3 Major Movies Dominating Netflix This Weekend (Sep 26-27)
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The latest installment in the MCU, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, has surpassed all expectations and broken many box office records. Now the highest-grossing film of all time domestically, Brand New Day has set the stage for December 18 and the most ambitious MCU event yet: Avengers: Doomsday. Before the clock strikes Doomsday, this weekend will see Avengers: Endgame re-released into global theaters, as Marvel and Disney look to cash in even further on their biggest year since the COVID-19 pandemic. But if the MCU isn't to your taste, thankfully, streaming has the answer. Here's a look at three movies you should watch this weekend on Netflix.
Disclaimer: These titles are available on US Netflix.
1 'Unabomber' (2026)
The streaming fascination with killers continued last week as Ryan Murphy debuted his series' latest installment, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story. This weekend, the genre's newest arrival makes its streaming splash as Unabomber, directed by Janus Metz Pedersen, makes its bid to become September's must-watch new streaming film.
Starring Jacob Tremblay as the titular domestic terrorist and Russell Crowe as the Harvard psychologist who studied him, Unabomber promises to be a thought-provoking, intense film likely to leave you gripping the edge of your seat. Also starring Shailene Woodley, Alexander Ludwig, and Annabelle Wallis, this true crime drama moves between two timelines, offering a deeper dive into an oft-told and terrifying story.
Collider Exclusive · Villain Personality Quiz Which Criminal Mastermind Would Be Your Nemesis? Lecter · Joker · Moriarty · Chigurh
Four of the finest criminal minds ever put on screen. One of them would look at you and see something worth their time. Eight questions decide which one comes for you, why they picked you, and what they would want when they arrived.
🍷Lecter
🃏Joker
♟️Moriarty
🪙Chigurh
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What would a criminal mastermind notice about you first? Great villains choose their opponents carefully. Something about you got their attention.
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How do they make first contact? The introduction tells you everything about what is coming next.
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What do you actually believe about right and wrong? Every nemesis is really an argument about the thing you believe most.
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What finally gets under your skin? Everybody has a pressure point. Finding yours is the whole plan.
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They have made their move. How do you fight back? This is the part of the film where the audience finds out who you are.
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What would they use against you? A good villain never brings a weapon you have not already handed them.
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What do they actually want from you? The money is never the point. Something else always is.
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How does it end between the two of you? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides who comes for you.
The Case File Is Complete Your Nemesis Is…
Four criminal masterminds. One of them was always going to be yours. Here is who comes for you, why they picked you out of everyone available, and what they want from the encounter.
Hannibal Lecter
Your nemesis does not want to beat you. He wants to know you completely, and he is patient enough to wait for it. The frightening part is how good the conversation is.
- Lecter is the most dangerous kind of opponent: the one who finds you interesting. He never raises his voice, because he has never needed to.
- You keep a great deal to yourself and you are careful about what you show. That reserve is exactly the door he would knock on.
- The films understood something other thrillers missed. The horror is not the violence. It is being perfectly understood by the wrong person.
- He would be unfailingly polite about all of it. That is the worst part.
The Joker
Your nemesis is not after money, territory or revenge. He is after a demonstration, and you are the person he has chosen to prove his point on.
- The Joker only picks opponents who believe in something. Your decency is not a defence against him. It is the entire reason he showed up.
- He has no plan you can predict and nothing you can take away, which removes every tool you would normally reach for.
- His whole argument is that you are one bad day away from being him, and you would spend the rest of your life proving him wrong.
- He would call it a magic trick. You would call it the worst night of your life.
Moriarty
Your nemesis respects you, which sounds flattering until you work out what it means. He chose you because nobody else was worth his time.
- Moriarty is the original criminal mastermind, the template every later one borrows from: a mind the equal of the hero's, pointed the wrong way.
- You enjoy being the cleverest person in the room. He is counting on exactly that, and he has already built the room.
- This is the rare nemesis who would be genuinely disappointed if you lost badly. He needs the game to be worth playing.
- It ends the way these things always end. Two people, one problem, and only one way down.
Anton Chigurh
Your nemesis has no personal interest in you whatsoever, and that is precisely what makes him unsurvivable. You are not a rival. You are a stop on the way.
- Chigurh does not negotiate, gloat or explain. He arrives, he asks one question, and the answer was decided long before you opened your mouth.
- You trust yourself to handle things. He is the one problem in the world that has no interest in how capable you are.
- No Country for Old Men rewrote the screen villain by removing the thing audiences quietly rely on: the sense that talking might work.
- Call it. He will wait.
2 'Oculus' (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% | IMDb: 6.6/10
Next month, Mike Flanagan tackles his latest Stephen King story as his highly anticipated Carrie adaptation hits streaming. In anticipation, don't miss one of Flanagan's more underrated streaming efforts that is currently available on Netflix. Oculus stars Doctor Who's Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites as siblings Kaylie and Tim Russell, who are eerily haunted by the violent deaths of their parents.
A film cited as Flanagan's breakthrough into the commercial mainstream and his second feature directorial effort, Oculus might be Flanagan at his most unrefined and feature less of his signature style, but it still has plenty of skin-crawling elements to keep you up at night. For those who like their horror movies more atmospheric than gory, Oculus is for you.
3 'The Lost City' (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 78% | IMDb: 6.1/10
With her fantasy legacy sequel Practical Magic 2 currently in theaters, don't miss out on Sandra Bullock's adrenaline-fueled adventure on Netflix this weekend. The Lost City, directed by Aaron and Adam Nee, follows Bullock's travel author Loretta as she begins a promotional tour alongside Alan (Channing Tatum). However, when an eccentric billionaire, Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe), kidnaps her in an effort to locate an ancient treasure, her novel seemingly comes to life.
Tatum, Bullock, and Radcliffe are just a sprinkling of the star-studded magic in this adventure flick, which also features Brad Pitt, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Bowen Yang, and many more. Featuring a toe-tapping soundtrack and plenty of exciting, big-budget set pieces, this is the perfect option for anyone looking to entertain the whole family this weekend.
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