What's Coming Out This Week In Theaters and On Streaming, VOD & TV: January 26 thru February 1, 2026
All the 🎥 films and 📺 shows hitting theaters and streaming this week!
2026 is already moving quickly, even if the last few weeks feel devastatingly morose. But in terms of entertainment choices, there’s a lot to choose from, ranging from Oscar nominees hitting VOD and streaming to theaters rolling out a handful of new releases that should help shake off the winter gloom and remind us there’s still plenty to look forward to. While on the TV side, Marvel is trying to fight superhero fatigue with a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the very franchise system they helped create. So, here’s your weekly checklist of what’s worth watching, streaming, and keeping on your radar this week.
🎥 In Theaters This Week
🎥 Send Help
(Fri, Jan 30th — wide release)
Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien are stranded on a tropical island after a plane crash, trapping an injured narcissistic boss and his long-ignored assistant in a vicious struggle for control. Under Sam Raimi’s direction, survival turns sharp, ironic, and darkly funny as buried resentment proves just as deadly as the island itself.
🎥 Shelter
(Fri, Jan 30th — wide release)
Jason Statham plays a lethal operative in self-imposed exile whose quiet isolation is shattered when a hit squad storms his refuge, forcing him back into survival mode to protect an innocent girl. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, the film channels stripped-down action and redemption into pure, no-frills Statham fury.
🎥 The Moment
(Fri, Jan 30th — wide release)
Inspired by Charli XCX’s “brat summer” concert tour, this darkly satirical psychological music romp follows a pop star unraveling as the branding machine of fame erodes her sense of self and turns life into performance while gearing up for a world tour. With Charli XCX playing a heightened version of herself, the film weaponizes paranoia and dissociation to skewer celebrity culture and the cost of living as a nonstop public product where art and self-branding are indistinguishable.
🎥 Melania
(Fri, Jan 30th — wide release)
“Here we go again.” This Amazon original documentary offers unprecedented access to the 20 days leading up to the 2025 Presidential Inauguration, told through the perspective of First Lady Melania Trump. Through exclusive, behind-the-scenes moments, the film frames a historic political reset carefully orchestrated through image and controlled narrative.
🎥 Iron Lung
(Fri, Jan 30th — wide release, AMC theatres)
Popular YouTuber-turned-filmmaker Mark Fischbach makes his directorial debut with this bleak sci-fi horror adaptation of David Szymanski’s cult video game. Set after a cosmic disaster wipes the stars from the sky, Fischbach stars as a convict trapped inside a fragile submarine on a suicide mission beneath an alien sea of blood, turning isolation and cosmic dread into a suffocating descent where escape is always just out of reach.
🎥Arco
(Fri, Jan 30th — expanding wider)
This newly Oscar-nominated animated sci-fi adventure from French filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu follows a young boy hurled from a peaceful future into the wreckage of the year 2075, where survival depends on ingenuity, unexpected alliances, and the refusal to give up on hope. Produced and voiced by Natalie Portman, the film frames saving a broken world as the only possible path back home.
🎥 2DIE4
(Fri, Jan 30th — IMAX release)
A raw, experimental cinematic experience that abandons traditional filmmaking to place viewers directly inside the first-person reality of a racing pilot, with no actors, no staging, and no digital effects. By immersing us in every fear, mistake, and split-second decision, this Brazilian racing film transforms real-world risk into an intensely visceral, cinematic encounter.
🎥 Worldbreaker
(Fri, Jan 30th — limited release)
Milla Jovovich and Luke Evans play parents protecting their daughter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland of monsters, clans, and warfare, as this bleak survival tale turns the apocalypse into a brutal coming-of-age where innocence is the first thing lost.
🎥 Paying for It
(Fri, Jan 30th — limited release; in NY)
Directed by Canadian filmmaker/actress Sook-Yin Lee, this provocative and unexpectedly tender adaptation of cartoonist Chester Brown’s semi-biographical graphic novel follows a committed couple (played by Dan Beirne and Emily Le) who open their relationship in a last-ditch effort to save it, forcing an uncomfortable reckoning with intimacy and trust. Drawing from Lee’s own personal relationship with Brown, the film balances humor and honesty to explore love, transactional desire, and emotional vulnerability with rare candor.
🎥 Pike River
(Fri, Jan 30th — limited release; also on ✅VOD)
Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey offers a performance of quiet fury and unshakable resolve in this grief-driven New Zealand drama inspired by the 2010 Pike River Mine disaster. As two widows, played by Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm, push back against the official silence surrounding their coal miner husbands, the film becomes a determined pursuit of truth, accountability, and the cost of refusing to let loss be erased.
