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Netflix won the streaming wars long ago and now boasts 300 million subscribers worldwide. But its massive success has come at a cost -- namely, anyone looking to criticize the streaming age (and there is a lot to criticize) will highlight Netflix as one of the chief architects of our current moment, in which we find ourselves surrounded by a homogenous gloop of generic streaming movies and series. To be sure, Netflix has been largely responsible for this state of affairs simply by virtue of being the first and biggest streamer in the game. Still, it's not entirely fair to dismiss the company and its vast catalog of media outright.

For one thing, amid the never-ending waves of "content," the streamer is also delivering some truly great TV shows. Take "Adolescence," for example, which is one of the best Netflix originals ever. This mini-series comprises four episodes that were each shot in one continuous take.

Nowadays, Hulu has become a versatile streaming platform with a large and ever-expanding library of critically acclaimed and audience-beloved original content. Whether you want to watch a moody drama, a head-scratching mystery, a laugh-out-loud comedy, or an out-and-out action film, Hulu originals have got you covered. So, if you are looking to spend your weekend watching great storytelling, you are at the right place.

From historical dramas to psychological thrillers, there’s a variety of tones and genres in this short list of 5 Hulu originals. Some are short and can be finished within a day, whereas others are great for long binge sessions. But either way, all of them are critically acclaimed and beloved by audiences. Find out what these are below:

1. Nine Perfect Strangers (2021) Nicole Kidman in Nine Perfect Strangers (Credit- Hulu)

Nicole Kidman leads a star-studded cast of Michael Shannon, Melissa McCarthy, Regina Hall, and more as they head to a wellness retreat.

Six years after Netflix canceled The Oa, fans are hopeful the series might come back. The show’s future was a hot topic during a recent interview on Jo Whiley’s BBC radio show, where Jason Isaacs, who played Dr. Hunter Aloysius “Hap” Percy, shared some exciting news.

Isaacs said, “Zal [Batmanglij] and Brit [Marling] and I had dinner last week in Los Angeles, and there’s no chance for letting it go.” He added, “That’s all I can say. Not because I’m keeping secrets from you, but because we will not let it go.”

The Oa was created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij and first premiered on Netflix in 2016. The show mixes science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural elements, telling the story of Prairie Johnson (played by Marling).

Prairie disappeared when she was a child and suddenly came back years later with her sight restored. She calls herself “The Oa,...

Six years after Netflix suddenly canceled The Oa, fans still hold out hope that the series might return. Recently, Jason Isaacs, who played Dr. Hunter Aloysius “Hap” Percy, spoke about the show during an interview on Jo Whiley’s BBC radio show.

Isaacs made it clear that the cast and creators are not ready to let the story go. “Zal [Batmanglij] and Brit [Marling] and I had dinner last week in Los Angeles, and there’s no chance for letting it go,” he said. “That’s all I can say. Not because I’m keeping secrets from you, but because we will not let it go.”

The Oa is a unique show that mixes science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural elements. It was created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij. The story follows Prairie Johnson, played by Marling, who disappears as a young girl and mysteriously comes back years later with her sight restored.

On a chilly day at a vintage studio building on the Eastside of Los Angeles, Natasha Lyonne sat in front of a large-screen TV and played with a joystick.

The device in her hand looked a lot like a vintage Atari 2600 paddle, and as she spun it one way, then the other, images appeared, shapeshifted and melted into various forms of digital surreality; at one point the model generated a tableau it called “Artpixel Monochromatic Media Shower Fractal 3.”

Lyonne would occasionally emote to the two men sitting near her, who sometimes took the paddle. “Go back to the Rothko,” she exclaimed in her unmistakable Long Island rasp at one point, as onscreen an image popped up in the style of the American abstract expressionist and then just as quickly disappeared.

Lyonne is the co-founder of Asteria, an AI entertainment startup of the kind that has begun to dot both coasts...

It seems like we don't get as many complex and interesting science fiction shows as we used to, like creators are apprehensive about taking bold swings with potentially complex concepts (just look at how watered down 3 Body Problem wound up being on Netflix). And who can blame them when many of this past decade's best and most promising sci-fi shows have resulted in early cancellations?

To be fair, Apple TV+ is still trying to provide ample sci-fi series between Severance, Foundation, and Silo, but it would be nice if there were more high-profile options between the various streamers. It made me start thinking about the sci-fi shows of the past and the ones I still think about all the time, wishing they hadn't been canceled so soon.

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A grounded sci-fi show set in a near future where humans have populated the...

