What to watch on streaming in February: Netflix, Disney+, Stan, Binge, Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime highlights

If you’re not watching at least three of these series and movies, you’re not going to know what anyone’s talking about.

Hello Tomorrow will be on Apple TV+.

From high-end retro sci-fi productions and Valentine’s-themed titles to the return of an old favourite, there’s plenty to stream in February.

The real question isn’t even what, but how are you going to fit everything in the shortest month of the year?

Hello Tomorrow! (Apple TV+, February 17): Apple TV+ knows it’s onto a good thing with Morning Wars’ Emmy winner Billy Crudup, so it’s given him his own series. In the “retrofuturistic” Hello Tomorrow he plays a travelling salesman hawking timeshares on the moon. It also features Hank Azaria, Alison Pill and Haneefa Wood, while Jacki Weaver is a recurring character.

Nolly (Binge/Foxtel, February 10): Almost everything British writer Russell T. Davies touches turns to gold so when you pair him up with Helena Bonham Carter, there’s bound to be fireworks. The evocative Nolly is a tribute to British soap star Noele Gordon, set during the end of her career when she was unceremoniously shafted after 18 years on Crossroads.

Nolly is streaming on Binge.

Party Down S3 (Stan, February 24): In the 13 years since Party Down was last on our screens, it’s weirdly comforting to know that some things don’t change, and that Henry (Adam Scott) is still stuck in that pink bow tie and catering other people’s special occasions while his own ambitions remain thwarted. Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen, Jane Lynch and Martin Starr are all back while new guesties include Quinta Brunson, Nick Offerman and Bobby Moynihan. Are we having fun yet?

Your Place or Mine (Netflix, February 10): There’s a lot of rom-com credit for Your Place or Mine, which stars Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, who both know their way around the genre, and it’s directed by Aline Brosh McKenna who has written the scripts for Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses and Morning Glory. The story is centred on two friends who swap homes for a week.

The Walk-In (SBS On Demand, February 1): Starring Stephen Graham (and it is a universally accepted truth that everyone loves Stephen Graham), this British drama recounts the real-life story of how an activist infiltrated a neo-Nazi group and foiled their plan to assassinate a politician.

The Walk-In will be SBS On Demand.

The Estate (Amazon Prime Video, February 3): There’s nothing like an inheritance battle for a disliked relative’s money that brings out the worst in people. There is scheming afoot from everyone who wants a slice (or all) of that sweet dough. The slapstick comedy stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny and Kathleen Turner and is from Death at a Funeral filmmaker Dean Craig.

Sharper (Apple TV+, February 17): The cast of Julianne Moore, John Lithgow, Sebastian Stan and Justice Smith would be enough to stir curiosity in this New York psychological thriller that promises to take audiences into the most elite penthouses in Manhattan as well as the less luxurious environs of the outer boroughs. Power games are afoot and when there’s a ton of money at stake, people tend to behave pretty appallingly.

True Spirit (Netflix, February 3): Jessica Watson’s extraordinary true story of solo circumnavigating the world at the age of 16 is charted in this Netflix biopic starring Teagan Croft as the intrepid young sailor. A story of human will and sheer guts, it also stars Anna Paquin and Josh Lawson as her parents and Cliff Curtis as her mentor and coach.

The Reluctant Traveller (Apple TV+, February 24): From a comedy career in Christopher Guest parodies to co-creating Schitt’s Creek, Eugene Levy is easily an audience favourite. He’s now packing all that goodwill and bringing it with him in his own travel series where the self-confessed non-adventurer will embark on a raft of new experiences he never thought he would explore.

The Reluctant Traveller will be on Apple TV+.

Bad Behaviour (Stan, February 17): This four-part Australian series is set in that famed environment for high-stakes drama: an elite girls’ boarding school. It’s guaranteed emotional theatre. The story kicks off after two twenty-somethings reunite and recall a year at school in which the ethos was be the bully or be bullied. Directed by Corrie Chen.

You S4 Part 1 (Netflix, February 9): If you still think that after all the stalking, murdering and generally Problematic (yes, that’s with a capital P) behaviour that Penn Badgley’s Joe is still hot, you might as well start a prison pen-pal correspondence. In the fourth season, Joe has transported his hijinks to London where he has a new identity and pool of potential victims.

The Consultant (Amazon Prime Video, February 24): Christoph Waltz is twirling his metaphorical moustache doing what he does best, playing an unpredictable and sketchy character who has yet to reveal his hand. In this black comedy-thriller, he’s a consultant who blows into a tech company and stirs up the status quo. More than just than jobs are at stake.

Dear Edward (Apple TV+, February 3): The thing about Dear Edward is that it’s very much geared to audiences who want their heartstrings pulled, not tugged. The series based on Ann Napolitano’s book is centred on a plane crash, the young boy who was the lone survivor and the grieving friends and family left behind. The sentimental series was created by Jason Katims, who reunites with his Friday Night Lights lead, Connie Britton.

Dear Edward is on Apple TV+.

Bel Air S2 (Stan, February 24): The dramatic reboot of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a surprise hit when it switched up the cheesy nineties Will Smith sitcom’s tone to something much grittier. The series returns for its second season with family tensions and relationship kerfuffles.

Bruiser (Disney+, February 24): Bruiser was snapped up by Disney after made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. The movie tells the story of 14-year-old Darius and the two men in his life – his father Malcolm and drifter Porter. When secrets are spilt, the aftermath threatens everyone in this film exploring fatherhood and toxic masculinity. It stars Moonlight’s Trevante Rhodes.

Romantic Getaway (Binge/Foxtel, February 14): Co-created and starring British comedian Romesh Ranganathan, the six-part comedy is centred on a couple who wade into illegal territory in their quest to have a baby through IVF. But a little petty crime escalates quickly when they accidentally steal half a million pounds.

Somebody I Used to Know is on Amazon Prime.

Somebody I Used to Know (Amazon Prime Video, February 10): Written by real-life partners Allison Brie and Dave Franco, with Franco directing, this rom-com, late-coming-of-age movie stars Brie as a career-focused TV producer who visits her childhood home after a professional setback. There, she runs into an old flame, which rekindles in her questions about whether her life is what it should be.

Maxine (Britbox, February 1): The Maxine in question is Maxine Carr, a teacher’s assistant who helped her partner Ian Huntley cover up his murders of her two of her students, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, both 10 years old. This three-part dramatisation is an attempt to delve into her role in the Soham murders, and why she was at one pointed labelled by the press as Britain’s most hated woman.

Carnival Row S2 (Amazon Prime Video, February 17): It’s been three-and-a-half years since Carnival Row’s first season so you’d be forgiven for thinking the Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne fantasy series had been canned. But, no, here it is, back with more magical creatures and the political games that threaten to endanger them all.