Happy new year! And welcome to io9's first Nerd’s Watch of 2023. The monthly column where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most.
As always, we’re including the best new films and TV coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and HBO Max—as well as Paramount+, Shudder, and Peacock. Folks, there may be too many streaming services.
Here’s the best of what’s streaming in January 2023. If you’re only interested in the services you subscribe to, you can jump directly to that page with these links:
2 / 10
The ‘Burbs
The Conjuring
Forrest Gump
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Grease
I Know What You Did Last Summer
King Kong
Leap Year
Minority Report
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Road to Perdition
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Twins
The Pale Blue Eye
The Walking Dead: Season 11
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight: Season 2
Minions: The Rise of Gru
3 / 10
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
After Earth (2013)
Blankman (1994)
Despicable Me (2010)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Downsizing (2017)
El Mariachi (1993)
Europa Report (2013)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Gamer (2009)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible IV - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Paycheck (2003)
Rec (2007)
Rec 2 (2009)
Rec 3: Genesis (2012)
Red Dawn (1984)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
The Foot Fist Way (2008)
The Running Man (1987)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Hercules (2014)
Orphan: First Kill (2022)
4 / 10
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
Dante’s Peak (1997)
Gamer (2009)
Home Alone (1990)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008)
The Prestige (2006)
Prometheus (2011)
Real Steel (2011)
Take Shelter (2011)
The Triplets Of Belleville (2003)
Zombieland (2009)
5 / 10
Star Wars: The Bad Batch - 2-Episode Season 2 Premiere
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mila in the Multiverse
6 / 10
American Ultra, 2015
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons, 2022
Child’s Play, 2019
Ghostbusters, 1984
Ghostbusters II, 1989
Hereditary, 2018
Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013
John Wick, 2014
John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, 2019
Piranha 3D, 2010
Piranha 3DD, 2012
Planet 51, 2009
Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift, 1990
Stephen King’s Silver Bullet, 1985
Teen Wolf, 1985
Teen Wolf Too, 1987
The Book of Life, 2014
The Cabin in the Woods, 2012
The Haunting, 1999
The Lobster, 2015
The Unborn, 2009
The Menu, 2022
DC’s Stargirl, Season 3
The Nun, 2018
The Last of Us, Series Premiere
7 / 10
Arachnophobia
Bound
Cursed
Grease
Halloween VIII: Resurrection
Hang ‘Em High
Minority Report
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 4
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Star Trek Beyond
The Monster Squad
Wes Craven Presents: They
Clerks
Invasion of the Star Creatures
The Running Man
The Witches
Virtuosity
Clue
Predators
Showgirls
Sword Of The Conqueror
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Burning
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Underworld
Underworld Awakening
Underworld Evolution
Underworld; Rise of the Lycans
Carrie
Casino Royale
For Your Eyes Only
Goldeneye
Licence to Kill
Live and Let Die
Octopussy
Quantum of Solace
Return Of The Pink Panther
Robocop
Skyfall
The Living Daylights
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Manchurian Candidate
The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Silence of the Lambs
The World is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
View To A Kill
Hercules (2014)
8 / 10
Possession (1981)
Chucky Season 1
The Lair (Shudder Exclusive)
9 / 10
13 Going on 30, 2004
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, 2000
Apollo 13, 1995
Cell, 2016
The Chronicles of Riddick, 2004
Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs, 2009
Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs 2, 2013
Doom, 2005
The Hulk, 2003
Legend, 1986
Liar, Liar, 1997
MacGruber, 2010
Madagascar, 2005
Pitch Black, 2000
Warm Bodies, 2013
R.I.P.D, 2013
Poker Face, Season 1, Episodes 1-4 (Peacock Original)
10 / 10
Source: Gizmodo