Yellowjackets begins its final season, Percy Jackson takes on The Titan’s Curse and Netflix dramatises the FTX collapse in The Altruists. The Chosen returns, a Cinderella stepsister steals the show in Steps, and UK viewers get Nicola Coughlan in I Am Helen and Ant and Dec back in the jungle. Here is what is worth your time across the US and UK from Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 November.
This Week’s Highlights
Yellowjackets: Season 4
- Platform: Paramount+
- Content type: Psychological horror drama series
- Release date: Friday 20 November
- US availability: Paramount+ with the Premium plan
- UK availability: Paramount+, same day
Viewer Match
- Best for: Fans who have followed the survivors since the crash and want answers.
- Maybe skip if: You have not seen the first three seasons, or wilderness horror makes you squeamish.
- Mood and pace: Tense, darkly funny and unsettling.
- Time commitment: A weekly series; seasons one to three are on Paramount+ to catch up.
The fourth and final season begins with the survivors racing to bury their sins before rescue arrives, while in the present day an old flame roars back into town with plans of her own. Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress and Sophie Nélisse lead the ensemble as the series heads for its last reckoning.
Movieversalfilm watch note: Update: after the final-season trailer, the episodes are now arriving. This is the horror pick of the week on both sides of the Atlantic.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 3
- Platform: Disney+
- Content type: Fantasy adventure series
- Release date: Friday 20 November
- US availability: Disney+ (also on Hulu), two episodes then two a week until 11 December
- UK availability: Disney+, same schedule
Viewer Match
- Best for: Families and fantasy fans who grew up with Rick Riordan’s books.
- Maybe skip if: You want something aimed squarely at adults.
- Mood and pace: Brisk, funny and full of mythic monsters.
- Time commitment: Two episodes a week through to 11 December.
Adapting The Titan’s Curse, the new season sends Percy (Walker Scobell), Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) and Grover (Aryan Simhadri) on their most dangerous quest yet, as a missing friend and the rising threat of Kronos raise the stakes for Camp Half-Blood.
Movieversalfilm watch note: Update: following the season three trailer, the two-episode premiere makes Friday a family streaming night.
The Altruists
- Platform: Netflix
- Content type: Limited drama series
- Release date: Thursday 19 November
- US availability: Netflix, all eight episodes
- UK availability: Netflix, all eight episodes
Viewer Match
- Best for: Viewers who enjoyed The Social Network-style true-story dramas.
- Maybe skip if: You have had enough of crypto headlines.
- Mood and pace: Sharp, fast and morally knotty.
- Time commitment: Eight episodes, all released at once.
From Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning writer of The Imitation Game, this eight-part drama dramatises the rise and spectacular fall of the FTX crypto empire. Anthony Boyle plays Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison, with Alex Lawther among the cast.
Movieversalfilm watch note: The prestige binge of the week. Two of the most watchable young actors working today in a story most of us only know from the news.
The Chosen: Season 6
- Platform: Prime Video
- Content type: Biblical drama series
- Release date: Sunday 15 November
- US availability: Prime Video, first three episodes then weekly until 6 December
- UK availability: Prime Video, same schedule
Viewer Match
- Best for: The show’s large, loyal audience and viewers drawn to faith-based drama.
- Maybe skip if: Religious storytelling is not for you.
- Mood and pace: Reverent, emotional and increasingly intense.
- Time commitment: Three episodes at launch, then one a week.
Jonathan Roumie returns as Jesus as the global hit series moves towards the events of the cross. The new season is streaming exclusively on Prime Video, with the first three episodes landing together.
Movieversalfilm watch note: A big Sunday launch, and it streams on the same day in both territories.
Steps
- Platform: Netflix
- Content type: Animated action comedy film
- Release date: Friday 20 November
- US availability: Netflix
- UK availability: Netflix
Viewer Match
- Best for: Families after a fresh twist on a fairy tale.
- Maybe skip if: You find fairy-tale comedies too sugary.
- Mood and pace: Offbeat, playful and quick.
- Time commitment: A single feature-length film.
Directed by Alyce Tzue, this animated comedy flips the Cinderella story. Ali Wong voices Lilith, the supposedly evil stepsister who steals the Fairy Godmother’s wand and breaks the tale wide open, with Amanda Seyfried as Cinderella, Bette Midler as the Fairy Godmother and Stephanie Hsu in the cast.
Movieversalfilm watch note: A good choice for a family Friday night.
Gentle Monster
- Platform: Netflix
- Content type: Psychological drama film
- Release date: Wednesday 18 November
- US availability: Netflix
- UK availability: Netflix (after a limited UK cinema release from 30 October)
Viewer Match
- Best for: Admirers of Léa Seydoux and slow-burn European drama.
