5 best movies newly added to Netflix, BBC and more including Bill Nighy’s “special” period drama

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The Bank Holiday is here, so what better time to catch up on some movies? Thankfully, streaming services such as Netflix and BBC iPlayer have plenty of new additions to get stuck into.

This week’s highlights include a “special” wartime drama starring Bill Nighy, as well as a recent underrated gem featuring screen legend June Squibb.

Here are five of the best to keep an eye out for, plus a few more movies to check out while you’re at it.

Best movie new to Netflix this week

Thelma: Boasting a near perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, this 2024 indie hit was called “an absolute joy ride from beginning to end” by Lady Geeks Media.

June Squibb (in her first leading role in her 90s) stars as the titular nonagenarian, who becomes the victim of a phone scam before deciding to hunt down the perpetrators – enlisting the help of her grandson and a friend along the way.

The movie comes from writer and director Josh Margolin, who was inspired by his own grandmother’s experience. Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Clark Gregg and Parker Posey also star.

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Also new to Netflix this week: Eye in the Sky, Mud, Seven Psychopaths, Sisters, Collateral, MaXXXine, Shrek

Best movie new to Prime Video this week

Kneecap: This comedy-drama focuses on the rise of Northern Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, featuring the real-life trio of Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh and JJ Ó Dochartaigh alongside a supporting cast including Michael Fassbender.

Directed and written by Rich Peppiatt, the movie also boasts a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, the site saying it is “as shaggy, rambunctious, and lovable as the eponymous hip hop group at its center”.

Kneecap went on to be nominated for six BAFTAs, including Outstanding British Film of the Year, winning the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer.

Also new to Prime Video this week: The Negotiator, The Matrix, Mean Streets, Get Out, Superman: The Movie, Little Monsters (2019), Tangerine, Emma (2020)

Best movie new to BBC iPlayer this week

Their Finest: This World War II drama features Bill Nighy alongside an equally impressive cast including Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Richard E Grant, Eddie Marsan and the late Helen McCrory.

Set during the Battle of Britain and the London Blitz, it follows a Ministry of Information team who are tasked with producing a morale-boosting film about the Dunkirk evacuation, with two of the crew members growing closer romantically during the process.

Little White Lies wrote that Their Finest “grows into something special”, with the movie especially “powered forward by Arterton’s charming central turn”.

Also new to BBC iPlayer this week: Triangle of Sadness, Darkest Hour, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, God’s Creatures, Crazy Rich Asians, Saving Private Ryan

Best movie new to ITVX this week

The Batman: If superhero movies are more your cup of tea, then the most-recent incarnation of Batman may do just the trick.

Robert Pattinson takes on the mantle of the Caped Crusader in this 2022 flick, who is in his second year fighting crime as he uncovers corrupt ties to his own family, all while facing off against classic baddie The Riddler (Paul Dano).

The Batman also features a host of notable DC characters, including Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz), The Penguin (Colin Farrell), Jim Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) and Alfred Pennyworth (Andy Serkis) – while a sequel is currently in the works. What better time to catch up on the original?

Also new to ITVX this week: Mean Girls (2004), The Dark Knight Rises, Hang ‘Em High, Under Siege

Best movie new to Channel 4 this week

The Innocents (2021): Hailing from Norway, this supernatural horror drew huge acclaim when it was released five years ago, and was described as “haunting” by Loud and Clear Reviews.

The plot follows a group of children who discover powers during the Nordic summer, with their supernatural turn going from innocent to increasingly dark.

Directed and written by Eskil Vogt, The Innocents was hailed as a “future classic” and “a nightmare unfolding in cold, clear daylight” by The Guardian.

Also new to Channel 4 this week: Sightseers, Free Fire, Fisherman’s Friends, The Woman King, The Lobster, Renfield

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2026-05-22 11:41