It’s almost January, the weather outside is terrible, and Hulu has just announced the new features available next month. In January, there is something for lovers of romance, action, anime, and video games. In the next few weeks, you can expect to see several high-quality films and television shows, including Hulu Originals like The Drop and Koala Man: Complete Season 1, among others. Extraordinary: The Complete First Season, How I Caught My Killer: The Complete First Season, and The 1619 Project: The Premiere of the Two-Episode First Season are just a few of the other significant titles coming to Hulu this month.
Here is our pick for the top movies and T.V. shows airing in January 2023. You can watch these shows without paying extra if you have a Hulu subscription.
10. Mia and Me: Hero of Centopia (2022)
| Director: | Gerhard Hahn |
| Cast: | Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Adrian Moore, Saphia Stoney |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 3 January |
Gerhard Hahn is the German creator of the children’s show Mia and Me. From May 3, 2014, through December 25, 2016, it was broadcast on Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr. channel in the United States. This show combines live action with CGI animation. Twelve-year-old Mia Marconi receives a massive book called The Legend of Centopia from her father as a game after the passing of her mother and father. Mia can enter the mythical world of Centopia by deciphering the runic inscription inside and using the password written backward.
9. Alert: Series Premiere (Fox)
| Director: | Dania Ramirez |
| Cast: | Nathaly Thibault, Fivel Stewart |
| Genre: | Crime |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 9 January |
The drama centered on the people who work in the Missing Persons Unit of the Philadelphia Police Department (M.P.U.). Nikki Batista, a police officer, joins a special team to assist in missing-persons cases after her son goes missing. While Nikki and her ex-husband hunt for answers about their missing son, the procedural drama “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” follows a different missing person and their family’s desperate search for them. It’s a procedural show, but the underlying plot is truly a case of a lifetime, one that causes both the protagonists great sadness and exhilaration.
8. Dig (2022)
| Director: | K. Asher Levin |
| Cast: | Thomas Jane, Harlow Jane |
| Genre: | Horror |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 21 January |
A widower father and his daughter have their home demolished and are taken captive by a menacing couple determined to get their hands on whatever they believe lies beneath the house. Casting for Hirsch and Liberato was confirmed in June 2021. However, the film is still in post-production at that time. At the beginning of the next month, it was reported that Screen Media Films had purchased the rights to distribute the movie internationally. Saban Films purchased the film’s distribution rights in November 2021.
7. Happening (2021)
| Director: | Audrey Diwan |
| Cast: | Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | 99% |
| Released Date: | 22 January |
Anne, a young and promising student in France in 1963, becomes pregnant and fears she will never be able to fulfill her academic potential. Anne’s pregnancy progresses as her final exams approach and her social life begins to dwindle, forcing her to face the shame and misery of an abortion regardless of the consequences, including the possibility of going to prison.
6. Bromates (2022)
| Director: | Court Crandall |
| Cast: | Josh Brener, Lil Rel Howery |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 6 January |
Jonesie and Sid, two closest friends, decide to move in together after both suffer heartbreaking breakups with their respective girlfriends. Along with their companions, Angry Mike and Runway Dave, they fast go from experiencing grief to experiencing laughter to experiencing real danger to dying.
5. Extraordinary: Complete Season 1 *Hulu Original
| Director: | Kim Dae-jin |
| Cast: | Kim Hye-Yoon, Rowoon, Lee Jae-Wook |
| Genre: | Fantasy Romance Comedy |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | 98% |
| Released Date: | 25 January |
The official trailer for Hulu’s upcoming comedy series Extraordinary, which features a funny new take on superpowers and is written by debut writer Emma Moran and produced by the team behind Killing Eve, has been published. The society in which she was raised granted each citizen a special ability. Nobody else besides her. And that’s fantastic. An eye-opening, surprising, hilarious, and melancholy comedy about making your way in the world when all you’ll ever be is “ordinary,” Extraordinary falls between humor and existential crisis.
4. The Drop Hulu Original
| Director: | Michaël R. Roskam |
| Cast: | Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini |
| Genre: | Michael Cusack |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 13 January |
Lex and Mani, a young married couple from Los Angeles, run their artisanal dream bakery and can’t wait to raise a family. Since Lex’s ovulation cycle correspond with a trip to a tropical island retreat for a friend’s wedding, they see it as a great chance to start a family. They arrive in paradise with high spirits and dreams, but their happiness and optimism quickly fade when Lex drops her friend’s baby in front of everyone.
3. Koala Man: Complete Season 1
| Director: | Michael Cusack |
| Cast: | Michael Cusack, Demi Lardner |
| Genre: | Action Comedy |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | 78% |
| Released Date: | 9 January |
A middle-aged father named Kevin (Michael Cusack), whose main superpower is his enthusiasm for following rules and cracking down on minor crimes in Dapto is at the center of this animated action-comedy series. Dapton may look like any other Australian suburb on the outside, but underneath the surface, supernatural and human-made dangers wait to pounce on the naive locals. During August, Hulu subscribers may enjoy the delightful journey that is Koala Man.
2. How I Met Your Father: Season 2 Premiere
| Director: | Pamela Fryman |
| Cast: | Hilary Duff, Christopher Lowell, Francia Raisa |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 24 January |
This month marks the return of Hulu’s How I Met Your Mother spin-off series for Season 2, roughly a year after the debut of Season 1. Sophie (Hilary Duff), a hopelessly romantic photographer, and her close-knit group of friends in New York City are trying to figure out who they are, what they want, and how to find enduring love in the era of dating apps in this comedy.
