Steam on Demand: ‘Arrival,’ ‘Edge of Seventeen’ now available for home viewing

What’s new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services.

Pay-Per-View / Video-On-Demand

“Arrival,” starring Amy Adams as a linguist making first contact with an alien race, is both an intelligent science fiction drama and a touching human story. Nominated for eight Academy Awards (PG-13). Also on Blu-ray and DVD and at Redbox.

Hailee Steinfeld is a teenage mess on “The Edge of Seventeen,” a perceptive and sympathetic coming-of-age comedy (R), also on disc.

Also new: Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” adapted from the best-selling novel (R), true-life boxing drama “Bleed for This” with Miles Teller (R) – both on disc – and political thriller “The Great Game” from France (not rated, with subtitles).

Available same day as select theaters nationwide is “In Dubious Battle” from director/star James Franco (R).

Netflix

Juliette Binoche is brilliant in “Clouds of Sils Maria” (2014) as a 40-something actress struggling with a new role. Kristen Stewart and Chloë Grace Moretz co-star (R).

Also new: Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant’s Oscar-winning drama “Milk” (2008, R), porn industry drama “King Cobra” (2016) with Christian Slater and James Franco (not rated), and romantic thrillers “Before I Go to Sleep” (2014) with Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth (R) and “Girlfriend’s Day” with Bob Odenkirkand Natasha Lyonne (not rated).

Streaming TV: The documentary series “Abstract: The Art of Design,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 2” from the CW, and the foodie series “Chef’s Table: Season 3.”

Kid stuff: “H20: Just Add Water: Seasons 1-3” is a comedy fantasy from Australia about three teenage girls who can transform into mermaids. Also new are “Project MC2: Part 4” and the animated “DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge: Season 4.”

Amazon Prime Video

“The Americans: Season 4,” the superb series about two deep cover Russian agents (Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys) in Reagan-era suburbia, arrives a month before the season 5 debuts on FX.

True stories: “Author: The JT Leroy Story” (2016) explores the literary scandal around author Laura Albert creating a fictional persona to pass fiction off as memoir (R).

Foreign affairs: Daniel Auteuil directs and stars in “Marius” (France, 2014) and “Fanny” (France, 2014), the first two films in Marcel Pagnol’s “Marseilles” trilogy (not rated, with subtitles).

Kid stuff: the animated educational programs “Arthur: Season 19,” “Word World: Seasons 2 and 3,” and “Nature Cat: Season 3” from PBS.

Hulu

Thank you for being a friend: Hulu has all seven seasons and 180 episodes of the Emmy-winning sitcom “The Golden Girls” with Beatrice Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Betty White, and Estelle Getty celebrating life after 50.

“The Mindy Project: Season 5” returns with new episodes every Tuesday.

HBO Now

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star in the action comedy “Central Intelligence” (2016), which shows in an extended, unrated cut.

The documentary “Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)” profiles the American band caught in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks (not rated).

The final season of “Girls” and the new season of “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” kicked off and “The Young Pope” concluded this week.

Redbox

“Arrival,” “The Girl on the Train,” “Keeping Up with the Joneses,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil”