From 'Snow White' to 'Echo Valley,' 15 movies you need to stream right now
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June blooms with a bunch of new streaming movies.
We're firmly into the summer season at the cinema, but also on your various streaming services: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon's Prime Video and more have plenty for your next viewing session. There are theatrical releases finally coming home, including a Ben Affleck action sequel, Anthony Mackie's first solo Marvel superhero movie and a Disney live-action remake with rising star Rachel Zegler. Don't sleep on the original fare, though, like a new "Predator" movie, a Julianne Moore/Sydney Sweeney thriller and rock docs on Bono and Led Zeppelin.
Here are 15 notable new movies you can stream right now:
'The Accountant 2'
There's sadly not as much math as in 2016's original "The Accountant," which became a surprise cult hit on cable TV. Plenty of bro love fills that gap in the serviceable sequel, which teams action-hero CPA Christian (Ben Affleck) with his hit-man sibling Braxton (Jon Bernthal) to solve a mystery involving a broken family and human trafficking.
Where to watch: Prime Video
'The Alto Knights'
Robert De Niro as not one but two Mob bosses? In the same movie? That's just criminal. Based on real-life events, Barry Levinson's gangster drama casts De Niro as former best friends turned rivals Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, where a violent betrayal leads to an undoing of the New York underworld.
Where to watch: Max
'The Ballad of Wallis Island'
The feel-good British dramedy stars Tom Basden as one-half of a formerly famous folk duo hired by an oddball lottery winner (Tim Key) to play a private show on his remote Welsh island. An unlikely reunion occurs when the singer is gobsmacked to find that his ex-partner (Carey Mulligan) – in music and in love – has also been invited.
Where to watch: Peacock
'Becoming Led Zeppelin'
If you've got a whole lotta love for Led Zeppelin, this documentary/concert film is a must-watch. The movie charts the influential British rock group's origin story in the late 1960s, from their earliest days – and how everybody wasn't all about that now-iconic name – to their meteoric rise as one of the world's biggest bands.
Where to watch: Netflix
'Bono: Stories of Surrender'
This is certainly better than that U2 album that randomly showed up on everybody's iTunes. In the movie based on Bono's memoir, he's charismatic and engaging doing his one-man show, which marries hit tunes with a bunch of personal tales to showcase a man who's way more than just his music.
Where to watch: Apple TV+
'Captain America: Brave New World'
Marvel's fourth solo Cap movie could have been a better spotlight adventure for Anthony Mackie's likable hero, Sam Wilson. At least he gets plenty of shenanigans to deal with, like a global conspiracy that involves returning villain Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson) and Hulked-out, rage-monster president Thunderbolt Ross (Harrison Ford).
Where to watch: Disney+
'Deep Cover'
There's a motley crew at work in this action comedy, with Bryce Dallas Howard as an improv comedy teacher recruited to infiltrate the London crime scene. She enlists the help of two students (Orlando Bloom and "Ted Lasso" breakout Nick Mohammed) and they accidentally become decent gangsters.
Where to watch: Prime Video
'Dog Man'
Based on Dav Pilkey's graphic novels, the goofy animated comedy centers on a police officer and his dog who are injured in the line of duty. The canine's head is sewed on top of the dude's body, and Dog Man is born, a hybrid supercop with kung fu moves and mad fetch skills who battles a supervillain cat (Pete Davidson).
Where to watch: Peacock
'Echo Valley'
Julianne Moore is in the conversation for Movie Mom of the Year. She starts in the twisty thriller as a horse trainer struggling to keep her business afloat after her wife's death. Things get worse as efforts to reconnect with her addict daughter (Sydney Sweeney) end up with the mother going to extremes to cover up a dead body.
Where to watch: Apple TV+
'Mountainhead'
Imagine the four worst people on the planet, and they're all in this comedy that plays more like a horror movie, given the recent news cycle. Cory Michael Smith, Steve Carell, Ramy Youssef and Jason Schwartzman are narcissist tech bros on a snowy retreat with the world in crisis, and they brainstorm ways to use the chaos for their own gain.
Where to watch: Max
'Predator: Killer of Killers'
This R-rated, animated sci-fi adventure is a refreshing and stylishly super-violent addition to the "Predator" franchise. The anthology film follows three human warriors in history – a Viking warrior woman, a ninja in feudal Japan and a World War II ace – being stalked as prey by alien hunters with high-tech weaponry and a mean streak.
Where to watch: Hulu
'Presence'
Fans of "A Ghost Story" might find Steven Soderbergh's intriguing thriller similarly haunting. The movie unfolds from the perspective of an unseen spirit, who watches the domestic drama of a teen (Callina Liang), her brother (Eddy Maday) and their parents (Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan) – and sometimes makes their, ahem, presence felt.
Where to watch: Hulu
'The Seed of the Sacred Fig'
Political protests have created a palpable sense of a paranoia for an Iranian investigator (Missagh Zareh). And when his gun goes missing, he imposes harsh rules on his wife (Soheila Golestani) and two daughters (Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki), thinking one of them is the culprit in this gripping, Oscar-nominated thriller.
Where to watch: Hulu
'Snow White'
Rachel Zegler is enchanting as the title character, even if the Disney live-action musical remake plays it too safe. Targeted for death by her evil queen stepmom (a camped-out Gal Gadot), scullery maid Snow high-tails it to a nearby forest and makes some friends – including seven little miner dudes – before sparking her own revolution.
Where to watch: Disney+
'Straw'
Tyler Perry's melodramatic thriller depicts the worst day a parent could ever have. But Taraji P. Henson is a force of nature as an embattled mom who loses her ailing daughter to social services and also her job before she shows up at the local bank, gun in hand, wanting to cash her last check.
Where to watch: Netflix