Everything new coming to Netflix in January

Netflix Australia guides viewers through the latest releases for the month of January 2021.

ORIGINAL SERIES

Headspace Guide to Meditation (01/01/2021)

Headspace takes a friendly, animated look at helpful meditation practices and the research on their effects. A guided meditation closes each episode.

Dream Home Makeover: Season 2 (01/01/2021)

Shea and Syd McGee keep the dream alive for families in search of stylish spaces, whether it’s a comfy cabin or a manor sporting NBA-worthy hoops.

¡Nailed It! México: Season 3 (05/01/2021)

Crooked cakes, deflated bakes and hapless takes on Pancho Villa and Einstein put the pressure of amateur pastry chefs hoping to win a sweet cash prize.

History of Swear Words (05/01/2021)

A loud and proudly profane new series that explores the origins, pop culture usage, science and societal impact of bad words.

Lupin (08/01/2021)

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons: Season 5 (08/01/2021)

Raphael Rowe, who spent years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, volunteers to go behind bars in the Philippines, Greenland and South Africa.

Bling Empire (15/01/2021)

Bling Empire follows a wildly wealthy group of Asian and Asian American friends (and frenemies) in Los Angeles. While their days and nights are filled with fabulous parties and expensive shopping sprees, don’t let the glitz and glamour fool you. Between running multi-billion dollar businesses and traveling the world, these friends are as good at keeping secrets as they are at spilling them. And there is certainly no shortage of secrets.

Disenchantment: Part 3 (15/01/2021)

Bean must step up her princess game amid royal plots, deepening mysteries, King Zøg’s increasing instability and concerns about who will rule Dreamland.

Spycraft (20/01/2021)

This is a look at the gadgetry behind some of history’s greatest stories of espionage, the minds that invented them and the agents that used them.

Daughter From Another Mother (Madre solo hay dos) (20/01/2021)

Two very different women form a peculiar family when they discover that their 6-month-old children were erroneously exchanged at birth.

Call My Agent!: Season 4 (21/01/2021)

The agents at top Paris talent firm ASK are back for a fourth season with Andrea in charge and the agency in a precarious state.

Fate: The Winx Saga (22/01/2021)

A teen fairy learns to master magic while forming friendships, falling in love, fighting monsters and most importantly searching for her true identity.

Busted!: Season 3 (22/01/2021)

In the third season of this hybrid reality-scripted variety show, celebrity sleuths take a stab at solving smaller crimes that lead to a larger mystery.

Blown Away: Season 2 (22/01/2021)

The hot shop is open! A new batch of glass-blowing artists from around the world battle the heat, the clock and each other in 10 dynamic challenges.

Bonding: Season 2 (Coming in January)

Totally broke and banned from every dungeon in New York City, best friends Tiff and Pete work to rebuild their reputations in the bondage community.

Cobra Kai: Season 3 (Coming in January)

COBRA KAI takes place over 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament with the continuation of the inescapable conflict between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). Season Three finds everyone reeling in the aftermath of the violent high school brawl between their dojos, which has left Miguel in a precarious condition. While Daniel searches for answers in his past and Johnny seeks redemption, Kreese further manipulates his vulnerable students with his own vision of dominance. The soul of the Valley is at stake, and the fate of every student and sensei hangs in the balance.

50M2 (Coming in January)

After betraying his bosses, a hitman hides out in a vacant tailor shop, where he’s mistaken for the late owner’s son, an identity he decides to embrace.

NETFLIX WEEKLY SERIES

Riverdale: Season 5 (21/01/2021)

Archie and the gang are back for another season of this teen drama.

NETFLIX FILM

Pieces of a Woman (07/01/2021)

A heartbreaking home birth leaves a woman grappling with the profound emotional fallout, isolated from her partner and family by a chasm of grief.

Stuck Apart (Azizler) (08/01/2021)

Knee-deep in a midlife crisis, Aziz seeks solace from his mundane job, lonesome friends and rowdy family as he puts on an act of sanity.

