We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+.
We Were Dangerous (Neon, October 5)
We Were Dangerous, the blistering debut feature from director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, takes place in 1950s Aotearoa on a far-flung one-dock island. It’s home to the Te Motu School For Incorrigible and Delinquent Girls, a colonial institution dedicated to the religious and cultural reformation of its misfit pupils. The film’s mischievous central trio, Nelly (Erana James), Daisy (Manaia Hall) and Lou (Nathalie Morris), plot a ruinous rebellion as a dark truth about the institution comes to light. With “all the makings of an instant coming-of-age classic,” the fierce We Were Dangerous is essential viewing.
The Twelve S3 (TVNZ+, October 1)
Starring our own Sam Neill and Danielle Cormack, Australian thriller The Twelve focuses on a different court case each season. This time, Barrister Brett Colby (Neill) is defending the husband of a life-long friend. When it is revealed that the victim of the accused was researching the decades-old, unsolved homicide of two teens, Colby and the 12 jurors soon discover that both cases contain a labyrinth of shocking secrets. Set between the claustrophobic confines of a courtroom and the breathtaking expanse of Western Australia, The Twelve is tailor-made for crime-drama obsessives.
Challengers (TVNZ+, October 1)
Directed by Luca Guadagnino and colloquially referred to as that “horny tennis movie,” Challengers stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist as a trio of tennis pros entangled in a decade-long love triangle. Their “every expression and gesture throws off a coruscating erotic energy.” Serving up an exhilarating exploration of “the animating thrill of wanting something with every flooded sweat gland on your body,” once you check-out Challengers you’ll never look at tennis (or churros) the same way again.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix, October 3)
In the third season of Ryan Murphy’s Monster, Charlie Hunnam plays Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and ghastly grave robber who inspired many of cinema’s most iconic killers. This anthology crime drama peels back the ghoulish mask in an “unflinching, no-holds-barred exploration of who Ed was and what he did. If you’re up for a hair-raising challenge, watch Monster: The Ed Gein Story with the lights turned off.
Billy Joel: And So It Goes (Neon, October 1)
Taking its title from the final track on his 1989 album Storm Front, this mammoth two-part documentary explores the loves, losses, and struggles that shaped the Piano Man’s life and music. Featuring interviews with musical luminaries such as Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and Nas, alongside candid conversations with family, friends, and ex-wives, the five hour documentary couldn’t be further from your typical “once-over-lightly, papering-over-the-dark-side portrait of a pop star.”
Pick of the Flicks: The Lost Bus (Apple TV+, October 3)
Best known for The Bourne Identity and the Oscar-nominated Captain Phillips, director Paul Greengrass is at the helm of this “story of human resilience in the direst of straits“. Inspired by Lizzie Johnson’s account of the devastating 2018 fire that laid waste to Northern California, Matthew McConaughey plays Kevin McKay, a down-on-his-luck bus driver caught up in the apocalyptic inferno. In this “old-school disaster spectacle,” he must heroically drive a busload of screaming school children through the roaring hellscape to safety. Sure to bring the heat, and leave you sweat-drenched.
The rest
Netflix
Love Is Blind S9 (October 1)
RIV4LRIES (October 1)
Central Intelligence (October 1)
Exorcist: The Beginning (October 1)
Sonic the Hedgehog (October 1)
Dudes (October 2)
The Game: You Never Play Alone (October 2)
Rockstar: DUKI from the End of the World (October 2)
The New Force (October 3)
Monster: The Ed Gein Story (October 3)
Old Dog, New Tricks (October 3)
Genie, Make a Wish (October 3)
Steve (October 3)
Ranma 1/2 S2 (October 5)
TVNZ+
The Twelve S3 (October 1)
Taskmaster Australia S4 (October 1)
Peppa Pig S11 (October 1)
Northwoods Survival (October 1)
Challengers (October 1)
Road House (October 1)
Grand Designs Australia S11 (October 2)
Clipped (October 3)
The Graham Norton Show (October 3)
Oasis: Knebworth 1996 (October 3)
Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story (5 October)
Neon
Barney’s World (September 29)
In Bruges (September 29)
Firebrand (September 30)
Death in Paradise S1-13 (October 1)
C.B. Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling (October 1)
C.B. Strike: The Silkworm (October 1)
Krypto Saves The Day (October 1)
A Killer Among Friends (October 1)
Billy Joel: And So It Goes (October 1)
The Mortician (October 1)
Inside The Kim Kardashian Heist (October 1)
The Many Saints of Newark (October 1)
Evil Dead Rise (October 1)
The Flash (October 1)
Magic Beach (October 1)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (October 1)
I’m Still Here (October 1)
Unforgotten S1-S5 (October 2)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (October 2)
My Freaky Family (October 2)
97 Minutes (October 2)
Agent Recon (October 3)
Avatar: The Last Airbender S1-3 (October 4)
The Legend of Korra S1-2 (October 4)
Spooked Ireland (October 4)
Haunted Scotland (October 4)
The One (October 4)
We Were Dangerous (October 5)
Prime Video
Crazy, Stupid, Love (September 30)
Crazy Rich Asians (September 30)
Firebrand (September 30)
Guns Up (September 30)
Superman Returns (September 30)
The Bodyguard (September 30)
The Notebook (September 30)
1984 (October 1)
A View to a Kill (October 1)
Barbershop (October 1)
Barbershop: The Next Cut (October 1)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (October 1)
Casino Royale (October 1)
Dead Man Walking (October 1)
Diamonds Are Forever (October 1)
Die Another Day (October 1)
Dr. No (October 1)
For Your Eyes Only (October 1)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (October 1)
From Russia with Love (October 1)
Ghoulies (October 1)
Ghoulies II (October 1)
GoldenEye (October 1)
Goldfinger (October 1)
Highway to Hell (October 1)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (October 1)
Licence to Kill (October 1)
Live and Let Die (October 1)
Mermaids (October 1)
Moonraker (October 1)
No Time to Die (October 1)
Octopussy (October 1)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (October 1)
Play Dirty (October 1)
Quantum of Solace (October 1)
Skyfall (October 1)
Spectre (October 1)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (October 1)
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (October 1)
The Living Daylights (October 1)
The Man with the Golden Gun (October 1)
The Mummy Returns (October 1)
The Mummy (1999) (October 1)
The Raven (October 1)
The Silence of the Lambs (October 1)
The Spy Who Loved Me (October 1)
The World Is Not Enough (October 1)
Thunderball (October 1)
Tomorrow Never Dies (October 1)
Uptown Girls (October 1)
West Side Story (October 1)
You Only Live Twice (October 1)
Hotel Transylvania (October 1)
Disney+
Love Thy Nader (October 1)
Lost Treasures of Rome S2 (October 1)
SuperKitties S3 (October 1)
Law & Order Special Victims Unit S13–S17 (October 1)
Jaws (October 1)
Halloween ’18 (October 1)
Happy Gilmore (October 1)
The 40 Year Old Virgin (October 1)
Casper (October 1)
The Balloonist (October 3)
Apple TV+
The Lost Bus (October 3)
The Sisters Grimm (October 3)
Hayu
Below Deck Mediterranean S10 (September 30)
Shudder/AMC+/Acorn/HIDIVE
Revenge of the Ghoul Log (Shudder, AMC+, October 1)
Love After Lockup S5 P6 (AMC+, October 1)
V/H/S/Halloween (Shudder, AMC+, October 3)
My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha (HIDIVE, October 3)
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder, AMC+, October 5)
