What to watch on streaming: today's picks from Netflix, Prime Video and more

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Also back for a new series is hit drama Nine Perfect Strangers, with Nicole Kidman returning as mysterious wellness retreat guru Masha. Rather than following on from the end of the first season, picking up with the various characters from the Tranquillum House, this new season has gone down the anthology route, following a new group of guests at one of Masha's health resorts.

Over on Netflix is Sirens, a dark comedy in which Meghann Fahy plays a woman who visits her younger sister at her place of work following their father's upsetting health diagnosis. But it's her sibling's dynamic with her very rich boss that she ultimately finds herself worrying about...

If films are more your thing, there are plenty of fresh releases to choose from. Guy Ritchie's latest blockbuster Fountain of Youth, which stars John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as siblings on an extraordinary adventure, has just landed on Apple TV+.

Luke (Krasinski) and Charlotte Purdue (Portman) haven't spoken in a year when the former unexpectedly rings the latter to bring her in on his latest scheme, which she later learns is locating the mythical fountain of youth. Initially approaching with an understandable degree of scepticism, Charlotte ultimately joins her brother and his associate on an adventure that takes them around the world.

Meanwhile, hit sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is now available to stream, with Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder back in their iconic roles and Wednesday star Jenna Ortega among the high-profile new additions. What's more, the nail-biting seventh entry in Tom Cruise's franchise, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, recently landed on Netflix in time for the cinema release of The Final Reckoning, on 21 May.

For the kids over half-term there's Despicable Me 4, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, plus Paddington in Peru, in which the Brown family finally takes a trip to the beloved bear’s birthplace to visit his Aunt Lucy, but she’s nowhere to be found. So begins a side-splitting search mission along the Amazon - be sure to pack your marmalade sandwiches!

There's no shortage of streaming options, and so to give you a bit of a hand, RadioTimes.com has collated some of the best new offerings: from Netflix and Disney Plus to Prime Video, BBC iPlayer and Apple TV+, here are the latest highlights across the services.

Whether it's a revealing documentary like Bad Influence: the Dark Side of Kidfluencing, a psychological drama like Fake or a mystery thriller such as The Stolen Girl, there's something here to suit everyone's taste.

Take a look at the list below, which includes all the details about where you can watch any title – and what we think.

