As we've officially made it halfway through January, there are some great films awaiting us onto our streaming platforms to make the most of a night in.
The holidays may be but a distant memory now, but a stacked murder mystery, a terrifying modern classic and an action flick with best friend duo Ben Affleck and Matt Damon can help us cope with the cold weather.
No need to scroll the catalogues endlessly, as Digital Spy has rounded up some newly added movies to watch out for on Netflix, Prime Video and more – check out our list below.
Best movie new to Netflix this week
Besties and Oscar-winning pair Matt Damon and Ben Affleck return to the screen with Netflix's new action movie The Rip.
Added to the streamer today (16 January), the film from writer-director Joe Carnahan follows two Miami cops, Lieutenant Dane Dumars (Damon) and DS JD Byrne (Affleck), as they discover a stash of millions in cash. Loyalties are tested when outsiders learn of the huge seizure.
Damon and Affleck are joined by some famous names, including The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun and Teyana Taylor, fresh off her Golden Globe win for One Battle After Another.
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Also new to Netflix this week: Twins, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, The Man in the Iron Mask (1998).
Best movie new to Prime Video this week
Nothing screams 'cosy' more than a delicious murder mystery, and the first Knives Out movie is guaranteed to entertain with a host of compelling performances and a sophisticated central ruse.
Rian Johnson's 2019 film introduced audiences to Daniel Craig's Southern sleuth Benoit Blanc, called to investigate on the suicide of a prominent crime novelist.
Followed by 2022's Glass Onion and the recent Wake Up Dead Man, Johnson's first, "terrific" whodunit (via Rolling Stone) boasts a huge ensemble, including Ana de Armas, Christopher Plummer, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and Toni Collette.
Also new on Prime Video this week: Ballerina, The Death of Stalin, 10 Things I Hate About You, Borat.
Best movie new to BBC iPlayer this week
Get ready for sequel 28 Years Later: Bone Temple with a rewatch of the "sneeringly aggressive, appetisingly meaty" film (via Sight & Sound) that started it all.
Danny Boyle's 2002 classic 28 Days Later stars Cillian Murphy as Jim, a bike courier who awakens from a coma to find an accidental virus outbreak has turned people into violent attackers.
Penned by Ex Machina's Alex Garland, the film echoes zombie maestro George A Romero and includes some iconic shots of a deserted central London — probably a rarer occurrence than a zombie apocalypse.
Also new on iPlayer this week: Saving Private Ryan, The Duke.
Best movie new to ITVX this week
James Bond's second adventure for the screen, 1963's From Russia with Love, has just been added to ITVX.
Described as "one of the franchise's highlights" (via Empire), the movie sees Sean Connery reprise the role of 007 after 1962's Dr No. This time around, the MI6 spy is tasked to facilitate the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi).
Directed by Terence Young and based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, the film also sees Bond sleep with one eye open as Spectre is readying to avenge the killing of Dr No.
Also new to ITVX this week: Anchorman, Big.
Best movie new to Channel 4 this week
British filmmaker Steve McQueen adapts Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir of the same name into an Oscar-winning, star-studded movie.
12 Years a Slave features Chiwetel Ejiofor as Northup, chronicling his kidnapping in Washington DC and its time in slavery in a plantation in Louisiana.
Also starring Lupita Nyong'o in a breakout role than earned her an Academy Award, the movie holds a near-perfect score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Little White Lies describing it as "an outraged, intense and artful examination of American slavery".
Also new to Channel 4 this week: Mean Streets, Pearl, A Most Wanted Man, Heat.
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Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, Radio Times and Digital Spy.
Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. She can argue why Scream is the best slasher in four languages (and a half).
