Summer lovin’ and having a blast streaming! Memorial Day weekend unofficially kicks off the summer season, and when you’re not enjoying the outdoors, you have plenty of options for new shows and movies to watch this weekend. Netflix, Prime Video and more of the best streaming services have plenty to offer, from thrills and action to laughs and romance.
The movie slate is led by "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War," which sees John Krasinski return as the CIA spy in another globe-trotting conspiracy takedown. "Ladies First" is a corporate comedy with an intriguing premise: What if gender roles were reversed at work?
On the TV side, the comedic mystery "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed" stars Tatiana Maslany as a soccer mom who gets in way over her head, while "The Boroughs" follows a group of seniors who uncover sci-fi dangers in their retirement community. Here's our guide on what to watch this weekend.
Title |
Platform |
Release info |
"The Boroughs" |
Netflix |
8 episodes streaming now |
"The Chi" season 8 |
Paramount+ Premium |
Episode 1 on May 22 |
"Mating Season" |
Netflix |
10 episodes streaming now |
"Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed" |
Apple TV |
Episodes 1-2 streaming now |
"Rick and Morty" season 9 |
Adult Swim |
Episode 1 on May 24 |
"Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" |
Peacock |
281 min movie streaming now |
"Ladies First" |
Netflix |
90 min movie streaming now |
"Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War" |
Prime Video |
105 min movie streaming now |
New TV shows
‘The Boroughs’ (Netflix)
The vibes: "Stranger Things" but with 70-year-olds.
The plot: In a pristine New Mexico retirement community, recently widowed Sam Cooper (Alfred Molina) starts noticing something is lurking in the grounds after dark. Of course, no one buys what the “confused widower” is saying. So he bands together with a scrappy squad of fellow retirees to dig into the growing horror hiding beneath the sangria-soaked serenity before the unknown monster claims what little time they’ve got left.
All 8 episodes streaming now on Netflix
‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ (Apple TV)
The vibes: Wine mom mystery drama, but make it funnier.
The plot: Fresh off a divorce and barely keeping things together, suburban soccer mom Paula (Tatiana Maslany) is trying to stay afloat for her kid when she stumbles upon a cam-boy’s suspicious death and starts poking around what might be murder. But between a messy custody fight, annoyingly nosy coworkers and detectives circling closer, Paula’s new hobby threatens to blow up her life even more.
Episodes 1-2 streaming now on Apple TV
‘The Chi’ season 8 (Paramount+)
The vibes: It's the last ride or die in the South Side.
The plot: As the final season of Lena Waithe's show kicks off, Alicia’s murder at the end of season 7 turns the neighborhood into a pressure cooker. When Rashaad (Jason Weaver) and Victor (Luke James) are caught red-handed as police descend on the scene, the fragile balance between crews starts collapsing fast and everything spirals toward fallout.
Episode 1 streaming now on Paramount+ Premium
‘Mating Season’ (Netflix)
The vibes: Think "Big Mouth," but replacing middle school with the animal kingdom.
The plot: The creators of “Big Mouth" take the hormones, urges and cringe factor of adolescence and apply it to animals. Ray the raccoon (Nick Kroll), Fawn the deer (June Diane Raphael), Josh the bear (Zach Woods), and Penelope the fox (Sabrina Jalees) are each dealing with their own awkward biological instincts as they navigate the wild world of dating and mating.
All 10 episodes streaming now on Netflix
‘Rick and Morty’ season 9 (Adult Swim)
The vibes: Marvel's multiverse has nothing on Rick and Morty's.
The plot: Our favorite mad scientist and his grandson return for more wackadoodle adventures through space and time. They get pulled into one reality-breaking mess after another, dealing with threats as random as killer couch cushions. The absurdity of dimension-hopping never ends (at least through season 12).
Episode 1 premieres Sunday, May 24 at 11 p.m. ET
New movies
‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War’ (Prime Video)
The vibes: Dad movie comfort food with ticking clocks, double-crosses and lots of chase scenes.
The plot: Just when Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) thought he’d escaped the espionage industrial complex, a covert operation blows up into a mess that pulls him back into the CIA. Ryan teams up with battle-tested agent Mike November (Michael Kelly) and former boss James Greer (Wendell Pierce), along with razor-sharp MI6 officer Emma Marlowe (Sienna Miller). Together, they work to defuse a rogue black-ops conspiracy that always seems one step ahead.
Streaming now on Prime Video
‘Ladies First’ (Netflix)
The vibes: “What Women Want” meets “Barbie” to create a corporate power reversal.
The plot: Ad exec Damien Sachs (Sacha Baron Cohen) is coasting through life on charm, money and unchecked sexism … right up until he wakes up in a parallel world where women run everything. Suddenly sidelined and underestimated, Damien finds himself battling ruthless colleague Alex Fox (Rosamund Pike) for control of the agency while stumbling through a reality that no longer caters to him.
Streaming now on Netflix
‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ (digital)
The vibes: A cute but utterly mediocre Nintendo cutscene your kids will love. It’s ah-mid!
The plot: This sequel launches Mario (Chris Pratt), Luigi (Charlie Day), Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Princess Rosalina (Brie Larson) into a rainbow-bright space adventure against Bowser Jr. (Benny Safdie), whose galaxy-wrecking plan is basically a massive tantrum. Expect colorful planets, rapid-fire action sequences and plenty of familiar Nintendo faces at hyperspeed.
Streaming now with purchase on Prime Video
‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ (Peacock)
The vibes: A blood-soaked revenge opera in its whole form, as director Quentin Tarantino originally intended.
The plot: Both “Kill Bill” movies are stitched into one gloriously excessive, unrated saga, complete with bonus footage and an intermission. Uma Thurman stars as the Bride, a former assassin betrayed by her ex-boss/lover at her wedding rehearsal. Shot and left for dead, she wakes from a coma and sets out to exact vengeance against him and his squad.
Streaming now on Peacock
