Movies to Watch From United States of America

Love Story

Let’s get this out of the way: Love Story isn’t an accurate retelling of the marriage between John F. Kennedy…

Long Story Short

Long Story Short follows three siblings throughout their youth and adulthood. It sounds basic enough, except the ten-episode series time-hops…

Big Mistakes

When a petty theft leads to a never-ending list of favors the leads have to fulfill for a gangster, this…

Ponies

Ponies is a fun ride. Centered on two widows who lost their CIA husbands, the unexpected spy series puts their…

Rooster

Rooster is drier than we expected from a show starring and co-produced by Steve Carrell, but the humor reflects the…

Death by Lightning

Out of all the presidents in American history, you’ll be hard pressed to remember James A. Garfield. That’s because the…

Boots

Inspired by The Pink Marine memoir, Boots expands on Greg Cope White’s story to widen its perspective from one recruit…

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Because of the format, Margo’s Got Money Troubles doesn’t quite have the same laugh-out-loud humor as the original novel– televised…

Young Sherlock

Young Sherlock isn’t quite accurate to the Andrew Lane book series or the original works from Arthur Conan Doyle. Here,…

Dying for Sex

Dir. Shannon Murphy

Dying for Sex feels like two shows in one. Mainly, it follows Molly (Williams), a 40-something diagnosed with Stage 4…

John Candy: I Like Me

Dir. Colin Hanks

John Candy: I Like Me takes a somewhat standard approach in remembering the titular comedian. The film pulls out old…

DTF St. Louis

At first glance, DTF St. Louis seemed to be a nonchalant comedy that would poke fun at domestic dissatisfaction. David…

My Mom Jayne

Dir. Mariska Hargitay

Unlike the other documentaries depicting “Hollywood’s smartest dumb blonde”, My Mom Jayne takes on a different approach to Jayne Mansfield.…

Steal

Dir. Hettie Macdonald

As financial systems update for the digital age, so do the related crimes. This crime thriller series starts out with…

The Alabama Solution

Dir. Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman

Depicting the horrifying cycle of abuse in the state’s prison system, The Alabama Solution is tough to watch. It was…

The Chair Company

Dir. Aaron Schimberg & Andrew DeYoung

After being promoted as a project lead, Ron falls down due to his office chair breaking. At first he tries…

Bob Trevino Likes It

Dir. Tracie Laymon

With the anonymity of the internet, it’s hard to trust that the stranger on the other side would be a…

Task

From the creators of HBO’s Mare of Easttown comes Task, a gritty crime drama that follows two men —one cop…

Chief of War

Co-created and starring Jason Momoa, Chief of War is a historical drama depicting the events that led to the unification…

A Nice Indian Boy

Dir. Roshan Sethi

Sure, many of the tropes in this feel-good romcom would be familiar. Naveen, a shy Indian doctor, loves Jay, a…

The Girlfriend

The Girlfriend, which is Meet the Parents by way of Death Becomes Her and Parasite, is a silly thriller about…

Come See Me in the Good Light

Dir. Ryan White

Come See Me in the Good Light takes a somewhat conventional approach in documenting poet Andrea Gibson’s battle against cancer,…

Ballard

Based on the books by Michael Connelly (Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer), Ballard is about the titular LAPD detective (Maggie Q)…

Étoile

Étoile is a charming transatlantic series set in fictional ballet companies based in New York and Paris. The series alternates…

Forever

Based on the Judy Blume novel of the same name, Forever follows two teens in Los Angeles as they navigate…

Sorry, Baby

Dir. Eva Victor

In Sorry, Baby, an unspeakable act of cruelty disrupts Agnes’ ambitious rise to the top. Despite being a literature professor,…

Paradise

You’ll have to trust us on this: it’s best to know absolutely nothing about this show before you start watching.…

Left-Handed Girl

Dir. Shih-Ching Tsou & Tsou Shih-ching

Left-Handed Girl is titled after I-Jing, the youngest daughter of the Ching family, whose left-handedness puts her at odds with…

The Paper

As a spin-off of The Office, The Paper has the not-so-easy task of living up to the very high standards…

Deli Boys

Dir. Nisha Ganatra

Deli Boys moves fast. It starts out as a simple succession story, then it quickly evolves into a crime caper…

The Beast in Me

What makes crime thrillers exciting isn’t necessarily the crime itself– it’s when the leads meet their match. The Beast in…

Twinless

Dir. James Sweeney

Twinless starts off something like one of those quirky indies in the 2010s about awkwardly navigating grief and sharing that…

MobLand

It’s easy to feel like you’ll know exactly what you’ll get once you see stills from Guy Ritchie’s MobLand, which…

Belén

Dir. Dolores Fonzi & Female director

Given that this is based on a recent, real life case, and the defendant has chosen to remain behind the…