The new year is finally upon us. Goodbye, 2022!
It’s a time of fresh beginnings, resolutions, and soon-to-be-forgotten gym memberships. It’s also a time for new content to stream! Netflix is ready to help you ring in the new year right: from the couch!
If you ask me, January 1st should officially be renamed National Netflix Day. After everyone stays up late to celebrate the ball drop, New Year’s Day should be a day of pajamas and binge-watching on the couch. That gym membership sign-up can wait until January 2nd, okay?
So, if you’re planning on spending the first day of the new year recovering from the last day of 2022, let’s take a look at all the new stuff heading to the streaming giant starting January 1st.
Lots of Content Arriving on New Year’s Day
In terms of the number of titles, New Year’s Day will see the most movies and series hitting Netflix. This first day is when tons of content arrives. A lot of these library entries are movies, and there is a little something for everyone.
There are classics, like 1978’s Grease and 1994’s Forrest Gump. Fans of ‘90s flicks will be stoked to find I Know What You Did Last Summer and Jerry Maguire coming back to Netflix. Plus, the first five films from the Rocky franchise arrive on January 1st, as well. (No word on if or when 2006’s Rocky Balboa will join them.)
If you prefer binging a series, multiple seasons of The Mindy Project are also arriving on January 1st. Originally airing on Fox and Hulu, the romantic comedy ran for six seasons. Mindy Kaling portrays Dr. Mindy Kuhel Lahiri, a professional in New York City who wishes her personal life was as successful as her professional life.
Three anime series will also arrive first thing in January. In Monster (2004-05), a neurosurgeon finds his life is turned upside down after he becomes involved with a psychopathic former patient. We’ll get multiple seasons of this one. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me To You, adapted from the Japanese shōjo romance manga of the same name, will also arrive on Netflix. We can also expect season 2 of The Way of the Househusband (Netflix Original anime series) on January 1st.
Netflix’s New Non-Linear Heist Drama Series
There is one new Netflix Original that stands out from the rest. Kaleidoscope arrives on New Year’s Day. This series, created by Eric Garcia, is inspired by true events and is centered around the largest heist ever attempted. It spans 25 years, following a crew of skilled thieves attempting to crack a vault for the biggest payday in history. Of course, there are betrayals, corruption, scheming, vengeance, and more.
While the plot is interesting enough, the actual layout of the show is what sets it apart from everything else on Netflix right now. Kaleidoscope is nonlinear. That means that the entire show is structured so that you can watch the episodes in any order. The order you choose will likely influence your perspective as you attempt to solve the mystery. It all culminates with the 8th episode, which is the finale.
Giancarlo Esposito and Paz Vega star, along with Jai Courtney, Rufus Sewell, Tati Gabrielle, and more.
Other Notable Releases
Of course, not everything drops on that first day of January. The rest of the month is packed with releases, too!
The much-anticipated follow-up to That ‘70s Show will arrive on the streaming service in January. Just like its predecessor, That ‘90s Show is a period teen sitcom – except this time, it’s in the 1990s. (A period piece set in the ‘90s makes me feel old, but anyway…) It will feature some of the same characters and locales from That ‘70s Show. Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith are back as Kitty and Red Forman. Laura Prepon returns as Donna, and Topher Grace is back as Eric Forman. Even Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are returning to reprise their roles as Jackie and Kelso. Expect new characters too, like teen Leia Forman, who makes friends with a new generation of Point Place kids in Wisconsin.
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Netflix Original film The Pale Blue Eye will be available on the streaming service starting January 6th. Christian Bale stars as a detective investigating a series of murders at the U.S. military academy in West Point, NY, during the 1800s, and he’s doing it with the assistance of a young Edgar Allan Poe. This will be Bale’s first major Netflix Original movie. If you can’t wait until then, the film will be released in select theaters at the end of December, ahead of its streaming debut.
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Among the non-English releases coming in January, I’m probably most looking forward to Contra las Cuerdas, or Against the Ropes. After Angela is released from prison, she enters the ring with a mysterious persona in an effort to regain the respect of her lucha libre-loving daughter. It’s a second-chance story, and real-life women wrestlers were consulted for the series. Netflix has it labeled as offbeat and heartfelt – plus, there’s wrestling!
