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, and more, Rotten Tomatoes is a go-to tool for quickly cutting through the chaff for titles that have been vetted by top industry critics.
For this weekend, I was looking for two shows and two movies to sink into, so I chose these new and old titles that are all certified fresh and all have between a 94% and 100% rating.
1
The Chair Company
Tim Robinson’s weird and wonderful work on his Netflix comedy series, I Think You Should Leave, is alone a reason to tune into this unassuming workplace comedy, which has garnered a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score out of the gate. Robinson brings his unique brand of awkward humor to Ron Trosper, an Ohio company man climbing the corporate ladder who, after an embarrassing mishap in which a chair he sits on during a presentation collapses beneath him, decides to investigate the company that made the chair. Ron’s hunt spirals into obsession, and The Chair Company goes from quirky comedy to mystery thriller territory. As Ron uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his marriage and relationship with his daughter start to fall apart in a maze of cryptic phone calls, empty warehouses, and more.
2
Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
I love me a good limited series, especially when it’s true and crime-related, and has all the requisite elements for a gut-sinking, nailbiting watch. And it doesn’t get much more of both when the subject matter is infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who, from 1972 to 1978, murdered 33 young men and teenage boys, burying them under his house. The series stars Michael Chernus as Gacy, who viewers will see as his community did—a kind, valued member who helped little old ladies cross the street and entertained children as a clown. But through the investigation of a missing teenager, and highlighting the trauma his family suffers, Gacy’s horrific acts unravel. The Peacock original John Wayne Gacy: Devil In Disguise premiered on October 16, 2025, and so far has garnered a 94% freshness rating.
3
Parasite
I saw Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning dark and psychological satire in 2019 when it was in theaters, and while it haunted me back then, I think I’m ready to revisit it. Hailed by critics 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 desperation 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)—who’s diabolical plan to worm their way into the household of the wealthy Park family (as tutor, teacher, driver, and housekeeper) ends in obsession and murder. It’s a South Korean masterpiece that became the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture.
4
L.A. Confidential
Police corruption, high-priced call girls, celebrity scandals, mobsters, blackmail—hmmboy, 1997’s L.A. Confidential has it all, backdropped by the foggy, streetlamp-lit streets of 1950s Los Angeles. The Oscar-winning neo-noir conspiracy thriller has more stars than you can shake a stick at—Kim Basinger, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito among them—all intertwined after a brutal massacre at a late-night diner. Pearce, Crowe, and Spacey are the cops on the case, and Basinger is the sultry, surgically-altered escort who may be the key to it all. L.A. Confidential is a gorgeously-filmed time-warp with a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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