It’s your lucky weekend, because St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching. No matter your background, the holiday offers a wonderful excuse to wear green and call up a number of streaming options set in Ireland to celebrate the feast day of the country’s patron saint.   

If it’s your Irish Wish to travel to the Emerald Isle with Lindsay Lohan, then you know what to do. But for some picks beyond that rom-com, read on: You could queue up a doc about a world-class athlete, a trio of very different films about Irish artists making music out of pain, or a pair of comedies dripping with dark humor. Whatever you choose, may the luck of the Irish be with you. 

But first, what’s new on Netflix?

Everybody. A follow-up to last year’s live TV event Everybody’s in LA, the new talk show Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney launched this Wednesday night. In it, the comedian banters with celebrity guests in between sketches and musical performances. Catch up on the premiere now and watch new episodes every Wednesday. 

Not feeling the live? Try turning up the heat, because Temptation Island has come to Netflix. On the new incarnation of the infamous reality show, four couples come to a beautiful island, where they split apart and pair off with hot singles. Not tempted? Anthony and Joe Russo’s new sci-fi adventure comedy The Electric State stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt as survivors of a robot revolution who set out on an adventure amid the chaotic aftermath.  

If you have just a night … 

Catch up with some legends. First, call up Ross Whitaker’s 2018 documentary Katie, which follows Irish super lightweight boxing champion Katie Taylor (whose upcoming historic rematch with rival Amanda Serrano will stream this July) as she tries to climb back to the top after a major setback. Supplement the doc with as many doses of The Graham Norton Show as you want: The jocular Irish host has chatted with countless stars on his lively talk show, and the best bits from the last two seasons are on Netflix.  

If you have a whole day … 

Stay for a song. A trio of films shine a spotlight on Irish people charting a future through music. Start with John Carney’s enchanting 2016 musical dramedy Sing Street, in which a boy (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) in Dublin in the 1980s starts a band to impress a girl (Lucy Boynton) and escape his grim reality. Fast-forward a few decades to Rick Peppiatt’s Kneecap, a 2024 indie dramedy that portrays the rise, in the 2010s, of the Irish hip-hop trio of the same name, many of whose lyrics are written in Irish. All three members star as themselves, and Michael Fassbender takes on a supporting role. Finally, a very different kind of musical group kicks off the action in Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s 2023 drama The Miracle Club: In the 1960s, three women (Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates, and Agnes O’Casey) win a trip to Lourdes as the top prize in a talent show. They embark on a pilgrimage to France, hoping for miracles. 

If you have the entire weekend … 

Find the humor. Two scripted series mine laughs out of tumult and tragedy, and together, they can carry you through the weekend. First, Lisa McGee’s Derry Girls, starring Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Nicola Coughlan, follows a group of teenage girls as they grow up in Northern Ireland amid the later years of the Troubles. The beloved sitcom, which lasted three seasons, is genuinely hilarious, even against a backdrop of political turmoil. Then, watch an idealistic American podcaster (Will Forte) bumble his way through a true-crime cold case investigation in a small Irish village with the help of an Irish journalist (Siobhán Cullen) in Jez Scharf’s black comedy series Bodkin.

Don’t forget, you have one last chance … 

For revenge. Park Chan-wook’s legendary 2003 thriller Oldboy, in which a businessman (Choi Min-sik) wakes up a free man after 15 years of captivity and torture and embarks on a quest for vengeance. After next week, the film will get locked away.

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