Best new movies and TV series on Amazon Prime Video UK: June 2023

Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Amazon Prime Video’s UK library. Eliza Janssen presents her picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.

Top picks

Deadloch: Season 1 (June 2)

Two extremely different detectives solve a murder in a sleepy rural hamlet—sounds like a million, gritty British crime dramas that you’ve already seen, no? The comic creativity of the Kates (Aussie humorists McCartney and McLennan, that is) should add a streak of hilarity to such a familiar format. Over eight episodes, you’ll be able to spot top characters from the Australian comedy scene as the mismatched Sergeant Dulcie and Investigator Eddie close in on their killer.

Living (June 7)

The always-loveable Bill Nighy earned his first Oscar nomination for appearing in this British tearjerker with Japanese origins: it’s based on the wonderful Kurosawa film Ikiru, with an adapted screenplay by novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. Nighy’s character has dwelled under bureaucratic piles of paper for too long, and only a shocking medical diagnosis and the inspiration of a new friend can make him seize the day before it’s too late. Whatever your age, you’re likely to change your perspective on how our mundane daily lives should be best spent after watching.

I’m A Virgo: Season 1 (June 23)

Boots Riley made an audacious splash with his surreal dark comedy Sorry To Bother You a few years back, and has only just resurfaced with another strange project about the awkwardness of modern Black life. The wickedly talented Jharrel Jerome takes on a literally larger-than-life role, as a 13-foot-tall kid only just beginning to experience love, friendship and rebellion. Set loose on the streets of Oakland after a hermetic childhood surrounded by comic books, he’ll own his absurd situation and even get to meet his idol: a superhero played by my fave Walton Goggins. Expect the unexpected.