What better way to beat the winter blues than with a movie night? In the dead of winter, the major streaming services will keep you inside and warm as new movies hit their platforms throughout the season! Catch up on new releases and dive into old classics you’ve somehow missed. When great new movies arrive, we keep track of them in this weekly list. Read on for the best new movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime, HBO, and other streaming services.
We also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, and the best movies on HBO.
Amazon Prime Video
115m
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stars Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Caitlin Stasey
Directed by Parker Finn
A viral marketing phenomenon, Smile made waves with creepy publicity stunts around the country, including nationally televised baseball games. Fortunately, the movie turned out to be pretty good too! After witnessing a strange, traumatic incident with a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) begins experiencing unexplainable, terrifying occurrences. As terror takes over her life, Rose finds herself on a collision course with her own past in a desperate attempt to escape this new reality.
106m
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars Alison Brie, Jay Ellis, Kiersey Clemons
Directed by Dave Franco
This new Amazon Original romantic comedy-drama stars Alison Brie as workaholic TV producer Ally who moves back home after a major professional setback. Finding comfort in reminiscing with her first love, Sean (Jay Ellis), Ally soon finds herself questioning everything about her life and decisions to this point. When she discovers Sean is getting married to Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons), a person who reminds Ally of her former self, things only get more complicated.
139m
Genre Thriller, Crime, Drama
Stars Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law
Directed by Anthony Minghella
Nominated for five Oscars, The Talented Mr. Ripley follows calculating American con man Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) when opportunity comes knocking. A spoiled millionaire playboy, Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), has absconded to Europe to shirk responsibilities and spend his father’s money. His father wants him back, so he sends Ripley. But as Ripley worms his way into the lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow), he’s allured by their lifestyle, leading him to attempt his most dramatic con yet.
100m
Genre Comedy, Action
Stars Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Coolidge
Directed by Jason Moore
Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) dreamed up the ultimate destination wedding. Unfortunately, upon their arrival, the entire wedding party is taken hostage. Now, despite both individuals suffering from cold feet and some opinionated and grumpy family members, everyone has to dig deep to give “‘Til Death Do Us Part” a whole new meaning.
Hulu
100m
Genre Drama
Stars Jalyn Hall, Trevante Rhodes, Shamier Anderson
Directed by Miles Warren
A heavy coming-of-age film, this Hulu Original follows 14-year-old Darious (Jalyn Hall) as his ideas of manhood are shaped by two men in his life: his strict but loving father, Malcolm (Shamier Anderson), and a charismatic drifter named Porter (Trevante Rhodes). But when Darious learns who Porter truly is, he’s put in the middle of a controversy between the two men that threatens to destroy his family and his life.
118m
Genre Documentary, Crime
Stars Jon Roberts, Jorge Ayala, Mickey Munday
Directed by Billy Corben
This electrifying documentary is the true version of Scarface. In the 1980s, Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a level of violent crime not seen in the U.S. since Prohibition-era Chicago. Cocaine Cowboys tells the story of how Miami became the drug, murder, and cash capital of the world, with interviews from many important players in the saga. Plus, two follow-up documentaries are also on Hulu.
100m
Genre Thriller, Drama, Horror
Stars Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi
Directed by Carlota Pereda
Sara (Laura Galán) spends the summer in her rural Spanish town evading bullies by hiding in her parent’s butcher shop. Overweight, Sara is the constant target of a clique of capricious mean girls. But when Sara stumbles upon them being brutally kidnapped and stuffed into a van, she refuses to share what she witnessed with the police. Intrigued by the kidnapper, Sara becomes torn between doing the “right” thing and protecting the man who has resolved this terrible problem for her.
92m
Genre Comedy
Stars Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Adam Sandler is the king of PG-13 comedies that critics hate and audiences love. Happy Gilmore is the movie that kicked off Sandler’s ’90s and early 2000’s run of comedy hits, and it’s arguably the best of the bunch. Happy Gilmore (Sandler) is an aspiring hockey player who can’t really skate or handle the puck, but he’s got one heck of a slapshot. After getting cut from yet another tryout, his grandmother’s home gets repossessed, and Gilmore needs to figure out a way to make some money to repurchase the house. Fortunately, that slapshot translates to a freakish 400-yard golf ball drive. Happy starts hustling at the local driving range, where he’s noticed by former PGA legend Chubbs Peterson (Carl Weathers), who becomes convinced he can coach Happy to succeed on the PGA tour.
