3 new movies on Netflix to stream this weekend

If you need something to queue up this weekend, here are three top films that hit Netflix earlier in the week: a tense horror, a whimsical family fantasy, and a hard‑edged crime thriller. Misery follows a famous author who survives a car crash only to be rescued—and held captive—by an obsessed fan until he agrees to change the ending of his latest novel.

James Caan plays Paul Sheldon opposite Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes, with Rob Reiner directing. The film is often cited among the best Stephen King adaptations and remains the only Stephen King movie to win an Oscar; the adaptation also altered a scene from the book to avoid an NC‑17 rating, a change some viewers prefer to experience on screen first.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls delivers family‑friendly whimsy.

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