We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+.
If you like local fish-out-of-water dramedy: Camp Be Better (TVNZ+, October 10)
Following a group of delinquents sent to a special 100-day camp to put themselves on the straight and narrow, Camp Be Better is a local teen dramedy that soon reveals itself to be all about outsiders and privilege. Sweet Tooth’s Louise Jiang stars as Niah Zhou, a 17-year-old petty criminal who quickly realises she’s different to the rich kids she is sharing a cabin with. Unravelling corruption within the camp and confronting truths about class along the way, an early look at Camp Be Better reveals part Bling Ring, part Creamerie vibes, where not everything is as it appears on the surface.
If you like Cate Blanchett: Disclaimer (AppleTV+, October 11)
Written and directed by five-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón, and based on the best-selling novel by Renée Knight, Disclaimer is a seven-part psychological thriller starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, and Sacha Baron Cohen. Blanchett plays Catherine, an acclaimed journalist who finds herself at the centre of a huge yarn when she starts to read a novel that appears to contain her own deepest, darkest secrets. As Catherine tries to uncover the author’s identity, her past creeps up into the present as the the truth of the situation is revealed. One for fans of a slow burn and deeply cinematic kitchens.
If you like slick spy thrills: Citadel: Diana (Prime Video, October 10)
The first season of Citadel, Amazon’s slick series about a pair of retired spies forced back into service to thwart a dangerous international agency, was called “televisual crack” by reviewers. “It’s Mission: Impossible meets The Bourne Identity meets James Bond while glancing off Indiana Jones a few times along its irresistible way,” wrote the Guardian. Now, the Citadel universe returns with a new spinoff series set in Italy 2030. Starring Matilda De Angelis as an agent who has been undercover for a touch too long, the series “explores Italian neorealism roots in a futuristic spy world.”
If you like black comedy: Sweetpea (Neon, October 10)
The perks of being a wallflower are darker than ever in Sweetpea, where wide-eyed introvert Rhiannon (Ella Purnell) keeps a deadly list of those who have wronged her. From the po-faced woman at the supermarket, to the boss who never promotes her, Rhiannon’s enemies meet their maker in this new black comedy thriller. With an ensemble cast including; Nicôle Lecky (Mood, Sense8), Calam Lynch (Bridgerton), and Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso), Sweetpea is one for fans of Fleabag, Promising Young Woman and possibly even Dexter.
If you love a Laura Dern love affair: Lonely Planet (Netflix, October 10)
From Anne Hathaway in The Idea of You to Nicole Kidman in Babygirl, 2024 might just be remembered as the year of women getting their rocks off with a younger lad. Laura Dern steps up to this very particular plate in Lonely Planet, in which she stars as a successful writer who heads to Morocco to finish her latest book. There, she meets Owen (Liam Hemsworth), who has tagged along to the retreat with his wordsmith fiancee. There, to quote the Netflix publicity materials, “what starts as an acquaintanceship evolves into an intoxicating, life-altering love affair.” Ooh la la indeed.
The rest
Netflix
The Boy and the Heron (October 7)
The Menendez Brothers (October 7)
Ali Wong Single Lady (October 8)
The Predator (October 8)
Deceitful Love (October 9)
Dinner Time Live (October 9)
Starting 5 (October 9)
Tomb Raider Lara Croft (October 9)
The Secret of the River (October 9)
Outer Banks (October 10)
Breaking the Silence (October 10)
Love is Blind Habibi (October 10)
Monster High 2 (October 10)
Temurun (October 10)
That Kind of Love (October 10)
The Life and Movies of Ersan Kuneri S2 (October 10)
Uprising (October 11)
In Her Place (October 11)
Dungeons and Dragons (October 12)
Halloween 2 (October 12)
Light of My Lion (October 12)
Sniper Rogue Mission (October 12)
A Virtuous Business (October 13)
Envoy: Shark Cull (October 13)
TVNZ+
Superman & Lois S4 (October 8)
Teacup (October 11)
ThreeNow
Human Error (October 8)
Race to Survive: New Zealand S2 (October 10)
Neon
Billy Joel: The 100th Live at Madison Square Garden (Oct 7)
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th (Oct 8)
Found S2 (Oct 8)
Smother S1 (Oct 8)
Along Came a Spider (Oct 9)
World War Z (Oct 10)
The Irrational S2 (Oct 10)
All the Old Knives (Oct 11)
Friday the 13th (Oct 11)
Semi-Pro (Oct 12)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Oct 13)
Prime Video
Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life (Oct 8)
Death Note S1 (Oct 9)
Disney+
Solar Opposites Halloween Special 2 (October 7)
The Hunt for Brown October: Season 5 (October 7)
La Máquina (October 9)
FX’s American Horror Story: Delicate (October 9)
Mr. Crocket (October 11)
Return to Las Sabinas (October 11)
Expedition Amazon (October 11)
Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born (October 12)
Apple TV+
The Last of the Sea Women (Oct 11)
Hayu
The Real Housewives of Potomac, S9 (Oct 7)
Below Deck Sailing Yacht S5 (Oct 8)
Acorn/AMC+/Shudder
The Night Caller (Acorn TV and AMC Oct 7)
Daddy’s Head (Shudder, Oct 11)