15 Shows and Movies to Watch This Weekend

Yes, there are a lot 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 (like these six shows that were rightfully canceled).

The last few weeks delivered a ton of great new content, from Carrie and YAGA to Phony and Nobody Wants This. And this week is no different.

Allow me, an entertainment editor, to help you parse through it all with shows and movies that are actually worth watching. I'm talking exciting specials like The One About Matthew Perry, returning hits like The Gilded Age season four and fun new shows like The Mob. Enjoy the best selections (recommended by yours truly) on Apple TV, Prime Video and more.

From Lupin part four to Dexter: Resurrection season two, here's what to watch this weekend.

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

Carrie Coon, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski and the rest of the old money/new money aristocrats are back for an impressive fourth season of the hit HBO period drama. This installment may be the biggest one yet with several weddings and a visit from President Grover Cleveland. The show's production designer revealed, “This is the season where we keep saying, 'it’s go big or go home.'”

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

This three-part docuseries gives an intimate and candid look at the life and passing of the late Friends star. Though his former sitcom costars don't appear, we do get emotional testimony from his sister and a handful of very close friends. The One About Matthew Perry only hit Netflix on Tuesday and it's already the number one show on the streamer.

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

It's been exactly 20 years since serial killer Dexter Morgan first hit our TV screens, and he's now back in a second season of the Paramount+ revival series where he faces two other killers and a midlife crisis. Uma Thurman costars alongside the iconic Michael C. Hall once again—and thankfully, they're here just in time for Halloween.

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

As my colleague wrote in her review, "Think Sherlock meets Ocean's Eleven meets Catch Me If You Can, with slick twists, clever schemes and a seriously magnetic lead performance." This hit heist series, which boasts a very impressive 98 percent critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, is back for a fourth iteration. And this time, our lead is out to prove his innocence.

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

Following in the footsteps of recent competition show hits like The Traitors and Million Dollar Secret, this new series brings together 12 D-list celebs and reality stars (honestly I had to Google most of the names) to face off in mob movie-inspired challenges. Who will get "whacked" and who will be the last mobster standing to take home the $250,000 prize?

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

Apple TV has been on a roll this year (Widow's Bay, Margot's Got Money Troubles, the return of Ted Lasso), so I have high hopes for this new Liev Schreiber drama about a homicide detective trying to catch a serial killer. Unfortunately for the detective, the killer has set his sights on Schreiber's small Pennsylvania town—and his family.

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

This new Netflix sitcom about teens working at a local pizza place may not be my typical cup of tea, but it's clearly found a major audience: It's already number five on the streamer's top 10 list. Not sure if you'll be into this one either? Fortunately, Minimum Wage is a short-form series, meaning the episodes require minimum investment as they range from 13 to 20 minutes apiece.

• Rating: R
• Runtime: 98 minutes

It may be hard to believe, but there was a time before Liam Neeson was the biggest action star on the planet (anyone else love him in Love Actually?!). The Mongoose is the latest thrill-ride from the 74-year-old who finds his character wrongly accused of murder and on the run from authorities. (I mean, we've gotta watch something in theaters now that we've seen You Can See Everything...)

• Rating: R
• Runtime: 155 minutes

I've heard nothing but great things about this century-spanning queer drama (and the Rotten Tomatoes crowd agrees, as the film currently has an 87 percent rating). La Bola Negra is currently playing a limited run in theaters, but if you miss it, fear not—it'll be released on Netflix on December 2.

• Rating: PG-13
• Runtime: 115 minutes

This intense documentary involves a couple who dreams of skiing the most difficult and dangerous ski line on Mount Everest. Until now, no one has successfully done it. But when tragedy strikes, that dream is put to the ultimate test.

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

The first two seasons of this hit Kristen Bell-Adam Brody rom-com were all about "will they or won't they." Well, it turns out they will as season three finds the couple finally moving in together and Bell's character Joanne starting the conversion to Judaism. Get ready for several new (but recognizable) faces this season, including Sarah Silverman and Andrew Rannells.

• Rating: R
• Runtime: 105 minutes

Olivia Colman plays a fisherwoman who tasks a basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) with crafting her a husband out of wicker (Alexander Skarsgård). While the film is buzzy, Skarsgård's mob wife-inspired red carpet outfits have been even buzzier.

• Rating: PG-13
• Runtime: 116 minutes

Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams and Natasha Lyonne star in this film adaptation of the 2021 dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro. Klara (Ortega) is an A.I. friend out to find the perfect home and combat loneliness for one lucky young girl. The movie is helmed by acclaimed director Taika Waititi, so expectations are high for this one.

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

Two words: Hudson Williams. Need I say more? The Heated Rivalry heartthrob returns to the small screen as a young heir who goes missing. Dueling investigations ensue in this "witchy" (AMC's word, not mine) mystery thriller. Though the series sadly shows no signs of Connor Storrie, I can confirm it is quite sexy and steamy.

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

Sam Nivola (who you'll remember for some "light incest" in The White Lotus) plays a high schooler who wakes up from a car accident to discover that something is...different about his mother (another White Lotus icon, Connie Britton). Convinced things are amiss, he sets out to prove the woman claiming to be his mom is an imposter.

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