The cast of Netflix’s canceled sci-fi series The Oa is all still committed to finishing the show, according to new comments by one of its stars. Jason Isaacs plays afterlife-obsessed doctor Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the series, which tells the story of a woman’s reappearance in her hometown seven years after she vanished.

When Netflix cancelled the show in August 2019, the decision its cast almost as much as its dedicated fanbase, who are still desperate to know what happens next after season 2’s meta finale. The series has received praise for its unique blend of sci-fi and supernatural elements, along with its propensity for head-scrambling plot twists.

In a panel discussion hosted by Collider’s Maggie Lovitt at Fan Expo Denver on Saturday, July 5, 2025, Isaacs revealed that The Oa’s cast all want to return to the show and continue its story. When asked about the sci-fi mystery series,...

In the six years since Season 2 of Netflix’s sci-fi drama, The Oa, came to an end, fans have been vocally desperate for more. The truly one-of-a-kind series went where no other production had gone in the past — or even in the days since. Featuring performances from familiar names like Jason Isaacs, Phyllis Smith,Brit Marling, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Patrick Gibson, and more, the show not only had its incredible storyline going for it, but was also a star-studded affair. And, with an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 84% from critics and 83% from audiences, it’s no wonder why The Oa’s following is still pushing for answers when it comes to the title’s future.

Last weekend, during Fan Expo Denver, Collider’s Maggie Lovitt moderated a panel that featured Isaacs, during which he not only shared his praise for the gone-too-soon series, but also promised fans that there would be...

If you're looking for a science fiction show to watch, you have lots of options. There are action-oriented shows, comedies, dramas, shows that use sci-fi in unique ways, and others that just have it as window dressing. Some shows are stellar, others are pretty awful, and they all do their best to make their ideas accessible to viewers, which may involve "dumbing them down."

Then there are sci-fi shows that lean more into the "science" part of science fiction to the point where some viewers might feel a bit lost. Sci-fi shows can explore difficult subjects ranging from politics to religion that can be uncomfortable to grapple with. However, these same shows can boast incredible writing and acting and often pay off those challenging themes well. If you push past the barriers, you may find your new favorite series!

These are 10 sci-fi shows that may be hard to get into...

The Oa, the sci-fi mystery by Netflix, is one of the streamer's signature genre shows, even if it hasn't been in the spotlight lately. Created by Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling, the latter of whom also plays the lead, The Oa was a bit polarizing with audiences upon release, but the critical reception was always good. Season 2 was very well-received too, but it surprisingly got canceled months after the premiere. Since 2019, fans have been pleading for its return, and now star Jason Isaacs has offered a promising update that will give fans something to be excited about.

"We will not let it go," Isaacs said about The Oa when talking to Jo Whiley on her podcast. As reported by Comic Book, Isaacs appeared on the podcast and addressed the Netflix fan-favorite released in 2016. Isaacs plays Hap in the show, which also features actors like Emory Cohen, Phyllis Smith, Brandon Perea,...

On June 5, the IndieWire Honors Spring 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for some of the most impressive and engaging work of this TV season. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the creators, artisans, and performers behind television well worth toasting. We’re showcasing their work with new interviews leading up to the Los Angeles event.

A conversation with Natasha Lyonne is to experience a gravel-voiced one-woman film school with a carousel of cultural references that range from “The Long Goodbye” to Lou Reed to quantum physics.

But what makes Lyonne singular (and why she’s being recognized with the Maverick Award at this season’s IndieWire Honors) is more than her encyclopedic mind or her distinct creative stamp. It’s her ability to turn lived experience into genre-busting, soul-searching, radically original storytelling.

In a TV landscape dominated by serialization,...

“I became some weird Darth Vader character,” says actor turned director Natasha Lyonne over the internet response to her forthcoming film, Uncanny Valley, partly made using ‘ethical’ AI.

In April, Poker Face and Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne announced that she’s to direct and star in a sci-fi film called Uncanny Valley, co-written with fellow actor Brit Marling. The more controversial part of the announcement was that the project will in some way use generative AI alongside more typical filmmaking techniques.

The internet reaction to the news was, presumably, rather unfavourable, as Lyonne brought the online response up during an interview with Variety.

“It’s comedic that people misunderstand headlines so readily because of our bizarro culture of not having reading comprehension,” Lyonne said. “Suddenly I became some weird Darth Vader character or something. That’s crazy talk, but God bless!”

Uncanny Valley is said to be about a...

