6 Can't-Miss Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus and More (Nov. 7–9)

November is basically blanket season, so here are six brand-new picks worth your weekend. It is a mix of a shiny MCU drop with Pedro Pascal, Guillermo del Toro doing Gothic in style, Vince Gilligan swinging big with sci-fi, and a couple of buzzy films and a sharp new sitcom. All fresh, all streaming now or in the next couple of days.

• The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Movie - Disney Plus

  Marvel finally gives the First Family the spotlight, and yes, Pedro Pascal is front and center as Reed Richards. Vanessa Kirby plays Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn is a very cocky Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach is your rock-solid Ben Grimm. The movie is set in a retro-futuristic 1960s, which is a fun swing for the MCU. Plot-wise, the team is juggling brand-new hero status and actual family life, including Sue dealing with a pregnancy, when a world-ending threat lands on their doorstep.

  Ralph Ineson voices the cosmic heavyweight Galactus, and Julia Garner shows up as Silver Surfer. If you are wondering about continuity, the message from the top has been: relax.

  "No homework required."

  That is Kevin Feige, and frankly, that is a unicorn sentence for Marvel. Also worth noting: this one is positioned as a key puzzle piece before Avengers: Doomsday.

  Where and when: Streaming worldwide on Disney Plus; arrived November 5.

• Frankenstein - Movie - Netflix

  Post-Halloween vibes do not get better than Guillermo del Toro adapting Mary Shelley's 1818 classic with the kind of immaculate production design you expect from him. After a limited theatrical run, this version lands on Netflix with Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Euphoria's Jacob Elordi as the Creature. Mia Goth plays Elizabeth, and the stacked supporting lineup includes Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, Lars Mikkelsen, and Ralph Ineson.

  Del Toro leans into the tragedy of a brilliant, self-absorbed scientist and the life he creates, and how that breaks them both. It is lush, somber, and basically a must if you like your Gothic with actual soul.

  Where and when: Streaming worldwide on Netflix November 7.

• Sovereign - Movie - Hulu

  Quiet release, big reviews: critics have pushed this up to 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the film earns it. Nick Offerman plays Jerry, a father who, along with his teen son Joseph (Jacob Tremblay), buys into the Sovereign Citizen belief system and crisscrosses the country giving anti-establishment seminars. What starts as rhetoric bleeds into real-world clashes with police, and things escalate fast. It is inspired by the 2010 West Memphis police shootings, and the movie treats that subject with a steady, unnerving pulse rather than cheap shocks.

  The cast is deep: Thomas Mann, Nancy Travis, Martha Plimpton, and Dennis Quaid all factor in. It is a pressure-cooker thriller with something to say about where radicalization actually leads.

  Where and when: Streaming in the US on Hulu November 7.

• The Alto Knights - Movie - Prime Video

  Robert De Niro vs. Robert De Niro. He plays both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in a story about the shifting ground under the American Mafia in the 1950s. Once friends as kids, these rival bosses grow into enemies thanks to ego, paranoia, and the usual betrayals. Barry Levinson directs, and the screenplay is by Nicholas Pileggi, which should tell you exactly what crime movie wavelength this is on.

  Debra Messing and Cosmo Jarvis co-star, with The Sopranos alum Kathrine Narducci in the mix. If the idea of De Niro squaring off against himself does not sell you, the names Levinson and Pileggi probably will.

  Where and when: Streaming in the US on Prime Video November 7.

• Pluribus - Series - Apple TV Plus

  Vince Gilligan, the guy behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is back, only this time he is doing a mystery sci-fi show that sounds like a thought experiment with teeth. Rhea Seehorn stars as Carol Sturka, introduced as the most miserable person on Earth and, ironically, one of the few people who can save it. The threat is a virus that makes people permanently happy. It is a killer premise, and early chatter has it flirting with The Twilight Zone energy, just bigger in scope.

  "Bigger than anything I've ever made."

  That is Gilligan on the scale of the show. Expect philosophical questions, moral knots, and Seehorn doing precise, lived-in work like she always does.

  Where and when: Premieres worldwide on Apple TV Plus November 7.

• I Love LA - Series - HBO Max

  Rachel Sennott wrote it, created it, and stars in it, and the vibe is: very funny, very self-aware, and a little existential about what chasing it in Los Angeles actually does to people. The setup is a codependent friend group reuniting after time apart, then realizing new ambitions and relationships have shifted the ground under their feet.

  Odessa A'zion and Josh Hutcherson co-star, and the guest list is stacked: Leighton Meester, Moses Ingram, Lauren Holt, Elijah Wood, Quenlin Blackwell, Josh Brener, Tim Baltz, Froy Gutierrez, and Colin Woodell. It is a modern sitcom with sharp edges and a very specific LA sting.

  Where and when: Streaming in the US on HBO Max; premiered November 2.

If you needed a cue to pick something and press play, that was it. Enjoy the blanket season lineup.