While the second-to-last week in January gets a time off for MLK Day, that doesn’t mean it’s short on recent movies and TV shows.
Streamers like Hulu, HBO Max and Apple TV have plenty of recent goodies coming to maintain you occupied when you benefit from the holiday — and the remainder of the week too.
Watch With Us has picked buzzy 2025 bio-dramas, a brand-new Game of Thrones spin-off, a PBS crime drama and way more.
Read on to get the complete scoop on one of the best recent streaming content on the market!
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ (2025) — Hulu
The lifetime of prolific rock musician Bruce Springsteen finally gets the biopic treatment with Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, as The Bear breakout Jeremy Allen White gets to fill Springsteen’s shoes. Scott Cooper’s film follows Springsteen as the standard Latest Jersey musician wrestles together with his burgeoning fame and demons from his past, all while recording his career-defining album, Nebraska.
Along with White, the ensemble solid includes Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young, Marc Maron and up to date 2026 Golden Globe winner Stephen Graham. This moody biopic is carried by impressive performances from White and Strong specifically, and plenty of critics agreed that White was capable of embody the rock legend with aplomb. Overall, the film is a captivating exploration of an American icon that doubles as a moving portrait of mental health struggles.
Stream Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere on Hulu January 23.
‘Bookish’ Season 1 — PBS Masterpiece
Iconic British author Mark Gatiss (Doctor Who, Sherlock) brings a brand new crime drama to PBS Masterpiece called Bookish. Starring Gatiss himself, Bookish follows Gabriel Book (Gatiss), a book seller and literary fanatic living in post-war London, who uses his love of books to assist local police solve crimes. Bookish also explores Book’s “lavender marriage” to a girl named Trottie (Polly Walker), and his interest in a recently released criminal, Jack (Connor Finch).
Bookish is a fun, quirky recent crime drama, and because it’s coming from probably the greatest British television writers around, I believe it’s secure to say we’re in good hands. Bookish is shaping as much as be a fresh spin on a well-worn genre, imbued with pathos, danger and many cozy murder-mystery vibes. We can be seated.
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Season 1 — HBO Max
If House of the Dragon didn’t sate your need for a Game of Thrones fix, then possibly A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will. The second GoT spin-off is about to happen a full century before the events of GoT and serves as an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. Naive but brave Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), face a series of dangerous adventures together throughout the reign of the Targaryens.
Critics have already been praising this smaller-scale Game of Thrones spin-off, delighted by its buddy-comedy spin and far lower stakes in comparison with something like House of the Dragon. Still, the series gets darker and more intense because the season goes on, but it’s also defined by its surprising sense of playfulness. Overall, it gives fans of Westeros something a bit of different.
Stream A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on HBO Max.
‘The Smashing Machine’ (2025) — HBO Max
Mixed martial artist and UFC fighter Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) is an up-and-comer throughout the Nineties, with big aspirations to grow to be probably the greatest fighters on the planet. Nonetheless, Kerr privately struggles with an opioid dependence that puts him in a continuously volatile place together with his girlfriend, Dawn (Emily Blunt). This sports biopic from Benny Safdie also stars real-life fighters, including Bas Rutten, Ryan Bader and Oleksandr Usyk.
Johnson moves away from dumb comedies and goofy motion movies into prestige drama with A24 to prove that he’s really got the acting juice. Indeed, Johnson fully anchors The Smashing Machine together with his revelatory performance in a biopic that manages to subvert clichés and create a complete recent cinema experience.
Stream The Smashing Machine on HBO Max January 23.
‘Drops of God’ Season 2 — Apple TV
A co-production between France and Japan, this International Emmy-winning drama takes a take a look at the world of wine and relies on the manga series of the identical name. Drops of God season 1 kicks off with the death of world-renowned wine authority Alexandre Léger (Stanley Weber). While the wine industry mourns his death, his estranged daughter, Camille (Fleur Geffrier), must battle together with her father’s protege, Issei (Tomohisa Yamashita), for her inheritance.
Season 2 of Drops of God can be set three years after the events of season 1. Camille and Issei set out on a journey together to uncover a mystery that Léger couldn’t solve himself: the origin of one of the best wine on the planet. We’re pretty pumped for the second season of his lauded show that manages to mix entertaining melodrama with some fascinating insight into wine.