Primetime Emmy-nominated actress Natasha Lyonne has received critical acclaim for her roles in Poker Face, Russian Doll, and Orange Is the New Black. As she was used to being in the public's good graces, she didn't anticipate the backlash she received for her upcoming directorial debut.

The actress is set to get behind the camera for the upcoming movie Uncanny Valley. Lyonne co-wrote the script with The Oa co-creator Brit Marling, and the two are also set to star in the upcoming sci-fi animated film. During an interview with Variety, Lyonne also addressed the unexpected backlash she received over the film's use of AI.

The upcoming film's title was first coined by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori. It refers to a phenomenon where humanoid or computer-generated figures give an unsettling feeling to the person viewing them. Uncanny Valley will follow a teenage girl whose grip on the real world unravels when...

Have you already binged Stranger Things three times? If you haven’t, what are you waiting for? In case you have, you can definitely quote every Dustin one-liner, still mourn Barb, and clearly imagine yourself in the Upside Down of TV withdrawals. Well, don’t panic, because there’s a whole multiverse of sci-fi shows out there ready to fill that Demogorgon-shaped hole in your heart.

Whether you’re into ‘80s nostalgia, telekinetic teens, creepy government experiments, or just a really solid group of misfit friends on bikes, we’ve got plenty of series that deliver the same kind of madness, chills, and weird vibes. Of course, some will stir up the retro horror, others double down on mystery and sci-fi madness. But whatever they may bring to you, each one scratches that Stranger Things itch without copying it beat for beat.

So, let’s fire up your walkie-talkie, grab some Eggos,...

Natasha Lyonne had a long press line clamoring for her attention Thursday night at the second season premiere of Peacock’s Poker Face in Hollywood. The veteran actress, whose multi-hyphenate duties on the critically acclaimed comedy series include writing, directing, starring and executive producing, didn’t have time to stop for every outlet before she was needed on the American Legion Post 43 stage to introduce the screening alongside her partner-in-crime Rian Johnson.

So she did something rare (and appreciated among the journalists left waiting outside) by heading to the stage to deliver those comments only to return to the red carpet and give every reporter some of her undivided attention. After detailing the “magic” of the new season thanks to a killer line-up of high-profile guest stars, The Hollywood Reporter asked Lyonne about that other new project of hers on the horizon — an artificial intelligence-infused film Uncanny Valley.

News of...

Natasha Lyonne first burst onto the scene in the late '90s with her work in movies like American Pie and But I’m a Cheerleader, but she’s embraced a new level of stardom in the last few years. She took her fame to new levels thanks to her role as Nicky Nichols in Orange is the New Black, and more recently, she’s become known for playing Charlie Cale in Poker Face. It was announced earlier this week that Lyonne would make her directorial debut on Uncanny Valley, a new film that will see her work with Asteria, "an artist-led generative AI film and animation studio." Lyonne recently sat down with Collider’s Christina Radish to talk Poker Face Season 2, and she spoke about the team tasked with bringing Uncanny Valley to life:

"The subject matter is something that’s not too unknown. There’s a lot of information on it.

Natasha Lyonne has racked up over 130 screen acting credits over the course of a career that stretches back to the mid-1980s – and now she’s ready to make her feature directorial debut. Variety reports that Lyonne, who has co-founded an AI production studio called Asteria, will be taking the helm of Uncanny Valley, a film that will be made by “combining AI tools with traditional filmmaking techniques.” Asteria is described as an “artist-led, ethical AI film and animation studio.”

Lyonne wrote the screenplay with Brit Marling, the co-creator and co-showrunner of The Oa and A Murder at the End of the World. Lyonne and Marling will both have acting roles in the film, which is set in a parallel present and follows Mila, a teenage girl who begins to lose her grip on reality as a globally popular augmented reality video game starts glitching feverishly with increasingly dangerous real-world consequences.

Exclusive: Part of Hollywood’s cohort of ethical AI advocates, Natasha Lyonne is walking the talk with her upcoming feature directorial debut.

Ahead of the Season 2 premiere of Poker Face, returning May 8 with three episodes on Peacock, the 2x Golden Globe nominee told Deadline how she plans to utilize artificial intelligence in Uncanny Valley, in contrast from the “dirty model” on which the tech is often built.

“I just heard we have this first clean foundational model that is copyright-clean that you can build on, but ultimately that is a tool,” explained Lyonne. “That’s not going to omit any department heads or production designers or cinematographers. This movie I’m doing with Brit Marling is actually a real film.”

