February is serving everything from moody classics reimagined to full-on slasher chaos. I’ve rounded up ten films worth your popcorn budget — some will make you cry, some will make you cringe, and a couple might make you cheer like you’re at a terrible hometown musical. Buckle up.
1. Cold Storage
Think warm planet + mutant fungus = chaos. This slime-soaked horror-comedy comes from a screenwriter who’s done everything from spy flicks to summer blockbusters, and now he’s written and adapted his own novel into a gooey creature feature. Joe Keery and Georgina Campbell play storage-guard heroes who discover a frozen military nightmare thawing out beneath their work. Liam Neeson turns up to be the grumpy expert who may or may not save everyone — expect gore, laughs, and practical effects that love slime as much as the fungus does.
Release: 6 February (UK & Ireland); 13 February (US & Canada)
2. The President’s Cake
A tender, small-scale drama set in 1997 Iraq, seen through the eyes of nine-year-old Lamia. When she’s tasked with baking a cake for a school celebration, shortages and hardship turn a simple errand into a nail-biting odyssey. It’s a gentle but heartbreaking look at survival, family, and the weird ways people try to keep joy alive under awful circumstances.
Release: 6 February (US & Spain); 13 February (UK & Ireland)
3. Pillion
Not your average rom-com. A shy parking attendant (played by Harry Melling) falls into a fast, messy relationship with the charismatic leader of a motorcycle crew. It’s explicit, a little kinky, surprisingly sweet, and all about figuring out who you are when someone loud revs your metaphorical engine. If Valentine’s plans involve something unconventional, this might be your movie.
Release: 6 February (US & Sweden); 12 February (Brazil); 19 February (Australia)
4. “Wuthering Heights”
Emerald Fennell takes a wildly personal, modern stab at the Brontë classic — she calls it an interpretation, not a translation. Expect stormy romance, messy desire, and visuals that lean into the weird and decadent. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi bring the teenage thunder; whether you’re a Brontë nerd or just here for the melodrama, this one promises to be intense.
Release: 11–13 February (international cinema dates)
5. GOAT
A kid-friendly underdog story with a pun built into the title: a literal goat chasing basketball dreams in a neighborhood of talking animals. Will the smallest team member out-jump the big boys? With Stephen Curry on board as a producer and a fun voice cast, this animated crowd-pleaser aims to be warm, silly, and cheer-inducing.
Release: 11–13 February (international cinema dates)
6. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Gore Verbinski returns with a time-looping, brainy sci-fi comedy that mixes zany action with existential stakes. Sam Rockwell plays the worn-out hero who keeps jumping back to fix a plan to stop a rogue AI — each attempt is a new disaster, each diner conversation is an opportunity for mayhem. It’s clever, weird, and the kind of film where you’ll laugh and then immediately worry about the future.
Release: 13 February (US); 20 February (UK & Ireland)
7. How to Make a Killing
Inspired by a classic British caper, this updated dark comedy swaps bowler hats for boardrooms. Glen Powell plays a man who decides the fast track to a fortune is… expediency via familial pruning. It’s sharp, satirical, and satisfies if you like your murder plots with a side of corporate greed and rotten rich people jokes.
Release: 20 February (US & Canada); 27 February (UK & Ireland)
8. Scream 7
The franchise keeps murdering our expectations — Neve Campbell returns as Sidney Prescott and the original creator is back behind the camera. This installment moves the terror to a picture-perfect small town where creepy calls, masks, and uninvited violence interrupt suburban bliss. If you like your scares served with winks and franchise lore, this one’s for you.
Release: 27 February (US, UK & Canada)
9. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Baz Luhrmann dusted off unseen concert footage from Elvis’s late ’60s and early ’70s Vegas shows and stitched together a concert film meant to remind you why people went crazy for him. It’s part archival treasure hunt, part spectacle — perfect if you want to see Elvis cranked up to full charisma and maybe reconsider some of the haters.
Release: 27 February (US & UK)
10. Dreams
A chilly, uncomfortable drama about class, desire, and how charity can sometimes be a way for the rich to look good without changing anything. Jessica Chastain plays a philanthropist whose past affair with a dancer comes back to complicate her carefully curated life. It’s erotic, unsettling, and built to make you squirm in your seat while thinking about moral damage.
Release: 27 February (US & Canada)
