5 Best New Movies And Shows To Stream This Weekend On Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, And More (Oct. 2-4)

In case you missed the memo, summer is officially over (even if you happen to live on the East Coast, where this weekend's temperatures aren't exactly autumnal). Sure, that means an end to grilling, dining outside, and beach weekends, but it also means you can go order a pumpkin spice latte (if that's your kind of thing), take your cozy sweaters out of storage, and check out a whole host of new streaming releases to boot.

Sure, streaming services release stuff all-year round pretty reliably, but now that fall is picking up properly, you can and should prepare for a litany of new movies and TV shows coming your way. There's plenty to see in theaters, but don't overlook streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO Max, all of which are airing some solid new projects. Here's what you should watch over the weekend of October 2-4 if you're looking for a gripping new miniseries, a cheeky international movie, a British drama, a returning network favorite, a new thriller series, or all of the above.

In 1955, legendary and controversial director Elia Kazan — who was a terrific filmmaker and who also sold out several of his contemporaries to Joseph McCarthy and landed them on a blacklist — partially adapted John Steinbeck's massive tome "East of Eden," focusing largely on the book's fourth and final installment. Now, in 2026, the director's granddaughter — actor, writer, and director Zoe Kazan — is overseeing the new miniseries adaptation of "East of Eden," which dropped in its entirety on Netflix on October 1. 

Across just seven episodes, this generation's Kazan charts the life and struggles of her difficult but strong leading lady Cathy Ames (a phenomenal Florence Pugh), her husband Adam Trask (Christopher Abbott), and Adam's half-brother Charles Trask (a perfectly deployed Mike Faist), who face a myriad of personal and familial challenges throughout California's Salinas Valley. If you've ever read "East of Eden," you know precisely how complex these characters are, and Cathy, in particular, is a mess of contradictions, darkness, and chaos. Now, with Pugh and Kazan in charge of this character, we get to see one of her best on-screen portrayals ever. (It is entirely possible that, down the line, Pugh's Cathy will even become the definitive portrayal.) "East of Eden" is carefully considered, an important part of Kazan's legacy, and a truly stunning Netflix original series. Definitely settle in and check it out this weekend.

That said, "East of Eden" is pretty heavy subject material, so if you need something slightly lighter but still want a complex female character on your TV screen, give Amazon Prime Video's new series "Kill Jackie" a try. Based on the novel "The Price You Pay" by Nick Harkaway (though it's written under his pseudonym Aidan Truhen), "Kill Jackie" stars the impeccable Catherine Zeta-Jones as Jackie Price, an art dealer with a massive amount of wealth and a dark past she'd prefer to keep private. When Jackie finds herself the target of an assassination attempt by a shadowy group known only as the Seven Demons, she doesn't hide or contact any authorities. Instead, she summons figures from her own shadowy past and starts hunting down all of the Seven Demons one by one.

I don't know that I need to advertise this series any more than by telling you it stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, but if you're a fan of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," she's also joined by Daniel Ings, who delighted audiences on that series earlier in 2026 as the drunken but slick Lord Lyonel Baratheon. Even if you're unfamiliar with the show's source material, check out "Kill Jackie" if you're looking for a fun, engrossing thriller.

If you're a fan of the TV series "Schitt's Creek" (which starred the late Catherine O'Hara) or the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians," there's a movie new to Netflix this weekend that's right up your alley. Directed by Ahmed El Gendy and written by Bader Al-Assaf and Ayman Wattar, "Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke" follows the AlThahabi family from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as they suddenly realize that their vast fortune has vanished overnight. Unlike in "Schitt's Creek," though, the family doesn't band together and learn about their new normal. Instead, they pretend they're just as wealthy as any one of the characters in "Crazy Rich Asians" to keep up appearances whenever possible. 

"Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke" boasts an enormous and hilarious cast playing larger-than-life characters in the AlThahabi family, including Ziyad Alamri's objectively buffoonish aspiring actor Bandar and the strategic expert Reem (Ida AlKusay). Led by patriarch Sultan (Rashid Al Shamrani) and his socialite wife Alanoud (Ghada AlMulla), "Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke" is a wild ride ... so, fire up your subtitles if you don't speak Arabic, and go along with the AlThahabis as they fake it until they make it (or something like that).

The British network Sky is teaming up with HBO to bring a new prestige drama to the premium network, and it's set to become an anthology — so, what's the brand-new first season about? During the inaugural installment of "War," created by George Kay ("Lupin," "Criminal," and "Hijack," just to name a few), we meet celebrity couple Carla Duval (Sienna Miller) and Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) as they embark on bitter divorce proceedings. The actor and tech mogul hire warring London legal firms to represent them, and in the grand tradition of the Montagues and Capulets, we have our two "households both alike in dignity" — the Cathcart firm and the Taylor & Byrne firms — that take on the challenges of representing one half of the couple.

In Season 1 of "War," the supporting cast includes Phoebe Fox, Celia Imrie, James McArdle, Archie Renaux, and Emma Laird ... and if you love this season, you're in luck, because Season 2 is already in the works. Eventually, Season 2 of "War" will center on a defamation case and star Marisa Tomei, Kelly Macdonald, Richard Schiff, and David Harewood — so, catch up on Season 1 while you can, as it's now streaming on HBO Max.

If you're a fan of the Taylor Sheridan universe of shows, you're probably excited for the beginning of Season 2 of "Marshals," which resumes its action on CBS on October 4. "Marshals" follows one specific member of the Dutton family from "Yellowstone" — Luke Grimes's Kaycee Dutton — as he joins the United States Marshals, grieves the loss of his wife Monica (Kelsey Asbille), and does his best as a single father to his son Tate (Brecken Merrill). Alongside Kaycee, we follow other marshals as well, including Logan Marshall-Green's supervisory deputy marshal Pete "Cal" Calvin (who's also Kaycee's team leader), Arielle Kebbel's deputy marshal Isabel "Belle" Turek-Skinner, and fellow deputy marshals Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos) and Miles Kittle (Tatanka Means).

Sure, you'll have to catch up on Season 1 of "Marshals" on Paramount+ if you want to tune in and actually be able to follow Season 2, but if you're already mired in Sheridan's small-screen universe, go for it. "Marshals" Season 2 will definitely be a huge hit ... and it caps off this weekend with its season premiere.