This Weekend's Streaming TV You Might Have Missed: 11/16/2025

Every week brings another dozen or two new streaming TV shows and movies and most of them don't receive the attention they deserve.

Here are a few titles worth watching that premiered in the past couple of days:

Belen (Prime Video)
One of the fascinating things about watching true crime documentaries from outside the United States is that you are reminded that many of the storylines we think of as being primarily an American experience are common across the globe. That's certainly the case in this film produced in Argentina, which chronicles the story of Julieta, a young woman falsely accused of infanticide. Based on the Ana Correa's book Somos Belén, the film follows the tangled course of her trial, which takes place in Tucumán, a conservative region of Argentina. The case quickly becomes a referendum on women's reproductive rights, filtered through a classist, corrupt legal system.

It took me a bit to figure out the complexities of the case and the reality of the Argentine legal system. But I was ultimately caught up in this telling of a sadly familiar situation taking place in unfamiliar surroundings.

Come See Me In The Good Light (Apple TV)
If you have ever been close to someone who is faced with a terminal diagnosis, one of the surprising things you'll discover is that they're post-diagnosis lives are not exclusively filled with loss, grief and anger. Humans are a complex species, and one of our complexities is that we can simultaneously experience conflicting emotions. 

Many documentaries that trace the last months of someone's life tend to focus on the ticking clock, the inevitable countdown towards death. And while that's obviously a core feature of their lives, there can be so much more. Love, beauty, even moments of laughter that allow everyone to forget - even for a moment - the tragedy that is to come.

I can't think of another documentary that navigates those complexities as deftly as Come See Me In The Good Light, which is currently streaming on Apple TV.

The film is a portrait of the Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson and their partner, the poet Megan Falley, in what would turn out to be the final year of Gibson’s life. When it begins, Gibson has already lived past the time the doctors had originally projected, and one thing they decided was that if time was limited, every moment should be savored and appreciated in the moment. There are quiet times when the duo just spend quite moments together saying nothing. But there is also bawdy talks with friends and wide-ranging discussions of gender-fluidity and body image. 

Gibson was able to see the completed documentary premiere at Sundance in January before they died and from what I can tell, both Gibson and Falley believed director Ryan White provided an accurate representation of their final days. And if that's the case, it truly is a loss because the film paints a portrait of a life and a love worth remembering.

The Seduction (HBO Max)
HBO Max's first French-language original, The Seduction, is a take on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Although "take" is doing a lot of work in this series, as the show bears only passing resemblance tp the events recounted in Dangerous Liaisons. 

The series begins with with a young Isabelle (Annamaria Vartolomei) being seduced and betrayed by the Vicomte de Valmont (Vincent Lacoste), who assumes a false identity in order to pretend to seduce her without consequences to himself. Kicked out of the convent, Isabelle turns to Valmont’s aunt, Madame de Rosemonde (Diane Kruger), for help and she turns herself into a politics-influencing seduction machine.

I will admit that this series is not for me. For all of the lushish surroundings and casual sex, nearly all of the characters are flawed to the point of being unpleasant and while I understand that is the core lesson of the novel, it's not in my sweet spot. But if you do enjoy this type of story, this is a solid example of the genre.

Lefter: The Story Of The Ordinarius (Netflix)
I am at best a casual sports fan, and certainly didn't know anything about the Turkish soccer superstar Lefter before watching this film based on his life. Born in Turkey but of Greek descent, Lefter Küçükandonyadis dreamed of playing soccer since he was a child and battled a disapproving father as well as ongoing political tensions between Turkey and Greece that led at one point to anti-Greece protesters threatening to burn down his home. 

The film has the expected amount of twist and turns you'd expect to find in a traditional sports documentary. But the complicated political conditions brings in an additional layer of interest and the fact that I didn't know anything about Lefter ahead of time helped keep it interesting. 

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (Disney+)
In stressful times such as the ones we are living in right now, there is something to be said for needing to embrace things that are nothing more than a goofy, pointless good time. And if you are in need of a mental palate cleanser right now, you'll be hard-pressed to find anything less serious than this magnificently cornball made-for-streaming Christmas movie.

The movie opens with the real-life Will Farrell and his family getting ready for the Jones Brothers Christmas concert in London. Or, as Farrell describes it, "my Super Bowl" and the bit is incredibly awkward and devoid of humor that I am honestly surprised anyone stuck with the film until it was over. But what follows is a blast of old-school charm that most closely resembles one of Elvis's best movies from the early 1960s. The three Jonas Brothers are struggling to get home after someone who may or may not be Santa curses them. There are random singing/dancing sequences, a few mid-celebrity guest appearances and a plot that at its best makes little sense.

But the end result is just a 90 minutes of charming fun. The humor is lightweight, the Jonas Brothers are more than willing to mock themselves a bit and the set pieces are entertaining and properly embrace the holiday spirit. This might not sound like an endorsement, but if your soul (and brain) are in need of soothing break from reality, the Jonas Brothers have just what you need.