Overview

• Netflix begins streaming Steve globally on October 3, 2025.
• The drama premiered in TIFF’s Platform section and played select UK and US cinemas on September 19 before streaming.
• Set over a single day, the story follows a reform‑school director facing funding threats and his own addiction as he works to protect his students.
• Author Max Porter adapted his novel Shy for the screen with a deliberate shift in perspective from the teenager to the director.
• Tim Mielants directs; Cillian Murphy stars with Jay Lycurgo as Shy and supporting turns from Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman and Simbi Ajikawo, with critics noting a social‑realist tone and comparisons to Adolescence.