2026’s most controversial film fans would still ‘100,000% watch many more times’ is streaming now

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We’re not even half way through the year, but one of 2026’s most controversial films – unlikely to be dethroned – has arrived on streaming.

Released in time for Valentine’s Day and becoming one of the highest grossing films this year so far with $242million at the box office, Emmerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights caused a big stir.

It did away with a large chunk of the narrative from Emily Brontë’s original 1847 novel – to many readers’ outrage – and focused more on the tragedy and yearning between central characters Cathy Earnshaw (Margot Robbie...