Hannibal's three seasons return to Netflix today after five years away

Bryan Fuller's cult psychological thriller is back with all 39 episodes, a $261M Quiet Place prequel and the Oscar-nominated TÁR land alongside it, and Sliding Doors departs today.

The pick of the day: Hannibal

Hannibal returns to Netflix US today with all three seasons streaming for the first time in roughly five years. The NBC series, created by Bryan Fuller from Thomas Harris's novels, ran from 2013 to 2015 and was cancelled in June 2015 despite near-universal acclaim.

What it is: Mads Mikkelsen plays Dr. Hannibal Lecter opposite Hugh Dancy's haunted FBI profiler Will Graham, with Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas, and Gillian Anderson rounding out the cast. Thirty-nine episodes of baroque, food-as-art horror and a cat-and-mouse relationship that is some of the most acclaimed television of the 2010s.
Who it's for: Anyone who likes their procedurals gorgeous, slow-burn, and deeply unsettling. Season 1 holds an 83% Certified Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, while Seasons 2 and 3 each hit 98% (ComingSoon, July 7). It is the rare cancelled show whose reputation kept climbing after it ended.
Why it matters now: The #RenewHannibal campaign has run eleven years, and creator Bryan Fuller says the full cast wants to return, but the rights are tangled across Thomas Harris's estate, MGM/Amazon, and Gaumont (Bloody Disgusting). A big Netflix audience is the most concrete thing fans can do to nudge a revival. The show was previously on Netflix North America for about a year starting in 2020, then left.

Also arriving today: A Quiet Place: Day One

Most week-ahead previews led with Hannibal and TÁR for Monday, but a third title landed alongside them: A Quiet Place: Day One, the 2024 Paramount prequel, arrives on Netflix US today.

What it is: Lupita Nyong'o stars as a terminally ill woman navigating the first hours of the alien invasion through a silent, crumbling New York, with Joseph Quinn and Djimon Hounsou. Michael Sarnoski (Pig) writes and directs from a story he developed with John Krasinski.
Who it's for: Horror fans and the franchise-curious. It is the least terrifying of the three films but the most emotional, resting on Nyong'o's performance and a service cat named Frodo. It sits at 86% on Rotten Tomatoes with a 72% audience score (Rotten Tomatoes), and it grossed $261.8 million worldwide against a $67 million budget (Wikipedia).
The catch: It is a Paramount catalog pickup rather than a Netflix Original, so expect a shorter licensing window than the homegrown titles on this list.

Also arriving today: TÁR

TÁR, Todd Field's 2022 psychological drama with Cate Blanchett as the fictional celebrity conductor Lydia Tár, returns to Netflix today. It earned six Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Actress, sits at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes with a 93 on Metacritic, and divided viewers over whether its protagonist is a villain or a scapegoat (Wikipedia). For anyone who missed its theatrical run, this is the prestige-film pickup of the week, with Blanchett operating at full power across its two hours and thirty-eight minutes.

Also arriving today: Masha and the Bear, Season 6

Masha and the Bear adds Season 6 today, the latest batch of the Russian preschool animation phenomenon whose YouTube channel has over 55 million subscribers (Deadline). Light, dialogue-light slapstick for the under-six set, and a quiet-screen option if you need one.

Leaving this week

Sliding Doors (1998) leaves today. The Gwyneth Paltrow split-timeline Tube romance that gave English the phrase "sliding doors moment" has July 27 as its posted leaving date on Tudum and Vulture, with Netflix removing it July 28 per trackers (whats-on-netflix). Treat today as the last full day to watch.
Tallulah (2016) leaves July 29. Sian Heder's feature debut before CODA, with Elliot Page, Allison Janney, and Tammy Blanchard in a drifter-takes-a-neglected-toddler story. A Netflix Original removal, so it will not be back.
Welcome to the Family (Season 1, 2018) leaves today. A Catalan dark comedy Netflix Original about a family hiding a death to keep an inheritance, one of the streamer's quieter July original removals.