Outside the Wire (15/01/2021)

In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.

Double Dad (Pai Em Dobro) (15/01/2021)

While her mother is abroad, an 18-year-old who’s lived in a hippie commune all her life sneaks out into the real world to find her biological father.

So My Grandma’s a Lesbian! (Salir del ropero) (22/01/2021)

When Eva’s grandmother decides to marry her best friend, Celia, Eva worries what her conservative fiancé and his family will think.

The White Tiger (22/01/2021)

The ambitious driver for a rich Indian family uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. Based on the bestselling novel.

The Dig (29/01/2021)

When a wealthy widow hires an amateur archeologist to excavate burial mounds on her estate, they uncover history-changing treasure.

Finding ‘Ohana (29/01/2021)

Two Brooklyn-raised siblings spending a summer in Oahu find a journal pointing to long-lost treasure and set out on an epic adventure with new friends.

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY 

The Minimalists: Less Is Now (01/01/2021)

They’ve built a movement out of minimalism. Longtime friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus share how our lives can be better with less.

Tony Parker: The Final Shot (06/01/2021)

This documentary examines the background and career of Tony Parker, whose determination led him to become one of the greatest French basketball players.

Surviving Death (06/01/2021)

What happens after we die? This docuseries explores personal stories and research on near-death experiences, reincarnation and paranormal phenomena.

Pretend It’s a City (08/01/2021)

Writer Fran Lebowitz discusses life in New York City as a reader, walker and incisive observer of the changes in contemporary culture and the city.

CRACK: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (11/01/2021)

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (13/01/2021)

Beneath the sunlit glamor of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentless serial killer, a willing acolyte of evil. Two detectives won’t rest until they catch him.

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (29/01/2021)

This series follows the school and home lives of young football players and coaches fighting for survival with the odds stacked against them.

KIDS & FAMILY

Carmen Sandiego: Season 4 (15/01/2021)

From the snowy Himalayas to the pyramids of Egypt, Carmen and friends race to stay one step ahead of V.I.L.E. on their latest adventures.

Hello Ninja: Season 4 (19/01/2021)

In their fourth season, Wesley, Georgie and Pretzel go on more fun-filled adventures, solve mysteries and learn important life lessons along the way.

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 2 (22/01/2021)

The teen campers still on the run from dinosaurs find hope of a rescue with a small group of eco-tourists. But things aren’t what they seem.

ORIGINAL ANIME

The Idhun Chronicles: Part 2 (08/01/2021)

In part two of this fantasy trilogy, Jack, Victoria and Kirtash have grown and so have their problems. Are they still destined to change Idhún’s fate?

HIGHLIGHTS

The Office (U.S.): Season 1 – 9 (Coming Soon)

A mediocre paper company in the hands of Scranton, PA branch manager Michael Scott. This mockumentary follows the everyday lives of the manager and the employees he “manages.” The crew follows the employees around 24/7 and captures their quite humorous and bizarre encounters as they will do what it takes to keep the company thriving.

Batman Forever (01/01/2021)

Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

The Dead Pool (01/01/2021)

Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target. 

Beneath Clouds (10/01/2021)

The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport. To Lena, Vaughn represents the life she is running away from. To Vaughn, Lena embodies the society that has rejected him. And for a very short amount of time, they experience a rare true happiness together.

Pet Sematary (10/01/2021)

Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, and their two children, Gage and Ellie, move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie ‘Pet Sematary’ located nearby. After the tragedy of their cat being killed by a truck, Louis resorts to burying it in the mysterious pet cemetery, which is definitely not as it seems, as it proves to the Creeds that sometimes, dead is better.

The Ugly Truth (15/01/2021)

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

Sesame Street: Selections from Season 49 (15/01/2021)

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

American Hustle (22/01/2021)

A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that’s as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving’s unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.