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An anime gem on Netflix and Succession creator's new movie are among this week's best streaming releases

Check out our guide to the best movies and shows streaming this week, May 26–June 1

“Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong’s satirical drama “Mountainhead” and Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel playing dysfunctional siblings in the murder thriller series “The Better Sister” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

Weapons-grade zingers come thick and fast in this chamber piece about four plutocrats on a weekend in a lodge that goes awry when the planet descends into chaos

4/5 Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman and Ramy Youssef exemplify the reprehensible super-rich in this pitch-black comedy that asks: how far can you extend gallows humour?

IN FOCUS: Armando Iannucci wanted to make something ‘rough and ready’ about what politics was really like in the 2000s, but with a team of talented writers, he created a classic comedy that still resonates today. Katie Rosseinsky dissects the anatomy of its foul-mouthed invective

It was the political satire that gave us omnishambles, pet asbos and the terrifying Malcolm Tucker. Two decades on, creator Armando Iannucci and stars including Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front lift the lid on its chaotic creation

Mountainhead should be a blast

From Netflix to Prime Video, here are 14 movies you are not going to want to miss when they land on streaming in May.

Succession producer Jesse Armstrong wrote and directed the film, with filming starting in March

Steve Carell, Ramy Yousef and more star in Succession creator Jesse Armstrong’s latest project Mountainhead. Here’s what you need to know.