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.
It’s an abbreviated preview this week for the holiday weekend. We’ll be back next with a full preview!
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Here are this week’s highlights:
Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
HOT SPOT – $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Cast: Andrzej Konopka, Noomi Rapace, Reika Kirishima
Synopsis: In Hot Spot, set in a near future society ruled by sentient A.I., a private eye investigates a murder case only to discover a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord. As the detective’s identity slowly unravels, his world enters a state of hypnotic meltdown.
MOANA – $29.99 Sale / $24.99 Rental
Cast: Catherine Laga’aia, Dwayne Johnson, John Tui, Frankie Adams, Rena Owen
Synopsis: Prompted by a summons from the ocean, Moana departs her home island of Motunui for the first time and travels past its barrier reef. Accompanied by the demigod Maui, she undertakes a voyage aimed at recovering the well-being of her community.
MUTINY – $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Cast: Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallis, Roland Møller, and Adrian Lester
Synopsis: In MUTINY, after witnessing his billionaire boss’s murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed (Jason Statham) boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss’ death only to discover an international conspiracy.
ON THE SEA – $9.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Cast: Barry Ward, Lorne MacFadyen, and Henry Lawfull
Synopsis: Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works as a Hand Raker on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan’s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school but Tom’s resistance to follow in his footsteps creates familial tension. Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack. In this remote, rural community where life revolves around Church and fishery, Jack is faced with an impossible dilemma. On The Sea is a beautiful, sensual and at times, tragic exploration of masculinity, place and desire.
ONE NIGHT ONLY – $24.99 Sale / $19.99 Rental
Cast: Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, King Princess, Ziwe, Ben Marshall, with Molly Ringwald and Levar Burton
Synopsis: Two strangers scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal.
PORTAL TO HELL – $12.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Cast: Trey Holland, Romina D’Ugo, Keith David, Richard Kind, Michael McDonald, Casey Deidrick
Synopsis: After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding it sinners to save his neighbor’s soul, maybe even at the expense of his own.
SHEEP IN THE BOX – $14.99 Sale / TBD Rental
Cast: Haruka Ayase, Daigo Yamamoto, Rimu Kuwaki
Synopsis: Set in the near future, Otone Komoto works as an architect. She is married to Kensuke Komoto, who runs a construction company. The married couple decide to welcome a humanoid robot into their home as their son.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
WHY DID I GET MARRIED AGAIN? – Netflix
Cast: Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Jill Scott, Richard T. Jones, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Lamman Rucker, Sharon Leal, Armani Greer, Everett Osborne, Da’Vinchi, Laya Deleon Hayes, Jaden Michael, Charles L. Smith II, Derrick A. King, Sydney Winbush
Synopsis: In Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Again?, the couples reunite in celebration as Marcus (Michael Jai White) and Angela’s (Tasha Smith) daughter prepares to tie the knot herself. After being apart for quite some time, the two quickly learn that as much as things change, they stay the same. Realizing their children have grown up to be so much like them, they must reflect on the examples they’ve set and ask themselves that age-old question: Why did they get married … again?
Thursday, September 10th, 2026
CALL MY AGENT! THE MOVIE – Netflix
Cast: Camille Cottin, Laure Calamy, Thibault de Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Nicolas Maury, Fanny Sidney, Liliane Rovère, Laetitia Casta, Vincent Macaigne, Ophélia Kolb, Anne Marivin, and Laurent Lafitte
Synopsis: Five years after the agency closed its doors, Andréa (Camille Cottin) is finally ready to direct her first feature film. When her lead actor quits and she falls out with her producer, she joins forces with Noémie (Laure Calamy) — now a reality TV producer — believing she can easily manipulate her. But as Andréa faces a complete recasting, on-set disasters, and a legal battle threatening the custody of her daughter, everything begins to unravel. One by one, the former ASK colleagues converge on this high-tension film set. Each arrives with their own role, their ego, and a fair share of old grudges — little do they know what this reunion truly has in store for them.
SUPERGIRL – HBO Max
Cast: Milly Alcock , Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, Jason Momoa
Synopsis: When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.
Friday, September 11th, 2026
RICH FLU – Hulu
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rafe Spall, Lorraine Bracco
Synopsis: From the director of The Platform, as Laura’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) career peaks, a deadly virus targets the rich. As panic erupts and society turns on the 1%, she must fight to protect her family in a world where wealth becomes a death sentence.
MĀRAMA – Shudder
Cast: Ariāna Osborne, Toby Stephens, Umi Myers and Errol Shand
Synopsis: 1859. When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to North Yorkshire, she uncovers her horrific colonial heritage and is compelled to confront and destroy the titled Englishman who devastated her family.
Saturday, September 12th, 2026
IN THE GREY – Starz
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, and Eiza González
Synopsis: In The Grey follows a covert team of elite operatives who live in the global shadows, as comfortable wielding power and influence as they are automatic weapons and high explosives. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, the team is sent to steal it back on what would be for anyone else a suicide mission. What begins as an impossible heist gets much worse, spiraling into an all-out war of strategy, deception and survival.
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