Here's Our Top Recommendations on the Netflix January 2021 Lineup

TOP PICKS

History of Swear Words 

An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed. History of Swear Words, hosted by Nicolas Cage, is a loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words. Through interviews with experts in etymology, pop culture, historians and entertainers, the six-episode series dives into the origins of “F**k”, “Sh*t”, “B*tch”, “D**k”, “Pu**y”, and “Damn”. Launch Date: January 5

 

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

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. Launch Date: January 13

Fate: The Winx Saga (series)

A teen fairy learns to master magic while forming friendships, falling in love, fighting monsters and most importantly searching for her true identity. Launch Date: January 22

 

The White Tiger (film)

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. Launch Date: January 22

Penguin Bloom (film)

Penguin Bloom tells the true story of Sam Bloom (Academy Award® nominated Naomi Watts) a young mother whose world is turned upside down after a near-fatal accident leaves her unable to walk. Sam's husband (Andrew Lincoln), her three young boys and her mother (Academy Award® nominated Jacki Weaver), are struggling to adjust to their new situation when an unlikely ally enters their world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin. The bird’s arrival is a welcome distraction for the Bloom family, eventually making a profound difference in the family's life. Launch Date: January 27

 

FILMS YOU CAN’T MISS 

 

What Happened to Mr. Cha? (film)

With the peak of his career long behind him, an actor clings to his past glory — until a sudden wake-up call forces him to face who he's become. Launch Date: January 1

Pieces of a Woman (film)

A heartbreaking home birth leaves a woman grappling with the profound emotional fallout, isolated from her partner and family by a chasm of grief. Launch Date: January 7

 

Outside the Wire (film)

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. Launch Date: January 15

 

The Dig (film)

When a wealthy widow hires an amateur archeologist to excavate burial mounds on her estate, they uncover history-changing treasure. Launch Date: January 29

 

 

MUST-SEE SERIES 

Headspace Guide to Meditation

Take a deep breath and start the new year by being kind to your mind with the new Netflix original series Headspace Guide to Meditation. Over the course of eight animated episodes, Andy Puddicombe—former Buddhist monk and co-founder of the globally beloved Headspace meditation app—takes viewers through the benefits and science behind meditation. Each 20-minute episode showcases a different mindfulness technique that aids in the practice of meditation—focusing on subjects such as stress, sleep, and letting go—and ends with a guided meditation at the finale of every chapter. Headspace Guide to Meditation provides a moment of stillness and illustrates that practicing meditation is easy and accessible for everyone. Headspace Guide to Meditation is the first of three series with Headspace and Vox Media Studios, with subsequent series to include Headspace Guide to Sleep and an interactive experience. Launch Date: January 1

 

Riverdale: Season 5

Archie and the gang are back for another season of this teen drama. Launch Date: January 21 

 

Blown Away: Season 2

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. Launch Date: January 22

 

Busted!: Season 3

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. Launch Date: January 22

 

Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) 

Everything comes unraveling for three successful women who work on a radio show as twists, turns and troubles plague their seemingly happy marriages. Launch Date: January 23  

 

Snowpiercer: Season 2

It’s another season of the post-apocalyptic drama in which Earth has frozen over and the last surviving humans live on a giant train circling the globe. Launch Date: January 26

 

Bonding: Season 2

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.Launch Date: January

 

Cobra Kai: Season 3

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. Launch Date: January

 

 

FAMILY FUN

 

Gabby's Dollhouse

Cute cats, quirky crafts and colorful magic! Join kitty enthusiast Gabby and her sidekick Pandy Paws as they team up for a series of animated adventures. Launch Date: January 5

 

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 2

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. Launch Date: January 22

 

Finding 'Ohana 

A summer in rural Oahu takes an exciting turn for two Brooklyn-raised siblings when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an epic adventure with new friends, and leads them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage. Launch Date: January 29

 

AWESOME ANIMATED DELIGHTS:

 

The Idhun Chronicles: Part 2

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? Launch Date: January 8

 

The Seven Deadly Sins: (Signs of Holy War, Revival of the Commandments, Imperial Wrath of the Gods)

The Seven Deadly Sins have brought peace back to Liones Kingdom, but their adventures are far from over as new challenges and old friends await. Launch Date: January 13