74 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your 2024 Reading List

The connection between human Amanda and her imaginary friend, Rudger, is the epitome of loyalty. But one day, imaginary friend hunter Mr. Bunting arrives threatening to destroy Rudger forever. Rudger runs away with other lost imaginaries to escape the evil Mr. Bunting but, alone and afraid, he desperately misses his best friend. Time is ticking to return to Amanda’s side before she forgets him and he disappears into just a memory of her childhood.

The Imaginary, starring Kokoro Terada, Rio Suzuki, and Sakura Andô, comes to Netflix on July 5.

Set in New Zealand circa 1830, The Convert chronicles a preacher who finds himself trapped between white settlers and Māori tribes as violence breaks out and colonizers wage war. The preacher undergoes a deep test of faith as blood is shed and his violent past bubbles to the surface. While trying to enforce the sixth commandment, thou shalt not murder, the preacher makes bold moves to keep the peace in his camp.

The Convert, starring Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, and Antonio Te Maioha, is in theaters on July 12.

A Japanese snow monkey rules Tokyo’s crime underworld as a revered hit man, looking sharp in a suit and a tie in this adaption of a Marvel comic-book series of the same title. Perfecting his assassination skills, Hit-Monkey is trained by the ghost of American assassin Bryce Fowler. However, when the pair travel to New York City Hit, Monkey becomes known as the “killer of killers.” It is here he begins to reevaluate his career path and becomes determined to find a way out of his life of crime while Bryce sets out to fix the hurt he caused when he was alive.

Season two of Hit-Monkey, starring Ally Maki, Olivia Munn, and Nobi Nakanishi, debuts on Hulu on July 15.

This six-part docuseries based on Mafia Spies, a nonfiction work from the author of Masters of Sex, tells the story of two CIA-hired gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, who set out to assassinate Fidel Castro during the Cold War. The ambitious espionage plot sees all corners of America involved, including the CIA, the mob, and even Frank Sinatra and his A-list buddies. With all its unexpected twists, the book pulls revelations from the JFK Files to investigate the dangerous clash of the 1960s criminal underworld and heated political scheming.

Mafia Spies airs on Paramount+ on July 16.

Daniel P. Mannix’s 1958 novel Those About to Die, re-published in 2001 under the name The Way of the Gladiator, chronicles the lives of gladiators in ancient Rome. Combining fiction and historical accounts, Those About to Die depicts the evolution of the Roman games and details the extraordinary and barbaric elements of gladiatorial entertainment that began in 264 BC. The show is set to examine the dark underworld of the gladiator business and the lengths to which fighters would go for the bloody sport.

Those About to Die, starring Anthony Hopkins, Dimitri Leonidas, and Jojo Macari, premieres on Peacock on July 18.

Lady in the Lake adapts critically acclaimed crime writer Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel, which was inspired by two unrelated deaths in Baltimore in 1969. The TV show follows the intersecting lives of Maddie Schwartz, a middle-aged Jewish housewife turned investigative reporter, and Cleo Sherwood, a young African American woman whose murder has been forgotten. Maddie digs deeply into Cleo’s life, desperate to uncover the truth of her death, but Cleo’s ghost is not happy with the insistent investigation.

Lady in the Lake, starring Natalie Portman, Moses Ingram, and Y’lan Noel, is available to stream on Apple TV+ starting July 19.

After an extended delay, season four of Snowpiercer is finally here. The ever-changing postapocalyptic dystopian thriller is set in 2026, the world has become a frozen wasteland, and humans have made a new home in a perpetually moving train. Season three left off with the train passengers separated as some chose to remain with train conductor Melanie while others headed toward a New Eden with Snowpiercer leader Andre. With the final scene a glimpse of a launching missile, will the fate of Andre’s New Eden plan come to fruition? Or did Melanie’s decision to sit in safety save her?

Season four of Snowpiercer, starring Jennifer Connelly, Sean Bean, and Archie Panjabi, is set to debut on AMC and AMC+ on July 21.

Deadpool 3. Yep, he’s doing it again. Ryan Reynolds is returning as the foul-mouthed vigilante for more fourth-wall-breaking antics for the first time under the MCU umbrella. Initial teasers reveal Wade Wilson living his regular life before he’s pulled through a time door and set on a secret mission. Wolverine is instantly at odds with Deadpool, so perhaps we have an enemies-to-lovers tale on our hands.

