What’s new to streaming this week? (Feb. 14, 2025)

Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that’s before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each one!

Don’t be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We’ve got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, animation, and more.

But if you’re seeking something brand spanking new (or new to streaming), we’ve got you covered there, too. Mashable’s entertainment team has scoured the streaming services to highlight the most buzzed-about releases of this week and ranked them from worst to best — or least worth your time to most watchable. Whether you’re looking for a moving documentary, the return of Bridget Jones, cannibal teen drama, or some of the best movies of 2024, we’ve got something just for you.

Here’s what’s new on streaming, from worst to best.

11. SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

Questlove went from beloved musician to Academy Award–winning filmmaker with his critically heralded documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), which explored the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Now, for his follow-up, he’s plunged into the life and legacy of the iconic funk band Sly and the Family Stone.

Out of the film’s premiere at Sundance 2025, critics cheered Questlove’s vision as a director and the engaging energy of the doc. Not only does SLY LIVES! step audiences through the tumultuous effects fame had on frontman Sly Stone, but also, this propulsive movie boasts an array of big names, who reflect on his legacy with awe and empathy. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor

Starring: Jerry Martini, Larry Graham Jr., Greg Errico, Vernon Reid, Q-Tip, D’Angelo, Clive Davis, Chaka Khan, André 3000, and George Clinton

How to watch: SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.

10. Waitress: The Musical

Bring a bit of Broadway home with Waitress: The Musical. Based on Adrienne Shelly’s hit 2007 rom-com of the same name, this theatrical production centers on a waitress named Jenna Hunterson, who by day serves up unique pies — like the “I Hate My Husband Pie” or the “Pregnant, Miserable, Self-Pitying Loser Pie” — and by night wrestles with her failing marriage and impending pregnancy. Things get even more complicated when she falls for her dashing gynecologist.

Singer/songwriter/star of Girls 5eva Sara Bareilles not only wrote the music and lyrics for the Tony–nominated Waitress: The Musical, but also headlines this recorded performance as Jenna. She’s joined onstage (and screen) by an array of stars playing a charmingly folksy array of friends, many of which have love plotlines of their own. Salty and sweet, this could be a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day. — K.P.

Starring: Sara Bareilles, Charity Angél Dawson, Caitlin Houlahan, Drew Gehling, Dakin Matthews, Eric Anderson, Joe Tippett, and Christopher Fitzgerald

How to watch: Waitress: The Musical comes to Max on Feb. 14.

9. The Gorge

Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) and Miles Teller (Spiderhead) join forces in The Gorge, a sci-fi romance from The Black Phone director Scott Derrickson. 

The two play highly trained operatives stationed on opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. Their mission? To keep any of the terrifying creatures within from coming out. Despite being forbidden from making contact with each other, Levi (Teller) and Drasa (Taylor-Joy) strike up a long-distance friendship that quickly becomes something more.

While The Gorge‘s romance is fairly cheesy — and often at odds with its characters’ hardened backgrounds — its action and mystery elements are undeniably fun. Without spoiling any of the film’s juicy secrets, let’s just say that the gorge itself (and the creepy crawlies within) are the real stars of the film.— Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter

Starring: Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sigourney Weaver

How to watch: The Gorge premieres on Apple TV+ on Feb. 14.

8. Yellowjackets, Season 3

I hope you’re hungry for more teen cannibalism, because Yellowjackets Season 3 is on the way. And this time, Hilary Swank is along for the ride.

Unluckily for her, Swank joins the Yellowjackets in a time of crisis, in both the past and present. Season 2 ended with the young Yellowjackets losing their cabin, and with the present-day Yellowjackets experiencing a heart-wrenching death. How will each group respond to these tragedies? My money’s on cannibalism and crime — and I can’t wait to see where the wilderness takes us next.* — B.E.

Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Christina Ricci, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, Simone Kessell, Lauren Ambrose, and Sarah Desjardins

How to watch: Yellowjackets Season 3 premieres Feb. 14 on Paramount+ with the Showtime plan.

7. The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep

For those missing the Continent ahead of The Witcher Season 4, there’s a new anime film on Netflix that’s quite the crossover between the games and the Netflix series. Directed by The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf‘s Kang Hei Chul and animated by South Korean animation studio Studio MIR, The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep heralds the return of a familiar voice. Geralt of Rivia is voiced by Doug Cockle, who voiced the titular witcher in the games and inspired Henry Cavill’s performance. For fans of the TV show, Anya Chalotra and Joey Batey, who played sorceress Yennefer and bard Jaskier, also lend their voices.

Based on a story from Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher novels, Sirens of the Deep sees Geralt and Jaskier caught on the brink of war between humans and merpeople in the seaside kingdom of Bremervoord. In my review, I wrote, “Cockle’s performance combined with Studio MIR’s spectacular animated fight scenes make Sirens of the Deep a worthy watch for The Witcher fans. If you can survive the awkwardness of the romance scenes, can run with The Little Mermaid parallels, and have long yearned for a Joey Batey bard banger moment, you’ll have a decent time.” — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor

Starring: Doug Cockle, Anya Chalotra, Joey Batey, Christina Wren, Emily Carey, Camrus Johnson, Mallory Jansen, and Simon Templemen

How to watch: The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is now streaming on Netflix.

6. Cobra Kai, Season 6, part 3

Cobrai Kai returns for its final season, and we’re not ready to say goodbye!

Serving as a sequel to the original Karate Kid films, this Netflix series reunited Ralph Macchio and William Zabka in their opposing roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence. But Cobra Kai offered Johnny’s perspective on martial arts and much more as he’s positioned as an underdog reopening the titular karate dojo. Over six seasons, the series has thrilled fans for its big heart, rich character development, and of course, thrilling fight scenes. So how will it end? It’s time to find out. — K.P.

