Netflix is dropping some incredible content this January in the form of films that will do everything from take your breath away with immersive action and drama to transport you on an epic international and multi-lingual journey from the comforts of home. Whether you’re looking for something thrilling, moving, or funny, Netflix has got you covered. Keep reading for the streamer’s best new movies coming in January.
Netflix is releasing two of its biggest original films in the first half of the month as it drops Daniel Levy-led comedy-drama Good Grief as well as Kevin Hart’s new heist comedy Lift, which are both poised to potentially land in the Netflix Top 10.
Then towards the middle of the month, Netflix will debut some international titles that transcend language barriers to be emotionally affecting, like Japanese animated fantasy drama maboroshi and German action drama Sixty Minutes.
Lastly, all throughout Netflix’s January streaming slate you can also look forward to some familiar hit movies from the past few decades, like 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy Mamma Mia! and 2014 action thriller John Wick.
Want to know what other eye-grabbing movies are dropping on Netflix in the next month? Keeping scrolling to check out our full list of what movies to watch on Netflix in January.
After the sudden death of Marc’s (Daniel Levy) larger-than-life husband, Oliver (Luke Evans), he will rely on his best friends Sophie (Ruth Negga) and Thomas (Himesh Patel) to pick up the pieces of his life and figure out who he is without Oliver. To show his gratitude for their enduring support, Marc takes Sophie and Thomas on a soul-searching weekend trip to Paris that ultimately reveals some difficult truths about themselves and their relationships that may forever change the way they view grief, life, and each other.
Lift is a crime comedy that follows Cyrus Whitaker (Kevin Hart) and his international heist crew as they attempt their most dangerous and rewarding feat yet: lifting $500 million in gold from a vault on a plane that’s flying 40,000 feet in the air. No pressure! In addition to Hart, the Netflix Original film also features Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D’Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, and Sam Worthington.
Based on the heart-wrenching yet ultimately inspiring true story of the 1972 Andes flight disaster, Society of the Snow revolves around the events following the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 on a glacier in the Andes Mountains in 1972. The plane was chartered to take a rugby team to a match in Chile, and was full of the team’s players, loved ones, and personnel. Of the 45 people onboard, the 29 who survived the crash were then tasked with finding a way to stay alive in a tundra off the grid with limited supplies and no aid in sight.
The Kitchen is a sci-fi drama that takes place in a dystopian future version of London rife with rising injustice and gentrification. In the middle of it all, Izi (Kane Robinson) and Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman) find themselves living in The Kitchen, a community of disadvantaged people who refuse to abandon their home despite the circumstances and external pressures. Together, they’ll fight to navigate this inhospitable world and protect The Kitchen from destruction.
This animated fantasy drama produced by Japanese animation powerhouse MAPPA takes place in a suffocating small town where time seems to stand still following a factory explosion that prompts a ruling forbidding residents from coming, going, or making any changes in their day to day lives. As 14-year-old Masamune (Junya Enoki) and his friends try to cope, their introduction to a mysterious feral child ends up interrupting their stasis with drastic consequences that threaten to destroy reality as they know it.
This Netflix Original true-crime documentary centers on self-described scammer Ray Trapani and how he joined forces with two friends to create Centra Tech, a company known for being the first major fraud case of the cryptocurrency era. In 2017, Trapani began utilizing fake LinkedIn profiles, paid celebrity endorsements, and tantalizing “get rich quick” schemes to scam investors out of millions of dollars to fund his and his friends’ own expensive lifestyles by exploiting the rising popularity of crypto. Hear how it all went down in the words of the people who lived (and masterminded) it.
Sixty Minutes is a German action sports-drama movie about an MMA fighter named Octavio (Emilio Sakraya) who has just sixty minutes to get to his daughter’s birthday party to avoid losing custody of her forever. But in rushing to make it in time, Octavio must skip out on one of his own fights, and ends up making some dangerous enemies in the process, forcing Octavio to not only run for his daughter but also for his life.
Comedian and author Jacqueline Novak is coming to Netflix with a very special new stand-up show that isn’t exactly appropriate for all viewers but is delightful for those mature enough to handle this critically-acclaimed performance about the blowjob. Directed by Natasha Lyonne, this version of Get On Your Knees is a 90-minute stand-up set that’s both poignant and raunchy as it gets surprisingly philosophical about the blowjob in a funny and charming performance that breaks the mold of what stand-up specials can look like and cover in the first place.
Celebrate the New Year with some tried and true classics like this beloved romp of a movie from 2008 (oh, how time flies). Based on the hit musical of the same name, Mamma Mia! tells the story of a spunky young bride-to-be named Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) who secretly invites three men from her mother, Donna’s, (Meryl Streep) past to her Greek island wedding in hopes of figuring out which one is her real father. In addition to Streep and Seyfried, the film features Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Dominic Cooper, and more talent where that came from. Oh, and it’s all to the backdrop of some marvelous ABBA music, so truly, what’s not to love?
This first film in the popular John Wick franchise introduces Keanu Reeves as ex-hitman John Wick, who comes out of retirement to get revenge on the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car. Still trying to process the recent death of his wife on top of these additional recent traumas, Wick won’t let anything stop him from taking down a whole mob and surviving the bounty on his head in this high-octane neo-noir film that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.
Make a splash in your January streaming with this 2018 DC superhero film featuring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ludi Lin, Temuera Morrison, and Nicole Kidman. Aquaman follows the journey of Arthur Curry (Momoa), AKA Aquaman, a half-human, half-Atlantean metahuman who embarks on a quest to stop his younger half-brother, the tyrannical ruler of Atlantis, King Orm (Wilson), from unleashing an all-out war between the ocean and land. Through it all, Arthur will also have to come to terms with his heritage in order to fully embrace the birthright he has spurned for so long.
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