What’s New on Netflix UK This Week: April 8th, 2022

Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Biography, Crime, History | Runtime: 195 Minutes
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall

Winner of seven academy awards, Schindler’s List is one of the most harrowing, but iconic films of Hollywood, and arguably the greatest movie of Steven Spielberg’s illustrious career.

In 1939 businessman Oskar Schindler arrives in Krakow to make his fortune from World War 2. Upon joining the Nazi party, Schindler bribes many Nazi officials so that he can have his factory produce enamelware. With the help of a Jewish official, Schindler hires from the Jewish community that has been overcrowded in the Ghetto of Krakow. Upon seeing the monstrous and inhumane acts the Nazis commit on the Jewish people changes Schindler from profiting from the war and instead tries to save as many lives as he can from it.

Director: Frank Darabont
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy | Runtime: 189 Minutes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell

Over the years there have been many adaptations of Stephen King’s phenomenal bibliography, and easily one of the very best was Frank Darabont’s adaptation of The Green Mile.

When a prison guard discovers that a death row inmate possesses mysterious powers, he tries desperately to prevent the condemned man’s execution.

Genre: Crime, Docuseries | Runtime: 80 Minutes

Once one of the most beloved philanthropists of the UK, radio star Jimmy Savile was able to charm the nation through eccentric nature, and charitable work. But after his death, sexual abuse allegations expose the shocking and dark secret that led to decades of abuse and hundreds of victims.