Deadpool & Wolverine, starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Emma Corrin, is in theaters on July 25.

Queenie Jenkins, a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman, is reeling from a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend. She’s having an awful year: She’s suddenly single, she’s overlooked by her boss, and her Caribbean family doesn’t listen to her wishes. As Queenie undergoes all this upheaval, her vibrant personality battles her troubled soul as she realizes she needs to rebuild her future.

Queenie, starring Dionne Brown, Samuel Adewunmi, and Bellah, debuts on Hulu on June 7.

In the 1970s, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was not yet a household name but he was about to make waves in fashion. Hopping from Paris to Monaco to Rome, the legendary designer’s formidable story sees him rise from Parisian couture to a king in the glamorous world of fashion. During this time, Lagerfeld falls for French dandy Jacques de Bascher while entering a painful battle against his friend and haute couture rival, Yves Saint Laurent.

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, starring Daniel Brühl, Théodore Pellerin, and Arnaud Valois, will be released on Disney+ on June 7.

The fourth installment of The Boys continues where the Prime Video series left off with our vigilante Everyman heroes, the Boys, reunited to defeat the Supes, superpowered humans. Meanwhile, Victoria Neuman has secured the vice-presidential ticket and is one step closer to taking political control. Then there’s Butcher, who has just months to live and is clinging to his control of the Boys. With Starlight joining the gang, they must face their toughest challenge yet to save the world from dangerous forces.

Season four of The Boys, starring Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, and Antony Starr, debuts on Prime Video on June 13.

No, not the 1990 thriller. This Presumed Innocent is set in Chicago and follows a gnarly murder that sends a prosecuting attorney’s office into chaos. The murder case of a colleague arrives on prosecutor Rusty Sabich’s desk, and his life is forever changed. As he digs deep and uncovers more evidence, Rusty transforms from an accuser to the accused as he grows obsessed with the case.

Presumed Innocent, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, and Bill Camp, premieres on Apple TV+ on June 14.

This creepy, supernatural horror takes place in a mystical forest in Ireland. After her car breaks down, Mina wanders into the woodland, where she finds three strangers. The group takes shelter in a concrete bunker, but when the sun sets, their situation becomes all the more terrifying. The Watchers awaken: mysterious creatures that stalk and torture humans if they don’t make it to shelter before nightfall. Mina is left to hatch an escape plan and save herself.

The Watchers, starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, and Oliver Finnegan, is in theaters from June 14.

An Auschwitz survivor and his music-journalist daughter travel across 1990s Poland to return to his hometown in this road-trip movie. Though they are united in their travels, father and child are both quietly navigating their individual agendas on the cross-country journey. Ruth is reflecting on her family’s war-torn history, while Edek has secret plans he’s keeping from his daughter. As the two traverse Poland, emotions and laughter score their reconnection.

Treasure, starring Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, and Zbigniew Zamachowski, is in theaters starting June 14.

Put down those negronis and prepare for another season of House of the Dragon! With the introduction of new dragons and a few new characters (though there were already enough), season two arrives after King Viserys’s death with the Targaryens warring over succession. As Princess Rhaenyra and Aegon II fight for the throne, the Seven Kingdoms are forced to take sides, and the Dance of the Dragons begins.

Season two of House of the Dragon, starring Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, and Emma D’Arcy, premieres on HBO on June 16.

Initially published in 1968, The Bikeriders is a portrait of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Lyon photographed and interviewed bikers from 1963 to 1967 and documented the motorcycle gang’s presence in 1960s counterculture. During this time, the club becomes an unconventional, leather-wearing family that turns to crime to survive. However, in doing so, the group threatens the very notion of peaceful unity on which its community was founded.

The Bikeriders, starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy, comes to theaters on June 21.

Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII, is at the heart of this Tudor drama. Although, unlike her predecessors, she avoided divorce, beheading, and death while married to Henry, Parr still came face to face with the king’s cruelty. Her growing independence became a threat to the royal court, and its members planted seeds of paranoia in Henry’s mind. Through Parr’s story, we see a woman’s perspective on living in Tudor England, as well as her support for women’s education and how she helped her stepdaughter, Elizabeth, ascend to the throne.

Firebrand, starring Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, and Eddie Marsan, comes to theaters on June 14.

