What to watch on Crave in November 2020
Including a John Belushi doc, Melissa McCarthy's new comedy, and a film about Greta Thunberg
We scrutinize the November 2020 Crave schedule to select the most anticipated titles hitting the streaming platform this month.
What we can’t wait to watch
The Flight Attendant
Kaley Cuoco’s made some interesting choices since The Big Bang Theory ended, setting up a production company and actively subverting her sitcom persona with the projects it generates. (What she’s done on DC’s Harley Quinn animated series is nothing short of genius.) This HBO Max limited series, based on a novel by Chris Bohjalia, gives her a proper starring role as a young woman who wakes up in a hotel room that isn’t hers next to a dead man she doesn’t know. Michel Huisman, Zosia Mamet, and Rosie Perez costar, and the first two episodes are directed by Susanna Fogel, whose resume includes co-writing The Spy Who Dumped Me (which she also directed) and Booksmart. That feels like a wild card. November 26
Superintelligence
Melissa McCarthy’s fourth collaboration with her director husband Ben Falcone was originally set to open in cinemas, but due to the pandemic—and perhaps McCarthy’s lacklustre box office track record of late—the AI comedy will now premiere on HBO Max. This time around, McCarthy’s American everywoman lands in extraordinary circumstances after realizing she’s under surveillance by artificial intelligence (voiced by Bobby Cannavale and James Corden). November 26
Transhood
Director Sharon Liese followed four transgender youth (starting at ages 4, 9, 12, and 15) over five years in Kansas City for this documentary, which has drawn comparisons to the Up series. During the film’s festival run, critics lauded the film’s willingness to probe uncomfortable social dynamics around activism and exploitation. November 12
Between The World And Me
This HBO special based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book of the same name brings the stage adaptation to the screen. Expect a mix of footage from the show, readings, animation, and documentary footage of the all-star cast, which includes Mahershala Ali, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis, T.I., Black Thought, Janet Mock, Phylicia Rashad, and many more. November 21
Moonbase 8
John C. Reilly, Fred Armisen, and Tim Heidecker are a trio of wannabe astronauts getting on each other’s nerves while isolated at NASA’s Arizona moonbase simulator to test their readiness for a lunar mission. It’s directed by Jonathan Krisel, who worked closely with Heidecker on Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, so expect a much more absurd take on male bonding and low-gravity survival than Space Force. (Hey, remember Space Force? No? Good for you.) November 8
Industry
Set in the world of British high finance, this series follows a group of new hires at a London banking firm whose intra-office friendships and romance wind up raising issues of gender, race, class, and privilege. It’s the first show from buzzy U.K. creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay and the premiere episode is directed by HBO veteran Lena Dunham. November 9
The Reagans
The Democrats might be ahead in the polls, but apparently conservatives are ratings gold. Hot on the heels of The Comey Rule and Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown comes this four-part docuseries about the Reagan era from Studio 54 and Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood director Matt Tyrnauer. Given the filmmaker’s track record, we can probably expect a more critical appraisal of Reagan’s legacy when it comes to race and the HIV pandemic. November 15
Belushi
Get ready for the John Belushi revival. Director David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) is currently making a biopic about the late comic genius, who died at 33 of a drug overdose at the Chateau Marmont in 1982. But first there’s this Showtime documentary that uses correspondence and more than 50 hours of interviews conducted and compiled by Belushi’s widow, Judy, to piece together a portrait of one of SNL’s most infamous alumni. Director R.J. Cutler used audio footage of another great actor, Marlon Brando, for his insightful doc Listen To Me Marlon. Here he weaves together interviews with those closest to Belushi—including his SNL castmates Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, and Chevy Chase along with writer-director Ivan Reitman, former girlfriend Carrie Fisher, and others—to tell his story. November 22
Solid bets
I Am Greta
Nathan Grossman’s doc about Greta Thunberg covers the teen climate activist’s solitary climate strikes outside Sweden’s parliament in 2018 to her sailing trip across the Atlantic to attend the UN Climate Summit in 2019. Full of pathos, triumph, danger, death threats, and breakdowns, the film manages to be an unnervingly close look at Thunberg’s interior life as she becomes a heavily scrutinized media star, while avoiding sappy, feel-goodness. Greta is an accidental hero of our times propelled to the world stage seemingly overnight, but that status suffocates and stifles her, as this doc highlights. November 13
Emma.
