Coming and Going on Netflix in January 2018
Pixar's animated hit "Cars 3," with Owen Wilson as the voice of Lightning McQueen, and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," the fifth film in the Disney franchise based on a theme park ride with Johnny Depp, come to Netflix in the New Year. Other new films coming streaming in January include the animated comedy "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie," the Oscar-winning drama "Dallas Buyer's Club" with Matthew McConaughey, and the scuba-vs-shark thriller "47 Meters Down."
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Netflix continues to aggressively pick up exclusive films and in January it presents "A Stupid and Futile Gesture," a comedy charting the rise and fall of National Lampoon that arrives direct from its world debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and "The Polka King" with Jack Black, which Netflix picked up from Sundance in 2017, plus the horror films "Before I Wake" and "The Open House."
New streaming series coming in January include the German drama "Babylon Berlin," set in 1920s Germany, and the animated "DEVILMAN crybaby" from Japan, and Jerry Seinfeld's interview series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" moves to Netflix in 2018. Plus there are new seasons of Netflix original shows "Grace and Frankie," "One Day at a Time," and "Lovesick."
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Older films arriving for January include Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part II," Tim Burton's "Batman" and the three sequels of the first wave and Christopher Nolan's reboot "Batman Begins," "Lethal Weapon" and its three sequels, the classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with Audrey Hepburn, and the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with Gene Wilder.
Among the programs leaving Netflix in January are the Oscar-winning musical "Chicago," Steven Spielberg's "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial," the original 1951 "The Day the Earth Stood Still," John Ford's "Young Mr. Lincoln" with Henry Fonda, Disney's "Fantasia" and "Fantasia 2000," and the complete run of the cult TV series "Lost."
Here’s the list of what's arriving on Netflix in January, and what’s leaving.
January 1 10,000 B.C. 30 Days of Night Age Of Shadows AlphaGo America's Sweethearts Apollo 13 Batman Batman & Robin Batman Begins Batman Forever Batman Returns Breakfast at Tiffany's Bring It On Bring It On Again Bring It On: All or Nothing Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Bring It On: In It to Win It Caddyshack Chef & My Fridge: 2017 Defiance Definitely, Maybe The Dukes of Hazzard Eastsiders: Season 3 The Exorcism of Emily Rose The First Time Furry Vengeance Glacé: Season 1 (Netflix Original) The Godfather The Godfather: Part II The Godfather: Part III How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days The Italian Job Justin Bieber: Never Say Never King Kong Lethal Weapon Lethal Weapon 2 Lethal Weapon 3 Lethal Weapon 4 License to Wed Like Water for Chocolate Love Actually The Lovely Bones Lovesick: Season 3 (Netflix Original) Maddman: The Steve Madden Story Marie Antoinette Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World Midnight in Paris Monsters vs. Aliens National Treasure Sharknado 5: Global Swarming The Shawshank Redemption Stardust Strictly Ballroom Training Day Treasures From The Wreck Of The Unbelievable Troy The Truman Show The Vault Wedding Crashers Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
January 2 Mustang Island Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Rent
January 5 Before I Wake (Netflix Original) Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Netflix Original) DEVILMAN crybaby: Season 1 (Netflix Original) Rotten (Netflix Original)
January 6 Episodes: Season 1-5
January 8 The Conjuring
January 10 47 Meters Down Alejandro Riaño Especial de stand up (Netflix Original) Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie In The Deep
January 12 Colony: Season 2 Disjointed: Part 2 (Netflix Original) The Man Who Would Be Polka King The Polka King (Netflix Original) Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix Original) Tom Segura: Disgraceful (Netflix Original)
January 14 Wild Hogs
January 15 2018 Olympic Winter Games Preview: Meet Team USA & Go for the Gold Rehenes Unrest
January 16 Dallas Buyers Club Katt Williams: Great America (Netflix Original) Rita: Season 4
January 17 Arango y Sanint: Ríase El Show (Netflix Original) Friday Night Tykes: Season 4
January 18 Bad Day for the Cut Tiempos de guerra: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
January 19 Drug Lords: Season 1 (Netflix Original) Grace and Frankie: Season 4 (Netflix Original) The Open House (Netflix Original) Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
January 23 Todd Glass: Act Happy (Netflix Original)
January 24 Ricardo Quevedo: Hay gente así (Netflix Original)
January 25 Acts of Vengeance
January 26 The Adventures of Puss in Boots: Season 6 (Netflix Original) Dirty Money (Netflix Original) A Futile and Stupid Gesture (Netflix Original) Kavin Jay: Everybody Calm Down! (Netflix Original) Llama Llama: Season 1 (Netflix Original) One Day at a Time: Season 2 (Netflix Original) Sebastián Marcelo Wainraich (Netflix Original) Mau Nieto: Viviendo sobrio… desde el bar (Netflix Original)
January 28 El Ministerio del Tiempo: Seasons 1-2 El Ministerio del Tiempo: Season 3 (Netflix Original)
January 29 The Force
January 30 Babylon Berlin: Season 1 & 2 (Netflix Original) Death Race: Beyond Anarchy Retribution: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
January 31 Cars 3
Leaving Netflix in January
Leaving January 1 The Addams Family The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Chicago Daddy Day Care The Day the Earth Stood Still The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Dressed to Kill E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Forrest Gump Four Brothers Free Willy Grease Gremlins I Am Sam The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Fourteenth Year Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Fifteenth Year Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Sixteenth Year Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Seventeenth Year License to Drive Made of Honor The Man with One Red Shoe The Manhattan Project Mean Girls The Mighty Ducks Miss Congeniality Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Mona Lisa Smile The Parent Trap Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages Pokémon: Indigo League: Season 1 Pokémon: XY: Seasons 1-2 Police Academy Pulp Fiction Requiem for a Dream Saw Saw II Saw III Saw IV Saw V Saw VI Saw: The Final Chapter The Secret Garden Someone Like You The Switch Three Coins in the Fountain White Chicks Young Mr. Lincoln
Leaving January 3 VHS
Leaving January 4 Lost: Seasons 1-6
Leaving January 5 Fantasia Fantasia 2000 The Host
Leaving January 15 Sirens: Seasons 1-2
Leaving January 30 Futurama: Seasons 7-10
Note that these are just highlights; Stream On Demand will be keeping an eye out for other notable films and TV shows that arrive through the month.
Dates are subject to change without notice.
Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at http://streamondemandathome.com.
