15 Shows and Movies to Watch This Weekend

From 'The Drama' to 'Your Friends & Neighbors' season two

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Yes, there are a ton of streaming services, and, yes, there's a lot of buzz around the latest releases. But just because something's trending or on lists of most-viewed titles doesn't mean it's always worth a watch.

The month of March alone gave us five must-watch shows and the Oscars. But this week, there's even more great content.

Allow me, an entertainment editor, to help you parse through it all with shows and movies that are actually worth watching this week (or this weekend). I'm talking star-studded movies like Zendaya's The Drama, returning series like Your Friends & Neighbors and feel-good films like Eat Pray Bark. Enjoy the best selections (recommended by yours truly) on Netflix, HBO, in theaters and more.

From Love on the Spectrum season four to XO, Kitty season three, here's what to watch this weekend.

1. The Drama

  • Rating: R
  • Runtime: 106 minutes

Perhaps the hardest working actress in Hollywood (after Nicole Kidman) is Zendaya. Her new anti-romcom The Drama, costarring Robert Pattinson, is already generating buzz. But she's also got a ton of other projects headed our way: Euphoria season three, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Dune: Part Three, Shrek 5... seriously, when does she sleep?!

*Only in theaters

2. Your Friends & Neighbors

  • Rating: TV-MA
  • Number of seasons: 2

Everyone's favorite mad man-turned-suburban criminal Jon Hamm is back for season two of this dark comedy-drama. This time around, a new neighbor threatens to expose Coop's dirty deeds. Famous costars Amanda Peet and Olivia Munn return, alongside some fresh faces (hello, James Marsden!).

3. Love on the Spectrum

  • Rating: TV-14
  • Number of seasons: 4

This entertainment editor likes...Love on the Spectrum. He doesn't like...waiting a year for more episodes. The most heartwarming dating show on television finally returns for a fourth season. Fan-favorites Connor, Madison and James are back (thank you, Netflix), plus we've got three new daters—Logan, Emma and Dylan—joining the mix.

4. XO, Kitty

  • Rating: TV-14
  • Number of seasons: 3

Almost as popular as To All the Boys I've Loved Before, this Kitty-focused spinoff returns for a third season. And while XO, Kitty might not be my personal cup of tea, fans of the original films will be thrilled to learn that Lana Condor (AKA Kitty's older sister) is set to make an appearance in the series for the very first time.

5. Eat Pray Bark

  • Rating: N/A
  • Runtime: N/A

Now here's a movie that was clearly made for me. The new dog-centric Netflix comedy is giving Best in Show vibes. And while it may not quite reach the high bar set by the Christopher Guest classic, I'll still happily take in any content that revolves around dogs (and their ridiculous owners).

6. Secrets of the Bees

  • Rating: N/A
  • Number of seasons: 1

*Cue the gif of Oprah releasing the bees* This fascinating Nat Geo docuseries dives into all things bees, including just how smart they really are. Though this show is obviously not for the apiphobic among us (Google it), I for one love getting such an up-close and personal look at these buzzy little creatures.

7. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

  • Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 98 minutes

It's the year of the sequel (Devil Wears Prada, Hunger Games, Scream, Scary Movie, Toy Story...), but perhaps none is quite so anticipated as the latest Super Mario movie. The OG film grossed a jaw-dropping $1.36 billion worldwide, so it really wasn't a question of if but when a sequel would drop. In the new family-friendly flick, Bowser Jr. arrives on the scene to free his father.

*Only in theaters

8. The Masked Singer

  • Rating: TV-PG
  • Number of seasons: 14

The finale of The Masked Singer season 14 (no, they haven't run out of costume ideas yet) is here, y'all. The epic conclusion will pit Cat Witch, Pugcasso, Galaxy Girl and Crane against one another for the win. Have you already guessed which "celebrity" is underneath each of those kinda creepy masks?

9. If It's Tuesday, It's Murder

  • Rating: N/A
  • Number of seasons: 1

In my house, if it's Tuesday, it's tacos. But on Hulu? It's murder. Dun, dun, dunn. A group of murder mystery-loving tourists turn into investigators when one of their own is discovered dead. The only problem? One of them might be the killer...

10. The Predator of Seville

  • Rating: TV-MA
  • Number of seasons: 1

Another week, another horrifying true-crime series on Netflix. This docuseries has already hit number three on the streaming service's top ten list, and follows a terrifying tour guide in...you guessed it...Seville.

11. Inside Man

  • Rating: R
  • Runtime: 128 minutes

20 years ago this week, this iconic Spike Lee crime thriller starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen hit theaters. Though we've since gotten a crappy sequel and a meh follow-up Inside Man series, there's nothing quite like revisiting the intense and phenomenally acted original.

12. Pretty Lethal

  • Rating: R
  • Runtime: 88 minutes

This intense thriller features the one-and-only Uma Thurman and a who's who of young actresses (Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow and Avantika Vandanapu). When five ballerinas get stranded in the woods, they're forced to use their ballet skills for survival. Cue the action-dance scenes.

13. Privileges

  • Rating: TV-14
  • Number of seasons: 1

This French thriller follows an inmate who becomes a bellhop at a fancy hotel in Paris. Things take a dark and sinister turn fast, as this particular hotel is, as HBO puts it, "a breeding ground of manipulation and betrayal."

14. Bait

  • Rating: 18+
  • Number of seasons: 1

I was not expecting to love this Riz Ahmed comedy as much as I did, but I immediately dove into episode two after the first one finished. Ahmed plays a struggling actor who is up for the role of James Bond—and he intends on nabbing that role using some rather unusual methods.

15. Club Cumming

  • Rating: N/A
  • Number of seasons: 1

Alan Cumming isn't just the fashionable and punny host of the U.S. version of The Traitors. He's also well known in NYC for owning one of the city's most iconic gay nightclubs, Club Cumming. This six-episode docuseries goes behind the scenes with go-go dancers, drag performers and, of course, Cumming himself.

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