Winter is coming, and so is January, as Netflix announced its January additions. This year has enough to offer fans action, anime, and video games. Starting in 2023, Netflix has some big original shows in store, including one that is quite hefty. Season 2 of Vikings: Valhalla will launch on January 13, bringing some much-needed Norse mayhem back to television. Ginny & Georgia season 2 and That ’90s Show are other noteworthy releases this year (Jan. 19). The fascinating choice, however, could be Netflix’s first original release of the year. Kaleidoscope, a Netflix original, will air on January 1 and tell a heist plot in a different order for each viewer.
Hence, here is our pick for the top movies and TV shows airing in January 2023. All these shows are included in your Netflix Originals subscription at no extra charge.
10. Kaleidoscope
| Director: | Eric Garcia |
| Cast: | Rosaline Elbay, Tati Gabrielle |
| Genre: | Heist, Action |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 1 January |
Kaleidoscope, the new series by Eric Garcia, consists of eight episodes set over 25 years as a band of thieves plots their grand heist. Netflix, though, insists that the series may be enjoyed in virtually any order. It’s strange. While not quite as interactive as Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Kaleidoscope is one of Netflix’s recent attempts to draw you into a series’ interactive plot.
9. How I Became a Gangster – Netflix Film
| Director: | Maciej Kawulski |
| Cast: | Marcin Kowalczyk , Tomasz Wlosok |
| Genre: | Drama, Thriller |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 4 January |
Throughout the film, an ambitious gangster from Warsaw rises through the ranks of the city’s criminal underworld and attempts to make it big. Similarly to the British film industry during the Uncool Britannia era of the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Polish film industry enjoys cranking out gangster flicks. This is a perfect illustration. It’s tedious and full of itself, claiming gravely to be inspired by a real case (with modified names).
8. The Kings of the World – Netflix Film
| Director: | Laura Mora Ortega |
| Cast: | Cristian David Duque, Cristian Campana |
| Genre: | 86% |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 4 January |
The Kings of the World is a road movie drama directed by Laura Mora and produced globally in 2022. The story follows five teenagers who become street buddies in Medelln. Therefore, they uproot their lives from a Colombian metropolis and move to the countryside. The homeless people of Medelln are known as Rá, Culebro, Sere, Winny, and Nano. The five kids have abandoned their families without being in touch with their parents. They band together to establish a brotherhood and have to survive in a world where the rules don’t apply.
7. The Lying Life of Adults – Netflix Series
| Director: | Edoardo De Angelis |
| Cast: | Giuseppe Brunetti, Valeria Golino, Alessandro Preziosi |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 4 January |
Netflix is adapting the latest novel by acclaimed Italian author Elena Ferrante. The story will follow Giovanna as she searches for her true reflection in a Naples that has been split in two: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of sophistication, and the Naples of the depths, a land of excess and filth.
6. MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street – Netflix Documentary
| Director: | Joe Berlinger |
| Cast: | Joseph Scotto, Donna Pastorello |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 4 January |
Madoff This real crime documentary, The Monster of Wall Street, will soon be released. The Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme was a fraudulent financial business in the United States from the early 1990s through 2008. The fraud was run via Madoff’s businesses, through which he gained notoriety as a notable banker and a former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market. In addition, Madoff’s plan continued to thrive for decades because people believed in him and trusted him. He went for the well-to-do and the well-known, as well as institutions of charity and finance.
5. Narvik – Netflix Film
| Director: | Erik Skjoldbjærg |
| Cast: | Carl Martin, Kristine Hartgen |
| Genre: | Historical film/Drama |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 1 January |
The world’s attention was focused on the Norwegian town of Narvik in April of 1940 because it was home to an iron ore mine that would supply Hitler’s army with the metal it needed to wage war. After two months of brutal fighting in the cold, the German leader finally succumbs to defeat. In the spring of 1940, 50,000 men from the Allies battled side by side, as depicted in the WWII epic Narvik.
4. The Snow Girl – Netflix Series
| Director: | Chris Smith |
| Cast: | Sam Black, Amy Cao |
| Genre: | Crime Thriller |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 27 January |
One of the most anticipated Netflix films of 2023 is The Snow Girl, based on the best-selling novel by Javier Castilo and released by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial. Over a million copies of the original Spanish edition of “La Chica de Nieve (The Snow Girl)” have been sold. Since the novel’s popularity is growing by the day, it’s not surprising that it will be adapted, although by Netflix.
3. You People – Netflix Film
| Director: | Kenya Barris |
| Cast: | Eddie Murphy, Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | – |
| Released Date: | 27 January |
Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill co-wrote and will helm the upcoming American buddy comedy film, You People. The story follows a newlywed couple and their families navigating cultural barriers, societal norms, and generational gaps to learn more about modern love and family dynamics.
