Most movies that come out in January are huge duds, but not these seven classic films.
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Updated 4 months ago,January 11, 2025
Ah, January.
Its the month where movies go to die.
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Studios excrete their most dubious products into cinemas, hoping nobody looks.
But in the pile of forgettable run-of-the-mill rom-coms and action bombs, some January titles manage to shine.
It also laid the template for a thousand dad-vs-the-world action movies.
This campy, tech-gone-wrong thriller gave audiences a killer robot doll and viral TikTok star all in one.
Its a film that poses the question: What if Alexa but homicidal, and we love that.
Cue:Before Sunrise, the indie romance that paved the way for one of cinemas most beloved trilogies.
20th Century Fox
Paddington (January 16, 2015)
Paddington deserves better than January.
With its humor, fanciful visuals and limitless heart, Paddington made January feel like a cuddly embrace.
He probably also made a lot of British people buy marmalade.
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And big up to January for providing us with a villain who can casually bench-press a car.
- This genre-bending cult favorite also introduced the world to the idea of George Clooney as a rugged antihero.
Home of the quirkiest community theater company of all time?
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Something of an under-the-radar gem, this comedy about earnest mediocrity was released at the very end of January.
If January is where movies dreams go to die, then this movies dreams died laughing.
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