What to Stream: July 24-30, 2026

The short answer

The week of July 24-30 has two clear consensus picks: Hulu's Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (96% critics, 95% audience) and Apple TV+'s The Dink (82% critics). Netflix brings three unrated originals with different bets: Kevin Hart's bachelor-party comedy 72 Hours, the Spanish mystery The Truthers, and Hindi romance Musafir Cafe. HBO Max has the fan-service play, Mortal Kombat II, while Hulu's new drama Furious opens with three episodes and an early 100% Tomatometer score.

Rotten Tomatoes scores below are a July 23 snapshot. "Not scored" means the Tomatometer or Popcornmeter has not accumulated a usable score yet. A missing score is a timing issue, not a quality verdict. The guide focuses on the week's most useful movie and series choices, rather than every catalog, reality, and legacy-season arrival listed on the platform calendars.

Title	Service and release	Format / time commitment	Rotten Tomatoes	Verdict
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie	Hulu, July 24	R comedy; 1h 39m	Critics: 96% from 116 reviews; audience: 95% from 250+ verified ratings	Watch It
The Dink	Apple TV+, July 24	PG-13 comedy; runtime not listed	Critics: 82% from 39 reviews; audience: fewer than 50 ratings	Watch It
Mortal Kombat II	HBO Max, July 24	R action/fantasy; 1h 56m	Critics: 64% from 197 reviews; audience: 87% from 5,000+ verified ratings	Watch It for fans
72 Hours	Netflix, July 24	R comedy; 1h 45m	Critics: not scored; audience: 0 ratings	Watch It if the premise is your thing
The Truthers	Netflix, July 24	Spanish drama/thriller; runtime not listed	Critics: not scored; audience: 0 ratings	Watch It cautiously
Musafir Cafe, Season 1	Netflix, July 24	Hindi drama/romance; episode total not listed	Critics: not scored; audience: 0 ratings	Watch It for Hindi romance
Furious, Season 1	Hulu, July 27	Eight episodes; three premiere July 27, then weekly	Critics: 100% from 11 reviews; audience: 0 ratings	Watch It cautiously

Netflix: three different bets

Netflix's official July calendar also lists the Scream trilogy on July 24, Hannibal Seasons 1-3 and TAR on July 27, and several catalog films and specials later in the week. The three originals below are the better starting points for a decision guide because each asks for a different kind of commitment. 1

72 Hours - Watch It if the premise is your thing

A 40-year-old ad executive is mistakenly added to a group chat for a Miami bachelor party. He joins the twentysomethings in hopes of saving his career and recovering some lost youth, which gives Kevin Hart a familiar fish-out-of-water setup with a three-day clock. Tim Story directs; Teyana Taylor, Mason Gooding, Marcello Hernandez, and Kam Patterson co-star. Netflix lists the film for July 24, and Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 1h 45m runtime. 2 3

RT has no counted critic reviews and no audience ratings yet. That makes this a premise-based recommendation, not a claim that the movie has cleared a critical bar. The Watch It call is for viewers who want an R-rated ensemble comedy and do not need review confirmation before pressing play.

The Truthers - Watch It cautiously

After her mother's sudden death, Ruth returns to her hometown and reconnects with her father, whose strange behavior makes her question what happened. Stéphanie Magnin plays Ruth, with José Coronado in the cast; Roger Gual directs. The Spanish-language drama and mystery thriller arrives on Netflix July 24. 4

The film has no Tomatometer score and no audience score yet, and Rotten Tomatoes does not list a runtime on the current title page. The setup is compact enough for a thriller night, but the recommendation stays cautious because there is no review signal to separate it from the platform's many polished mysteries.

Musafir Cafe, Season 1 - Watch It for Hindi romance

Three travelers' lives intersect: Chander and Sudha feel an immediate spark, while Chander finds a quieter connection with Preeti. Vikrant Massey, Vedika Pinto, and Mahima Makwana lead the Hindi-language drama, directed by Ruchir Arun and written by Sharanya Rajgopal. Rotten Tomatoes lists the Netflix premiere for July 24 and one episode in its current schedule, but not a total episode count. 5

There is no critic or audience score yet. For viewers who want a relationship-driven series rather than a broad comedy, this is Netflix's most targeted pick of the three. The missing episode total matters: wait for the platform's full listing if the length of the season will determine whether you start it.