96m
Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
Stars Machine Gun Kelly, Storm Reid, Drea de Matteo
Directed by Andrew Baird
Machine Gun Kelly stars in this high-octane thriller. Freddy (Kelly) has just robbed his former crime boss and is on the run with a bag full of cash, a potentially fatal wound, and a one-way bus ticket to the California desert. Hoping to salvage an unfulfilling life led in service of a ruthless criminal, Freddy seeks redemption with his family while literally clinging to life.
HBO and HBO Max
91m
Genre Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama
Stars Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón’s mind-blowing space thriller won seven Oscars, mostly in technical categories, including Best Director, for its horrifying rendition of space’s emptiness. Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is on her first space shuttle mission. Veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) is commanding his last mission before retirement. It’s supposed to be routine, but when disaster strikes, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky untethered to anything but one another as they careen into the blackness of space. Losing their communication with Earth and facing a dwindling oxygen supply, the astronauts come to the terrifying conclusion that their only chance of making it back to Earth might be by going even deeper into the expanse.
115m
Genre Drama, Romance
Stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones
Directed by Sam Mendes
In the south coast of England in the 1980s, Hilary Small (Olivia Colman) works as the duty manager of a local cinema. Struggling with her mental health, she soon strikes up an unlikely friendship with Stephen (Michael Ward), a much younger Black man who starts working at the cinema. Bonding over their love of cinema, the unlikely duo form a powerful connection that isn’t accepted by all parties.
94m
Genre Comedy, Drama
Stars Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson
Directed by Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham’s directorial debut was a indie smash in 2018, introducing the world to the delightfully awkward Elise Fisher. The cringe-worthy, painfully relatable Eighth Grade is pretty much exactly how it sounds. 13-year-old Kayla (Fisher) is making her way through her last week of suburban middle school before beginning high school. Between mean girls, pool parties, and trying to get her pop culture vidcast going, it’s just a lot.
95m
Genre Comedy, Music
Stars Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
A comedy classic, Wayne’s World follows aimless metal-head friends Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), hosts of the local public access television talk show, “Wayne’s World.” The show is reasonably popular for being on pubic access, which is why it catches the attention of sleazy network executive Benjamin Kane (Rob Lowe). Kane wants to take over “Wayne’s World” and steal Wayne’s rocker girlfriend, Cassandra (Tia Carrere), in the process. Now, Wayne and Garth have to take on the Man to save their show. Literally.
157m
Genre Thriller, Drama, History
Stars Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
The story of Navy SEAL Team 6, the elite unit that eliminated Osama bin Laden in May 2011, goes back nearly a decade before the team put boots on the ground. This Oscar-winning commercial hit tells the tale of the men and women behind the scenes who hunted the al-Qaeda terrorist leader in secret across the globe, seeking to exact vengeance for the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Apple TV+
116m
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stars Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith
Directed by Benjamin Caron
Max (Sebastian Stan) is a con artist who has made a habit of taking on Manhattan’s billionaires. When he sets his sights on Madeline Phillips (Julianne Moore) and her family, the lines of the con begin to blur. Between suspect motivations and expectations, secrets and lies, nothing is as it seems except for a family becoming progressively torn apart.
132m
Genre Thriller, History, Drama
Stars Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Will Smith’s first movie since “the slap,” Emancipation follows the true-life story of a slave’s harrowing journey toward freedom. Inspired by the 1863 photos of “Whipped Peter,” taken during a Union Army medical examination, the film follows Peter (Smith) as he risks his life to escape bondage and return to his family. Relying on his wits and faith, Peter evades bounty hunters amid the swamps of Louisiana to reunite with the ones he loves.
127m
Genre Comedy
Stars Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan
Directed by Sean Anders
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell star in this slightly family-friendly twist on A Christmas Carol. It turns out that the three spirits of the classic Dickensian tale didn’t stop at Ebenezer Scrooge. They do this dark torment thing every Christmas, choosing a new soul to benevolently haunt each Christmas Eve. But this year, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Ferrell) picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs (Reynolds) has an answer for everything and turns the tables, sending Present on his own existential journey through past, present, and future.
