69 New Releases Hit Netflix This Week: January 16th, 2026

Welcome to your weekly roundup of everything new arriving on Netflix this week. A busy week in terms of new releases, with 38 new films and 31 new series released in the last seven days. We’re here to recap everything that went down, pick a few things you should watch right now, and take a look at what featured in the Daily Top 10 throughout the week.

This week was so busy on the new releases front partly for two reasons: podcasts and a big dump of Thai stand-up comedy specials from Udom Taiphanich. We won’t go into depth on the latter because we have absolutely no idea who that person is, but on the podcast front, this is the first of several waves throughout the month from Netflix’s partnership with iHeart Media, The Ringer, and Barstool, with all titles this week coming from The Ringer. The Bill Simmons Podcast went live on Sunday nights after the first round of the NFL playoffs, and several other shows began releasing weekly episodes, with some providing “best of” or 2025 recap episodes.

Well, the new release starts off with not three but four things we think you should check out right now.

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What to watch on Netflix this weekend

incision (2026)

Rating: R
Language: English
Style: action, crime, drama
Director: joe carnahan
Mould: Teyana Taylor, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Author: Joe Carnahan, Michael McGrail
Runtime: 133 min

Artists Equity today begins its hopefully fruitful relationship with Netflix with the release of its first film, The Rip, which reunites Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on screen once again for a police thriller that will leave you thinking. It comes from the director of The Grey, one of the best Liam Neeson films, and is interesting in that it’s the first film for Netflix to experiment with the new profit sharing model – we’ll see how that goes!

Working in its favor is that it’s a very good film. In our review published this morning, we gave it a 3.5-star rating, and concluded, “This twisty update on the classic dirty cop crime thriller is exactly the type of dormant genre that Netflix could bring back into our lives with great success. Damon and Affleck amp up the procedural elements while writer/director Joe Carnahan keeps the suspense going until the bullets fly. Another well-constructed genre film from Netflix in 2026!”

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Licorice Pizza (2021)

Rating: R
Language: English
Style: comedy, drama, romance
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Mould: Will Angarola, Griff Giacchino, James Kelly
Author: Paul Thomas Anderson
Runtime: 133 minutes/2 hours 13 minutes

Continuing Netflix’s recent new licensing deal with MGM, we take a look at one of Paul Thomas Anderson’s most recent films before his big Oscar-contender, one fight after another. We’re referring to Licorice Pizza, which premiered in theaters half a decade ago and was nominated for numerous awards, including three Oscar nominations.

The story focuses on Gary Valentine and Alana Kane as we capture them growing up, running around, and navigating the treacherous waters of first love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973.

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Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (narrow range)

number of episodes:3
Rating: TV-14
Language: English
Style: crime, drama, mystery
Mould: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Edward Bluemel, Martin Freeman

Netflix’s big new series of the week and the first major new title coming from the United Kingdom for 2026 is Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, which would be easy to watch this weekend given that it’s set over a criminally short three-episode arc, but arguably, that works in its favor.

Although reviews have been mixed, with many criticizing the ending rather than its spectacular sets, costumes and performances, this is a mystery thriller that sheds a new light on one of Agatha Christie’s best novels and will fill in the blanks that have been left. wake up dead manWhich hit in December. In our review, we gave it a four-star rating, with the MVP award going to Mia McKenna-Bruce, of whom we concluded, “Charming, funny and full of infectious energy, it’s hard to imagine anyone else as Lady Bundle Brent.” There are great performances all around, but McKenna-Bruce dominates every scene she appears in, as Bundle gets caught up in antics and troubles.

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Kumiko, the treasure hunter

Rating: TV-PG
Language: English
Style: Drama
Director: david zellner
Mould: Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Kanako Higashi
Author: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
Runtime: 105 minutes/1 hour 45 minutes

I don’t remember where or when I first discovered this movie, but I gave it a chance late one night, and what a trip it was. Now, more than a decade after its initial release, it is finally streaming on Netflix. I watched it because the description mentioned Fargo, one of my favorite movies, so that at least explains the inspiration.

The plot revolves around a Tokyo office employee who is underpaid and overworked, and is looking for some adventure. She uses a suitcase of money, which was discovered in the TV series and which she believes to be genuine, as motivation to go to Minnesota in the United States to track it down. This is one of the most unique movies I have ever seen, using an urban legend that is extremely beautiful in its execution. It paints a sobering picture of both countries, while documenting the human experience, albeit in different ways. It’s a little surreal and fantastical, and I’m not doing it justice, but it’s a character study that’s worth the journey. Trust me!

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Complete list of new releases on Netflix this week

