January has lastly run its course. But, earlier than it makes approach for the shortest month of the yr, the world’s finest streaming companies need you to take a look at the ultimate new motion pictures and TV reveals they’ve launched this month.
There’s an eclectic mixture of movies and TV sequence to take a look at, too. From Marvel’s first challenge of 2025 and the return of The Recruit, to the primary Amazon Original film of the yr and far more moreover, there’s one thing for everybody to get pleasure from this weekend. – Tom Power, senior leisure reporter
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney Plus)
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I’m an enormous Spider-Man fan so, when this Disney Plus sequence – initially titled Spider-Man: Freshman Year – was initially introduced in mid-2021, you possibly can wager I used to be excited. Over three years later, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is lastly with us, albeit as a present that exists adjoining to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), slightly than the canonical sequence that it was initially supposed to be.
So, is it any good? You’ll have to learn my spoiler-light overview of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s first season to seek out out. For now, all I’ll say is that, its extremely divisive and oft-times clunky animation type apart, this Marvel Phase 5 manufacturing may need sufficient to swing its approach onto our greatest Disney Plus reveals listing. – TP
The Recruit season 2 (Netflix)
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While The Night Agent season 2 continues to dominate the Netflix charts, The Recruit is one other spy thriller that’s set to ship extra heart-pounding motion and unpredictable twists in its second installment. Noah Centineo returns as CIA lawyer-turned-spy Owen Hendricks who’s dragged right into a life-threatening espionage incident in South Korea, however he quickly realizes that the larger menace is perhaps coming from contained in the Agency.
With its 68% Rotten Tomatoes rating, The Recruit doesn’t make it onto our greatest Netflix reveals listing, however I do know it will satiate my thriller urge for food as soon as I end watching The Night Agent season 2. – Grace Morris, leisure author
You’re Cordially Invited (Prime Video)
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It seems to be like there may very well be a brand new comedy duo within the making as Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon group up for Prime Video’s new film You’re Cordially Invited. In certainly one of January’s closing new Prime Video motion pictures, chaos ensues when the daddy of a bride-to-be (Ferrell) and the sister of one other bride (Witherspoon) uncover their vacation spot weddings are booked on the identical weekend.
You’re Cordially Invited takes me proper again to the basic slapstick 2000s comedy, which is why it’s one of many three new Prime Video motion pictures I’m excited to look at this January. So, you finest consider I’m bringing my popcorn and watching this potential finest Prime Video film – I imply, who doesn’t wish to see Ferrell wrestling an alligator on a lodge mattress?! – GM
Mythic Quest season 4 (Apple TV Plus)
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It’s been two years since office comedy sequence Mythic Quest‘s final season debuted on Apple TV Plus, however the look ahead to a brand new installment is lastly over as season 4’s first two episodes dropped on Wednesday (January 29).
As certainly one of my 26 most highly-anticipated TV reveals of 2025, I’m excited to stream the acclaimed present’s subsequent chapter, which is anticipated to deliver contemporary challenges to the fictional gaming studio because it navigates new developments within the trade. Apple is not saying anything about what may very well be in retailer, so you may simply need to stream it to seek out out.
Of course, seeing because it’s the ultimate season of the most effective Apple TV Plus reveals, followers is perhaps dissatisfied that the sequence is drawing to an in depth, however the excellent news is that there is already a spin-off present on the way in which known as Side Quest, the primary 4 episodes of which is able to premiere on March 26. – Amelia Schwanke, leisure editor
Paradise (Hulu/Disney Plus)
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Hulu subscribers acquired a deal with earlier this week when the primary episode of Paradise dropped early. Now, there are two extra episodes to sink your enamel into, with episodes 2 and three launching on, nicely, its official launch day of January 28.
If you’re in search of a gripping new political thriller, the sequence already has a powerful 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes which suggests it’s worthy of a spot on our greatest Hulu reveals listing. The sequence has an excellent solid, too, together with Sterling Ok. Brown who stars a safety service group tasked with safeguarding a former president (James Marsden), however issues take a flip for the more severe when – spoiler! – the latter is murdered by an unknown assailant. New episodes arrive each Tuesday (within the US, anyway – worldwide audiences can stream them on Wednesdays through Disney Plus) till the finale on March 4. – Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (Netflix)
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This four-episode docuseries explores one of the vital infamous trials in historical past: The People of the State of California versus Orenthal James Simpson, aka one of many world’s largest basketball stars of his era. Director Floyd Russ has already made an analogous documentary about The Boston Marathon Bombing and, in American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson, he goals to shed new mild on what has been described as “the trial of the century”.
Speaking to Tudum, Russ confused: “The key was to ensure that either side had been balanced. To clarify that this isn’t only a true crime cop documentary. It’s a lot deeper. So, you want individuals to contextualize the historical past, the trial”. With loads of hit true crime reveals on Netflix there’s rather a lot to dive into so, of you might be eager to be taught extra in regards to the trial and have an curiosity in authorized circumstances, that’s your weekend viewing sorted. – LB
Goodrich (Max)
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Michael Keaton goes again to his comedy roots in Goodrich, certainly one of January’s new Max motion pictures that initially debuted in theaters final yr. Written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, who’s behind 90s feel-good comedies like The Parent Trap and Father of the Bride, this new Max comedy movie feels like it will pull in your coronary heart strings.
Keaton performs a father known as Andy Goodrich who instantly has to change into the first caretaker of his two nine-year-old twins when his spouse enters a 90-day rehab program. Unfamiliar with trendy parenthood, Andy seems to be to his daughter from his first marriage Grace (performed by Mila Kunis) to be taught the ropes.
As you possibly can in all probability anticipate, this brings Andy and Grace nearer collectively as they restore their father and daughter bond, which has possible suffered since his new marriage. This one has the potential to be the most effective Max motion pictures. – AS
For extra streaming suggestions, learn our guides on the very best Netflix motion pictures, finest Prime Video reveals, finest Disney Plus motion pictures, and finest Paramount Plus reveals.
