A new year is upon us, and Netflix is celebrating with a slew of timely TV shows and movies in January.
It’ll be a month of firsts for the streamer. After winning multiple Emmys for his work on Schitt’s Creek, actor Dan Levy makes his feature directorial debut with Good Grief on January 5. Speaking of finding success after a sitcom, Sofia Vergara’s first post-Modern Family TV project, Griselda, hits the platform on January 25. And after the next season of Queer Eye, which launches on January 24, the Fab Five will become a foursome, after the exit of design guru Bobby Berk.
But the month won’t come without its nostalgia. All six seasons of hit NBC drama This Is Us will be coming to the service on January 8. At the start of the month, a number of expansive franchises will also be available to stream on Netflix, including the first three chapters of John Wick, both Mamma Mia! films, all three of the original trips to Jurassic Park, and Ben Stiller’s Meet the Parents trilogy.
Here’s what else is coming to Netflix in January:
Good Grief
For six seasons, Dan Levy acted with real members of his brood to mine familial strife for comedy. Now, he’s turning his focus to chosen family in his feature writing and directorial debut. Levy also stars as Marc, who was content playing second-fiddle to his larger-than-life husband Oliver (Luke Evans) before Oliver’s unexpected death. He’s assisted through the grieving process by his best friends Sophie (Ruth Negga) and Thomas (Himesh Patel), who guide Marc through a renewing trip to Paris.
Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees
What began as an Off-Broadway stand-up set about the blowjob in 2019 is now becoming immortalized. The final performance of comic Jacqueline Novak’s beloved one-woman performance was directed by Natasha Lyonne and lensed by cinematographer Sam Levy after earning acclaim from regular audiences and A-listers alike. “It’s not like I’m someone who was always drawing genitals in my notebook,” Novak told Vanity Fair of the work back in 2020. “What I find exciting is taking something that is thought of as inherently vulgar, and then treating it poetically or philosophically or intellectually.”
Queer Eye
With the recent announcement that interior decorator Bobby Berk would be the first of the Fab Five to leave Queer Eye, the show’s eighth season will prove especially emotional. The New Orleans-set installment is the last time Berk works his magic alongside food-focused Antoni Porowski, beauty expert Jonathan Van Ness, stylist Tan France, and culture specialist Karamo Brown. “It’s not been an easy decision to be at peace with, but a necessary one,” Berk said of his exit on social media in November. “Although my journey with Queer Eye is over, my journey with you is not. You will be seeing more of me very soon.”
Griselda
After 11 seasons on ABC’S Modern Family, star Sofia Vergara is making her long-awaited return to TV (outside of her judging commitments on America’s Got Talent, that is) in a totally different context. She executive produces this series and stars as Griselda Blanco, the real-life woman responsible for one of the most profitable cartels in history. Known as “the Godmother,” Griselda’s methods for exerting her power in 1970s-80s Miami can skew deadly—something Narcos showrunner Eric Newman, who created the show with series director Andrés Baiz, knows a thing or two about.
The full list of what’s coming to Netflix in January:
Coming Soon
Detective Forst (NETFLIX SERIES)
Delicious in Dungeon (NETFLIX ANIME)
Dusty Slay: Workin’ Man (NETFLIX COMEDY)
The Kitchen (NETFLIX FILM)
Kübra (NETFLIX SERIES)
January 1
Bitconned (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Fool Me Once (NETFLIX SERIES)
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Annabelle
Annie (1982)
Antz
Aquaman
Beethoven
Bruce Almighty
The Croods
Dawn of the Dead
The First Purge
Gravity
How to Train Your Dragon
It’s Complicated
Jackie Brown
John Wick
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park II
Little Fockers
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Loudermilk: Seasons 1-3
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
ONE PIECE: Marineford
Peppa Pig: Seasons 3-6
The Purge: Election Year
School of Rock
Survivor: Season 33
Survivor: Season 7
This Is 40
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Training Day
The Wonder Years: Seasons 1-2 (2021)
January 4
Boy Swallows Universe (NETFLIX SERIES)
The Brothers Sun (NETFLIX SERIES)
Society of the Snow (NETFLIX FILM)
January 5
Good Grief (NETFLIX FILM)
Gyeongseong Creature Part 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
January 6
The Florida Project
January 8
This Is Us Seasons 1-6
January 10
Break Point: Season 2 (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
The Trust: A Game of Greed (NETFLIX SERIES)
January 11
Champion (NETFLIX SERIES)
Sonic Prime Chapter 3 (NETFLIX FAMILY)
January 12
Lift (NETFLIX FILM)
Love is Blind: Sweden (NETFLIX SERIES)
January 15
CoComelon: Season 9
Holey Moley: Seasons 3-4
maboroshi (NETFLIX ANIME)
MTV Floribama Shore: Season 2
January 16
Cats (2019)
January 17
End of the Line (NETFLIX SERIES)
Freaks
January 18
Rachid Badouri: Les fleurs du tapis (NETFLIX COMEDY)
January 19
Love on the Spectrum U.S.: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Mi soledad tiene alas (NETFLIX FILM)
Sixty Minutes (NETFLIX FILM)
January 20
Captivating the King (NETFLIX SERIES)
The Real World: Season 16
January 22
Not Quite Narwhal: Season 2 (NETFLIX FAMILY)
January 23
Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees (NETFLIX COMEDY)
Train to Busan
January 24
Six Nations: Full Contact (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
American Girl: Corinne Tan
Queer Eye: Season 8 (NETFLIX SERIES)
January 25
The UnXplained with William Shatner: Season 4
Griselda (NETFLIX SERIES)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution (NETFLIX SERIES)
January 27
Doctor Slump (NETFLIX SERIES)
January 29
Mighty Bheem’s Playtime (NETFLIX FAMILY)
January 30
Jack Whitehall: Settle Down (NETFLIX COMEDY)
January 31
Alexander the Great (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Baby Bandito (NETFLIX SERIES)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse: Part 1 (NETFLIX ANIME)
WIL (NETFLIX FILM)
What’s leaving Netflix in January 2024:
Make it a resolution to see some dearly departing titles before their exodus from the streamer this month, including Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, and Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring.
January 5
BlackKkKlansman
Get Out
Love Island USA: Season 2
Ma
January 12
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
January 14
The Doll
The Doll 2
Uncharted
January 19
The Real World: Season 28
January 22
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
January 24
Begin Again
January 31
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Baby Mama
The Bling Ring
Call Me By Your Name
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Season 1
Eat Pray Love
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
La La Land
Survivor: Season 32: Kaôh Rōng
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