38 new movies added this week

• Aha Kalyanam (2014) – TV-14 – Tamil
• Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story (2023) – TV-14 – English
• An Unexpected Valentine (2025) – TV-G – English
• Bob Marley: One Love (2024) – PG-13 – English
• Bone Lake (2024) – R – English
• Dark Places (2015) – R – English
• DEAW #1 Stand Up Comedy Show (1995) – TV-PG – Thai
• DEAW #10 Stand Up Comedy Show (2013) – TV-14 – Thai
• DEAW #11 Stand Up Comedy Show (2015) – TV-MA – Thai
• DEAW #12 Stand Up Comedy Show (2018) – TV-MA – Thai
• DEAW #2 Stand Up Comedy Show (1996) – TV-14 – Thai
• DEAW #3 Stand Up Comedy Show (1997) – TV-MA – Thai
• DEAW #4 Stand Up Comedy Show (1999) – TV-MA – Thai
• DEAW #5 Stand Up Comedy Show (2002) – TV-MA – Thai
• DEAW #6 Stand Up Comedy Show (2003) – TV-MA – Thai
• DEAW #7 Stand Up Comedy Show (2008) – TV-MA – Thai
• DEAW #8 Stand Up Comedy Show (2010) – 180 minutes – Thai
• DEAW #9 Stand Up Comedy Show (2011) – TV-MA – Thai
• Warped (2018) – R – English
• Salute to Love (2025) – TV-G – English
• Kill Tony: Once Upon a Time in Texas (2026) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) – TV-PG – English
• Licorice Pizza (2021) – R – English
• Love in the Clouds (2025) – TV-PG – English
• Magic Romp (2025) – TV-14 – Malay
• Mardaani (2014) – TV-MA – Hindi
• Mardaani 2 (2019) – TV-MA – Hindi
• Meru (2015) – R – English
• One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 ​​(2026) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
• Side Effects (2013) – R – English
• Sisterhood, Inc. (2025) – TV-G – English
• The Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story (2022) – TV-14 – English
• Children Act (2017) – R – English
• The Rip (2026) Netflix Original – R – English
• The Royal V (2025) – TV-PG – English
• Thugs of Hindostan (2018) – TV-14 – Telugu
• Thugs of Hindostan (Tamil) (2018) – TV-14 – Tamil
• Tusk (2014) – R – English

31 new TV series added this week

• 3 and Out with John Middlecalf (Season 1) – TV-MA – English
• Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
• Angel Eyes (Limited Series) – TV-14 – Korean
• Animal Control (Season 3) – TV-PG – English
• Can this love be translated? (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Korean
• Game Over with Max Kellerman and Rich Paul (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) – TV-14 – English
• Gimbap and Onigiri (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) – TV-PG – Japanese
• Jin Tam (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
• Kenichi: The Most Powerful Disciple (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
• Love Through a Glass (Season 1) – TV-PG – Japanese
• Magic Knight Rayearth (Season 1) – TV-PG – English
• No Tale to Tell (Limited Series – New Episodes Weekly) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Korean
• Pardon My Words (Seasons 1-2 – New Episodes Weekly) – TV-MA – English
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Season 1) – TV-14 – Japanese
• Sheriff Labrador (Season 1) – TV-Y7 – English
• The Silent Truth (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) – TV-PG – Japanese
• Southland (seasons 1–5) – TV-MA – English
• Spittin’ Chicklets (Seasons 1-2) – TV-MA – English
• Taskery: The Smuggler’s Web (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Hindi
• Bill Simmons Podcast (Season 1 – New Episodes Live Weekly) – TV-MA – English
• The Boyfriend (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Japanese
• Privileged (Season 1) – TV-14 – Korean
• The Queen of Flow (Season 3) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
• The Ringer Fantasy Football Show (Season 1 – New episodes weekly) – TV-MA – English
• The Ringer NBA Show (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) – TV-MA – English
• The Ringer NFL Show (Season 1 – New episodes weekly) – TV-MA – English
• The Ryan Russillo Show (Seasons 1-2 – New episodes weekly) – TV-MA – English
• The Upshaw (Part 7) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
• The Zach Lowe Show (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) – TV-MA – English
• To Love, To Lose (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Türkiye
• Veronica Mars (Seasons 1-3) – TV-14 – English

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Most Popular Movies on Netflix US This Week

Netflix’s big rom-com set in 2026 had a slow start in the global top 10 this week, but that hasn’t stopped it from scoring a full slate of points in the daily US top 10 all week. soul is burningInspirational biopic film that comes to Netflix via Sony first window deal.

1. People we meet on holidays (70 points)
2. Soul on Fire (58 points)
3. Bad Guys (53 points)
4. Kpop Demon Hunters (49 points)
5. Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (34 points)
6. One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 ​​(32 points)
7. Stone Cold Fox (24 points)
8. Just Go With It (20 points)
9. Lone Survivor (18 points)
10. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (16 issues)
11. Pitch Perfect (12 points)
12. Priscilla (11 points)
13. Bob Marley: One Love (11 points)
14. The Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story (9 issues)
15. An Unexpected Valentine (8 points)
16. Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story (6 issues)
17. Bone Lake (4 points)
18. Pitch Perfect 2 (3 points)
19. Man on Fire (2 points)

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Most Popular Series on Netflix US This Week

There was a big new limited series starting in 2026 his hisAnd it has scored a huge number of points in the daily top 10 in the US this week, beating out the excellent Hulu adaptation of the Stephen King novel, 11.22.63. 16 shows ultimately entered and exited the daily top 10.

1. His and Hers (80 points)
2. 11.22.63 (69 points)
3. Marcelo Hernandez: American Boy (58 points)
4. run away (49 points)
5. Strange Things (41 points)
6. Unlock: A Prison Experiment (31 points)
7. Kill Tony: Once Upon a Time in Texas (29 points)
8. Raw (21 points)
9. Found (16 points)
10. Emily in Paris (16 points)
11. Mark Roberts CrunchLabs (10 points)
12. Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (9 points)
13. Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable… (4 points)
14. Upshaws (3 points)
15. Prodigal Son (3 points)
16. Queen of Flow (1 point)

What are you watching on Netflix this weekend? Let us know in the comments.