Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
🍁 The Ultimate Cosy Watch List for Autumn 🍁
25
items A curated list of cosy watches for when you want to sink into the sofa, wrap up in a blanket, and switch off. This mix spans gentle comfort shows (Gilmore Girls, Anne with an E), atmospheric mysteries (Miss Marple, Ludwig), quietly beautiful characte...
A gloriously offbeat mystery-comedy starring David Mitchell as a reclusive puzzle-setter who impersonates his twin brother — a missing police detective — to investigate his disappearance, alongside his sister-in-law (Anna Maxwell Martin). It's part c...
Ludwig (BBC Iplayer)
A beautifully shot adaptation of Anne of Green Gables, following orphaned Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty) as she's taken in by an ageing brother and sister on their farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It's got everything for a proper cosy binge: gol...
Anne with an "E" (Netflix UK and US)
A quietly magical comedy from Mackenzie Crook (the mind behind Detectorists) starring Pearce Quigley and Lauren Patel, blending gentle suburban life with strands of grief, alchemy, and a touch of the supernatural. It's whimsical and slow-paced in the...
Small Prophets (BBC Iplayer)
The definitive adaptation of Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth, with Joan Hickson widely considered the ultimate Miss Marple. Set in charming English villages full of secrets, it's proper old-school cosy crime — gentle pacing, quaint tea-room settings...
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (1984 - 92) Available on archive.org
A whimsical French film following Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou), a shy Parisian waitress who decides to secretly improve the lives of those around her, all while navigating her own path to love. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, it's visually stunning...
Amélie: Available on BFI Player
A horror-comedy set in a small New England fishing village, where a skeptical mayor (Matthew Rhys) tries to turn the town into a tourist spot despite the locals' firm belief in supernatural curses and strange goings-on. Think a blend of The Mist, Jaw...
Widow’s Bay - Apple TV
The original found-footage horror film, following three student filmmakers who disappear in the Black Hills forest of Maryland while shooting a documentary about a local legend, the Blair Witch. It's low-budget, atmospheric, and relies almost entirel...
(UK Link - Netflix) The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The original found-footage horror film, following three student filmmakers who disappear in the Black Hills forest of Maryland while shooting a documentary about a local legend, the Blair Witch. It's low-budget, atmospheric, and relies almost entirel...
(US Link - HBO Max) The Blair Witch Project (1999)
A sweeping seven-episode limited series adapting John Steinbeck's classic novel, spanning the early 1900s from the Civil War through to World War I. It follows the fierce, complicated Cathy Ames (Florence Pugh) as she drives generations of conflict b...
East of Eden coming on Oct. 1st to both UK and US Netflix
Mike Flanagan's eight-episode reimagining of Stephen King's classic, starring Summer H. Howell as Carrie White, a sheltered teenager navigating public high school for the first time after her father's death, while discovering her telekinetic powers a...
Carrie directed by Mike Flanagan (Available globally from 7th October 2026)
Mike Flanagan's acclaimed adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel, following the adult Crain siblings as they're forced to confront the traumatic events that unfolded in the family's old Hill House when they were children, told across dual timelines. I...
The Haunting of Hill House (UK and US Netflix)
A wickedly funny, tightly wound spy thriller following MI5's screw-ups, exiled to the grubby backwater of Slough House under the loose supervision of Jackson Lamb — played by Gary Oldman at his most gloriously slovenly and cutting. He is having real ...
Slow Horses - Apple TV
A slow-burning French supernatural drama set in a fog-wrapped Alpine town, where the dead start quietly reappearing among the living, seemingly unaware they ever left. Starring Anne Consigny and Frédéric Pierrot, it trades jump scares for dread — oft...
They Came Back (Les Revenants) Amazon Prime US and UK
A faithful, atmospheric adaptation of Shirley Jackson's final novel, with Taissa Farmiga as the strange, fiercely protective Merricat and Alexandra Daddario as her sister Constance, holed up together in their family home years after most of their rel...
We Have Always Lived In The Castle Amazon prime both UK and US)
A Victorian gothic haunting from Ashley Pharoah, the writer behind Life on Mars, following psychologist Nathan Appleby (Colin Morgan) and his pioneering photographer wife as they return to the family farm in 1894 Somerset — only for the past to start...
The Living and the Dead (US and UK Amazon Prime)
The ultimate autumn comfort-watch: fast-talking mother-daughter duo Lorelai and Rory navigating small-town life in the very cosy, very fictional Stars Hollow, Connecticut, from creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. Endless coffee, changing leaves, and a tow...
(US Link) Gilmore Girls: The Complete First Season
The ultimate autumn comfort-watch: fast-talking mother-daughter duo Lorelai and Rory navigating small-town life in the very cosy, very fictional Stars Hollow, Connecticut, from creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. Endless coffee, changing leaves, and a tow...
(UK Link) Watch Gilmore Girls
Over 50 recipes pulled straight from the show's world — Sookie's Risotto, Luke's Cheeseburger and Fries, Mrs. Kim's Flaxseed Muffins — alongside cooking tips from Sookie, hosting notes from Michel, and Emily Gilmore's rules on etiquette. Full of phot...
Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook
A companion built entirely around the show's coziest fall moments — over 40 recipes from Fried Marshmallow Pie to Luke's warming gumbo and pumpkin pancakes, plus knitting patterns, candle-making, curated playlists, and four full party concepts (inclu...
Gilmore Girls Autumn Festival Cookbook & Guide
Sharon Horgan's new HBO comedy following the messy, funny search for love and sex, with Horgan's trademark sharp, honest wit. A great pick for anyone who loves her style of comedy (Catastrophe, Bad Sisters)
Youth (HBO Max in UK and US)
This series brings exciting news: Nigella Lawson joins as a judge! With her sultry, indulgent approach to food, I've always seen her as a real kitchen witch. Add in a tentful of amateur bakers, soggy bottoms, and cosy autumn comfort viewing, and you'...
The Great British Bake Off 2026: Meet the Bakers (Channel 4 UK)
A thrilling new crime drama premiering on Apple TV+ this October 30th, starring Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz, and Stephen Graham as a serial killer investigation unfolds. Dark, atmospheric, and perfectly timed for those long autumn nights when you wan...
Nocturne - Apple TV in the UK and US
A gripping new psychological thriller on Channel 4, starring Bella Ramsey and written and directed by Daisy Haggard (also starring Tobias Menzies). Dark, twisty, and perfect for those who love a slow-burn mystery to get lost in on a cosy autumn night...
Maya from Daisy Haggard (Channel 4 US and Starz US)
A spine-chilling new BBC drama based on Danny Robins' hit podcast, inspired by real reported hauntings at a Welsh farmhouse in the 1980s. Starring Gabrielle Creevy, it's an eerie, atmospheric watch — perfect for anyone drawn to true ghost stories and...
The Witch Farm (upcoming on BBC)
A seductive, witchy mystery thriller reimagining the legend of Baba Yaga, coming to Sky and NOW this October, starring Hudson Williams, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Noah Reid. Dark folklore meets slow-burn suspense — a brilliant one for anyone who loves the...
YAGA | New Fantasy Drama Coming Soon | Watch on Sky and NOW