Netflix is giving us plenty of thrills to fight the chills of February.
The streaming platform is dropping some inventive genre-themed originals this month, thrillers, sci-fi dramas, and a darker take on Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day from Amy Poehler’s creative crew. Jake Gyllenhaal is headling a thriller from Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy about paintings that come to life and murder their owners, Ellen Page and Mary J. Blige star in an oddball superhero drama about a dysfunctional family with strange abilities, and Natasha Lyonne is constantly dying and being brought back to life in her new comedy, Russian Doll.
If that’s too much weird, there are a bunch of great films landing this month too. Of course, we realize that it’s difficult to keep up with everything coming to (and leaving) Netflix each month, so here’s a rundown of what’s going down on the streaming platform this February.
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Velvet Buzzsaw (Netflix film streaming 2/1)
Jake Gyllenhaal is teaming up with his Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy for a truly bonkers-looking thriller set in the L.A. art scene. Gyllenhaal plays a guy named Morf Vanderwalt, an art critic who’s totally bought into the vapid culture he’s immersed himself in. When some pretty spectacular paintings pop up from a mysterious hermit, the elite collectors go into a frenzy, but commerce and culture collide when the painting come to life and begin terrorizing their new owners. We told you this was bonkers.
Russian Doll (Netflix series streaming 2/1)
Natasha Lyonne stars in this Groundhog Day-from-hell remake about a woman who’s forced to relive the last day of her life over and over again. It’s been done before, but this series stands out thanks to its mix of dark humor and a tinge of the supernatural. Lyonne is one of the often overlooked OITNB stars but it looks like this series is giving her a chance to show off her comedic chops as her character, Nadia, endures a constant loop of partying, dying, then waking up to do it all over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMeqY7ogdF8
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix series streaming 2/15)
One of the true gifts of 2019 might be the TV adaptation of this award-winning comic series created by Gerard Way — yes, the lead singer of My Chemical Romance. The show follows the story of seven kids, all born on the same day to mothers who didn’t even know they were pregnant. They’re adopted by a mysterious billionaire and trained to use their supernatural abilities to fight evil in the world, but when they grow up, their dysfunctional upbringing catches up with them and they’re left struggling to live normal lives. Again, Netflix is really set on giving us out-there content this month, but this one look particularly fun.
Here’s the full list of titles coming to Netflix in February:
Avail. 2/1/19
About a Boy
American Pie
American Pie 2
American Wedding
As Good as It Gets
Billy Elliot
Dear Ex
Final Destination
Free Rein: Valentine’s Day
Hairspray
Hostel
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
Personal Shopper
Pretty in Pink
Russian Doll
Siempre bruja
The Edge of Seventeen
True: Happy Hearts Day
Velvet Buzzsaw
Avail. 2/2/19
Bordertown: Season 2
Romance is a Bonus Book (Streaming Every Saturday)
Avail. 2/3/19
Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Avail. 2/5/19
Ray Romano: Right Here, Around the Corner
Avail. 2/6/19
The Soloist
Avail. 2/8/19
¡Nailed It! México
El árbol de la sangre
High Flying Bird
Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History
One Day at a Time: Season 3
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants: Season 2
Unauthorized Living
Avail. 2/9/19
The Break: Season 2
Avail. 2/10/19
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Volume 2 (Streaming Every Sunday)
Avail. 2/11/19
Flavorful Origins: Chaoshan Cuisine
Little Women
Avail. 2/14/19
Dating Around
Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho
Avail. 2/15/19
Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy
The Breaker Upperers
The Dragon Prince: Season 2
The Umbrella Academy
Yucatan
Avail. 2/16/19
Black Sea
Studio 54
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Avail. 2/21/19
The Drug King
Avail. 2/22/19
Chef’s Table: Volume 6
Firebrand
GO! Vive a tu manera
Paddleton
Paris Is Us (Paris est à nous)
Rebellion: Season 2
Suburra: Season 2
The Big Family Cooking Showdown: Season 2
The Photographer of Mauthausen
Workin’ Moms
Avail. 2/25/19
Dolphin Tale 2
Avail. 2/26/19
Our Idiot Brother
Avail. 2/27/19
Unsolved: Tupac & Biggie
Avail. 2/28/19
Jeopardy!: Collection 2
The Rebound
Here’s the full list of titles leaving Netflix in February:
February 1:
Black Dynamite
Bride of Chucky
Children of Men
Clerks
Disney’s The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Ella Enchanted
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Queer as Folk: Seasons 1-4
Queer as Folk: The Final Season
Shaun of the Dead
The Big Lebowski
The Bourne Ultimatum
Woman in Gold
February 2:
Cabin Fever
February 3:
Sing
February 19:
Disney’s Girl Meets World: Seasons 1-3
February 20:
Piranha
