Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are our picks for some of November’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to stream, sign up for our Watching newsletter here.)
New to Amazon Prime Video
‘Cruel Intentions’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Nov. 21
The 1999 movie melodrama “Cruel Intentions” became a box office hit and inspired multiple sequels, thanks to its twisty plot and sexual frankness, all borrowed from the novel, play and film “Dangerous Liaisons.” The new TV version carries on the tone of the films, following the bed-hopping and betrayals among a group of rich young men and women. Set at a prestigious college, the “Cruel Intentions” series is mainly about two stepsiblings, Caroline (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien (Zac Burgess), who are adept at seducing and manipulating their classmates. The pair never seems to care how many enemies they make, so long as everyone fears them.
Also arriving:
Nov. 1
“Libre”
Nov. 7
“Citadel: Honey Bunny”
“Look Back”
“My Old Ass”
Nov. 8
“Every Minute Counts”
Nov. 14
“Cross” Season 2
Nov. 19
“Abigail”
“Jeff Dunham’s Scrooged-Up Holiday Special”
Nov. 20
“Wish List Games”
Nov. 21
“Dinner Club”
Nov. 26
“It’s in the Game”
Nov. 28
“Oshi No Ko”
Nov. 29
“The World According to Kaleb: On Tour”
New to AMC+
‘The Creep Tapes’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Nov. 15
The “Creep” franchise of found footage horror films features Mark Duplass (who also co-wrote the series with the director, Patrick Brice) as a serial killer who hires aspiring filmmakers to help him make movies, which inevitably end in actual murders. “The Creep Tapes” offers bite-size versions of this premise, with episodes running under a half an hour and featuring a variety of scenarios. Duplass is back as the villain, who changes his name from victim to victim. His vibe rarely changes, though. He is overly friendly and pushy, to the point of being unpleasant; and yet he also seems pretty harmless, right up to when his shtick turns deadly.
Also arriving:
Nov. 1
“Doc of Chucky”
Nov. 4
“19-2” Seasons 1-4
“Inspector Ellis” Season 1
“The J-Horror Virus”
Nov. 8
“Black Cab”
Nov. 15
“The Braxtons” Season 1
“Deb’s House” Season 1
“The Last Breath”
Nov. 22
“Rita”
Nov. 25
“The Grey Man”
Nov. 29
“Out Come the Wolves”
New to Apple TV+
‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2
Starts streaming: Nov. 13
The first season of this dark comedy told a fairly self-contained story, about five Dublin sisters working together to stymie a police investigation into the violent death of one of their husbands. But because fans of “Bad Sisters” loved the relationships and banter between these ladies — much of it written by the creator and star Sharon Horgan — the Garvey women are back, trading quips and skirting the law. Season 2 features the discovery of another dead body, which could lead to the sisters’ past sins being dragged back into the light. While ostensibly a mystery show, “Bad Sisters” is just as much about strong family ties and the quirks of Irish culture — two elements that have helped it stand out from the Euro-crime genre.
‘Blitz’
Starts streaming: Nov. 22
The British filmmaker Steve McQueen recreates World War II-era London for this intense drama, set during a time of near-constant air raids. Saoirse Ronan plays Rita, a factory worker and mother who puts her young biracial son, George (Elliott Heffernan), on an evacuation train, for his safety. When George angrily escapes and starts making his way back to the city, McQueen cuts between the boy’s harrowing journey home and scenes of Rita enduring wartime life, while she awaits news about her child. “Blitz” is a dynamic portrait of a country under attack, as English people of all stripes try their best to make it through another anxious day.
Also arriving:
Nov. 15
“Silo” Season 2
New to Disney+
‘Music by John Williams’
Starts streaming: Nov. 1
The music of John Williams is so associated with some of the most beloved movies of all time — “Star Wars,” “Superman,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and the like — that just a few notes of some of his best-known themes conjures images of brave adventurers, dastardly villains and faraway worlds. In Laurent Bouzereau’s documentary “Music by John Williams,” the composer tells his story mostly in his own words, supplemented by interviews with major collaborators like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. The film goes all the way back to Williams’ start in showbiz — working on whatever TV shows could use him — and continues on through his blockbuster era, when his scores became best-sellers. Bouzereau’s documentary is about the many ways that craftsmanship and artistry can intertwine in Hollywood.
