Below are the NEW series released in 2026 (not new seasons), on Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Netflix. Those are series I have seen and liked ! My favourites series are in bold.
AMAZON Prime Video
- Bait / Young actor, Shah gets the audition of a lifetime : James Bond. But his Pakistani family will get involved…
- Ride or die / Debbie has been friends with Judith, a forensic accountant, for 25 years. Except that Judith is actually a high-profile assassin.
- Scarpetta / In 1990 and again in 2026, a medical examiner (N. Kidman) leads the investigation, aided by a gruff cop and her husband, an FBI agent. But between a radiant sister and a niece who’s cut off from the world, her family life complicates matters.
- Young Sherlock / Guy Ritchie’s adaptation, as a series, with Sherlock, Mycroft and Moriarty as young men. Colorful and full of action.
DISNEY+
- If it’s Tuesday, it’s murder / Four Spanish tourists play detective to solve a murder and find a treasure in Lisbon.
- Lucky Luke / The lonesome cowboy finds himself tasked with protecting a young girl from all the outlaws of the Wild West
- Not suitable for work / 3 young guys, 2 girls in the opposite flat in New York. Not as funny as Friends, but cute
- Pompeii: out of time / In this beautiful documentary series, Tom Hiddleston investigates in an effort to find survivors of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
NETFLIX
- How to get to Heaven from Belfast / Three young women, bound by a childhood secret, embark on a crazy investigation to find a friend.
- I will find you / Two adaptation of Harlan Coben the same year ! A good one, as Run away. A father who was wrongfully convicted of his son’s murder escapes from prison and sets out to find the boy, convinced that he is still alive.
- Run away / The Harlan’s Coben adaptation, a January tradition, but this one is good ! A father (James Nesbitt) is looking for his daughter, and becomes the main suspect in her boyfriend’s murder
- The Bombing of Pan Am 103 / True story / 21st of December, 1988. A Boeing 747 bound for New York explodes in mid-air over Scotland.
Series I didn’t find very good…
- CEO Club / Amazon / A documentary that purports to showcase the lives of female business celebrities, but is nothing more than a pretentious display of the problems of rich, superficial women. If it’s meant to be feminist, it ends up being the exact opposite.
- Day one / Amazon / In Barcelona, a tech guru is preparing to launch a revolutionary device. But his technology is dangerous. A slapdash plot about the dangers of AI and connected devices. The storyline is black-and-white and simplistic, and the characters are painfully unoriginal.
- His and hers / Netflix / A journalist still reeling from the loss of a baby returns to her hometown after a murder. Her husband is leading the investigation. The past resurfaces / There’s nothing original here except for a very unusual murderer! But with a slew of implausibilities in the script, the mystery plot doesn’t hold up.
- Love Story / Disney+ / The story of the famous couple Jonh Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bassett – A misogynistic and cliché-ridden plot. Just because you have a good subject doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed a good series! The casting and direction aren’t convincing. The women here are portrayed as pitiful, whiny, and manipulated. I wanted to watch it, but I gave up after three episodes.
- Under Salt Marsh / Amazon Prime / In a small coastal town in Cornwall, a child is murdered. As a storm threatens to flood the town, the community—cut off from the outside world—is in shock. The killer is one of them. Generally speaking, the British are good at murder mysteries and thrillers, but this one offers nothing original or new, apart from the striking scenery. It has a great cast, but the heavy soundtrack dampens what little interest there is.
- Unchosen / Netflix / An escaped prisoner manages to infiltrate a very insular Protestant community. Despite an interesting theme and cast, the plot is not gripping and often a bit distasteful. The ending, riddled with inconsistencies, is slapdash.
- Unfamiliar / Netflix / Two former spies return to active duty after 16 years when their past comes back to haunt them. Normally, I love spy shows. But this one doesn’t show Germany in its best light: it’s too serious, and it’s impossible to feel any empathy for the characters. I forced myself to watch three episodes and then gave up. Boring as hell.