Full list of Netflix's best new films in January 2026 - from horror to westerns
Reach Daily Express December 14, 2025 03:39 AM

With streaming platforms updating updating their library every month, it's easy to miss out out on some of the best films you can enjoy during the New Year. But now you can find out what's being released in January so you can add it to your watchlist immediately and watch the film before social media overwhelms you with spoilers.

Find out what the new Netflix films and series being released in January below:

1st January:
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • 30 Minutes of Less
  • Becky
  • Brüno
  • Colombiana
  • Conan the Destroyer
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Despicable Me
  • Despicable Me 2
  • Dsitrict 9
  • Dune
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Falling Skies: Seasons 1-5
  • Forever My Girl
  • Free Solo
  • Ghostbusters: Answer the Call
  • Green Room
  • Harry and the Hendersons
  • Hellboy
  • Jonny Mnemonic
  • Just Go With It
  • Lone Survivor
  • Man on Fire
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
  • My Girl
  • Only the Brave
  • Pitch Perfect
  • Priscilla
  • Twins
  • Wild Things
  • Dr Seus's Red Fish, Blue Fish Season 2
  • Love from 9 to 5
  • My Korean Boyfriend
  • Run Away
  • Time Flies
2nd January:
  • Land of Sin

Land of Sin is a gritty nordic crime drama that explores the case of a missing teenager with investigator Dani Mohammed Nour Oklahoma (Krista Kosonen) as the investigator working to solve case.

3rd January:
  • The Following

If you enjoy crime drama, thrills and suspence, The Following is film is for you, it centered around former FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) as he chases a serial killer who escaped deathrow. Netflix will be streaming all 3 seasons a total of 45 episodes of this crime series.

6th January:
  • Pokémon Horizons: Season 3 - Rising Hope Part 1

The newest installment of the animated series is set to be released in January. Season 3 of Pokémon Horizons as Liko,Roy and Dot reunite and introduce a new Pokémon characyer Ult.

7th January
  • Unlocked: A Jail Experiement: Season 2

Take a look into the seasons season of this eye-opening documentary set in Arkansas, a contentious Sheriff implments a extreme radical social experiment to give incarcerated men more agency.

8th January:
  • His & Hers - Series

This Netflix series about a alienated couple one a reporter and the other a cop who battle to solve a murder case they both accuse each other of being prime suspects in.

  • Love is Blind: Germany Season 2 (DE)-Series

The Ultimate experiment is back, with new zealous romantics looking to find the one and develop long lasting commitment through marriage that continue long after the show.

9th January:
  • Prodigal Son - Seasons 1-2

A serial killer Father and a son whose a detective join forces to solve unresolved NYPD cases.

  • Stone Cold Fox

Danger, high stakes and revenge is on the cards for protagonists Fox (Kiernan Shipka) as a commune escapee seeking to pay cult leader Goldie (Krysten Ritter) back for kidnapping her sister.

  • The Threesome

Unexpected love triangle threesome causes devastating effects on the Jenny (Ruby Cruz), Olivia (Zoey Deutch) and Kevin (Josh Segarra).

  • Alpha Males: Season 4

This Netflix series dives into the layers of masculinity, fatherhood, faith and AI.

  • People We Meet on Vacation

People we meet on vacation is a film adaptation of the Emily Henry's New York Times best seller romance novel of the same name. The film is about two best frienda Poppy (Emily Bader) and Alex (Tom Blyth) who bond over an annual summer trip before having a fallout that is a make or break for the friends who may have romantic feelings for each other. The films explores friendship with romance and self discovery and commitment.

January 13:
  • The Boyfriend: Season 2

Set in Hokkaido, a new friendsips blossoms and romances unfold as a group of men navigate relationships.

14th January
  • The Queen of Flow: Season 3

Columbian musical telenovela is back with more drama and revenge as Yemi Montoya (Maria Vargas) seeks to rebuild her life following wrongful imprisonment.

  • Veronica Mars: Seasons 1-3

After a tragic loss Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) dedicates her time to private investigation work looking into strange crimes.

15th January:
  • Bone Lake

a Couple's romantic vacation is destroyed by unwanted guests.

  • Agatha Christies Seven Dials - series

If you love a mystery and are found of the greatest crime writers Agatha Cristie this new three-part mystery based on The Seven Dials Mystery is for you. The show follows amateur detective Brent (Mia McKenna-Bruce) as she uncovers a murder at a country house.

  • Love Through a Prism

Love Through a Prism is a new Japanese anime created by Yoko Kamio about a Japenese student who comes to study in London during the early 1900s and finds himself mingling among high society.

  • The Upshaws: Part 7

Popular American sitcom is back with more laughter, challenges and love as the family tackle Bennie's (Mike Epps) struggling garage and Regina (Kim Fields) run for office.

  • To Love to Lose

A doomed love affair sparks chaos between two families after a desperate woman fighting to save her family restaurant falls for the gruff heir of a ruthless debt collector.

16th January:
  • No Tail to Tell

Weekly new fantasy romance K-drama starring Kim Hye Yoon and Lomon.

  • Southland: Seasons 1-5
Can This Love Be Translated?

Korean romantic comedy starring Kim seon ho as a multilingual translater travelling around the world with celebrity Go Youn to film a tv show.

The Rip - 16th January

The Rip is new Netflix American thriller set in Miami, it follows a group Miami cops who discover a stash of millions in cash, the money brings divisions between the team as outsiders learn about the seizure. The film is set to star Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Sasha Calle and Teyana Taylor.

19th January:
  • Sandokan: Season 1
20th January:
  • Just a Dash: Season 1-3
  • Rizzoli & Isles: Seasons 1-7
  • WWE: Unreal: Season 2
21st January:
  • Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart

Based on the Abduction case of Elizabeth Smart in 2002, this Netflix documentary takes a look at the pshychological affects the abduction had on Elizabeth while highligting the relentless pursuit that led to the resolution of this case.

22nd January:
  • Cosmic Princess Kaguya
  • Finding her Edge
23rd January:
  • The Big Fake (IT)

Artist becomes a master forger for criminal gangs in 1970s Rome.

26th January:
  • My Sesame Street Friends: My Sesame Musoc (2020)
29th January:
  • Bridgerton: Season 4: Part 1

The Bridgerton family is back looking for love and figuring out how to maintain marriage.

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