Netflix is always adding new movies to make those high subscription prices worth it.
This February, the streamer is streaming a wide variety of films from every genre you can think of.
Watch With Us has culled through Netflix’s library and selected the best pictures to stream this weekend.
Our recommendations include two unusual monster picks: the love story Your Monster with Scream actress Melissa Barrera and the action-drama Colossal starring Anne Hathaway.
We also urge you to check out Laggies, an underrated coming-of-age drama starring Keira Knightley.
‘Your Monster’ (2024)
Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera) is a struggling actress who has more serious problems than failing auditions. She was just diagnosed with cancer, which causes her playwright boyfriend, Jacob (Edmond Sullivan), to leave her. Even worse, she’s forced to move back into her childhood home, where she finds a literal Monster (Tommy Dewey) in her closet. But instead of terrorizing her, this Monster helps her get back at her ex — and maybe learn to love again, too.
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Your Monster is a horror movie, rom-com and a female-empowerment drama all rolled up into one entertaining package. The mashup of genres works surprisingly well, especially when it explores Laura’s psyche as she auditions for her ex’s new play and witnesses his flirtations with an actress who ultimately snagged the role she wanted. Your Monster also has an unexpected ending that explains everything perfectly — and makes you see Laura in a whole new light.
Your Monster is streaming on Netflix.
‘Colossal’ (2016)
Another unusual monster movie, Colossal stars Anne Hathaway as Gloria, a failed writer who moves back to her hometown to recover from a bad breakup. After several drunken benders with her best friend, Oscar (Jason Sudeikis), she realizes to her disbelief that whenever she gets drunk, she manifests a giant kaiju in South Korea. If she scratches her head, the monster scratches its head. If she kicks something, the monster will kick a building. Afraid of the destruction she unleashes when she’s inebriated, Gloria resolves to quit drinking forever. But will her friends accept her new, sober self?
Colossal is a clever take on the standard “monster-destroying-everything” movie, with character development taking precedence over endless scenes of wanton destruction. While it contains its share of action sequences, what Colossal is really about is one woman’s struggle with alcoholism and her difficulties connecting with her friends as a newly sober person. As Gloria, Hathaway gives one of her most underrated performances — she’s messy, complicated and not easy to like. She does terrible things throughout the movie, but she has good intentions. The big question Colossal asks at the end is this: Is that enough to make her a good person?
Colossal is streaming on Netflix.
‘Laggies’ (2014)
Megan (Keira Knightley) is a 28-year-old Seattle woman who is experiencing a quarter-life crisis. Her childhood sweetheart just proposed to her, but she’s reluctant to commit after witnessing her father cheating on her mother. When she befriends a teenager, Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz), after buying her alcohol, Megan asks to stay with her for a week while she figures out what to do with her life. Annika enthusiastically agrees, but she soon regrets letting Megan stay at her home after her dad, Craig (Sam Rockwell), falls for her. By running away from her problems, Megan may have caused more trouble than she can handle.
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Directed by Lynn Shelton, Laggies is a dramedy for anyone who has wanted to have a second chance at being a kid. By hanging out with Annika, Megan thinks she can avoid all the responsibilities that come with being an adult — love, marriage and everything in between. But as the movie gradually reveals, Annika has those problems, too — she’s just younger and more immature. Laggies is an insightful movie about one woman’s arrested development and her painful realization that she can’t go home again — or, in this case, Annika’s home. Growing up is hard, but as Laggies convincingly shows, refusing to mature is even harder — and messier.
Laggies is streaming on Netflix.
