Welcome to 2025, a brand-spanking-new year of binge opportunities. There’s a good to fair chance your January represents a vast sea of free time, thanks to school breaks or requested time off from the salt mines. Allow me to maximise your momentary escape with the best picks from a huge stockpile of blockbuster movies, addictive series, and top-shelf original content.
I’ve combed through the lists of several thousand hours of content from Australia’s six major streaming networks. Select your provider from the list below, and let’s get you sorted with some square-eye sessions.
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New in January on Foxtel and Binge
TV litter pick: Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell: S1 : Seventeen years. That’s how long “Gavin & Stacey” has graced our screens, evolving from a BBC Three gem to a full-blown national treasure.
Movie litter pick: Despicable Me 4 – Jan 18 : Fair warning: Less of a movie and more of a series of non sequiturs, Despicable Me 4 is a Minions showcase interrupted by Gru and his family.
What notable movies are coming to Binge?
Sidelined: The QB and Me – Jan 1IF – Jan 3Bad Boys: Ride or Die – Jan 4Despicable Me 4 – Jan 18The Bikeriders – Jan 25
What notable series are coming to Binge?
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth: S1 – Jan 2Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell: S1 – Jan 2The Way Home: S3 – Jan 5Hell’s Kitchen USA: S23 – Jan 6Anton & Giovanni’s in Sicily – Jan 7The Pitt: S1 – Jan 10Taskmasterclass – Jan 11SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night – Jan 16
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New in January on Netflix
TV litter pick: Sakamoto Days – Jan 11 : Sakamoto Days follows legendary ex-hitman Taro Sakamoto as he bands with comrades to face off against the looming thread of assassins to ensure a peaceful life with his beloved family.
Movie litter pick: Back in Action – Jan 17 : Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt (Jamie Foxx) find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.
What notable movies are coming to Netflix?
Apollo 13 – Jan 1Bruce Almighty – Jan 1Dallas Buyers Club – Jan 1Inception – Jan 1Interstellar – Jan 1Memoirs of a Geisha – Jan 1Notting Hill – Jan 1Rush Hour [1, 2, 3] – Jan 1Spider-Man [1, 2, 3] – Jan 1Cunk On Life – Jan 2Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Jan 3Back in Action – Jan 17
What notable series are coming to Netflix?
Bandidos: S2 – Jan 3WWE RAW – Jan 5Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action – Jan 7Sakamoto Days – Jan 11The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live: S1 – Jan 13The Recruit: S2 – Jan 30
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New in January on Disney+
TV litter pick: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – Jan 29 : An animated series that follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming a hero, with a journey unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots.
Movie litter pick: Alien: Romulus – Jan 1 : Alien: Romulus’s back-to-basics approach to blockbuster horror boils everything fans love about the tonally-fluid franchise into one brutal, nerve-wracking experience.
What notable movies are coming to Disney+?
Alien: Romulus – Jan 1Goosebumps: The Vanishing – Jan 10Kiff: Lore of the Ring Light – Jan 22
What notable series are coming to Disney+?
Morphle: Shorts – S1 – Jan 1Star Wars: Skeleton Crew – Jan 7UFOs: Investigating the Unknown: S2 – Jan 9My Best Friend’s An Animal: S1 – Jan 11A Real Bug’s Life: S2 – Jan 15Abbott Elementary: S4 – Jan 22High Potential – Jan 23Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – Jan 29
New in January on Apple TV+
TV litter pick: Prime Target – Jan 22 : He wanted to be a good cop. The mob wanted him destroyed, so they made everything he loved a prime target.
What notable series are coming to Apple TV+?
Severance: S2 – Jan 17Prime Target – Jan 22Mythic Quest: S4 – Jan 29
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New in January on Amazon Prime Video
TV litter pick: The Rig: S2 – Jan 2 : A group of workers on a remote Scottish oil rig are due to return to the mainland when a mysterious fog cloaks them and supernatural forces take hold.
Movie litter pick: Blink Twice – Jan 24 : When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, sparks fly.
What notable movies are coming to Prime Video?
A Quiet Place: Day One – Jan 1American Sniper – Jan 1Bohemian Rhapsody – Jan 1Boogie Nights – Jan 1Bridesmaids (Unrated) – Jan 1Captain Phillips – Jan 1Edge of Tomorrow – Jan 1Major Payne – Jan 1Ted (Unrated) – Jan 1The Blues Brothers – Jan 1The Fall Guy – Jan 2Blink Twice – Jan 24
What notable series are coming to Prime Video?
Wild Cards – S1 – Jan 1The Rig: S2 – Jan 2The Liberation – Jan 17Monk – S1-8 – Jan 15Harlem: S3 – Jan 23Tribunal Justice: S2 – Jan 27
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New in January on Stan
TV litter pick: Black Snow: S2 – Jan 1 : When police officer Sam Kahlil discovers Zoe’s blue backpack, Detective James Cormack is called in to investigate.
Movie litter pick: Swiss Army Man – Jan 14 : Swiss Army Man is a must see. Who knew a movie about a farting corpse could have such depth. Dano and Radcliffe’s performances are an absolute delight and the two highlight each others’ capabilities.
What notable movies are coming to Stan?
Burlesque – Jan 4The Neon Demon – Jan 7Studio 54: The Documentary – Jan 12The Girl in the Fog – Jan 13Swiss Army Man – Jan 14
What notable series are coming to Stan?
Black Snow: S2 – Jan 1Lie With Me – Jan 9Protection – Jan 10In Our Blood: S1 – Jan 16Motherland: S1-3 – Jan 21The Gold – Jan 23Tom of Finland – Jan 28All American: S7 – Jan 30
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Adam Mathew is our Aussie streaming savant. He also games on YouTube.
