Top new movies and TV shows to watch in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

Are you looking for the best show to binge-watch on Netflix or maybe the latest movies you can see at the cinema? We have a lot of great releases this week in cinemas and on streaming services, so worry not, as we give you the best movies and TV shows that you can watch this weekend.

The critically acclaimed Viking epic The Northman finally releases in cinemas this week. The film is directed by Robert Eggers and stars an ensemble cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, and Anya Taylor-Joy.

Moving on to streaming, Volume 3 of Love, Death and Robots and the documentary Cyber Hell is coming to Netflix. The highly anticipated adaptation of The Time Traveller’s Wife and the new series Conversations with Friends also arrive on OSN+ this week.

The Northman

Prince Amleth witnessed his uncle murder his father and kidnap his mother as a young kid. Two decades later and now an adult, Amleth is a Viking who regularly raids Slavic villages. After meeting a seeress, he goes on a mission to find his uncle, save his mother, and ultimately avenge his father.

The Northman is showing in UAE and Saudi Arabia cinemas on May 19th

 Cyber Hell: Exposing An Internet Horror

This feature-length documentary looks at the victims of the ‘Nth Room’, an online criminal network of sexual exploitation. Curated from interviews and reenactments, including the story of two female college victims, follow as they expose one of the most devastating digital crimes that have happened in the region.

Cyber Hell: Exposing An Internet Horror is streaming on Netflix on May 18th

 The Photographer (Murder in Pinamar)

This documentary looks at the murder of photojournalist José Luis Cabezas in Argentina. When it was revealed that an organized crime network was behind the murder, the case gained notoriety that became as dramatic as the crime itself.

The Photographer (Murder in Pinamar) is streaming on Netflix on May 19th  

A Perfect Pairing

An LA-based wine company executive named Lola quits her hopes with the plan to start her own wine distribution company. In order to get a major client, she flies to Australia to chase her first potential client, where she meets a rugged local whom she soon falls for.

A Perfect Pairing is streaming on Netflix on May 19th

Love, Death & Robots

The Emmy-award-winning anthology is back. Executive produced by Deadpool director Tim Miller and award-winning filmmaker David Fincher, terror, imagination, and beauty is highlighted in each episode. From an ancient evil to a humorous apocalypse, all are presented in a unique visual style that has been a trademark of the series.

Volume 3 is streaming on Netflix on May 20th

Now and Then

This thriller looks at the differences between young ambitions and the harsh reality of adulthood. After an incident in their college years that leaves one of them dead, the remaining five friends reunite 20 years later to face a threat that might jeopardise their perfect worlds. 

Now and Then is streaming on Apple TV+ on May 20th  

Lovestruck High

Narrated by Lindsay Lohan, this new immersive reality dating show puts 15 UK singles inside a very special American High School on a mission to find a second chance at finding love. The challenge is that they must secure a date for Prom, and the winner who will be crowned Prom Royalty will also win $100,000.

Season 1 is streaming on Amazon Prime Video on May 18th  

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Night Sky

In this series that spans beyond space and time, a couple named Irene and Franklin both discover a chamber inside their backyard that leads to a strange, deserted planet. Keeping this secret for years, they vow never to tell anyone about it until a young man enters their lives, making it even harder to keep.

Season 1 is streaming on Amazon Prime Video on May 20th  

The Time Traveller’s Wife

This HBO adaptation of the hit book and movie stars Theo James and Rose Leslie as lovers Clare and Henry, whose love for each transcends through time – literally. When Clare decides to marry Henry, she has to deal with his frequent absences due to his genetic condition that causes him to time travel unexpectedly. 

The Time Traveller’s Wife is streaming on OSN+ on May 16th 

Conversations with Friends

This series is based on the debut novel of Sally Rooney, published in 2017. It tells the story of two young college women, Frances and Bobbi, that start a relationship with an older couple set against Dublin’s literary scene. 

Conversations with Friends is streaming on OSN+ on May 16th 

Angelyne

 

Emmy Rossum plays the famous billboard queen Angelyne, and the series explores the out-of-this-world curves that made her famous in the 1980s. She went on to be a punk rocker, but her 200+ billboards are what solidified her as a self-made pop culture icon.

Angelyne is streaming on OSN+ on May 20th 

Abbas Jaffar Ali
Managing Editor - Middle East

Abbas has been living and breathing tech before phones became smart or clouds started storing data. It all started when he got his very first computer- the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. From computers to mobile phones and watches, Abbas is always interested in tech that is smarter and smaller because he believes that tech shouldn’t be something that gets added to your life- it should be a part of your life.

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