By Stacy Lee Kong

We heard the pandemic was going to be over on March 1, but since we don’t think that’s *quite* how viruses work, we’re probably going to stay inside a bit longer. Luckily, there are A LOT of TV shows and movies coming to all our favourite streaming services to keep us occupied. Here’s what we’re recommending on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix Canada in March.

Amazon Prime Video

The Tourist (Premieres March 4) 

A man wakes up in the Australian Outback with no recollection of who he is and he must try to piece together his memory as merciless figures from his past pursue him. The Tourist stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald and Shalom Brune-Franklin.

Mind the Malhotras, Season 2 (Premieres March 15) 

To deal with the typical mid-life marital problems, Shefali and Rishabh Malhotra seek professional help to ensure that they do not end up getting divorced like most of their couple friends.

Master (Premieres March 18) 

At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, three women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past... and present.

Deep Water (Premieres March 18) 

A well-to-do husband (Ben Affleck) who allows his wife (Ana de Armas) to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Premieres March 25) 

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls is a new unscripted series following global superstar and icon Lizzo, who is on the hunt for confident, bad-ass women to join the elite ranks of the Big Grrrls and join her world tour. With 10 hopeful women moving into the Big Grrrls House, they must prove they have what it takes to make it to the end and join Lizzo in front of a global audience on the center stage.

Apple TV+

Central Park, Season 2 (Premieres March 4) 

As season two of Central Park unfolds, the Tillerman family continues to navigate living in and caring for the world’s most famous park. Molly experiences the trials and tribulations of adolescence, Cole is challenged by a truly embarrassing moment at school, Paige continues to chase down the Mayor’s corruption story, and Owen juggles managing the park, his staff, and his family all with a smile on his face. Meanwhile, Bitsy inches ever closer to her sinister goal of claiming Central Park as her own; with Helen by her side, eternally wondering whether she’s made it into Bitsy’s will. Every step of the way, we are guided along by our friendly, fumbling, fiddler narrator, Birdie.

WeCrashed (Premieres March 18)

Starring Academy Award winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, WeCrashed is the highly anticipated eight-episode limited series from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork.” Inspired by actual events—and the love story at the centre of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?

Pachinko (Premieres March 25) 

Told in three languages—Korean, Japanese, and English—Pachinko is the highly anticipated international drama series based on The New York Times bestselling acclaimed novel. Epic in scope and intimate in tone, the story begins with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell an unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning.

CBC Gem

Evil By Design: Surviving Nygard (Premieres March 17)

Uncovering the truth behind decades of alleged sexual assault in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas, this CBC Docs Original series is the story of fashion mogul Peter Nygard, the women who survived his reign of terror, and the brave victims and former employees who are finally bringing him to justice. Reporters, private investigators, and the survivors themselves give us an unprecedented look at an international fashion empire, the stories of crimes that weren’t revealed for decades, and how it was all, finally, brought to light.

Real Blackity Talk (Premieres March 18)

Each episode of Real Blackity Talk unpacks a different aspect of the modern human experience—from people’s relationships with their bodies and the ways people use social media to express themselves to how they engage with their communities and cultural heritage. While the topics are universal, the lens through which they’re examined is uniquely Black. Wildly charismatic and flawlessly bilingual Burundian-Canadian sisters Aiza and Kamana Ntibarikure host the series and are accompanied by a dazzling team of correspondents—their ‘Blaxperts’—who provide valuable insight, a diverse range of viewpoints and delectable banter.

The Big Sex Talk (Premieres March 18)

The Big Sex Talk places its finger firmly on the pulse of Canada's sexual and gender diversity. Led by certified sex educator, Shan Boodram—with help from experts, culture vultures, and everyday Canadians—the series unpacks our notions of sexuality, explains new vernacular, and debunks all the myths surrounding sex. From sex robots to gender fluidity, polyamory to good ol’ fashioned monogamy and beyond, this original series isn’t afraid to put a human face on the things that get us all hot and bothered.

Miss S, Season 1 (Premieres March 21)

In the Chinese adaptation of the global phenomenon that is Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, an unlikely duo - the beautiful and witty Shanghai socialite, Su Wenli (Ma Yi Li, The First Half Of My Life) and the righteous, serious inspector, Luo Qiuheng (Gao Wei Guang, Mr. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice) find themselves paired up to solve cases in Shanghai.

Hello (Again) (Premieres March 25)

Sparks fly when an overworked line cook (Alex Mallari Jr., Dark Matter) almost crashes into a medical resident (Rong Fu, Zombies) at the park. Their clash turns into a whirlwind romance until things sour. As fate would have it, a mischievous little supernatural girl hurls the chef back in time for a second chance at love. Again and again and again. Created by Nathalie Younglai (Coroner) and Simu Liu (Kim's Convenience).

