We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+.

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Half Man (TVNZ+, April 24)

From Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd comes this six-episode miniseries centred around the decades-long relationship between Gadd’s Ruben and Jamie Bell’s Niall, two polar-opposite and estranged Glaswegian men who reunite at a wedding after years apart. Exploring “brotherhood, violence, and the intense fragility of male relationships” their turbulent reunion sets the stage for a “dark odyssey into the heart of male rage.” If Baby Reindeer is anything to go by, Half Man will be a bruising but brilliant watch.

My Brother the Minotaur (Apple TV, April 24)

Created by Cartoon Saloon, the Irish Oscar-nominated animation studio behind The Breadwinner and Wolfwalkers, My Brother the Minotaur is an “epic blend of folklore, mystery and mythic adventure” featuring the voices of rising stars Billy Jenkins and Ely Solan alongside Hollywood stalwarts Michael Sheen and Brian Cox. Following a young minotaur raised by humans, the family-friendly series traces the perilous journey of the part boy and part bull who, with the help of his loyal human brother, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover his mythical origins. Check out the life-affirming My Brother the Minotaur if you and the whānau are fans of Over The Garden Wall and Gravity Falls.

Kōkā (Neon, April 21)

Described as an “intergenerational road movie like no other,” Kōkā is the first feature from filmmaker Kath Akuhata-Brown (Ngāti Porou) and the first film to use the original dialect of East Cape iwi Ngāti Porou. Under the stars of Matariki, the powerful drama follows Vai’s Hinetu Dell as a kuia named Hamo who forms an unlikely bond with rebellious teenager Jo (Darneen Christian). As they journey across the motu together, the two confront their past and face their demons in a “deeply affecting, meditative road movie.”

Apex (Netflix, April 24)

The latest film from Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, Adrift, Beast) sees the director “once again throw his cast to the elements,” as Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton face off against each other in the treacherous Australian outback. The Oscar-winning Theron plays Sasha, a grieving rock climber who becomes ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse with Egerton’s Ben, a sadistic serial killer. Also starring Eric Bana, the pulse-pounding Apex is one for taut thriller aficionados.

The Sunshine Murders (Prime Video, April 20)

Christchurch-born Emily Corcoran is the creator and star of The Sunshine Murders, an Athens-set cosy crime drama. Also featuring popstar Peter Andre and New Zealand actor Whare Mihinui, the offbeat series follows Corcoran as Shirley Rangi, a Kiwi farmer who travels to Greece in search of her long-lost birth father. Discovering that she has a half-Greek sister called Helen who happens to be a detective, Shirley soon finds herself entangled in a string of humorous mysteries and absurd murders. Reminiscent of My Life is Murder and The Brokenwood Mysteries, The Sunshine Murders is a sun-kissed, blood-smeared dose of escapism.

Pick of the Flicks: Pillion (AroVision, April 22)

Award-winning Pillion stars heartthrob Alexander Skarsgård (Tarzan) and Harry Melling (Harry Potter) as unlikely lovers Ray and Colin. After a meet-cute at a local pub where Colin sings as part of a barbershop quartet, the timid man enters into a submissive BDSM relationship with the enigmatic, handsome biker Ray. From Harry Lighton in his directorial debut, this dom-com is a “deeply moving love story, one where we become the submissives to Lighton’s strange, beautiful, and sexy vision.”

The rest

Netflix

Funny AF with Kevin Hart (April 20)

CoComelon Lane S7 (April 20)

Unchosen (April 21)

Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill (April 21)

My Hero Academia: You’re Next (April 21)

Santita (April 22)

Sold Out on You (April 22)

This Is a Gardening Show (April 22)

Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool (April 22)

Flunked (April 23)

Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 (April 23)

Running Point: Season 2 (April 23)

If Wishes Could Kill (April 24)

Apex (April 24)

Him (April 24)

TVNZ+

FROM (April 20)

Norbit (April 20)

Battleship (April 21)  

First Class Travel Show (April 22)

The Accident (April 22)

Rookie Truckers (April 23)

Half Man (April 24)

Men of the Manosphere (April 24)

From Field to Front (April 25)

Oppenheimer (April 25)

Home (April 26)

Saving Private Ryan (April 26)

MĀORI+

The Stolen Children (April 20)

Pixies (April 24)

Lucky Grandma (April 24)

Devils on Horses (April 25)

One Life (April 25)

Spitfire (April 25)

Midway (April 25) 

Neon

Billions S1–S7 (April 21)

Catch and Release (April 21)

Kōkā (April 21)

Suddenly Amish (April 24)

The Hitman’s Bodyguard (April 24)

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (April 24)

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (April 25)

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (April 26)

Mermicorno: Starfall S2 (April 27)

Prime Video

The Sunshine Murders (April 20)

Kevin (April 20)

Afterburn (April 24)

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (April 26)

Disney+

4×20: Quick Hits (April 20)

Is This Thing On? (April 22)

Orangutan (April 22)

Apple TV

My Brother the Minotaur (April 24)

DocPlay

Never Too Small (April 20)

Seeking Mavis Beacon (April 23)

AroVision

Plainclothes (April 22) 

Proclivitas (April 22)

The Plague (April 22)

Pillion (April 22)

Shelter (April 22)

Scarlet (April 22)