🎥 Moses the Black
(Fri, Jan 30th — limited release; via Fathom Entertainment)
Omar Epps stars as a powerful Chicago gang leader who, after being released from prison, watches his empire crack under mounting rival pressure as loyalty within his crew begins to decay from the inside. Running in parallel, Chukwudi Iwuji embodies a legendary saint whose spiritual journey reflects the gang leader’s moral collapse, merging crime drama and spiritual reckoning into a tense meditation on power, pride, and the cost of redemption.
🎥 A Poet
(Fri, Jan 30th — limited release)
This scruffy character study follows a washed-up writer (Ubeimar Rios) drifting through Medellín until a wide-eyed student (Rebeca Andrade) offers him one last chance at relevance, only to expose how fragile his talent and ego really are. Under the darkly comic eye of Colombian writer-director Simón Mesa Soto, mentorship turns into chaos in a raw, unsparing farce.
🎥 Islands
(Fri, Jan 30th — limited release)
At a sun-soaked island resort, a charming tennis coach (Sam Riley) is drawn into a dangerous web of desire and deception when a mysterious tourist (Stacy Martin) arrives and her husband (Jack Farthing) vanishes without a trace. What starts as flirtation escalates into obsession and suspicion, turning paradise into a tense, sultry maze of secrets and danger in this tropical noir thriller.
🎥 The Love That Remains
(Fri, Jan 30th — limited release; in NY & LA with other cities to follow)
Set amid the sweeping stillness of rural Iceland, an artist and a fisherman drift through the quiet unraveling of their marriage, bound by memory and routine as love and resentment coexist under the same roof. With a blend of poetry and deadpan humor, filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason (Godland) transforms this intimate domestic portrait into a darkly comic meditation on devotion, decay, and the strange beauty of holding on.
🎦 Streaming This Week
🎦 Peter Hujar’s Day
(Tues, Jan 27th — streaming on The Criterion Channel)
Set over a single afternoon in 1974, this intimate, talk-driven drama turns conversation itself into a quiet act of revelation. From acclaimed filmmaker Ira Sachs, Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall slip into the skins of photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz, as casual chatter slowly gives way to confessions, memory, and creative truth. What unfolds is a hauntingly simple portrait of art, time, and the fragile electricity of human connection.
🎦 33 Photos from the Ghetto
(Tues, Jan 27th — premiering on HBO MAX)
History is often filtered through those who control it, but this documentary opens with a defiant exception: 33 photographs smuggled out from inside the Warsaw Ghetto as it burned. Shot by civilians during the 1943 uprising, these images resist total erasure, forcing a confrontation with what was witnessed, what survived, and what was almost lost.
🎦 The Wrecking Crew
(Wed, Jan 28th — premiering on Prime Video)
Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista star as estranged half-brother detectives forced to team up in this Hawaii-set action comedy, where clashing personalities, oversized egos, and relentless muscle turn a murder investigation into nonstop mayhem. Directed by Blue Beetle’s Angel Manuel Soto, the film pits their dysfunctional partnership against the Yakuza as they tear through paradise in pursuit of the truth behind their father’s death, with the wreckage felt across the entire islands.
🎦 Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
(Thurs, Jan 29th — streaming on Netflix)
Actress Embeth Davidtz makes a striking directorial debut with this haunting adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir, set in the destabilized aftermath of the Rhodesian Bush War and seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl confronting a fractured world. With Davidtz also portraying the child’s volatile mother, the film becomes a deeply personal South African drama where childhood innocence collides with racial division, colonial legacy, and a family on the verge of collapse.
🎦 If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
(Fri, Jan 30th — streaming on HBO MAX)
This darkly funny breakdown from writer-director Mary Bronstein showcases Rose Byrne in sharp, chaotic form—earning a recent Oscar nomination—as a mother coming apart while her disengaged therapist, played deadpan by Conan O’Brien, passively observes her grief-fueled unraveling. With Danielle Macdonald, Christian Slater, and A$AP Rocky amplifying the disorder, the film presents emotional collapse as something messy, uncomfortable, and darkly comic rather than neatly resolved.
🎦 Tin Soldier
(Fri, Jan 30th — streaming on Hulu/Disney+)
An afro-donning Jamie Foxx plays a charismatic messiah with a god complex who builds a private army of mercenaries in this gonzo action thriller directed by Brad Furman, while Scott Eastwood stars as a former special ops insider sent to take him down under orders from a shadowy government handler played by Robert De Niro. With John Leguizamo, Shamier Anderson, Rita Ora, and Saïd Taghmaoui rounding out the cast, the film embraces loud personalities, volatile power plays, and full-throttle B-movie energy.
