Wolves, beetles and donated hearts — it’s a wild weekend to be a Prime Video subscriber.
The Amazon streamer just added a batch of new movies for you to enjoy, and Watch With Us has selected the best ones for you to watch this weekend.
Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter spotlights one of tennis most successful — and controversial — athletes, while the comic book flick Blue Beetle gives off appealing, Spider-Man: Brand New Day-type vibes.
If you’re looking for an underrated rom-com to watch, try Return to Me, starring David Duchovny in a love story you’d normally find in an X-Files episode.
‘Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter’ (2026)
With a record 24 Grand Slams under his belt, it’s safe to claim that Novak Djokovic is the greatest tennis player of all time. That doesn’t mean he’s the most popular player of all time, and that’s what makes watching Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter so fascinating to watch. The subject at its center knows it and doesn’t know why he’s not as loved as fellow rivals Roger Federer or Rafa Nadal. But ironically, this insightful documentary shows the same drive that powered him to the top also pushed many tennis fans away.
Directed by Jason Hehir, who also helmed the superb Michael Jordan docuseries The Last Dance, Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter is less a highlight reel and more a portrait of a man determined to overcome huge obstacles to achieve his dreams. That involved not only constantly improving his tennis skills, but also doing some pretty suspect things, like refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine and then allegedly violating Australia’s vaccination protocols to play in the Australian Open in 2022. The series does a good job of showing Novak as he truly is: stubborn and opinionated, yes, but also supportive of other tennis players and deeply devoted to his family.
Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Blue Beetle’ (2023)
Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) never wanted to be a superhero, but when an ancient alien Scarab attaches itself to him, he becomes the Blue Beetle, an armored avenger not unlike that other armored Avenger, Iron Man. BB needs to stop the evil, pantsuit-wearing industrialist Victoria Kord (Susan Sarandon) from building an army of super-powered cyborgs and taking over Jaime’s hometown of Palmera City – and possibly the entire world. With the help of his slightly annoying but ever-loving family, Jaime discovers he might have what it takes to be the hero his city needs him to be.
One of the last DCEU films, Blue Beetle largely stands on its own as a comic book spectacle that doesn’t require previous knowledge of in-universe movies like Aquaman or Wonder Woman. Jaime’s origin story is a lot like Spider-Man’s, but if the film’s writers are going to steal from others, it might as well be the best. Maridueña is disarming as the overwhelmed but fun-loving Jaime, and George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Elpidia Carrillo and Belissa Escobedo are funny and charming as Jaime’s loud and opinionated family. The action is pretty good, too, with CGI fights that actually look decent. It’s a low bar considering it was released just as the DCEU was dying, but Blue Beetle easily flies past it.
Blue Beetle is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Return to Me’ (2000)
Most rom-coms are pretty formulaic, but Return to Me isn’t one of them. The 2000 film stars David Duchovny as Bob Rueland, who is still mourning the recent death of his wife, Elizabeth (Joely Richardson). Bob eventually meets and falls for Grace Briggs (Minnie Driver), a waitress who recently had a heart transplant. As their romance gets more serious, Grace realizes a startling fact — her heart’s donor was Elizabeth! It’s a doozy of a secret, and Grace isn’t sure she can keep it for long before Bob finds out.
Slightly kookier than your average boy-meets-girl love story, Return to Me’s ridiculous premise works in its favor. Grace’s guilt over possessing her lover’s dead wife’s donated heart (say that three times!) provides some good dramatic tension as well as some nicely timed jokes by supporting cast members Bonnie Hunt and Jim Belushi. Duchovny and Driver have good romantic chemistry together. You want Bob and Grace to figure out their unique dilemma, even if you can’t help but delight in their horror at finding out a part of Elizabeth exists inside Grace. Ew.
Return to Me is streaming on Prime Video.
