A new month calls for new series and movies to watch.
Entertainment platforms are kicking off 2026 on a high note, rolling out offerings worth adding to your watchlist.
Here are the new shows and films streaming this January that you’ll want to queue up next.
Stranger Things 5 finale
Status: Streaming on Netflix starting Jan. 1 (PH time)
Starring: Millie Bobby-Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Jamie Campbell Bower
The beloved sci-fi action-adventure series has come to a close after nearly 10 years. On its final episode, watch as telepath Eleven and her Hawkins gang go on a final showdown with Vecna and his Upside Down minions, and put an end to his nefarious plan of earth-shattering proportions. If you’re not yet on board with the plot, this is the best time to catch up.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Status: Showing in cinemas on Jan. 14
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry
Directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland, this post-apocalyptic horror flick follows the story of Dr. Kelson as he finds a new relationship with potential world-changing consequences as inhumane survivors become a bigger threat to Earth’s survival than the infected.
Werewolf Boy
Status: Showing in cinemas on Jan. 15
Starring: Rabin Angeles, Angela Muji, Candy Pangilinan, Yayo Aguila, Jeffrey Hidalgo, Albie Casiño, Rose Van Ginkel
Viva stars Rabin Angeles and Angela Muji star in their first-ever movie fresh from the success of their TV5 series Seducing Drake Palma. This is a remake of the 2012 South Korean fantasy drama about a beautiful girl who moves into a country home as she befriends and tries to domesticate a feral boy to the fear of a whole village.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Status: Streaming on HBO on Jan. 18
Starring: Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol Ansell, Daniel Ings, Sam Spruell, Finn Bennett, Tanzyn Crawford
Take a trip back to Westeros a hundred years before the main Game of Thrones story began as Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg wander through the land in a Targaryen-led Iron Throne.
Bridgerton 4
Status: Streaming on Netflix on Jan. 29
Starring: Luke Thompson, Ruth Gemmell, Yerin Ha, Hannah Dodd, Victor Alli, Emma Naomi, Martins Imhangbe, Luke Newton, Nicola Coughlin
Expect a Cinderella-like love story between star-crossed lovers in the latest season of the “Regency” era historical romance-drama TV series. The story focuses on bachelor royalty Benedict Bridgerton as he tries to find a perfect partner in newcomer housemaid Sophie Baek. Romance also brews for the rest of the Bridgerton family.
WWE Unreal 2
Status: Streaming on Netflix on Jan. 20
Starring: Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley, Pat McAfee, Jelly Roll, R-Truth, Iyo Sky, Naomi, Chelsea Green, Penta, and Lyra Valkyria
Find out what it takes to put up a wrestling show as the series takes you behind the scenes of World Wrestling Entertainment on a deep dive into the writer’s room and the homes of its greatest superstars. Expect crazy twists and solid backstage drama in Season 2.
Wonder Man
Status: Streaming on Disney+ on Jan. 27
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley, Zlatko Burić, Demetrius Grosse, Lauren Glazier
The latest on the Marvel Cinematic Universe small screen, the series stars Hollywood actor Simon Williams as he gets extraordinary powers and takes up the mantle of a new superhero.