There are plenty of great movies doing the rounds on streaming – and with such abundance, it can be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff.
More are being added every week to services such as Netflix and Prime Video, though luckily we’re on hand to highlight some of the best so you don’t have to spend hours and hours scrolling.
As well as spotlighting one movie on each service, we’ve listed some of the other worthy new additions that you can check out too.
Take a look below.
Best movie new to Netflix this week
The Revenant: Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar for his starring role in this 2015 action drama, which sees him play frontiersman Hugh Glass as he fights for survival after being mauled to near-death by a grizzly bear and abandoned by his team.
Based on Michael Punke’s book of the same name, The Revenant also features star turns from MobLand’s Tom Hardy, The Paper’s Domhnall Gleeson and Warfare’s Will Poulter – though if you’re squeamish, the infamous bear scene may be one to hide behind the sofa for.
Also new to Netflix this week: Love Lies Bleeding, Magic Mike, Top Gun, Anna and the Apocalypse, Catch Me If You Can
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Best movie new to Prime this week
Jurassic Park: The one that started the blockbuster dino franchise, the Steven Spielberg classic sees genetic scientists bring dinosaurs to the modern world… though things don’t exactly go to plan after an act of sabotage lets them loose on their island.
Jurassic Park “takes your brain on a roller-coaster ride along the tracks of your nerves to the pit of your stomach”, according to the Arizona Republic, and while it has spawned numerous sequels, the 1993 original is arguably the best. Peaky Blinders’ Sam Neill, Big Little Lies’ Laura Dern and Wicked’s Jeff Goldblum star.
Also new to Prime this week: Natural Born Killers, Candyman (2021), Layer Cake, Wind River
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Best movie new to BBC iPlayer this week
Gladiator: Russell Crowe stars in this Roman epic as the titular warrior, who is betrayed and forced into slavery before returning as a gladiator to seal his revenge against the evil Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix).
Ridley Scott’s action drama won five Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Crowe and Best Picture, and was called “monumental movie-making” by The Daily Telegraph. A sequel starring Paul Mescal was released last year, though didn’t make quite the impact of the original.
Also new to BBC iPlayer this week: The Impossible
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Best movie new to ITVX this week
Cast Away: Released in 2000, this drama puts a modern spin on Robinson Crusoe, as Tom Hanks plays a FedEx employee who is stranded on a desert island after a plane crash. There, he must fend for himself as he tries to survive.
Perhaps best remembered for Wilson the volleyball, which Hanks’s character Chuck befriends in his desperation, Cast Away earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for the star’s performance, and was called “powerful, brutal, and mature” by Common Sense Media.
Also new to ITVX this week: Dogtooth
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Best movie new to Channel 4 this week
Apocalypse Now: Declared “the best action and war film of all time” by The Guardian, Apocalypse Now stars Martin Sheen as a captain who is on a mission to assassinate a rogue Special Forces officer (Marlon Brando).
Loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness, the dark drama showcases the horrors of the Vietnam War and features some unforgettable scenes, including the spectacular and terrifying napalm bombing set to Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’. The Godfather’s Robert Duvall, The Matrix’s Laurence Fishburne and Blue Velvet’s Dennis Hopper also star.
Also new to Channel 4 this week: Home Alone, Violent Night, This Is England
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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies, TV and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME and Screen International. Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings to Love Is Blind, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.