New Releases on Netflix This Week & Top 10 Movies & Series: January 2nd, 2026
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Happy New Year from all of us here at What’s on Netflix! If you’re looking to chill this weekend after a busy festive period, there’s plenty to watch on Netflix, with over 150 new titles having landed over the past week. While many of those titles are archive WWE titles (which we’ve covered elsewhere), there were also plenty of other movies and series to enjoy. Below, you can find a list of everything new added and what’s been trending in the US top 10s for the past week, too.
Lots still to look forward to throughout the remainder of January 2026, as we’re tracking here. Now, on the assumption that you’ve already watched all 2 hours of the Stranger Things season 5 finale, here are some other things we think you should be checking out this weekend:
What to Watch on Netflix This Weekend
Only the Brave (2017)
Rating: PG-13Language: EnglishGenre: Action, Biography, DramaDirector: Joseph KosinskiCast: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff BridgesWriter: Sean Flynn, Ken Nolan, Eric Warren SingerRuntime: 134 min / 2h 14m
Before he took to the skies with Top Gun: Maverick and was on track for F1, director Joseph Kosinski delivered this harrowing, visually spectacular, and deeply emotional tribute to real-life heroism. Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, Only the Brave centers on a local unit of firefighters who fight to become an elite, certified team.
Led by the rugged superintendent Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin) and featuring a standout performance by Miles Teller as a recovering addict seeking redemption, the film follows their brotherhood, sacrifice, and the fateful Yarnell Hill Fire. It is a gritty, respectful, and heart-wrenching drama that avoids Hollywood melodrama in favor of raw authenticity.
Distributed by Sony Pictures, that usually means the title is unavailable on Netflix’s ad tier, but believe it or not, that’s not the case here, so everyone can watch.
Mr. Malcolm’s List (2022)
Rating: PGLanguage: EnglishGenre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Emma Holly JonesCast: Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu, Oliver Jackson-CohenWriter: Suzanne AllainRuntime: 117 min / 1h 57m
One of the most anticipated releases for the month is undoubtedly the long-awaited return of Bridgerton, which is back for its fourth season. But that’s not until the end of the month, and if you’re already rewatching, you may be looking for something else to fill the gap until its volume 1 returns. Thankfully, Mr. Malcolm’s List was also among the myriad of new movie additions for January 1st.
Released in theaters four years ago, the movie brings to life Suzanne Allain’s novel, telling the story of a young woman who helps her friend seek revenge on a potential romantic suitor. It’s got much of the DNA that makes Bridgerton so special, but mixed in with a pretty intriguing plot and excellent performances, particularly from its leads, Freida Pinto and Sope Dirisu.
Found (Seasons 1-2)
Number of episodes: 35Rating: TV-14Language: EnglishGenre: Crime, Drama, MysteryCast: Shanola Hampton, Kelli Williams, Brett DaltonWriter: Nkechi Okoro Carroll
We were shocked by how much traction and attention our article on this canceled NBC show coming to Netflix got. It’s clearly got a big and dedicated audience. Hopefully, that translates into a big audience on Netflix, and, wishful thinking, it finds a big enough audience to justify a renewal of some kind, potentially. We’re getting ahead of ourselves there a little, but never say never.
Never checked out the series? It aired between 2023 and wrapped up relatively recently in mid-2025. It sees Shanola Hampton (Shameless) play Gabrielle “Gabi” Mosely, a public relations specialist and crisis manager who works as part of a team that finds missing people who have been overlooked by the traditional system. It’s a procedural, and it’s a super-easy binge, despite being 35 episodes.
Full List of New Arrivals on Netflix This Week
You can find an expanded list of everything new on Netflix through our What’s New on Netflix hub page, which is complete with trailers, posters, and additional information about each and every title that just dropped.
