This weekend brings a packed OTT lineup with crime thrillers, family dramas, romance, sci-fi and even true crime to choose from. Whether you want something intense, emotional or easy to binge, these 12 new movies and shows offer plenty of fresh options across Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar, ZEE5, SonyLIV and Apple TV.
OTT New Releases This Weekend (Aug 28, 2026)
1. Babita Singh Reporting (Prime Video)
Babita “Baby” Singh returns to her hometown for a family celebration after getting herself suspended from police duty. Her plans change completely when childhood friend Bansi is murdered, pushing her to investigate the case quietly on her own. What begins as a personal search for answers soon exposes uncomfortable secrets and betrayals much closer to home.
2. Part-Timers (JioHotstar)
Sindhu and Teju are roommates with very different personalities, backgrounds and ways of handling life. Despite their everyday struggles and disagreements, they are connected by one big dream: building a startup together. This Telugu slice-of-life series follows their friendship, ambitions and the messy realities of chasing something of their own.
3. Dark Matter Season 2 (Apple TV)
Jason Dessen returns to a world where every choice can lead to a completely different reality. As he moves through new alternate worlds, he must deal with the consequences left behind by his earlier journey home. Joel Edgerton leads another reality-bending season filled with mystery, survival and difficult choices.
4. Bandar (ZEE5)
Samar Mehra, a television actor whose career is already fading, sees his life collapse after a former girlfriend accuses him of rape. Public judgment quickly turns brutal, and he lands inside an overcrowded prison while his sister fights a legal system that appears stacked against him. Directed by Anurag Kashyap and starring Bobby Deol, the film explores accusation, media pressure and justice from both inside and outside jail.
5. Chumbak (Netflix)
Five very different families share life in an old Mumbai row-house neighbourhood, where everyone knows more about each other than they probably should. Parenting troubles, marriage problems and the challenges of ageing create both funny and emotional situations. Over time, the neighbours begin behaving less like strangers and more like one large chosen family.
6. The Whisper Man (Netflix)
Crime writer Tom Kennedy faces every parent’s nightmare when his eight-year-old son disappears. His search brings him together with his estranged father, a former cop, and DI Amanda Beck, who discover links to an old case involving a convicted serial killer known as the Whisper Man. Adam Scott, Robert De Niro and Michelle Monaghan lead this dark kidnapping mystery.
7. Alpha (Netflix)
Alpha follows Sita, played by Alia Bhatt, an elite assassin whose extraordinary abilities are linked to a secret Regenerative Serum Programme. Her world changes when she discovers that Colonel Fateh Singh Lakhawat, the man she believed was her father, had actually kidnapped her as a child and raised her as part of a classified experiment. Determined to uncover the truth and destroy his criminal network, Sita joins forces with her sister Durga, played by Sharvari, as they face deadly missions, armed enemies, betrayals and shocking secrets from Sita’s past.
8. Adults Season 2 (JioHotstar)
Two months after Anton and Paul Baker’s unexpected kiss following their green-card marriage, the friend group is still dealing with the fallout. Samir, Billie and Issa are pulled into a surprising love triangle while everyone faces fresh questions about relationships, family and growing older. Season 2 turns the group’s complicated friendships into another messy chapter of young adulthood.
9. Anbe Diana (SonyLIV)
CSK has quietly loved his neighbour Diana since their school days, but finally having those feelings returned does not make their future simple. Their romance runs into cultural differences, family expectations and old neighbourhood tensions that refuse to disappear. Pari Elavazhagan and Ramya Ranganathan lead this Chennai-set romantic comedy.
10. Four Hands, Two Sonatas (Netflix)
Three talented young musicians meet at an elite high school, where competition gradually becomes mixed with friendship and romance. Piano prodigy Kang Bi-o, pianist Choi Jeong-yo and viola student Hong Jae-in must balance complicated emotions with their dream of becoming professional musicians. The Korean drama follows their lives from difficult teenage years into adulthood.
11. Baredda (Prime Video)
This fictionalised true-crime drama revisits the case of Argentine dentist Ricardo Barreda, who killed his wife, two daughters and mother-in-law. Rather than centring only on the murderer and the media frenzy surrounding him, the series looks at how he shaped public opinion while bringing greater attention to the four women who lost their lives. The result is a darker examination of crime, image and whose stories get remembered.
12. Mousetrap (Netflix)
A lonely novelist finds his entire life taken over by a mysterious creature known as the Rat, which has assumed his identity. Inspired by a Korean folktale about a rat becoming human after consuming someone’s fingernails, the story follows his desperate attempt to prove who he really is. To fight back, he teams up with a tough loan shark and a determined detective.
From disturbing crime stories and mind-bending sci-fi to warm family drama and romance, these new releases give you plenty to add to your weekend watchlist.