Best new movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more

By Dan Girolamo Updated January 16, 2026

Now that 2026 has begun, streaming platforms have plenty of films from the past year for audiences to enjoy, along with some new releases. Premiering this month on Netflix is Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s latest action thriller, The Rip.

Other highlights from 2025 include Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic masterpiece Frankenstein, Ryan Coogler’s musical vampire movie Sinners, and James Gunn’s DC Universe film Superman. Read the entire guide for all of our new streaming picks.

We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on HBO Max, and the best movies on Disney+.

Crime doesn’t pay, but a handful of Miami cops learn that the hard way in The Rip. Written and directed by Joe Carnahan (The Grey), this action thriller follows members of Miami’s Narcotics Team who find millions of dollars during their raid of a stash house.

After the officers seize the cash, suspicions seep in as more people learn about the money. Not knowing whom they can trust, the officers see their entire world crashing down, with everyone letting fear and greed tear them apart.

Stream The Rip on Netflix.

Final Destination Bloodlines opens in 1969 with Iris Campbell (Brec Bassinger) having a premonition that a high-rise restaurant will collapse, killing everyone inside. Though she averted this tragedy and saved several people, she only stalled Death’s plans for the living.

Cut to the present day, over 50 years later, and Iris’s granddaughter, Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), begins having nightmares about the tower collapse. She is then forced to confront her family’s troubled past in order to defend herself and her loved ones from Death’s wrath.

Stream Final Destination Bloodlines on Prime Video, Hulu, or HBO Max.

Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) has had his fair share of baffling cases, but this one takes the cake. Wake Up Dead Man sees him investigating the murder of a priest (Josh Brolin) at his church, with many people suspecting another priest (Josh O’Connor) of committing the crime.

However, as the Knives Out movies have shown so far, nothing is ever as it seems in this franchise. Audiences can expect another mind-bending mystery as Blanc tries to find the murderer amongst his multiple suspects.

Stream Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on Netflix.

Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro has released quite possibly the greatest film adaptation of Frankenstein ever. In this faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) recounts how he sought to bring life to dead flesh after his mother’s untimely demise.

We follow Victor in his decades-long quest to build a living Creature (Jacob Elordi) using the parts of human corpses. However, once he finally achieves his goal, in his arrogance, he unleashes the Creature’s superhuman wrath after injecting him with hatred and loneliness.

Stream Frankenstein on Netflix.

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler unleashed one of the most inventive horror movies in recent years with this original film. Set in Jim Crow-era Mississippi, Sinners follows gangster twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) as they try to open a juke joint in their hometown after working for Al Capone.

Though their opening night starts out well, the mystical music created by their guitarist cousin, Sammie (Miles Caton), attracts the attention of the vampire Remmick (Jack O’Connell). The party quickly turns into a massacre as Remmick turns the twins’ friends and loved ones into vampires, culminating in an epic battle between the living and the dead.

Stream Sinners on HBO Max.

After years of development, Superman finally soared into our lives this past summer. The first film in James Gunn’s DC Universe is not an origin story. Instead, Clark Kent (David Corenswet) has been operating as the Man of Steel for over three years when Gunn’s story begins.

While Superman faces the consequences of intervening in foreign relations, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) orchestrates a plan to rid the world of the Kryptonian. Faced with adversity, Superman fights to show the goodness of humanity. Just another busy week for the Man of Steel.

Stream Superman on HBO Max.

Over two decades since the release of 28 Days Later, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reconvened to further explore the rage virus in 28 Years Later. In the British Isles, a quarantined community lives on a secluded island connected to the mainland by a causeway.

Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son, Spike (Alfie Williams), venture to the mainland for a hunting ritual. They discover a mutated version of the Rage virus that continues to wreak havoc. However, it’s the survivors, not the infected, who may pose the biggest threat to survival, especially as the franchise enters its next film, The Bone Temple, this January.

Stream 28 Years Later on Netflix.

One of 2025’s biggest horror movies is now available on streaming. Written and directed by Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, Weapons begins with 17 children from the same class walking out of their homes and disappearing into the night at 2:17 a.m.

