A load of engaging new series, combined with a list of fabulous recent films are launched on the streaming platform Netflix this week.
While there has been suggestions the platform has lost subscribers for the first time in a decade this year, there can be no denying that Netflix is still the go to platform for the bulk of the public with over 200 million subscribers reported.
Last week saw brand new gripping true crime, Ryan Gosling hit Blade Runner and a critically acclaimed new A24 movie, The Souvenir, all hit the platform as May continues to add to the subscription services impressive list of content.
And while there’s more than just the media listed in this article released on Netflix this, here is our list of the 8 best new releases on the platform this week.
Film royalty Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Helen Mirren star in crime thriller The Good Liar, as a con man makes a wealthy British widow his next target. Photo: Eamonn M. McCormack
A young Saoirse Ronan stars in this fantasy film, which sees the City of Ember, a post-apocalyptic underground city, as its generator begins to fail. Photo: Stephen Lovekin
Crime drama Brotherhood returns, with an honest lawyer still at a moral crossroads when she discovers her brother is the leader of a rising criminal faction in Brazil. Photo: Aline Arruda/Netflix