We’re almost done with 2020 (bless you, chronology!), and the first month of 2021 is shaping up to be a good one, streaming-wise. Below, find a guide to what to watch on Netflix while you’re snuggled up in a pile of blankets and refusing to go outside—out of COVID-19 safety, sure, but also because it’s cold.
History of Swear Words (January 5)
Comedians including Joel Kim Booster, DeRay Davis, Nikki Glaser, Patti Harrison, Sarah Silverman, and Nick Offerman gather together to discuss the usage, history, and impact of swear words in this brand-new documentary.
Pieces of a Woman (January 7)
A disastrous home birth plunges a grieving mother into a legal battle with her midwife as she struggles to keep her family relationships intact in this deeply emotional film.
Pretend It’s a City (January 8)
Writer Fran Lebowitz narrates this film about New York City, describing to viewers how the city has changed over the past several decades.
CRACK: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (January 11)
This documentary from filmmaker Stanley Nelson explores the ways in which the crack epidemic devastated America’s inner cities in the early 1980s, taking a macro view of the drug’s damage as well as examining its personal impact on individuals and families.
Call My Agent!: Season 4 (January 21)
One of Netflix’s most reliably enjoyable French-language shows, which revolves around Paris talent agency ASK and the various characters who work there, is back for its fourth season (and not a moment too soon).
January 1:
Dream Home Makeover: Season 2
Headspace Guide to Meditation
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
Monarca: Season 2
What Happened to Mr. Cha?
17 Again
30 Minutes or Less
Abby Hatcher: Season 1
Blue Streak
Bonnie and Clyde
Can’t Hardly Wait
Catch Me If You Can
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Cool Hand Luke
The Creative Brain
The Departed
Enter the Dragon
Gimme Shelter
Good Hair
Goodfellas
Gothika
The Haunted Hathaways: Seasons 1–2
Into the Wild
Julie & Julia
Mud
Mystic Pizza
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Eddie Murphy: Raw
Sex and the City: The Movie
Sex and the City 2
Sherlock Holmes
Striptease
Superbad
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
January 2:
Asphalt Burning (Børning 3)
January 5:
Gabby’s Dollhouse
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
L.A.’s Finest: Season 1
¡Nailed It! México: Season 3
January 6:
Ratones Paranoicos: The Band that Rocked Argentina
Surviving Death
Tony Parker: The Final Shot
January 8:
Charming
The Idhun Chronicles: Part 2
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons: Season 5
Lupin
Mighty Little Bheem: Kite Festival
Stuck Apart (Azizler)
January 10:
Spring Breakers
January 11:
The Intouchables
January 12:
Last Tango in Halifax: Season 4
January 13:
An Imperfect Murder
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
January 15:
Bling Empire
Carmen Sandiego: Season 4
Disenchantment: Part 3
Double Dad (Pai Em Dobro)
Henry Danger: Seasons 1–3
Hook
Kuroko’s Basketball: Season 1
The Magicians: Season 5
Outside the Wire
Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie
Pinkfong & Baby Shark’s Space Adventure
January 16:
A Monster Calls
Radium Girls
January 18:
Homefront
January 19:
Hello Ninja: Season 4
January 20:
Daughter From Another Mother (Madre Solo Hay Dos)
Sightless
Spycraft
January 22:
Blown Away: Season 2
Busted!: Season 3
Fate: The Winx Saga
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 2
So My Grandma’s a Lesbian!
The White Tiger
January 23:
Love (Ft. Marriage and Divorce)
January 26:
Go Dog Go
January 27:
Accomplice
Penguin Bloom
January 29:
Below Zero (Bajocero)
The Dig
Finding ’Ohana
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints
January 31:
Fatima
