It's almost a new year, and as it does every month, Netflix is celebrating impending newness
with a slew of fresh releases.
From new hits to classic Scorsese mob films, here are the releases you definitely won't
want to miss on Netflix in January 2021.
If you're someone who can't get enough of Netflix's original movies, you'll be delighted
to hear that the streamer has a solid selection of new projects set to kick off 2021.
Fans of fairy tales looking for a new take on an old classic will definitely want to
check out Charming, an irreverent animated flick that forces Prince Charming to seek
out his one true love, rather than the other way around; the film drops on January 8.
Then, on January 15, you'll want to catch Outside the Wire, which features Marvel Cinematic
Universe favorite Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris as a droid officer and drone pilot that
team up in a futuristic military zone.
"We remove advanced weapons from beyond the wire."
Together, the two must find a doomsday device before it's too late.
On January 27, don't miss Penguin Bloom, which stars Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, and Jacki
Weaver as a family struck by tragedy.
Their lives are turned around by a tiny injured bird named Penguin.
After buzzy December 2020 debuts like Shonda Rhimes' period piece Bridgerton and new seasons
of Big Mouth and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, there aren't quite as many new shows dropping
in the new year.
However, the exciting news is that some beloved favorites are returning for new installments.
At the top of the month, Netflix subscribers can see Nicolas Cage share the interesting
and unexpected origins of the English language's most... colorful words in History of Swear
Words, which arrives on the platform on January 5.
A bit later, Disenchantment fans can finally see Part 3 of the medieval-fantasy-kingdom-set
animated series.
On January 21, the French comedy Call My Agent!, which features Emily in Paris star Philippine
Leroy-Beaulieu, returns for its fourth season.
If you haven't checked out the sharp show-business comedy, now's the time.
Though there's no release date just yet for the highly anticipated third season of Cobra
Kai, the modern spin-off of the Karate Kid story, fans can get excited: The new season
will hit the service sometime in January.
"Put one of those hashbrowns at the end, you know like 'hashbrown team Cobra Kai' or something.
And then send it to the internet!"
If you want to revisit some classics and favorites in January 2021, Netflix definitely has you
covered.
A huge group of movies hits the service on New Year's Day, so you can start your year
off right on January 1 with everything from Academy-Award-nominated flicks to gut-busting
comedies.
"Fo sho.
Fo sho.
I'm gettin' that fo sho."
A small selection of the January 1 drop includes favorites like Steven Spielberg's Catch Me
If You Can, Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and The Departed, the feel-good biopic Julie & Julia,
Julia Roberts' beloved romantic comedy Mystic Pizza, the first Robert Downey Jr.-led Sherlock
Holmes movie, both Sex and the City films, and the raucous coming-of-age comedy Superbad
– to name just a few.
After that, a few more awesome movies will join the Netflix ranks — including The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo, Spring Breakers, and Hook, which hit the service on January 5,
January 10, and January 15, respectively.
As Netflix subscribers continue to hunker down at home in January 2021, they certainly
won't be hurting for options whenever they want a movie night.
Netflix is adding a handful of new and returning non-original shows to the service in January
2021, but there's one big standout.
On January 15, the fifth and final season of the buzzy Syfy series The Magicians – which,
with its focus on teenagers at a secret school of magic, is sort of like a darker take on
Harry Potter — arrives on Netflix.
"Are we in trouble again?"
"Duh."
Pretty soon, fans of The Magicians will be able to catch the latest season of their favorite
show.
If you're looking for hard-hitting documentaries on Netflix in January 2021, the service has
you covered.
On January 1, learn how to make your everyday life more efficient with The Minimalists:
Less Is Now.
A few days later, on January 6, you can check out Surviving Death, a series about the possibility
of an afterlife, as well as Tony Parker: The Final Shot, a look at the life and games of
French basketball star Tony Parker.
Pretend It's a City, writer Fran Lebowitz's wry take on Manhattan, arrives on the service
on January 8.
"Now, everybody is looking at the phone, and they've bequeathed the entire city to me.
They're basically saying, 'Fran, it's all yours.
You know this.'"
On January 11, you can learn more about the history of one of America's most infamous
illegal drugs in CRACK: Cocaine, Corruption, & Conspiracy.
Two days after that doc's arrival on Netflix, travel back to 1985 and learn about a real-life
manhunt in Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer.
Finally, on January 29, follow the Brooklyn Saints football players and their crusade
to make the world a better place in the four-part series We Are: The Brooklyn Saints.
As is the norm on Netflix, in order to make room for all the stellar new films and shows
arriving to the digital library during any given month, the streamer must do away with
a number of other flicks and series — even ones that subscribers hold near and dear.
January 2021 marks the last chance for Netflix subscribers to stream dozens of great titles
— including four seasons of The Tudors, which leave on January 7.
2018's Mary Poppins Returns flies away from Netflix via a magical umbrella on January
8.
The critically acclaimed drama Dallas Buyers Club exits the streaming platform on January
15.
And the Daniel Radcliffe-starring black-comedy-drama Swiss Army Man swims away on January 29.
A little before then, those who like to turn to Netflix and use their laptops or TV screens
as a digital fireplace will be sad to hear that a bundle of fake fireplace streams – Fireplace
4K: Classic Crackling Fireplace from Fireplace for Your Home, Fireplace 4K: Crackling Birchwood
from Fireplace for Your Home, and Fireplace for Your Home — will be gone from Netflix
on January 20.
Before the end of the month, be sure to load up Death at a Funeral, Employee of the Month,
For Colored Girls, Mr. Deeds, and Pineapple Express, as they're all leaving Netflix on
January 31, 2021.
"Think about a hermit crab, okay, and it's a shell, it's like they go from one shell
to the next.
And that's what I am, it's like, I'm just a hermit crab changing shells."
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