6 Newest Movies of 2024 Coming to Netflix in February
Each of these new movies promises to be worthy of being considered Netflix's flagship.
Today, no one is surprised when movies are released on streaming services. While a theatrical release was once considered a mark of quality in contrast to the direct-to-video format, even the most famous Hollywood filmmakers like Aaron Sorkin, David Fincher, and Martin Scorsese are no strangers to the new digitalized approach in film industry. Now, movies made for streaming platforms are just as prestigious and just as award-winning.
Netflix, in particular, is known for its extensive library of films, adding new releases every month. In February, Netflix is releasing six promising movies that we'll talk about today.
6. Ashes
Release Date: February 9, 2024
Genre: Psychological drama
Our list of February releases on Netflix kicks off with the Turkish psychological drama Ashes. Gökçe (Funda Eryiğit) seems to have everything a person could dream of: the perfect husband, a luxurious home, and access to untold riches. But her high-class idyll comes crashing down when she gets her hands on a mysterious, unpublished manuscript whose plot turns into real-life events, including a charismatic carpenter who makes the protagonist wonder what is fiction and what is reality.
5. A Soweto Love Story
Release Date: February 14, 2024
Genre: Romantic comedy
This South African romantic comedy is set in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg. Three young men live in Soweto with their mother, who is resigned to the fact that her sons are still bachelors. She decides to organize a wild race for them to find love, as the first one to get married will get his mother's house.
4. Players
Release Date: February 14, 2024
Genre: Romantic comedy
The inimitable Gina Rodriguez is back on Netflix with the release of a promising rom-com starring the actress opposite Damon Wayans Jr. and Tom Ellis. The film centers on a young New York City sportswriter who has been playing 'the game' with her best friend (Wayans Jr.) for several years: scheming hookup plans. One day, she meets a charming reporter (Ellis) and must decide whether to break the main rule of 'the game' by building a relationship with him.
3. The Heartbreak Agency
Release Date: February 14, 2024
Genre: Romantic comedy
This German romantic comedy is based on the book Goodbye Heartache by Elena-Katharina Sohn, who once founded an agency that helps clients deal with heartbreak after painful breakups. In the movie, the protagonist Maria, who runs a similar agency, helps one of her clients break up with journalist Karl. Karl, believing the agency to be a scam, signs up with Maria and begins his journey to find long-lost romantic feelings.
2. The Abyss
Release Date: February 16, 2024
Genre: Drama, thriller, horror, disaster
This Swedish thriller follows Frigga (Tuva Novotny), a security manager who works at the dangerous Kiirunavaara mine, the largest underground mine in the world. Frigga tries to juggle both her job and her crumbling family life, but one day everything goes to hell (pun intended) when her town begins to fall underground because of the mine.
1. Mea Culpa
Release Date: February 23, 2024
Genre: Legal thriller
Coming to Netflix at the end of February is Tyler Perry's highly anticipated legal thriller starring Kelly Rowland and Trevante Rhodes. The plot follows Mea Harper (Rowland), a talented defense attorney who takes on the defense of Zyair (Rhodes), an artist accused of murdering his girlfriend. But just as Mea is about to find out if Zyair is actually guilty, it turns out that the blame lies with everyone involved in the case, including Mea.