New Movies & Shows To Watch This Weekend: Hulu’s ‘The Great’ Season 3 + More

By Liz Kocan @lizburrito
Published May 12, 2023, 8:00 a.m. ET

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Huzzah! One of the great shows in recent years, The Great, is back this week! But of course that’s not the only new release dropping this weekend, there are great new shows, movies and documentaries on every major streaming platform, including a new JLo movie on Netflix and a documentary about one of the great teen icons of the 1980s that’s airing on Apple TV+.

Not sure which new releases to check out? Let us here at Decider help you figure out what to watch this weekend and where to stream it.

New Movies & Shows To Stream This Weekend: The Great (Season 3), The Mother, STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie + More

Now that you’ve binged Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, it’s time to head over to Hulu for the third season of The Great, that other history-revising show about a queen (this time it’s Catherine, Empress of Russia, played by Elle Fanning) and her volatile husband, Peter (Nicholas Hoult). Over on Netflix, you can check out Jennifer Lopez as a former assassin who gets back in the killing game when the daughter she gave up for adoption gets kidnapped in The Mother. And on Apple TV+, you can check out the new documentary STILL, about TV and film icon Michael J. Fox’s career and life before and after his Parkinson’s diagnosis.

New on Hulu May 12: The Great (Season 3)

Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and husband Peter (Nicholas Hoult) have have a seriously tumultuous relationship (I’ve lost count of how many times they’ve plotted to kill or oust one another from power). After the arrival of their newborn, Paul, at the end of season two, it seemed like there could have been some hope for he pair, but then Peter had to go and sleep with Catherine’s mother, who then died by falling out a window. It’s always something with these two! And surely there will be even more this season, you can binge all ten episodes when they drop this Friday.

WHERE TO WATCH THE GREAT

New on Netflix May 12: The Mother

In the new Netflix movie The Mother, Jennifer Lopez is mother. In every way. And she is not to be messed with. In the film, Lopez’s character who is only referred to as the mother, plays an assassin who gave up her daughter for adoption years earlier. When she learns that the child has been kidnapped, she goes back into kill mode to keep her daughter safe. The stacked cast of this action thriller also includes Joseph Fiennes, Gael García Bernal, and Omari Hardwick.

WHERE TO WATCH THE MOTHER

New on Apple TV+ May 12: STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars of of the 1980s, starring in some of the biggest films and TV shows of the decade, including Family Ties, Back To The Future, and Teen Wolf. And then, in the 1990s, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease which cut short his acting career. In the new Apple TV+ release STILL, Fox reflects on his life and career and reveals how he remains positive in the face of an incurable disease.

WHERE TO WATCH STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE

Full List of New Movies and Shows on Streaming This Weekend

The options above only scratch the surface, so you know that this weekend’s full lineup will have amazing options for what to watch this weekend! For the full breakdown of the best movies and shows to stream now, or if you’re still undecided on what to stream this weekend, then check out the complete list below:

New on Netflix – Full List

Released Thursday, May 11

Royalteen: Princess Margrethe *NETFLIX FILM

St. Vincent

Ultraman: Season 3 *NETFLIX ANIME

Released Friday, May 12

Black Knight *NETFLIX SERIES

Call Me Kate

Mulligan *NETFLIX SERIES

Queer Eye: Season 7 *NETFLIX SERIES

The Mother *NETFLIX FILM

Released Saturday May 13

UglyDolls

New on Hulu – Full List

Released Thursday, May 11

Bar Fight! (2022)

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with David Letterman (2023) (Disney Plus)

Released Friday, May 12

Boonie Bears: Back to Earth (2022)

Saint Omer (2022)

The Great: Complete Season 3 *Hulu Original

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Released Saturday, May 13

The Locksmith (2023)

New on Prime Video – Full List

Released Thursday, May 11

Academy of Country Music Awards (2023)

Released Friday, May 12

AIR

New on Disney+ – Full List

Released Friday, May 12

Crater: Premiere *Disney+ Original

New on HBO Max – Full List

Released Thursday, May 11

Rick and Morty, Season 6

Released Sunday, May 14

Succession

Barry

Somebody Somewhere

New on Starz – Full List

Released Friday, May 12

BASEketball

Blindspotting: Episode 206

Carpool

ECCO

Elizabeth

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Eye Of The Beholder

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Loveless

MacGruber

Nerdland

Nobel Son

Paper Man

Parkland

Ruben Brandt, Collector

Submergence

The Banger Sisters

The Beach

The Groomsmen

The Queen of Spain

Tortilla Soup

Tracktown

Wild Tales

With Drawn Arms

New on Showtime – Full List

Released Friday, May 12

Yellowjackets

Waco: The Aftermath

Couples Therapy

Released Sunday, May 14

VICE

Showtime Championship Boxing: Romero Vs Barroso

New on Paramount+ – Full List

Released Friday, May 12

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Season 8)

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Untucked (Season 5)

New on Apple TV+ – Full List

Released Friday, May 12

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

City on Fire

Here’s What Else Is Streaming New This May

What you see above is just a portion of the new movies and shows you can watch this month if you’ve got more than one streaming service subscription. We update our guides to the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month, so you can stay on top of the freshest titles to watch. Here are full lists, schedules, and reviews for everything streaming

Liz Kocan is a pop culture writer living in Massachusetts. Her biggest claim to fame is the time she won on the game show Chain Reaction.