Also arriving:
Nov. 2
“Endurance”
Nov. 15
“An Almost Christmas Story”
Nov. 22
“Out of My Mind”
Nov. 24
“Tsunami: Race Against Time” Season 1
Nov. 30
“Beatles ’64”
New to Hulu
‘Say Nothing’
Starts streaming: Nov. 14
Based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s nonfiction book of the same name, “Say Nothing” looks back at the guerrilla warfare tactics deployed by the Irish Republican Army and other militias opposed to the British rule in Northern Ireland, between the 1950s and 1990s. Beginning with the infamous 1972 IRA abduction and murder of a widowed mother, the series follows two stalwart Republican sisters, Dolours (Lola Petticrew) and Marian (Hazel Doupe), as they challenge the IRA’s power structure and push for women to be given more responsibility. The complexities and ironies of “the Troubles” provide a thematic underpinning to this historical drama, which explores the messiness of freedom-fighting in the modern era.
‘Interior Chinatown’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Nov. 19
The comedian Jimmy O. Yang takes on a dramatic role in “Interior Chinatown,” a Taika Waititi-produced adaptation of Charles Yu’s National Book Award-winning novel. Yang plays Willis Wu, a waiter in a Chinese restaurant and a frequent background extra on a “Law & Order”-like police procedural (where he often ends up playing a waiter in a Chinese restaurant). Ostensibly a mystery, the series follows Willis after he witnesses a crime and sees an opportunity to become the action hero he always wanted to be. Investigating alongside the police detective Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet), Willis stumbles into the world of Chinatown gangs — or at least to an exaggerated Hollywood version of Chinatown gangs, which in this show is contrasted with the actual lives of Chinese Americans. Like the book, the TV show blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, considering how images on screens shape people’s expectations.
Also arriving:
Nov. 6
“A Man Called Otto”
Nov. 8
“NCIS” Seasons 1-11
Nov. 11
“Ally McBeal” Seasons 1-5
Nov. 15
“It’s All Country” Season 1
“Thelma”
Nov. 18
“The Honorable Shyne”
Nov. 22
“Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny”
Nov. 25
“Family Guy Holiday Special”
Nov. 26
“Robot Dreams”
“Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae”
Nov. 29
“Nutcrackers”
New to Max
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Nov. 17
Set 10,000 years before the events of the recent “Dune” movies, “Dune: Prophecy” is based loosely on the prequel novels written by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (the son of the “Dune” author Frank Herbert). Emily Watson plays Valya Harkonnen, a priestess in the sisterhood that will eventually evolve into the Bene Gesserit. The order both serves and subtly controls the ruling class, through their powers of persuasion and their highly attuned lie-detecting abilities. Olivia Williams plays Valya’s sister, Tula, who helps train the younger generation of women in the sect, although she is sometimes wary of her sister’s methods. As in the films, this series weighs some heavy themes, involving technology and the manipulation of the masses. But despite the fantastical science-fiction trappings, this is primarily the story of women trying to shape the direction of an empire while staying in the shadows.
Also arriving:
Nov. 1
“Janet Planet”
Nov. 2
“Invincible Flight Girl”
Nov. 3
“Like Water for Chocolate”
Nov. 14
“Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid”
Nov. 19
“Night Is Not Eternal”
Nov. 20
“Surveilled”
Nov. 21
“The Sex Lives of College Girls” Season 3
Nov. 25
“Get Millie Black”
Nov. 28
“Sweethearts”
Nov. 29
“Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary”
New to Paramount+
‘Landman’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Nov. 17
The podcast series “Boomtown,” hosted by Christian Wallace, explained how a new wave of oil-drilling in Texas’s Permian Basin has been leading to a surge of money into the area, and to the kinds of problems that rapacious greed usually brings. The drama “Landman” — cocreated by Wallace and the prolific “Yellowstone” writer-producer Taylor Sheridan — filters that story through the experiences of one crusty oil company executive, Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton), who’s in charge of securing leases and handling any troubles that erupt on the land. The show covers the oil business from the boardrooms to the fields, with a focus on Tommy’s friends and family, including his mogul buddy Monty (Jon Hamm) and Tommy’s son, Cooper (Jacob Lofland), who’s working as a roughneck.
Also arriving:
Nov. 1
“The Dead Don’t Hurt”
Nov. 29
“The Agency” Season 1
New to Peacock
‘The Day of the Jackal’
Starts streaming: Nov. 14
The 1971 Frederick Forsyth novel “The Day of the Jackal” and its 1973 movie adaptation take real-world details about stealthy terrorist organizations and turn them into a fictionalized thriller, rich with procedural detail. The new TV series adaptation of the book is set in the present day, and stars Eddie Redmayne as an elusive assassin, code-named “the Jackal.” Lashana Lynch plays Bianca, an intelligence agent tasked with finding and stopping this killer, who seems to be able to strike at will and elude detection. Unlike the previous versions of this story, this one goes beyond the nuts and bolts of cloak-and-dagger operations and focuses more on the personal lives of both the Jackal and his pursuers, considering the toll this game takes.
Also arriving:
Nov. 15
“Twisters”
Nov. 19
“Making Manson”
Nov. 21
“Based on a True Story” Season 2
“Press Start”
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