We’ve been saving one of the best streaming line-ups of February for last. Showmax has lined up a number of returning favourites and highly-anticipated premieres, many of them express from the US.

Below you’ll find our top picks for the month, while the full line-up of series, movies, comedy specials, reality shows and documentaries can be found here.

Series

First up, let’s spotlight those returning faves. Supernatural-touched survival thriller Yellowjackets is back with Season 3, with new episodes express out of the US on Saturdays from 15 February. 15 February is also when you’ll be able to watch new weekly episodes of smash-hit South African reality show, The Mommy Club, which is also in its third season. Then there’s tons of Love Island!

Meanwhile, classic TV fans will likely be delighted to hear that from 28 February they’ll be able to binge-watch all six seasons of iconic 90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek, and all 11 seasons of sitcom Frasier.

Now onto the biggies.. and other brand new shows that caught our eye.

Multi-award-winning dark comedy anthology series The White Lotus returns with a location shift, this time to a White Lotus hotel in Thailand. This season’s star-studded cast, portraying pampered guests and harried hotel staff, includes Carrie Coon, Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, and Walton Goggins, with Leslie Bibb, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Michelle Monaghan, and Aimee Lou Wood.

Watch episodes of The White Lotus S3 straight from the US from Monday, 17 February.

Massively popular legal drama Suits gets a spin-off in the form of Suits: LA. Gabriel Macht’s Harvey Specter is still around in a guest role, although the new series centres on Ted Black (played by Arrow’s Stephen Amell), a former federal prosecutor from New York who has reinvented himself representing powerful clients in Los Angeles. However, Black’s firm is in crisis, which means tough ethical choices.

Fresh episodes of Suits: LA land every week from Monday, 24 February.

The Florida Man meme comes to life in this six-part comedy series from the producers of The Righteous Gemstones. It’s Florida, Man combines interviews with everyday Floridians and recreations of the wildest, weirdest real-life stories, featuring a rotating cast of comedic actors, including the likes of Juliette Lewis, Stephen Root and Anna Faris.

Binge It’s Florida, Man from Monday, 24 February.

Film

Okay, we have to include something on the list that is vaguely Valentine’s-ish, so here’s something with a self-love bent. Gebokste Liefde is an Afrikaans-language romantic comedy (with English subtitles) about a divorced single mom, Suma-Lee (Tarryn Wyngaard), beaten down by life… until she joins a boxing gym and finally finds the courage to stand up for herself and what she wants. And that includes her hunky coach (Jandré le Roux), whose life is as messy as hers.

Stream Gebokste Liefde from Friday, 7 February.

Audiences love Illumination’s Despicable Me and spin-off Minions movies. The good news, then, is that this February, the latest entry in the franchise, Despicable Me 4 comes to the small screen. With an all-star voice cast that includes returnees Steve Carrell and Kristen Wiig, alongside Will Ferrell and Sofia Vergara, Despicable Me sees reformed supervillain Gru and his family – now with Gru Jr in tow – forced to go on the run by the emergence of enemies Maxime Le Mal and Valentina. 

Despicable Me 4 is on Showmax from Thursday, 20 February.

Still speaking of animated family entertainment (although in this case, speaking to pre-schoolers especially), streaming on Showmax from Monday, 10 February is acclaimed short Tiddler, about the adventures of a lost little fish with a big imagination. Tiddler is adapted from the picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Documentaries

That was fast. In the mood for a highly topical documentary? Then check out Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, which delves into the life of music mogul Sean Combs, AKA Puff Daddy, AKA P Diddy, AKA Diddy. This 90-minute feature features interviews with those closest to the star, tracking his rise to fame, and the shocking allegations about sexual assault, trafficking and racketeering that Diddy now stands accused of.

Stream from Friday, 7 February 2025.