16 Great Movies to Stream This Fall

As theaters remain in a transitional period (and as actors and writers continue to strike for a living wage), it feels important to highlight the great movies that have come out recently. Big blockbusters like Fast X, family friendly animated adventures like Elemental and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and stylish dramedies like Asteroid City are now available across various streaming platforms, meaning you can check them out from the comfort of your own home.

With this list, we're focusing on the recent streaming releases that we've been loving. Here are TV Guide's recommendations for the movies worth watching right now.

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Fast X

Grab a Corona and settle in for the lastest installment in the Fast and Furious series, which, don't worry, feels as separated from the reality in which the rest of us exist as ever. That's why we keep watching! Fast X finds the familia in absolute peril as Dom (Vin Diesel) squares up against a vengeful enemy from his past (Jason Momoa) who threatens the lives of his loved ones. Helpful tip: Revisit Fast 5 before hitting play on this one, since it's more or less a direct sequel. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]

Elemental

The gay goo joke from The Other Two became a reality in Pixar's latest, which is set in a world where anthropomorphic versions of the elements (water, fire, earth, and air) live together in a city and follows the Romeo and Juliet-style romance between a fire girl and a water boy. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]      

Asteroid City

Every time Wes Anderson directs a new film, at least one critic inevitably calls it "the most Wes Anderson movie Wes Anderson has ever made." That might actually be true of Asteroid City, his latest. Anderson's quirky, dollhouse style is at an all-time high in this story that depicts the fateful events of a teen astronomy convention in a retrofuturistic version of 1955. The sprawling cast features perfectly droll performances from Jason Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Steve Carell, and more, while the meta narrative (Asteroid City is also the name of a televised play within the movie) adds zany texture. It often plays like a live-action cartoon, as Anderson's best movies tend to. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]      

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The same animation studio that unleashed Minions on the world is now crawling through the sewers of Brooklyn and eating mushrooms. Illumination's latest brings one of gaming's most iconic figures to the big screen (the 1993 live-action film doesn't count), and the result is the biggest box office movie hit of the year not named Barbie. With a palette of bright colors, a soundtrack that includes countless "Mama Mia!"s, and an overgrown turtle singing about peaches, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a crowd-pleasing sensory assault — even if it's not as good as other family films. -Tim Surette [Trailer]      

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

The hot takes on the Marvel empire slowly crumbling under the weight of its own financially demanding ambitions were silenced for a bit when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 came out in May, as many found it to be one of the better Marvel movies in years. (The hot takes have since resumed thanks to Disney+'s series Secret Invasion.) As the supposedly final film in the Guardians franchise — it grossed over $850 million, so we'll see — director James Gunn's trademark puerile (but sharp!) humor is slathered in a well-deserved layer of emotional goodbyes for another successful adventure with Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), Drax (Dave Bautista), and the rest of the crew. Disney+ is also streaming an IMAX enhanced version of the film in case you have an IMAX screen at home. -Tim Surette [Trailer]     

Infinity Pool

In case the name "Cronenberg" didn't tip you off, you should know that Infinity Pool is a bizarre and often disturbing film. (The director, Brandon Cronenberg, is the son of the king of body horror, David Cronenberg.) It follows a vacationing married couple, played by Alexander Skarsgård and Cleopatra Coleman, who, after an accident, begin to discover the dark, twisted secrets hidden beyond the walls of their resort. It's difficult to say much without spoiling everything, but this is certainly a movie that will stick with you long after it ends. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]

Reality

In this crime drama, Sydney Sweeney plays former NSA translator and whistleblower Reality Winner, who leaked an intelligence report about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Directed by Tina Satter, who also wrote the acclaimed play the film is based on, Reality takes place on the day of Winner's arrest, but what makes it unique is the fact that all of the film's dialogue is lifted directly from a transcript of the FBI audio recording of the interrogation. In his review for TV Guide, Jordan Hoffman called it "unusual and artfully made." -Allison Picurro [Trailer]

Nimona

This charming animated movie about not putting labels on people may seem pretty typical, but it relays that message well and is the rare family-friendly film to embrace LGBTQ+ themes. (The film was reportedly delayed multiple times and eventually canceled in 2021 by boneheaded Disney leadership because of its LGBTQ+ storyline, before being revived by Annapurna and Netflix.) Based on the award-winning graphic novel by ND Stevenson, Nimona features Riz Ahmed as the voice of a disgraced knight whose only chance at redemption is a rambunctious, shapeshifting teenager (Chloë Grace Moretz). Set in a world that evokes science-fiction and D&D fantasy, it's a feast for the eyes, but it's your heart that will feel the fullest by the end. -Tim Surette [Trailer] 