2. Princess Power – Netflix Family
| Director: | Ezekiel Norton |
| Cast: | Kelly Sheridan, Britt Irvin, Michael Kopsa |
| Genre: | Animation |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | 95% |
| Released Date: | 30 January |
A Princess Power show based on the Princesses Wear Pants novel will premiere on Netflix Jr. in 2019. Creator Elise Allen is in charge of the show, which Atomic Cartoons and Flower Films produce. When Kara touches a magical butterfly, she is granted abilities. After learning her secret, her cousin tries to steal the butterfly but becomes the villainous Dark Sparkle.
1. Women at War – Netflix Series
| Director: | Benedikt Erlingsson |
| Cast: | Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Johann Sigurðarson |
| Genre: | Comedy Drama |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings | 97% |
| Released Date: | 19 January |
Benedikt Erlingsson wrote, produced, and directed the 2018 Icelandic-Ukrainian comedy-drama film Woman at War, which stars Icelandic actress Halldóra Geirharsdóttir. Halla is an eco-activist and choir conductor who intends to disrupt the operations of a Rio Tinto aluminum facility in the Icelandic highlands by destroying electricity pylons and wires. An abandoned adoption petition from Ukraine finally gets accepted several years later. Additionally, the government has increased its police and propaganda efforts to apprehend and discredit her.
In January of 2023, these Netflix originals dominated the streaming service. The full catalog of movies and TV shows is shown below.
Released Date: January 1
- Kaleidoscope – Netflix Series
- Lady Voyeur – Netflix Series
- The Way of the Househusband, season two – Netflix Anime
- The Aviator
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business
- Blue Streak
- Brokeback Mountain
- The Burbs
- Close
- The Conjuring
- Daddy Day Care
- Fletch
- Forrest Gump
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Grease
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Jerry Maguire
- King Kong
- Leap Year
- Life
- Minority Report
- National Security
- New Amsterdam, season one
- The Nutty Professor
- The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
- Old Enough!, season two
- Parenthood
- Reservoir Dogs
- Resident Evil: Afterlife
- Road to Perdition
- Rocky
- Rocky II
- Rocky III
- Rocky IV
- Rocky V
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Survivor, season 18
- The Taking of Pelham 123
- This Is 40
- Top Gun
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Twins
Released Date: January 4
- The Kings of the World
- How I Became a Gangster
- The Lying Life of Adults
- MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street
Released Date: January 5
- Copenhagen Cowboy – Netflix Series
- Ginny & Georgia, season two – Netflix Series
- Woman of the Dead – Netflix Series
Released Date: January 6
- Love Island USA, season two
- Mumbai Mafia: Police vs. the Underworld – Netflix Documentary
- The Pale Blue Eye – Netflix Film
- Pressure Cooker – Netflix Series
- The Ultimatum: France, season one, part two – Netflix Series
- The Walking Dead season 11
Released Date: January 9
- VINLAND SAGA, season 2
Released Date: January 10
- Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger – Netflix Comedy
- The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker – Netflix Documentary
Released Date: January 11
- Noise – Netflix Film
- Sexify, season two – Netflix Series
Released Date: January 12
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, season two – Netflix Family
- The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House – Netflix Series
- Vikings: Valhalla, season two – Netflix Series
Released Date: January 13
- Break Point – Netflix Documentary
- Dog Gone – Netflix Film
- Sky Rojo, season three – Netflix Series
- Suzan & Freek – Netflix Documentary
- Trial by Fire – Netflix Series
Released Date: January 17
- The Devil to Pay
Released Date: January 19
- Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre – Netflix Anime
- Khallat+ – Netflix Film
- The Pez Outlaw
- That ’90s Show – Netflix Series
- Women at War – Netflix Series
Released Date: January 20
- Bake Squad, season two – Netflix Series
- Bling Empire: New York – Netflix Series
- Fauda, season four – Netflix Series
- Mission Majnu – Netflix Film
The Real World, season 28
Released Date: January 23
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Narvik – Netflix Film
Released Date: January 24
- Little Angel: Volume 2
Released Date: January 25
- Against the Ropes – Netflix Series
- Begin Again
Released Date: January 26
- Daniel Spellbound, season two – Netflix Family
- Record of Ragnarok, season two, episodes 1-10 – Netflix Anime
Released Date: January 27
- Kings of Jo’Burg, season two – Netflix Series
- Lockwood & Co. – Netflix Series
- The Snow Girl – Netflix Series
- You People – Netflix Film
Released Date: January 30
- Princess Power – Netflix Family
Released Date: January 31
- Cunk On Earth – Netflix Series
- Pamela, a love story – Netflix Documentary
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. Though the number of new additions to Netflix in January 2023 may seem limited initially, that is sure to increase as the month progresses. As a bonus, for the next 30 days, this post will be updated every day with new information and updates.
