What’s Streaming This Week (8/17 - 8/24)
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.
We’re on the road this week, so our preview is abbreviated. We’ll be back next week with a full preview.
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Here are this week’s highlights:
Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
THE BAD GUYS 2 - $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Synopsis: The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
ELIO - $29.99 Sale / $24.99 Rental
Synopsis: Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
FAMILIAR TOUCH - $14.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: Familiar Touch is a coming of (old) age film. It follows an octogenarian woman’s transition to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting desires and self-narratives amidst her shifting age identity and memory.
HOUSE ON EDEN - $14.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: Paranormal investigators Kris, Celina and their videographer Jay are rerouted to an abandoned house deep in the woods, where they find themselves facing a force unlike anything they've encountered before. As the night spirals into chaos, missing crew members and eerie phenomena hint at an ancient, malevolent presence watching their every move.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING - $19.99 Sale Only
Synopsis: Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.
Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
THE MAP THAT LEADS TO YOU - Prime Video
Synopsis: Heather is a young woman traveling Europe with friends before starting her perfectly planned life. A chance meeting with Jack sparks an unexpected romance that leads to deep emotional discovery. As secrets and life choices test their bond, her path changes forever.
THE UNBREAKABLE BOY - Starz
Synopsis: When Scott and Teresa LeRette learn that their son Austin is both autistic and has brittle bone disease, they initially worry for their son’s future. But with Scott’s growing faith and Austin’s incredible spirit, they become 'unbreakable', finding joy, gratitude, and courage even in the most trying times.
Friday, August 22nd, 2025
EENIE MEANIE - Hulu
Synopsis: A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
F1 THE MOVIE - TBD Sale / TBD Rental
Synopsis: Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.
NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE - Peacock
Synopsis: A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join forces with other survivors to rescue the zoo and stop the deranged mutant leader from spreading the virus.
TORNADO - AMC+
Synopsis: When her father's puppet samurai show gets ambushed by a notorious gang, Tornado vows to seek vengeance and forge her own destiny by stealing their ill-gotten gold.
Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
ON SWIFT HORSES - Netflix
Synopsis: In the 1950s, a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery.
Happy Streaming Everyone!
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