What’s Streaming This Week (10/19 - 10/26)
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:
Monday, October 20th, 2025
NO OTHER LAND - $9.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: his film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
AFTERBURN - $19.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
ANEMONE - $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Synopsis: Family bonds between fathers, sons, and brothers are explored as complex relationships unfold through personal journeys and generational conflicts.
CHAIN REACTIONS - $12.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence.
DEAD OF WINTER - $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Synopsis: A grief-stricken loner (Emma Thompson) caught in a brutal Minnesotan blizzard discovers a young woman imprisoned by a desperate armed couple, forcing this unlikely hero into a dangerous fight for her and the victim’s survival.
THE LONG WALK - $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Synopsis: In a dystopian near-future, 100 teenage boys must embark on an annual competitive test known as "The Long Walk". The rules are simple: maintain a speed above 4 miles per hour. Receive three warnings in an hour and you’re shot dead. The last one walking gets whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Under these grim circumstances the boys develop deep friendships despite knowing that each of their friends’ survival is a threat to their own.
RIEFENSTAHL - $12.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.
THE ROSES - $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Synopsis: Ivy and Theo, the picture-perfect couple who have successful careers, great kids, and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
THE SUMMER BOOK - $14.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE - Hulu
Synopsis: Suburban couple Caitlin and Miguel Morales hire seemingly sweet Polly to take care of their newborn baby. But Polly's true motives have little to do with singing lullabies — much to the horror of the couple.
Friday, October 24th, 2025
DESCENDENT - AMC+
Synopsis: After a traumatic brain injury triggers terrifying visions of extraterrestrials and a newfound talent for drawing, a father-to-be begins to question his reality and becomes obsessed with the need to protect his family from an unseen threat.
GOOD BOY - $19.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE - Netflix
Synopsis: A group of White House officials scramble to deal with an incoming missile attack on the U.S.
ORWELL: 2 + 2 = 5 - $12.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose novels, 1984 and Animal Farm, foretold a chilling, authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) interweaves clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and modern-day footage to craft not only a portrait of the writer, but a fresh take on how prophetic his work has become.
STILLER & MEARA: NOTHING IS LOST - Apple TV
Synopsis: Explores Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara's impact both on popular culture and at home, where the lines between creativity, family, life and art often blurred. In the process, their son Ben turns the camera on himself and his family to examine Jerry and Anne’s enormous influence on their lives, and the generational lessons we all can learn from those we love.
THE UNHOLY TRINITY - Hulu
Synopsis: Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. Intent on fulfilling his promise, Henry travels to the remote town of Trinity, where an unexpected turn of events traps him in town and leaves him caught between Gabriel Dove, the town’s upstanding new sheriff, and a mysterious figure named St. Christopher.
WEAPONS - HBO Max
Synopsis: When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Happy Streaming Everyone!
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