Starring: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, Peyton List, Jacob Bertrand, Gianni DeCenzo, Dallas Dupree Young, Vanessa Rubio, Martin Kove, and Thomas Ian Griffith

How to watch: Cobra Kai, Season 6, part 3 debuts on Netflix on Feb. 13.

5. Omni Loop

Ayo Edebiri fans rejoice. You don’t need to wait for The Bear‘s return or the release of Opus to get more good times with your girl. Omni Loop pairs the award-winning comedy actress with the esteemed Mary-Louise Parker for a time-travel trip that boasts an enchanting edge of dark humor.

Parker stars as quantum physicist Zoya Lowe, whose been diagnosed with a peculiar fatal affliction: She’s got a black hole growing in her chest.

It’ll kill her in one week. Well, it would if she quit taking a mysterious pill that keeps pitching her back in time. Living her last week over and over, Zoya seems doomed to repeat eternally or die — until she comes across Paula Campos (Edebiri), a brilliant research student that might be able to help her cure her Groundhog Day nightmare. In a mind-bending quest to “solve time travel,” the pair grows close, and finds a new lease on life in the face of death. Dark stuff! But trust us, well worth the watching. — K.P.

Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Carlos Jacott, Harris Yulin, Hannah Pearl Utt, Chris Witaske, and Steven Maier

How to watch: Omni Loop is now streaming on Hulu.

4. The White Lotus, Season 3

Mike White’s social satire The White Lotus heads to Thailand for its third outing, bringing its usual staples of class commentary, meme-worthy drama, and an A-list cast along with it. This time around, the guests include Leslie Bibb (Juror #2), Carrie Coon (His Three Daughters), and Michelle Monaghan (MaXXXine) as three longtime friends on a girls’ trip; Parker Posey (Beau Is Afraid) and Jason Isaacs (Baldur’s Gate 3) as the matriarch and patriarch of a wealthy family about to lose everything; and Walton Goggins (Fallout) and Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education) as a traveling couple. Plus, Natasha Rothwell (How to Die Alone) is back as Season 1’s spa manager Belinda. Does she know what happened to Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) at the end of Season 2?

Season 3 of The White Lotus focuses on wellness and spirituality, contrasting those concepts with the unhealthy coping mechanisms people may turn to in order to feel “well.” Unfortunately, the results are mixed, with too many characters jockeying for limited narrative space to the point that some stories barely get the chance to breathe. As I wrote in my review, “the disparity between which group of guests gets the most airtime is much higher, making for a more disjointed season… The result is at once overstuffed and underdeveloped, albeit with a slim glimmer of hope that the finale can pull all these disparate threads together in spectacular fashion.” — B.E.

Starring: Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, and Aimee Lou Wood

How to watch: White Lotus Season 3 debuts Feb. 16 at 9 p.m. EST/PST on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.

3. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant all return for the fourth installment of the funny and romantic film series based on Helen Fielding’s novels. But in case you’ve not been keeping up with your reading, brace yourself. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is set after the tragic death of Bridget’s beloved Mr. Darcy.

As I recounted in my review for Mashable, her latest romp has her coping with grief while falling into another love triangle. It’s a lot to process! Thus, I concluded, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the best sequel of the batch. It’s joyful, seeded with Easter eggs, and radiant with Zellweger back in full effect, but it’s also a tearjerker that might well knock the wind out of you.”

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Isla Fisher, Josette Simon, and Nico Parker

How to watch: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is now streaming on Peacock.

2. Better Man

Robbie Williams brings a wild makeover to the musical biopic with Better Man. The English pop star plays narrator to his rags-to-riches story, while a collaboration between actor Jonno Davies and Wētā FX transforms the famous bad boy into a fun-loving chimpanzee.

The concept sounds like a bonkers gimmick, but writer/director Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) utilizes this ape to explore not just what happened in Williams’ life but also how he felt — like a dancing chimp. The metaphor doesn’t get old; over the course of rousing musical numbers that chart William’s rise to fame, fall from grace, and finding himself, it opens Better Man up to embrace the surreal and sensational. By rejecting the stodgy standards of a respectful biopic, this movie comes alive.

As I raved in Mashable’s review out of TIFF, “Rich in vibrant emotion, body-rocking musical numbers, daring performances, and a scorching tenderness, Better Man more than rocks. It rules.”*— K.P.

Starring: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvany, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, and Jake Simmance

How to watch: Better Man is now available for purchase on digital.

1. Flow

One of the best movies of 2024 — and a two-time Oscar-nominee — Flow is a dialogue-free ride through a flooded fantasy world that may leave you feeling as soaked (and stressed) as its unlikely heroes.

Director Gints Zilbalodis puts us in the paws of a little black cat struggling to survive after a watery disaster sweeps it from its home. Stranded on a sailboat with a motley group of animals — including a capybara, a lemur, a secretarybird, and a golden retriever — the cat must learn to cooperate with its crew mates if it’s going to adapt to this strange new world.

Flow eschews any hallmarks of how American animation portrays animals, instead going for realistic animal sounds and movements. The result is instantly engrossing. We are initially alienated from the animals’ inner thoughts and motivations, yet Zilbalodis renders them clear through hyper-specific characterization and interactions. The animation (all completed in open-source 3D software Blender) is striking too, mixing detailed textures and graphics to create a film that is beautiful yet somewhat unfamiliar. There’s no way you can look away from this sweet, layered tale of teamwork and the climate crisis, or the precious feline at its heart.* — B.E.

How to watch: Flow comes to Max on Feb. 14.