Once we consider February, we consider Valentine’s Day. We consider Tremendous Bowls. And, possibly, we think of streaming. Sure, it’s time for the Nerd’s Watch, the place to search out out all the most effective style titles coming to Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock, and extra. Plus, we do the give you the results you want. These are simply the titles we expect you’d care about.
What follows is an inventory of the most effective stuff on all the massive streaming companies. We take a look at all these lengthy, annoying lists and whittle them down to a couple dozen titles that we expect are noteworthy this month. Some are new, some are old, however both means, we’ll let you know why it is best to care. Or no less than joke about it.
So sit again, seize the one you love, and prepare for the Nerd’s Watch, highlighting the most effective films and exhibits coming to streamers this month.
Ex Machina (February 1 on Netflix)
Within the pantheon of nice sci-fi launched within the final a number of years, Alex Garland’s heady, tense, superb Ex Machina must be proper close to the highest of the checklist. Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, and Alicia Vikander star. It’s the most effective.
Flipped (February 1 on Netflix)
This isn’t fairly an io9 film, but it surely’s one of many late, nice Rob Reiner’s most underrated movies, so we wished to focus on it right here. And it is rather totally different from most different movies. It tells the story of younger love from two totally different views, the boy’s and the lady’s. So it’s mainly two films in a single. Pretty stuff. Undoubtedly test it out.
How one can Prepare Your Dragon films (February 1 on Netflix)
Hiccup and Toothless fly over to Netflix this month with the primary two of their unbelievable animated adventures. Plus, on February 10, the live-action remake from 2025 will be a part of them.
Independence Day (February 1 on Netflix)
Rejoice the thirtieth anniversary of one of many final summer time blockbusters. Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, and Invoice Pullman star within the superior, international alien invasion epic that we’ll watch anytime it’s on.
Evening on the Museum Trilogy (February 1 on Netflix)
Wish to see how Shawn Levy handles Star Wars earlier than Star Wars: Starfighter comes out? Nicely, Darth Vader has a cameo within the second of three Evening on the Museum films, which, truthfully, are far more imaginative and satisfying than you in all probability think about. All three (Evening on the Museum, Evening on the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and Evening on the Museum: Secret of the Tomb) are coming to Netflix.
Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-10 (February 15 on Netflix)
With information of a brand new present coming over on Prime Video, Stargate is able to return to the plenty. First up, the whole thing of its super-popular TV adaptation, SG-1, is coming to the most important streamer on the planet.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (February 2 on Hulu)
With director Wes Ball presently in Hyrule making The Legend of Zelda, it’s unclear when, or if, we’ll ever get a follow-up to this glorious 2024 sequel. However it’s glorious, very value watching, and hopefully we’ll get again to these damned, soiled apes quickly.
The Good Place: Seasons 1-4 (February 9 on Hulu)
NBC has had some dynamite sitcoms through the years, however one which doesn’t typically get the like it deserves is the star-studded The Good Place. It follows a number of totally different characters within the afterlife with extra laughs, coronary heart, twists, and turns than you’d ever think about. Severely, in the event you haven’t seen it, it’s your subsequent binge. You received’t be upset.
Clown in a Cornfield (February 10 on Hulu)
With 2025’s Clown in a Cornfield, you just about know what you’re going to get. And it delivers on that as one among final 12 months’s most satisfying horror movies. Initially a Shudder launch, it’s making the leap to Hulu for a bit.
Ghostbusters films (February 1 on Hulu)
Hulu ain’t afraid of no ghosts, because the streamer is getting the primary two movies on February 1 and including their direct sequel, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, on February 16.
Smile (February 16 on Hulu)
Each horror film lately hopes to change into a franchise, however only a few do. One which has made that leap, nonetheless, is Smile and you may smile your means over to Hulu to test it out this month.
The Muppet Present (February 4 on Disney)
No, not the previous one. Disney has made an entire new model of The Muppet Present for Disney+, and on February 4, it’s time to play the music. It’s time to gentle the lights
The Form of Water (February 1 on HBO Max)
Guillermo del Toro might not have gotten a Greatest Director Oscar nomination this 12 months for Frankenstein, however he received that award and lots of extra for this underwater love story.
Paddington 2 (February 27 on HBO Max)
Have you ever ever puzzled what pure pleasure seems to be like within the type of a film? Look no additional than Paddington 2.
Cloverfield (February 1 on Paramount+)
If The Blair Witch Challenge kickstarted the discovered footage avalanche in 1999, 2008’s Cloverfield took it to a different stage. Little-known director Matt Reeves directs this actually ingenious tackle the style as a bunch of New York mates movie as an enormous monster assaults town.
Face/Off (February 1 on Paramount+)
The jury continues to be out on whether or not or not a sequel to this 1997 John Woo traditional goes to occur, however both means, we’ll at all times have the unique. A tour de pressure with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, each at their greatest, exchanging faces and attempting to kill one another.
Grease and Grease 2 (February 1 on Paramount+)
John Travolta doesn’t swap faces in Grease, however the highschool musical fantasy continues to be a delightfully nostalgic traditional. And its sequel, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, is a tacky cult favourite. An ideal double characteristic.
Group America: World Police (February 1 on Paramount+)
“America, fuck yeah!” For those who haven’t seen Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s completely insane motion puppet musical shortly, now could be the time. And simply bear in mind, “Matt! Damon!”
About Time (February 1 on Peacock)
The issue with doing a sci-fi streaming column in February, Valentine’s month, is that there will not be a ton of romantic sci-fi films hitting streaming this month. One exception, nonetheless, is About Time, starring Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams in a Richard Curtis movie about utilizing time journey to search out love. An underrated gem.
Ghost (February 1 on Peacock)
One other unforgettable style romance is that this 1990 traditional starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg within the story of a person fixing his personal homicide whereas additionally reconnecting together with his love. It’s means higher than you in all probability bear in mind.
Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (February 1 on Peacock)
“I’m Ron Burgundy?” Sure, sure, you’re. Will Ferrell leads among the best comedy casts of all time on this over-the-top, infinitely quotable send-up of TV information protection.
Enemy of the State (February 1 on Peacock)
Will Smith and Gene Hackman star in a barely ahead-of-its-time tech-driven thriller produced by the legendary workforce of Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson. I liked this one rising up and am excited to offer it one other look.
Zombieland and Zombieland: Double Faucet (February 1 on Peacock)
The sequel isn’t pretty much as good as the unique, however when you possibly can mix horror, comedy, and romance in a sequence starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, and Abigail Breslin, that’s fairly particular. Which the primary one definitely is.
Zoolander (February 1 on Peacock)
Ben Stiller wrote, directed, and starred in one other stone-cold comedy traditional in regards to the secret world of male modeling. A world that features brainwashing, spies, political assassinations, gasoline fights, and Owen Wilson as Hansel. Hansel. He’s so scorching proper now. Hansel.
Asteroid Metropolis (February 11 on Peacock)
Wes Anderson normally retains his distinct, meticulous movies on Earth, however on this 2023 movie, he wrapped one among his patented oddball tales across the discovery of aliens. It’s not fairly Rushmore or Royal Tenenbaums, but it surely’s nonetheless nice.
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