- Maybe skip if: You want plot twists over character study.
- Mood and pace: Quiet, unsettling and emotionally raw.
- Time commitment: A single feature-length film.
Writer-director Marie Kreutzer (Corsage) casts Léa Seydoux as Lucy, who moves to the countryside hoping for a fresh start with her family, until a police visit and her husband’s dark secret shatter her world. Catherine Deneuve and Jella Haase co-star.
Movieversalfilm watch note: Update: now streaming after its cinema run. Read our Gentle Monster Super Review for the full verdict.
How the Tudors Lost Their Heads
- Platform: Disney+ and Hulu (US)
- Content type: History documentary series
- Release date: Tuesday 17 November (US)
- US availability: Disney+ and Hulu, all six episodes
- UK availability: Already streaming on Disney+ since September
Viewer Match
- Best for: History lovers and anyone who enjoyed Wolf Hall.
- Maybe skip if: You prefer drama to documentary.
- Mood and pace: Gripping, gruesome and well told.
- Time commitment: Six episodes.
Historians Dan Snow and Suzannah Lipscomb present this six-part National Geographic series, which opens each episode just before a famous execution, including those of Anne Boleyn and Mary, Queen of Scots, and then rewinds through the events that led there.
Movieversalfilm watch note: US viewers finally get this British-made series. UK viewers can catch up on Disney+ now.
Apple TV+
Where’s Wanda?: Season 2
- Platform: Apple TV
- Content type: German-language dark comedy thriller series
- Release date: New episode Wednesday 18 November
- US availability: Apple TV, weekly episodes
- UK availability: Apple TV, same schedule
Viewer Match
- Best for: Fans of offbeat European crime comedy.
- Maybe skip if: You avoid subtitled series.
- Mood and pace: Quirky, tense and darkly comic.
- Time commitment: A weekly series that is now halfway through.
The German comedy thriller about a family’s unorthodox hunt for their missing daughter continues with new episodes every Wednesday, which makes now a good moment to catch up on season two.
UK Picks
I Am Helen
- Platform: Channel 4 and Channel 4 streaming
- Content type: Two-part drama
- Release date: Monday 16 November
- UK availability: Channel 4 at 9pm on Monday, part two at 9.15pm on Tuesday 17 November; both parts stream on Channel 4 after Monday’s broadcast
- US availability: No US release announced
Viewer Match
- Best for: Viewers who value powerful, intimate British drama.
- Maybe skip if: Stories of coercive control are difficult for you right now.
- Mood and pace: Raw, tense and quietly devastating.
- Time commitment: Two episodes.
Nicola Coughlan and Joe Cole star in the latest chapter of Dominic Savage’s BAFTA-winning anthology. Helen’s boyfriend of five years becomes aggressive and controlling as he is drawn into the online manosphere.
Movieversalfilm watch note: Update: we reported its Channel 4 dates earlier this month, and both parts are now ready to stream from Monday night.
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
- Platform: ITV1 and ITVX
- Content type: Reality entertainment series
- Release date: Monday 16 November
- UK availability: ITV1 at 9pm and ITVX, nightly
- US availability: No US release
Viewer Match
- Best for: Anyone who loves a nightly Bushtucker Trial with Ant and Dec.
- Maybe skip if: Reality TV is not your thing.
- Mood and pace: Silly, warm and very watchable.
- Time commitment: Nightly for the next few weeks.
Ant and Dec are back in the Australian jungle for the 26th series. ITV has confirmed a line-up that includes Wayne Rooney and Chloe Burrows.
Movieversalfilm watch note: The UK’s big shared-viewing event for the rest of November.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
- Platform: Sky Cinema and NOW
- Content type: Animated adventure film
- Release date: Friday 20 November (UK)
- UK availability: Sky Cinema and NOW
- US availability: Already streaming on Peacock
Viewer Match
- Best for: Families and Nintendo fans of every age.
- Maybe skip if: You were not won over by the first film.
- Mood and pace: Bright, fast and joyful.
- Time commitment: A single feature-length film.
Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jack Black return as Mario, Princess Peach and Bowser in Illumination’s sequel, which takes the Mushroom Kingdom gang to the stars.
Movieversalfilm watch note: The weekend family film for UK subscribers.
Movieversalfilm Weekly Selection
Start Sunday with The Chosen, then give Monday night to I Am Helen if you are in the UK. Midweek, Gentle Monster is the quiet, serious pick and The Altruists is Thursday’s binge. Friday is the big night: Yellowjackets for horror fans, Percy Jackson or Steps for the family, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for UK homes with Sky or NOW.
Which of this week’s premieres is top of your watchlist?