In January 2021, Netflix will bring a variety of TV shows and movies, among those a sci-fi movie starring a beloved actor from the superhero genre, a World War II drama, part 3 of a fantasy animated TV show, season 3 of an acclaimed martial arts TV show, and more movies based on books. With the future of cinemas around the world uncertain due to the coronavirus pandemic, streaming platforms continue to house those movies that won’t be able to get a theatrical release, and in addition to that, Netflix continues producing original content and adding a long list of movies and TV shows every month.
The last month of 2020 brought movies like the first three installments in the Jurassic Park franchise, 50 first Dates, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Runaway Bride, Chef, The Da Vinci Code, and Rango. Among the original content the streaming giant added in December are season 4 of Big Mouth, David Fincher’s Mank, Selena: The Series, the musical The Prom, the documentaries The Surgeon’s Cut and The Ripper, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, George Clooney’s The Midnight Sky, and the final episodes of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. This month, Netflix will welcome the rom-com Can’t Hardly Wait, Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and The Departed, Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and more.
As for original content, there will be less than in previous months but covering different genres, as is an action sci-fi movie starring Anthony Mackie, a World War II drama led by Ralph Fiennes, the third part of an animated TV show created by Matt Groening, season 3 of a martial arts TV series, and two more drama movies based on books. Here’s everything releasing on Netflix in January 2021.
January 1
Cobra Kai – season 3
Dream Home Makeover – season 2
Headspace Guide to Meditation
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
Monarca – season 2
What Happened to Mr. Cha?
17 Again
30 Minutes or Less
Abby Hatcher (season 1)
Blue Streak
Bonnie and Clyde
Can't Hardly Wait
Catch Me If You Can
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Cool Hand Luke
The Creative Brain
The Departed
Enter the Dragon
Gimme Shelter
Good Hair
Goodfellas
Gothika
The Haunted Hathaways (seasons 1-2)
Into the Wild
Julie & Julia
Mud
Mystic Pizza
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Eddie Murphy: Raw
Sex and the City: The Movie
Sex and the City 2
Sherlock Holmes
Striptease
Superbad
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
January 2
Asphalt Burning (Børning 3)
January 5
Gabby's Dollhouse
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
History of Swear Words
L.A.'s Finest (season 1)
¡Nailed It! México – season 3
January 6
Ratones Paranoicos: The Band that Rocked Argentina
Surviving Death
- Based on best-selling author and journalist Leslie Kean’s book, Surviving Death is an in-depth investigative series exploring the possibility of an afterlife. Over six episodes, Surviving Death explores questions that have been contemplated throughout time: what does it mean to die, and is death the end of our existence? Weaving together innovative new research with firsthand accounts from those who’ve been close to – and even experienced – death, the series takes viewers on an extraordinary journey into a world beyond human existence as we know it.
Tony Parker: The Final Shot
January 7
Pieces of a Woman
- Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia LaBeouf) are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy. Thus begins a yearlong odyssey for Martha, who must navigate her grief while working through fractious relationships with Sean and her domineering mother (Ellen Burstyn), along with the publicly vilified midwife (Molly Parker), whom she must face in court. Directed by Kornél Mundruczó, written by Kata Wéber, and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Pieces of a Woman is a deeply personal, searing, and ultimately transcendent story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
January 8
Charming
The Idhun Chronicles – Part 2
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons – season 5
Lupin
- As a teenager, Assane Diop's life was turned upside down when his father died after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit. 25 years later, Assane will use "Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar" as his inspiration to avenge his father.
Mighty Little Bheem: Kite Festival
Pretend It’s a City
- Fran Lebowitz knows what she likes and what she doesn’t like, and she won’t wait for an invitation to tell anyone. For decades, the critic and essayist has been expressing her opinions, sometimes grouchily, always riotously. A New Yorker to the core, Lebowitz has raised straight talk to an art form, packaging her no-nonsense observations about the city and its denizens into a punchy running commentary, one that spares nobody. Shaping Lebowitz’s thoughts into the furiously funny guidebook every New Yorker has at one point wished for, Pretend It’s a City checks in with a classic urban voice on subjects ranging from tourists, money, subways, and the arts to the not-so-simple act of walking in Times Square. Along the way, Lebowitz’s own past comes into focus: a life marked by constant curiosity and invigorating independence.