The first of the WondLa trilogy begins on a planet called Orbona. While celebrating her birthday with her robot caretaker, Muthr, teenage Eva’s bunker is destroyed, and she is left as the only human on this alien planet. She sets out in search of other humans, accompanied by a giant water bear named Otto and a bad-tempered alien. These unconventional companions journey with Eva on her quest for belonging in an otherworldly situation.

WondLa, starring Jeanine Mason, Teri Hatcher, and Brad Garrett, premieres on Apple TV+ on June 28.

Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel is the basis for David E. Kelley’s (Big Little Lies, The Undoing) new limited series. Real-estate mogul Charlie Croker’s life is thrown into jeopardy when he faces sudden bankruptcy. Atlanta’s local politics and business interests become interwoven with Croker’s debt as it’s revealed that he has dug himself into a deep hole, including that he owes a sizable sum of money to the president of a bank. Croker is left to fight tooth and nail to defend his empire from a disastrous fall from grace.

A Man in Full, starring Jeff Daniels, Diane Lane, and William Jackson Harper, debuts on Netflix May 2.

Set in China during the Han Imperial dynasty, Dragonkeeper is an animated film that follows the journey and unexpected connection forged between young orphan Ping and ancient dragon Long Danzi. Once, dragons and humans were allies, but man turned on the magical creatures and they become prey for humans to hunt. Decades later, Ping and Long Danzi find an extremely rare dragon egg and flee a remote fortress with the hopes of saving this banished, enchanting creature from extinction.

Dragonkeeper, starring Bill Nighy, Bill Bailey, and Anthony Howell, is coming to limited theaters on May 3.

From 2010 to 2017, Pretty Little Liars thoroughly engrossed viewers with its twisty melodrama. The need for more of its brand of dark thrills quickly led to two short-lived spinoff shows – 2013’s supernatural Ravenswood and 2019’s sequel series The Perfectionists. The latest PLL Universe installment, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin has now been renewed for a second season, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. This new iteration follows the daughters of a ’90s teen-girl squad facing a mysterious assailant that once haunted their mothers.

Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, starring Chandler Kinney, Maia Reficco, and Bailee Madison, debuts on Max on May 9.

Though Anna and Zoe are identical twins who are hard to distinguish in appearance, they could not be more different in personality. The Image of You follows their close bond that threatens to be torn apart with the arrival of a lover. Anna meets the charismatic Nick and quickly believes he is the man of her dreams. But Zoe is not so sure. While Anna is hopeful about romance, Zoe is convinced Nick is a liar and nothing is going to get in her way of proving that to her beloved sister.

The Image of You, starring Sasha Pieterse, Parker Young, and Mira Sorvino, is set for a theatrical release on May 10.

Bridgerton season three sees the ton turn its attention to Lady Whistledown herself. Penelope Featherington’s crush on her best friend’s brother Colin Bridgerton has soured after his disparaging comments about her in last season’s finale. But with the prospect of marriage with Colin slipping through her fingers, Penelope’s search for a husband takes her on new, exciting paths. Season three swaps the order of Quinn’s books and adapts the fourth Bridgerton installment, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, ahead of the third book, An Offer From a Gentleman, which focuses on Colin’s older brother, Benedict.

Bridgerton season three, starring Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, and Adjoa Andoh, begins streaming on Netflix May 16.

Set around 300 years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes, this new entry to the Planet of the Apes franchise sees an advanced ape civilization that has evolved to the point that humans have become the prey. However, chimpanzee hunter Noa’s deep empathy draws him closer to Mae, a human girl, who makes him reconsider everything he knows. As the future of apes and humans is on the path for collision, Noa is left to decide if the life he has is the one he truly desires.

​​Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, and Toby Kebbell, is in theaters May 8.

Everyone’s favorite tubby tabby, Garfield, is set to return to the screen and reawaken some youthful nostalgia. This new adaptation brings some fresh Garfield lore into the picture, including daddy issues, unexpected reunions, and a high-stakes heist. For this lasagna-loving indoor cat, the arrival of his scruffy father means the titular feline and his friend Odie must sacrifice their life of luxury and comfort to embark on … a dangerous journey into a criminal underworld? And we thought Mondays were bad.

The Garfield Movie, starring Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, and Harvey Guillén, is set to be theatrically released on May 24.