🎦 Miracle: The Boys of ‘80
(Fri, Jan 30th — premiering on Netflix)
The legendary “Miracle on Ice” gets a fresh, intimate reexamination in this new sports documentary directed by Max Gershberg and Jacob Rogal, featuring never-before-seen 16mm footage and powerful firsthand accounts from the players themselves.
✅ On VOD This Week
✅ Zootopia 2
(Tues, Jan 27th — on VOD/Digital)
In this recent Oscar-nominated animated sequel, Disney reunites police officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and former con-turned-cop Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) when Chief Bogo (Idris Elba) assigns them to couples therapy. Their partnership is immediately tested when a slippery new villain, voiced by Ke Huy Quan, arrives in Zootopia and throws the city into total disarray.
✅ Primate
(Tues, Jan 27th — on VOD/Digital)
Raised as one of the family, a pet chimp named Ben turns feral and begins hunting the humans who once trusted him in this nature-versus-nurture horror thriller set on a remote Hawaiian property. Trapped and outmatched, friends and relatives—including Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander, and Oscar-winner Troy Kotsur—are forced into a savage fight for survival against a predator who knows them far too well.
✅ Anaconda
(Tues, Jan 27th — on VOD/Digital)
Two lifelong friends, played by Jack Black and Paul Rudd, venture into the Amazon to remake their beloved ’90s creature feature, only for their underfunded passion project to spiral out of control. As the situation worsens, a panicked crew—including Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, and Selton Mello—is pulled into genuine jungle peril when nostalgia collides with something very real and very dangerous.
✅ Greenland 2: Migration
(Tues, Jan 27th — on VOD/Digital)
As the world slips into slow-motion collapse, Gerard Butler returns as John Garrity, leading his family out of the Greenland bunkers and across a devastated Europe in search of a rumored refuge in France. Also starring Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffin Davis, the sequel turns survival into a punishing endurance journey where every step forward demands sacrifice and impossible choices.
✅ Ella McCay
(Tues, Jan 27th — on VOD/Digital)
Sex Education breakout Emma Mackey leads James L. Brooks’s first film in 15 years as a newly elected governor whose idealism crashes into political pressure and chaotic family drama. Joined by Woody Harrelson, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Albert Brooks, this witty dramedy channels the warm, character-driven studio comedies of decades past.
✅ Untitled Home Invasion Romance
(Tues, Jan 27th — on VOD/Digital)
American Pie’s Jason Biggs directs and stars in this dark comedy of errors where a botched romantic stunt spirals into a deadly mess, turning marital resentment, fragile masculinity, and terrible judgment into a cringe-fueled murder mystery.
✅ Silent Night, Deadly Night
(Tues, Jan 27th — on VOD/Digital)
A blood-soaked reboot of the cult ‘80s holiday slasher, this remake follows Rohan Campbell’s traumatized loner as he turns Christmas cheer into small-town carnage as an axe-welding psychopath in a Santa suit. Leaning into vintage slasher terror while updating the violence for fans of Terrifier, it revives an infamous Santa nightmare for a new generation.
✅ Revolver Lily
(Tues, Jan 27th — on VOD/Digital)
Pulled back into violence by a conspiracy she can’t ignore, a legendary hitwoman (Ayase Haruka) fights to protect an innocent life. This pulpy, old-school action tale blends maternal instinct with deadly precision. Retirement was never going to last.
✅ My Sister’s Bones
(Fri, Jan 30th — on VOD/Digital)
Jenny Seagrove stars in this psychological thriller as a war correspondent who returns home from Iraq after her mother’s death, only to find her sense of safety unraveling. As a doctor, played by Olga Kurylenko, questions whether grief and PTSD are distorting reality, suspicion builds around a neighbor—and the fear that the line between perception and action may already be gone.
✅ Grizzly Night
(Fri, Jan 30th — on VOD/Digital)
On one brutal night, two fatal bear attacks rock Glacier National Park. Through the eyes of a rookie ranger forced to step up under impossible pressure, this survival drama explores leadership forged in terror. Starring Ali Skovbye, Brec Bassinger, Charles Esten, and Oded Fehr, nature doesn’t negotiate... and it doesn’t forgive!
✅ Peaches Goes Bananas
(Fri, Jan 30th — on VOD/Digital)
This intimate documentary captures 17 years of Peaches’ boundary-breaking artistry, from her early life to the electrifying performances that made her a trailblazing force in music and queer culture. Director Marie Losier pieces together a poetic, two-decade conversation between friends, collaborators, and fellow rebels. With raw footage, family moments, and Peaches’ unforgettable stage presence, this portrait celebrates an artist who never asked permission — and built a legacy by saying, and singing, exactly what she wanted.
