A powerful yet tender movie about an unstable family is available on Netflix. And a reimagining of Olivia Newton-John’s life airs on Lifetime.

What’s Streaming

WE THE ANIMALS (2018) stream on Netflix. The documentarian Jeremiah Zagar adapts the 2011 novel by Justin Torres for his debut fiction feature, a dreamy, visceral coming-of-age story starring young nonprofessional actors. The tale is mostly seen through the eyes of Jonah (Evan Rosado), the youngest of three brothers who, as he inches toward 10, is growing up to be the more sensitive of the bunch. While his siblings start to take to their unpredictable father, Jonah breaks away into a fantasy world of his own and watches his parents’ volatile relationship with caution. Writing in The New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis named the movie a Critic’s Pick and called it “fragile yet resilient.”

THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (2005) stream on Netflix; rent on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vudu or YouTube. In hindsight, this buddy comedy can come off as crass, outdated or juvenile. But it’s worth revisiting for its cast of rising stars and an endearing lead performance by a wide-eyed Steve Carell.