After a high-profile fall and early winter, with the premieres of several awards hopefuls and major events like the end of Stranger Things, Netflix appears to be going into hibernation a bit in the new year, with far less glitzy, hotly anticipated titles hitting the streamer than in the past few months. Of course, that doesn't mean nothing is happening. There's a new Agatha Christie mystery series, a popular romance novel adaptation, some true-crime and anime, plus Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reteaming for a crime thriller. And then there's the big one: more Bridgerton, baby. Here's everything else we're looking forward to most on Netflix in January.
A dead body found in the woods exacerbates the tension between a cop and his estranged reporter wife, both of whom suspect the other of foul play. Starring Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson, this adaptation of the Alice Feeney thriller novel should fill the The Beast in Me-shaped hole in your streaming life.
Premieres Jan 8
The popular Emily Henry novel about longtime friends who re-meet-cute once a year at a different international locale gets the romcom adaptation you always knew was coming. Emily Bader and Tom Blyth star, with Lukas Gage, Alan Ruck and Molly Shannon in supporting roles.
Premieres Jan 9
Need another murder mystery to sate your sleuthing addiction post-Wake Up Dead Man? Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall brings Agatha Christie's 1929 novel to the screen for the first time since 1981, with the cherubic Mia McKenna-Bruce as an aristocrat investigating a prank gone terribly wrong at a country house party.
Premieres Jan 15
Maffleck is back! Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star in Netflix's now-annual winter action-thriller as Miami cops whose trust begins to fray after their team discovers $24 million in cash in an abandoned stash house. Director Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces) can be hit-or-miss, but the premise is right in his wheelhouse.
Premieres Jan 16
If you were conscious in the early 2000s, you certainly remember the case of Elizabeth Smart, the 14-year-old girl in Salt Lake City abducted from her home in the dead of night. If you weren't around then - and somehow haven't caught the multiple TV movies and books about the incident - this docuseries will recount it all for you.
Premieres Jan 21
This year's Kpop Demon Hunters? Netflix is certainly hoping to capture lightning twice with this musical fantasy from anime studio Colorido, about a young teenage girl whose life is thrown into chaos when she meets a runaway alien princess. Ryo, leader of the massive J-pop group Supercell, contributed songs, along with other Japanese pop luminaries.
Premieres Jan 22
In the spirit of Evel Knievel jumping Snake River Canyon, rock-climber Alex Honnold, subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo, will attempt to scale the massive Taipei 101 skyscraper, without the aid of ropes, live on television. Why? Well, why not?
Airs Jan 23
Pantaloons, prepare to be lit aflame. The period romance series returns for a fourth season, focusing on the affair between Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Baek. That'll certainly mean something to someone!