Comparing the film’s use of AI to “a green screen or something like that,” Lyonne says the tool will allow her “to do a film at a greater scale,...

In the world of constantly developing and evolving technology and artificial intelligence, it seems like even Hollywood’s entertainment industry doesn’t seem to be exempt from inching closer and closer to becoming heavily invested in it. This comes amidst the latest reports about Russian Doll actress Natasha Lyonne’s upcoming directorial project.

While there is still a lot of skepticism around the use of AI in these entertainment pieces, the actress, writer, director, and producer all in one is reportedly not hesitating to take the leap and allow artificial intelligence to dominate greater parts of filmmaking. This is because her next directorial flick is reportedly set to be made with the heavy use of AI.

Natasha Lyonne’s next project will have heavy traces of AI Natasha Lyonne. | Credits: Russian Doll / Netflix.

Even though the world still isn’t willing to let go of the creative touch of human-made projects,...

Poker Face star Natasha Lyonne is to direct and star in Uncanny Valley, a sci-fi film which uses generative AI for its virtual world.

Days before the return of hit murder mystery series Poker Face, its star, Natasha Lyonne, has announced a separate project. The actor and filmmaker plans to make a science fiction film that will – in part – be made using generative AI.

Called Uncanny Valley, it’s said to be about a teenager named Mila, who begins to play an augmented reality game that begins to have some sort of disturbing impact on the real world. The script was co-written by Lyonne and Brit Marling, best known for her work as an actor in such cult items as Another Earth and TV’s The Oa, and both will star in their movie in undisclosed roles.

The potentially sensitive bit is the way it’s going to be created:...

From the Slums of Beverly Hills to the heart of Silicon Valley: actress, writer, and director Natasha Lyonne isn’t shying away from artificial intelligence, even as fellow creatives in Hollywood fret over what the tech means for their industry.

As revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, Lyonne is teaming up with The Oa co-creator Brit Marling and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier on a sci-fi film called Uncanny Valley. The movie will include AI-generated visuals from Asteria, a self-described “artist-led generative AI film and animation studio” co-founded by Lyonne and her partner,...

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Julia Garner is under suspicion in creepy Weapons trailer

Weapons, the horror thriller from director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), got its first trailer, which introduces the highly anticipated film's story. One day, none of the kids in Mrs. Gandy's (Julia Garner) room show up to school, because at 2:17 the night before, they all left their houses and disappeared into the night. According to Cregger, the mystery is just the starting point. "By the midpoint, we've moved on to way crazier s--- than that," he told Entertainment Weekly. The cast also includes Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. Weapons opens in theaters on Aug. 8.

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We’ve been waiting to see what some true Hollywood mainstays can do with artificial intelligence in filmmaking, and announced today is a project that has the potential to break through into the mainstream in a big way.

“Poker Face” and “Russian Doll” star Natasha Lyonnne is set to make her feature directorial debut based on a script she co-wrote with “The Oa” and “Another Earth” writer Brit Marling. But what really sets the film apart is that it will be a live-action feature film that will blend with it generative AI animation. Lyonne is also teaming with Jaron Lanier, the futurist, author, VR pioneer, and visual effects artist, on the project to give the film a new look and show what they believe AI can really do.

The film too is about that very gulf between live-action and AI and why even as the technology has improved immensely, audiences...

AI production studio Asteria revealed its first live-action feature, titled “Uncanny Valley,” which will also mark the feature directorial debut of studio co-founder Natasha Lyonne and will be made by combining AI tools with “traditional” filmmaking techniques. Asteria describes itself as an “artist-led, ethical AI film and animation studio.”

Lyonne and Brit Marling – co-creator and co-showrunner with Zal Batmanglij on “The Oa” and “A Murder at the End of the World” – co-wrote the screenplay and will co-star. Set in a parallel present, “Uncanny Valley” follows Mila, a teenage girl who begins to lose her grip on reality as a globally popular augmented reality video game starts glitching feverishly with increasingly dangerous real-world consequences.

The movie’s “open world video game” component will be co-created by Lyonne, Marling and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier, involving Moonvalley’s “Marey” foundational AI model.

“The scope of what’s possible with these new technologies...

Natasha Lyonne is set to make her feature-length directorial debut with a new AI-generated movie. Lyonne will be joined by computer scientist and visual artist Jaron Lanier for the project.

