5 best movies newly added to Netflix, BBC and more including Timothy Spall’s “fantastic” drama

Streaming always has plenty to offer movie fans – though with endless choice, it can be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. Thankfully, we’re on hand to give you pointers on the best films to catch among the constant new additions.

This week’s highlights include a “fantastic” underrated gem starring Timothy Spall, as well as a brilliant queer romantic fantasy with Andrew Scott.

Here are five of the best new additions across Netflix, BBC iPlayer and more – plus a few more flicks to add to your watchlists.

Rachel Getting Married: Before bagging an Oscar for Les Misérables, Anne Hathaway earned her first Academy Award nomination for this 2008 indie drama.

The movie sees the star play Kym, a young woman who has just left rehab and attends her sister’s wedding. However, as her antics take centre stage, family tensions come to the fore during the event.

Directed by the late Jonathan Demme and also starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin and Debra Winger, the movie was called a “tough but rewarding watch” by Metro.

Also new to Netflix this week: The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Jackass: Number Two

Pulp Fiction: Regarded as a modern classic, this 1994 crime movie helped put Quentin Tarantino on the map alongside Samuel L Jackson and Uma Thurman – and helped revive John Travolta’s career.

The film focuses on a series of interconnected storylines in Los Angeles, including Jackson and Travolta’s hitmen Jules and Vincent, and has produced a number of iconic moments – including a memorable dance scene at a diner.

Pulp Fiction also boasts a near-perfect 92% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, the site labelling it “a cinematic shot of adrenaline”.

Also new to Prime Video this week: Bodies Bodies Bodies, Just Mercy, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Snatch, Bridesmaids, Over Your Dead Body, The Wolf of Wall Street, Monsters

The Damned United: Timothy Spall and Michael Sheen lead this “fantastic” (via IMDb) film, which focuses on Brian Clough’s 44-day tenure as manager of Leeds United in 1974. The appointment comes after the departure of Don Revie, though Clough’s managerial style quickly begins to alienate players and the board.

The fictionalised take on real events is based on the book by David Peace, and sees Sheen play the central character, while Spall plays manager Peter Taylor.

Colm Meaney and Jim Broadbent also feature in the biographical drama, while Tom Hooper (who would go on to helm The King’s Speech and Les Misérables) directs.

Also new to BBC iPlayer this week: Bring Them Down, Unforgiven, If Beale Street Could Talk, Ali & Ava, Shaun the Sheep Movie

A Quiet Place: If you’ve caught Disclosure Day and want to see more of Emily Blunt, then you can’t go wrong with this modern horror classic.

Co-starring and directed by real-life husband John Krasinski, the 2018 movie boasts a near-perfect 96% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, and was called a “masterclass of tension” by Sight & Sound.

The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by aliens who hunt by sound, and follows a family who desperately try to survive by living in silence – with the slightest whisper potentially being fatal.

Also new to ITVX this week: Nanny McPhee, Dr No, The Gentlemen (2019)

All of Us Strangers: Released three years ago, this powerful drama is viewed as one of the best films of recent years with a 96% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, and will “stay with you long after the credits roll” (via Rolling Stone).

The story is based on Taichi Yamada’s novel Strangers, and focuses on Andrew Scott’s screenwriter Adam as he begins a relationship with enigmatic neighbour Harry (Paul Mescal). At the same time, he revisits his childhood and has visions of his late parents (played by Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), who died in a car crash when he was a child.

All of Us Strangers comes from director Andrew Haigh, who also helmed Weekend and 45 Years, and was nominated for six BAFTAs.

Also new to Channel 4 this week: Pig, Monolith, The Beautiful Game, The Fabelmans, Howard’s End (1992), The Lost City

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies, TV and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME and Screen International.  Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings to Love Is Blind, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.