74 New Movies Added This Week
100 Meters (2025) – TV-PG – Japanese
12 Years a Slave (2013) – R – English
30 Minutes or Less (2011) – R – English
American Honey (2016) – R – English
Amy (2015) – R – English
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018) – R – English
Becky (2020) – R – English
Bleeding Tiger: Resolution (2025) – TV-14 – Malay
Brüno (2009) – R – English
CMXXIV (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Turkish
Colombiana (2011) – PG-13 – English
Dawn of the Dead (2004) – R – English
Despicable Me (2010) – PG – English
Despicable Me 2 (2013) – PG – English
District 9 (2009) – R – English
Dune (1984) – PG-13 – English
Ek Tha Tiger (2012) – TV-14 – Hindi
Eko (2025) – TV-14 – Malayalam
Erin Brockovich (2000) – R – English
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
Facing the Giants (2006) – PG – English
Fanaa (2006) – TV-14 – Hindi
Ford v. Ferrari (2019) – PG-13 – English
Forever My Girl (2018) – PG – English
Free Solo (2018) – PG-13 – English
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016) – PG-13 – English
Green Room (2015) – R – English
Harry and the Hendersons (1987) – PG – English
Hellboy (2004) – PG-13 – English
Hichki (2018) – TV-PG – Hindi
Hostel: Part III (2011) – R – English
Johnny Mnemonic (1995) – R – English
Just Go With It (2011) – PG-13 – English
Lies We Tell (2023) – TV-MA – English
Lone Survivor (2013) – R – English
Man on Fire (2004) – R – English
Mens Rea (2025) – TV-MA – Indonesian
Mojave (2015) – R – English
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983) – R – English
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) – PG-13 – English
Mr. Malcolm’s List (2022) – PG – English
My Girl (1991) – PG – English
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011) – R – English
New York (2009) – TV-14 – Hindi
Only the Brave (2017) – PG-13 – English
Panji Tengkorak (2025) – TV-MA – Indonesian
Paw Patrol: The Movie (2021) – G – English
Pitch Perfect (2012) – PG-13 – English
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) – PG-13 – English
Priscilla (2023) – R – English
Rebbeca (2025) – TV-MA – English
Red Rocket (2021) – R – English
Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
Rooster Cogburn (…and the Lady) (1975) – PG – English
Sabotage (2014) – R – English
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) – PG – English
Sleeping with Other People (2015) – R – English
Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party (2025) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
Stolen (2012) – R – English
The Bad Guys (2022) – PG – English
The Best of Enemies (2019) – PG-13 – English
The Girl Who Got Away (2021) – TV-MA – English
The Kingdom (2024) – TV-14 – Tagalog
The Miracle Season (2018) – PG – English
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) – Not Rated – English
The Sting (1973) – PG – English
The Threesome (2025) – R – English
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) – TV-MA – English
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017) – R – English
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019) – PG-13 – English
Twins (1988) – PG – English
Wild Things (1998) – R – English
Wonder (2017) – PG – English
WWE No Way Out (2003) – TV-14 – English
20 New TV Series Added This Week
Catch! Teenieping (Season 4) – TV-Y7 – Korean
Cocomelon Animal Time (Season 1) – TV-Y – English
Detective Conan (Collection 2) – TV-14 – Japanese
Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-G – English
Falling Skies (Seasons 1-5) – TV-14 – English
Found (Seasons 1-2) – TV-14 – English
Land of Sin (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – N/A
Love from 9 to 5 (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
Mark Rober’s CrunchLabs (Season 2) – TV-Y – English
Members Only: Palm Beach (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
My Korean Boyfriend (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Portuguese
Peppa Pig (Season 8) – TV-Y – English
Physical: Welcome to Mongolia (Season 1 ) – TV-PG – Korean
Royal Rumble (38 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
Run Away (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
Stranger Things (Season 5 – Volume 3) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
The Walking Dead: Dead City (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
Time Flies (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
Transformers: Earthspark (Season 3) – TV-Y7 – English
Your Turn to Kill (Season 1) – TV-14 – Japanese
56 New WWE Archive Titles Added
Backlash ((20 Seasons) – 1999-2025) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
Bash In Berlin (1 Season) – TV-PG – English
ECW December to Dismember (1 Season – 2006) – TV-14 – English
WWE Armageddon (9 Seasons ) – TV-14 – English
WWE Bad Blood (Seasons 1-3 (2003, 2004, 2024)) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
WWE Battleground (5 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE Bragging Rights (2 Seasons) – TV-PG – English
WWE Breakdown (Season 1 – 1998) – TV-14 – English
WWE Breaking Point (Season 1 – 2009) – TV-PG – English
WWE Capital Carnage (Season 1 – 1998 ) – TV-14 – English
WWE Capitol Punishment (1 Season) – TV-PG – English
WWE Clash at the Castle (3 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE Clash of Champions (4 Seasons) – TV-PG – English
