Summer Streaming Guide: Top Picks for Rainy Days Across Major Platforms

For the rain showers and the time in the shade between all the baths. Here is the summer's big streaming guide for the nine major services – with tips in five important categories.

» Published: July 16 2025 at 07:18

Summer Streaming Guide: Top Picks for Rainy Days Across Major Platforms
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SVT Play.

New series: "The one who bears guilt". Critically acclaimed New Zealand drama about a family shaken by - potential - sexual abuse.

New movie: "The Swedish torpedo". Josefin Neldén plays Sally Bauer in a drama about the 1930s master swimmer.

Classic: "The people of Hemsö". The film adaptation of the Strindberg classic from 1966 with Allan Edwall, Sif Ruud, and Sven Wollter is available on Öppet arkiv.

For children: "The beetle flies at dusk". Maria Gripe's 1970s classic in a lavish and acclaimed TV version.

Cozy: "Curry with coriander". Maria Mendel eats her way around the world with SVT's foreign correspondents.

Netflix.

New series: "The waterfront". Viewer success about a family business drawn into shady deals.

New movie: "Out and cycling". Katia Winter and Fredrik Hallgren in a relationship drama with Vätternrundan as the backdrop.

Classic: "Breaking bad". All seasons of the groundbreaking drama about the terminally ill teacher who starts cooking narcotics are available.

For children: "K-pop: Demon hunters". The animated K-pop musical is the summer's big music phenomenon worldwide.

Cozy: Missed "Love is blind"? Netflix has nine international versions of the dating success.

TV4 Play

New series: "Patience". British crime drama about an autistic investigator.

New movie: "Beck - the invisible man". The police end up in a toxic male influencer environment when they investigate a new murder.

Classic: "Solsidan". All seasons from 15 years of the humor favorite from Saltsjöbaden are available here.

For children: "LasseMajas detective agency". Five movies and two series with the children solving crimes.

Cozy: "Summer with Ernst". Kirchsteiger helps create the right atmosphere during the warm season.

HBO Max.

New series: "The institute". New Stephen King series about teenagers with supernatural abilities.

New movie: "Sinners". Michael B Jordan plays dual roles in the horror movie that became a huge success in theaters this spring.

Classic: "Sex and the city". Six seasons of dating and drama in New York at the turn of the millennium.

For children: "A Minecraft movie". The video game in a film version with Jack Black in top form is now available to stream.

Cozy: "Tour de France". Hour-long vacation postcards from France every day - nice to watch even if you don't like cycling competitions.

Disney+.

New series: "Adults". The series about young adults in Queens, New York, has been described as a "Friends" for our time.

New movie: "Snow White". The new version of the Disney classic with Rachel Zegler - and Gal Gadot as the evil stepmother.

Classic: "Star wars". All movies and series in all versions of the space opera.

For children: "Ironheart". The Marvel character Riri from "Wakanda forever" moves to Chicago to start college.

Cozy: "Tucci in Italy". Film star Stanley Tucci tests culinary highlights in five episodes.

Prime Video.

New series: "Ballard". Spin-off series from the popular "Bosch", about an LA detective who investigates a "cold case" and discovers extensive corruption.

New movie: "Live a little". Fanny Ovesen's road movie about two couch-surfing young Swedes who get into trouble in Europe was in theaters as recently as this spring.

Classic: "Fleabag". Take the chance to see Phoebe Waller-Bridge's innovative series, which is soon ten years old.

For children: "We were liars". The summer's big teen drama is about dark secrets in the upper class that must not come to the surface.

Cozy: "Clarkson's farm". The burly TV personality Jeremy Clarkson shows a softer side as a farmer in the acclaimed reality success.

SkyShowtime.

New series: "Mobland". A star-studded and brutal series about two gangster families on a collision course. With Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren.

New movie: "Gladiator II". Denzel Washington steals the show from Paul Mescal in the lead role in Ridley Scott's action-packed sequel.

Classic: Indiana Jones. Four Harrison Ford movies are perfect matinee material for the summer.

For children: SpongeBob SquarePants. Ten seasons with the yellow sponge in depth.

Cozy: "The Americas". New and lavish nature series that covers the entire American continent. Tom Hanks guides as the voiceover.

Viaplay.

New series: "The meaning of life". Relationship comedy about two sisters (Helena af Sandeberg and Celie Sparre) who lay the puzzle of life.

New movie: "The substance". Last year's talked-about body horror movie with Demi Moore.

Classic: "Mad men". The entire series about the mysterious Don Draper and his colleagues at the advertising agency in 1960s New York.

For children: "Paw patrol". The puppies take care of dog work in the children's success.

Cozy: "Läckbergs". The best-selling author invites you behind the scenes to the unglamorous life and everyday life at home in the house.

AppleTv+.

New series: "Your friends and neighbors". Jon Hamm plays a stockbroker who starts stealing from his neighbors when he gets fired from his job.

New movie: "Echo Valley". Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney in a family drama about how far a mother can go for her daughter.

Classic: The service has only existed since 2019. The morning TV drama "The morning show" with Jennifer Aniston is Apple's oldest show.

For children: Peanuts. AppleTV+ has a long list of movies and series about the popular dog, Charlie Brown, and the others.

Cozy: "Stick". Owen Wilson has been praised for the lead role in the warm comedy series about the former golf star who gets a chance for revenge.

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