With the weather warming up, it’s tempting to ditch watching TV and go outside.
Netflix doesn’t want you to do that, which is why the streamer keeps adding new films to its library every week.
Watch With Us has picked the best new Netflix movies to watch this weekend, with the comedy remake of Anaconda at the top of our binge-watch list.
If you’re not in the mood to laugh, check out the 2023 Oscar-winning thriller Anatomy of a Fall or the captivating 2018 documentary McQueen, which chronicles the short life of acclaimed fashion designer Alexander McQueen.
‘Anaconda’ (2025)
Doug (Paul Rudd) and Griff (Jack Black) are two down-on-the-luck buddies who are desperate to turn their filmmaking dreams into a reality. When Griff unexpectedly acquires the rights to remake the 1997 Jennifer Lopez/Ice Cube B-movie Anaconda, they decide to remake it themselves and hightail it to the Amazon rainforest. But a series of comedic catastrophes, including mistakenly killing the titular snake and being menaced by a murderous gold miner, not only endanger their dubious remake but their lives as well. Can they find a way out of the mess before they become an unfortunate footnote in movie history?
Absolutely no one asked for a comedy remake of Anaconda, but we got one, and it’s actually kinda funny. What makes it work is, of course, Black and Rudd, who bring their signature comedic personas to an admittedly thin story. Black’s wrecking ball energy, combined with Rudd’s deadpan, everyman vibe, gives this Anaconda the bite it needs to make it a fun — if frivolous — film to watch this weekend.
Anaconda is streaming on Netflix.
‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (2023)
After a heated argument with her husband, Sam (Samuel Theis), Sandra (Project Hail Mary’s Sandra Hüller) takes her dog out for a walk to decompress. When she returns, she discovers a motionless Sam lying face down in the snow-covered ground in front of their home. That’s the story Sandra tells the police immediately afterwards but no one believes her — not even her 11-year-old son Daniel (Milo Machado-Graner), whose impaired vision doesn’t prevent him from seeing Sandra’s obvious guilt. But Sandra swears she’s innocent, and she has to prove it in a French court that’s determined to paint her as a cold-blooded murderer.
Anatomy of a Fall has the appearance of a conventional thriller, but it’s anything but a conventional movie. Director Justine Triet is less concerned with revealing what actually happened to Sam — Was he killed? Was it an accident? Did he kill himself? — than she is in examining a marriage that has decayed over a long period of time. Sandra is an imperfect woman, but does that mean she’s a killer? The movie asks these questions, and it doesn’t provide any obvious answers — it’s left up to you to decide Sandra’s guilt or innocence and ponder what you would do if you were in her shoes.
Anatomy of a Fall is streaming on Netflix.
‘McQueen’ (2018)
Alexander McQueen was one of the fashion industry’s most prolific and innovative designers, which is why it was so devastating when he passed away suddenly in 2010. Not a lot was known about him when he was alive, but McQueen aims to change that.
The acclaimed 2018 documentary features interviews with the designer’s friends, family, peers and critics to provide an entertaining portrait of a life filled with public success and private hardships. What’s so fascinating about McQueen, both the persona and the documentary, is how it argues that the best way to know an artist is through their work. By spotlighting McQueen’s clothes, the film provides all the biographical information you need to know about him. Fabric was his clay, and a needle was his paintbrush. Just like most other artists, McQueen funnels all of his personal anguish into his creations, and the doc ultimately argues that that’s why his legacy continues to this day.
McQueen is streaming on Netflix.
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