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Farewell, February – it’s time to make room for March. March Madness is coming, St. Patrick’s Day gives you another excuse to drink your heart out, and spring gets closer with each day. A new month also means a ton of new titles are sliding their way into your streaming services, and it can be hard to choose what makes the cut for you cord-cutters. That’s where we come in.
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO have something for everyone this March. Ready to buckle down with some blockbusters? Big-time sequels and old favorites are hitting all of the platforms, and you’ll finally be able to catch up on the best series out there with their latest seasons now available to stream. We’ve picked out the 20 titles available to stream this month that we’re most pumped about. Don’t worry – you can thank us later.
NETFLIX
Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg‘s 1993 blockbuster makes its rounds on the streaming service every so often, and we are SO glad it’s back. This sci-fi thrill ride shows just how dangerous it can be to try to control something you don’t understand. Starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and a lot of dinosaurs, this flick still packs a punch 24 years later.
[Stream Jurassic Park on Netflix]
Better Call Saul: Season 2
Heeeeere’s Jimmy! Before he was skeezy Saul Goodman, he was Jimmy McGill, do-good lawyer (or at least he tried to be). Catch up with the first two seasons of the acclaimed Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul before the third season premieres on AMC in April.
[Stream Better Call Saul: Season 2 on Netflix March 27]
This is Spinal Tap
This 1984 rock music mockumentary follows Spinal Tap, a “legendary” British heavy metal band that attempts to embark on an American comeback tour. They enlist a filmmaker (who also happens to be a fan) to accompany them on the tour, and what ensues are a series of truly hilarious situations and crises that culminate in some of the most iconic comedic images of the genre.
[Stream This is Spinal Tap on Netflix]
Memento
Christopher Nolan‘s 2000 neo-noir depicts a man with short-term memory loss (Guy Pearce) who tries to find out who attacked him and murdered his wife through piecing together Polaroid photographs. Armed with a unique nonlinear narrative and stellar performances, this one-of-a-kind thriller is one you won’t want to miss.
Midnight in Paris
This charming 2011 comedy from Woody Allen stars Owen Wilson as a screenwriter on a trip to Paris with his fiancée’s family who suddenly discovers he can time travel to the 1920s at midnight. The real fun comes when he encounters historical figures like Hemingway, Zelda, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, played delightfully by Corey Stoll, Allison Pill, and Tom Hiddleston.
[Stream Midnight in Paris on Netflix]
HULU
Clueless
Think you can pass this one up? As if! Amy Heckerling’s California spin on a Jane Austen classic is full of way too many one-liners and fabulous outfits to skip. Starring Alicia Silverstone as teenager Cher Horowitz, Clueless perfectly captures female friendship, family drama, and everything in between.
Hannibal
While it’s certainly true that you can have too much of a good thing – and Ridley Scott’s 2001 sequel to The Silence of the Lambs is not really an exception to this rule – it’s way too difficult to resist another chance to see Anthony Hopkins play our favorite cannibal. Hannibal takes place ten years after The Silence of the Lambs and follows Agent Starling (played here by Julianne Moore) as she attempts to apprehend Hannibal before he is captured by his disfigured victim Mason Verger (Gary Oldman).
Harlots
Already making waves by exclusively hiring female directors, writers, and producers, this steamy period drama follows the lives of sex workers in 18th century London. This Hulu Original tells these women’s stories from their points of view rather through the overtired use of the male gaze – it’s sure to cause quite the sexism-tackling stir alongside other series hitting the platform this spring like The Handmaid’s Tale.
[Stream Harlots on Hulu March 29]
Top Gun
This all-American 1986 action flick turned Tom Cruise into a household name and turned heads with its ridiculous sex scene. Cruise stars as outspoken hotshot US Navy Pilot Maverick, a young man who shakes things up as he competes with other students to be the best of the crew. Rife with rockin’ action sequences, sexual tension, bromances, and more, Top Gun is the quintessential 80s movie.