Maybe Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s oft-filmed novel hasn’t added anything to the canon besides a colourful visual palette and lavish production design (and perhaps a willingness to let its actors have as much fun as they like with their characters). But things are much, much darker than they were when the movie hit theatres in February, and right now we could all use the distraction of Anya Taylor-Joy bouncing around in ridiculous hats, meddling in the romantic lives of her friends, and neighbours as a way of ignoring her own loneliness. Also, Bill Nighy as Mr Woodhouse. Come on. November 6
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Eliza Hittman’s spare, small, emotionally loaded drama about a teenager named Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) trying to obtain a safe, legal abortion in America was supposed to open in theatres the week the planet went into lockdown; you almost certainly missed its VOD window, when it was drowned out by flashier studio pictures that were rushed to the home arena. But it’s one of the best movies of this miserable year, built around tremendous performances from both Flanigan and Talia Ryder as Autumn’s resourceful cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder). Don’t miss it. November 27
Eyes Wide Shut
A ton of Christmas movies are hitting streaming platforms this month but our pick is Stanley Kubrick’s holiday season-set final film starring '90s power couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The pair play a husband and wife grappling with intense jealousy and testing sexual boundaries. The dream-like narrative, which famously sends Cruise’s character into a ritualistic sex party full of terrifying sound design, has undergone critical appraisal in recent years. Kidman recently revisited the experience of filming with Kubrick in a New York Times interview. November 27
Here's a full list of new titles available on Crave in November 2020 by date. The + symbol indicates a TV show or movie that is only available on Crave+. The * symbol indicates a TV show or movie that is only available with the Starz add-on.
TV shows
November 1
The Circus (season 5, episode 20)
The Comedy Store (season 1, episode 5)
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 60)
The Good Lord Bird (season 1, episode 5)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (season 7, episode 28)+
Our Cartoon President (season 3, episode 17)
Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult (season 1, episode 3)*
The Spanish Princess Part 2 (season 2, episode 4)*
The Undoing (season 1, episode 2)+
November 2
Jann (season 2, episode 7)
We Are Who We Are (season 1, episode 8)+
November 3
The Bold And The Beautiful (season 24, episodes 26-30)
November 6
The Bernie Mac Show (seasons 1-5)
How To With John Wilson (season 1, episode 3)+
Real Time With Bill Maher (season 18, episode 33)+
Star Trek: Discovery (season 3, episode 4)
W5 (season 55, episode 6)
Warrior (season 2, episode 6)+
November 7
2020 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony+
November 8
The Circus (season 5, episode 21)
The Good Lord Bird (season 1, episode 6)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (season 7, episode 29)+
Moonbase 8 (season 1)
Our Cartoon President (season 3, episode 18)
Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult (season 1, episode 4)*
The Spanish Princess Part 2 (season 2, episode 5)*
The Undoing (season 1, episode 3)+
November 9
Axios (season 3, episode 18)+
Jann (season 2, episode 8)
Industry (season 1, episode 1)+
November 10
The Bold And The Beautiful (season 24, episodes 31-35)
November 12
Warrior (season 2, episode 7)+
November 13
Bee & Puppy Cat
How To With John Wilson (season 1, episode 4)+
(Not) Hero
Real Time With Bill Maher (season 18, episode 34)+
Star Trek: Discovery (season 3, episode 5)
W5 (season 55, episode 7)
November 15
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 61)
Flesh And Bones (season 1)*
The Good Lord Bird (season 1, episode 7)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (season 7, episode 30)+
Murder On Middle Beach (season 1, episode 1)+
The Reagans (season 1, episode 1)
The Spanish Princess Part 2 (season 2, episode 6)*
The Undoing (season 1, episode 4)+
November 16
His Dark Materials (season 2, episode 1)+
Industry (season 1, episode 2)+
November 17
The Bold And The Beautiful (season 24, episodes 36-40)
November 20
16 And Pregnant (seasons 1-6)
Double Your Dish (season 1)
How To With John Wilson (season 1, episode 5)+
Made By Destruction (seasons 1-2)
Moka’s Fabulous Adventure (season 1b)
Real Time With Bill Maher (season 18, episode 35)+
The Real World (seasons 28-30)
Star Trek: Discovery (season 3, episode 6)
Teen Mom 2 (seasons 6-9)
W5 season 55, episode 8)
Warrior (season 2, episode 8)+
November 21
Between The World And Me+
Monsterland (season 1, episodes 6-8)
November 22
Murder On Middle Beach (season 1, episode 2)+
The Reagans (season 1, episode 2)
The Spanish Princess Part 2 (season 2, episode 7)*
The Undoing (season 1, episode 5)+
November 23
Axios (season 3, episode 19)+
His Dark Materials (season 2, episode 2)+
Industry (season 1, episode 3)+
November 24
