Weekend Streaming Highlights — July 10-12, 2026

Across major U.S. streaming platforms, a slate of new movies and series debuted over the weekend of July 10-12, 2026. Highlights include the horror-thriller “Backrooms” (digital release on Prime Video), Chloe Zhao’s period drama “Hamnet” (Netflix), the cyber-heist film “Wardriver” (Paramount+), the dystopian Stephen King adaptation “The Long Walk” (HBO Max), and the family drama “Little House on the Prairie” (Netflix). Crime-drama series “The Westies” (MGM+ / Prime Video) and the beach-read adaptation “The Five-Star Weekend” (Peacock) also launched.

Forbes

• “Wardriver” holds a 100 % critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes but a 57 % audience score.

Tom's Guide

• The Dwayne Johnson-led animated feature mentioned in a Forbes column carries a 37 % Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Forbes

• “The Long Walk” is noted for a 94-minute runtime and a dystopian 1970s setting.

TechRadar

The releases illustrate how streaming services are competing for weekend viewership by mixing prestige-level dramas (“Hamnet”), genre-bending horror (“Backrooms”), and high-octane action (“The Furious”). The divergent critic-audience scores for “Wardriver” underscore the growing split between critical appraisal and subscriber preferences, a trend that can influence platform acquisition strategies and future content investments.

Tom's Guide

• Despite perfect critic reviews, “Wardriver” received a lukewarm 57 % audience rating, suggesting that its cyber-heist premise may not resonate broadly.

Tom's Guide

• The Forbes writer’s assessment of the Dwayne Johnson animated film points to a “dismal 37 % Rotten Tomatoes score,” indicating significant critical disappointment.

Forbes

• Rotten Tomatoes scores are reported for two different titles (the Johnson film and “Wardriver”) but no comparable audience metrics are provided for the Johnson film, leaving a gap in understanding its subscriber reception.

Tom's Guide

• No official viewership numbers have been released for any of the weekend titles, preventing assessment of their actual impact on platform traffic.

Tom's Guide

• “well, there's always the 2026 World Cup quarter finals to watch instead!” — Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter (TechRadar)

TechRadar

• “Hopefully, that "last" doesn't come before the end of the movie's pithy 94-minute runtime.” — JV, senior entertainment writer (TechRadar)

TechRadar

• “As TheWrap critic William Bibbiani put it, good luck finding a better action movie this year.” — William Bibbiani, critic (TheWrap)

The Wrap

• “Why it's worth your time: "Backrooms" turns an internet creepypasta into one of the year's most unnerving horror movies, pairing jaw-dropping production design with suffocating atmosphere and existential dread that invades your brain like a parasite.” — Tom’s Guide writer (Tom’s Guide)

Tom's Guide

• “The Westies” will continue its two-episode weekly rollout through August 23.

The Wrap

• “Little House on the Prairie” season 2 is slated for release later in the year, according to the Netflix press release.

TechRadar

• Paramount+ has announced a follow-up digital release window for “Wardriver” later in 2026, though exact dates remain unspecified.

Tom's Guide