Get your popcorn out and settle in, whether you’re pressing play for the first time or wondering what to try next.
This entertainment line-up has been tried and tested so you don’t have to waste time hunting for the next addictive show. We’ve got shows that deliver all the feels, from cross-cultural epics to nail-biting thrillers.
We’re (im)patiently waiting for new seasons, so consider this your sign to catchup, rewatch, or finally see what the hype is about.
The Studio
Genre: Satirical workplace/cringe comedy
Perfect for: Film buffs, hollywood theme content, anyone craving some chaos and good laughs
What to expect:
- Follows the executives and creatives of Continental as they navigate and juggle corporate demands with artistic ambitions, to keep projects, talent and reputations relevant
- Chaotic writers rooms and film sets, celebrity meltdowns, Hollywood ego
Main cast: Seth Rogan, Ike Barinholtz, Dave Franco, Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O’Hara
Language: English
Release date: March 26, 2025
Streaming platform: Apple TV+
Series status: Renewed for Season 2
Wilderness
Genre: Psychological thriller
Perfect for: Viewers who like relationship/revenge dramas
What to expect:
- After discovering her husband’s affair, a love-story of a British couple turns into a twisted revenge mission as they take their dream US road trip
- Character shifts and transformations, sinister lies and quiet betrayals
Main cast: Jenna Coleman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ashley Benson
Language: English
Release date: September 15, 2023
Streaming platform: Prime Video
Series status: No confirmed continuation
Pachinko
Genre: Prestige drama (novel adaptation)
Perfect for: Character-led dramas and multigenerational stories, multilingual and cross-cultural series lovers, historical period series fans
What to expect:
- Four generations of a Korean family, from 1915 to 1989 as they navigate love, survival, and identity in Japan
- Artistic cinematography, complex characters and themes, interwoven timelines
Main cast: Kim Min-ha, Lee Min-ho, Anna Sawai, Jin Ha, Youn Yuh-jung
Language: Korean, Japanese, some English
Release date: March 5, 2022 (Season 1); August 23, 2024 (Season 2)
Streaming platform: Apple TV+
Series status: No new season announced yet
Shōgun
Genre: Historical epic, samurai period drama
Perfect for: Fans of prestige historical series like Game of Thrones, Chief of War, and epic, slow-burn political power plays
What to expect:
- Follows main characters in feudal Japan circa 1600, as their lives collide amidst a power struggle that leads to a defining civil war
- Culture-clashes, intense battles, intricate court politics
Main cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Jarvis, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira
Language: Primarily Japanese with significant English dialogue
Release date: February 27, 2024 (Season 1)
Streaming platform: Disney+, FX on Hulu
Series status: Seasons 2 and 3 in development
Chief of War
Genre: Historical epic, war drama
Perfect for: Historical period series fans, viewers who enjoyed shows like Vikings, The Last Kingdom, Shōgun
What to expect:
- Story of the unification of the Hawaiian islands. Amid internal rivalries, a Hawaiian war chief hopes to unite warring islands and in order to save them from the threat of colonization
- Battle sagas, indigenous perspectives
Main cast: Jason Momoa, Luciane Buchanan, Kaina Makua, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Temuera Morrison
Language: English and Hawaiian
Release date: August 1, 2025
Streaming platform: Apple TV+
Series status: No new season confirmed yet
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
Genre: Military thriller
Perfect for: Action fans, dark plots
What to expect:
- Navy SEAL turned CIA asset becomes involved in a high-risk operation, and gets increasingly entangled in moral gray areas
- Covert operations, CIA intrigue, mysterious missions
Main cast: Taylor Kitsch, Chris Pratt, Luke Hemsworth, Tom Hopper, Robert Wisdom
Language: English, some Arabic
Release date: August 27, 2025
Streaming platform: Prime Video
Series status: Season 2 not confirmed yet
Surface
Genre: Psychological thriller
Perfect for: Views who enjoy unexpected twists and turns
What to expect:
- A woman suffering severe memory loss after embarks on a quest to piece her life back together, only to realise that her perfect life may not be what it seems
- Identity puzzles, marriage secrets and sinister worlds
Main cast: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Language: English
Release date: July 29, 2022 (Season 1); February 21, 2025 (Season 2)
Streaming platform: Apple TV+
Series status: No renewal announced yet
Malice
Genre: Psychological thriller
Perfect for: Bold reveals and anything can happen storytelling
What to expect:
- A charming male nanny infiltrates himself into a wealthy family, turning their lives upside down
- Serious suspense
- An eclectic mix of modern hits and classics featured on the soundtrack
Main cast: Jack Whitehall, David Duchovny, Carice Van Houten,
Language: English
Release date: November 14, 2025
Streaming platform: Prime Video
Series status: No follow-up season announced
The Beast in Me
Genre: Psychological crime thriller
Perfect for: True-crime lovers, Viewers who like a dark storyline and being on the edge of their seats
What to expect:
- A Pulitzer Prize-winning author paralyzed with grief, struggles to get back on track after the death of her young son, until she finds a dangerous new subject in her new billionaire neighbor once acquitted of murdering his ex-wife
- Cat and mouse mind games
Main cast: Claire Danes, Mathew Rhys, Brittany Snow, Jonathan Banks
Language: English
Release date: November 13, 2024
Streaming platform: Netflix
Series status: No follow-up season announced
