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From a teenager offering advice in Sex Education to a middle-aged couple reigniting their sex life in Wanderlust, here are the best sex comedies available on Netflix

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Director Paul Greengrass directs this new Western, following the travelling newsreader Kidd (Tom Hanks) as he escorts a German girl (Helena Zengel) back to her family

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Gabriel Byrne, Andrea Riseborough and Dane DeHaan star in this violent examination of the international drugs trade

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This new Netflix soap opera follows best friends Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) as they grow from childhood to their 40s, trying to make it as journalists

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Zendaya and John David Washington star in this housebound relationship drama from Euphoria writer Sam Levinson

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From a caring Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass' News of the World to a scary Lupita Nyong'o in Jordan Peele's Us, Netflix in February provides escape from Lockdown 3

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A live-action Harry Potter TV series is reported to be in development with HBO Max

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Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, Johnny Flynn and Lily James star in this 30s period drama about the excavation of Sutton Hoo

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In his new Channel 4 Aids drama, Russell T Davies examines the impact of the virus on the British gay community. Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris and Olly Alexander star

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The ITV detective drama The Bay returns. Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie) has to deal with her demotion as well as having her old lackey Med (Taheen Modak) as a boss

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In this six-part ITV family drama about grief, Keeley Hawes stars as Alice, whose partner Harry suddenly dies. The impact ripples across the family, but Harry had a few secrets…

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In this new biopic, David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) tries to find his identity as a musician in the years leading up to Ziggy Stardust. Marc Marron also stars

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Edward Hall's adaptation of Noël Coward's classic comedy opens up the story and provides a more modern touch. Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann and Judi Dench star

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Regina King's film debut examines the historic meeting between Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge)

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In this latest true-crime drama from ITV, the murders of Welsh serial killer John William Cooper (aka the Bullseye Killer) are investigated by DSI Steve Wilkins (Luke Evans)

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In season 2, Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) is approaching fame as a poet after the newspaper mogul Samuel Bowles (Finn Jones) comes to town. But does she really want it?

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In Kornél Mundruzó's Netflix film Pieces of a Woman, Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf star as a couple recovering from a devastating loss.

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From the contentious drama Pieces of a Woman with Vanessa Kirby to Olivia Wilde's ecstatic debut Booksmart with Kaitlyn Dever, Netflix in January delivers a great start to 2021

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This eight-part true-crime drama examines the exotic and murderous case of Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) and his accomplice Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman). Billy Howle and Ellie Bamber also star

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Featuring Chadwick Boseman's final performance, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – based on the August Wilson play – follows a 1920s blues band recording their next album. Viola Davis also stars

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David Byrne of Talking Heads returns to the stage, in this Spike Lee-directed film version of his Broadway show American Utopia

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In the final film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy) is taken out of school for being 'educationally subnormal'. But something else is afoot…

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In this anthology series from Widows director Steve McQueen, Small Axe tells five stories set within London's West Indian community. John Boyega and Letitia Wright star

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In this curiously subverted crime drama, Rachel Brosnahan stars as Jean, wife to a criminal who's betrayed his partners. Jean goes on the run, hiding from possible killers

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Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden star in Ryan Murphy's latest project The Prom, based on the Broadway musical

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Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) steps into a new world, and Will (Amir Wilson) and Lyra (Dafne Keen) plan to steal back the alethiometer from Lord Boreal (Ariyon Bakare)

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The penultimate film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology examines the early life of novelist Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), looking at his time in Brixton shortly before the 1981 Uprising

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David Fincher's 11th feature film follows the story of understated Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he pens the script for Citizen Kane

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From David Fincher's examination of Citizen Kane in Mank to a final farewell to Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix in December is both cold and colourful

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In the third Small Axe film from Steve McQueen, John Boyega stars as Leroy Logan, a black officer in the 80s who wanted to eliminate racism in the police

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Culture Whisper chats with writer/director Helena Coan about her new documentary film Audrey, focusing on the classic Hollywood actor Audrey Hepburn

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While all eyes have been on The Queen’s Gambit and The Crown, a less royal flush of no less gripping shows has dropped onto our streaming platforms undetected