Life is short, why waste it sprawling through streaming services? Every week we round up what films are coming to television, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Sky Cinema so you can spend more time watching and less time scrolling.
This week there’s Momento, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Watchmen, District 9, Season 2 of The Boys, and Room.
Films on TV this week
- Die Hard 4.0 – Monday at 21:00 on Film4
- American Gangster – Thursday at 21:00 on Sony Movies
- Paradox – Thursday at 23:30 on Film4
- Memento – Saturday at 21:45 on BBC Two
- Big Eyes – Sunday at 16:45 on Film4
What’s new on Netflix this week
The Handmaiden – 8th September
Park Chan-wook’s deliciously directed mystery romance is a stylish, surprising and intoxicating work of art.
#Alive – 8th September
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
Get Organised: The Home Edit – 9th September
Expert home organizers Clea and Joanna help celebrities and everyday clients edit, categorize and contain their clutter to create stunning spaces.
LA Linea: Shadow of Narco – 9th September
Go inside La Línea, the Spanish beach town turned into Europe’s drug trafficking hub, and meet the law enforcement officials determined to change that.
The Social Dilemma – 9th September
Through a combination of documentary investigation and narrative drama, this new film from the director of Chasing Ice tackles the connection between the web and viral conspiracy theories, teenage mental health issues, rampant misinformation and political polarisation.
Cuties – 9th September
This feature debut from director Maïmouwon follows Amy, an 11-year-old Muslim, who finds herself drawn to a rebellious group of other young girls, raising questions of tradition, rebellion and the sexualisation of young women in modern society.
The Idhun Chronicles: Season 1 – 10th September
A boy suddenly orphaned fights his parents’ killer to save a planet, and discovers a new world of danger — and wonder – in this Spanish epic.
Julie and the Phantoms: Season 1 – 10th September
This musical series from Emmy winner Kenny Ortega (“High School Musical,” “Descendants”) stars talented teen Madison Reyes.
The Babysitter: Killer Queen – 10th September
Two years after Cole survived a satanic blood cult, he’s living another nightmare: high school. And the demons from his past? Still making his life hell.
The Gift: Season 2 – 10th September
Beren Saat (“Forbidden Love”) and Mehmet Günsür (“Loves Likes Coincidences”) star in this series based on a novel by Şengül Boybaş.
The Duchess: Season 1 – 11th September
Fresh off her Netflix special “In Trouble”, Katherine Ryan pitched the streamer an idea based on her life as a fabulous single mom living in London. Season 1 follows Katherine as she debates whether she should have a second child with her estranged and troubled baby daddy.
What’s new on Amazon Prime
- 9. April (2015)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- Anthropoid (2016)
- Bend It like Beckham (2002)
- Daddy’s Home (2015)
- District 9 (2009)
- Hercules (2014)
- How To Be Single (2016)
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- Itzhak (2017)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- Kanarie (2018)
- Lion (2016)
- Luis and the Aliens (2018)
- Marie Antoinette (2006)
- Mistresses (Season 1-4)
- Murder by Numbers (2002)
- SWAT (Season 2)
- The Boys (Season 2)
- The Campaign (2012)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
- The Notebook (2004)
- The Pianist (2002)
- The Rite (2011)
- Training Day (2001)
Whats new on Sky Cinema/Now TV
- A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
- Alien Parasite (2020)
- Behold My Heart (2018)
- Black and Blue (2019)
- Corporate Animals (2019)
- Metallica: S&M2 (2019)
- Snow White and the Red Shoes (2019)
- The Battle of Jangsari (2019)
- The Good Liar (2019)
- The Trade (Season 2)
- Two Weeks to Live (Season 1)
- Villain (2020)