HBO Max: Mortal Kombat II is for the faithful

Mortal Kombat II - Watch It for fans

The sequel adds Johnny Cage to the returning champions' fight against Shao Kahn and the threat to Earthrealm. Karl Urban joins Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Ludi Lin, Josh Lawson, Adeline Rudolph, and the returning ensemble. The film reaches HBO Max on July 24 according to the service's July calendar; Rotten Tomatoes lists a 1h 56m runtime. 6 7

The RT split tells you how to use it: 64% from 197 critics versus 87% from more than 5,000 verified audience ratings. Critics call it a self-aware, enjoyable franchise entry without treating it as a flawless victory. The audience number is much stronger, so this is an easy Watch It for game and franchise fans. Everyone else should expect nearly two hours of gore, lore, and fight choreography rather than a character drama.

One timing note: Rotten Tomatoes separately lists an earlier general streaming date, while the HBO Max calendar identifies July 24 as the service arrival. In other words, this is a new Max option, not a first theatrical release.

Apple TV+: one good sports-comedy swing

The Dink - Watch It

Dusty Boyd was once a tennis prodigy. After an injury ends his playing career, he coaches unruly children at his father's country club and takes up pickleball while trying to win back his father's approval. Jake Johnson, Ed Harris, and Mary Steenburgen lead the cast; Josh Greenbaum directs from Sean Clements' script, with Ben Stiller among the producers. Apple says the sports comedy streams globally on Apple TV July 24. 8

Rotten Tomatoes has the film at 82% from 39 critics, with fewer than 50 audience ratings. The current RT page does not list a runtime, so this is not a precisely timed movie-night pick yet. The score is enough for a straightforward Watch It, especially if a low-stakes sports comedy with a strong supporting cast sounds better than another thriller.

Hulu: the best score and the riskiest new drama

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie - Watch It

Matt and Jay are trying to book a show at Toronto's Rivoli when their plan goes wrong and sends them back to 2008. Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol play the two friends, and Johnson directs the lo-fi time-travel comedy. Hulu lists it as a July 24 movie arrival. 9

This is the week's strongest completed movie by the numbers: 96% from 116 critics and 95% from more than 250 verified audience ratings, with a 1h 39m runtime. Rotten Tomatoes also lists a March 24 general streaming date, so Hulu's July 24 entry is a new service arrival rather than the film's first streaming release. 10

The recommendation is simple: Watch It. The critic consensus specifically points to its improvised energy and appeal to both existing fans and newcomers. You do not need to know the series first.

Furious, Season 1 - Watch It cautiously

Emmy Rossum plays FBI agent Alice Black, who goes undercover to catch a female serial killer who marries lonely millionaires. Lola Petticrew plays Catherine, with Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Jake Lacy also in the cast. Hulu premieres three episodes on July 27, followed by one episode a week through the eight-episode season. 11 12

The early RT signal is excellent but narrow: 100% from 11 critics and zero audience ratings. The series comes from Elizabeth Meriwether, whose credits include The Dropout and Dying for Sex, but the premise is deliberately grim and the audience score has not started. Watch It cautiously means the three-episode opening is worth sampling, not that the full season has already proved itself.

Bottom line

Start with Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie if you want the safest movie recommendation, or The Dink if you prefer a new Apple TV+ sports comedy. Choose Mortal Kombat II when you want franchise action and have a high tolerance for fan service. Netflix's 72 Hours, The Truthers, and Musafir Cafe are all unrated, so pick among them by mood: broad comedy, Spanish mystery, or Hindi romance.

For a series, Furious has the best early critic signal but the least complete evidence, while Musafir Cafe is the more relaxed romance play. In both cases, the first episode batch tells you more than the current audience column, which is still empty.