What to watch
The best of what's streaming, right now
The best of what's streaming in the United States right now, updated every day. Pick a service, an occasion or a kind, or let the walla choose three.
The best streaming right now
In the United States, updated November 12, 2026.
Who's watching, and for how long?
- MoviesFilms only: the best-rated and most-watched streaming today.
- ShowsSeries only: the best-rated and most-watched streaming today.
- Date nightRomance and sharp comedies, and series with a love story at the heart of them: none of them horror or kids' fare.
- With friendsComedies, action, thrillers and the odd scare: big, well-loved films that work for a room full of people.
- Under 100 minutesGreat films that are over in an hour and a half or so, for a weeknight.
- MiniseriesLimited series with a beginning, a middle and an end: one season and done, a weekend or a week of evenings.
- New to streamingThis year's best-rated films and series that are already on the services.
- Hidden gemsHighly rated by the people who've seen them, at least two years old, and not seen by many: the ones nobody has recommended to you yet.
By streaming service
By kind
- Documentaries and docuseries
- Animated films and series
- Comedies and comedy series
- Stand-up comedy specials
- Horror films and series
- Thrillers and thriller series
- Sci-fi & fantasy films and series
- Action & adventure films and series
- Superhero films and series
- Dramas and drama series
- Romance films and series
- Crime films and series
- Family films and series
- Indie films and series
- Foreign-language films and series
- Criterion Collection films
Questions
- What should I watch tonight?
- Some of the best-rated films and series streaming in the United States today are Breaking Bad, Project Hail Mary, House. Watchwalla's picker (watchwalla.com/tonight) narrows it to three in ten seconds by who's watching, how much time you have and what you're in the mood for.
- How are these lists made?
- Every list is what streams in your country today, from JustWatch through TMDB, ranked by TMDB rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title) with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching. They refresh every day.
- Is Watchwalla free?
- Yes. The lists and the picker need no account. Sign in with Google and every title also gets a match score for your own taste, and you can make friends by comparing ratings.