This biographical movie chronicles the life of Dr. Ming Wang, a world-renowned laser eye surgeon and philanthropist. Wang is a Chinese immigrant who fled his home country with little but his unfettered determination to become an eye surgeon. Overcoming his turbulent youth, he embraced his faith as well as his passion for science, eventually developing a breakthrough in biotechnology. Sight captures Wang as he harnesses his dual perspective — driven by faith and science — to embark on a mission to restore the sight of a blind orphan.

Sight, starring Terry Chen, Greg Kinnear, and Danni Wang, is in theaters on May 24.

This animated tragicomedy lifts the silent story from Sara Varon’s picture book to the screen in an emotional tour de force. The connection between a dog and his robot companion goes from buddies to soul mates in 1980s New York City. After a Labor Day celebration, the robot is left immobile on a Coney Island beach, where the dog must leave him while he returns to his normal life. But memories of their friendship are powerful, and it’s not long before their mutual desire to be reunited leads to separate adventures to overcome loneliness.

Robot Dreams, starring Ivan Labanda, Albert Trifol Segarra, and Rafa Calvo, is in theaters on May 31.

Queer royalty, illicit affairs, and mischievous plots overflow from this upcoming miniseries, which follows the affair between James I and George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. All the while, Mary Villiers, George’s mother, is grooming her son to seduce the king so they can grow in wealth, power, and title and become the most important mother-son partnership in the country. If I had a nickel for every time Nicholas Galitzine played a gay prince, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s interesting that it happened twice.

Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine, and Tony Curran, is now streaming on Starz.

The third and final installment of the Alex Rider adventure sees the teenage spy come up against Scorpia, an elusive criminal network plotting to take over the British government. With his closest friends, Tom and Kyra, Alex takes it upon himself to destroy Scorpia, his greatest enemy, once and for all. Having been raised in the world of espionage, however, Alex finds his connection with Scorpia runs deeper than he could have imagined.

Season three of Alex Rider, starring Otto Farrant, Stephen Dillane, and Vicky McClure, is now streaming on Amazon Freevee.

Sci-fi romance The Beast is loosely based on the thematic explorations of loneliness, fatalism, and unconventional love prominent in Henry James’s 1903 novella. In the near future, Gabrielle has purified her DNA to revisit her past lives. But then she meets Louis and feels as if she knows him from a former life. As the past clashes with the present, the couple must navigate what their relationship means across a grand timeline.

The Beast, starring Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, and Guslagie Malanda, is now playing in select theaters.

This existential story questions the very essence of what it is to be human. Set in a lighthouse, Beacon 23 follows the nail-biting story of a distress ship that raises an alarm only to encounter a beacon across the galaxy that lets the ship travel through the Milky Way. Aster and Halan find their lives forever altered when, trapped at the end of the universe, they must search for the lighthouse keeper who will ensure the ship’s safe passage.

Beacon 23, starring Lena Headey, Stephan James, and Marnie McPhail, is now streaming on MGM+.

Based on a true story, this narrative follows a group of young Mexican American men in 1957 who dream of golfing success. With limited practice space available, they find land in the South Texas brush country and, without professional help, create their own golf course and begin to train themselves. Their ultimate goal is to compete against all-white, wealthy Texas teams to win the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship.

The Long Game, starring Jay Hernandez, Julian Works, and Jaina Lee Ortiz, is now playing in select theaters.

Benjamin Franklin is best remembered for his contributions to science and for being a Founding Father. But in December 1776, Franklin embarked on a secret mission in France. The first U.S. ambassador to the country, he built Franco-American relations and secured French aid for the American Revolution. This story spans eight years as Franklin embeds himself in France’s monarchy and politics to secure American independence.

Franklin, starring Michael Douglas, Noah Jupe, and Marc Duret, is streaming on Apple TV+ starting April 12.

Based on real events, this coming-of-age tale follows a young woman, the daughter of Sámi reindeer herders, who is traumatized after a man brutally tortures and kills her beloved calf. Her attempts to report the crime go uninvestigated while more of these animals of spiritual significance are slaughtered without remorse. After a decade of being unable to stop the reindeer murders, this Sámi daughter takes deadly matters into her own hands.

Stolen, starring Elin Kristina Oskal, Martin Wallström, and Lars-Ánte Wasara, is streaming on Netflix.

