New Shows & Movies To Watch This Weekend: Prime Video’s ‘Sitting In Bars With Cake’ + More

By Liz Kocan @lizburrito
Published Sep. 8, 2023, 8:00 a.m. ET

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Whether you’re looking for stories of friendship, romance, or horror, there are plenty of new movies and TV shows coming out this weekend to keep you busy.

Not sure which new releases to check out? Let us here at Decider help you figure out what to watch this weekend and where to stream it.

New Movies & Shows To Stream This Weekend: Sitting in Bars with Cake, The Changeling, Virgin River (Season 5) + More

Yara Shahidi stars as a socially awkward, shy woman whose passion for baking brings her out of her shell in the new Prime Video movie Sitting In Bars With Cake, out this Friday. Also out Friday is the Apple TV+ series The Changeling, which stars LaKeith Stanfield as a man trying to find his wife who mysteriously vanished after giving birth. And on Netflix, you can binge all new episodes of Virgin River, which is back for its fifth season.

New on Prime Video September 8: Sitting In Bars With Cake

Yara Shahidi stars in (and executive produces) the new Prime Video movie Sitting In Bars With Cake, one of those friendship tearjerkers that will make you laugh and cry (and make you very hungry for cake). Shahidi stars as Jane, a shy woman whose best friend Corinne (Odessa A’zion) challenges her to bake a cake and bring it to a different bar every week to meet guys. When Corinne is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the challenge makes Jane reevaluate her life and make the most of the time she has left with her friend.

WHERE TO WATCH SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE

New on Netflix September 7: Virgin River (Season 5)

The soapy drama of Virgin River is back, and season five picks up right where season four left off. Right off the bat we’ll learn what happened to Vince after his brutal fight with Paige and Preacher, and we’ll see how Jack is handling the fact that he’s not the father of Charmaine’s twins. You can binge the new season when the 10-episode season drops this week (and lucky us, we’re also getting two holiday-themed specials, which will arrive in November!).

WHERE TO WATCH VIRGIN RIVER

New on Apple TV+ September 8: The Changeling

In The Changeling, LaKeith Stanfield stars as Apollo, a man whose wife, Emma (Clark Backo), goes missing after giving birth to their child. The horror fairy tale was adapted from the Victor LaValle story by Kelly Marcel, who is also the series’ showrunner. The first three episodes of the 8-episode series will drop this Friday on Apple TV+.

WHERE TO WATCH THE CHANGELING

Full List of New Movies and Shows on Streaming This Weekend:

The options above only scratch the surface, so you know that this weekend’s full lineup will have amazing options for what to watch this weekend! For the full breakdown of the best movies and shows to stream now, or if you’re still undecided on what to stream this weekend, then check out the complete list below:

New on Netflix – Full List

Released Thursday, September 7

Dear Child (DE) *NETFLIX SERIES

GAMERA -Rebirth- (JP) *NETFLIX ANIME

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight: Season 3 *NETFLIX FAMILY

Top Boy: Season 3 (UK) *NETFLIX SERIES

Virgin River: Season 5 *NETFLIX SERIES

What If (PH) *NETFLIX FILM

Released Friday, September 8

A Time Called You (KR) *NETFLIX SERIES

Burning Body (ES) *NETFLIX SERIES

Pokémon: To be a Pokémon Master: Ultimate Journeys: The Series: Part 1 (JP) *NETFLIX FAMILY

Rosa Peral’s Tapes (ES) *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Selling The OC: Season 2 *NETFLIX SERIES

Spy Ops *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

New on Prime Video – Full List

Released Thursday, September 7

Single Moms Club (2014)

The Originals: S1-5 (2013) (Freevee)

Released Friday, September 8

Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) *Prime Video Original Movie

New on Hulu – Full List

Released Thursday, September 7

9/11: Escape From the Towers (A&E)

9/11: Four Flights (A&E)

9/11: Inside Air Force One (A&E)

9/11: I Was There (A&E)

9/11: The Final Minutes of Flight 93 (A&E)

Beyond the Headlines: Black Girl Missing (A&E)

LA Rams Cheerleaders: Making the Squad 2023: Complete Season 1 (ABC)

My So Called Simple Life: Complete Season 1 (A&E)

Taurus | 2022

The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction (A&E)

Zombie House Flipping: Complete Seasons 3-4 (A&E)

Released Friday, September 8

97 Minutes | 2023

The Friendship Game | 2022

Released Saturday, September 9

Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015

New on Disney+ – Full List

Released Friday, September 8

2000s Greatest Tragedies (special)

Bin Laden’s Hard Drive (special)

Bone Trouble

George W. Bush: The 9-11 Interview (special)

Merbabies

Mickey’s Kangaroo

Playful Pluto

Pluto, Junior

The Barn Dance

New on Paramount+ with Showtime – Full List

Released Thursday, September 7

Star Trek: Lower Decks (Season 4) premiere

Released Friday, September 8

Dreaming Whilst Black premiere*

NFL Slimetime (Season 3)

Released Saturday, September 9

Basic Instinct 2*

New on Starz – Full List

Released Thursday, September 7

Redeeming Love

Released Friday, September 8

Heels: Episode 207 – “The Things that Matter”

Minx: Episode 208 – “Woman of the Hour”

Power Book IV: Force: Episode 202 – “GREAT CONSEQUENCE”

New on Apple TV+ – Full List

Released Friday, September 8

The Changeling

New on Max – Full List

Released Thursday, September 7

Devil’s Road: The True Story of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Travel Channel)

Does Murder Sleep? (ID)

Ghost Adventures: Horror at Joe Exotic Zoo (Travel Channel)

Ghost Brothers, Seasons 1-2 (Travel Channel)

Ghost Loop, Season 1 (Travel Channel)

Halloween Baking Championship, Seasons 1-8 (Food Network)

Haunting in the Heartland, Season 1 (Travel Channel)

Kids Halloween Baking Championship (Food Network)

Most Terrifying Places in America, 2 Seasons (Travel Channel)

Most Terrifying with Jason Hawes, Season 1 (Travel Channel)

My Horror Story, Season 1 (Travel Channel)

The Dead Files, Season 15B (Travel Channel) 

Released Friday, September 8

Tiny Toons Looniversity, Season 1 (Cartoon Network)

Released Saturday, September 9

Ambient Swim, Season 2 (Adult Swim) 

Released Sunday, September 10

FLCL: Grunge, Season 4 (Adult Swim)

Love & Marriage: Detroit (OWN)

Unsellable Houses, Season 4 (HGTV) 

Here’s What Else Is Streaming New This September

What you see above is just a portion of the new movies and shows you can watch this month if you’ve got more than one streaming service subscription. We update our guides to the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month, so you can stay on top of the freshest titles to watch. Here are full lists, schedules, and reviews for everything streaming.

Liz Kocan is a pop culture writer living in Massachusetts. Her biggest claim to fame is the time she won on the game show Chain Reaction.