The Hollywood Reporter revealed news of Lyonne's Uncanny Valley, a feature film "set in the world of immersive video games"' that plans to make "abundant" use of artificial intelligence. The project is backed by Asteria, a new AI-based studio founded by Lyonne and LA filmmaker/entrepreneur Bryn Mooser. A representative for Asteria said the film will "blend" traditional storytelling techniques with cutting-edge AI tech to create a "radical new cinematic experience."

Uncanny Valley's story will be directed by Lyonne from a script she wrote with Brit Marling, although it wasn't made clear in the original announcement if generative A.I. was involved in creating the script. The story is centered on a teenage girl who becomes entranced with...

Natasha Lyonne, who currently stars in Poker Face, is set to make her directorial debut soon. However, it won't be in the way fans of the acclaimed performer might be thinking. The five-time Emmy-nominated actress will be tackling an AI film that she co-wrote, but there is a twist — the project will be a mixture of traditional filmmaking and AI-generated video. As Hollywood continues to show resistance against AI, some studios and filmmakers have sought to normalize it and make it a "tool" for artists.

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Lyonne is set to direct and star in Uncanny Valley, based on a script she wrote alongside Brit Marling, who will also be featured in the film. The collaboration will be produced by Asteria, the generative AI studio company that was co-founded by Lyonne. As the name suggests, Uncanny Valley will blend live-action and AI-generated elements. However, expect a heavy dose of the latter,...

Natasha Lyonne is set to make her feature directorial debut — with a big assist from artificial intelligence.

The “Poker Face” star is teaming up with Brit Marling and renowned computer scientist Jaron Lanier to create “Uncanny Valley,” a “hybrid film” that combines live action and AI. The new flick was announced on Tuesday by Asteria Studios, the self-described “ethical AI film and animation studio” that Lyonne co-founded alongside Bryn Mooser.

“Uncanny Valley,” per a release from Asteria, will be “powered by ‘Marey,’ the first clean foundational AI model developed by the engineers at Moonvalley, ensuring creative integrity and copyright transparency.”

Lyonne, in a statement shared with TheWrap, said it is “astounding” what can be created with AI when it is used “ethically and creatively.”

“Bringing something so bold to life feels radically expansive and exciting,” she said. “I’m immensely grateful for this opportunity from Asteria and to witness this...

You are not a gadget — but you might be immersed in an artificial intelligence-generated film.

In one of the more unusual creative collaborations to come along in a while, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Jaron Lanier — the longtime technology innovator and sometime-skeptic — is teaming with Natasha Lyonne and Brit Marling for a new feature film that will be set in the world of immersive video games and make abundant use of AI.

Uncanny Valley, as the project is called, is backed by Asteria, the new AI-based studio founded by Lyonne and Los Angeles-based filmmaker and entrepreneur Bryn Mooser. Lyonne will direct from a script she wrote with Marling; both will star.

Centered on a teenage girl who becomes unmoored by a hugely popular Ar video game in a parallel present, the movie will blend traditional live-action and game elements. The latter will be created by Lanier as well as Lyonne and Marling.

Netflix has a problem. The streaming platform, which once almost completely dominated the market, has been feeling the pressure when it comes to creating original content. Recently, fans were shocked to hear the streaming giant won’t be bringing back some of its most beloved originals, including David Fincher’s Mindhunter. It appears that Netflix won’t think twice when it comes to axing great shows: if it happened to series like The Oa, anyone (except Stranger Things) could be next. That said, the idea of a revival of The Oa isn’t off the table, at least according to Jason Isaacs. It’s been six years since The Oa’s cancellation, and the wound still hurts for many fans who were left dumbfounded by Season 2’s shocking cliffhanger. To make things worse, series creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij had intended the show to last five seasons, leaving many...

[Editor’s note: This list was originally published in June 2017. It has since been updated with new entries.]

Ron Perlman would have us believe that war never changes, but the movies about it certainly have. The last 20 years have brought no shortage of films about the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (for obvious reasons), but the best war movies of the 21st century show that World War II continues to fascinate filmmakers most of all.

While those conflicts have dominated the genre lately, everything from the Civil War to the Battle of Red Cliffs has found powerful expression onscreen. Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” tells us that “war is a drug,” and the films below suggest that movies about war are just as addictive — maybe even more so. We hope this list provides your fix.

With contributions from Anne Thompson and Michael Nordine.

27. “1917” (2019)

Drawing inspiration from his own grandfather’s war stories, Sam Mendes made a war film that’s as nakedly sentimental and admiring toward...

