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.

Table of Contents

• Foxtel/Binge
• Netflix
• Disney+
• Apple TV+
• Amazon Prime Video
• Stan

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 1
• IF – Jan 3
• Bad Boys: Ride or Die – Jan 4
• Despicable Me 4 – Jan 18
• The Bikeriders – Jan 25

What notable series are coming to Binge?

• Lockerbie: A Search for Truth: S1 – Jan 2
• Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell: S1 – Jan 2
• The Way Home: S3 – Jan 5
• Hell’s Kitchen USA: S23 – Jan 6
• Anton & Giovanni’s in Sicily – Jan 7
• The Pitt: S1 – Jan 10
• Taskmasterclass – Jan 11
• SNL50: 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 1
• Bruce Almighty – Jan 1
• Dallas Buyers Club – Jan 1
• Inception – Jan 1
• Interstellar – Jan 1
• Memoirs of a Geisha – Jan 1
• Notting Hill – Jan 1
• Rush Hour [1, 2, 3] – Jan 1
• Spider-Man [1, 2, 3] – Jan 1
• Cunk On Life – Jan 2
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Jan 3
• Back in Action – Jan 17

What notable series are coming to Netflix?

• Bandidos: S2 – Jan 3
• WWE RAW – Jan 5
• Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action – Jan 7
• Sakamoto Days – Jan 11
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live: S1 – Jan 13
• The 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 1
• Goosebumps: The Vanishing – Jan 10
• Kiff: Lore of the Ring Light – Jan 22

What notable series are coming to Disney+?

• Morphle: Shorts - S1 – Jan 1
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew – Jan 7
• UFOs: Investigating the Unknown: S2 – Jan 9
• My Best Friend's An Animal: S1 – Jan 11
• A Real Bug's Life: S2 – Jan 15
• Abbott Elementary: S4 – Jan 22
• High Potential – Jan 23
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – Jan 29

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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 17
• Prime Target – Jan 22
• Mythic 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 1
• American Sniper – Jan 1
• Bohemian Rhapsody – Jan 1
• Boogie Nights – Jan 1
• Bridesmaids (Unrated) – Jan 1
• Captain Phillips – Jan 1
• Edge of Tomorrow – Jan 1
• Major Payne – Jan 1
• Ted (Unrated) – Jan 1
• The Blues Brothers – Jan 1
• The Fall Guy – Jan 2
• Blink Twice – Jan 24

What notable series are coming to Prime Video?

• Wild Cards - S1 – Jan 1
• The Rig: S2 – Jan 2
• The Liberation – Jan 17
• Monk - S1-8 – Jan 15
• Harlem: S3 – Jan 23
• Tribunal 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 4
• The Neon Demon – Jan 7
• Studio 54: The Documentary – Jan 12
• The Girl in the Fog – Jan 13
• Swiss Army Man – Jan 14

What notable series are coming to Stan?

• Black Snow: S2 – Jan 1
• Lie With Me – Jan 9
• Protection – Jan 10
• In Our Blood: S1 – Jan 16
• Motherland: S1-3 – Jan 21
• The Gold – Jan 23
• Tom of Finland – Jan 28
• All American: S7 – Jan 30

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