We've compiled a selection of the most powerful releases: iconic series returns, a documentary about the dark secrets of 'America's Next Top Model,' a roaring film adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, and other new titles. Let's go!
"Wuthering Heights" In cinemas from February 12
If you thought this would be a languid classic with rain outside the window about class inequality and the impossibility of lovers being together—no, this is the "hold me back, all seven of you" version. Emerald Fennell ("Saltburn," "Promising Young Woman") turns Brontë into goth on steroids: obsession, rage, no romanticization of toxic love.
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are not playing a "great love story," but an emotional dependency that makes you want to either cry or text your ex. Test screenings are already calling the film provocative, harsh, and deliberately uncomfortable—in short, a healthy person's Valentine's Day is canceled.
It's worth watching, if only to then passionately argue about whether it's genius or "how dare they."
"Scream 7"
In cinemas from February 26
Sydney Prescott is back in touch. After a three-year hiatus, the franchise is coming back to life, and Ghostface is once again prowling the nights.
The main veteran cast of Scream is back in action: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, and Scott Foley are all present and accounted for. At the director's helm is Kevin Williamson, who has been with the franchise as a screenwriter from the very beginning, so the atmosphere of the classic slasher is in safe hands. Plus, this year Scream is hitting IMAX for the first time — for maximum screaming on a grand scale.
The plot? As always: a quiet little town, a former nightmare, new blood. The ghost returns just as Sidney is starting a new life. And it targets her most vulnerable spot—her daughter. Now, to close this story once and for all (well, probably), Sidney will have to relive the horrors of the past.
"Hamnet"
Available online
If February is looking for a way to hit you in the feels — then look no further than "The Holdovers," which has already garnered loud praise in the festival world: the film collected seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and took home the Golden Globe in the same category.
A film by Chloé Zhao ("Nomadland," "Eternals") — not another Shakespeare biography, but a story of how grief can become the source of a great tragedy.
Critics are divided: some accuse the film of being simplistic and manipulative (claiming it all boils down to "a son died — Shakespeare wrote a play"), others — of being overly restrained. The NY Times even wrote that "every generation needs its heroes, and this one needs a film that can be cut up for TikTok." However, according to the director, the film is not only, or even primarily, about the great playwright, but about a mother grieving the death of her son.
Maggie O'Farrell, the author of the novel of the same name, worked with Zhao on the script — this is felt in every frame: after all, what matters here is not the intrigue (everything is already known), but the emotional experience.
"Behind the Scenes: 'America's Next Top Model'"
Online since February 16
Nostalgia that suddenly became true crime, or how February unexpectedly turns into a month of unpacking the 2000s: the legendary show about "smiling with your eyes" gets two documentary versions at once.
A mini-series is coming to Netflix, featuring Tyra Banks herself as the host, producer, and face of the project. Joining her are familiar faces from the judging panel: Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel, and J. Alexander. The tone from the trailer is clear: Tyra admits she "went too far," but explains much of it was due to pressure for ratings and spectacle. They promise to unpack everything the show was criticized for over the years: body shaming, harsh conditions, toxic beauty standards, and psychological pressure on the contestants.
But! An alternative version is coming in response: by March, the E! channel is preparing its own project headed by Janice Dickinson (that very judge who wasn't invited to the Netflix documentary). There, together with former contestants and winners, they plan to tell what really happened and why many consider the first documentary to be Tyra's attempt to carefully rewrite history.
It resembles a comprehensive analysis of an era, where glamour, ratings, and "make a model out of yourself" suddenly appear as a very harsh reality experiment. It's worth watching at least for the culture shock: what was considered "normal television" in the 2000s today sounds like a case for both a psychotherapist and a lawyer simultaneously.
"An American Love Story"
Online since February 12
Ryan Murphy ("American Horror Story," "American Crime Story") decided we haven't had enough of his horrors, crimes, and psychopathy—and now he's hurting us in a different way—through feelings. "American Love Story" launches a new anthology, and the first season is about one of the most glamorous and simultaneously tragic couples of the 90s: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.
This is a story less of a romance and more of a life under a microscope. He is an American "royal," who grew up before the country's eyes into an icon. She is a woman with an iron inner core and impeccable style, who climbed her way to the top management of Calvin Klein. Together, they look like the perfect couple from a magazine cover, until the tabloids, paparazzi, and constant attention begin to slowly devour everything living and tender between them.
This is not a horror, but there will be a sense of anxiety — it's just that here, what's frightening is not ghosts, but love under the camera's lens. Watch if you are drawn to stories where beautifully dressed people slowly realize that a fairy tale is also a form of trap.
"The Clinic"
Online since February 25
Yes, this is not the dream of an on-duty doctor after a night shift — "Scrubs" is officially returning. After a decade and a half, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, and Judy Reyes are once again donning the Sacred Heart scrubs, and behind it all is the same Bill Lawrence (creator of the original sitcom). This means it's not a case of "let's squeeze out a sequel," but an attempt to return to those very same tones and cult jokes.
Formally, this is a new season, but the creators call it a revival. J.D. and Turk are no longer just infantile interns—they are doctors in a world where medicine has become more complex, bureaucracy nastier, and the interns are Gen Zers with different problems on their minds. Only their friendship remains unchanged, although it too seems to have to grow up.
If the new version captures even half the chemistry of the original "Scrubs," we're in for not just a comeback, but a collective therapy session for millennials. Because, honestly, no one has ever told a better story about work, friendship, and the fear of growing up than they did.
"Couture"
In theaters from February 26
A film about high fashion, Paris, and creative intimacy—and, of course, rumors that the spark ignited beyond the script. Angelina Jolie and French actor Louis Garrel play a couple whose professional relationship on set gradually becomes personal.
In the plot, Jolie plays director Maxine, who flies to Paris to shoot a film about the behind-the-scenes world of high fashion. Amid the chaos of filming and the beautiful yet nerve-racking world of the fashion industry, she grows closer to cinematographer Anton (Garrel). Their union is not a melodrama but a story about adults whose feelings arise at the wrong time. An additional emotional layer is added by the storyline of the heroine's illness—a motif that inevitably echoes Jolie's own personal history.
According to director Alice Winocour, fashion here is not about a beautiful lifestyle, but about pressure and fatigue. Rumors of a romance between the actors certainly fuel interest, but even without them, it is at the very least a very beautiful story.