A bouquet of blockbuster movies fresh from the theater has landed on Netflix, Prime Video and many of the best streaming services of the week With many new movies on offer, narrowing down what to watch can turn itself into a headache 

So let Tom's Guide cut its decision paralysis with a roundup of the best new movies to land on streaming We've rounded up all the good stuff (and in 1 case, "So bad is good"), and there's a dud to ensure the next movie night, and leading the pack is zendaya-led tennis drama "Challengers," where the love triangle is messy, so we can't help but stick with it It is not 

The latest monster slow down, "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire," also landed on the video-on-demand service this week Prime Video, meanwhile, saw the arrival of the 2023 drama "American Fiction," starring Jeffrey Wright, who was a major player during the awards season and brought the Oscar home Hulu has got the unforgettable Frankenstein-inspired horror movie "Birth/Resurrection"And finally, most certainly at least, Sony's widely panned entry in the Spider-Man universe "Madame Webb" is now on Netflix Did it really deserve all the ridicule it got online? Now you can become a judge 

Dive into the best new movies on streaming this week If you're looking for even more streaming recommendations, be sure to check out the best new TV shows to watch and the top 10 movies you want to watch on Netflix Top 3

Luca Guadagnino's sexually charged tennis drama "Challenger" is one of the filmmakers' most successful projects to date1 It's a good idea And do not worry, you can still enjoy this stunning movie, even if you have never waved a racket in your life

"Challenger" begins with a neck・and・neck game between tennis champion Art Donaldson (Mike Feist) and his former friend and failed professional Patrick Zweig (Josh O'Connor) In the stands sits Tashi (Zendaya), an art coach and wife, a former genius before her promising career was shortened by injuries Sparks fly when they first meet at a high school tennis tournament, but Tashi promises to give her phone number only to those who won the Junior Singles final the next day Patrick prevails, but his relationship with Tashi gives out a nosebleed when she skips the injured match for the fight Art and Tashi reconnect years later, so you can get a sense of the drama brewing behind Art and Patrick's big showdown 

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I was a big fan of "Godzilla Minus One", but the Kaiju's latest venture, "Godzilla x Kong: a New Empire", Shi to its roots

In the sequel to "Godzilla vs Kong" in 2021, was a laser-blasted lizard and a monster They come together as giant apes set aside past competition to confront new hidden enemies that threaten their existence To stop the frost-spitting Titan from getting out of the hollow earth and causing havoc on the surface, these original enemies require all the power and a little teamwork, and the human aspect of the story is particularly dry, but if you're looking for two hours of skyscraper-sized creatures colliding in epic battles, you'll find ""Godzilla x Kong: New Empire"" And you will have time whales"Don't expect anything deeper than the thrill of popcorn 

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"American Fiction" stars Jeffrey Wright as the writer Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, who, despite critical acclaim, is disillusioned by the lack of commercial success with a scathing social commentary and comedy that exposes the double standards of modern culture in the treatment of black art After his latest manuscript is rejected for being "not black enough," he deliberately pen Hackney's book and endure the clichés expected in black literature

To his chagrin, the white liberal elite hailed it as the work of genius, and the novel soared to fame overnight It leaves Monk struggling with a moral dilemma because book sales help him afford the much-needed care of his Alzheimer's stricken mother Amid themes of loss and creative frustration, the story shines with comedic talent and sharp satire, offering a poignant quest for identity, integrity, and being stuck in your work 

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This psychological horror from writer-director Laura Moss, familiar to tease at some of our most basic fears, "Birth/Rebirth" follows two women with contrasting perspectives about life and death, where the world collides when tragedy strikes 

Dr Rose Casper (Marin Ireland) is a hospital pathologist, preferring the company of corpses over people, conducting horrific experiments with biological materials she smuggles from work to home If that biological material includes the recently deceased five-year-old daughter of her colleague, obstetric nurse Serie Morales (Judy Reyes), Rose has to face the kind of family relationships she has maintained at arm's length and spent her life in When Selly reveals Rose's latest experiment - her own daughter resurrected — two polar opposites unite to keep her alive, both in science and motherhood, going to brutal lengths to promote their obsession

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As everyone said "Madame Web" is really bad You become a judge because Sony's misguided attempt to build an interconnected universe of Spider-Man villains and supporting characters has just landed on Netflix From that first trailer, this comic book movie people were talking about — though not necessarily for the right reasons That hummy dialogue and Dakota Johnson's expressionless performance quickly fell prey to online ridicule before going to the theater, and the final product was unlikely to change that perception

Billed as a "suspense-driven thriller," the film tells the origin story of the titular heroine After discovering her spidey powers, EMT Cassandra Web aka Madame Web (Johnson) struggles to learn how to control her new abilities while protecting a trio of teenage girls (Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor) from the villainous Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) who have similar spider-like powers It is 1 It's one of the movies that could fall into the "So bad, it's good" category depending on your taste, but you need to watch it yourself 

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