What’s new to streaming this week? (July 18, 2025)

Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that’s before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer!

Don’t be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We’ve got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, and animation, among others. But if you’re seeking something brand-new (or just new to streaming), we’ve got you covered there, too.

Mashable’s entertainment team has scoured the streaming services to highlight the most buzzed-about releases of this week and ranked them from worst to best — or least worth your time to most watchable. Whether you’re in the mood for dragon adventures, YA romance, or true crime documentaries, we’ve got something just for you.

11. I Love You Forever

Dating can be a nightmare, which I Love You Forever explores through the toxic romance between law student Mackenzie (Sofia Black-D’Elia) and her TV anchor boyfriend Finn (Ray Nicholson). Red flags abound as their relationship goes from love bombing to worryingly possessive to emotionally abusive. 

While the performances are solid, the script by co-directors  Elisa Kalani and Cazzie David (daughter of Larry David) feels achingly derivative, from the clutch of supporting bestie characters (one of whom is played by David) to the shallow insights about modern romance. On Talking Pictures with Neil Rosen, I admitted I hate this movie, saying, “I think there are interesting stories told about [toxic relationships]; I don’t think this is one of them.” But hey, if you want to gawk about how much of Mackenzie’s story about dating a guy who works in live television might mirror David’s past with Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson, that’s your business. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor

Starring: Sofia Black-D’Elia, Ray Nicholson, Cazzie David, Raymond Cham Jr., and Jon Rudnitsky

How to watch: I Love You Forever hits HBO Max July 18. 

10. Trainwreck: Balloon Boy

Remember the Balloon Boy hoax? In 2009, Fort Collins–based Richard and Mayumi Heene sent the nation into a frenzy when they said their 6-year-old son Falcon was trapped in a helium balloon hurtling through the Colorado skies. Turns out he was hiding in their attic the whole time. Had the couple engineered the entire incident for attention, or did they truly believe they’d almost lost their son?

Netflix’s Trainwreck: Balloon Boy revisits the balloon flight and its aftermath, complete with interviews from Richard, Mayumi, and Falcon themselves. However, the documentary doesn’t cover much new ground, making it more of a rehash than a revelation. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter

How to watch: Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is now streaming on Netflix.

9. The Amateur

The Amateur is based on a Robert Littell novel from 1981, and it feels like it. Rami Malek stars as a CIA analyst who blackmails his bosses to get into the field to get revenge on the terrorists who murdered his wife. It’s a plot you’ve seen before with nothing new or all that thrilling to offer, besides a star-studded cast who are wildly underused across the board.

As I wrote in my review for Mashable, “Where Black Bag (also streaming) broke the rules of spy movies and married couples being boring, The Amateur flings audiences back into the tedious and maudlin tale of a man who will literally plot a globe-trekking assassination vacation instead of going to therapy.”* — K.P.

Starring: Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Laurence Fishburne

How to watch: The Amateur is now available for purchase on Prime Video.

8. Amy Bradley is Missing

Netflix loves true crime miniseries. Their latest is about the cold case of Amy Lynn Bradley, who went missing from a cruise ship on March 23, 1998. 27 years after that fateful morning, her parents, brother, and investigators go over the clues, the rumors, and the case, looking for new leads. 

Did she fall (or jump) overboard? Was she carted off the ship in luggage, dead or alive? Was she abducted into sex trafficking? Documentarians Phil Lott and Ari Mark, who previously co-directed This Is the Zodiac Speaking, reteam to plunge the depths of this missing persons case, making it feel like a super-sized episode of Unsolved Mysteries. — K.P.

How to watch: Amy Bradley Is Missing debuts three episodes on Netflix on July 16.

7. M3GAN 2.0

One of the bigger cinematic disappointments of 2025, this sequel to the killer doll hit M3GAN ditches the horror genre almost completely. Instead, M3GAN 2.0 takes the plot of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and mixes it with espionage action, superhero schtick, and random jokes to make a Frankenstein’s monster of movie that’s anything but exquisite. 

The deadly doll is rebooted to save her human family (Allison Williams and Violet McGraw) from the threat of an assassin AI named Amelia (Ivanna Sakhno). Along the way, there will be throwbacks to the scenes that had fans gagging over the first film, like M3GAN dancing and singing eerily and earnestly. But in my review of the film, I lamented that the genre-mash was a mess: “The result is a sequel that is a horrendous mishmash of ideas and influences. M3GAN 2.0 is occasionally outrageous, but mostly it’s derivative, bewildering, and bland.” — K.P.

Starring: Allison Williams, Jenna Davis, Violet McGraw, Timm Sharp, Aristotle Athari, Ivanna Sakhno, and Jemaine Clement

How to watch: M3GAN 2.0 is now available for rental or purchase on Prime Video.

6. Untamed

Yosemite National Park becomes a crime scene in Netflix’s Untamed. Created by Mark L. Smith (American Primeval) and Elle Smith (The Marsh King’s Daughter), the series stars Eric Bana as Kyle Turner, a special agent for the National Parks Service. With the help of new park ranger Naya Vasquez (Lily Santiago), Kyle must solve the mysterious death of a young woman, all while confronting his own tragic past.

