Summer is nigh, and the streaming just keeps getting better. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, Showtime, STARZ, and other streaming services have a slew of brilliant original series, award-winning films, fascinating documentaries, and more for your streaming pleasure this weekend. Get cozy in the comfort of your own home and prepare to be blown away by some of the best content these platforms have to offer.
If you missed out on seasons of your favorite shows while they were on TV, have no fear – Netflix has the first season of Riverdale and the fourth season of Sherlock, and Amazon Prime Video’s got drama for days with Season 5 of Boardwalk Empire. Looking for top notch cinema? Best Picture winner Moonlight begins streaming on Prime Video this weekend, and Robert De Niro is back and better than ever in HBO’s original Bernie Madoff biopic, The Wizard of Lies. Your favorite series are back – some after a long, long wait – so prepare to batten down the hatches and binge Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and indulge in a damn fine premiere episode of the new Twin Peaks. Hop to it – you’ve got some stellar streaming to do!
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 3 *Netflix Original
She’s back (with the rest of her quirky gang) and better than ever! This campy, clever comedy helmed by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock stars Ellie Kemper as the eponymous Kimmy, a cult-member turned eccentric New York City gal. The show’s third season finds our protagonist adjusting to her life now that the Reverend (played hilariously by a typically dramatic actor – we won’t spoil it for Kimmy virgins) who kidnapped her is around again. This sincere, irreverent, off-the-wall series will make you laugh, occasionally tear up, and keep watching until you’ve unknowingly blown through the entire series.
[Stream Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 3 on Netflix]
Twin Peaks: Series Premiere *Showtime
You’ve waited 25 years… and the day is finally here. Renowned auteur David Lynch has the whole gang back together, and our favorite Special Agent Dale Cooper – our beloved Kyle MacLachlan – leads a star-studded cast as they return to Twin Peaks 25 years after the shocking murder of Laura Palmer. This 18-part limited-event series is directed entirely by Lynch and written by series creators Lynch and Mark Frost, and we couldn’t be more excited to indulge in the bizarre, mysterious intrigue of it all again.
[Stream Twin Peaks on Hulu May 21]
Moonlight
This stunning winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture is finally available to stream on Amazon Prime Video this weekend. Directed by Barry Jenkins, and starring an incredible ensemble cast (including Academy Award-winner Mahershala Ali) this gorgeous feat of storytelling examines three chapters of Chiron’s life as he grows up in a tough Miami neighborhood. Chiron, a young, black gay man, is confronted with painful family dynamics, school bullies, and intense obstacles on his way to adulthood. This now-historical, moving, atmospheric drama is essential viewing.
[Stream Moonlight on Amazon Prime Video May 21]
NETFLIX
BLAME! *Netflix Original
Command and Control (2016)
Cave (2016)
Laerte-se *Netflix Original
Lovesong (2016)
Royal Pains: Season 8 (2016)
Riverdale: Season 1 (2016)
Sherlock: Series 4 (2016)
Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive *Netflix Original
The Break-Up (2006)
The Intent (2016)
The Keepers: Season 1 *Netflix Original
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 3 *Netflix Original
Available May 21
What’s With Wheat (2017)
HULU
Before I Disappear (2014)
Downward Dog: Series Premiere (ABC)
He Got Game (1998)
The Last Ship: Complete Season 3 (TNT)
The Next Step: Complete Seasons 3 & 4 (BBC)
Underground: Complete Season 2 (WGN)
Available May 20
Becoming Bond: Documentary (Hulu Original)
Bakery in Brooklyn (2016)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Available May 21
Firestorm (2013)
Twin Peaks: Season 3 Premiere *Showtime
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
Me Before You
Available May 20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Available May 21
Boardwalk Empire: Season 5
Moonlight
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
HBO
Animals: Season Finale
Juanes Concert Film
Mommy Dead and Dearest
Available May 20
The Wizard of Lies
OTHER STREAMING PLATFORMS
SHOWTIME
The American
Available May 21
Twin Peaks: Series Premiere
STARZ
Because I Said So (2007)
Big Night (1996)
Boss – Episode 101-108, 201-210 (2011)
Cyborg (1989)
Novocaine (2001)
Rapid Fire (1992)
State Property (2002)
State Property II (2005)
Available May 20
When the Bough Breaks (2016)
Available May 21
American Gods (2017) – Episode 104
The White Princess (2017) – Episode 106
SUNDANCE NOW
Midnight Express (1978)
Midnight Return: The Story Of Billy Hayes & Turkey (2016)
SHUDDER
He Took His Skin Off For Me (2014)
Lake Bodom (2016)
Wake in Fright (1971)