Streaming on Netflix this week – quick links
Netflix: new this week
Bridgerton Season 4 Part 2 – 26 February
Series. Bridgerton is back on the ton, plunging viewers yet again into a glittering, Regency-inspired world brimming with high society scandal, gossip, romantic intrigue and incredibly sexy exploits (well, minus the syphilis).
Carrying on from all the edginess and edging of Bridgerton Season 4 Part 1, the final four episodes find eternal bachelor Benedict Bridgerton finally meeting his match: a captivating lady’s maid in disguise at a masquerade ball. Watch the trailer.
Crap Happens – 26 February
Series. In this German-language comedy from Netflix, rapper Toni returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral and suddenly finds himself juggling career dreams and surprise fatherhood to a teenage son. Watch the trailer.
Formula 1: Drive to Survive Season 8 – 27 February
Series. Offering unprecedented access, this new season will once again take fans behind the scenes to witness how the drivers and teams prepare to battle it out for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
The series will offer never-before-seen footage as we follow new team lineups, management takedowns, fierce friendships, and bitter rivalries of another high-octane season on the Formula 1 circuit. Formula 1: Drive to Survive is executive-produced by Academy-Award winner James Gay-Rees (Amy, Senna) and Paul Martin (Diego Maradona) for Box to Box Films.
Beast of War – 1 March
Film (2025). This new World War II-set Australian horror from director Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) is a solid entry to the legacy of B-grade shark-attack movies.
When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Aussie soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.
Starring Mark Coles Smith (Mystery Road, Mystery Road: Origin), Lee Halley (Boy Swallows Universe), Sam Delich (Last Days of the Space Age, Ten Pound Poms) and Joel Nankervis. Watch the trailer.
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Being Gordon Ramsay – 18 February
Series (2025). Go behind the scenes with celeb chef Gordon Ramsay in this new Netflix doco, following Ramsay as he juggles family life in the lead up to his biggest launch yet, the opening of five culinary experiences in one of London’s tallest buildings, 22 Bishopsgate.
The Night Agent Season 3 – 19 February
Series. FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) teams up with a reporter to expose the elusive Broker and stop a terrorist attack, unaware that a powerful conspiracy is plotting to bury the truth.
A Quiet Place: Day One – 14 February
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.
Love Is Blind Season 10 – 11 February
Series. Come for the meet-cutes, stay for the wedding bells. Hopeful romantics fall in love based solely on their inner beauty in this hit dating experiment hosted by Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey.
Jurassic World: Rebirth – 8 February
Film (2025). Five years after Dominion, a covert team embarks on a high-stakes mission to extract dinosaur DNA for a groundbreaking medical cure. Led by Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and paleontologist Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey), the expedition collides with mutant predators and a stranded family, turning science into a fight for survival. (Also streaming on Binge.)
Lesbian Space Princess – 6 February
Film (2025). Fresh from getting a lot of love on the film festival circuit – and now also an AACTA Award for Best Indie Film – this Australian made, ‘queer as fuck’ animated sci-fi comedy finally lands on streaming this month. The debut feature work of writers/directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese, Lesbian Space Princess follows the adventures of an introverted space princess who is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.
Lesbian Space Princess features the vocal talents of Shabana Azeez, Bernie Van Tiel, Gemma Chua-Tran, Richard Roxburgh, Kween Kong and the Aunty Donna boys. Read ScreenHub‘s four-star review from Stephen A Russell.
Queen of Chess – 6 February
Documentary (2025). Veteran documentarian Rory Kennedy directs this new film about Hungarian chess prodigy Judit Polgár, who battled skepticism, sexism and champion player Garry Kasparov to claim her place among the game’s all-time greats.
Deeper – 6 February
Documentary (2025). In this deep dive into extreme cave diving, a team of divers led by Dr Richard Harris (a hero of the Thai cave rescue) aims to set a record for the deepest descent as they explore the dark mysteries of New Zealand’s Pearse Resurgence cave system.
The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 – 5 February
Series. Buckle up – in the latest season of this American legal drama, Mickey (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) is on trial for a murder he didn’t commit and must face a relentless DA as he fights to prove his innocence, expose the real killer and save his firm.
Is It Cake? Valentines – 4 February
Special. Bakers team up with their sweetie pies to create ultra-realistic cakes and hoodwink celebrity judges in this special Valentine’s Day edition of Netflix’s original baking show.
WWE Royal Rumble: 2026 – 1 February
Special. The Road to WrestleMania begins here with a marathon melee as WWE Superstars fight to outlast wrestling’s best in the biggest Royal Rumble Match in history. The show will broadcast live from Saudi Arabia at 6am AEST 1 February.
How to Train Your Dragon – 1 February
Film (2025). This live-action adaptation faithfully recreates DreamWorks’ much-loved 2010 animated fantasy adventure film, telling the story of a young Viking who forms an unlikely bond with a Night Fury dragon named Toothless, challenging tradition and reshaping his world forever. (Also streaming on Binge.)
Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing – 1 February
Documentary (2025). Ahead of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, go inside the high-stakes, high-drama world of ice dance as the sport’s top couples skate for gold and glory.