An espionage thriller and a powerful epic of love and betrayal, The Sympathizer is the sweeping story of a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who is exiled to the U.S. after the fall of Saigon. But all the time, he is secretly gathering information and reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam. A mole and an immigrant, The Sympathizer’s narrator outlines the Americanization of the Vietnam War.

The Sympathizer, starring Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, and Toan Le, is airing on HBO and streaming on Max.

Fourteen-year-old Reena Virk goes to a friend’s party and never returns home. In the fallout of her disappearance, the story takes us into the world of the teenage girls and boy accused of Reena’s murder. This haunting real-life tragedy is at the core of Under the Bridge as the investigation and the trials unravel.

Under the Bridge, starring Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone, and Izzy G., is streaming on Hulu.

This true story of a top-secret combat unit working under Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s command chronicles the military group tasked with stopping the advances of Nazi Germany. The “butcher-and-bolt” unit was led by an assortment of renegades and sociopaths who embarked on high-stakes missions that changed the course of World War II.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare​​, starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, and Alan Ritchson, is in theaters.

Crime runs rampant in the dark alleys of Tokyo’s Shinjuku district. Ryo, a private eye who never misses his target, joins forces with his late partner’s sister, Kaori, to investigate his partner’s death. However, Ryo cannot help but be tempted by this world of desire. Their business, City Hunter, becomes an underground occupation run as a multipurpose operation.

City Hunter, starring Ryohei Suzuki, Misato Morita, and Masanobu Andô, is streaming on Netflix.

Following After, another Harry Styles fan fiction is back in the spotlight; we literally can’t get away from them. The Idea of You follows the sweeping romance of 40-year-old mom Solène and 24-year-old boy-band star Hayes Campbell. A Coachella meet-cute (yep!) morphs into a passionate romance that joins the worlds of motherhood and international fame. In Hayes’s arms, Solène feels safe until the band’s rabid fans go after her and her daughter.

The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine, and Ella Rubin, is streaming on Prime Video.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz depicts the real-life story of Lali and Gita Sokolov who meet in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust. Lali is tasked as a tattooist with branding identification numbers on his fellow prisoners’ arms. Among the horror, he meets Gita, and the love they foster becomes the force that keeps them alive.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz, starring Melanie Lynskey, Harvey Keitel, and Jonah Hauer-King, is streaming on Peacock starting May 2.

As implied in the show’s title, Reginald is, in fact, a vampire. The second season follows the young man as he navigates his new life as an undead through more bloodsucking high jinks. As he comes to grips with how to survive and develops new vampiric skills, Reginald discovers that some powerful vampires are on his tail and that the safety he once enjoyed comes at a cost.

Season two of Reginald the Vampire, starring Jacob Batalon, Mandela Van Peebles, and Emily Haine, airs on Syfy starting May 8.

This sci-fi thriller sees a man get abducted into an alternate version of his life and be left to come to terms with all the lives he could have lived. In this particular new life, Jason doesn’t recognize his wife, his son was never born, and he’s not a college professor but an expert in astrophysics. As Jason’s existence splinters, he must scramble for the life he remembers to be real in hopes of preventing his downfall.

Dark Matter, starring Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, and Alice Braga, is streaming on Apple TV+ starting May 8.

Jakub Procházka has one dream: to become the Czech Republic’s first astronaut. When a perilous mission into space crosses his desk, he can’t help but jump at it. However, in the vast darkness of space, Jakub is left to ponder his marriage, his ambitions, and his lifelong philosophies. He expected the silence of space but had no idea a giant alien spider would become a confidant for his loneliness — but is he real or just a figment of Jakub’s isolated mind?

Spaceman, starring Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, and Kunal Nayyar, is now streaming on Netflix.

Inspired by Chasing Hillary, New York Times reporter Amy Chozick’s chronicling of Hillary Clinton’s journey to the U.S. presidential campaign, The Girls on the Bus charts the interlinked personal and professional lives of four female journalists covering presidential candidates. As the women become more embedded in the political campaigns, scandals come to the surface — and it’s not just campaigns that are at risk but the foundations of democracy.

The Girls on the Bus, starring Melissa Benoist, Natasha Behnam, and Christina Elmore, is now streaming on Max.

