Top 5 Films To Watch This Month
Here’s our pick of the top 5 films to watch this month, from the comfort of your home or immersed on the big screen. We’ve narrowed it down so you can spend less time scrolling and more time watching.
By Hari Khan | Updated Feb 7 2025
The Brutalist - Available in Cinemas
Brady Corbet's The Brutalist is an expansive, visually striking drama following László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor who emigrates to America, seeking a fresh start under the patronage of the wealthy and enigmatic Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce). Spanning nearly three decades, the film explores themes of ambition, identity, and the immigrant experience, capturing Tóth’s struggle to balance artistic integrity with the harsh realities of postwar America.
Critics have praised the film’s grand scope, with The Guardian calling it “an amazing and engrossing epic” that examines antisemitism, capitalism, and the brutal cost of success. Lol Crawley’s cinematography and Judy Becker’s production design heighten the film’s sweeping aesthetic. The Brutalist remains a bold, meticulously crafted meditation on the price of artistic ambition in a world shaped by power and prejudice.
3h 35m | Drama/History | 18
Available in Cinemas
Companion - Available in Cinemas
Drew Hancock’s Companion is a slick, blood-soaked addition to the ever-growing tech-horror genre, blending pulpy thrills with sharp social commentary. Sophie Thatcher stars as Iris, a timid but devoted girlfriend reluctantly accompanying her arrogant boyfriend Josh (Jack Quaid) to an exclusive weekend retreat hosted by a mysterious Russian billionaire (Rupert Friend). What starts as an unsettling social gathering quickly spirals into a nightmarish fight for survival, as sinister forces lurking beneath the estate’s opulence reveal themselves.
Though Companion doesn’t reinvent the genre, it delivers a stylish, high-energy spectacle, drawing comparisons to Blink Twice with its extravagant setting and ruthless body count. Hancock’s confident direction keeps the tension high, while the film’s brutal twists provide enough shock value to satisfy horror fans. Its critique of toxic masculinity and controlling relationships gives it an edge beyond mere carnage.
1h 37m | Horror/Sci-fi | 15
Available in Cinemas
Dream Scenario - Stream on Prime Video
Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario is a darkly surreal satire on viral fame, blending social anxiety with absurdist horror. Nicolas Cage delivers one of his most uniquely unhinged performances as Paul Matthews, a dull and overlooked college professor who inexplicably begins appearing in people’s dreams. At first, his presence is harmless—he’s merely a passive background figure—but as his subconscious celebrity grows, so does his desperation to capitalize on it. When his dream persona takes a sinister turn, Matthews finds himself spiraling from bemused curiosity to full-blown notoriety, in a biting reflection on cancel culture and the fleeting nature of internet fame.
Borgli crafts a sharp, unsettling meditation on modern celebrity, drawing comparisons to Being John Malkovich and Waking Life in its exploration of identity and self-alienation. The film balances its satirical bite with genuine existential dread, questioning whether notoriety is ever truly within one’s control. Cage’s performance is both hilarious and tragic, portraying a man who craves recognition yet is wholly unprepared for its consequences. Dream Scenario is a fascinating and eerie portrait of fame’s double-edged sword—at once intoxicating and terrifying.
1h 42m | Horror/Comedy | 15
Infinity Pool - Stream on Netflix
Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool is a hypnotic descent into privilege, violence, and self-destruction. Alexander Skarsgård stars as a struggling writer who, after a deadly accident, discovers a sinister loophole at an exclusive island resort: the ultra-wealthy can have clones executed in their place. As he spirals into this lawless world, he’s drawn to the unhinged Gabi, played with electrifying menace by Mia Goth.
Blending body horror with dark satire, Cronenberg explores identity, guilt, and moral decay. With surreal visuals and unsettling set pieces, Infinity Pool is a nightmarish, thought-provoking thrill ride led by Goth’s mesmerizing performance.
1h 58m | Horror/Sci-fi | 18
The Order - Stream on Prime Video
Justin Kurzel’s The Order is a tense, workmanlike true-crime thriller about the rise and fall of a white supremacist militia in 1980s America. Nicholas Hoult stars as Bob Mathews, the real-life leader of the extremist group responsible for bank heists and the murder of Jewish radio host Alan Berg. Opposing him are two fictionalized federal agents: Jude Law’s hardened, world-weary Terry Husk and Tye Sheridan’s ambitious young cop Jamie Bowen.
While well-crafted, the film feels more suited to streaming than the big screen, lacking the depth of Kurzel’s Nitram. Hoult effectively captures Mathews’ eerie ordinariness, but the film doesn’t fully explore his ideological menace. With some gripping action sequences and strong performances, The Order remains a solid but conventional crime thriller.
1h 56m | Thriller/Crime | 15
