What s New to Stream on Netflix for January 2021
New movies, new series, and at least two films released last century hooray for a new month of Netflix!
Crossing the Streams is our monthly look at all the offerings hitting the big streaming services each month, and this time we’re checking out the new Netflix arrivals for January 2021. This month’s titles include the latest season of the Karate Kid sequel series, Anthony Mackie as an android, and more!
Netflix Pick of the Month for January 2021
If you’re watching Netflix this month, odds are you’re watching
Cobra Kai Season 3. That’s understandable as the little show still little despite its move from YouTube Red to Netflix continues to mine gold from
Amazon Prime
Top Pick: “One Night in Miami”
Based on the 2013 play by the same name, “One Night in Miami” is a fictionalized account of a real-life meeting in a Miami hotel room between four Black American icons: Boxer Cassius Clay (Eli Goree, “Race”), civil rights leader Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir, “The OA”), NFL running back Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge, “City on a Hill”), and singer-songwriter Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr., “Hamilton”). The film already made history earlier this year when it became the first movie to premiere at the Venice Film Festival directed by a Black woman (Regina King, “Watchmen”), and early reviews are almost universally positive, with many tapping it as an early Academy Awards contender. Currently playing in a limited number of theaters, “One Night in Miami” lands Jan. 15 on Prime Video.
Headspace Guide to Meditation
Monarca Season 2
Asphalt Burning (Børning 3) (Jan. 2)
Gabby’s Dollhouse (Jan. 5)
History of Swear Words (Jan. 5)
¡Nailed It! México Season 3 (Jan.5)
Ratones Paranoicos: The Band That Rocked Argentina (Jan. 6)
Surviving Death (Jan. 6)
Pieces of a Woman (Jan. 7)
Charming (Jan. 8)
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons Season 5 (Jan. 8)
Lupin (Jan. 8)
Pretend It’s a City (Jan. 8)
Stuck Apart (Azizler) (Jan. 8)
CRACK: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (Jan. 11)
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (Jan. 13)
Bling Empire (Jan. 15)
Disenchantment Part 3 (Jan. 15)
Double Dad (Pai Em Dobro) (Jan. 15)
Outside the Wire (Jan. 15)
Hello Ninja Season 4 (Jan. 19)
Daughter From Another Mother (Madre solo hay dos) (Jan. 20)
Everything New on Netflix in January
January’s offerings on Netflix include
History of Swear Words, with Nicolas Cage hosting a series about the origins of your favorite profanity. In other words, it’s going to be a big f ing month for streaming.
The other highlights include the new original movie
The Dig, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes, a documentary series on the crack epidemic in the United States in the 1980s, and a new season of the animated series
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous. Older library titles getting added to Netflix in January include
Bonnie and Clyde,
Mud, and
As we head into 2021 with hope for a better year, we can always count on Netflix to keep us entertained with hours of refreshing and engaging original content and fan favorites. From TIFF picks like
Pieces of a Woman and
Penguin Bloom, to favorites like
The Departed and
Originals
One of my favorite films at TIFF 2020 was
Pieces of a Woman (Jan. 7), starring Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf. Martha (Kirby) and Shawn (LaBeouf) are eagerly expecting their first baby. They have planned a home birth and are prepared to bring their first born child into the world. However, complications arise when the midwife can’t find the baby’s pulse, sending the couple spiraling after they lose their child. Click here to read a spoiler-free mini review.