WWE Crown Jewel (Seasons 1-6) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE Cyber Sunday (3 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE Day 1 (1 Season ) – TV-PG – English
WWE Elimination Chamber (Seasons 1-15) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE Evolution (2 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE Extreme Rules (14 Seasons) – PG – English
WWE Fastlane (7 Seasons) – TV-PG – English
WWE Fully Loaded (3 Seasons) – TV-MA – English
WWE Great American Bash (5 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE Great Balls of Fire (1 Season) – TV-PG – English
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble (1 Season ) – TV-PG – English
WWE Hell in a Cell (14 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE In Your House (3 Seasons ) – TV-14 – English
WWE Insurrextion (4 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE Invasion (Season 1) – TV-PG – English
WWE Judgment Day (11 Seasons ) – TV-MA – English
WWE King of the Ring (11 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE Money in the Bank (16 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE New Year’s Revolution (Seasons 1-3) – TV-14 – English
WWE Night of Champions (10 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE No Mercy (12 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE No Mercy (UK) (1 Season) – TV-PG – English
WWE One Night Only (1 Season) – TV-PG – English
WWE One Night Stand (4 Seasons ) – TV-MA – English
WWE Over the Edge (2 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE Over the Limit (3 Seasons ) – TV-PG – English
WWE Payback (7 Seasons) – TV-PG – English
WWE Rebellion (4 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE Roadblock: End of the Line (1 Season) – TV-PG – English
WWE Rock Bottom (Season 1) – TV-PG – English
WWE St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
WWE Stomping Grounds (Season 1) – TV-PG – English
WWE SummerSlam (38 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE Super Show-Down (3 Seasons) – TV-PG – English
WWE Survivor Series (38 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
WWE Taboo Tuesday (2 Seasons ) – TV-14 – English
WWE The Bash (1 Season) – TV-PG – English
WWE The Wrestling Classic (Season 1) – TV-PG – English
WWE This Tuesday in Texas (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (12 Seasons) – TV-PG – English
WWE Unforgiven (11 Seasons ) – TV-14 – English
WWE Vengeance (8 Seasons) – TV-14 – English
WWE WrestleMania (41 Seasons) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
WWE Wrestlepalooza (1 Season) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
Most Popular Movies on Netflix US This Week
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Lots of movement in the Netflix movie top 10s this week, given the amount of new arrivals and higher viewing activity over the holidays. Winning out, though? Jason Statham in Wrath of Man, one of the many MGM titles making their way onto Netflix as part of a new licensing pact. Rounding out the top 3 is Wake Up Dead Man, the Knives Out 3 movie, which just got some fresh new assets in the Netflix app, brightening it up. Also, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse made a surprise return to the US and immediately started hoovering up points.
Wrath of Man (64 points)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (50 points)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (41 points)
KPop Demon Hunters (39 points)
The Great Flood (39 points)
Four Brothers (34 points)
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (30 points)
The Girl Who Got Away (29 points)
Eden (22 points)
The Best You Can (14 points)
Goodbye June (14 points)
Man on Fire (9 points)
The Christmas Chronicles (9 points)
Pitch Perfect 2 (8 points)
A Cowboy Christmas Romance (6 points)
Ford v. Ferrari (6 points)
My Secret Santa (5 points)
Elway (4 points)
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (4 points)
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (4 points)
Relay (3 points)
A Line of Fire (2 points)
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2 points)
Despicable Me 3 (1 point)
Priscilla (1 point)
Most Popular Series on Netflix US This Week
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No surprise that Stranger Things took home the most points in the top 10s this week with the return of volume 2 on Christmas Day and volume 3, aka the finale, on New Year’s Day. It beat out the surprise Dave Chappelle special which dropped as a surprise on Christmas Day.
You’ll also see a couple of the ever-popular fireplaces in the top 10s this week as people put it on in the background while hosting family and friends (or just wanting to chill!).
Stranger Things (77 points)
Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable… (69 points)
Emily in Paris (56 points)
Tom Segura: Teacher (49 points)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning (35 points)
The Closer (31 points)
Ricky Gervais: Mortality (25 points)
The Beast in Me (23 points)
Raw (17 points)
The Red Road (15 points)
Run Away (9 points)
Man Vs Baby (8 points)
King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch (8 points)
Fireplace for Your Home: Crackling Birchwood Fireplace (6 points)
Mark Rober’s CrunchLabs (5 points)
Members Only: Palm Beach (3 points)
Fireplace for Your Home: Classic Crackling Fireplace (2 points)
Cashero (1 point)
Ripple (1 point)
What are you watching on Netflix this week over the festive period? Let us know in the comments down below.
