Whether you're looking forward to the President's Day three-day weekend or not, the question of what to watch still remains: with so many great movie options on the best streaming services, including Max and Prime Video, which ones are worth your time can prove to be quite a challenge to narrow down

Tom's Guide helps you shake off decision paralysis with a roundup of the best movies to kick off your weekend Top of the list is Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's biopic about the father of the atomic bomb Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg's musical adaptation of "The Color Purple" finally lands on Max, and Prime Video delivers the chaotically acclaimed teen comedy "Bottoms"

So without further ado, here are our top picks for what to watch this weekend on streaming Also, be sure to check out our top five prime miniseries to watch this weekend, as well as our top five to watch now that shows like "La Brea" have ended

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster "Oppenheimer," an epic biographical thriller about the man behind the development of the first nuclear weapon, has finally landed at the Peacock If you missed last summer's theatrical release of the Birbenheimer sensation, you can now watch the doubleheader at home

Cillian Murphy plays J Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist widely considered the father of the atomic bomb The story follows the young Oppenheimer from his college days studying quantum physics to his spearheading the development of the American atomic bomb during World War II

After being recruited to join the war effort by the hero played by Matt Damon, Oppenheimer launches the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico But when the battle is over and the smoke clears, Oppenheimer is haunted by his role in the bloodshed

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The latest evolution of Alice Walker's iconic novel is led by Hollywood heavyweights Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg and Tony Award-winning stage musical producer Scott Sanders This is a new musical film adaptation

The cast includes Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Hal Bailey The story is no different from what audiences already know and love: set in the 20th century South, the film follows Celie (Barrino) on a journey of self-discovery through her life as she overcomes hardship, faces male abuse, and finds her voice Her friendship with vivacious jazz singer Shug Avery (Henson) pulls Celie out of her meek shell and changes her life forever

Watch it now on Max

For more Ayo Edebiri, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner for The Bear, look no further Emma Seligman's R-rated queer teen comedy "Bottoms" finally streamed on Prime Video this week

The film stars Edevili and Rachel Sennott ("Bodies, Bodies, Bodies") as a pair of unattractive teenage best friends who come up with a reckless plan to convince the hottest cheerleaders in school to sleep with them, a girls' fight club They come up with a foolhardy plan called the Girls Fight Club Technically, it's a self-defense club purporting to empower women, but you get the general gist The group grows in popularity, and soon the most popular girls in the school are beating each other up in the name of self-defense A wild and irreverent satire, critics likened it to the "Superbad" of this generation

Watch it now on Prime Video

"Judas and the Black Messiah" was nominated for five Academy Awards in 2021, including Best Picture and two Supporting Actor awards, and Daniel Kaluuya ("Get Out" and " Nope") won the Oscar

Kaluuya plays Hampton and LaKeith Stanfield plays Bill O'Neill in this film that tells the true story of the FBI's infiltration of the Illinois Black Panther Party Even if you know how the story ends, the treachery and brutality of the authorities remains stinging

Watch it now on Hulu

Directed by Joss Whedon, "Cabin in the Woods" is perhaps one of the most chaotic and unexpected horror films out there A satire of the slasher genre and a healthy dose of "Black Mirror," the film concludes with one of the most memorable twists in history [Starring a young Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchinson, Jesse Williams, and Fran Kranz, the film follows a group of college students who go on a trip to spend a fun weekend in the woods They have no way of knowing that something more sinister is afoot until people start getting killed Without spoiling anything, they soon realize that there is more to the cabin than meets the eye

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