The author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers has another novel being transferred onto the screen: Apples Never Fall. The mystery-drama follows the Delaney family’s four siblings as their mother disappears and a stranger arrives on their doorstep. As police flock to investigate the missing person, the Delaney family’s father is considered a prime suspect. The four siblings are split — half convinced of their father’s innocence, while the other two suspect wrongdoing — and descend into a web of truth and conspiracy.

Apples Never Fall, starring Annette Bening, Sam Neill, and Alison Brie, is now streaming on Peacock.

Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, was trekking through the mountains of South America when he met an unconventional companion. It all started when Mikael tossed a meatball to a wounded, stray mongrel. From that point on, the scruffy dog they named Arthur became the racing team’s partner as they walked, kayaked, cycled, and climbed toward the endurance race’s 435 miles.

Arthur the King, starring Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, and Nathalie Emmanuel, is now playing in theaters.

In the canon of presidential history, the murder of Abraham Lincoln needs an entire chapter to chronicle the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth. The forthcoming miniseries will follow the breathtakingly intense chase to capture the now-famous murder suspect. Spanning Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, Manhunt investigates Abraham Lincoln’s assassination through the eyes of the president’s secretary of war and friend Edwin Stanton.

Manhunt, starring Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, and Lovie Simone, is now streaming on Apple TV+.

Based on a wondrous true story, this narrative set just before WWII sees Londoner Sir Nicholas Winton risk his life to help hundreds of Jewish children flee German-occupied Czechoslovakia before the Nazi regime closed the country’s borders. Fifty years later, Nicholas is still haunted by a deep-rooted guilt for those whom he was unable to rescue from a horrendous fate.

One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, and Johnny Flynn, is available on VOD.

Set in 1969, this portrait of Palm Springs socialite Maxine Simmons meets her as she discovers her husband’s affair and has a very public meltdown. Having to rebuild her life from scratch, Maxine sets her focus on obtaining a new crown: the Mrs. American Pie pageant, awarded to the nation’s best wife and mother. The only thing is Maxine now is without a husband or family, and she begins a treacherous journey to acquire both.

Palm Royale, starring Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, and Allison Janney, is now streaming on Apple TV+.

This expansive sci-fi wrestles with the past, present, and future when astrophysicist Ye Wenjie comes into contact with an alien civilization. The alien civilization exists in an orbiting three-star (“three-body”) system that has grown unstable, and its leaders now plot to invade Earth. Against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ye must negotiate how to face humanity’s greatest threat, a decision that will send ripples through space and time.

3 Body Problem, starring Benedict Wong, Jess Hong, and Jovan Adepo, is now streaming on Netflix.

Some horrific things have been happening in Hundred Acre Wood, including Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet desecrating childhood memories with an R-rated, fervently violent murder spree. A. A. Milne probably never thought that his lovable Winnie-the-Pooh books would be the basis of a slasher horror franchise, but here we are. After the unexpected box-office success of the first Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, prepare for the sequel as the once-cute characters embark on a deadly rampage to get revenge on Christopher Robin.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, starring Scott Chambers, Ryan Oliva, and Eddy MacKenzie, is not currently available to stream.

Set in war-torn Europe in 1939, three generations of the Jewish Kurc family are desperately clinging to their ordinary lives while the horrors of the war creep closer to their doorstep. Spanning stories of refugees, prisoners, and fighters, this is a desperate fight for freedom. Based on a true story, We Were the Lucky Ones pays homage to finding the light in even the darkest times.

We Were the Lucky Ones, starring Joey King, Logan Lerman, and Hadas Yaron, is now streaming on Hulu.

Ollie Cross is a young man whose foray into the paramedic world proves as gruesome as it is harsh. He’s dunked headfirst into the chaos of mid-’90s New York City, receiving a crash course on overcoming corrupt cops, gun wounds, and odd patients. Seeing his grizzled colleagues become desensitized to the city’s problems, Ollie is trying to cling to his desire to help — but is that naïve?

Asphalt City, starring Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan, and Katherine Waterston, is now playing in theaters.

In a 1922 Bolshevik tribunal, Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol hotel. The self-indulgent aristocrat is imprisoned in an attic room while the world outside moves on and tumultuous Russian history unfolds. The count has only his mind for company, and so in the excess of time he has to live, he ponders his purpose, the ambition of man, and whether he can unlock a deeper conscious knowledge.