Dept. Q
Detective Carl Morck has few friends at work in the Edinburgh police force in a gritty eight-part investigation based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's series of books. When he is involved in a fatal shooting that costs a young officer his life, superiors consign Morck to the basement to head up a newly created task force, Department Q, to prevent any further damage to the force's reputation. Morck's team are charged with reviewing cold cases - a thankless task with a statistically low chance of success. This band of misfits includes self-doubting rookie Rose and Akram Salim. When Morck's relentless pursuit of the truth unearths new leads into the unsolved disappearance of a prominent civil servant several years ago, he seizes a second chance at professional glory aided by police therapist Dr Rachel Irving
The Better Sister
Estranged sisters reunite in the shadow of tragedy in an eight-part psychological thriller based on the novel by best-selling author Alafair Burke. High-flying media executive Chloe is a vision of professional and personal success, supported by her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan. In stark contrast, Chloe's wayward sister Nicky is a drug addict, at the mercy of her demons, who can barely make ends meet. When Adam is brutally murdered and a prime suspect is revealed, Chloe and Nicky are flung back together to discover the truth behind is death. In the process, the siblings untangle their complex family history and slowly build the foundations of a healthy, supportive relationship
Captain America: Brave New World
Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan. Superhero adventure, starring Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford and Danny Ramirez
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F1: The Academy
Fifteen young women in the F1 Academy compete against each other to prove they deserve to be lining up on the Formula 1 grid and solidify the future of women in motorsport
Wild Cards
Detective Cole Ellis lives on a boat with his cat and is by-the-book when it comes to dispensing justice. When an investigation goes wrong, Cole is demoted but he is offered one chance at redemption by working with seasoned con woman Max Mitchell, who is on probation. She can stay out of prison and impress police chief Patrick Li by cracking tricky cases with Cole
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
Daring surgeons (and inseparable best friends) Dr Klak and Dr Sleech work at The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy where they frequently risk everything to take on the most dangerous cases in the universe.
Miss Scarlet and the Duke
Period crime drama. A headstrong woman in Victorian London inherits her father's detective agency, but is obliged to find a male business partner in order that she can continue to operate.
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The Rehearsal
Nathan Fielder helps ordinary people rehearse difficult conversations or life events through the use of sets and actors hired to re-create real situations. Comedy, starring Nathan Fielder
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
True-crime series about unsolved killings related to Tylenol laced with cyanide and the alarming theories that might point to a prime suspect
A Murder at the End of the World
Gen Z amateur sleuth Darby Hart attempts to prove her credentials by solving a murder at a secluded retreat. Mystery thriller starring Emma Corrin and Harris Dickinson
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A Different Man
Black comedy drama starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson. Edward, a struggling actor, undergoes a radical medical procedure to remove the tumours growing on his face. He reinvents himself, begins a relationship with his former neighbour Ingrid and takes a role in her play. But a series of encounters with the confident, outgoing Oswald - who has the same condition that Edward once did - begin to send him mad.
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Clarkson's Farm
Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he attempts to run a farm in the countryside.
Fountain of Youth
Gung-ho treasure hunter Luke Purdue is determined to immortalise his family name and give his late father, archaeologist Harrison Purdue, the recognition he deserved by discovering the fabled Fountain of Youth. Billionaire Owen Carver, who has liver cancer and believes wholeheartedly in the myth, finances the globe-trotting escapade. Luke and his accomplices Deb McCall and Patrick Murphy believe clues to the location of the fountain are concealed within six paintings. One of these masterpieces, The Head Of Christ by Dutch artist Rembrandt, happens to be on display at the museum where Luke's estranged younger sister, Charlotte, works as a curator
The Wild Robot
Animated adventure featuring the voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Kit Connor and Pedro Pascal. Washed up on the shore of an island, robot "Roz" learns to cope with the environment. When she encounters orphaned gosling Brightbill, Roz and wily fox Fink join forces to raise the runt.
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Big Mouth
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty.
Gran Turismo
Nineteen-year-old Jann Mardenborough beats thousands of other gamers in the GT Academy competition organised by marketing executive Danny Moore. His prize is an opportunity to sit behind the wheel of a real racing car after intensive training from cynical former driver Jack Salter. Drama, starring David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Archie Madekwe
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Little Disasters
A mother's worst nightmare threatens to tear her family apart in a six-part adaptation of Sarah Vaughan's novel. Charlotte (Shelley Conn), Jess (Diane Kruger), Liz (Jo Joyner) and Mel (Emily Taaffe) met in antenatal classes and have been friends ever since. This close-knit sisterhood has also forged bonds between their respective husbands Andrew (Patrick Baladi), Ed (JJ Feild), Nick (Ben Bailey Smith) and Rob (Stephen Campbell Moore). Jess takes her baby to hospital with an unexplained head injury and A&E doctor Liz is on duty to carry out an assessment. Something about Jess's version of events doesn't make sense and Liz faces a moral dilemma: to call social services on her friend or overlook potential harm to an infant. Her decision has devastating consequences for everyone in the friendship group
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine stressed city dwellers arrive at a boutique health-and-wellness resort in a drama starring Nicole Kidman, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty.
Sirens
Devon DeWitt (Meghann Fahy) is incredulous when her younger sister Simone (Milly Alcock) sends a fruit basket to their Navy veteran father Bruce (Bill Camp) in response to devastating news that he has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Travelling to her sister's place of work at the lavish island estate of Cliff House, Devon is horrified to discover that her sibling is under the spell of her boss, philanthropist and animal activist Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore). The cult-like retreat is financed by Michaela's billionaire husband Peter (Kevin Bacon) and attracts the creme de la creme of society, who flock to the hostess like moths to a flame. Over the course of a Labour Day weekend, Devon stages an intervention to wrestle Simone away from Michaela and her creepy acolytes including gardener Jose (Felix Solis), who is actually the shadowy head of security at Cliff House.
She the People
As she tries to shine in politics, Mississippi's first Black lieutenant governor must manage her zany family and overcome a boss who's stuck in the past
Lost
The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
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Rematch
Historical drama about the historic clash between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue.
The Chelsea Detective
Crime drama set in London's wealthy and beautiful Chelsea neighbourhood, where DI Max Arnold navigates a dark underside of deception, violence, greed and murder. Starring Adrian Scarborough
Untold: The Fall of Favre
Documentary about American football quarterback Brett Favre's controversial career, the dark side of sports stardom and the scandals that marred his legacy.