Netflix
109m
Genre Comedy, Romance
Stars Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Williams
Directed by Aline Brosh McKenna
Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher star as best friends who are total opposites in this Netflix Original romantic comedy. Debbie lives in LA, pursuing the perfect routine with her busy life as a single mom. Peter lives in New York, and thrives in a spontaneous, constantly changing life. When the two decide to swap houses and lives for a week, they soon find their opposite lifestyles might be exactly what each of them needs more of.
106m
Genre Comedy, Family, Music
Stars Javier Bardem, Winslow Fegley, Shawn Mendes
Directed by Josh Gordon, Will Speck
The Primm family (Scoot McNairy, Constance Wu, Winslow Fegley) relocate to New York City, where little Josh (Fegley) struggles to adapt to a new school, a new city, and new friends. But when he discovers a singing, bath-taking crocodile named Lyle (Shawn Mendes) in the attic, things begin to look up. Unfortunately, their evil neighbor Mr. Grumps (Brett Gelman) wants Lyle eradicated. To save Lyle, the Primms must team up with Lyle’s owner Hector P. Valenti (Javier Bardem).
117m
Genre Comedy, Romance
Stars Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Directed by Kenya Barris
When Ezra (Jonah Hill) and Amira (Lauren London) fall in love, they’re fully aware that opposites attract. However, as an interracial couple, they soon find themselves navigating frustrating societal expectations and generational differences in their families. Their love must endure the culture clash. This Netflix Original stars Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and David Duchovny in supporting roles.
104m
Genre Comedy, Music, Romance, Drama
Stars Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Adam Levine
Directed by John Carney
John Carney’s musical dramedy stars Keira Knightley as Gretta, a budding songwriter who is left alone after her college sweetheart and songwriting partner, Dave (Adam Levine), lands a major solo deal. Left creatively and romantically alone, Gretta struggles through open mic nights until disgraced record label exec Dan (Mark Ruffalo) stumbles upon her performing in the East Village. Seeing Gretta as his ticket back to the big time, Dan hitches his wagon to her talent as the two begin a mutually transformative adventure.
130m
Genre Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Stars Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Lucy Boynton
Directed by Scott Cooper
A hardboiled detective story featuring an American literary icon, The Pale Blue Eye follows Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), an exhausted detective hired to discreetly investigate the gruesome murder of a cadet at West Point in 1830. Stymied by the other cadets’ code of silence and struggling to find any leads, Landor enlists the help of a strange but brilliant cadet: Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).
Disney+
162m
Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
Directed by Ryan Coogler
Despite the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman, the Black Panther franchise marches forward as Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje struggle to hold Wakanda together in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. Fighting to protect their nation from intervening world powers, Wakanda soon faces the revival of an old threat, as Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejía) and the nation of Atlantis come calling.
74m
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
Stars Brady Noon, Hunter Dillon, Ethan William Childress
Directed by Luke Cormican
The second film in Disney’s revitalization of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise sees angst-ridden middle schooler Greg Heffley (Brady Noon) start a new school year. But the torment of his lazy, undisciplined rocker high school-aged brother, Rodrick (Hunter Dillon), is making it really hard for Greg to focus on school and his own life. Will they ever learn to get along?
120m
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph
Directed by Adam Shankman
It’s 15 years after moving to the “real world” and marrying Robert (Patrick Dempsey) in Enchanted, and Giselle (Amy Adams) has grown disillusioned with the city. Searching for a little more of a fairy tale life, they relocate to the suburb of Monroeville, only to find that there’s a whole new set of rules in Suburbia. Here, Malvina Monroe (Maya Rudolph) is the queen bee, and she’s not too keen on the whimsical Giselle finding her happily ever after in this upstanding community. Hoping to find some peace, Giselle turns to magic — only, she accidentally turns the entire town into a real-life fairy tale, much to the dismay of her family. Despite liking some of the new changes, Giselle must race against time to reverse the spell and figure out what her happily ever after really looks like.
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