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The Residence is a murder mystery comedy-drama series created by Paul William Davies. Inspired by the 2015 book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower, the Netflix series is set mainly in the White House, and it follows eccentric but brilliant detective Cordelia Cupp as she investigates a murder that happened during a state dinner. The Residence stars Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kelechi Watson, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Edwina Findley, Randall Park, Molly Griggs, Spencer Garrett, and Mary Wiseman. So, if you loved the thrilling murder mystery, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in The Residence, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Afterparty is a murder mystery comedy anthology series created by Christopher Miller. The first season...

At an artificial intelligence summit in Paris last month, Vice President Jd Vance slammed the European Union for what he called “excessive regulation” around the advancement of artificial intelligence, adding that such regulation will hinder innovation in the tech industry.

His comments were music to the ears of tech giants like Google and OpenAI, who last week submitted formal proposals to the White House Office of Science and Technology (Ostp) regarding the U.S. AI Action Plan. Their suggestions, essentially: Regulation? Who needs that?

Specifically, both companies included sections in their proposals regarding copyright and argued that, when it comes to copyright laws, the government should apply the fair use doctrine to AI. OpenAI said doing so is “not only a matter of American competitiveness — it’s a matter of national security.” Google said it’s “essential for accelerating AI in science.”

The translation of Google and OpenAI’s grave...

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Fringe is a sci-fi paranormal mystery thriller drama series created by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci. The Fox series follows FBI Agent Olivia Dunham, who is assigned to work with mad scientist Walter Bishop and his jack-of-all-trades son Peter Bishop, to investigate cases involving fringe science. Fringe stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole, Mark Valley, and Seth Gabel. So, if you loved the mind-bending storylines, thrilling mysteries, and compelling characters in Fringe, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The X-Files is a sci-fi mystery horror thriller drama series created by Chris Carter. The Fox series follows FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who investigate various cases involving paranormal phenomena. The X-Files stars David Duchovny,...

Women are rarely the focus of Western movies and television series. Most Western movies—rich with outlaws, bloodshed, and gunfighters—often revolve around men, leaving the female experience out of the picture or putting them in the background. However, there are a few cases when women become the center of attention.

From The Dead Don't Hurt to True Grit, female characters of all ages have shown courage and toughness in the early days of America. As wives and daughters, they must find their way to survive in the Wild West and the patriarchal world. Some become excellent gunslingers, while others utilize their wisdom to navigate tough situations and defend their ground.

Updated by Christopher Raley on January 20, 2025: The typically male-dominated genre has occasionally brought out some tough female leads. Westerns that focus on strong female characters have enriched and enlivened the genre as it has currently been undergoing a renaissance.

The summer of 2023 gave us Barbenheimer, November debuted Glicked, and Christmas Day gifted audiences the far less catchy Baberatu, with Nosferatu and Babygirl competing at the box office to finish out the year. Though Robert Eggers’ gothic horror remake and Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller are quite different, each film happens to star one of the leads from the 2023 limited series A Murder at the End of the World, Emma Corrin and Harris Dickinson. Though Dickinson has much more of a lead role in Babygirl than Corrin does in Nosferatu, they’re a match made in heaven in the FX mystery thriller series from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.

Some shows are canceled way before their time, leaving us with major cliffhangers and questions. The axe can often come for sci-fi and fantasy shows, since they often have bigger budgerts than other kinds of series. We’re looking back at five shows that were canceled way too soon.

In some cases, these shows just needed another few episodes of a movie to wrap things up, or maybe they got their chance to finish things but didn't do in a way that did the rest of the show justice. In some cases, they wrapped things up well, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want more.

2024 saw some major cancellations. However, this list will take us back a few years (or even decades)!

The Oa

This Netflix series deserved better. The Oa was always intended to be a five-season show, and you could tell. Netflix feared that the...

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In between filling up on leftovers and catching a rivalry football game, there’s a good chance you got some holiday shopping done over the weekend. And while there are still scores of Black Friday deals on everything from TVs to kitchen gadgets, there’s never been a better time to score a discount on an ad-supported Hulu subscription right now (if you act fast).

What’s the Best Hulu Black Friday Deal?...

When Patrick Gibson was auditioning to star in Dexter: Original Sin, there were a few items that never came up but probably should have. The first was his comfort level with the sight of blood; the series is a prequel to the Emmy-winning mid-aughts dark comedy about an avenging serial killer, to which gore, however tastefully done, is integral. The second was the matter of The Wig. The prequel’s timeline directly coincides with the original’s infamous flashback to Dexter’s first kill, during which Michael C. Hall dons a hairpiece not dissimilar to that of Lord Farquaad’s (plus, it’s stringy) — Gibson, as his fans well know, has a signature look of blond curls.

