Every week, Netflix adds a ton of new content for subscribers to stream. Watching all of it would take you a long time even if you binged nonstop, so start your weekend with my three top movies and shows for the next seven days. Nothing new drops on Jan. 30, but the beginning of February has a slate of hit movies and original shows from all over the world. Let’s watch together.
This Week on Netflix: PCMag’s Picks
Glitter & Gold (Feb. 1)
Winter sports season is in full swing, and Netflix’s new docuseries gives you a 360-degree view of an event that often seems like a punchline: ice dancing. Glitter & Gold embeds viewers with three teams competing for spots in the Winter Olympics. From the ultra-dominant duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates to the recently retired French legend Guillaume Cizeron, these are big personalities with incredible skill on the ice.
Unfamiliar (Feb. 5)
Giving up the life of espionage is a lot harder than it looks. That’s the premise of the new German series Unfamiliar, which introduces us to Simon and Meret, a pair of retired agents who now operate a safehouse in Berlin. But when they get sucked back into the spy world, everything that they’ve built is at risk, including the life of their daughter. It’s produced by Gaumont, the studio behind hits Barbarians and Lupin.
Search Party: Seasons 1-5 (Feb. 5)
It’s not a Netflix original, but the arrival of Search Party to the streamer is worth celebrating. It follows a quartet of Brooklyn friends who get caught up in trying to solve the disappearance of an old college acquaintance, only for things to spin wildly out of control in increasingly deranged ways. This is a perfect binge-worthy comedy that a lot of people missed when it first aired.
Netflix New TV Series and Show Releases This Week
February 1
Heartland – Season 18
The Way Home – Season 3
February 3
Night Court – Seasons 1-3
February 4
Is It Cake? Valentines
February 5
Cash Queens
The Lincoln Lawyer – Season 4
Samuel – Season 1
Search Party – Seasons 1-5
Unfamiliar
Netflix New Movie Releases This Week
February 1
The American President
The Bucket List
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Ex Machina
Flipped
Focus
The Glass House
Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing
Hell or High Water
Homefront
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Independence Day
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Letters to Juliet
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Mississippi Grind
Mrs. Doubtfire
Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Rumor Has It…
Vertical Limit
You’ve Got Mail
Zero Dark Thirty
Recommended by Our Editors
February 3
Mo Gilligan: In The Moment
Leaving Netflix This Week
February 1
28 Days Later
Charlie’s Angels
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Dr. Dolittle
Dr. Dolittle 2
Forever My Girl
Groundhog Day
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Kath and Kim: Seasons 1-4
Licorice Pizza
Memoirs of a Geisha
Parasite
Radio
RV
The Patriot
The Terminator
What Lies Beneath
February 5
Election
Mean Girls
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