Hands of Stone – Photo: The Weinstein Company
Welcome to our weekend roundup (we’ll be back on Friday soon – we promise!) of everything new Netflix added in the last 7 days, including all three new releases this weekend, plus a surprise Robert De Niro movie. Here’s everything new and trending on Netflix for the week ending September 8, 2024.
For more information on what’s on Netflix for the rest of this month and even through October 2024, check out What’s on Netflix.
Best new movies and series added to Netflix this week
The End of Tomorrow (2014)
evaluation: PG-13
language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
director: Doug Liman
cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
Author: Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John Henry Butterworth
runtime: 113 minutes / 1 hour 53 minutes
Chosen as one of the most anticipated films throughout September, the sci-fi time loop movie starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt was released in theaters 10 years ago and is just as memorable today.
The film depicts humanity’s final defense against a seemingly invincible alien race, and sees one soldier relive a pivotal day of the war over and over again until he finds a way to defeat the formidable enemy.
The film has been praised for its acting and stunning VFX throughout, making it the perfect Sunday night watch, and with any luck, a little nudge from Netflix might prove to Warner Bros. that the long-rumored sequel is worth greenlighting.
Stone Hand (2016)
evaluation: R
language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sports
director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
cast: Edgar Ramirez, Robert De Niro, Usher Raymond, Oscar Jaenada, Jurnee Smollett, Ellen Barkin
Author: Jonathan Jakubowicz
runtime: 111 minutes / 1 hour 51 minutes
A surprise addition to Netflix’s US library this weekend was the boxing movie “Hands of Stone,” starring Edgar Ramirez and Robert De Niro. The story is based on the real-life boxing trainer Ray Arcel, who came out of retirement to train a Panamanian boxer named Roberto Duran with the dream of making boxing history.
Considering that Robert De Niro is soon to star in a Netflix original series (Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman for Netflix); Zero-dayif you haven’t seen it yet, now is the perfect time to do so. Like all films licensed by The Weinstein Company, it’s ad-blocked, so you’ll need the Netflix Premium tier to watch it.
Rebel Ridge (2024) Netflix Original
evaluation: TV-MA
language: English
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
director: Jeremy Saulnier
cast: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb
Author: Jeremy Saulnier
runtime: 131 minutes / 2 hours 11 minutes
Rebel Ridge, which received glowing reviews from most media outlets and rave reviews from audiences over the weekend, was a film that looked like it might never get released, but I’m so glad it did.
“An ex-Marine takes on small-town corruption when local police wrongfully confiscate a bag containing cash needed for his cousin’s bail,” the logline reads.
We’re giving the film equally high scores and it will undoubtedly rank as one of our favorites for all of 2024. Our resident critic had this to say about the new thriller:
“Jeremy Saulnier returns to form with his grunge-rock ‘Loud Quiet Loud,’ bringing a moody yet intense aesthetic to this neo-Western crime thriller. Aaron Pierre stands out with a commanding performance that’s a perfect fit for Saulnier’s magnetic style.”
A complete list of new additions to Netflix this week
8 new movies added this week
- Apollo 13: Survival (2024) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
- Masanao Kurihara vs. Mr. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (2024) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
- All You Need Is Kill (2014) – PG-13 – English
- Hands of Stone (2016) – R – English
- It used to be fun (2023) – TV-MA – English
- Phil Wang: One in There, Baby! (2024) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Rebel Ridge (2024) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Untold: Hope Solo vs. USA Soccer (2024) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
9 new TV series added this week
- Call the Midwife (Season 9) – TV-PG – English
- Murder in the Web: Murder Behind the Zona Diva (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
- Last One Standing (Season 3) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Japanese
- Outlast (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
- Korean Psychiatrist Pun (Limited Series) – TV-MA – Korean
- Reverse 4 You (Season 1) – TV-14 – Thai
- Selling Sunset (Season 8) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- The Hughleys (seasons 1-4) – TV-PG – English
- Perfect Couple (limited series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
The most popular movies on Netflix this week
Note: Last seven days for the week ending September 8 – Data provided by FlixPatrol.
Credit: Aaron Ricketts/Netflix © 2024
Lee Daniels’ strange and decidedly unconventional horror film Escape has been met with more divided audience reviews than almost any film I can remember in Netflix’s recent history, but it’s still charting well in the US, earning the most points.
- Rescue (78 points)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (56 points)
- Aloha (53 points)
- Migration (50 points)
- Union (40 points)
- 3:10 Yuma (26 points)
- Received (21 points)
- Rebel Ridge (20 points)
- Shark Tale (20 points)
- Rundown (19 points)
- Trolls Band Together (13 points)
- Unannounced: Sign Stealer (12 points)
- Emoji Movie (9 points)
- All You Need Is Kill (8 points)
- Unannounced: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer (7 points)
- Super Mario Bros. The Movie (5 points)
- Logan Lackey (2 points)
- Untold: The Murder of Aire McNair (1 point)
This week’s most popular series on Netflix
Photo: Netflix
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- Worst Ex-Boyfriend Ever (76 points)
- KAOS (62 points)
- Accident (53 points)
- American Murder: Laci Peterson (42 points)
- Darkwinds (35 points)
- Perfect Couple (30 points)
- Outlast (29 points)
- Emily in Paris (25 points)
- A Discovery of Witches (17 points)
- Selling Sunset (17 points)
- Kuri vs Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (13 points)
- Portal: The Hidden History of Zona Divas (11 points)
- The Witches of Mayfair by Anne Rice (6 points)
- Shortness of breath (4 points)
- Terminator Zero (2 points)
- Call the Midwife (1 point)