Luckily for all involved, Gibson, the 29-year-old Ireland-born actor who broke big in The Oa and starred in The Darkest Minds and Shadow & Bone, is a very cool customer. He’s not at all squeamish,...

Its not uncommon for a TV show to grow creatively as it gains popularity, and the creators are given a bit more artistic freedom, especially in fantasy or sci-fi shows. To some viewers, this can feel like bait and switch, while to others this just strengthens the appeal.

In many cases, getting confusing doesnt necessarily mean that a show is too esoteric to be enjoyable, but rather that the show risked losing viewers who needed to understand every nuance. On the other hand, fans of these strange shows are further intrigued by the confusion, committing to multiple rewatches in an attempt to discover hidden meanings.

The Return of a Missing Person Is Just the Start of This Mystery The Oa (2016 2019)

Netflixs The Oa, starring and co-created by Brit Marling, is a supernatural/sci-fi mystery that begins with a young woman who has been missing for seven years returning home. The woman,...

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The Oa is one of the most fascinating and mind-bending sci-fi series ever created. Even though the series was not completed as created by Brit Marling intended, The Oa still garnered a massive following upon its cancellation, the fans of the series did not even believe the news of the cancellation to be true and theorized that the cancellation was a trick that the streaming platform is pulling to promote the upcoming season. The brilliant series tells one of the best and most confusing stories of all time following Prairie Johnson (Marling) who returns home after a seven-year disappearance, her return becomes more and more confusing as she was blind when she disappeared but now she is not and she is not talking about the disappearance. The Oa premiered its second and final season over three years in...

Cindy Holland is stepping down as CEO of production company Sister to take on a role as senior adviser to David Ellison and Skydance Media, ahead of the expected close of Skydance’s deal to merge with Paramount Global in 2025.

With the departure of Holland, a former long-time Netflix exec, Sister’s board has decided to shut down its Los Angeles film and TV office at the end of 2024, the company said. CFO Chris Fry will serve as interim CEO while a search takes place to find a successor. In L.A., Sister has fewer than 20 employees.

Holland joined Sister in July 2023 as global CEO, after she left Netflix in 2020. The production company was founded by media mogul Elisabeth Murdoch and “Chernobyl” producer Jane Featherstone.

In her advisory role with Skydance, Holland will provide her expertise on the streaming business. Under the deal that Skydance and its financial partner, RedBird Capital,...

David Ellison and Skydance Media have tapped Sister global CEO Cindy Holland to serve as a senior advisor ahead of the company’s pending $8 billion merger with Paramount Global.

The former Netflix content chief will lend her expertise and insights on the streaming business as Ellison plots the future of Paramount following the transaction’s close in the first half of 2025.

“Sister has always been synonymous with quality storytelling, creative integrity and an extraordinary team and I am very proud to have been a part of it. I’m grateful to Liz, Jane and the whole team for their partnership, and I look forward to collaborating with them on projects in the future,” Holland said in a statement. “I’ve had a longstanding relationship with David and the senior team at Skydance and I’m energized by the opportunity to work closely with them.”

Holland’s departure from Sister comes...

The Oa might have been the most mysterious and ambitious series ever seen on Netflix. But just as the genre-defying show added a new twist with a mindblowing cliffhanger, Netflix canceled The Oa. The Oa followed the formerly blind Prairie Johnson, who is telling her incredible story to a group of misfits in a nearby abandoned building after she arrives home, able to see and referring to herself as The Oa, after she had been missing for seven years.

In the three years between seasons 1 and 2, The Oa gained a passionate fanbase and critical acclaim for its complex and moving story, with season 1's 76% Rotten Tomatoes rating being beaten by season 2's 92%. However, when Netflix addressed The Oa's cancelation, executives implied that The Oa had still not been attracting enough viewers to justify its high budget. Though fans staged protests and key actors expressed their sadness at the cancelation,...

“Severance” co-executive producer and writer Mohamad El Masri is channeling the Innie/Outie duality for his critically acclaimed directorial debut “Other Other.”

The 25-minute YouTube short film stars Sosie Bacon and Scoot McNairy as a couple who live parallel lives…literally. Myka (Bacon) and Spyro (McNairy) have been dating online for a year before they decide to meet in person for the first time — only to realize that they live in alternate worlds and can’t actually be together. More sci-fi than “The Lake House,” “Other Other” was recently named the Short of the Week, and writer/director El Masri credited his “indie film hustle” for getting the short off the ground.

