Some people spend their days arguing over the merits of Netflix, but the rest of us are too busy enjoying new movies, engaging series, and fun specials. It’s just one more way to re-watch the movies we already love and find new ones to cherish, and this month sees some of both hitting the service.
The complete list of movies and shows hitting (and leaving) Netflix this month — February 2020 — is below, but first I’m going to highlight a few that stand apart from the bunch.
Netflix Pick of the Month
Shows geared towards young adults don’t always translate well to older audiences, but if you’ve ever been a teenager you’ll find plenty to enjoy in the new Netflix Original series, I Am Not Okay With This, which arrives on February 26th. It’s smart, funny, and affecting across the board, and it’s headlined by the two best young actors from the recent It (2017, 2019) films. Sophia Lillis takes the lead as a teenager dealing with all of life’s troubles — in addition to the discovery that she might just have telepathic powers — while Wyatt Oleff plays the only kid in town who understands her. They’re both absolutely fantastic here showing wit, chemistry, and real acting chops. This first season isn’t at all what you’re expecting. It’s better.
The Horror of It All
Joe Hill’s Locke & Key arrives February 7th after more than a few aborted attempts at adaptation, and while this Netflix Original variation might skew a bit more playful than the source material fans should still be pleased. Polaroid (2019) develops on the 9th after spending some time unreleased on the studio shelf. No one whose seen it claims it’s a lost masterpiece, but hopefully there’s some fun spookiness to enjoy. Finally, Girl on the Third Floor (2019) says hello on February 22nd with an icky, creepy, hard-hitting ghost story about bad deeds and the bad men who keep committing them. It’ll leave you sticky, but it’s worth the mess.
The Oldest New Arrival
Robert Aldrich’s classic tale of war and bad men turned “heroes” is this month’s least new arrival to Netflix, but even sixty years later The Dirty Dozen (1967) still packs a punch. Action and character collide with a stellar cast of tough guys including Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Richard Jaeckel, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, George Kennedy, and more.
A Classic Comedy Marathon!
Okay, that’s perhaps a bit disingenuous of a description as the marathon I’m referring to it the Police Academy (1984-1994) franchise. All seven films are dropping onto Netflix, and while most comedy fans have seen the first one or two — maybe even three or four — few can claim to have seen all seven. Well it’s our lucky month as now all of us can correct that mistake. The comedy is broad, often dumb, and culminates in the squad helping the Russians, so yeah, maybe the movies have aged well?
The Complete List
February 1st
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Center Stage (2000)
Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
Dear John (2010)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Elizabeth (1998)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Fools Rush In (1997)
Hancock (2008)
A Little Princess (1995)
Love Jacked (2018)
The Notebook (2004)
The Other Guys (2010)
The Pianist (2002)
Police Academy (1984)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)
Purple Rain (1984)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
February 3rd
Sordo — NETFLIX FILM
Team Kaylie: Part 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY
February 4th
Faith, Hope & Love (2019)
She Did That
Tom Papa: You’re Doing Great! — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
February 5th
Black Hollywood: ‘They’ve Gotta Have Us’ (2018)
#cats_the_mewvie (2020)
The Pharmacist — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story (2020)
February 6th
Cagaster of an Insect Cage — NETFLIX ANIME
February 7th
The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY
Horse Girl — NETFLIX FILM
Locke & Key — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
My Holo Love — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
February 8th
The Coldest Game — NETFLIX FILM
February 9th
Better Call Saul: Season 4
Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama — NETFLIX FAMILY
Polaroid (2019)
February 11th
Good Time (2017)
CAMINO A ROMA — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Q Ball (2019)
February 12th
Anna Karenina (2012)
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You — NETFLIX FILM
February 13th
Dragon Quest Your Story — NETFLIX ANIME
Love is Blind — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Narcos: Mexico: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
February 14th
Cable Girls: Final Season — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Isi & Ossi — NETFLIX FILM
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon — NETFLIX FAMILY
February 15th
Starship Troopers (1997)
February 17th
The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia — NETFLIX FAMILY
February 19th
Chef Show: Volume 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
February 20th
Spectros — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
February 21st
Babies — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Gentefied — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Glitch Techs — NETFLIX FAMILY
A Haunted House (2013)
Puerta 7 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
System Crasher — NETFLIX FILM
February 22nd
Girl on the Third Floor (2019)
February 23rd
Full Count (2019)
February 25th
Every Time I Die (2019)
February 26th
I Am Not Okay With This — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
February 27th
Altered Carbon: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
Followers — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution — NETFLIX FAMILY
February 28th
All The Bright Places — NETFLIX FILM
Babylon Berlin: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Formula 1: Drive to Survive: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Jeopardy!: Celebrate Alex Collection
Jeopardy!: Cindy Stowell Collection
Jeopardy!: Seth Wilson Collection
La trinchera infinita — NETFLIX FILM
Queen Sono — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Restaurants on the Edge — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Unstoppable — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
February 29th
Jerry Maguire (1996)
What’s Leaving?
Leaving 2/11/20
Clouds of Sils Maria
Leaving 2/14/20
District 9
Leaving 2/15/20
Milk
Operator
Peter Rabbit
Leaving 2/18/20
The 2000s: Season 1
Leaving 2/19/20
Charlotte’s Web
Gangs of New York
The Eighties: Season 1
The Nineties: Season 1
The Seventies: Season 1
Leaving 2/20/20
Lincoln
Leaving 2/21/20
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Leaving 2/26/20
Our Idiot Brother
Leaving 2/27/20
Jeopardy!: Buzzy Cohen Collection
Jeopardy!: College Championship II
Jeopardy!: Teachers’ Tournament II
Jeopardy!: Teen Tournament III
Jeopardy!: Tournament of Champions III
Leaving 2/28/20
My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks
Primal Fear
Trainspotting
Leaving 2/29/20
50/50
American Beauty
Anger Management
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Free Willy
Hustle & Flow
Igor
Layer Cake
Rachel Getting Married
Stripes
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Mind of a Chef: Season 1-5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Up in the Air
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