New Shows & Movies To Watch This Weekend: ‘Good Grief’ on Netflix + More

By Liz Kocan Twitter @lizburrito
Published Jan. 5, 2024, 8:00 a.m. ET

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New year, new movies to keep you entertained in 2024! The first week of the year offers dozens of fresh options, including Dan Levy’s directorial debut Good Grief on Netflix, the psychological thriller FOE starring Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan on Prime, as well as the first big awards show of the year, the 81st Golden Globe Awards, streaming this Sunday on Paramount+.

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: Good Grief, FOE, The Golden Globes

If you’ve missed Dan Levy’s signature blend of empathy and comedy, his newest project, Good Grief, a film he wrote, directed, and stars in, is now out on Netflix. On Prime Video, you can check out the near-futuristic thriller FOE, starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as a couple whose future may depend on their having to make some difficult choices involving a robot clone. And if you love the glitz and glamour of occasionally-controversial award shows, the Golden Globes are streaming on Sunday night over on Paramount+!

New on Netflix January 5: Good Grief

Written and directed by Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy, Good Grief co-stars Levy, Ruth Negga, and Himesh Patel as three friends who take a trip to Paris to cope with loss. When artist Marc Dreyfus’ (Levy) husband dies suddenly, Marc learns of a secret Paris apartment that his dead spouse had purchased. Still grieving a year after the death, Marc brings his two best friends friends on a trip to help get over the loss and move past the demons that haunted him and his relationship.

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New on Paramount+ January 7: The 81st Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globes mark the beginning of awards season, and this year you can stream them on Paramount+. The show will be hosted by Jo Koy and will honor the best TV and film productions of the past year, and will hopefully answer the question we’ve all been wondering for months: Will Barbie, Oppenheimer, or Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour be the crowning cinematic achievement of 2023? The Globes will be broadcast starting at 8PM ET on CBS and Paramount+.

New on Prime Video January 5: FOE

In the Amazon-produced dystopian thriller FOE, Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan play Junior and Henrietta, a married couple living struggling to get by. Junior is approached by a stranger named Terrance (Aaron Pierre), who tells him he has been chosen to live aboard a space station for two years. In his absence, he will be replaced by a robot that will live with Henrietta who is a clone of Junior. Though Junior’s role will help advance chances for human survival, the existential question here is whether or not their relationship can survive the experiment.

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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, January 4

Boy Swallows Universe (AU) *NETFLIX SERIES

Society of the Snow (ES) *NETFLIX FILM

The Brothers Sun *NETFLIX SERIES

Released Friday, January 5

Good Grief *NETFLIX FILM

Gyeongseong Creature: Part 2 (KR) *NETFLIX SERIES

Released Saturday, January 6

The Florida Project

New on Prime Video – Full List

Released Friday, January 5

Foe (2024) *Prime Video Original Movie

Hit: S3 (2020)

James May: Our Man in India (2024) *Prime Video Original Series

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

New on Hulu – Full List

Released Thursday, January 4

Ancient Aliens: Complete Season 19 (A&E)

Alien Encounters: Complete Season 1 (A&E)

Be the BOSS: Complete Season 1

Danger Below Deck | 2023

Daughters of the Cult: Complete Season 1 *Hulu Original

I Can See Your Voice: Season 3 Premiere (Fox)

Rowhouse Showdown: Complete Season 1

We Are Family: Series Premiere (Fox)

Released Friday, January 5

All Fun and Games | 2023

The System | 2022

Released Sunday, January 7

Rare Objects | 2023

The Incredible Pol Farm: Series Premiere (National Geographic)

New on Max – Full List

Released Thursday, January 4

Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch, Season 3 (Discovery Channel) 

Released Friday, January 5

Creator League Series, Season 5

My Lottery Dream Home, Season 14 (HGTV)

OWN Celebrates the New Color Purple (OWN) 

Released Saturday, January 6

Ready to Love: Make a Move (OWN)

Tricky Dick (CNN Original) 

Released Sunday, January 7

Carnival Eats, Season 11 (Cooking Channel)

Diana (CNN Original)

Evil Lives Here: Shadows Of Death, Season 3B (ID)

Home Town, Season 8 (HGTV)

OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Taraji P. Henson (OWN)

Worst Cooks in America, Season 27 (Food Network) 

New on Disney+ – Full List

Released Friday, January 5

X-Men (2000)

Released Sunday, January 7

The Incredible Pol Farm (S1, 14 episodes) 

New on Paramount+ with Showtime – Full List

Released Saturday, January 6

The Uplift (Season 2024)

Released Sunday, January 7

The 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards
Here Comes the Sun (Season 2024)
The Takeout (Season 8)

What Else Is Streaming New This January?

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.