Best new shows & films – quick links
Netflix: best new shows
The Four Seasons Season 2 – 28 May
Series. The friends reunite for four new seasonal get-togethers, as they process a personal loss and embrace the regrets and reinventions of middle age.
Starring Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, Will Forte and Kerri Kenney-Silver.
Rafa – 29 May
Series. In this documentary series, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Rafael Nadal, reflects on his career, legacy and final season on the court.
Starring Rafael Nadal.
SBS On Demand: best new shows
Reconciliation Week – 27 May
SBS On Demand marks Reconciliation Week with this collection of thought-provoking, inspiring and powerful content for all Australians.
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
When Australia’s most renowned Indigenous actor David Gulpilil passes away far from his Homeland, his family struggle against huge logistical challenges to fulfil his final wish, to bury him on his Homeland, over 4500 kilometres away.
The incredible access granted to the filmmakers is David’s family’s gift to the world, continuing his legacy of sharing his culture.
Narrated by Hugh Jackman and Baker Boy, Journey Home, David Gulpilil has won the 2026 AATA Best Documentary Award, 2026 AACTA Best Original Score in a Documentary (David Bridie), and 2025 DIFF Audience Award.
ScreenHub: Journey Home, David Gulpilil review – a fitting tribute to a cinematic hero
Focus On: David Gulpilil Collection
Celebrate the cinematic legacy of David Gulpilil and his family, showcasing powerful Indigenous stories through film, performance, and direction. Collection includes Walkabout, The Tracker and Storm Boy.
Focus On: Warwick Thornton Collection
Explore the brilliance of award-winning filmmaker Warwick Thornton through this curated collection of feature films, interviews and behind-the-scenes magic including We Don’t Need A Map, Darskide, The New Boy, Samson and Delilah and The Beach.
The Dry Season 3 – 29 May
Series. The Sheridans are back and about to face their biggest challenge yet – a long-held family secret that blows up all their certainties. Will this shocking revelation upend already fragile relations for good, or could this be the missing piece that will finally fix this most dysfunctional of Irish families?
This season Shiv (Roisin Gallagher) and the Sheridans are desperately trying to forge new lives, but change is harder than it looks.
The Hunt for the Last Nazis – 31 May
Documentary. Award-winning writer, producer and director Dan Goldberg investigates the story behind the alleged Nazi war criminals who immigrated to Australia after the second world war and managed to evade justice.
With exclusive access to rare and never-seen-before classified government files and video and audio recordings, the documentary reveals how hundreds, if not thousands, of alleged Nazi war criminals were able to hide in Australia. Decades later, the government launched a belated attempt to bring them to justice.
BritBox: best new shows
Catching The Killer Seasons 1 & 2 – 27 May
Series. In this true crime series, we learn the role forensic science has played in finding the killers in a number of horrific murder cases.
Litvinenko Season 1 – 29 May
Docudrama series. Detectives work to prove who was responsible for the death of the British-naturalised Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko in 2006, in one of the most complex and dangerous investigations the Metropolitan Police has ever mounted.
Starring David Tennant, Mark Bonnar, Kayla Meikle and Margarita Levieva.
Stan: best new shows
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – 27 May
Series. After solving the case of a murdered schoolgirl, Pip’s entire world has changed and she’s determined to avoid anymore investigations. But when a key witness in the trial of Max Hastings suddenly goes missing, Pip jumps back into action and must embark in a high stakes race against time to find him.
Based on the bestselling novels by Holly Jackson, Emma Myers (Wednesday) is back as Pip, alongside Zain Iqbal as Ravi Sing, Asha Banks as Cara Ward, Jude Morgan-Collie as Connor Reynolds, Yali Topol Maraglith as Lauren Gibson, and Henry Ashton as Max Hastings.
Apple TV: best new shows
Propeller One-Way Night Coach – 29 May
Film (2026). Directed, written, produced and narrated by John Travolta. The story follows young airplane enthusiast Jeff (Clark Shotwell) and his mother (Kelly Eviston-Quinnett), as they set off on a one-way cross-country odyssey to Hollywood in the golden age of aviation, which transforms a simple flight into the trip of a lifetime.
Between airline meals, charming flight attendants (Ella Bleu Travolta and Olga Hoffmann), unexpected stopovers, larger-than-life passengers and a thrilling glimpse at first class, the journey unfolds in moments both magical and unexpected, charting the course for the boy’s future.
Star City – 29 May
Series. A propulsive paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon.
But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humankind forward. The series is a bold new chapter which expands the world of For All Mankind.
Prime Video: best new shows
Spider-Noir – 27 May
Series. Based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir, this live-action series tells the story of Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage), a seasoned, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York. Following a deeply personal tragedy, Reilly is forced to grapple with both his past life and his current one as the city’s one and only superhero.
For a special and unique viewing experience, Spider-Noir will be available to stream two ways, in ‘Authentic Black & White’ and ‘True-Hue Full Color’.
Starring Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage in his first leading television role, alongside Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston and Brendan Gleeson.
Binge: best new shows
Brilliant Minds Season 2 – 28 May
Series. The American medical-drama series returns from season hiatus with episode 15. Created by Michael Grassi and inspired by the writing of Oliver Sacks.
Starring Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry and Ashleigh LaThorp. Weekly episodes to follow.
HBO Max: best new shows
Rick and Morty Season 9 – 25 May
Series. Get ready to portal-jump back into the multiverse. The hit adult animated series returns with a season that’s bigger, bolder and more ambitious than ever. Rick and Morty Season 9 is all certified bangers.
Make That Movie – 29 May
Series. This new six-part comedy starring Australian comedians Sam Campbell and Aaron Chen follows a hotshot director who scours the country for everyday film ideas, then races to turn each one into a movie in just three days. The crew features Lara Ricote, Helen Bauer and David Hargreaves alongside Chen.
ScreenHub: HBO Max picks up new series from Australian comedians Sam Campbell and Aaron Chen
The Long Walk – 30 May
Film (2025). Teens participate in a gruelling high-stakes contest where they must continuously walk or be shot by a member of their military escort. Starring Francis Lawrence, Cooper Hoffman, Ben Wang and Mark Hamill.
ABC iview: best new shows
Australian Story: Regeneration | Rachel Ward – 25 May
Documentary. When Instagram trolls attacked actor and director Rachel Ward for “letting herself go”, it became a cultural moment about how older women are perceived.
But Rachel, once voted one of the most beautiful women in the world, laughed it off and used the moment to draw attention to her passion for regenerative farming.
Living and working on the family’s cattle farm in northern NSW, Rachel has found a profound sense of purpose and a new-found connection with her adopted country.
Presented by Leigh Sales.
8:00pm (AEST), on ABCTV and ABC iview.
