5 must-see motion pictures & TV exhibits streaming now (Oct. 3, 2025)

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One of the best of what is new streaming on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney Plus, and extra.

By Kevin Slane

October 3, 2025 | 7:33 PM

3 minutes to learn

Welcome to Boston.com’s weekly streaming information. Every week, we suggest 5 must-watch motion pictures and TV exhibits obtainable on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, and extra.

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New Films Streaming

‘Convey Her Again’ (2025)

If you happen to’re on the lookout for a brand new horror film after watching all of the basic titles coming to streaming companies in October, A24’s deeply disturbing and disgusting movie about two siblings adopted by the world’s worst foster mom (Sally Hawkins) is simply the ticket. If you happen to’re a horror film novice, keep far, far-off.

watch: “Convey Her Again” is streaming on HBO Max.

‘The Misplaced Bus’ (2025)

Based mostly on a real story that passed off through the deadliest wildfires in U.S. historical past, Matthew McConaughey is a pure as a down-on-his-luck college bus driver who should singlehandedly save a busload of scholars (and their instructor, performed by America Ferrera) from the quickly advancing flames.

watch: “The Misplaced Bus” is streaming on Apple TV+.

‘The Bare Gun’ (2025)

The artistic forces behind legacyquel “The Bare Gun” perceive precisely what made the 1988 Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker spoof so particular (Learn my full overview.) With totally dedicated performances from Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, a script completely filled with jokes, and a madcap plot from Akiva Schaffer, it’s the funniest film of 2025.

Absolutely nobody anticipated Neeson to interchange the inimitable Nielsen, title similarities however. However enjoying Drebin’s son, Frank Jr., the always-stoic actor — even when he dabbles in improv comedy — totally embraces the insanity of the function. (Simply don’t name him Shirley.)

watch: “The Bare Gun” is streaming on Paramount+.

Extra new motion pictures streaming this week: “Honey, Don’t!” (streaming on Peacock); “Play Soiled” (streaming on Prime Video)

New TV Exhibits Streaming

‘Interview with the Vampire’

If refusing to pay for a fourth or fifth streaming service has saved you from watching AMC’s adaptation of Anne Rice’s massively profitable (and influential) vampire novel, Netflix is right here to assist.

If that is your first foray into the gothic world of “Interview with the Vampire,” you could discover just a few adjustments by showrunner Rolin Jones (“Weeds”). For one, Louis de Pointe du Lac is now not a plantation proprietor, however a Black brothel proprietor. For one more, the homoerotic undertones between Louis and the blood-sucking Lestat threaten to boil over (and ultimately do in Season 2). That makes Louis’ interviews with curious journalist Daniel Molloy (Woburn native Eric Bogosian) all of the extra scintillating — as if casually discussing life as a vampire wasn’t attention-grabbing sufficient.

watch: “Interview with the Vampire” is streaming on Netflix.

‘Love is Blind’

We’re nonetheless one season away from the tenth season of “Love Is Blind,” aka the Boston season. However if you happen to’ve by no means seen the present earlier than, leaping on for Season 9 (in Denver) isn’t a foul concept.

For these unfamiliar, “Love Is Blind” grew to become an enormous hit for Netflix in the beginning of the pandemic. Contestants are matched up as {couples} by way of a blind velocity courting course of, and are then confined to pods for 10 days. They’re solely in a position to talk with their companion by way of a speaker, and are solely in a position to see their companion as soon as a wedding proposal has been accepted. This season brings extra of the identical larger-than-life personalities typical of the style (there’s somebody who calls herself “Sparkle Megan,” for instance).

watch: “Love is Blind” is streaming on Netflix.

Extra new TV streaming this week: “Chad Powers” (streaming on Hulu); “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (streaming on Netflix)