“I’d worked with Sosie Bacon on a TV series, ‘Here and Now’ on HBO, that lasted for one season. I met Sosie working there as a writer. I sort of kept track of her career as it grew,...

In Monsieur Spade, Clive Owen plays Sam Spade the private detective at the heart of 1941's The Maltese Falcon but the AMC series isn't the actor's only contemporary noir series that's worth watching. A few months before Monsieur Spade's premiere, Owen appeared in Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij's A Murder at the End of the World, a psychological thriller that sees the actor in a much different, though equally compelling, role. Seemingly, Monsieur Spade, the stealth Maltese Falcon sequel, might have made a bigger splash for the actor, especially since he's tasked with channeling Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart.

Like any good continuation, Monsieur Spade reveals what happened after Maltese Falcon, with Owen's version of the private detective relocating to an estate in rural France. Although Spade is eager to enjoy his retirement, the brutal murder of six nuns at a local convent pulls Sam back into the murder-mystery game.

It’s not all Marvel and animated fairytales. Here’s our pick of the best films you can watch now on Disney Plus UK:

The output of Marvel, Lucasfilm and the Mouse House’s own library of films and TV shows are Disney Plus’s big selling point. But the streaming service also features a large collection of other films that have nothing to do with its major franchises – many of them movies Disney now owns after acquiring other Hollywood studios.

With this in mind, here’s our list of the best films on Disney Plus that aren’t Iron Man, Star Wars, Frozen or anything of that ilk. Encompassing just about every genre, there’s sure to be something to suit your taste if you’re struggling to decide what to watch this evening.

We’ll also keep this list updated as titles shuffle off and new ones are added.

[Editor’s note: this list was originally published September 2023, and has since been updated.]

There was a time not too long ago when whodunnits seemed to be a dusty relic of cinema’s past. Mysteries about a cast of colorful characters at the center of a murder case, and the intrepid detective investigating them, were far and few between in movie theaters for what felt like decades, and the rare films to feature those plots seldom attracted much attention. But nowadays, the genre is back, baby.

In 2017, Kenneth Branagh directed and starred as the iconic detective Hercule Poirot in “Murder on the Orient Express,” based on one of mystery writer Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. It was the first high-profile Christie adaptation to hit theaters in ages, after 1988’s “Appointment with Death.” The movie was highly successful, and Branagh has returned to that Poirot mustache with “Death on the Nile” and “A Haunting in Venice,” the latter of which opened in theaters this month.

The Oa star Brandon Perea feels hopeful about a possible revival, believing there are chapters that still need to be closed. Fans campaigned to save the show, but Netflix canceled The Oa due to balancing costs and viewership concerns. Creators Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling are interested in another full season, with potential interest from a new production company.

The Oa star Brandon Perea gives a hopeful update regarding a renewal for the canceled Netflix mystery drama. Created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, The Oa follows Prairie Johnson, a young blind woman who reappears with her sight restored after mysteriously disappearing for 7 years. Marling stars as Prairie, and she is joined by Emory Cohen, Brendan Meyer, Phyllis Smith and Brandon Perea. After two successful seasons, The Oa garnered hugely positive reviews and a large fanbase, but Netflix decided to cancel the show.

Now, roughly 5 years since The Oa season 2 aired on Netflix,...

When mentioning several of the canceled Netflix Original Series that viewers have never gotten over, The Oa is high on that list. The mystery thriller created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij gained a cult following shortly after the first season premiered. The news that the show would not return for a third season was a surprise, given the major cliffhanger at the end of Season 2. Five years later, the calls to save The Oa still echo loudly. Brandon Perea played Frenchie on the show. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter while promoting his latest film, Twisters, Perea talked about the show's future, which gave him his big break.

Its been five years since audiences said goodbye to the beloved Netflix series The Oa, when it was unceremoniously canceled after two seasons in August 2019. Ending on a massive cliffhanger, The Oa has lived on in the hearts and minds of many fans who still hope that they can one day get the closure they need. This includes star Brandon Perea, who played Alfonso "French" Sosa in the series, and is set to take on Mother Nature this weekend alongside Glen Powell in the new film Twisters.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of his new disaster flick, Perea touched on The Oa, revealing that hes one of those people who doesnt believe that the series is truly over. Perea thinks the series might one day see a triumphant return to finish the story that Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij started back in 2016. Perea says that if the time comes,...