1. One Way (2022)
| Director: | Andrew Baird |
| Cast: | Colson Baker, Kevin Bacon, Travis Fimmel |
| Genre: | Action Thriller |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 20 January |
Ben Conway penned the screenplay for One Way, which Andrew Baird directed. Production of the first feature film got underway in 2021. Among the film’s stars are Colson Baker, Kevin Bacon, and Travis Fimmel. After robbing his mob boss, Freddy fled with a large sum of money. Freddy, who has been badly hurt and abandoned by his father, boards a filthy bus, where he encounters a strange girl and a sinister fellow passenger.
As of the end of January 2023, these are the most popular Hulu shows created just for the streaming service. The full catalog of movies and T.V. shows is shown below.
Released Date: January 1
- 3 Idiotas (2017)
- A Troll in Central Park (1994)
- Barbarians (2021)
- Beverly Hills 90210: Complete Seasons 3-4 (C.B.S.)
- A League Of Their Own (1992)
- America’s Next Top Model: Complete Seasons 15-16 (C.B.S.)
- Black Ink Crew: Complete Seasons 1-2 (VH1)
- Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve
- Couples Retreat (2009)
- C.S.I.: Miami: Complete Seasons 3-4 (C.B.S.)
- Dante’s Peak (1997)
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Empire Records (1995
- Gamer (2009)
- Heat (1995)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Kingdom Come (2001)
- Little Manhattan (2005)
- Home Alone 3 (1997)
- Irrational Man (2015)
- Jersey Shore Family Vacation: Complete Season 3 (MTV)
- Love and Hip Hop Atlanta
- One Fine Day (1996)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Real Steel (2011)
- RuPaul’s Drag Race: Complete Season 2 (VH1)
- Snatch (2000)
- Someone Like You (2001)
- Survivor: Complete Seasons 40-41 (C.B.S.)
- S.W.A.T. (2003)
- Take Shelter (2011)
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
- The Amazing Race: Complete Seasons 3-4 (C.B.S.)
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2010)
- The Breakfast Club (1985)
- The Challenge: Complete Seasons 20 (MTV)
- The Company You Keep (2013)
- The Internship (2013)
- The King Of Comedy (1983)
- The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
- The Mummy (1999)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- Predestination (2015)
- Professor Marston And The Wonder Women (2017)
- Prometheus (2011)
- The Prestige (2006)
- Truth (2015)
- Undercover Boss: Complete Season 6 (C.B.S.)
- Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008)
- Zeros And Ones (2021)
- The Proposal (2009)
- The Triplets Of Belleville (2003)
- This Christmas (2007)
- Zombieland (2009)
Released Date: January 3
- Fantasy Island: Season 2 Premiere (Fox)
- Mia and Me: Hero of Centopia (2022)
Released Date: January 4
- Bachelor in Paradise: Complete Seasons 4-5
- The Bachelorette: Complete Season 11
- Will Trent: Series Premiere (A.B.C.)
Released Date: January 5
- Death in the Dorms: Complete Limited Series *A.B.C. News/Hulu Original
- Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test: Series Premiere (Fox)
Released Date: January 6
- Bromates (2022)
Released Date: January 7
- Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog: Season 3 Premiere (National Geographic)
- House of Darkness (2022)
Released Date: January 8
- True Things (2021)
Released Date: January 9
- Alert: Series Premiere (Fox)
- Koala Man: Complete Season 1 *Hulu Original
- Name That Tune: Season 3 Premiere (Fox)
Released Date: January 11
- Port Protection Alaska: Season 6
Released Date: January 12
- How I Caught My Killer
- Riotsville, U.S.A. (2022)
Released Date: January 13
- The Drop (2022) *Hulu Original
Released Date: January 15
- A Kind Of Murder (2016)
- Deadly Women: Complete Season 14 (I.D.)
- Cooks vs. Cons: Complete Seasons 2-4 (Food Network)
- Cutthroat Kitchen: Complete Seasons 6 & 15 (Food Network)
- Murder Comes To Town: Complete Seasons 4-5 (I.D.)
- Paris, 13th District (2021)
Released Date: January 18
- 9-1-1: Lone Star: Season 4 Premiere (Fox)
Released Date: January 19
- National Geographic Investigates
- Web of Death: Complete Limited Series *A.B.C. News/Hulu Original
- Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
Released Date: January 20
- One Way (2022)
Released Date: January 21
- Dig (2022)
Released Date: January 22
- Happening (2021)
- The Tax Collector (2020)
Released Date: January 23
- Accused: Series Premiere (Fox)
Released Date: January 24
- How I Met Your Father: Season 2 Premiere
- The Bachelor: Season 27 Premiere (A.B.C.)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens: Season 2A (Disney XD)
Released Date: January 25
- Extraordinary: Complete Season 1 *Hulu Original
Released Date: January 26
- Killing County: Complete Limited Series *A.B.C. News/Hulu Original
- The 1619 Project: Two-Episode Series Premiere
- National Geographic Investigates: L.S.D. and Psychedelics
Released Date: January 27
- Maneater (2022)
- The Deer King (2021)
Released Date: January 31
- Baggage Claim (2013)
- Voyagers (2020)
- Love, Gilda (2018)
- The Watchful Eye: Series Premiere (Freeform)
Conclusion
We have compiled a broad list of the debut dates for the new seasons of many of your favorite series coming to Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in December 2022. Even though the number of new shows added to Hulu in January 2023 appears low initially, that could change as the month passes. As a bonus, for the next 30 days, this post will be updated every day with new information and updates.