After this bizarre and unexplainable tragedy, we follow the missing kids’ teacher (Julia Garner), her only remaining student (Cary Christopher), the father (Josh Brolin) of one of the missing kids, and a few other adults in their town as they become embroiled in this terrifying mystery unleashed by a supernatural evil.

Stream Weapons on HBO Max.

War is hell. That phrase perfectly describes Warfare, a harrowing military thriller by Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza, and A24. Based on Mendoza’s time in the Iraq War, Warfare revolves around a platoon of Navy SEALs who bunker down inside a two-story house after the Battle of Ramadi.

Once their position is discovered by the enemy, chaos ensues, resulting in an explosive firefight. Told in real time, Warfare is loud, immersive, and downright terrifying.

Stream Warfare on HBO Max.

Married actors Dave Franco and Alison Brie play a troubled couple, Tim and Millie, in this body horror from writer-director Michael Shanks. As the film’s main duo tries to rekindle their relationship, they literally find themselves growing closer than ever as their bodies start to fuse.

While Tim thought marriage was terrifying, his relationship with Millie became straight-up gut-wrenching. With grotesque visuals and heart-pounding suspense, Together is the perfect movie for horror lovers, though you may not wanna watch it on date night.

Stream Together on Hulu or on Disney+.

Death can be scary, and waiting for it can be even worse. The Life of Chuck captures that fear in the first act, which shows people bracing for the end of the world brought on by the protagonist’s (Tom Hiddleston) death.

However, this fantasy drama from horror masters Mike Flanagan and Stephen King encourages audiences to enjoy life as best as they can. Though Chuck’s life has its fair share of tragedies, it also has plenty of beautiful moments that make his journey especially uplifting.

Stream The Life of Chuck on Hulu.

Only one American movie has crossed the billion-dollar threshold in 2025, and that’s Lilo & Stitch. In this live-action remake of the 2002 animated classic, we follow Hawaiian Lilo Pelekaj (Maia Kealoha), a lonely girl living with her older sister Nani (Sydney Elizebeth Agudong).

In need of a friend, Lilo goes to an animal shelter and adopts Stitch, an alien that acts like a dog. Stitch was created to be a destructive force, but he softens his attitude thanks to Lilo’s kindness. To avoid social workers and government employees, Lilo and Stitch will have to rely on the one thing they’re both searching for: family.

Stream Lilo & Stitch on Disney+.

Riverdale’s KJ Apa and Glass Onion’s Madelyn Cline play two travelers who embark on a romantic journey in The Map That Leads to You. Heather (Cline) is a young woman who seemingly plans out every aspect of her life, even her itinerary on her European excursion.

When she meets fellow traveler Jack (Apa), Heather takes a risk and accompanies him on a journey across Europe. What starts as a casual fling develops into something more, as the two young lovers contemplate their future as their trip winds down. Is Heather willing to change her plans for love?

Stream The Map That Leads to You on Prime Video.

Liam Neeson has long established himself as one of cinema’s biggest action stars. However, he took that persona in a whole new direction with this recent reboot of the Naked Gun franchise.

2025’s The Naked Gun follows Frank Drebin Jr. (Neeson) as he investigates a murder linked to a world-ending conspiracy orchestrated by a wealthy tech mogul (Danny Huston). However, in true Naked Gun fashion, Drebin gets into all sorts of comedic hijinks that threaten to kill Police Squad and make the audience die of laughter.

Stream The Naked Gun on Paramount+.

After Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning saw the Entity going rogue, this sequel sees Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) continue his quest to find the rogue AI as it wreaks havoc worldwide. With allies new and old, Ethan travels across the globe in a race against time to find what he needs to gain control over the Entity before it unleashes nuclear Armageddon.

As usual, the franchise delivers plenty of mind-boggling stunts and heart-pounding suspense in this film. But with so much at stake and so many odds, The Final Reckoning proves to be Ethan’s most challenging mission yet.

Stream Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on Paramount+.