Best new films streaming this week – quick links
The Travellers – 10 February (Prime Video)
Film (2025). Australian director Bruce Beresford (Breaker Morant, Driving Miss Daisy) returns to his roots with The Travellers, a heartfelt dramedy exploring the chaos and catharsis of returning home.
Set against the backdrop of small-town Australia, the film follows Stephen Seary (Luke Bracey), a charismatic stage designer living abroad, who reluctantly returns home to farewell his dying mother. What begins as a brief visit quickly unravels into an emotionally charged odyssey as Stephen is forced to confront the eccentricities of his family, an estranged father (Bryan Brown, Palm Beach), unresolved relationships, and the gravitational pull of his past.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey – 10 February (Prime Video)
Film (2025). Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell star in this romantic fantasy-adventure directed by Kogonada (After Yang, Columbus) that explores themes of memory, connection and life-altering decisions.
Two strangers meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and, through a twist of fate, gain the chance to relive important moments from their pasts, illuminating the path that led them to the present and gaining the opportunity to change their futures.
Honey Bunch – 13 February (Shudder & AMC+)
Film (2025). In this new Shudder Original horror, when Diana wakes from a coma with fragmented memories, she and her husband seek experimental treatments at a remote facility. As the procedures intensify, their marriage is put to the test, and Diana begins to question her husband’s true motives.
Eternity – 13 February (Apple TV)
Film (2026). This epic new romantic comedy fantasy from A24 and director David Freyne envisions an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, and who to spend it with.
Waking up in this off-beat afterlife, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with, Larry (Miles Teller), and her first love, Luke (Callum Turner), who died young while fighting in the Korean War and has waited decades for her to arrive.
The film also stars Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers), John Early (30 Rock, Search Party) and Olga Merediz (In The Heights, Orange Is the New Black). Watch the trailer.
Stay – 13 February (Disney+)
Film (2025). In this supernatural horror starring Megalyn Echikunwoke (CSI: Miami, Vixen) and Mo McRae (Sons of Anarchy), a couple on the brink of divorce become trapped in their home by mysterious forces, forcing them to confront their failing relationship and past traumas to survive.
A Quiet Place: Day One – 14 February (Netflix)
Film (2024). Taking place before the events of the first two films (A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II), a terminally ill cancer patient named Sam must survive the initial impact of the Death Angels in New York City, along with her cat Frodo and a man named Eric.
Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Eliane Umuhire and Ronnie Le Drew.
Friendship – 15 February (Paramount+)
Film (2024). Friendship follows Craig Waterman (Tim Robinson), a socially awkward and reclusive man whose quiet life is upended when he strikes up an unlikely bond with his charismatic new neighbour, Austin Carmichael (Paul Rudd).
What begins as a tentative connection soon spirals into something far darker, as Craig’s need for closeness turns into an all-consuming obsession. Blending sharp humour with psychological tension, the film explores loneliness, masculinity and the fine line between connection and control. Read ScreenHub’s four-star review.
