February might be the shortest month on your calendar, but there’s a long old list of new stuff coming to streaming services in its 28 days. And we’ve grouped all our top picks here.
All of the movies and TV shows below are (or shortly will be) available to stream on streaming services, ranging from cheeky cockney pickpockets Down Under to towering kaiju creatures from the depths of the ocean.
If you’re looking for something brilliant to watch this month, chances are you’ll find it right here.
The Artful Dodger (S2 / Disney+, 10 Feb)
Despite still looking like a tweenage Victorian pickpocket himself, Thomas Brodie-Sangster is back as the grown-up version of Dickens’ loveable rogue. Having relocated his illicit schemes to Australian penal colony Port Victory, The Artful Dodger has a whole new heist in the works – but the arrival of a tough new lawman threatens to derail his plans.
The Night Agent (S3 / Netflix, 19 Feb)
Not to be confused with that other glossy espionage thriller with Night in the title, (the BBC’s The Night Manager), Netflix’s pacy, action-packed spy caper returns for a third 10-episode season, promising a new haul of nefarious besuited bad guys for fresh-faced F.B.I. operative Peter Sutherland to unmask (and then repeatedly punch).
Paradise (S2 / Hulu/Disney+, 23 Feb)
Initially presented as just another American political thriller starring a bunch of people you vaguely recognise from other shows, Hulu’s series took an abrupt left swerve into mind-blowing post-apocalyptic territory, immediately becoming infinitely more interesting. This second season leaves the super bunker’s confines and explores the ruined world outside.
Vanished (S1 / MGM+ and Prime Video, 27 Feb)
Quel désastre! When her boyfriend Tom suddenly disappears, Alice’s romantic French holiday turns ominous – and delving into the mystery only sucks her deeper into a maelstrom of secrets and lies. Having been available to MGM+ subscribers since 1 February, this four-part suspense thriller now lands on Prime Video in its entirety.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (S2 / Apple TV, 27 Feb)
Subtlety and nuance is all well and good – but sometimes you just want to see towering behemoths hitting each other while hapless humans look on. This long-awaited second season of Apple’s big-budget Godzilla and Kong spin-off promises plenty of that, not to mention something even bigger than either of these monsters lurking in the ocean…
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