We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+.
Stranger Things 5: Volume 1 (Netflix, November 27)
Since its premiere a decade ago, the young stars at the centre of Stranger Things have become household names, and the TV show a pop-culture phenomenon. Now, it’s down to creators Matt and Ross Duffer to “stick the landing” of the final season. Cue the Kate Bush as Netflix’s monolithic sci-fi horror TV show bows out with a final, epic instalment, where “Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna.” With the stakes cranked up to eleven, you can be sure that this last adventure will leave you with a lump in your throat.
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age (Apple TV, November 26)
Journey back a million years in Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, the awe-inspiring docuseries that transports viewers to an era “shaped by ice, the intense fight to survive and the rise of a new cast of giants: the iconic megafauna.” Narrated by Tom Hiddleston and boasting spectacular visual effects, the one-of-a-kind series spotlights such unique species as the Gigantopithecus, the largest ever primate, and the Procoptodon, a kangaroo that strode instead of hopped. Forget Manny, Sid and Diego – Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is here to rule ancient Earth.
Maigret (ThreeNow, November 30)
Releasing in the wake of the recent Louvre heist, the topically-timed Parisian police procedural Maigret is the fourth British adaptation of Georges Simenon’s Jules Maigret novels. Set in the present day, unlike previous adaptations, Benjamin Wainwright is the titular detective, a rising star in the Paris Police Judiciaire tasked with investigating a string of bank robberies and the murder of a burglar. “Nicely made and sufficiently involving, with an excellent supporting cast,” Maigret doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it’s sure to solve the mystery of your next stream.
Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember (Disney+, November 24)
In Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember, the MCU star sheds his tough-guy persona to head on the journey of a lifetime with his father who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s – a disease that will affect nearly every New Zealand family. Embarking across Australia on a road trip back in time, the two explore how community, connection and nostalgia can be a potent medicine in the fight against dementia. A life-affirming look at how love endures all things, this bittersweet documentary is bound to make you shed a tear or two.
Dangerous Animals (Neon, November 22)
Ever since the release of Jaws, sharksploitation films have made audiences afraid to go back into the water, and Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals the latest addition to this unique sub-genre. Set on the sun-baked Gold Coast, the electrifying Jai Courtney is the owner and proprietor of Tucker’s Experience, a shark cage attraction for adrenaline junkies. Behind his beer belly is a sickening secret, he’s a “satanic version of Steve Irwin, ” who uses “literal sharks the way that Jason Voorhees uses a machete.” Described as “sharp in all the right places,” Dangerous Animals is not for the faint of heart.
Pick of the Flicks: Left-Handed Girl (Netflix, November 28)
You’ve heard of Sean Baker, the Oscar-winning director of Anora, but his longtime collaborator Shih-Ching Tsou is a name that should also be on everyone’s lips. In Left-Handed Girl, Taiwan’s submission for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars and Tsou’s solo directorial debut, a single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei to set up a stall at a bustling night market. What follows is a “raw and empathic story about family secrets, resilience and the struggles of being an Asian woman in a society that still prizes sons over daughters.” Shot on an iPhone, with Baker co-writing and editing, Tsou’s Left-Handed Girl is a “triumph of a film.”
The rest
Netflix
Fisk S3 (November 24)
Missing: Dead or Alive? S2 (November 24)
Is It Cake? Holiday S2 (November 25)
Jingle Bell Heist (November 26)
Stranger Things 5: Volume 1 (November 27)
Left-Handed Girl (November 28)
The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo (November 28)
WWE Survivor Series: 2025 (November 30)
TVNZ+
Bel Air S4 (November 25)
The Au Pair (November 29)
ThreeNow
Maigret (November 30)
Neon
Desperation Road (November 21)
Dangerous Animals (November 22)
John Tucker Must Die (November 22)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (November 23)
Hurry Up Tomorrow (November 23)
A Guide To Second Date Sex (November 24)
Stephen Fry: Willem & Frieda – Defying the Nazis (November 25)
The Spy Who Dumped Me (November 25)
Swimming With Men (November 26)
Saint-Pierre (November 26)
The Ritual Killer (November 27)
Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted (November 27)
The Seduction (November 27)
Heist (November 28)
Jellystone! S3 (November 24)
Holiday Baking Championship S11 (November 24)
The Super Bowl Shuffle (November 26)
Krypto Saves The Day (November 28)
Amelie (November 29)
Yes Man (November 29)
It’s Florida, Man S2 (November 29)
Die Alone (November 30)
Prime Video
12 Strong (November 26)
Tinsel Town (November 28)
Pretty Thing (November 30)
Disney+
Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember (November 24)
The Beatles Anthology (November 26)
Lost Treasures of the Bible (November 26)
Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol (November 28)
Little Angel S7 (November 30)
Apple TV
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age (November 26)
Wondla S3 (November 26)
Shudder/AMC+/Acorn/HIDIVE
Harry Wild (Acorn TV, AMC+, November 24)
DocPlay
Inside the CIA (November 24)
The Coming Back Out Ball Movie (November 27)
