Apple TV: best new shows and films to stream this week

Discover the best new shows & films to stream from 23 February to 1 March 2026 on Apple TV with this guide.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2. Image: Apple TV.

Apple TV: new this week

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 – 27 February

Kurt Russell In Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters S2. Image: Apple Tv.
Kurt Russell in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2. Image: Apple TV.

Series. Season one of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters introduced us to two siblings who follow in the footsteps of their father (played by both Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell) to the secretive organisation known as Monarch, with clues leading them into the world of monsters.

Season two picks up with the fate of Monarch – and the world – hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite our heroes (and villains) on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. The ripple effects of the past make waves in the present day, blurring the bonds between family, friend and foe – all with the threat of a titan event on the horizon.

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The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2 – 20 February

The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2. Image: Apple Tv.
The Last Thing He Told Me S2. Image: Apple TV.

Series. This mystery thriller series from Apple TV follows Hannah Hall (Jennifer Garner), who forms an unexpected relationship with her stepdaughter Bailey (Angourie Rice) as she searches for her missing husband.

In Season 2, Owen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) suddenly shows up after five years on the run, and Hannah and Bailey find themselves in a race to figure out how to reunite their family before the past catches up to them.

Eternity â€“ 13 February

Eternity | Image: Apple Tv+
Eternity. Image: Apple TV.

Film (2026). This epic new romantic comedy fantasy from A24 and director David Freyne envisions an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, and who to spend it with.

Waking up in this off-beat afterlife, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with, Larry (Miles Teller), and her first love, Luke (Callum Turner), who died young while fighting in the Korean War and has waited decades for her to arrive.

The film also stars Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers), John Early (30 Rock, Search Party) and Olga Merediz (In The Heights, Orange Is the New Black). Watch the trailer.

Shrinking Season 3 â€“ 28 January

Shrinking Season 2. Image: Apple Tv.
Shrinking Season 2. Image: Apple TV.

Series. The highly anticipated new season from creators Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein and Jason Segel. The series follows a grieving therapist (played by Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives, including his own. 

In addition to the ensemble cast, Season 3 brings back guest stars Goldstein, Damon Wayans Jr, Wendie Malick and Cobie Smulders, along with new additions Jeff Daniels and multi-award winner and activist Michael J Fox.

Yo Gabba Gabbaland Season 2  â€“ 30 January

Kids and family series. Dance, sing, play and make learning fun as kids and parents jump into Yo Gabba Gabbaland and discover all the things that make this community so magical. The series builds on the original Daytime Emmy Award-winning series Yo Gabba Gabba!, a fully-fledged cultural phenomenon that has amassed more than 1.2 billion views on YouTube.

Drops of God Season 2 â€“ 21 January

Drops Of Gold. Image: Apple Tv.
Drops of Gold. Image: Apple TV.

French-Japanese series. The hit, International Emmy Award-winning Best Drama Series adapted from the New York Times bestselling Japanese manga series of the same name returns.

In Season 2, Camille and Issei are thrust into their most perilous challenge yet: uncovering the origin of the world’s greatest wine, a mystery so profound that even their legendary father, Alexandre Léger, could not solve it.

Born to be Wild â€“ 19 December

Born To Be Wild. Image: Apple Tv+.
Born to be Wild. Image: Apple TV.

Documentary series. An intimate and emotional look at the powerful relationships between endangered animals and the heroic humans dedicated to raising, rehabilitating and rewilding them to help save their species.

As each animal finds its place in the world after being orphaned or born through conservation programs – including an elephant calf and two young cheetahs, a ring-tailed lemur pup, a moon bear cub, Iberian lynx kittens and rescued African penguins – the series highlights the challenges, triumphs and resilience that define their survival, both for the animals and the people working to raise and protect them.

F1® The Movie â€“ 12 December

F1® The Movie. Image: Apple Tv.
F1® The Movie. Image: Apple TV.

Film (2025). The highest-grossing sports film of all time, starring Brad Pitt and hailing from director Joseph Kosinski. Dubbed ‘the greatest that never was’, Sonny Hayes (Pitt) was Formula 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career.

Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to Formula 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world.

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Alannah Sue is a writer, editor, theatre critic and content creator with a passion for arts and culture and all that glitters. She relocated to Melbourne in 2025 after spending over a decade embedded in the Sydney arts landscape and finishing up her tenure as Arts & Culture Editor at Time Out. In addition to contributing to ArtsHub and ScreenHub, her freelance portfolio also expands to editorial and copywriting for lifestyle and arts publications such as Limelight and Urban List, cultural institutions like the Sydney Opera House, and marketing and publicity services for independent artists. She is always keen to take a chance on weird performance art, theatre of all kinds, out-of-the-box exhibitions, queer venues, and cheap Prosecco. Give her half a chance, and she will get on a soapbox when it comes to topics like the magic of musical theatre, the importance of rigorous arts criticism, and the global cultural implications of the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Connect with Alannah on Instagram: @alannurgh.