A Gentleman in Moscow, starring Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Leah Harvey, is now streaming on Paramount+.

If you had the opportunity, would you want to be told your life’s potential for just two dollars? This question plagues a small town in Louisiana when an unnerving machine arrives in the grocery store offering the predictive service. When this reading puts life in perspective, the residents begin to question all they’ve known about their work, relationships, and beliefs. For one husband and wife who thought they were happy, the reveal of their purpose throws their life into chaos.

The second season of The Big Door Prize, starring Chris O’Dowd, Gabrielle Dennis, and Damon Gupton,is streaming on Apple TV+.

Maddie feels her life is a lie when she finds out she was adopted and has a sister she never knew about. Simultaneously, Dawson’s best friend dies tragically and her grieving mother reveals she may have a biological sister. The meeting of Maddie and Dawson then seems like it was written in the stars, but with her familial drama still plaguing her, Maddie must confront the life she once had with a life she never knew was hers.

Someone Like You, starring Sarah Fisher, Jake Allyn, and Lynn Collins, is now playing in theaters.

Barry Keoghan isn’t the only seductively charismatic but potentially murderous young man to be obsessed with. There have been multiple incarnations of the desire-laced story of Mr. Ripley — a portrait set in the 1950s when a young New Yorker arrives in Italy to convince a rich playboy to return to America. However, when all the usual measures fail, Ripley turns to more drastic, obsessive methods to make himself a part of this wealthy world.

Ripley, starring Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn, and Dakota Fanning, is streaming on Netflix.

In 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force flight crashed into the Andes mountains. The horrific incident had devastating consequences and became a grueling fight for survival when the remaining survivors made a society of their own. In the barren snow, with no access to food or water, they sat patiently awaiting a rescue team that may have never arrived. Journalist Pablo Vierci recounts the true story of those 72 days in the snow, drawing from the survivors’ stories as they battled freezing temperatures and deadly avalanches.

Society of the Snow, starring Enzo Vogrincic Roldán, Matías Recalt, and Agustín Pardella, is streaming on Netflix.

The forthcoming season of All Creatures Great and Small takes place in the throes of World War II with Tristan Farnon enlisted in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. His absence is felt by his brother Siegfried, who struggles to keep the household in order. Meanwhile, James and Helen are trying to decide whether they want to start a family, and the addition of two new characters (student vet Richard Carmody and bookkeeper Miss Harbottle) brings dramatic complications to the proceedings.

All Creatures Great and Small’s fourth series, starring Samuel West, Anna Madeley, and Nicholas Ralph, is streaming on PBS Masterpiece.

Part of phase five of the MCU, Echo follows Maya Lopez (a.k.a. Echo) in the wake of 2021’s Hawkeye miniseries. Maya makes the journey back home to Oklahoma, where she has the chance to reconnect with her Native American heritage. Here, she takes time to reflect on the importance of family, community, and how her identity defines her.

Echo, starring Alaqua Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Chaske Spencer, is streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

Depicting the lives of World War II American bomber boys, Masters of the Air takes place between wartime England and German prison camps as it follows the airmen who flew through the skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden. The 100th Bomb Group of the United States Army Air Force — a brotherhood nicknamed the “Bloody Hundredth” — faced harrowing and vicious violence in the skies and on the ground they destroyed.

Masters of the Air, starring Austin Butler, Callum Turner, and Anthony Boyle, is streaming on Apple TV+.

Following the tumultuous lives of an expatriate community in 2014 Hong Kong, The Expatriates centers on three women as their personal and professional lives collide over a family tragedy. The temporality of expat life comes up against victimhood, privilege, maternity, marriage, and death as each of these women’s struggles become surprisingly interwoven in this web of desire.

Expats, starring Nicole Kidman, Ji-young Yoo, and Jack Huston, is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

The feuds, scandals, and romance of a late-19th-century Polish village are at the center of The Peasants’ dramatic narrative. When a young woman is made the bride of a widower and the village’s wealthiest farmer, her life is uprooted with comic but tragic fallout. Playing out in four parts, each corresponding to the four seasons, she finds herself wrestling with conflicting desires as the farmer’s eldest son and other leading men in the community catch her eye. Embedded in the landscape of rural Poland, The Peasants chronicles how village gossip and deep-rooted patriarchy collide.

