Halloween is over and you know what that means. That’s right, we just have… *checks calendar* 363 days until next Halloween! While we wait, there are still plenty of exciting new releases on the horizon to look forward to: Gladiator II And Bad! If you’re looking for the best movies to start streaming in November, you’ve come to the right place.

This month we have lots of great movies that you can watch from the comfort of your home; These include a never-before-seen Coen brothers classic, a beautiful sci-fi drama starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones, and an Oscar-winning psychological drama starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones. Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons. Not to mention gladiator — yes, it really is HE I am good, and you? should do Watch it even if you’ve already watched it!

Here are the movies new to streaming services you need to watch this month.

Editor’s choice: Barton Fink

Where to watch: Criterion Channel
Type: black comedy
Manager: Joel Coen
Casting: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis

The Coen brothers have built a long and successful career on irreverent tragicomedies and faux-period pieces filled with beleaguered heroes and oddball characters. Barton Fink it is both of these and more: a satire on the ingenuity of studio-era filmmaking and a scathing condemnation of artistic self-delusion.

Playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) travels to Los Angeles to write scripts for a movie studio in Hollywood. What he experiences there shakes him deeply and forces him to confront not only the limitations of his chosen profession, but also the limitations of his worldview and self-perception. Not to mention a spectacular climax scene that has to be seen to believe, bolstered by strong supporting performances from John Goodman and Judy Davis. Barton Fink It’s one of the strangest and most unusual films in the Coen brothers’ entire oeuvre, and that’s really saying something. —Toussaint Egan

Type: psychological drama
Manager: Damien Chazelle
Casting: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser

Is Damien Chazelle’s 2014 psychological drama a film about an abusive music instructor transforming an impressionable student into his ideal actor, or a story about what it takes to be the best in your chosen field? No matter where you go by the end of the movie, it’s clear that whiplash It is one of the most perfectly crafted films of the 2010s. Miles Teller plays Andrew Neiman, an aspiring jazz drummer who is terrorized by Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), a ruthless and highly respected instructor at a prestigious conservatory in New York City.

The dynamic between the two is the driving force behind the film’s story and emotional flow; Fletcher’s increasingly conniving and psychologically manipulative tactics repeatedly push Andrew to his breaking point, forcing him to abandon all other considerations except his drive to become a better person. drummer and eventually won the approval of his mentor. Justin Hurwitz’s score is dazzling, the cinematography is thrilling, and the performances are among the best of Simmons and Teller’s careers to date. whiplash a cinematic tour de force that will grab you by the collar of your shirt and refuse to let go until the thrilling climax of its climactic finale. —TE

Type: science fiction drama
Manager: James Gray
Casting: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga

Advertisement Astra He never got the respect he deserved. This sci-fi masterpiece from director James Gray follows astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt), who is sent to a distant solar system in search of his missing father, who made the same journey 30 years ago and now appears to threaten the world. universe.

Originally a science fiction epic and Apocalypse Now The truth in space is Advertisement Astra It’s a much quieter, more thoughtful film than that description suggests. It’s less about laser gunfights or the human heart of darkness than it is about relationships between fathers and sons in adulthood, though both of those are certainly involved. With the right expectations, it’s easy to understand how incredible this is. Advertisement Astra It really is. —Austen Goslin

Type: gangster drama
Manager: Martin Scorsese
Casting: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci

One of Martin Scorsese’s most famous and unforgettable films, and arguably his last unimpeachable classic. friends It chronicles the rise and fall of a wannabe gangster trying to break into the mob in 1950s Brooklyn, then sees the organization’s focus and fortunes shift radically over the decades that follow.

It’s full of storytelling devices that Scorsese repeats over and over—notably the monologue voiceover introductions of a host of colorful gangster characters of little consequence. friends full of indelible dialogue and familiar funny bits (“How am I funny? I mean funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?”). This is the sprawling saga of a criminal who watches the world around him change until he no longer notices it; These tropes, lines, and devices were made before they became clichés because so many people imitated them. friends. —Tasha Robinson

Type: historical epic
Manager: Ridley Scott
Casting: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen

For more than twenty years, Gladiator II I felt like a mirage; It was a distant promise of a sequel to a turn-of-the-century classic that we would never actually see. But then Paul Mescal happened, and Ridley Scott, the most prolific 86-year-old director in history, decided that the moment was finally right to tell us the story of Lucius, son of Maximus. But we still have about three weeks until the movie hits theaters, so it’s time to watch or rewatch the original movie.

It’s hard to contextualize the original gladiator today, but the good news is that there’s really no need for that. In the nearly 25 years since its launch, gladiator has aged wonderfully into an era-defining Hollywood epic. Scott wonderfully captures the grandeur and beauty of cinematic Rome, and while watching it, it’s easy to remember why Russell Crowe was the biggest movie star in the world in the early 2000s. So whether you’ve seen it or not, the sequel is the perfect excuse to return to the arena to witness Maximus’ victory. —NETWORK