What’s Coming January 1-8
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) – January 1st
Blue Streak (1999) – January 1st
Brokeback Mountain (2005) – January 1st
Closer (2004) – January 1st
Daddy Day Care (2003) – January 1st
Fletch (1985) – January 1st
Forrest Gump (1994) – January 1st
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) – January 1st
Grease (1978) – January 1st
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) – January 1st
Jerry Maguire (1996) – January 1st
King Kong (2005) – January 1st
Kaleidoscope (Season 1) – January 1st – Netflix Original
Kimi ni todoke: From Me to You (Multiple Seasons) – January 1st
Lady Voyeur (Season 1) – January 1st – Netflix Original
Leap Year (2010) – January 1st
LEGO Friends: Heartlake Stories (Limited Series) – January 1st
Life (2017) – January 1st
Minority Report (2002) – January 1st
Monster (Multiple Seasons) – January 1st
Mousa (2021) – January 1st
National Security (2003) – January 1st
New Amsterdam (Multiple Seasons) – January 1st
The Aviator (2004) – January 1st
The ‘Burbs (1989) – January 1st
The Conjuring (2013) – January 1st
The Mindy Project (Multiple Seasons) – January 1st
The Nutty Professor (1996) – January 1st
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) – January 1st
The Raid 2 (2014) – January 1st
The Way of the Househusband (Season 2) – January 1st – Netflix Original
Old Enough! (Season 2) – January 1st
Parenthood (1989) – January 1st
Reservoir Dogs (1992) – January 1st
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) – January 1st
Road to Perdition (2002) – January 1st
Rocky (1976) – January 1st
Rocky II (1979) – January 1st
Rocky III (1982) – January 1st
Rocky IV (1985) – January 1st
Rocky V (1990) – January 1st
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) – January 1st
Survivor (New Seasons) – January 1st
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) – January 1st
This is 40 (2012) – January 1st
Top Gun (1986) – January 1st
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) – January 1st
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) – January 1st
Twins (1988) – January 1st
How I Became a Gangster (2023) – January 4th – Netflix Original
MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street (Season 1) – January 4th – Netflix Original
The Kings of the World (Season 1) – January 4th – Netflix Original
The Lying Life of Adults (Season 1) – January 4th – Netflix Original
10 Minutes Gone (2019) – January 5th
Copenhagen Cowboy (Season 1) – January 5th – Netflix Original
Ginny and Georgia (Season 2) – January 5th – Netflix Original
Mars One (2022) – January 5th
Stealing Raden Saleh (2022) – January 5th
Woman of the Dead (Season 1) – January 5th – Netflix Original
Love Island (Season 2) – January 6th
Mumbai Mafia: Police vs the Underworld (2023) – January 6th – Netflix Original
Pressure Cooker (Season 1) – January 6th – Netflix Original
The Pale Blue Eye (2023) – January 6th – Netflix Original
The Ultimatum: France (Season 1, Part 2) – January 6th – Netflix Original
The Walking Dead (Season 11) – January 6th
What’s Coming January 9-15
Vinland Saga (Season 1, Episodes Weekly) – January 9th
Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger (2023) – January 10th – Netflix Original
The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023) – January 10th – Netflix Original
Noise (2023) – January 11th – Netflix Original
Sexify (Season 2) – January 11th – Netflix Original
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (Season 2) – January 12th – Netflix Original
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (Season 1) – January 12th – Netflix Original
Vikings: Valhalla (Season 2) – January 12th – Netflix Original
Disconnect: The Wedding Planner (2023) – January 13th – Netflix Original
Dog Gone (2023) – January 13th – Netflix Original
Suzan and Freek (2023) – January 13th – Netflix Original
Sky Rojo (Season 3) – January 13th – Netflix Original
Trial by Fire (Limited Series) – January 13th – Netflix Original
What’s Coming January 16-22
The Devil to Pay (2019) – January 17th
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (Season 1) – January 19th – Netflix Original
Khallat+ (2023) – January 19th – Netflix Original
That ‘90s Show (Season 1) – January 19th – Netflix Original
The Pez Outlaw (2022) – January 19th
Women at War (Season 1) – January 19th – Netflix Original
Bake Squad (Season 2) – January 20th – Netflix Original
Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold (2023) – January 20th – Netflix Original
Bling Empire: New York (Season 1) – January 20th – Netflix Original
Fauda (Season 4) – January 20th – Netflix Original
Mission Majnu (2023) – January 20th – Netflix Original
Represent (Season 1) – January 20th – Netflix Original
Shahmaran (Season 1) – January 20th – Netflix Original
Shanty Town (Season 1) – January 20th – Netflix Original
The Real World (Season 28) – January 20th
What’s Coming January 23-29
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) – January 23rd
Narvik (2023) – January 23rd – Netflix Original
Little Angel (Season 2) – January 24th
Physical: 100 (Season 1) – January 24th – Netflix Original
Against the Ropes (Season 1) – January 25th – Netflix Original
Begin Again (2013) – January 25th
The Endless Night (Season 1) – January 25th – Netflix Original
The Price of Family (2023) – January 25th – Netflix Original
Daniel Spellbound (Season 2) – January 26th – Netflix Original
Record of Ragnarok (Season 2) – January 26th – Netflix Original
King of Jo’Burg (Season 2) – January 27th
Lockwood and Co. (Season 1) – January 27th – Netflix Original
The Snow Girl (Season 1) – January 27th – Netflix Original
You People (2023) – January 27th – Netflix Original
What’s Coming January 30-31
Princess Power (Season 1) – January 30th – Netflix Original
Cunk on Earth (Season 1) – January 31st – Netflix Original
Pamela, a Love Story (2023) – January 31st – Netflix Original