Uytae Lee’s Stories About Here (Premieres March 25)

Uytae Lee digs into the challenging issues of day to day life in cities across Canada, from an urban planning perspective. How can we do better? Why do public bathrooms suck? Why do cities need ugly industrial land when they also need nice affordable housing? Why are so many bus signs useless?

Raufikat’s Better Bake Along (Premieres March 25)

Raufikat Oyawoye-Salami is a champion baker who can create confectionary delights with the simplest of ingredients. Alan Shane Lewis and Ann Pornel are comedians who barely know their torte from their tart. But that’s okay because Raufikat is going to teach them how to bake in this hilarious step-by-step bake along series. In each episode, Raufikat will bake a beautiful dessert while Ann and Alan will try their best to keep up and present a perfect replication of Raufikat’s dish. The friendly competition gets turned up a few degrees with a game to earn an advantage. And let’s face it, Ann and Alan need all the help they can get. When the flour settles, only one of them will have the Better Bake.

Revenge of the Black Best Friend (Premieres March 31)

An episodic series created, co-written, and co-produced by Amanda Parris that follows Dr. Toni Shakur (Olunike Adeliyi, The Porter), a self-help guru whose singular mission is to cancel the entertainment industry's reliance on token Black characters....before she gets cancelled herself. 

Topline (Premieres March 31)

Created by Romeo Candido (Prison Dancer), Topline follows 16-year-old Tala (Cyrena Fiel), a reclusive singer/songwriter with an online alter ego: 18-year-old Celestine. When she is discovered after one of her songs (as Celestine) goes viral, Tala is invited to join a world-renowned music production team that creates hits for superstars and is faced with presenting as either Celestine, the person she wishes she could be, or as herself. In the process, she just might learn how to find her own voice as well.

Crave Canada

Our Flag Means Death (Premieres March 3) 

From creator David Jenkins and Emmy®-nominated executive producer Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Jojo Rabbit), Our Flag Means Death is a new comedy series that’s (very) loosely based on the true adventures of 18th century would-be pirate, Stede Bonnet, played by Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords). After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard, played by Waititi. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together, and survive life on the high seas.

Shining Vale (Premieres March 6)

An eight episode, half-hour horror comedy about a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But, no one seems to notice except for Pat, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed. As it turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same. Patricia “Pat” Phelps (Courteney Cox) is a former “wild child” who rose to fame by writing a raunchy, drug-and-alcohol-soaked women’s empowerment novel. Fast forward 17 years later, Pat is clean and sober but totally unfulfilled. She still hasn’t written her second novel; she can’t remember the last time she had sex with her husband (Greg Kinnear); and her teenage kids are at that stage where they want you dead. She was a faithful wife until her one slip-up: she had a torrid affair with the hot, young handyman who came over to fix the sink while Terry was at work. In a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, she and Terry cash in all their savings and the family move from the “crazy” of the city to a large, old house in the suburbs that has a storied past of its own. Everyone has their demons, but for Pat Phelps, they may be real.

Phoenix Rising (Premieres March 15)

Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld) takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational trauma, and reclaim her story in a culture that instinctively blames women. The film intimately charts her journey as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time.

Minx (Premieres March 17)

Set in 1970s Los Angeles, Minx centres around Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond, Elementary), an earnest young feminist who joins forces with a low-rent publisher (Jake Johnson, New Girl) to create the first erotic magazine for women.

DMZ (Premieres March 17)

From Ava DuVernay (When They See Us) and Robert Patino (Westworld), and leaping off the pages of the popular comic, DMZ chronicles the harrowing journey of fearless and fierce medic Alma Ortega (Rosario Dawson, Rent), who sets out to find the son she lost in the evacuation of New York City at the onset of a bitter civil war. Throwing gasoline on the flames of that conflict is Parco Delgado (Benjamin Bratt, Law & Order), the popular and deadly leader of one of the most powerful gangs in the dematerialized zone (DMZ). Delgado wants to rule this new world, and will stop at nothing to secure that outcome. In this adrenalized and expansive drama which examines a stark political and cultural divide in American society, Alma must contend with the gangs, militias, demagogues, and warlords that control this lawless no man's land. In doing so, she becomes the unlikely source of what everyone here has lost...hope.

Dune (Premieres March 18)

Nominated for 10 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Dune hails from renowned Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, and follows Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name), a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family, and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive.

Moonshot (Premieres March 24)

Romantic comedy meets sci-fi in Moonshot, starring Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) and Lana Condor (To All the Boys… ). Set in a future where Mars has been made habitable and colonized by humanity's elite, two very unlikely college students team up, and board a space shuttle to travel to the Red Planet to reunite with their loved ones.

