stream it.
Sinners has been lauded as one of the best films of the year so far, and now you can catch it at home – the Warner Bros. film is now available on HBO Max. Back at the start of the pandemic, Netflix released the action film The Old Guard, based on the graphic novels by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández, starring Charlize Theron as the leader of a band of mercenaries. Five years later, The Old Guard 2 is finally here. And on Prime Video, John Cena and Idris Elba form the action-comedy duo we never knew we needed in Heads of State, which came out on Wednesday.
Written and directed by filmmaker Ryan Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as twin brothers Smoke and Stack Moore, who return to their Mississippi hometown in the 1930s. Once they’re back, they discover a sinister, supernatural evil lurking there. The film, which arrived to Max on Friday, co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku and Jack O’Connell.
Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Henry Golding and the rest of the Old Guard are back for the sequel to Netflix’s 2020 action hit. The Old Guard 2 arrived this week on Netflix and sees Theron’s Andy, an immortal mercenary, not only facing her own mortality, but a new foe, too, in the form of Uma Thurman.
John Cena and Idris Elba co-star in the new action comedy Heads of State as a U.S. President and U.K. Prime Minister who don’t get along. Diplomacy hangs in the balance as these two knuckleheads bicker, but they find themselves forced to come together when they both become targets of a foreign adversary threatening them. Turns out, when they work together they can actually kick some butt.
The options above only scratch the surface, so you know that this weekend’s full lineup will have amazing options for what to watch this weekend! For the full breakdown of the best movies and shows to stream now, or if you’re still undecided on what to stream this weekend, then check out the complete list below:
Released Wednesday, July 2
The Old Guard 2 — NETFLIX FILM
Tour de France: Unchained: Season 3
Released Thursday, July 3
Countdown: Taylor vs. Serrano — NETFLIX SPORTS SERIES
Mr. Robot: Seasons 1-4
The Sandman: Season 2 Volume 1
Released Friday, July 4
All The Sharks
Released Saturday, July 5
The Summer Hikaru Died
Released Wednesday, July 2
Heads of State
Released Thursday, July 3
WNBA on Prime
Released Friday, July 4
Game Night
Released Thursday, July 3
The American Soldier: Complete Season 1
Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol: Complete Season 1
America The Story of US: Complete Season 1
America: Promised Land: Season 1
Barack Obama: Season 1
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War: Season 1
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution: Season 1
Codes and Cosnpiracies: Complete Seasons 1 and 2
Community: Complete Series
Dan Da Dan: Season 2
Days that Shaped America: Complete Season 1
The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes: Complete Season 3C
The Proof Is Out There: Complete Season 4B
The Secret History of Air Force One: Complete Season 1
The Secret History of the Civil War: Complete Season 1
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Who Is Luigi Mangione? Complete Season 1
Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia
Released Friday, July 4
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
In the Lost Lands
The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)
The Abyss
Released Saturday, July 5
Cold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper: Complete Season 1
The Idaho College Murders: Complete Season 1
The Lake Erie Murders: Complete Seasons 1 and 2
The Perfect Murder: Complete Seasons 1 and 2
Untitled Maxine Project: Complete Season 1
Released Sunday, July 6
Cults and Extreme Belief: Complete Season 1
Killer Cases: Complete Season 6a
Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun: Season 2 Sequel Premiere
Released Thursday, July 3
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League
The Deep Three, Season 3
Released Friday, July 4
Sinners
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
Released Sunday, July 6
Investigation Shark Attack (S1, 6 episodes)
Shark Quest: Hunt for the Apex Predator (S1, 2 episodes)
Sharks of the North
Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory
Super Shark Highway (S1, 6 episodes)
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Love Island USA
Poker Face
Released Friday, July 4
Curry Inc: The Business of Stephen Curry – Premiere (CNBC)
Love Island USA
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks
Released Saturday, July 5
Love Island USA
Released Sunday, July 6
Love Island USA
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What you see above is just a portion of the new movies and shows you can watch this month if you’ve got more than one streaming service subscription. We update our guides to the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month, so you can stay on top of the freshest titles to watch. Here are full lists, schedules, and reviews for everything streaming:
Liz Kocan is a pop culture writer living in Massachusetts. Her biggest claim to fame is the time she won on the game show Chain Reaction.