TV-MA Movies to Watch (Page 3)
Put the kids to bed before you go through this list of great titles to stream. These are the very best movies and shows with a TV-MA ratings, intended for mature audiences only.
Dear Child
Dear Child may be tackling difficult themes, including sexual violence and domestic abuse, but it’s not hard to watch at…
Landman
Much like creator Taylor Sheridan’s other works (notably Yellowstone), Landman is a sweeping epic about the modern American dream that…
Death and Other Details
With the number of murder mysteries popping up since Knives Out, Death and Other Details can seem like a copy.…
Bodkin
A lot of different (good) shows come to mind after watching Bodkin’s first few minutes. Like Ted Lasso, it follows…
Delicious in Dungeon
When watching fantasy anime, there’s a wonderfully whimsical world that viewers can fully explore. Spectacular magic, brave warriors, and strange…
Feedback
Dir. Leszek Dawid
After years of trying to regain sobriety, it’s totally chilling to wake up the next day, with no memory of…
Cross
At an hour each episode, Cross isn’t exactly an easy watch. It might be extra hard to stomach if you’re…
Such Brave Girls
In an early scene in Such Brave Girls, Josie (Kat Sadler) compares herself and her sister Billie (Lizzie Davidson) to…
Scavengers Reign
“World-building” doesn’t quite capture what Scavengers Reign does — the sheer imagination on display in just the first three episodes…
No Good Deed
It takes a while to adjust to the unevenness of No Good Deed, especially if you’re not familiar with director…
Nothing to See Here
When a comedy is centered around people with disabilities, there’s a worry that the humor would be unfunny or demeaning…
Wrestlers
The OVW are practically nobodies outside the pro-wrestling scene, and they know it. They describe themselves as a “third tier”…
Extraordinary
Imagine if the show Girls was Marvel-ized (or if you like, Derry Girls blended with Encanto): that’s kind of what…
Kaala Paani
Dir. Amit Golani & Sameer Saxena
There’s a lot happening in Netflix’s first Hindi survival thriller series Kaala Paani. The main plot follows the discovery of…
Eric
Dir. Lucy Forbes
Backed by Netflix’s deep pockets, Eric looks as good as any prestige miniseries out there. As a portrait of pre-gentrified…
Rough Diamonds
At first glance, Rough Diamonds seems to be a standard Netflix thriller with debts, deaths, and dirty deals. However, this…
Survival of the Thickest
Michelle Buteau is the hilarious and charismatic lead of this amazingly diverse and body-positive comedy. In her post-breakup glow-up, Buteau’s…
Anatomy of Lies
Anatomy of Lies, as much as it can, follows the complicated web of lies TV writer Elisabeth Finch has told…
Turn of the Tide
Also known as Rabo de Peixe, after the real town where the series is based, Turn of the Tide follows…
Search
Dir. Emin Alper
After a healing workshop leads her best friend to sell her belongings and move to a remote island, Nisan becomes…
Cowboy Cartel
I’ve seen my fair share of true crime documentaries, and a major complaint I have is about how directors tend…
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
Set in a fictionalized version of Japan’s Edo period, where a deadly disease affecting only men has led to women…
Pamela: A Love Story (2023)
Dir. Ryan White
I love when a misunderstood woman reclaims her narrative with her own words, and that’s exactly what Pamela: A Love…
Bad Monkey
You’d think a caper set in Florida starring Vince Vaughn would be wild, but Bad Monkey is surprisingly chill. The…
Deadloch
Dir. Beck Cole & Ben Chessell
Deadloch begins like any other self-serious police procedural. A body washes up on shore, sparking widespread fear and a twisty…
Mr. Throwback
It feels weird to say this about one of basketball’s most popular living legends, but it does feel like Steph…
Hollywood Con Queen
True crime documentaries have a way of stretching out a thin story for views. For instance, what could have been…
Constellation
A lot goes on in Constellation, Apple TV+’s latest addition to its growing collection of sci-fi shows. It begins as…
Tour de France: Unchained
Tour de France: Unchained is an intense sports docuseries depicting the ins and outs of the prominent cycling race. While…
Fantasmas
There are stories within stories in Fantasmas, which like most of Torres’ work, favors style, theme, and emotion over a…
The Lying Life of Adults
Based on a novel, The Lying Life of Adults might feel, at first, like a standard Netflix coming-of-age series, complete…
