Top Hollywood OTT releases this week: Run Away, The Smashing Machine and more

Jayabhuvaneshwari B

Americana: Prime Video (Dec 29)

The lives of outsiders and misfits in a small South Dakota community are savagely intertwined when a rare Lakota Ghost Shirt ends up on the black market. Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser. Director: Tony Tost.

The Smashing Machine: Prime Video (Rent or Buy) (Dec 31)

Mark Kerr, a rising mixed martial artist in the late 1990s, wants to be the world's best fighter. But he also has to deal with his opiate addiction and his tumultuous relationship with Dawn, his girlfriend. Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt. Director: Benny Safdie.

Rick and Morty Season 8: Netflix (Dec 31)

It focuses on a psychopathic genius scientist who takes his naturally shy grandson on galactic adventures. Cast: Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer.

A Nice Indian Boy: Prime Video (Dec 31)

They have to deal with Naveen's fiancé Jay's white-orphan-artist lover and assist them in organising the Indian wedding of their dreams when he brings him home to meet his traditional Indian family. Cast: Karan Soni, Jonathan Groff. Director: Roshan Sethi.

The Good Doctor: Season 7: Netflix (Jan 1)

A young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome named Shaun Murphy leaves his peaceful rural upbringing to work in the surgical unit of a prominent hospital. Shaun uses his amazing medical abilities to save lives and overcome his colleagues' scepticism despite his inability to personally connect with individuals around him. Cast: Freddie Highmore, Fiona Gubelmann.

Stranger Things 5: The Finale (Jan 1)

A group of young friends in Indiana in the 1980s experience covert government operations and supernatural powers. The kids solve a number of amazing riddles as they look for solutions. Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder. Director: The Duffer Brothers.

Run Away: Netflix (Jan 1)

With a wonderful job, a lovely wife and children, and a stunning home, Simon had the ideal existence. However, everything collapsed when Paige, his oldest daughter, fled. He now gets the opportunity to bring his young daughter home when he discovers her in a metropolitan park, vulnerable and high on drugs. Cast: Minnie Driver, Ruth Jones.

Rob Peace: Netflix (Jan 1)

When a talented but impoverished young black guy from Newark enrols at Yale University, his future is threatened by injustices and shadows from his past. Cast: Jay Will, Mary J Blige. Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor.

French Girl: Netflix (Jan 1)

A French girl has fallen in love with Sweet Gordon, a friendly English teacher in Brooklyn, and he has returned the favour. However, when she interviews for a job as an executive chef in her hometown of Quebec City, their future is put in jeopardy. Gordon is shocked to learn that her future boss is also her ex-lover, a famous chef with oceanic eyes and a popular television program. Cast: Zach Braff, Evelyne Brochu. Directors: James A Woods, Nicolas Wright.