Netflix New Releases: The Best Shows & Movies to Watch in January

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Updated Dec 28, 2024

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Netflix is sharing a never-before-seen glimpse at its January 2025 streaming slate, and it’s even better than expected.

The list is full of some of the best family movies of all time, including 13 Going on 30, Hotel Transylvania, Love Actually and Scooby-Doo. However, the real showstoppers are all the new original titles. While there are multiple debuts—like Selling The City—there are also several shows that are returning for new seasons, like XO, Kitty and The Night Agent.

Keep reading for our top picks from Netflix’s new releases, followed by a complete list of TV shows and movies that are coming to the streaming service beginning in January.

1. Selling The City

Premiere date: January 3

If you love Selling Sunset and Selling the OC, then you need to watch this brand-new spin–off, which follows a group of real estate agents in—you guessed it—New York City.

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2. The Upshaws

Premiere date: January 9

Who’s ready for part six of The Upshaws? The sitcom revolves around Bennie Upshaw, who tries to set a good example for his middle-class family in Indianapolis, although this is easier said than done. Oh, and did I mention it stars comedy greats like Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps?

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3. XO, Kitty

Premiere date: January 16

XO, Kitty is a spin-off of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and the second season is set to premiere on January 16. The series focuses on Lara Jean’s younger sister, Kitty (Anna Cathcart), as she learns a few things about her own love life.

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4. The Night Agent

Premiere date: January 23

The popular thriller is returning for season two, so mark your calendar. The story follows FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), who works as an emergency nighttime phone operator at the White House. He gets tangled up in a conspiracy when he's informed of a mole who works high within the U.S. government.

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All of the Netflix New Releases: January 2025

January 1
13 Going on 30
3 Ninjas: Kick Back
Apollo 13
Blended
Bruce Almighty
Colombiana
Dallas Buyers Club
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever (Netflix original documentary)
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Erin Brockovich
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel Transylvania 2
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Inception
Interstellar
Little Fockers
Love Actually
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Melancholia
Missing You (Netflix original series)
Number 24 (Netflix original movie)
Notting Hill
Out of Africa
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Rush Hour 3
Schindler's List
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3
The Love Scam (Netflix original movie)
The Net

January 2
Cunk on Life (Netflix original movie)
Stranded with my Mother-in-Law—Season 2 (Netflix original series)

January 3
Bandidos—Season 2 (Netflix original series)
Love Is Blind: Germany (Netflix original series)
Shafted (Netflix original series)
Selling The City (Netflix original series)
Umjolo: My Beginning, My End! (Netflix original movie)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix original movie) *Family-friendly option

January 4
When the Stars Gossip (Netflix original series)

January 6
My Happy Marriage—Season 2 (Netflix original series)
WWE Raw: 2025

January 7
Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action (Netflix original documentary)
The Breakthrough (Netflix original series)
The Graham Norton Show: Best Bits: Week of December 31, 2024
Younger—Seasons 1 to 7

January 8
Dubai Bling—Season 3 (Netflix original series)
Hound's Hill (Netflix original series)
I Am a Killer—Season 6 (Netflix original series)
Subteran (Netflix original series)

January 9
American Primeval (Netflix original series)
Asura (Netflix original series)
I Am Ilary (Netflix original series)
Lion
The Upshaws—Part 6 (Netflix original series)

January 10
Ad Vitam (Netflix original movie)
Alpha Males—Season 3 (Netflix original series)

January 11
Sakamoto Days (Netflix original series)

January 13
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live—Season 1

January 14
Ari Shaffir: America’s Sweetheart
Single’s Inferno—Season 4 (Netflix original series)

January 15
Hereditary
Krapopolis—Season 1
Public Disorder (Netflix original series)

January 16
XO, Kitty—Season 2 (Netflix original series)

January 17
Back in Action (Netflix original movie)
Young, Famous & African—Season 3 (Netflix original series)

January 21
The Graham Norton Show: Best Bits: Week of January 10, 2025

January 22
W.A.G.s to Riches (Netflix original series)

January 23
NCIS—Seasons 1 to 5
The Night Agent—Season 2 (Netflix original series)

January 24
The Sand Castle (Netflix original movie)

January 26
You Hurt My Feelings

January 28
Liza Treyger: Night Owl
The Graham Norton Show: Best Bits: Week of January 17, 2025

January 29
Six Nations: Full Contact—Season 2 (Netflix original series)

January 30
Mo—Season 2 (Netflix original series)
The Recruit—Season 2 (Netflix original series)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse—Season 2 (Netflix original series)

January 31
Lucca's World (Netflix original movie)
The Snow Girl—Season 2 (Netflix original series)

Date Not Yet Announced
Fake Profile—Season 2 (Netflix original series)
Lovers Anonymous (Netflix original series)
The Roshans (Netflix original documentary)
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (Netflix original series)

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