What’s streaming on MUBI
January 2026
OR SOMETHING
Or Something (Drama) – Streaming on December 31, 2025
Dir. Jeff Scotti Schroeder, 2025
Two strangers show up at the same Brooklyn apartment to collect cash they’re both owed. Forced to spend the day together on a journey through New York City, the pair reveal intimate details about their lives. One of them happens to be hiding a harrowing secret. OR SOMETHING was co-written by lead actors Mary Neely (Swiped) and Kareem Rahma (Subway Takes). The film had its World Premiere at the inaugural Downtown Festival in New York.
PLAINCLOTHES
Plainclothes (Drama, Romance, Thriller, LGBTQ+) – Streaming on January 16, 2026
Dir. Carmen Emmi, 2025
A promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target. PLAINCLOTHES is Carmen Emmi’s directorial debut and stars Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games:The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and Russell Tovey (American Horror Story). PLAINCLOTHES had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2025 where it won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast.
TOUKI BOUKI
Touki Bouki (Drama) – Streaming exclusively on MUBI starting January 30, 2026
Dir. Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1973
In 1970s Senegal, the disaffected young lovers Anta and Mory, fed up with Dakar, long to escape to the glamour and comforts they imagine France has to offer. But their plan is confounded by obstacles both practical and mystical. TOUKI BOUKI screened at Cannes in 1973, and stars author Aminata Sow Fall. The film was listed on Sight and Sound’s 2022 Greatest Films of All Time list.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Drama, LGBTQ+, Romance) – Streaming on January 1, 2026
Dir. Céline Sciamma, 2019
In late 18th century France, painter Marianne is commissioned by a countess to paint the wedding portrait of her daughter Héloïse. While posing as her hired companion, Marianne is instructed to complete the portrait in secret. However, intimacy and attraction begin to blossom between both women. PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE premiered In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019, where it won Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm, and later screened at Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Noémie Merlant (Tár) and Adèle Haenel (Water Lilies).
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