The new year is here: 2025 is gone, 2026 is here, and with it, a new set of movies and shows are finding your favorite streaming services. Yes, it’s time for Nerd’s Watch, the place to find all the best genre titles coming to Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock, and more. And, we do the work for you. These are just the topics we think you’ll care about.
The following is a list of the best things streaming on all the major streaming services. We’re taking a look at all those long, annoying lists and narrowing them down to a few topics we think are important this month. Some are new, some are old, but either way, we’ll tell you why you should care. Or at least play with it.
So sit back, grab your remote, and get ready for Nerd’s Watch, highlighting the best movies and shows coming to streaming this month.
Conan the Destroyer (January 1 on Netflix)
Although not as professional as its predecessor, Conan the Barbarianthere are few things better than watching Arnold Schwarzenegger in this amazing role.
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (January 1 on Netflix)
Sued me, but I still think this is new The Ghostbustersyes, the Paul Feig one that plays women, is the best of the new crop The Ghostbusters films. It actually understood what made the original perfect (goofy! funny! fun!) and tried to do that, instead of relying on nostalgia. And no, I will not answer the phone about my opinion at this time.
Harry and the Hendersons (January 1 on Netflix)
I haven’t seen the movie in about 30 years or so, but when it came out in 1987, it was a masterpiece of visual effects and comedy. Bigfoot lives with family. What don’t you like?
Hellboy (January 1 on Netflix)
We didn’t quite know how we had it when Guillermo del Toro did his amazing comic book adaptation twenty years ago, but yeah, it was great.
11.22.63 (January 7 on Netflix)
This miniseries produced by JJ Abrams, based on the novel by Stephen King, never got the love it deserved when it was released, but it’s really good. James Franco (ugh, we know) stars as a man who travels back in time to stop the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
I Indiana Jones The Saga (January 1 on Disney+)
The first four films of the franchise—Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade, and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull— turned around and went home to Disney+. But really, they belong in a museum.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (January 22 on Disney+)
The second one Poison the movie, the one with Woody Harrelson as Carnage, is fun, weird, and worth checking out. Also, we’re excited to see Spidey’s symbiote foe on Disney+.
Wonder Man (January 27 on Disney+)
Marvel Studios’ first project of 2026 is the long-awaited story of the actor-turned-superhero following a superhero movie role. We’ve heard good things about the show, which releases all its episodes at once.
28 weeks later (January 1 on Hulu)
However After 28 years (the first film in a new trilogy) ruined this movie in its first 30 seconds, we still think the second entry in the zombie franchise is worth watching.
Idiocracy (January 1 on Hulu)
The year 2026 is the 20th year of this Mike Judge bomb that has continued not only in cult status but has reached terrifying levels of relevance that we did not dare to imagine when it was first released.
The pit of the abyss (January 1 on Hulu)
Long before he suggested The Titanic or created A photoThe slogan “James Cameron can’t miss” was already in full force with this amazing underwater adventure.
Bodies Bodies Bodies (January 1 on HBO Max)
Are you looking for a smart, funny, scary horror game to start 2026? Don’t look away Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, is a 2022 film about a group of friends who play a murder mystery game that becomes very real.
Ex Machina (January 1 on HBO Max)
Alex Garland still kicks ass with movies like this Civil War, War, again After 28 yearsbut he can’t pass up this sci-fi masterpiece starring Alicia Vikander, General Hux, and Poe Dameron. Sorry, those last two names should be Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac.
The Green Lantern animated films (January 1 on HBO Max)
I didn’t see these, but I thought it was cool that there were three The Green Lantern animated films from Max, especially with Lights coming later this year. There is Green Lantern: Beware My Power, Green Lantern: Emerald Knightsagain Green Lantern: First Flight.
John Wick (January 1 on HBO Max)
Watch Keanu Reeves kick a bunch of butt to kick off the new year. In addition, John Wick: Chapter 2 again John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum they broadcast there too.
Space balls (January 1 on HBO Max)
I just realized that while I was thinking Space balls 2 it was supposed to come out in 2026, actually not until 2027, and I was very sad. But, at least you can get an unforgettable original on HBO Max.
I It’s dusk The Saga (January 1 on HBO Max)
After the recent return to theaters, all five films entered The Twilight Saga they come back from broadcasting. That’s it Evening, New Moon, Eclipse, and both parts of The dawn of the morning.
The Hunger Games series (January 14 on Peacock)
Not to be outdone, The Hunger Games films also appear on broadcast. That’s the real thing, Catching Fire, both parts of Mockingjayand even Ballad of songbirds and snakes. A new movie in this series, The rising of the sun in the harvest, will be released later this year.
Twisters (January 15 in Peacock)
How has it been a year since the world finally got a sequel The Twisterit was called Twistersand how come Universal hasn’t announced a sequel yet?
10 Cloverfield Lane (January 1 on Paramount +)
Before he revived her A hunter franchise, director Dan Trachtenberg attempted the same Cloverfield; the movie is great, even if the revival never happens. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman star in this sci-fi thriller.
AI Artificial Intelligence (January 1 on Paramount +)
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s take on Stanley Kubrick’s vision of the future, and, well, it’s coming up differently now than you might think. Read this and check for yourself.
I Shout out The Trilogy (January 1 on Paramount +)
The fourth is in the low-end, and the seventh will hit theaters in just a few weeks. But if you want to go back to the beginning, Paramount brings you the first three Shout out films to its broadcaster.
Spider-Man: Homecoming (January 1 on Paramount +)
Tom Holland is about to release his fourth record Spider Man film in 2026, so what better way to prepare for July Brand new Day rather than holding you back Returning home?
A crow (January 1 on Paramount +)
One of the earliest and best examples of what a comic book adaptation can be is this 1994 cult film starring Brandon Lee, who was tragically killed during filming. Paramount also added a second and fourth A crow movies, Raven: Home of Angels again Crow: Bad prayer, at the same time.
The Martian (January 1 on Paramount +)
Ridley Scott directs Matt Damon in this excellent, thrilling adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel about a man stranded on Mars. Also, it comes a few weeks before Weir’s second adaptation, Project Mail Maryhits the big screen.
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