American Murder: The Family Next Door
NYT Critic’s Pick | TV-MA | Documentary, Crime | Directed by Jenny Popplewell
The Watts murders are revisited in this devastating Netflix documentary about marriage, social media and violence against women.

Christopher Watts in the documentary “American Murder: The Family Next Door.”
By BILAL QURESHI

On the Rocks
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Directed by Sofia Coppola
In Sofia Coppola’s latest, Rashida Jones plays a woman worried about her marriage. Who’s she gonna call? Bill Murray, a.k.a. Dad.

“You’re mine until you get married — then you’re still mine.” Rashida Jones and Bill Murray play a daughter and father in Sofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks.”Credit…
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Possessor Uncut
NYT Critic’s Pick | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Brandon Cronenberg
The assassin in this film by Brandon Cronenberg weaponizes the human mind and body of an unsuspecting stranger who has access to her target.

Andrea Riseborough in “Possessor,” by Brandon Cronenberg.
By GLENN KENNY

Dick Johnson Is Dead
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary, Drama | Directed by Kirsten Johnson
With the help of her father, the documentary filmmaker Kirsten Johnson made a surprising, endearing movie about his death.

Dick Johnson in his daughter Kirsten Johnson’s film “Dick Johnson Is Dead.”Credit…
By MANOHLA DARGIS

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The Boys in the Band
R | Drama | Directed by Joe Mantello
This provocative work is again revived, now for Netflix with an all-star cast including Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer and Andrew Rannells.

Jim Parsons, left, and Matt Bomer in “The Boys in the Band.”
By GLENN KENNY

Save Yourselves!
R | Comedy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson
The writer-directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson lovingly poke fun at the doomed generation in this apocalyptic comedy.

“Save Yourselves!” stars Sunita Mani, above, and John Reynolds.Credit…
By KRISTEN YOONSOO KIM