I’m Watching These Certified Fresh Movies and Shows This Weekend

It can be a full-time job trying to find something good to watch on TV (actually, it is!). And while I watch a ton of shows and movies and endlessly scroll through new and old releases on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, etc., Rotten Tomatoes is a go-to tool for quickly weeding out the chaff from titles that have been approved by the industry’s top critics.

For this weekend, I was looking for two shows and two movies to immerse myself in, so I chose these new and old titles that are all certified fresh and all have a rating between 94% and 100%.

1

The chair company

Tim Robinson’s weird and wonderful work on his Netflix comedy series, I think you should leave, That alone is reason to tune into this unpretentious workplace comedy, which earned a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score right out of the gate. Robinson brings his uniquely goofy humor to Ron Trosper, an Ohio businessman rising through the corporate ranks who, after an embarrassing accident in which a chair he is sitting on during a presentation collapses beneath him, decides to investigate the company that manufactured the chair. Ron’s hunt turns into an obsession, and The chair company moves from offbeat comedy to mystery thriller territory. As Ron uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his marriage and relationship with his daughter begin to unravel in a maze of cryptic phone calls, empty warehouses and more.

2

Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy

I love a good limited series, especially when it’s true and crime-related, and has all the elements required for a jaw-dropping, nail-biting watch. And there’s not much more of both when the subject is the infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who, from 1972 to 1978, murdered 33 young men and teenagers, burying them under his house. The series stars Michael Chernus as Gacy, who viewers will see as his community: a kind and well-liked member who helped little old ladies cross the street and entertained children like a clown. But through the investigation of a missing teenager and the highlighting of the trauma suffered by his family, Gacy’s horrific actions come to light. The original peacock John Wayne Gacy: The Devil in Disguise was premiered on October 16, 2025 and has achieved a 94% freshness rating so far.

3

Parasite

I saw Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning dark psychological satire in 2019 while it was in theaters, and although it haunted me at the time, I think I’m ready to revisit it. Critically praised for its innovative story and cinematography, it’s no wonder it still maintains a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score after all these years. Parasite is a story of class and despair that follows the impoverished Kim family – father Ki-taek (Song Kang-ho), mother Chung-sook (Jang Hye-jin), son Ki-woo (Choi Woo-shik) and daughter Ki-jung (Park So-dam) – whose evil plan to force their way into the home of the wealthy Park family (as tutor, teacher, driver and housekeeper) ends in an obsession. and murder. It is a South Korean masterpiece that became the first foreign language film to win the Best Picture award.

Parasite

Release date

May 30, 2019

Runtime

133 minutes

Director

Bong Joon Ho

4

LA Confidential

Police corruption, expensive call girls, celebrity scandals, gangsters, blackmail – hmmboy, 1997s LA Confidential has it all, set against the backdrop of the foggy, streetlight-lit streets of 1950s Los Angeles. The Oscar-winning neo-noir conspiracy thriller has more stars than you can imagine – Kim Basinger, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito among them – all intertwined after a brutal massacre at a dinner party late evening. Pearce, Crowe and Spacey are the cops on the case, and Basinger is the sultry, surgically altered escort who might be the key to it all. LA Confidential is a beautifully filmed time warp with a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

LA Confidential

Release date

September 19, 1997

Runtime

138 minutes

Director

Curtis Hanson

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