From Netflix’s new documentary Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale to the sci-fi drama Dune: Prophecy (JioCinema), here’s a list of new OTT releases that deserves a spot on your watchlist. Available on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar and other streamers, these newly released titles will keep you entertained throughout the weekend. Check out all the titles below and update your watchlist.
1. When the Phone Rings – Netflix
Here’s an exciting K-drama that promises wholesome entertainment. It tells the story of a young couple, a rising politician and his mute wife, who have been living together without speaking to each other for years. The plot takes an unexpected twist when the wife is kidnapped, and the husband receives a threatening call from a mysterious man.
2. Campus Beats Reboot – Amazon MX Player
Picking up from where the previous season ended, Campus Beats Reboot continues to focus on two dance groups and the growing tensions between them. The series stars Shantanu Maheshwari and Shruti Sinha in the lead roles.
3. GTMAX – Netflix
Directed by Olivier Schneider, this heist flick focuses on a former motocross champion whose life turns upside down when her younger brother joins a group notorious bikers, who plan on pulling off a high-profile heist in Paris.
4. Based On A True Story Season 2 – JioCinema
The dark comedy thriller starring Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina centres around a trio – a realtor, a tennis coach, and a plumber who come together to make the most of their obsession for true crime.
5. Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale – Netflix
Netflix rolled out a documentary, titled Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale, that chronicles actress Nayanthara‘s rise to stardom, personal struggles, and relationship with filmmaker-husband Vignesh Shivan. One of the best titles on the list of new OTT releases to watch this weekend.
6. The Helicopter Heist – Netflix
An adaptation of Jonas Bonnier’s 2017 novel of the same name, the Swedish miniseries delves into the lives of two childhood friends, who come up with a plan to rob millions from a cash depot.
7. Alien: Romulus – Disney+ Hotstar
Apart from Campus Beats Reboot, The Helicopter Heist, and other titles, the list of new OTT releases to watch this weekend includes a horror sci-fi thriller titled Alien: Romulus. The seventh movie in the Alien franchise, the Fede Álvarez directorial revolves around space colonisers who encounter a terrifying life form on a deserted space station.
8. Joy – Netflix
Transporting the audience back to the ’60s and ’70s, this movie follows a skilled surgeon, who teams up with a scientist and a nurse to develop IVF (in vitro fertilisation) against all odds.
9. Greedy People – Lionsgate Play
Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in lead roles, the engaging crime comedy flick focuses on the residents of a small island town who navigate through a murder and the discovery of a million dollars. However, a series of wrong decisions lands them in trouble.
10. Zombieverse Season 2 – Netflix
The makers of K-zombie series returns with new and bolder episodes that follows a group of participants who embark on wilder quests, filled with thrills and laughter, through a zombie outbreak in Seoul. Another exhilarating title on the list of new OTT releases to watch this weekend.
11. I Want to Talk – Theatres
Headlined by Abhishek Bachchan and Banita Sandhu, this heartwarming movie follows a father-daughter duo whose perfect lives are shaken up by a medical diagnosis. The movie is directed by Shoojit Sircar.
12. Interior Chinatown – Disney+ Hotstar
This action comedy series follows a struggling Asian-American actor who finds himself entangled in a complicated police procedural which surprisingly unveils some dark family secrets that upend his life forever. The series is based on Charles Yu’s novel of the same name.
13. A Man on the Inside – Netflix
Besides Joy, Shahs of Sunset, The Piano Lesson, and other titles, the list of latest OTT releases this week includes an edge-of-the-seat crime comedy series titled A Man on the Inside. It revolves around a retired professor who gets a new lease of life when a private investigator approaches him and hires him for an undercover mission.
14. Adoration – Netflix
Adoration is an Italian drama that revolves around the disappearance of a teenage girl that rattles the lives of the members of a small community. The drama is an adaptation of Alice Urciuolo’s novel of the same name.
15. Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 – Netflix
Shweta Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, and Aanchal Singh have reunited for another gripping season of Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein. The new episodes of the gripping crime thriller picks up from where the previous season ended and focuses on Vikrant, Shikha, and Purva, who find themselves entangled in a complex situation after their respective plans are derailed.
16. Blitz – Apple TV+
Steve McQueen’s historical war drama Blitz tells the tale of a young boy who sets out on a journey across London during World War II. Soon, he finds himself in a complicated situation, while his mother continues to search for him.
17. Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy – Netflix
Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy is a documentary that exposes the tricks brands use to motivate their customers to buy. Other titles on the list of new OTT releases to watch this weekend include A Man on the Inside, Interior Chinatown, Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2, and many more.
18. Shahs of Sunset – Netflix
The list of new OTT releases to watch this weekend includes an exciting reality drama that revolves around a group of Iranian-American friends who navigate through life dealing with social, professional, and familial pressure.
19. Bia and Victor – Disney+ Hotstar
The Portuguese drama focuses on two individuals, Bia and Victor, who navigate through relationships in search of a right partner. However, things take an unexpected turn when they realise they have something more than friendship between them.
20. Transmitzvah – Netflix
The musical comedy revolves around a popular Yiddish singer, who returns to her childhood neighbourhood to confront her family after many years.
21. Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point – Theatres
The Tyler Tatormina directorial revolves around a family who reunite for their last holiday together in their ancestral home. The plot takes an interesting twist, when one of the young family members sneaks out of the house and claims a suburb of her own. What follows next forms the crux of the story.
22. The Piano Lesson – Netflix
The Piano Lesson is an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. It tells the story of the members of the Charles family whose bond is tested by a family heirloom.
23. Dune: Prophecy – JioCinema
Based on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s novel trilogy Great Schools of Dune, this sci-fi drama is a prequel set thousand years before Denis Villeneuve film Dune (2021). The series focuses on the origin of Bene Gesserit, a powerful sect with members possessing superhuman abilities. The ensemble cast of the series includes Emily Watson, Shirley Henderson, Tabu, and Travis Fimmel, among others.
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