Daisy Ridley’s Daring New Post-Apocalyptic Film Now Available to Stream

Themes of profound loss dominate the streaming landscape this week. In the atmospheric survival horror We Bury the Dead, Daisy Ridley portrays a woman searching for her missing husband amidst a potential undead outbreak. Meanwhile, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals) explores the domestic tragedy that shaped literary history in Hamnet, a film that recently garnered eight Academy Award nominations.

For those seeking more unconventional fare, the surrealist animation Boys Go to Jupiter makes its debut on HBO Max. Additionally, Obex offers a striking black-and-white indie experience, following a man’s desperate quest to retrieve his dog from within the confines of a 1987 video game.

Below is a curated guide to the most significant new arrivals on streaming services and digital platforms, highlighting the essential cinema you can enjoy from your living room today.

Available on AMC+

Violent Ends

• Genre: Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 51m
• Director: John-Michael Powell
• Cast: Billy Magnussen, Jared Bankens, Alexandra Shipp

Lucas Frost (Billy Magnussen) attempted to sever ties with his criminal roots in the Ozarks to build a future with his partner, Emma (Alexandra Shipp). However, after Emma is killed during a botched robbery orchestrated by Lucas’s own cousin, Eli (Jared Bankens), Lucas is propelled into a brutal retaliatory strike against his kin and their narcotics empire.

Streaming on HBO Max

Boys Go to Jupiter

• Genre: Adult Animation
• Runtime: 1h 30m
• Director: Julian Glander
• Cast: Jack Corbett, Janeane Garofalo, Tavi Gevinson

Writer-director Julian Glander presents an exceptionally peculiar animated journey in Boys Go to Jupiter. The story centers on Billy (Jack Corbett), a gifted 16-year-old whose gig-economy job introduces him to a bizarre cast of characters. When he stumbles upon an extraterrestrial lifeform, Billy must choose between a payday and the safety of his strange new companion.

New on Starz

Hurry Up Tomorrow

• Genre: Psychological Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 56m
• Director: Trey Edward Shults
• Cast: Abel Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan

Conceived as a visual counterpart to Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye’s 2025 LP, this Trey Edward Shults-directed thriller features a fictionalized Tesfaye grappling with debilitating insomnia. The narrative descends into surrealism following a chance meeting with a fixated fan, played by Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice standout Jenna Ortega.

The Knife

• Genre: Psychological Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 22m
• Director: Nnamdi Asomugha
• Cast: Nnamdi Asomugha, Aja Naomi King, Melissa Leo

Nnamdi Asomugha makes a striking directorial debut in this high-tension drama set over a single evening. The story follows a Black family who discovers a mysterious white woman in their residence, leading to a harrowing confrontation where they must defend their innocence against systemic biases and a persistent investigator.

Available for Digital Rental

The Dutchman

• Genre: Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 28m
• Director: Andre Gaines
• Cast: André Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz

Based on the 1964 play by Amiri Baraka, this meta-thriller follows Clay (André Holland), whose life is already precarious due to a failing marriage. After meeting the enigmatic Lula (Kate Mara) on a subway train, his reality begins to fracture as he is drawn into a nightmarish series of accusations and surreal encounters.

Hamnet

• Genre: Historical Drama
• Runtime: 2h 6m
• Director: Chloé Zhao
• Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe

Eschewing the whimsy of traditional biopics, Hamnet provides a poignant look at the life of William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his wife Agnes Hathaway (Jessie Buckley). The film focuses on the devastating passing of their young son, Hamnet, and the artistic transmutation of that grief into his legendary tragedy, Hamlet.

The Housemaid

• Genre: Psychological Thriller
• Runtime: 2h 11m
• Director: Paul Feig
• Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar

Millie (Sydney Sweeney) takes a position as a domestic worker for the elite Winchester family to satisfy the conditions of her parole. However, she quickly realizes that her employer Nina (Amanda Seyfried) is deeply unstable, finding herself caught in a psychological tug-of-war with Nina’s domineering husband, Andrew (Brandon Sklenar).

Obex

• Genre: Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 30m
• Director: Albert Birney
• Cast: Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley

Set in 1987, Conor Marsh (Albert Birney) spends his days with his dog, Sandy, and the latest computer games. When he loads a mysterious title called Obex, the boundaries between the digital and physical worlds blur. Conor is forced to navigate the game’s unsettling pixelated reality to save his pet from an ancient evil.

Twisted

• Genre: Horror Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 33m
• Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
• Cast: Djimon Hounsou, Lauren LaVera, Mia Healey

A grifter (Lauren LaVera) specialized in high-end real estate scams targets the wrong mark when she crosses paths with an arrogant neurosurgeon (Djimon Hounsou). Her attempt at fraud backfires spectacularly when she becomes the unwilling participant in his radical experiment to “save” humanity.

We Bury the Dead

• Genre: Zombie Horror
• Runtime: 1h 35m
• Director: Zak Hilditch
• Cast: Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Smith

In the aftermath of a catastrophic military event off Tasmania, Ava (Daisy Ridley) joins a body-recovery unit to find her missing husband. Despite whispers that the casualties are beginning to animate, her desperation pushes her deep into the restricted zone where the line between the living and the dead has vanished.

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From our review:

While We Bury the Dead lacks the extreme stylistic flourishes of early genre staples, it excels through its immersive Tasmanian location and the precision of Zak Hilditch’s framing. Daisy Ridley delivers a performance defined by a gritty, haunted resolve. Having established herself as a symbol of perseverance in the Star Wars saga, Ridley here transforms that resilience into a stubborn, visceral obsession, letting cracks of raw vulnerability shine through the hardened exterior.

Source: Polygon