Another week brings another guide to the best new shows and movies! On this page you’ll find recommendations for six of the best TV programmes and films that are new to a range of popular streaming services.
It’s a really strong week, with a couple of strong recent films making their streaming debut along with an iconic ’80s classic. On the TV side of things, there’s the season finale of Daredevil: Born Again, plus a new seasons of espionage show Citadel and a terrific new crime thriller on Netflix.
Greenland 2: Migration
Available: US/UK
Where to watch: HBO Max
How do you follow up the end of the world? This surprise sequel to the 2020 Gerard Butler apocalypse thriller picks up in the aftermath of “the Clarke impact” – a devastating asteroid collision that wiped out most of humanity. Butler returns as survivor John Garrity, who has moved his family into an underground bunker. Now it’s time for them to venture out onto the surface and find out what is left of the Earth.
Although the threat of the impact has passed, John and his family face new trouble from deadly weather conditions, radioactive fallout, and other survivors. Can they make it in this dark new world?
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Legends
Available: US/UK
Where to watch: Netflix
Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan plays grizzled detective Don in this new crime thriller from showrunner Neil Forsyth, previously best known for The Gold. Don must put together a team of customs employees in the UK to adopt new identities, go undercover, and infiltrate dangerous heroin-smuggling gangs. “Your legend has to be part of you. One wrong word, one wrong decision, and you’re a goner,” he warns the new recruits who are about to put their lives on the line.
Set in the 1990s and inspired by true events, Legends is a slow burn, but the cast is excellent, the drama compelling, and the human stakes high.
See what else we recommend with our guide to the best shows on Netflix.
Citadel season 2
Available: US/UK
Where to watch: Prime Video
The second season of this Russo Brothers-produced spy thriller is every bit as enjoyably OTT as the first run. Spy agency Citadel has fallen and in its place is the sinister Manticore. Now Bernard (Stanley Tucci), Nadia (Priyanka Chopra), and Mason (Richard Madden) must fight back while grappling with the fallout of season 1’s revelations.
Don’t come to Citadel expecting a serious depiction of the ins and outs of the espionage world. Do come to it if you’re looking for an exciting, brash, and somewhat silly spy adventure show with the action turned up to 11.
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We Bury the Dead
Available: US/UK
Where to watch: Hulu
Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley heads up this intriguing zombie movie. She plays Ava Newman, a woman whose husband Mitch (Matt Whelan) was likely killed when an experimental weapon of mass destruction detonated off the coast of Tasmania. Ava joins a body recovery unit in the hope of finding Mitch or at least getting some closure – but then some of the dead start to rise…
Like all the best zombie films, We Bury the Dead is both a full-blooded shocker and about some deeper themes. Ridley is excellent as Ava, and the film is steeped in a melancholy atmosphere. It’s hard to make this sub-genre feel fresh after decades of releases, but writer and director Zak Hilditch manages it with a movie that’s very worth your time.
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Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale
Available: US/UK
Where to watch: Disney Plus
The final episode of this dark Marvel’s show second year is streaming now. Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) must face Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) for perhaps the last time as their battle for New York reaches its crescendo. Who will live and who will die? The season has already proved willing to kill off core characters where necessary and all bets are off as Daredevil and Kingpin reach the climax of their long and bloody feud.
We’re not going to spoil what happens in the episode here, suffice to say that it’s a very satisfying finale to what has been a genuinely great season of TV.
Where does Daredevil sit on our list of the best Disney Plus shows.
The Breakfast Club
Available: US
Where to watch: Netflix
This classic teen comedy-drama is one of the greatest films of the 1980s. Directed by John Hughes, it follows a group of high schoolers in Saturday morning detention. A gang of misfits with nothing in common, they soon start to bond and realise that perhaps they are more similar than they first thought.
Starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, and Molly Ringwald, The Breakfast Club is a perfect snapshot of its era, replete with quotable dialogue, laugh-out-loud comedy, deep characterization – and one ill-advised makeover. It’s true that some elements haven’t aged so well, but it remains Hughes’ best film and an ’80s classic.
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