Aftersun

One of the best movies of 2022, Aftersun divides its timeline between two distinct periods in a woman's (played by Frankie Corio as a child and Celia Rowlson-Hall as an adult) life. Part of the story is set during a Turkish vacation she took with her depressed father (Paul Mescal) when she was 11, and the other is set 20 years later as she reflects on that trip, and their relationship, after becoming a mother. It's a quiet heartbreaker made all the more remarkable by the fact that it's writer-director Charlotte Wells' first feature film. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]

Creed III

Michael B. Jordan makes his directorial debut with Creed III, the first movie set in the Rocky cinematic universe to not feature Sylvester Stallone. Even without Rocky, there's a lot of promise in Jordan's vision, which sees his titular Adonis Creed, now retired, going back into the ring to face off against a troubled friend from his past (Jonathan Majors). -Allison Picurro [Trailer]

Bama Rush

I'll never fully understand the allure of the Greek system at our institutions of higher learning, and this documentary film from filmmaker Rachel Fleit only confirms the toxic environment of fraternities and sororities. But Bama Rush, inspired by the explosion of interest in Rush Week at the University of Alabama thanks to going viral on TikTok in 2021, follows four young women as they go after their social dream of joining the college's exclusive sororities and explain why it's so important to them. It's not always a convincing argument, but it's always fascinating as it looks at social status, social media, and the absurd pressures young women face today. —Tim Surette [Trailer]

Rye Lane

This cute rom-com film set in the London neighborhoods of Peckham and Brixton has a tried-and-true setup — two people reeling from bad breakups have a chance encounter with each other, and you know the rest — but it's presented in a dazzling, magnetic way thanks to director Raine Allen Miller. Yas (Vivian Oparah) and Dom (Industry's David Jonsson) are twentysomethings who use their new friendship to deal with their exes over the course of a day, and who knows, maybe they will fall for each other. Who knows!?!? -Tim Surette [Trailer]

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Expecting a good time while watching the famous tabletop role-playing game come to life is hardly a roll of the dice. This movie is always entertaining, moving forward with a combination of adventure, action, humor, and decent special effects. Chris Pine plays a rogue on the run looking for some nerdy object (a magical helm, a tablet that can bring back the dead, some stuff like that, it doesn't matter), and he's accompanied by other D&D classes, like Michelle Rodriguez's barbarian, Justice Smith's sorcerer, Sophia Lillis' shapeshifting druid, and Regé-Jean Page's paladin. Its focus on fun means anyone can enjoy it, even those who don't know what a gelatinous cube is. -Tim Surette [Trailer]

They Cloned Tyrone

It would be a shame if They Cloned Tyrone got lost in the Netflix shuffle. The sci-fi mystery is director Juel Taylor's feature film debut, and boasts a trio of standout lead performances from John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx, playing three people thrown together by circumstance who, after a shooting in their neighborhood, find themselves wrapped up in an increasingly bizarre government conspiracy. Their search for answers leads them down an eerie path, and to say more would be a disservice to this funny, inventive film. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]

Polite Society

There's no movie that can't be punched up with a little martial arts aided by wires and pulleys, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon style, right? This action comedy from We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor follows a young British-Pakistani woman who dreams of being a stuntwoman and has a sneaking suspicion that her sister's impending marriage to a hunk might mask her future in-laws' secretly terrible motives. Naturally, this leads to some Shaolin fight sequences, a plot that veers way off course yet still stays on brand with the nuttiness, and a delightful central story about the love between two sisters. -Tim Surette [Trailer]

Pearl

Ti West and Mia Goth's second installment of the X horror film series (the first film, March 2022's X, is also on Showtime) jumps back in time for some good old fashioned character study, breaking down how Goth's Pearl, one of the key players in X, became an axe-wielding murderer. Whereas X is a true slasher movie, Pearl isn't all that scary, choosing to dissect its lead's struggle with living on a farm in the early 1900s and her desire to leave the quiet life behind and become a screen starlet. Those opposing ideas eventually manifest in a lot of blood, but it's Goth mesmerizing performance and West's immaculate direction and love of classic cinema that are the real stars here. -Tim Surette [Trailer]