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

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

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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