We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+.
If you like big-budget sci-fi: Dune Prophecy (Neon, November 18)
Set 10,000 years before Denis Villeneuve’s awe-inspiring Dune, the mysterious all-female sect the Bene Gesserit take centre-stage in Dune Prophecy – one of the most anticipated TV show releases of 2024. Villeneuve’s film set a mighty high bar, but one early review describes Dune Prophecy as a “sci-fi showstopper“ that is “deliciously epic”. Sharing the same grand world building and mystic soundscapes, the show delves into the murky mythology of the Bene Gesserit. They’re combating forces who threaten to destroy humanity. The sect’s plans are measured in centuries not decades. Dune Prophecy is sure to bring the spice.
If you like Taika Waititi: Interior Chinatown (Disney+, November 19)
Crazy Rich Asians castmates Jimmy O. Yang and Ronny Chieng reunite in Interior Chinatown, a side splitting satire about Willis Wu. He’s a background character trapped in a fictional police procedural. After accidentally witnessing a kidnapping, the struggling waiter becomes the unlikely hero of the show. A humorous takedown on Hollywood’s stereotypical treatment of minorities and racism in America, Interior Chinatown’s pilot episode is helmed by executive producer Taika Waititi. Add in the iconic Tzi Ma, a The Truman Show-like setting, kick-ass kung fu scenes and the distinctly Asian-American production has all the makings of a comedy classic.
If you love erotic melodramas: Cruel Intentions (Prime Video, November 21)
The salacious 90s classic Cruel Intentions turned 25 this year, and this TV show adaptation is set to bring the original’s wonderfully juicy depiction of sex and lies to the TikTok era. After a hazing scandal at a Washington DC college, ruthless step-siblings Caroline and Lucien will do anything to preserve their power and social status. Annie, the daughter of the vice president of the United States, enters their sights and the two embark on a cat-and-mouse game of seduction. Think Saltburn crossed with Gossip Girl. Cruel Intentions might be your next guilty pleasure.
If you enjoy darkly humorous whodunits: Based On A True Story (TVNZ+, November 22)
If you’ve finished the latest season of Only Murders in the Building and are in need of an entertaining whodunnit to binge, Based On A True Story is one to watch. When married couple Ava (Kaley Cuoco) and Nathan (Chris Messina) cross paths with a serial killer, they decide to cash in on America’s obsession with true crime. The amateur sleuths start a podcast, and in season two a new string of grisly murders provide Ava and Nathan with fresh material. Don’t let this tongue-in-cheek gem pass you by. If you do, danger might come knocking…
If you like sprawling historical dramas: Blitz (Apple TV, November 22)
Few directors working in Hollywood today have the prestige of Sir Steve McQueen – the first black filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Known for a small but subversive oeuvre, McQueen’s newest outing is the hotly-anticipated and “jaw-dropping historical drama” Blitz. As Nazi Germany attempts to bomb England into submission, a young child (Elliott Heffernan) embarks on a perilous journey through the rubble of London in search of his mother (Saoirse Ronan). With McQueen behind the camera, Hans Zimmer’s blood-curdling score and an ensemble cast of Britain’s finest, Blitz is not to be missed.
The rest
Netflix
Zombieverse: New Blood (November 19)
Adoration (November 20)
Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy (November 20)
Rhythm + Flow S2 (November 20)
The Merry Gentlemen (November 20)
GTMAX (November 20)
Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy (November 20)
Our Oceans (November 20)
Maybe Baby 2 (November 21)
Tokyo Override (November 21)
Tex Mex Motors S2 (November 22)
When the Phone Rings (November 22)
The Helicopter Heist (November 22)
The Empress S2 (November 22)
Joy (November 22)
900 Days Without Anabel (November 22)
Spellbound (November 22)
The Piano Lesson (November 22)
TVNZ+
Cleaning Up (November 20)
To Die For (November 20)
The Blinky Bill Movie (November 20)
Based On A True Story (November 22)
Neon
Dune Prophecy (November 18)
Gremlins (November 21)
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie (November 21)
The Sex Lives of College Girls S3 (November 22)
Wicked Little Letters (November 22)
Outlander S7 Part 2 (November 23)
Penguins of Madagascar (November 23)
Christmas at Carbell Family Farm (November 24)
Christmas at the Chalet (November 24)
Christmas by Candelight (November 24)
Christmas in Scotland (November 24)
A Christmas in Switzerland (November 24)
Christmas on the Alpaca Farm (November 24)
Coupled Up For Christmas (November 24)
How to Fall in Love by Christmas (November 24)
Just Like a Christmas Movie (November 24)
Meet Me at the Christmas Train Parade (November 24)
Mistletoe Match (November 24)
Mom’s Christmas Boyfriend (November 24)
Royally Yours, This Christmas (November 24)
Under the Christmas Sky (November 24)
A Very English Christmas (November 24)
A Vineyard Christmas (November 24)
ThreeNow
The Traitors US S1-2 (November 19)
Vanity Fair Confidential S1-S2 (November 24)
Apple TV
Sago Mini Friends (November 22)
Blitz (November 22)
Bread & Roses (November 22)
Prime Video
Landman S1 (November 18)
Cruel Intentions S1 (November 21)
Pimpinero: Blood and Oil (November 22)
Disney+
Interior Chinatown (November 19)
Out of My Mind (November 22)
Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (November 22)
Amor Da Minha Vida (November 22)
Hayu
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (November 20)
Acorn/AMC+/Shudder
HIP S3 (Acorn TV, AMC+, November 18)
Rita (Shudder, AMC+, November 22)