Thanks to its setting, Untamed boasts gorgeous scenery and a stomach-churning opening sequence set on the cliffs of Yosemite’s Half Dome. (If you’re afraid of heights, beware.) Still, the rest of the show feels like a fairly standard procedural, complete with a blossoming buddy cop dynamic in Kyle and Naya. — B.E.

Starring: Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago, and Wilson Bethel

How to watch: Untamed premieres this summer on Netflix.

5. The Summer I Turned Pretty, Season 3

Prime Video’s teen drama The Summer I Turned Pretty comes to a close in its third and final season, and the question remains: Which of the Fisher brothers will be Belly’s (Lola Tung) endgame?

For now, the answer appears to be Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), whom Belly chose over his brother, Conrad (Christopher Briney), at the end of Season 2. Season 3 picks up at the end of Belly’s junior year of college — that’s right, it’s a time jump! — and she and Jeremiah are still happily together. But when a surprise turn of events brings Conrad back into her life, Belly will once again have to choose between brothers. We can’t guarantee how faithfully The Summer I Turned Pretty will follow the end of Jenny Han’s book series, but we can guarantee one thing: There will definitely be Taylor Swift on the soundtrack. It wouldn’t be The Summer I Turned Pretty without it.* — B.E.

Starring: Lola Tung, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Rain Spencer, and Jackie Chung

How to watch: The first two episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 are now streaming on Prime Video, with a new episode every Wednesday.

4. RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Season 10 finale

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars switched it up in its 10th season, delivering a bracket format that brought in more queens, more strategy, and way more drama.

This week, it all comes to a head in a lip-sync smackdown for the crown, one that I hope will see Aja topping her already iconic Ice Spice performance from earlier this season. But you can bet there are several more twists and turns up RuPaul’s sparkly sleeves. Which wild card queen will return to the competition? Which bops will the queens battle it out to? And, of course, who will take the crown? You’ll have to tune in to find out! — B.E.

Starring: RuPaul, Acid Betty, Aja, Alyssa Hunter, Bosco, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Daya Betty, DeJe Skye, Denali, Ginger Minj, Irene the Alien, Jorgeous, Kerri Colby, Lydia B. Kollins, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, Nicole Paige Brooks, Olivia Lux, Phoenix, and Tina Burner

How to watch: The finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 hits Paramount+ July 18.

3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 3

After a major cliffhanger to cap off Season 2, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is back! The series follows the adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and young Spock (Ethan Peck) in the lead-up to Star Trek: The Original Series.

Earlier seasons of Strange New Worlds offered up musical episodes and crossovers with animated series Lower Decks, and Season 3 continues to play with genre. Brace yourself for a murder mystery and more as the Enterprise crew continue exploring the final frontier. — B.E.

Starring: Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, Martin Quinn, Rhys Darby, Patton Oswalt, Cillian O’Sullivan, Melanie Scrofano, Carol Kane, and Paul Wesley

How to watch: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 premieres July 17 on Paramount+. 

2. Billy Joel: And So It Goes

Billy Joel has been been an icon in music since the 1970s, thanks to unforgettable hit songs like “Piano Man,” “Only the Good Die Young,” and “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” (Just to name a few!) But what has his life been like behind the fame and acclaim? 

Documentarians Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin reveal the man behind “Piano Man,” with Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part documentary that offers in-depth interviews with the eponymous singer/songwriter. Some of the bombshells from the doc became news stories following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. But from the looks of the trailer, there’s much more to delve into than scandals and tragedy. There’ll also be praise from his peers and ultimately a tale of survival, fighting for his life and the music that’s meant so much to millions. 

Considering how amazing the last two-part artist doc HBO Max put out was (we’re talking the phenomenal Pee-wee as Himself), we’re seated for this one. — K.P. 

How to watch: Billy Joel: And So It Goes: Part 1 premieres July 18 on HBO Max, with Part 2 debuting on July 25.

1. How to Train Your Dragon (2025)

If you loved the animated adventures How to Train Your Dragon brought to theaters and televisions with its string of films and spinoff TV shows, you won’t want to miss the live-action version, where the world of Berk feels more real than ever before. 

The Black Phone‘s Mason Thames steps into the shivering shoes of Hiccup, a misfit Viking who is not interested in killing the flying creatures that his people battle. Instead, after wounding a charming dragon he names Toothless, Hiccup hopes to create a new understanding between the warring sides. But first, he’ll have to get his peers — like warrior-in-training Astrid (The Last of Us‘ Nico Parker) — and the town’s leaders — like his burly father, Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his role from the 2010 film), on his side. And that’ll mean a lot of dragon shenanigans, and perhaps a sky-high battle or two! 

In her review of the film, UK editor Shannon Connellan wrote, “How to Train Your Dragon sees [Dean] DeBlois sticking like glue to his original film, which exposes the franchise’s timelessness in a way. If you’ve dreamed of seeing a version of Toothless living, breathing, and gobbling fish in a real world (on screen), the live-action adaptation is a treat.” — K.P.

Starring: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gerard Butler, and Ruth Codd

How to watch: How to Train Your Dragon is now available for rental or purchase on Prime Video.

(*) means a blurb comes from a previous list.