13 Going on 30
Who is more likable than Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo? Absolutely no one. Seriously. The pairing of these two in classic rom-com 13 Going on 30 is a match made in heaven. When 13-year-old Jenna wishes she was “30, flirty, and thriving” and wakes up to find herself exactly that way, she’s forced to learn an important lesson about life, love, and friendship – before it’s too late.
[Stream 13 Going on 30 on Hulu]
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
Charlie Bartlett
This 2007 coming-of-age dramedy stars the gone-too-soon Anton Yelchin as a teenage therapist/prescription drug dealer who gets himself into things a little too deep. This delightfully witty flick delivers an unlikely premise with energy and quirkiness not often seen in the genre, and also stars Kat Dennings and Robert Downey Jr. in supporting roles.
[Stream Charlie Bartlett on Amazon Prime Video]
The Dressmaker
Starring Kate Winslet as a glamorous, talented dressmaker with a name shrouded in scandal, this flick chronicles her return to her small hometown in rural Australia. She uses her skills and chic sense of style to take revenge on those who have wronged her and transform the reserved women in the town into confident fashionistas.
[Stream The Dressmaker on Amazon Prime Video March 2]
Everybody Wants Some!!
Richard Linklater‘s nostalgic 1980s-set follow-up to Boyhood focuses on a group of college baseball players who adjust to adulthood through a series of adventurous antics. Awesome ensemble cast? Check. Flawless soundtrack? Check. An accurate depiction of the ups and downs of adolescence? Check check check.
[Stream Everybody Wants Some!! on Amazon Prime Video]
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Johnny Depp holds his dysfunctional family together in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, a 1993 drama also starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Gilbert’s disabled brother Arnie. Don’t venture into this one without a box of tissues handy; Gilbert’s journey through life and love is not one easily embarked on alone.
[Stream What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? on Amazon Prime Video]
Orphan Black: Season 4
Force of nature Tatiana Maslany plays over 10 different characters on this sci-fi drama that calls the BBC home. Season four finds the sisters attempting to adjust to some sense of normalcy, but as with all things on the series, it doesn’t last. The sisters must now find a way to fend for themselves and take matters into their own hands.
[Stream Orphan Black: Season 4 on Amazon Prime Video March 16]
HBO GO & HBO NOW
American Psycho
Mary Harron‘s disturbing take on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name gifts us with Christian Bale at his most terrifying. His performance as wealthy, sex-fueled New York investment banker Patrick Bateman is one that’s still bound to send shivers down your spine. (And on another note, his bod isn’t too bad to look at, either).
[Stream American Psycho on HBO Go & HBO Now]
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
This sequel to the 2014 comedy Neighbors offers just as much Zac Efron eye candy and Rose Byrne gems as the first, but introduces a new villain: sorority girls. The lecherous ladies, led by Chloe Grace Moretz, are somehow even more disruptive thn the last neighbors – so the couple enlists their former enemy to help take them down.
[Stream Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising on HBO Go & HBO Now]
Independence Day: Resurgence
While this movie was certainly a disappointment, it’s still got a good time to offer – and most of the cast members from the first film. The aliens from the first flick are back, and they are piiiiissed. Think their technology was intense in the first movie? They’ve become even more advanced, and now it’s up to Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum (and a group of young new recruits) to save the world… again.
[Stream Independence Day: Resurgence on HBO Go & HBO Now]
X-Men: Apocalypse
Think you’re overloaded on big-budget sequels? Think again. The ninth installment of the X-Men franchise stars Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Oscar Isaac, and a massive supporting cast behind them. The X-Men must band together to stop ancient mutant En Sabah Nur (Isaac) from destroying modern civilization as they know it.
[Stream X-Men: Apocalypse on HBO Go & HBO Now]
Parenthood
This Steve Martin classic directed by Ron Howard tells the story of the Buckman family and all of their ups and downs, including every family stereotype under the sun – the black sheep, the secrets, and those rebellious teenagers that just won’t be kept down. Genuine, heartfelt, and funny, the film later inspired the NBC series of the same name, which ran for six seasons.
