Want to know what to watch right now on Vudu? Here is your weekly guide to the latest deals. Keep coming back here all week long as we will be adding more Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals as they are announced.
What’s This About Free Movie Rentals?
Beginning on November 23, Vudu wants you to have a movie on them. As in free! Or, multiple movies on them, depending on how much you spend through November 29. For every $20, you get a free rental — up to five. Very important, though: you need to use those promo codes by the end of 2021. That shouldn’t be hard for someone who loves movies as much as you do, right?
And it won’t be hard to spend enough for the five free rentals, either, because Vudu is offering more than 3,000 movies, television seasons and bundled sets from $4.99 and under. Additionally, hundreds of UHD titles, including movies and TV shows, will be available at 50% off their regular price. And continue to visit Vudu all week for even more Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
What big deals on movies and TV shows is Vudu offering right now?
Your best deals for movie and TV fans this week are going to be on Vudu over the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday. And those deals start immediately with the Thanksgiving Week Sale running from November 23 through November 30. You can now save on recent releases like the animated family feature PAW Patrol: The Movie and the sci-fi horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II.
You’ll save even more when you pick up bundled double features and other collections. For example, The Hitman’s Bodyguard and its recent sequel, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard are discounted further when bought together. And if you’re interested in the new action movie Snake-Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, get it in a three-movie pack with G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and G.I. Joe: Retaliation. You’ll also find franchise sets like Harry Potter and Middle Earth.
Other new releases you’ll want to purchase this week while they’re priced under $5: Joe Bell starring Mark Wahlberg in a drama based on a true story; Shadow in the Cloud, in which Chlöe Grace Moretz battles gremlins; and Pig, which features Nicolas Cage’s best performance in years — currently generating Oscar buzz. There are classics, too, such as Mrs. Doubtfire.
TV seasons on sale during Thanksgiving Week include favorites of all genres, and they’re available at various prices. Just $4.99 will get you Schitt’s Creek, Hannibal and more than 50 others, For $9.99 and under, you can choose seasons of The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul or more than 100 other shows. And at $14.99, you’ve got 65 options, from Rick and Morty to Friends. Plus, pick up a ton of complete-series TV bundles at 25% off!
Does Vudu have any hand-picked favorites to check out on sale this week?
There are 100 titles on sale right now as Staff Picks. Thanks to your friends employed at Vudu, you’ll save on the new comic book movies Black Widow, The Suicide Squad and Venom: Let There Be Carnage — bundled with the first Venom movie. And if you want to see more of the year’s best movies, this section also includes The Green Knight, Disney’s Cruella and Pixar’s Luca.
Vudu’s staff includes tons of movie lovers, so of course there are plenty of classics and essentials among their picks — going back almost a century, with 1923’s The Ten Commandments. My choices from their picks would be Thelma & Louise, Clue, Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, the Godfather Trilogy, the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, and the Indiana Jones 4-Film Collection.
What are some of the biggest movies and TV series on sale for Black Friday?
On top of the Thanksgiving Week Sale, for Black Friday Vudu is holding a 48 Hour Sale that features 4K UHD movies and TV bundles all at half price. These titles include hot new releases, too, such as the hugely popular Ryan Reynolds action comedy Free Guy and Disney’s fantasy-adventure blockbuster Jungle Cruise, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
As for television shows, this sale, which begins on Thursday, November 25, and ends on Saturday, November 27, includes beloved comedies like Everybody Loves Raymond, acclaimed dramas such as Mad Men, and the period-piece favorite Downton Abbey, which is a must-binge ahead of the second feature film due out in March. Those are all complete series, by the way.
Can you recommend some more great movie deals on Vudu — specifically for genre lovers?
Starting this week, and going through December 1, Vudu has an excellent sale on biopics. Enjoy the life stories of Hollywood icons Charlie Chaplin (Chaplin) and Judy Garland (Judy), plus music legends such as Tupac Shakur (All Eyez On Me) and Brian Wilson (Love & Mercy) and political figures like President George W. Bush (W.) and Cesar Chavez (Cesar Chavez). There are also plenty of documentaries, including the chimpanzee biography Project Nim and Sarah Polley’s autobiographical Stories We Tell.
Vudu also has a sale on musicals now through mid-December. You can find classics, such as The Sound of Music (also available in a sing-a-long edition), as well as new favorites, including The Greatest Showman and the rock biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. If you’re a hardcore fan of the genre, you must pick up the Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection, featuring The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, The King and I, State Fair, Carousel and South Pacific.
How about films for fashionistas? Vudu has a sale on movies and shows focused on high fashion, including The Devil Wears Prada, starring Meryl Streep as a fictionalized version of Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the documentary The First Monday in May, which features the real-life Wintour and the comedy Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller as a male model. Also, classics known for their fashionable costumes, like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Rear Window.
Are we celebrating any big movie and TV anniversaries this week?
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the holiday comedy Jingle All the Way starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. Other movies turning 25 include Disney’s live-action version of 101 Dalmatians with Glenn Close, the sci-fi sequel Star Trek: First Contact and Nicholas Hytner’s adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder.
Also, The Addams Family, the coming-of-age drama My Girl and the Apocalypse Now making-of documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse all turn 30 this week, while Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Solarbabies and the neo-noir The Big Easy turn 35. Plus, the snake-centric horror film Venom turns 40 and Sidney Lumet’s prescient masterpiece Network turns 45.
Going back further, the Elvis musical Blue Hawaii and the sci-fi drama The Day the Earth Caught Fire both turn 60, while the epic Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean film Giant turns 65, John Ford’s Best Picture-winning classic How Green Was My Valley turns 80 and the musical comedy Born to Dance starring James Stewart and Eleanor Powell turns 85.
More recent titles with anniversaries include Todd Field’s In the Bedroom, which turns 20 years old this week. Also, the Denzel Washington sci-fi action movie Deja Vu turns 15 and Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo, the Best Picture-winner The Artist, Pixar’s Toy Story short Small Fry, Arthur Christmas, The Muppets, My Week with Marilyn and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, all turn 10.
Plus: Disney’s Moana is already 5 years old!
What are the 10 most popular movies and TV series on Vudu this week?
After debuting in second place last week, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is now the number one movie on Vudu, knocking the James Bond movie No Time to Die from the throne. Meanwhile, the Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark, which arrived on Vudu last Friday, landed in the #8 spot, behind the horror sequel Candyman in its return to the chart.
Other movies in the top 10 include the 2000 live-action holiday favorite Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. And the recent animated version, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, placed just outside the chart, at #11. Thanks to the release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife last Friday, the original Ghostbusters first sequel, Ghostbusters II, also rose up the ranks this week, placing 19th and 28th, respectively.
See the full top 10 list below.
1. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2. No Time to Die
3. Yellowstone: Season 4
4. F9: The Fast Saga
5. Free Guy
6. Jungle Cruise
7. Candyman
8. The Many Saints of Newark
9. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10. The Suicide Squad
