What's Streaming in February 2026: Everything Worth Booking in Advance

February 2026 is not just a Valentine's month on streaming — it is one of the year's quieter but most rewarding discovery windows. The theatrical calendar opens with the year's first genuinely cinematic event: Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights on February 13. Scream 7 brings the horror franchise's latest chapter to theaters mid-month. Streaming platforms fill the space between with a mix of new originals, returning series finding their stride, and the annual surge of romantic content that Valentine's Day always produces. Here is everything worth knowing about in advance.

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights opens on February 13 — a calculated counter-programming move against typical Valentine's Day romantic fare that is entirely in keeping with a director who made Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. The film pairs Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in Emily Brontë's most extreme love story, with a running time of 2 hours 16 minutes and a production that emphasizes Yorkshire moors darkness over period drama comfort. This is the February theatrical event.

Every major streaming platform surfaces its romantic catalog in the week of February 9. Netflix pushes its Korean romantic drama library — shows like My Mister, Our Beloved Summer, and Romance Is a Bonus Book — alongside new Valentine's-themed originals. Hulu's romantic catalog (Love Actually, When Harry Met Sally, Portrait of a Lady on Fire) gets prime placement. Apple TV+ typically curates its library picks into a Valentine's collection. For audiences who prefer the cinematic version of romance over streaming originals, this is the week when catalogue titles across every platform are easiest to discover.

Netflix's February slate includes Vladimir (the Rachel Weisz / Leo Woodall literary thriller, arriving in late March rather than February — note for timing) and a wave of international originals filling the platform's early-year international commitment. Prime Video continues The Night Manager through its episode run. Apple TV+ and Max each contribute smaller-scale originals that the February quiet gives more room to breathe than they would receive in Q4. The month's streaming calendar rewards patience — the best February arrivals typically don't announce themselves loudly.

Scream 7 arrives in theaters in mid-February — a deliberate counter-season release for a franchise that has long understood that horror works better when it is the loudest thing in the room rather than competing with summer blockbusters. The Ghostface franchise's seventh entry will reach Paramount+ within its standard theatrical window, approximately 45 days after opening. For horror fans tracking the February calendar: Scream 7 is the theatrical anchor, and the streaming arrival is worth scheduling for late March.

February's international streaming arrivals are strongest in the Korean and Japanese categories. K-drama's winter season carries into February with multiple network dramas releasing new episodes on Viki and Netflix Korea. Japanese content — both live-action drama and anime — continues arriving on Netflix and Crunchyroll with consistency that the previous year did not match. Indian cinema's theatrical Sankranthi releases are in their streaming windows in February — watch Prime Video India and Aha for The Raja Saab's streaming premiere.

February is when streaming's best discoveries often arrive quietly. The most important titles this month — Wuthering Heights in theaters, the ongoing K-drama winter season, and the first internationally distributed Indian theatrical releases arriving on OTT — reward audiences who are paying attention rather than waiting for algorithmic recommendations.