The weekend is upon us once again, and with it comes a host of exciting new films and TV shows dropping on streaming services. If you’re gearing up for a good old streaming binge this weekend, Netflix has some great content on offer.
Here, we have compiled the best new content dropping on Netflix to keep you occupied this week. Whether you fancy a gripping docuseries exploring the “great modern mystery” of a missing aircraft, or the film debut of disgraced detective John Luther, there is plenty to choose from in March.
Here are the new films and shows available to stream on Netflix this weekend:
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MH370: The Plane That Disappeared
Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 was supposed to be a routine trip: A redeye from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 passengers and crew on board. But shortly after takeoff on a calm 2014 night, MH370 vanished from radar screens.
The shocking disappearance of a commercial airliner made headlines, sparked riots, plunged the passengers’ next of kin into a nightmare, and generated a global search for answers that never came. Set across seven countries, this gripping documentary series uses powerful archives to reconstruct the night of the disappearance, giving viewers the chance to explore three of the most contentious theories about the plane’s disappearance.
It also features interviews with family members, scientists, journalists, and the ordinary people around the world who, after nine years, refuse to give up hope of an explanation. It’s a story full of conspiracies and rabbit holes, shadowy figures and official silence – but most of all, it’s an opportunity to keep alive the memory of those who were lost in one of the great unsolved mysteries of our time and to keep pushing for answers.
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Faraway
This comedy-drama follows Zeynep Altin (Naomi Krauss), a woman at the end of her rope. She’s overworked and underappreciated by her husband, daughter, and aging father, and to top it all off, the funeral home has just put her beloved deceased mother in a man’s suit instead of her favourite dress.
It’s the final straw for Zeynep, who escapes Munich for the Croatian island cottage her mother secretly bought years ago, hoping to get some peace and quiet and find herself again. If only the former owner of the cottage, a rugged islander called Josip (Goran Bogdan), wasn’t still living on the very same plot of land.
Luther: The Fallen Sun
In Luther: The Fallen Sun – an epic continuation of the award-winning TV series – a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
Also stars Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis and Dermot Crowley, who reprises his role from the series as Martin Schenk.
Outlast
This raw survival competition series sees 16 lone wolves fighting to outlast each other in the Alaskan wilderness in a bid to win one million dollars. There is only one rule in this cut throat game: they must be a part of a team to win.
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