Julia (Premieres March 31)

Julia is inspired by Julia Child’s extraordinary life and her long-running television series, The French Chef, which pioneered the modern cooking show. Through Julia’s (Sarah Lancashire) life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history—the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women’s movement, the nature of celebrity, and America’s cultural evolution. At its heart, the series is a portrait of a loving marriage with a shifting power dynamic.

Disney+ Canada

Turning Red (Premieres March 11) 

Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda!

Cheaper by the Dozen (Premieres March 18) 

A fresh take on the 2003 hit family comedy, this is the story of the raucous exploits of a blended family of 12, the Bakers, as they navigate a hectic home life while simultaneously managing their family business. The movie stars Gabrielle Union, Zach Braff, Erika Christensen, Timon Kyle Durrett, Journee Brown, Kylie Rogers, Andre Robinson, Caylee Blosenski, Aryan Simhadri, Leo Abelo Perry, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Christian Cote, Sebastian Cote and Luke Prael.

Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U (Premieres March 25) 

In this new documentary, Olivia Rodrigo takes audiences on a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her triple-platinum Geffen Records debut album Sour, to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodrigo recounts the memories of writing and creating her record-breaking debut album and shares her feelings as a young woman navigating a specific time in her life. Through new live arrangements of her songs, intimate interviews and never-before-seen footage from the making of the album, audiences will follow her along on a cinematic journey exploring the story of Sour.

Moon Knight (Premieres March 30) 

When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.

Netflix Canada

The Weekend Away (Premieres March 3)

When her best friend vanishes during a girls trip to Croatia, Beth (Leighton Meester) races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.

Pieces of Her (Premieres March 4)

A woman (Bella Heathcote) pieces together her mother's (Toni Colette) dark past after a violent attack in their small town brings hidden threats and deadly secrets to light.

The Andy Warhol Diaries (Premieres March 9)

After he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this docuseries, take a peek behind his persona.

Byron Baes (Premieres March 9)

Australian influencers flock to Byron Bay for its warm, beachy beauty and cool, creative vibe. Follow these friends as they negotiate life and love.

Queer Eye Germany (Premieres March 9)

Five experts in lifestyle, fashion, beauty, health and design — known as the Fab Five — dazzle a nation and transform lives in this makeover series.

The Adam Project (Available March 11)

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed (Ryan Reynolds) teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.

Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. (Premieres March 16)

From Chris Smith, the executive producer of Tiger King and director of Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened, comes a wild four-part documentary series that explores how Sarma Melngailis, the celebrity restaurateur behind the glittering New York hotspot Pure Food and Wine, went from being the queen of vegan cuisine to being known as the “Vegan Fugitive.” Shortly after meeting a man named Shane Fox on Twitter in 2011, Melngailis begins draining her restaurant’s funds and funneling the money to Fox after he cons her into believing he could make her dreams — from expanding her food empire to making her beloved pitbull immortal — a reality…but only if she continues to obey his every request without question. A few years later the couple, now married and on the lam after stealing nearly $2 million from the restaurant and its staff, are found holed up in a Tennessee motel by law enforcement. Their undoing? A charge made under Fox’s real name, Anthony Strangis, for a Domino’s pizza.

Human Resources (Premieres March 18)

From the inventive minds that brought us the award winning adult animation favorite Big Mouth comes the even edgier and adult-ier Human Resources. The spin-off pulls back the curtain on the daily lives of the creatures—Hormone Monsters, Depression Kitties, Shame Wizards and many more—that help humans journey through every aspect of life from puberty to parenthood to the twilight years. It quickly becomes clear that though the protagonists are creatures, they have a lot of humanity themselves. Featuring an all-star voice cast—including Nick Kroll, Maya Rudolph and David Thewlis reprising their Big Mouth roles as well as Aidy Bryant, Brandon Kyle Goodman, Keke Palmer, and Randall Park among others—Human Resources is not your normal day at the office.

Is It Cake? (Premieres March 18)

Skilled cake artists create mouthwatering replicas of handbags, sewing machines and more in a mind-bending baking contest inspired by a popular meme and hosted by Mikey Day.

Top Boy, Season 2 (Premieres March 18)

Dushane wants to expand his empire beyond the streets. But with a huge investment, partners abroad and family crises, more money means more problems.

Windfall (Premieres March 18)

A man (Jason Segal) breaks into a tech billionaire's empty vacation home, but things go sideways when the arrogant mogul (Jesse Plemons) and his wife (Lily Collins) arrive for a last-minute getaway.

Bridgerton, Season 2 (Premieres March 25)

Duty, desire and scandal collide when viscount Anthony Bridgerton decides to marry, only to meet his match in his intended bride's headstrong big sister.

Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (Premieres March 30)

When the founder of a Canadian crypto exchange unexpectedly dies in India, customers suspect there may be more to the death than meets the eye.