What to Watch This Weekend: Crowd Picks, Chaos & Comfort

Mercy Edmund Harold
Jul 5
2 min read

After a week that gave us everything from the Diddy verdict to Putin’s continued menace in Ukraine, we figured you might need a little escape.

So we asked around: What are you watching this weekend?

From messy rom-coms to thrillers with teeth and dreamy supernatural epics, here’s what the Blanck community is pressing play on — some 2024 standouts, some sleeper hits, and all worth your attention.

1 Genre: Comedy · Drama

Two best friends. One chaotic eviction. And a whole lot of Gen Z realness.

This vibrant, fast-paced indie gives us female friendship, Lagos humor, and the kind of “adulting” drama that feels all too familiar.

You’ll laugh, you’ll cringe — and maybe text your bestie to say “thank you for being normal.”

2. Squid Game: The Challenge

Genre: Reality · Thriller

456 real-life contestants. $4.56 million on the line. One betrayal offers real alliances, betrayals, tears, triumphs the bloodshed and a quest to live and gain.

3. KPop Demon Hunters

Genre: Animated · Action · Musical Fantasy

What if your favorite K-pop girl group doubled as a demon-slaying unit by night?With glossy visuals, original K-pop tracks by fictional group HUNTR/X, and chaotic supernatural fights, this one’s loud, proud, and unapologetically neon.

Bonus: It dominated Netflix charts in 22+ countries and gave us some of the catchiest tracks of the year.

4. The Party

Genre: Drama · Mystery

A glamorous Lagos soirée goes murder-mystery real quick.Stylish, sharp, and soaked in tension, The Party plays like a deadly game of Clue in ankara. With a standout cast and enough secrets to keep you guessing, it’s the perfect Saturday night slow burn.

5. Havoc

Genre: Action · Crime · Thriller

WhyWatch: Tom Hardy + neon-lit brutality = everything.

From the creator of The Raid, Havoc is all chaos and carnage, with Hardy playing a bruised detective clawing through the underworld to expose a deadly Conspiracy.

Watch it for the brutal fight scenes, stay for the moments of unexpected soul.

6. One Day

Genre: Romance · Drama

14 episodes. One date. Two decades. All the feels.

This slow, devastating adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel explores love, timing, and the ache of “almost.” Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall deliver beautiful performances that’ll stay with you long after the final episode.Prepare to cry. And probably rewatch.

7. Nobody Wants This

Genre: Comedy · Romance:

A sex podcaster meets a modern rabbi.

What could go wrong?A quirky, surprisingly tender

rom-com with clever dialogue, big heart, and great chemistry between Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. It’s weird. It’s warm. And it works.

8. The Sandman

Genre: Fantasy · Horror · Supernatural

Dark dreams, cosmic beings, and gods who act just like us.

Neil Gaiman’s beloved comic gets the adaptation it deserves.

Tom Sturridge is haunting as Morpheus, the god of dreams, in a story that spans worlds, nightmares, and myth.The visuals alone are worth it — but the emotional depth makes it unforgettable.