Steven Knight’s series finds new strength in Season 2 by privileging atmosphere, character and moral ambiguity over sheer impact. Starring Erin Doherty and Stephen Graham.

Set in the vibrant 1950s table-tennis scene, the film follows a young dreamer determined to earn respect in a sport no one takes seriously. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Odessa A’zion.

Two longtime friends take annual vacations together in this romantic comedy that revisits the eternal question of whether men and women can really just be friends. Now streaming on Netflix.

Magalie, a social media sensation, takes a break after being injured while filming one of her videos. But her retreat to a mountain chalet is disrupted by a journalist who begins to blackmail her. Starring Adèle Exarchopoulos and Sandrine Kiberlain. Streaming on MUBI.

A teenage runaway hitches a ride with a school teacher, only to be abducted by him. As she fights for survival, her family embarks on a desperate quest to find her.

A Portuguese explorer leads expeditions that promise discovery and glory but instead reveal conquest as a brutal collision of cultures, faiths, and unchecked ambition, experienced from the inside as a slow, corrosive descent into violence and madness.

A murder in a small town near Atlanta brings a separated couple back together. He is a police officer investigating the case; she is a journalist covering it. Starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal. Netflix premiere: January 8.

The film shows how two ordinary musicians use Neil Diamond’s songs to hold together a love, a family, and a dream that always seems just out of reach.

This documentary explores how talent, timing, and temperament gave shape to one of the most conflicted legacies in American comedy.

In its fourth season, this series leans into heightened drama to become more accessible and addictive—but its morally corrosive characters remain stubbornly hard to care about. Streaming on HBO Max from January 11.