⇯ See Above: ✅Pike River (Fri, Jan 30; VOD/Digital)
📺 On TV This Week
📺 Wild Cards: Season 3
(Mon, Jan 26th — on The CW)
This Canadian series pairs a demoted detective, played by Giacomo Gianniotti, with a seasoned con artist portrayed by Vanessa Morgan, forging an uneasy alliance after they crack a major case while he’s awaiting booking. With support from Jason Priestley, their partnership becomes a high-stakes gamble to restore a badge, avoid jail, and survive a system where trusting each other may be the biggest risk of all.
📺 Wonder Man
(Tues, Jan 27th — on Disney+)
This MCU miniseries follows struggling L.A. actor Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) as a career-making superhero role pulls him into the pressures of Hollywood fame, ego, and expectation. Guided by washed-up actor-turned-unlikely mentor Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), Simon is swept through the machinery of franchise filmmaking as the line between performance and identity erodes—made even riskier by the fact that he’s hiding powers of his own.
📺 Take That
(Tues, Jan 27th — on Netflix)
This three-part documentary follows an iconic British boy band as they look back on meteoric fame, internal fallout, and the road to reunion. Through archival footage and candid interviews, it charts the dizzying highs of pop stardom alongside the fractures it leaves behind.
📺 Mike Epps: Delusional
(Tues, Jan 27th — on Netflix)
Veteran comedian Mike Epps looks back on fame, failed relationships, and the long, uneven road that led to his success. With sharp self-awareness, he dismantles the myth of overnight stardom, grounding his set in survival, hard lessons, and the perspective that only time onstage can earn.
📺 Shrinking: Season 3
(Wed, Jan 28th — on Apple TV)
Season three continues to follow therapist Jimmy Laird (Jason Segel) as he navigates grief, friendship, and the unintended fallout of his boundary-free approach to helping others. Anchored by a perfectly cast Harrison Ford as a gruff but deeply human mentor figure, the show has evolved into a richly layered ensemble about messy compassion and showing up for one another, with new surprises including a guest appearance from Michael J. Fox and Cobie Smulders alongside returning favorites Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Luke Tennie, Christa Miller, Lukita Maxwell, and Ted McGinley.
📺 School Spirits: Season 3
(Wed, Jan 28th — on Apple TV)
Peyton List, coming off her run on Netflix’s Cobra Kai, returns for Season 3 as Maddie Nears, a teen who can see ghosts and refuses to let the past stay buried. As Maddie and her restless crew dig deeper into the deadly secrets of Split River High, Simon’s fixation on the truth grows more dangerous. The closer they get to answers, the more it becomes clear that some mysteries don’t fade away—they pull you under.
📺 Bridgerton: Season 4
(Thurs, Jan 29th — on Netflix)
Season four shifts the spotlight to Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson, whose carefully maintained bachelor life begins to unravel after a mysterious encounter with the Lady in Silver at a masquerade ball. The woman behind the fantasy is Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha), a resourceful housemaid living under the rule of the icy Lady Araminta Gun (Katie Leung), forcing Benedict to confront class, identity, and the difference between romantic illusion and real connection.
📺 Yo Gabba GabbaLand!: Season 2
(Fri, Jan 30th — on Apple TV)
Season two leans fully into its wonderfully strange wavelength, doubling down on catchy music, surreal humor, and a sincere respect for its young audience. With new performances, fresh animation, and surprise guest energy, it plays less like a standard kids’ show and more like a living mixtape that proves children’s TV can be loud, playful, and joyfully weird.
📺 Vanished
(Sun, Feb 1st — on MGM+)
Kaley Cuoco stars as Alice, a woman whose whirlwind romance with the charming Tom (Sam Claflin) fractures when he disappears without a trace during a European train journey. Stranded abroad and met with indifference from those around her, Alice begins to question how well she ever knew him as her search exposes lies and dangerous secrets beneath the postcard-perfect scenery.
📺 Glitter & Gold
(Sun, Feb 1st — on Netflix)
From the producing team behind Simone Biles Rising, this high-stakes docuseries pulls viewers into the unforgiving world of elite ice dancing, where Olympic ambitions depend on trust, timing, and absolute precision. As the road to the 2026 Winter Games intensifies, top skating couples chase perfection while the emotional pressure reveals a sport as dramatic behind the scenes as it is dazzling on the ice.
📺 Rise of the 49ers
(Sun, Feb 1st — on AMC/AMC+)
This four-part docuseries revisits the dynasty era of a Bay Area football powerhouse, tracing how overlooked underdogs reshaped the game under the innovative leadership of Bill Walsh. Narrated by lifelong fan Tom Brady and featuring reflections from legends like Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, and Ronnie Lott, it transforms rare NFL Films footage into a vivid time capsule of the Gold Rush years.
