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WeCrashed 

Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway star as WeWork co-founders Adam and Rebekah Neumann (Gwyneth Paltrow’s cousin) in this pacy drama series about the rise and fall of the eccentrically managed company, which grew from being a single co-working space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade.

Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped by $40 billion.

Adam is portrayed as a smooth-talking force of nature. His yoga-teacher wife is all about putting ‘positive vibes out into the universe’. Leto and Hathaway are terrific and this is must-watch TV. Apple TV+, from Friday 

Top Boy 

It’s been called a British version of The Wire and centres around the story of Dushane (Ashley Walters), the main man on the Summerhouse estate.

He’s also making more money than ever and is settled in his relationship with Shelley – but someone is waiting to rain on his parade. A Channel 4 show that’s now a Netflix favourite. Netflix, from Friday

Persuasion 

Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones star in this 2007 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s last completed novel.

Unmarried Anne Elliot – pretty much on the shelf at the ancient age of 27 – and naval man Captain Wentworth meet again eight years after she was persuaded by snooty friends and family to reject him and end their engagement.

She still loves him, but is it now too late for the pair? BritBox, from Thursday

Kinky Boots 

The true story of a struggling shoe business transformed by the arrival of drag queen Lola. First seen as a 2005 film, it became a stage musical in 2013, with a script by Harvey Fierstein and songs by Cyndi Lauper, and won numerous awards.

This West End production stars Matt Henry as Lola. Stage+, available now

Fresh 

Gruesome comedy-horror film with Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones excellent as Noa, fed up with the sort of men she encounters on dating apps.

When she meets charming Steve (Sebastian Stan) in a grocery store, she’s very taken with him and accepts his invitation to a weekend at a remote house, despite her best friend thinking he’s a bit shady.

Moral of the story? Listen to your best friend. Disney+, from Friday

Master 

Billed as a horror film, this is actually a drama about racism.

It’s the start of a new year at one of America’s most august universities. Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) has become the first black woman ever to be made a housemaster. And new student Jasmine Moore (Zoe Renee) has a room haunted by a witch.

But that’s not the biggest threat around. Amazon, from Friday 

The Godfather 

The Godfather (incredibly, now 50 years old) and its first sequel are among the greatest films ever made and have influenced pretty much every organised crime drama since.

The trilogy is the story of the rise and fall of Vito Corleone, an Italian-American mobster played by Marlon Brando, and his son Michael, played by Al Pacino, who imbues the character with all the intensity of one of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes.

Sky, from Friday

Black Crab

Noomi Rapace stars in a post-apocalyptic Swedish action thriller. In an endless winter, six soldiers must transport a mysterious package, but soon they question the mission. Netflix, from Friday

Nightmare Alley 

Charismatic conman Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a fairground worker, ingratiates himself with clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) to learn the secrets of her mind-reading act and use them to defraud 1940s New York society.

With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) by his side, Stanton plots to scam a dangerous tycoon with the aid of a psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett).

At two-and-a-half hours, this Oscar-nominated film could have done with a trim but this dark vision from Guillermo del Toro (The Shape Of Water) is appealingly seductive. Disney+, from Wednesday

Deep Water 

Vic Van Allen (Ben Affleck) is a wealthy man who tolerates the affairs his beautiful younger wife Melinda (Ana de Armas) is so indiscreet about. Or does he?

When he tells her new boyfriend that he killed a previous paramour, is he trying to scare him off? Or is he a secret psychopath?

This adaptation of a 1957 Patricia Highsmith novel is the first film in 20 years for director Adrian Lyne, who helmed some of the biggest hits of the 1980s, including Fatal Attraction and Flashdance.

Grace Jenkins, who plays the Van Allens’ little girl, looks like a future Oscar-winner. Amazon, from Friday

Film Collection 

BritBox is adding more movies to its already impressive collection.

Among those to look out for are Lars von Trier’s Breaking The Waves, featuring an incredible debut performance by Emily Watson as a woman trying to deal with her husband’s life-changing accident, as well as Jawbone, Benjamin and True History Of The Kelly Gang (featuring Charlie Hunnam). BritBox, from Friday 

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Snow Angels

It’s the night before Christmas Eve when five-week-old baby Lucas vanishes from his home in Stockholm amid a snowstorm. The boy’s mother, Jenni, was under the influence of sleeping pills, so can’t remember anything.

Veteran detective Alice has plenty of questions for the little lad’s family members who, she suspects, know more about the matter than they’re letting on.

Vikings’ Josefin Asplund stars in the eight-part drama alongside Eva Melander. All4, available now

Blinded By The Light

Another heartwarming slice of British-Asian life from Gurinder Chadha, who gave us Bend It Like Beckham.

This comedy drama is based on a memoir by Sarfraz Manzoor and chronicles his growing up as a Pakistani in Luton in 1987 and how his obsession with Bruce Springsteen helped him cope with a strict father and the local skinheads.

Viveik Kalra leads a cast including Hayley Atwell and Rob Brydon. BBC iPlayer, available now

The Man With The X-Ray Eyes 

Anybody who remembers Bazooka Joe bubble-gum wrappers containing ads for ‘X Ray Specs’ will feel the thrill that is the core of this 1963 Roger Corman cult classic.

Ray Milland is the scientist who uses eyedrops to extend his vision… first to see through people’s clothes, then to see the edges of the universe. It does not end well. Talking Pictures TV Encore, from Saturday

Pain And Glory 

One of Pedro Almodóvar’s most personal films, this stars Antonio Banderas as, yes, a director, who is failing mentally and physically as he looks back on his life.

A bittersweet film with fine performances from Banderas and Penélope Cruz. BBC iPlayer, available now

Turn Of Fate 

The classic 1950s collection of one-off dramas featuring an impressive roster of household names, including Jack Lemmon, Barbara Stanwyck and David Niven. Talking Pictures TV Encore, available now