Prime Video is Amazon’s video streaming service and is on the rise. In addition, Max is gaining ground in Europe and Canal+ is loved by many users. For a fixed amount per month you can stream thousands of films and series. At Amazon you can even enjoy extras such as always free shipping via Amazon.nl, free unlimited photo storage and Kindle e-books.
Due to the abundance of content, it is sometimes difficult to discover a good new film or series. That’s why we give you viewing tips and suggestions for Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO Max films and series that are definitely worth watching. Some titles can also be seen on other streaming platforms. Would you like to read more viewing tips? Then view this page.
Amazon Prime Video
Resident Alien
🇺🇸 Sci-Fi & Fantasy
IMDB Score: 7.8/10
4 Seasons First release: 2021
An alien crashes on Earth with his spaceship during a secret mission. To avoid being noticed, he takes on a human form. He then settles as a doctor in the remote American countryside. One day he is asked by the local police to help solve a murder. However, his funny and eccentric behavior makes him the odd one out. He soon realizes that he is not integrated as a human being at all. Over time, he begins to gain more insight into life on earth, but this also causes him to doubt his true mission: exterminating humanity.
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HBO Max
Love & Death
🇺🇸 Crime, Drama
IMDB Score: 7.8/10
1 Season First release: 2023
This series is based on a true story from Texas. The series follows Candy Montgomery, a housewife in a small church community in Wylie, Texas, who was accused of the brutal ax murder of her friend Betty Gore in 1980, after having an affair with Betty’s husband Allan. The story revolves around pent-up emotions in the seemingly perfect lives of religious housewives in the 1980s and the horrific consequences thereof.
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Canal+
Troppo
🇦🇺 Crime, Drama
IMDB Score: 6.8/10
2 Seasons First release: 2022
Troppo is an Australian crime series based on the books by Candice Fox, in which eccentric private investigator Amanda Pharrell with a criminal past teams up with Ted Conkaffey, a disgraced ex-detective falsely accused of child abduction and abuse. After his acquittal, Ted flees to North Queensland’s sweltering Crimson Lake, where he is enlisted by Amanda to solve disappearance cases related to mysterious deaths involving crocodiles. Set in tropical Queensland, the series features plenty of suspense, unexpected twists and an unlikely duo battling their own dark pasts as they try to solve murders before the local police do.
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