The Best Movies to Watch on Complex TV (November 2026)

Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Georgia Rock, Emma Watson, Leslie Mann
Air Date(s): 11/1, 11/3, 11/7, 11/11, 11/13, 11/16, 11/20, 11/25

In 2010, Vanity Fair published THE SUSPECTS WORE LOUBOUTINS, which profiled a group of thieves known as the Bling Ring, who would stalk famous celebrities online and then rob their homes while they were away. Three years later, A24 released Sofia Coppola’s film on the group. It was a different time (remember Spring Breakers?), but was an early example of how A24 can capture unique moments in the zeitgeist, with praise going to Emma Watson and the comedy within the film overall.

Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard
Air Date(s): 11/1, 11/6, 11/11, 11/14, 11/20, 11/24

Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, and Ray Liotta in one film?! The film, based on the 1974 novel Cogan’s Trade, follows hitman Jackie Cogan (Pitt), who is dispatched to handle the fallout from a stick-up that took place during a mob-run private poker game. It’s a funny, violent film that tells a story of excess hanging over the 2008 financial crisis.

Director: Abdul Malik Abbott
Starring: Beanie Sigel, Jay-Z, Damon Dash, Memphis Bleek, Omillio Sparks
Air Date(s): 11/2, 11/9, 11/10, 11/18, 11/28

Loosely based on the Junior Black Mafia’s notorious tales from the late 80s and early 90s drug trade in Philadelphia, Roc-A-Fella is heavy in State Property. The film stars and is narrated by Beanie Sigel in the most Beanie Sigel performance ever captured on film. It’s drenched in Beanie’s voice and lingo, adding a more unique appeal to this tale of street soldiers trying to provide for their families. An undeniable hood classic, if you haven’t seen this one, you’re in for a Tahitian Treat.

Director: Hype Williams
Starring: Nas, DMX, Taral Hicks, T-Boz, Method Man
Air Date(s): 11/4, 11/5, 11/8, 11/9

Hype Williams was a sought-after music video director, to the point where the lore goes that having a Hype video might eat up your album budget, but you knew the video would be in rotation. His feature-film debut Belly changed hip-hop and Hollywood. Williams brought intense artistic flair to his scenes, with the opening sequence set to Soul II Soul’s “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me),” standing as one of the greatest pieces of art committed to celluloid. It’s the film that brought DMX to the silver screen, and likely the spark that led to directors like Chris Robinson getting considered for feature film work. Even if it’s an exercise in style over substance, the lessons learned from Hype’s experiment paved the way for more Black tales to be told seriously on screen.

Director: James Franco
Starring: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, Josh Hutcherson, Jacki Weaver
Air Date(s): 11/4, 11/7, 11/15

Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 film The Room has been considered by many to be one of the worst films of all time; over time, likely due to its meme status, it’s become a cult classic / “so bad it’s good” title for many, eventually prompting James Franco to direct a film on the creation of The Room. If you love watching movies about movies and are deep in the memedom of The Room, this is exactly what you need.

Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez
Air Date(s): 11/4, 11/8, 11/14, 11/17, 11/22, 11/29, 11/30

Surprisingly one of the darker films on this list, One Eight Seven is also one of Samuel L. Jackson’s more slept-on performances. In the film, he plays Trevor Garfield, a teacher who finds the police code for homicide—”187”—written in a textbook by one of his students, who eventually stabs him. After relocating and taking a substitute teaching job that brings the same issues, Trevor is driven over the edge, and the story culminates in a violent conclusion. Worth it for Jackson’s work alone.

Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, Dylan Baker
Air Date(s): 11/4, 11/10, 11/15, 11/17, 11/24

In what may be the weirdest film on Fuse TV this month, Nicolas Cage plays a professor who ends up appearing in everyone’s dreams, freaking him (and everybody else) out. It’s a clever, surreal look at fame that features Cage doing what Cage does best.

Director: Cess Silvera
Starring: Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell, Louie Rankin
Air Date(s): 11/5, 11/16, 11/17, 11/26

Like Belly, Shottas is a cult classic that you may not be able to recreate. Starring one of Bob Marley’s children and legends like Spragga Benz and Louie Rankin, Shottas follows the life of two guys from Kingston and their criminal escapades across Jamaica and throughout Miami. It’s the type of film that may not have been accessible to many at the time of release, but that resonates throughout the hip-hop and dancehall scenes on both sides of the pond.

Director: Craig Ross Jr.
Starring: Allen Payne, Andrew Divoff, Clarence Williams III, William Forsythe
Air Date(s): 111/3, 11/8, 11/16, 11/24

While many films detail what crime in cities like Los Angeles or New York is for Black people, Blue Hill Avenue takes viewers to the South End of Boston through an engaging story and dynamic acting performances. Allen Payne is one actor in particular who always delivers, and aside from Jason’s Lyric, Blue Hill Avenue is one of the films in his career where he’s truly been able to deliver as a lead. If you don’t watch anything else on Complex TV, watch Blue Hill Avenue.

Director: Troy Duffy
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly
Air Date(s): 11/15, 11/18, 11/22, 11/25

There was a time when you needed a Boondock Saints poster or DVD in your dorm room to have certain conversations. A tale of twin brothers using violence to eradicate the criminal underworld from Boston, The Boondock Saints became a cult classic after the Columbine High School massacre hindered the film’s box office dreams. Somehow, the film went from taking in under $31,000 at the box office to $50 million by the end, mostly due to word of mouth and those aforementioned DVD sales.