Each month, lots of new films and TV shows are added to Stan‘s library. Eliza Janssen surveys the month’s selections and picks for titles most worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.
Top Picks: TV
Population: 11 (March 14)
There are far, far too many Australian stories about small rural towns with big rural secrets, and the troubled outsiders who rock up and solve some cold case mystery there. But hey—this one stars Ginsberg from Mad Men! Playing an American whose errant dad goes missing from a tiny, dinky di Australian outback town, Ben Feldman should certainly get to the bottom of whatever sunbaked whodunnit this new series has in store.
Platform 7 (March 21)
Lotta new shows with numerical names arriving on Stan this month. This series is a British four-part drama, starring Jasmine Jobson as a ghost trapped at the titular train station spot. She has no memory of her life—or death for that matter—until a shocking tragedy takes place at the platform she haunts, sending her reeling back into complex memories. It’s based on a well-received thriller novel, so hopefully the ending satisfies us after that tantalising, melancholy set-up.
Top Picks: Movies + Specials
The Cabin in the Woods (March 9)
An absolute treat for horror fans (and, come to think of those, those who can’t stand the genre too). This wrongful box office flop from 2012 skewers the genre’s most tiresome tropes—for instance, look at those dummies in the image above, happily reading from some obviously cursed book! But it’s all in the name of a grand, absorbing conspiracy, that’s both supernatural and chillingly bureaucratic. A pre-fame Chris Hemsworth shows up, but my fave character is the trademark nerdy stoner guy (Fran Kranz), who saves the day with his retractable bong.
Coherence (March 13)
You don’t need a bajillion dollars and a legion of overworked special effects slaves to put out a great sci-fi film. This 2013 super-indie proves it, using a low-key dinner party setting to delve into reality-shaking questions. Filmed over five nights with a cast of besties, the movie really kicks off when a mysterious comet’s trajectory seems to splinter a friendship group into doppelgangers, or mirrored, alternate-universe mimics. The low budget leads to high-tension, and an enjoyably noggin-scratching finale.
Shayda (March 18)
The Opening Night Premiere pick at 2023’s Melbourne International Film Festival, Shayda is a startling and heartstring-tugging tale of a mother’s determination and love. It’s the directorial debut of filmmaker Noora Niasari, with star Zar Amir Ebrahimi raking in acclaim for the titular lead role. If you’ve been craving exceptional, sensitive new Aussie drama, this one’ll get ya right in the gut, following an immigrant mum trying to escape domestic abuse over the course of the Iranian new year.
All titles arriving on Stan in March
March 1
BMF: Black Mafia Family: Season 3 Premiere
The Good Doctor: Season 6
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Holmes and Watson
Moneyball
March 2
Megamind Rules!: Season 1 Premiere
L.A. Confidential
March 3
Paper Spiders
The Hummingbird
At The End Of The Tunnel
March 4
The King is Dead!
The Heroic Quest Of The Valiant Prince Ivandoe: Seasons 1-2
March 5
Days of Grace
Burn All My Letters
March 6
Ghosted: Love Gone Missing: Seasons 1-2
Looking For Grace
March 7
Eight Legged Freaks
Alcarras
March 8
Gray: Season 1 Premiere
For Your Consideration
March 9
Brothers
The Cabin in the Woods
March 10
47 Meters Down: The Next Chapter
Before, Now And Then
Mia Madre (My Mother)
March 11
Falcon Lake
March 12
Blackball
The Four
March 13
Coherence
Santiago Of The Seas: Pirate Treasure Playoff
Ex On The Beach (US): Seasons 1-3
March 14
Population 11: Season 1 Premiere
Once Were Warriors
Bubble Guppies: Season 5
March 15
Good Kill
The Murder of Lyn Dawson: Season 1
The Peacock
March 16
River Runs Through It
March 17
Ruby’s Choice
Someone Who Takes Care Of Me
March 18
Shayda
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Santiago Of The Seas Pirate Play Along Adventure
March 19
A Dog’s Way Home
Welcome Back, Mr. President
Wildland
March 20
Intervention: Seasons 18-19
It’s All About Karma
March 21
Platform 7: Season 1 Premiere
Ten Empty
Couples Therapy For Cheaters
March 22
Danger Force: Seasons 1-2
Teen Mom 2: Seasons 10-11
Truth
March 23
Vanity Fair (2004)
March 24
Revealed: How To Poison A Planet – Premiere
The Double
Master Cheng (A Spice For Life)
March 25
Footloose (2011)
La Vie En Rose
March 26
Avarice
Sisi & I
Two Irenes
March 27
Are You The One?: Season 8
Safe
Blessed Madness
March 28
Windcatcher: Premiere
The Infiltrator
Blue’s Big City Adventure
Blue’s Clues & You: Season 1
The Hills: New Beginnings: Seasons 1-2
March 29
Triple 9
March 31
The Intouchables (2011)
Last Dragon Master
See also
* Best new movies and TV series on Netflix Australia
* Best new movies and TV series on Amazon Prime
* Best new movies and TV series on Disney+
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