What to Watch this Week! Reacher, The Love Hypothesis, Silo?

On streaming this week, The Love Hypothesis leads the films on Prime Video, followed by Phony, with 365 dni holding strong on Netflix. Over in series, Reacher tops the list on Prime Video, with MobLand and Umthetho keeping Netflix busy.

At the cinemas, two new titles open on Friday 02 October at Ster-Kinekor and Nu Metro, namely Charlie Harper and Ice Cream Man. Still showing this week are Coyote vs ACME, Fall 2: Deadpoint, Forgotten Island, Heart of the Beast, Insidious: Out of the Further and Mutiny.

What's streaming: the Top 10 in South Africa

Top 10 films

1

The Love Hypothesis

2026 · Comedy, Romance

Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr.

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2

Phony

2022 · Drama

A struggling filmmaker, unlucky in love, enlists the aid of a womanizing friend to create an exploitative documentary about…

3

365 dni

2020 · Crime, Drama

Massimo is a member of the Sicilian Mafia family and Laura is a sales director.

4

The Runner

2026 · Action, Thriller

A high-powered attorney must race through London to save her abducted son while following cryptic commands from a mysterious…

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5

Lust Stories 3

2026 · Drama, Romance

Through four bite-sized yet emotionally resonant films, the anthology once again explores lust, love, relationships, and…

6

Why Did I Get Married Again?

2026 · Comedy, Drama

The couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did…

7

The Last Sunrise

2026 · Drama, Romance

Ry, a college student with a chronic illness, escapes to Mallorca for the summer with her mother, where she unexpectedly falls…

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8

Project Hail Mary

2026 · Action, Comedy

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there.

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9

The Departed

2006 · Crime, Drama

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the…

10

365 Days: This Day

2022 · Drama, Romance

Laura and Massimo are back and hotter than ever.

Top 10 series

1

Reacher

2022 · Action, Crime

Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life.

2

Neagley

2026 · Action, Crime

Neagley, drawing from her experience with Jack Reacher and the 110 Special Investigators, embarks on a perilous mission to expose…

3

MobLand

2025 · Crime, Drama

Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.

4

Silo

2023 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Men and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the…

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5

Umthetho

2026 · Crime, Drama

To keep their youngest brother alive, an idealistic state prosecutor is forced to become a double agent in her imprisoned older…

6

Beauty in Black

2024 · Crime, Drama

A stripper's fate takes a turn when she crosses paths with the wealthy, dysfunctional family behind a cosmetics dynasty and a…

7

Slow Horses

2022 · Crime, Drama

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents-and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb-as they navigate the espionage…

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8

Minerva Academy

2026 · Drama, Thriller

At Minerva Military High School, teens navigate discipline, rivalry and family pressure as a young cadet searches for answers…

9

The Mentalist

2008 · Crime, Drama

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to…

10

S.W.A.T.

2017 · Action, Crime

Follows a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team as they battle crime in Los Angeles…

Top 10 by service

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New on streaming this week

new this week

Cleaner

Film · 2007

new this week

Hum Chaar

Film · 2019

Bodyguard

Film · 2011

Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana

Film · 2017

Bad Boy

Film · 2023

Border

Film · 1997

Rangeela

Film · 1995

Jigris

Film · 2025

Jawaani Jaaneman

Film · 2020

Now showing in cinemas

Charlie Harper

Opens Fri 02 Oct

Comedy, Romance · 102 min · 16 D L PPS S

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Ice Cream Man

Opens Fri 02 Oct

Horror · 86 min · 18 H L V

Coyote vs ACME

Action, Adventure · 101 min · PG

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Fall 2: Deadpoint

Adventure, Drama · 97 min · 16

Forgotten Island

Animated, Adventure · 109 min · PG

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Heart of the Beast

Action, Adventure · 102 min · 13

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Insidious: Out of the Further

Horror · 106 min · 16 H L V

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Mutiny

Action · 95 min · 16 L V

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

Animated · 90 min · PG

Practical Magic 2

Romance · 130 min · 10–12PG V

Resident Evil

Action, Horror · 96 min · 16

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Runner

Action, Comedy · 97 min · 16

Sacrifice

Action, Adventure · 100 min · 16

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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Animated · 81 min · PG

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Silas en die Ysbeer op Tafelberg

Drama · 82 min · 7–9PG

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Action, Adventure · 145 min · 13 L V

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Tad and the Magic Lamp

Animated · 95 min · PG

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Digger

TBA

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Echoes of Omusati

TBA

Family, A (F/F)

Fix, The

16

Franz (F/F)

16

Invite, The

Landmyn

13

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Coming up in cinemas

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Streaming: the Top 10 in South Africa, overall and per service. Netflix Top 10: Netflix's official weekly data for South Africa. Cinema listings: Ster Kinekor and Nu Metro. Rankings and listings as read on Sunday 27 September 2026, 09:33 SAST.