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It's not been the best of times for the entire world as we all have been restricted to our homes amidst the coronavirus pandemic! This means that we also get to catch up on all the movies and TV shows that we have missed because of our crazy work schedules and standard of living. Pinkvilla Picks is your one-stop-shop for the recommendations to filter through as the lockdown period extends for the third time! Our pick today? Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

This quarantine phase seems never-ending! The Coronavirus outbreak is getting scarier now and the only way to contain the spread of the dreadful virus is to stay indoors and practise social-distancing. Watching the news about new COVID-19 cases coming up every day can be stressful.

We challenge you to watch the 2001 American drama without crying! The heartwarming story of a father with a 7-year-old's mental capacity and his young daughter, beautifully brought on the celluloid, director Jessie Nelson has delivered a masterpiece through this film. The film stars Sean Penn as a mid-aged man with an intellectual disability and Dakota Fanning as his bright and inquisitive daughter Lucy.

While streaming platforms these days are overloaded with content, sometimes there is nothing better than a good old comedy series to help you forget everything that is going on in the world. Sex and The City came out in 1998 but it is one of those evergreen serials that never gets old.

We're all stationed at home, practicing quarantine, to stay away from the coronavirus pandemic. Many of us have been taking to OTT platforms to get our source of entertainment, which is mostly to help us distract from the harsh reality, that the entire globe is witnessing collectively! While English shows have always been the norm, K-dramas is soon gaining immense credence on a global scale with many taking notice of the talented artists present in Korea.

Former Sex and the City actress Kristin Davis has been tapped to host new dating show Labor of Love.

It has been a fairly good year for K-Drama. After we were treated to Crash Landing On You and Itaewon Class, fans of South Korean drama shows will be presented The King: Eternal Monarch. The show starts this weekend. The SBS show is extra special for it sees Lee Min Ho return to acting after his military service. Legends of the Blue Sea actor stars opposite Kim Go Eun on the show. But is that a reason enough to watch? Ideally, it should be. But if you want more, check it out below: 

Netflix's new crime documentary Tiger King that revolves around the life of American zookeeper Joe Exotic has become the talk of the town ever since it premiered online. Call it the thrilling experience of watching a true crime story or the controversies around Joe Exotic, Tiger King has become one of the most trending shows on Netflix in no time.

It seems like India is prepping to extend the lockdown and we've got all the time in the world to start a new series so why not do it today? There are two things that we've been doing the most during the quarantine. One is watching the news day and night and keeping a tab on Coronavirus cases that is taking a toll on our mind, and the other is NOTHING! Today, Pinkvilla Picks Penn Badgley starrer YOU which is ideal for both the situations mentioned above.

Thrillers, legal dramas, science fiction and period dramas have their own charm, but sometimes, when we are watching a television series, all we want to do is just sit back and laugh till our jaws hurt. Because nothing is a better stress buster than a good comedy show.

A thing I most certainly regret not doing in 2018 was watch Bohemian Rhapsody in a theatre. What an otherwordly experience it must have been to stomp your feet as Freddie Mercury's iconic vocals scream We Will Rock You! Turns out, in 2019, I may have revisited the movie at least 8-10 times as a pick me up during troubling days, which let's face it, is human nature in the 21st century.

One of the best comedy, dramas to come out in recent times, in my opinion, has to be Fleabag! The British series, which is created, written by and stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge in the titular role, is about a complex woman named Fleabag living in London, going through trials and tribulations, like dealing with her family drama and falling in love with a priest.

"Hello, Upper East Siders!.... You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl." If you're a fan of teenage dramas then we have just the right TV series for you; Gossip Girl! Starring Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford and Penn Badgley as the lead characters, we delve into the lives of the rich and famous from UES as they navigate through their teenage years and tackle deceit, cheating, family issues and so much more. It's guilty pleasure at its most stylish!

When the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal broke out, it was like a domino effect where everyone's demons were coming out in the open. The higher the authority you had, the easier it was to bring them down.

HBO’s mini-series Chernobyl chronicles the real-life events of the tragic nuclear disaster which took place in April 1986, in the city of Chernobyl, Soviet Union. The makers of the show have done a remarkable job of taking this national tragedy, which is considered to be one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind, out of the textbook and put it on your screen. It’s the story about the heroes who put their lives at risk to save Europe from the deadly disaster.