By Vlad Zakh · January 7, 2026
Drama intensethought provoking
Kerry Washington built her film career on quietly devastating supporting turns before television made her a household name, and she’s kept choosing roles with real weight. Confirmation dramatises Anita Hill’s Senate testimony, American Son waits in a police station for a missing teenager, Django Unchained rescues a freed slave’s wife, and The School for Good and Evil sweeps two friends into a magical school. Night Catches Us, Fantastic Four, Ray and Save the Last Dance round out the list.
01 Kerry Washington features in this fantasy about two best friends swept into a magical school that trains students to become fairy-tale heroes and villains.
Directed by Paul Feig · 2h 29m · Rated PG-13
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix
02 Estranged parents wait in a police station for news of their missing teenage son and confront their fears about race.
Directed by Kenny Leon · 1h 30m
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix
03 A dramatisation of Anita Hill's Senate testimony against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
Directed by Rick Famuyiwa · 1h 50m
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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04 A freed slave partners with a bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 45m · Rated R
Won 2 Oscars58 wins & 158 nominations
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Stream: Sky Go · Rent: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store · Buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Stream: Netflix, Crave, Super Channel Plus, Super Channel Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, FlixFling, Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
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05 A former Black Panther Party member returning home confronts old grudges and a community still divided.
Directed by Tanya Hamilton · 1h 30m · Rated R
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Dox Amazon Channel, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, FlixFling
06 Four scientists gain extraordinary powers after cosmic radiation exposure aboard a space station.
Directed by Tim Story · 1h 46m · Rated PG-13
Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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07 A note-perfect Ray Charles biopic anchored entirely by Jamie Foxx's performance.
Directed by Taylor Hackford · 2h 32m · Rated PG-13
Stream: Starz Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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Stream: Hollywood Suite · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
Stream: BINGE, Foxtel Now · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
Stream: JioHotstar · Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
08 An aspiring ballet dancer finds a new path through hip-hop after moving in with her father.
Directed by Thomas Carter · 1h 53m · Rated PG-13
Stream: Hulu, YouTube TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
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Rent: Amazon Video
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