January 10
Spring Breakers
January 11
CRACK: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
- In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake. Decades later, the destructive effects on people’s lives, families, and communities are still deeply felt. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy examines not only the personal devastation caused by the drug but also the shadowy origins of the crisis and the resultant, ongoing marginalization of Black and Brown people trapped by the U.S. prison and healthcare systems.
The Intouchables
January 12
Last Tango in Halifax – season 4
January 13
An Imperfect Murder
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
- The limited docu-series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer tells the spellbinding true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice. In the sweltering summer of 1985, a record-breaking heatwave hit Los Angeles, along with a series of murders and sexual assaults that at first seemed disconnected. The victims were men, women, and children, they ranged in age from six to 82, and they came from different neighborhoods, racial backgrounds, and socioeconomic levels. Racing against the clock to stop this nocturnal monster were a young detective named Gil Carrillo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the legendary homicide investigator Frank Salerno. Told through harrowing first-person interviews, gripping archival footage, and spectacular original photography, this four-part series represents the definitive telling of this iconic L.A. real-life horror story, painting a portrait of how it felt to live in fear at a time when absolutely anyone could be the Night Stalker’s next victim.
January 15
Bling Empire
Carmen Sandiego (season 4)
Disenchantment – Part 3
Double Dad (Pai Em Dobro)
Henry Danger (seasons 1-3)
Hook
Kuroko's Basketball (season 1)
The Magicians (season 5)
Outside the Wire
- Set in the future, Harp (Damson Idris), a drone pilot, is sent into a deadly militarized zone where he finds himself working for Leo (Anthony Mackie), an android officer, tasked to locate a doomsday device before the insurgents do. Outside the Wire is directed by Mikael Håfström.
Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie
Pinkfong & Baby Shark's Space Adventure
January 16
A Monster Calls
Radium Girls
January 18
Homefront
January 19
Hello Ninja – season 4
January 20
Daughter From Another Mother (Madre solo hay dos)
Sightless
Spycraft
January 21
Call My Agent! – season 4
January 22
Blown Away – season 2
Busted! – season 3
Fate: The Winx Saga
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (season 2)
So My Grandma’s a Lesbian! (Salir del Ropero)
The White Tiger
January 23
Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)
January 26
Go Dog Go
January 27
Accomplice
Penguin Bloom
- In 2013, Samantha Bloom (Naomi Watts), her husband Cameron (Andrew Lincoln) and their three sons left their home in Australia for a holiday in Thailand. While enjoying a view, Sam fell off of a rooftop, breaking her vertebrae in two places. Paralyzed from the chest down, Sam – a lifelong outdoorswoman, surfer, and traveler – was unrecognizable to herself, and spent long months in a depression. A year later, her children brought home a wounded baby magpie they found. Warily eyeing the black-and-white bird the kids affectionately named “Penguin,” Sam bonded with the household’s new member, beginning a process of emotional healing that surprised her husband and sons, her mother (Jacki Weaver), and herself.
January 29
Below Zero (Bajocero)
The Dig
- As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
Finding 'Ohana
- A summer in rural O‘ahu takes an exciting turn for two Brooklyn-raised siblings when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an epic adventure with new friends and leads them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage.
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints
- We Are: The Brooklyn Saints is a four-part documentary series following a youth football program in the heart of inner-city East NY, Brooklyn. Geared towards boys 7-13 years old, the Brooklyn Saints program is more than a sport: it’s a family and a vehicle for opportunity. Through intimate verité footage, the series immerses viewers in the world of Brooklyn Saints football and their community, chronicling the personal stories of the driven young athletes, as well as the support system of coaches and parents rallying behind them. Over the course of a season, the audience will witness the Saints’ power on and off the field as they celebrate victories and overcome losses, both personal and athletic.
January 31
Fatma
- Fatma, an ordinary cleaning lady, commits an unexpected murder while searching for her missing husband, Zafer. She becomes an invisible killer; no one takes her to be more than an unexceptional "cleaner."