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

We can all feel a bit overwhelmed when looking for something to watch in the world of streaming, so if you're in need of some guidance, you've come to the right place.

This week: how do you follow a discomfiting drama like Baby Reindeer? If you’re Richard Gadd, you create an even more dysfunctional relationship than stalker-victim and chart its damaged anatomy with a pathologist’s diligence. And so Half Man focuses on the toxic codependency between de facto stepbrothers Ruben (Gadd) and Niall (Jamie Bell). There will be blood.

Molly Windsor leads a strong British cast in Netflix's Unchosen, a thriller set among adherents to a fundamentalist Christian cult led by Mr Phillips (Christopher Eccleston). When an interloper finds their countryside commune, all hell breaks loose.

Meanwhile, in Stranger Things: Tales from '85, the kids of Hawkins are back hunting monsters in the 1980s, but with a twist - this time, it’s animated, with an all-new voice cast bringing Eleven, Hopper, Mike, Max, Dustin, Lucas and Will to life on screen. It’s a prequel to the later live-action series and there’s plenty for fans of the Netflix hit to enjoy.
Over on Apple TV, Margo's Got Money Troubles follows Margo (played by Elle Fanning) as she tries to generate income on the adult entertainment site OnlyFans in order to raise money for her newborn's childcare. Based on the novel of the same name by Rufi Thorpe, the series was created by creator David E Kelley and stars his wife and Hollywood legend Michelle Pfeiffer.

For the film fans among you, there's plenty to choose from. New to Netflix is Apex, in which Charlize Theron runs, climbs, swims and fights as a woman whose hike in the Australian bush is interrupted by the presence of a hunter (Taron Egerton) who’s made her his latest target. Action veteran Baltasar Kormákur directs the survivalist silliness with an eye for bruising, white-knuckle stunts.

In Crime 101 on Prime Video, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth are the cop and robber on a collision course in a cracking Los Angeles-set crime thriller with more than a touch of Michael Mann’s Heat about it. Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry and Nick Nolte bring classy support.

Also available to stream is hit horror Weapons, a puzzling and disturbing case in which 17 children at a school – all from the same third-grade class – had mysteriously and inexplicably run away from their homes at precisely 2:17 one night. The movie unfolds from the perspectives of six different locals in the town, following their overlapping stories as they deal with the disappearance and try to get to the bottom of it – with Josh Brolin, Julia Garner and Alden Ehrenreich among those to play major roles.

There's no shortage of streaming options, and so to give you a bit of a hand, Radio Times 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 thought-provoking documentary like Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, a drama spin-off like The Madison or a gorgeous nature film such as Orangutan, 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.