If you want to know what to watch this weekend then we’re here to give you the lowdown on this week’s biggest and best additions on Netflix USA. Here we will give you our top picks as well as a full list of everything added to the streaming service in the last week. So here are our top picks from this week’s additions on Netflix USA:
First up for films this week we have Dampyr which is set during the Balkan war in the early nineties. Haunted by horrible nightmares, Harlan Draka wanders the countryside, shamelessly making money pretending to be a Dampyr (half-human and half-vampire) ridding villages of what the villagers naively believe to be evil monsters. But, when he is summoned by soldiers who are under attack by real vampires, Harlan finds out the truth: he is a Dampyr. Another popular addition this week is A Walk in the Woods – a comedic drama that follows a travel writer who decides to hike the Appalachian Trail and enlists his long-estranged best friend, a wisecracking recovering alcoholic, to tag along. In An Instant Dad when a serial bachelor’s 10-year-old daughter suddenly appears on his doorstep, he must open his heart and learn to be a father. In Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist (which is based on true life events) when a celebrity stylist is found stabbed to death next to his mother, a young detective is given 20 days to solve the case. In Doi Boy a refugee builds a new identity as a sex worker in Thailand, but he gets caught up in a client’s risky scheme that might lead to a better life. I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me sees a young man who wants to be a writer travel to Barcelona to study literature. However; when he arrives in the Spanish city he gets caught up in a criminal business. In Elena Knows a woman with Parkinson’s leads a relentless investigation into finding those responsible for the sudden death of her daughter. Finally for this week we have the Turkish rom-com Last Call for Istanbul where a chance meeting at the airport leads two married people to an unforgettable night full of excitement, desire, and temptation in New York City.
For TV this week we have the Scandinavian crime drama A Nearly Normal Family the world of a seemingly perfect family shatters when a shocking murder proves that they’re willing to make desperate moves to protect one another. In the anime My Daemon to save his mother, a kind-hearted boy and his tiny daemon friend set out on a journey across post-apocalyptic Japan as dark forces close in. In Olóládé when two friends suddenly become rich in unexpected ways. It seems too good to be true — until they get entangled in a deadly money laundering scheme. The Railway Men – The Untold Story Of Bhopal 1984 is based on the true story of the tragedy and shows how after a deadly gas leaks from a factory in Bhopal, brave railway workers risk their lives to save others in the face of an unspeakable disaster. In the Filipino drama Replacing Chef Chico when a head chef falls into a coma, it’s up to his devoted sous-chef to keep their Filipino fine dining restaurant from closing down. Finally for this week we have the game show Squid Game: The Challenge which follows contestants as they compete in challenges based on the Korean children’s games featured on the Squid Game to win a $4.56 million cash prize.
Documentaries this week include Ilary Blasi: The One and Only which sees Ilary Blasi share the emotional and powerful story of the much-discussed end of her marriage. The Ladies with Style follows a soccer team in South Africa on their journey to the final game of the first CAF Women’s Champions League tournament in 2021. Using innovative animation and expert insights Stamped from the Beginning, explores the history of racist ideas in America. Also added this week was High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America season 2.
For children and families this week we have we have Leo which sees a 74-year-old lizard named Leo and his turtle friend decide to escape from the terrarium of a Florida school classroom where they have been living for decades. Young Sheldon is set in 1989, where 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper has skipped four grades to start high school along with his less-intellectual older brother. As he struggles to be understood by his family, classmates, and neighbors, his mother arms him with the best tool she has: reminding bullies that his dad is the football coach and his brother is on the team. Also added was My Little Pony: Make Your Mark chapter 6.
Don’t forget to look at the most popular additions this week and for all the Netflix Originals being added in the upcoming week you can read our separate post.
Read on for the full list of this week’s additions:
17 New Films Streaming on Netflix USA:
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
An Instant Dad (2023)
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist (2023) – Spanish (Latin America)
Dampyr (2022)
Doi Boy (2023) (Netflix Film) – Thai
Elena Knows [Elena sabe] (2023) (Netflix Film) – Spanish (Latin America)
Feast of the Seven Fishes (2018)
Frybread Face and Me (2023)
Greater (2016) – Streaming Again
I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me (2023) (Netflix Film) – Spanish (Latin America)
Last Call for Istanbul (2023) (Netflix Film) – Turkish
Leo (2023) (Netflix Film)
The Man from Nowhere [Ajeossi] (2010) – Streaming Again – Korean
Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and The Pool (2023) (Netflix Film)
Minari (2020) – Korean
Pulimada (2023) – Malayalam
Wedding Games (2023) (Netflix Film) – Portuguese (Brazil)
3 New Documentaries Streaming on Netflix USA:
Ilary Blasi: The One and Only (2023) (Netflix Original) – Italian
The Ladies with Style (2022)
Stamped from the Beginning (2023) (Netflix Original)
1 New Documentary Series Streaming on Netflix USA:
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2023) (Netflix Original) [New Episodes] [Season 2 Added]
8 New TV Series Streaming on Netflix USA:
A Nearly Normal Family (2023) (Netflix Original) [Limited Series] – Swedish
My Daemon (2023) (Netflix Original) – Japanese
My Demon (2023) (Netflix Original) [Season 1 Added – Weekly Episodes] – Korean
Olóládé (2023) (Netflix Original) – Yoruba
The Railway Men – The Untold Story Of Bhopal 1984 (2023) (Netflix Original) [Limited Series] – Hindi
Replacing Chef Chico (2023) (Netflix Original) – Filipino
Shahs of Sunset (2023)
Squid Game: The Challenge (2023) (Netflix Original) [Season 1 Added – Weekly Episodes]
2 New Kids and Family TV Series on Netflix USA:
My Little Pony: Make Your Mark (2023) (Netflix Original) [New Episodes] [Chapter 6 Added]
Young Sheldon (2021) [Seasons 1-5 Added]
