Netflix currently plays host to some of the most-watched shows on streaming, from the true-crime series Should I Marry A Murdererand Jack Thorne's Lord of the Flies adaptation to the return of Devil May Cry and The Roast of Kevin Hart. One of the very best new shows dominating the Netflix charts is the must-watch seven-episode crime thriller, Man on Fire. Based on the same novel that inspired the 2004 movie starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning, the show features a star-studded cast, including Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Billie Boullet, Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy, and Bobby Cannavale, and earned a huge 11 million views in its first four days.

Marvel fans, are you ready to see Gambit again? After two decades of willing Channing Tatum's interpretation onto the big screen, he finally made his surprise appearance in 2024's Deadpool & Wolverine, although all too briefly. Hopefully, on December 18, we'll get a better look at the mutant as Tatum reprises his role as Gambit in Avengers: Doomsday. Tatum won't be alone, with the movie boasting a jaw-dropping cast that includes the likes of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Anthony Mackie(the new Captain America), Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier), and many more.

Released in 2004, Denzel Washington joined forces with a young Dakota Fanningon one of his best movies of this century. Two years after winning his second Academy Award for Training Day, Washington starred in the crime thriller Man on Fire, based on the 1980 novel by A.J. Quinnell, which has recently been turned into a global hit Netflix series. Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the seven-episode series was an instant hit on the streaming charts, earning an impressive 11 million views in just four days after its premiere.

Seen as the spiritual ribbon-cutting of the 2026 summer box office, The Mandalorian and Grogu makes its hotly anticipated global theatrical debut on May 22. The feature-length continuation of the hugely successful The Mandalorianseries, this marks the first theatrical release in the franchise since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. The cast for the movie is stacked with talent, including Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin, Sigourney Weaver as Colonel Ward, Martin Scorsese as an Ardennian Fry Cook, Steve Blum as Zeb Orellios, and The Bear star Jeremy Allen White as Rotta the Hutt.

One of the highlights of TV in 2026 so far was The Pitt's second season finale, "9:00 P.M.," as Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch's (Noah Wyle) final hour before his supposed sabbatical was packed with high drama and emotion. Through the tears, an eye-watering number of viewers tuned in to the finale, with it reported that 9.7 million viewers were recorded in the weekend following its premiere. As far as medical dramas go, The Pitt is now the gold standard, with its success sure to inspire many more like it as other streamers attempt to catch up.