What’s Streaming This Week (10/12 - 10/19)
Welcome to When To Stream’s Weekly Preview! Every week, we take a closer look at the major film streaming releases scheduled to launch in the next 7 days. As always, release dates are subject to change.
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Here are this week’s highlights:
Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY - $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Synopsis: Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present... and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.
GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE - $29.99 Sale / $24.99 Rental
Synopsis: Gabby heads out on a road trip with her Grandma Gigi to the urban wonderland of Cat Francisco. But when Gabby's dollhouse, her most prized possession, ends up in the hands of an eccentric cat lady named Vera, Gabby sets off on an adventure through the real world to get the Gabby Cats back together and save the dollhouse before it's too late.
MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE - PBS
Synopsis: In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 - $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Synopsis: The Strangers are back -- more brutal and relentless than ever. When they learn that one of their victims, Maya (Madelaine Petsch), is still alive, they return to finish what they've started. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya must survive another horrific chapter of terror as The Strangers -- driven by a senseless, unceasing purpose -- pursue her, more than willing to kill anyone who stands in their way.
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
BAD SHABBOS - Netflix
Synopsis: An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the way.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER - Netflix
Synopsis: When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they're forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge.
Friday, October 17th, 2025
THE ASTRONAUT - $14.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: When an astronaut (Kate Mara) crash lands back to Earth, a General (Laurence Fishburne) places her in quarantine for rehabilitation and testing. As disturbing events unfold, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her home.
GOOD NEWS - Netflix
Synopsis: When a plane gets hijacked, those on land are hell-bent on saving those in the air. Amidst a battle of wits and conflict, a secret operation unfolds.
THE JESTER 2 - $19.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: When teen magician Max crosses paths with the sinister Jester on Halloween night, she must outsmart a supernatural killer whose magic is all too real and whose tricks always end up in blood.
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR - Netflix
Synopsis: Police bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.
THE TWITS - Netflix
Synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world who also happen to own and operate the most disgusting, most dangerous, most idiotic amusement park in the world, Twitlandia. But when the Twits rise to power in their town, two brave orphans and a family of magical animals are forced to become as tricky as the Twits in order to save the city.
Happy Streaming Everyone!
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