The Peasants, starring Robert Gulaczyk, Sonia Mietielica, and Miroslaw Baka, is available on VOD.

Laurence Yep’s action-adventure fantasy novel is the first in The Tiger’s Apprentice trilogy, which charts a young boy’s life changing forever when he meets Mr. Hu, a talking tiger, and discovers he has magical powers. In this world where animals can take human form, the young boy joins up with a gang of creatures as they face off against an evil force trying to obtain an ancient talisman that the guardians protect.

The Tiger’s Apprentice, starring Leah Lewis, Michelle Yeoh, and Henry Golding, is streaming on Paramount+.

Set in 1885, but plodding over 20 years of slow-burn romance, cook Eugénie and Dodin, the gourmet she works for, are a dream team in concocting dishes that stun anyone who has a bite. Their shared love of food brings them together, but when Eugénie confesses to not wanting to marry Dodin, he decides to enter the kitchen and cook for Eugénie for the first time. The character of Dodin is based on Rouff’s character Dodin-Bouffant, which is loosely inspired by the infamous bachelor Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

The Taste of Things, starring Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, and Emmanuel Salinger, is available on VOD.

Colleen Hoover has become BookTok royalty, and so a film adaptation of It Ends With Us has been much anticipated. The 2016 novel follows fresh graduate Lily, who moves to a new city and falls in love, but her newfound romance faces unforeseen challenges when her first love arrives on her doorstep. Memories of her abusive home resurface and Lily faces patterns of violence that mirror her youth as her world is turned upside down.

It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and Jenny Slate, has been pushed back to August 9.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has been the subject of endless adaptation, but this new, loosely inspired narrative offers a renewed focus on the subject of rebuilding a man. Lisa Frankenstein is set in 1989 and follows a teenage goth reanimating a corpse from the Victorian era to make him the perfect boyfriend via her broken tanning machine. A coming-of-age romance brews between this bizarre but charming duo as they embark on a murderous journey for life and happiness.

Lisa Frankenstein, starring Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, and Liza Soberano, is streaming on Peacock.

Colter Shaw is like if Bear Grylls became a private investigator; Colter is a lone survivalist who tracks down all sorts of missing people across the country. But his hardest case yet comes when three people are kidnapped across California, and there’s a ticking clock on their lives. However, Colter is simultaneously facing struggles closer to home that require his urgent attention. This investigation kick-starts a domino effect of hair-raising proportion.

Tracker, starring Justin Hartley, Robin Weigert, and Abby McEnany, is streaming on Paramount+.

In the depths of New York City, Cassandra “Cassie” Webb is a paramedic who begins to develop clairvoyant abilities. In the comics, Cassie doesn’t actively fight villains, but it seems as though the forthcoming film will offer a creative reimagining if the action-packed trailer is anything to go by. Cassie is tasked with protecting three young women who unexpectedly become the targets of a deadly foe.

Madame Web, starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, and Celeste O’Connor, is available on VOD.

This spinoff of The Walking Dead is set to reunite two characters from the original series; the focus will be on Rick and Michonne after the events of The Walking Dead season 11. The Ones Who Live is set to tackle the pair’s tumultuous love story. As Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, they face a war against the dead — or perhaps the living. With their circumstances constantly changing, they’re in a hunt for who they really are, together and apart.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, starring Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, and Pollyanna McIntosh, is streaming on AMC+.

Set in 17th-century feudal Japan, Shōgun follows an unconventional trio as they make their own way through a highly nefarious political landscape while trying to reach the top. These characters include English sailor John Blackthorne, who rises up the ranks to become a samurai; Lord Toranaga, who faces threatening political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a highly skilled individual whose unfavorable family history leaves her with a lot to prove.

Shōgun, starring Cosmo Jarvis, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Anna Sawai, is streaming on Hulu.

This new chapter in the Dune universe continues to adapt Frank Herbert’s acclaimed sci-fi epic as the clairvoyant Paul Atreides finds himself drawn to the Fremen people. He’s on course to securing his “destiny” as Kwisatz Haderach, a messiah figure. However, first, his loyalty is tested as he faces a war against House Harkonnen, an enemy of House Atreides after they conspired against them. And most importantly, more Zendaya is expected for Dune: Part Two.

Dune: Part Two, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and Rebecca Ferguson, is now playing in theaters.