6 Movies You Need to Watch in February 2025

February is set to be a bumper month for movie fans in 2025, with some long-awaited sequels, interesting new projects, and horrifying releases heading your way. We’ve rounded up 6 of the most-exciting movies we can’t wait to get our eyeballs on:

Love Hurts

Release date: 7 February 2025

Starring Everything Everywhere All at Once‘s Ke Huy Quan, Love Hurts is a Valentine’s Day-themed action flick that follows Marvin Gable, a successful realtor whose past as a violent hitman comes back to haunt him when his former partner reveals that his brother is hunting him.

Dog Man

Release date: 7 February 2025

Dog Man has become somewhat of a cult comic book series, and the beloved story now makes its big-screen debut with the voice talents of Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, and Ricky Gervais on board. Dog Man tells the story of a police officer and his faithful police dog who are injured in the line of duty. But, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together – and Dog Man is born. As Dog Man learns to embrace his new identity, he must stop feline supervillain Petey the Cat from cloning himself and going on a crime spree.

Inheritance

Release date: 21 February 2025

Limitless director Neil Burger’s latest movie is Inheritance, an espionage thriller that stars Phoebe Dynevor, Rhys Ifans, and Ciara Baxendale. It follows a young woman who is drawn into an international conspiracy after discovering her father is a spy. If you want a little edge-of-your-seat twists and turns this February, Inheritance should be on your radar.

The Monkey

Release date: 28 February 2025

Longlegs was one of the standout surprises of 2024, and the next film from director Osgood Perkins is that of The Monkey. Based on the short story by famed writer Stephen King, with The Conjuring director James Wan on board to produce, The Monkey is an upcoming film that is set to star Theo James and Elijah Wood. The film follows twin brothers Hal and Bill who stumble upon their father’s vintage toy monkey in their attic. Following that, the pair witness a string of horrifying deaths unfolding around them and the two embark on a mission to permanently eliminate the cursed toy.

Presence

Release date: 14 February 2025

The horror genre saw a real renaissance in 2024, and the spooky vibes are set to continue into 2025 with Presence. Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Contagion), the film follows a family who moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. The twist is that the movie seems to be shot from the perspective of the mysterious entity, as opposed to the other characters. Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, and Chris Callina Liang all star.

Captain America: Brave New World

Release date: 14 February 2025

After what seems like a bit of a dip with recent entries, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is gearing up for some bigger releases in the coming months. Following, the ultra-successful Deadpool and Wolverine that intertwined the Fox universe into the mainline Marvel story, Captain America: Brave New World brings in a whole host of new characters and story arcs. Following on from the Captain America and the Winter Soldier TV show from Marvel (one of the better small-screen releases from the company), the sequel sees Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) continue as the new Captain America as he has to help protect the president of the United States, Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, played by Harrison Ford.

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