The Bold And The Beautiful (season 24, episodes 41-45)
November 26
Craftopia (season 1, episodes 11-12)+
The Flight Attendant (season 1, episodes 1-3)+
November 27
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All
Comedy Central’s All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special
Corporate (season 3)
Christmastime In South Park
Doctor Who: The Christmas Specials
How To With John Wilson (season 1, episode 6)+
Howdytoons: Dinosaur Songs
Howdytoons: Nursey Rhymes
Howdytoons: Prehistorica
Most Ridiculous (season 2)
A Russell Peters Christmas
Star Trek: Discovery (season 3, episode 7)
Tosh.0 (season 11c)
The Undoing (season 1, episode 6)+
W5 (season 55, episode 9)+
Warrior (season 2, episode 9)+
November 29
Murder On Middle Beach (season 1, episode 3)+
The Reagans (season 1, episode 3)
The Spanish Princess Part 2 (season 2, episode 8)*
November 30
His Dark Materials (season 2, episode 3)+
Industry (season 1, episode 4)+
Movies
November 1
Casino Royale (2006)+
Diamonds Are Forever +
Die Another Day+
Dr. No+
For Your Eyes Only+
From Russia With Love+
Goldeneye+
Goldfinger+
Licence To Kill+
Live And Let Die+
The Living Daylights+
Moonraker+
Never Say Never Again+
Octopussy+
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service+
Primary Colours*
Quantum Of Solace+
Skyfall+
Spectre+
The Man With The Golden Gun+
The Spy Who Loved Me+
Thunderball+
Tomorrow Never Dies+
A View To A Kill+
The World Id Not Enough+
You Only Live Twice+
November 3
The Candidate*
November 4
Ash+
Enemy*
November 6
Burden+
Emma.+
The Iron Lady*
Speed*
Man Down*
November 11
Afghan Luke*
American Woman (2019)+
Patton (1970)*
Thin Red Line*
November 12
Transhood+
November 13
Dark Waters+
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story*
Fruitvale Station*
Gone Baby Gone*
I Am Greta+
November 18
Crazy, Not Insane+
Dreamland+
Gabrielle*
Zero Dark Thirty*
November 20
American Psycho*
Dolittle+
Empire Of The Sun*
Macho
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials*
Rocknrolla*
Wendy+
November 22
Belushi
November 25
Inch’allah*
The Mystery Of DB Cooper+
Sweetness In The Belly+
November 27
12 Men Of Christmas*
Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights*
Arthur Christmas*
Batman Returns*
The Best Man Holiday*
Black Christmas (1974)*
Casino*
A Christmas Carol+
A Christmas Carol (1984)*
Christmas Encore+
Christmas In Angel Falls+
Coopers’ Christmas*
Deck The Halls*
Die Hard*
Die Hard 2*
Edward Scissorhands*
Every Christmas Has A Story+
Every Day Is Christmas+
Eyes Wide Shut*
The Family Man*
The Family Stone*
Fred Claus*
Gremlins*
Harold & Kumar Christmas*
The Hurt Locker*
It’s A Wonderful Life+
Jingle All The Way*
Jingle All The Way 2*
Lethal Weapon*
Little Women*
Looks Like Christmas+
Love Actually*
Miracle On 34th Street (1947)*
Miracle On 34th Street (1994)*
My Christmas Dream+
My Fair Snowman+
Never Rarely Sometimes Always+
The Polar Express+
Punisher: War Zone*
Santa Fake*
Santa’s Little Helper*
Santa’s Squad+
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows*
Sleepless In Seattle*
S.O.S Christmas+
A Twist Of Christmas+
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas*
A Wish For Christmas+
You’ve Got Mail*
Last Chance
Here's a list of movies and TV shows leaving Crave in November 2020.
November 4
Aquaman
Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge
November 6
Grand-Daddy Day Care
November 8
Mighty Cruise Ships (season 1)
November 9
The Possession Of Hannah Grace
November 10
Night School
November 13
The Wife
November 14
Chris Hardwick & Friends
Colin Jost & Friends
Darrin Rose & Friends
Ellie Kemper & Friends
Jerrod Carmichael & Friends (Part 1 Of 2)
Magaret Cho And Friends
Neil Patrick Harris & Friends
Norm Macdonald & Friends
Pete Davidson & Friends
Rhys Darby & Friends
T.J. Miller & Friends
Trevor Noah & Friends
November 15
October Gale
November 16
The Mule
November 21
Angie Tribeca (seasons 1-4)
November 23
I’m Going To Break Your Heart
November 24
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Halloween
Observe And Report
November 25
Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase
Spider Man: Into The Spider-Verse
November 26
RBG
November 30
Adventures In Public School
Ally Was Screaming
Amelia
August Rush
The Baby Formula
Being Canadian
Captain Fantastic
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2
The Cocksure Lads Movie
Coraline
The Devil Wears Prada
Did You Hear About The Morgans?
Dirty Grandpa
Due Date
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Ellie Kemper: Unbreakable Comedy Gala
Fred Claus
Grown Ups
Happy Feet
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The History Of Love
Home Alone
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
Hotel Transylvania
Inception
Invictus
Jack And Jill
Just Go With It
Last Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Leap 4 Your Life
Life Of Pi
Million Dollar Baby
Neil Patrick Harris: Circus Awesomeaus
No Escape
Oblivion
Piercing
The Shawshank Redemption
Shorts
Superman Returns
The Taking Of Pelham 123
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Night Stand
Til Ex Do Us Part
Total Recall
The Vow (movie)
Wedding Crashers
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