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Welcome to the weekend list of what’s new on Netflix for January 9, 2026. It’s been a busy week for new things, with the streamer releasing 25 new movies and series in the last seven days. Whether you’re looking for a cozy romantic comedy or an adrenaline-fueled action thriller to warm up a winter weekend, the lineup this week is surprisingly strong. We’ve got a highly anticipated Emily Henry adaptation, Kiernan Shipka returns in a serious new role, and a beloved crime procedural is finally coming to Netflix for the first time. Here’s a look at everything new and what should be on your watchlist.
Some quick housekeeping – we’re still learning about new releases coming in January 2026, so be sure to bookmark our list, and we’ve also started listing all of the February 2026 arrivals here. And in case you missed it, Netflix confirmed more than 160 new releases coming in 2026 with its Next on Netflix campaign earlier this week.
OK, what’s new on Netflix and what should you watch? Here are our picks!
What to watch on Netflix this weekend
People we meet on holidays (2026)
Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Style: romance
Director: Brett Haley
Mould: Lucas Gage, Sarah Catherine Hook, Tom Blythe
Netflix has been promoting its big new Emily Henry novel adaptation for quite some time, and it looks like it was justified, as the streamer has just confirmed that two more of the author’s novels are about to be headed for the big screen. However, before that happens, we get to go on an adventure with Poppy and Alex, two polar opposites who decide to pursue a romantic relationship after vacationing together for years. Will sparks rekindle, or will this end their relationship forever?
In our review, we gave the film a 3.5-star rating and called it a good start to Netflix’s 2026 film slate. We gave the MVP award to Emily Bader, who played Poppy, and concluded, “Ironically, or possibly by design, the film feels like it has all the elements of a real vacation: warm inviting locales, high altitudes, the excitement of the new, the joy of spending time with people you want to be with, the cool breeze of reality upon return, and the thrill of anticipation knowing you’ll get to do it all again soon,” adding, “Better a “beach read.” One of the romances that should satisfy fans of this genre, Bader and Blythe make a believable “opposites attract” couple, who is having the time of their lives, which is almost too good for January.
prodigal son (Season 1-2)
number of episodes:33
Rating: TV-14
Language: English
Style: crime, drama, mystery
Mould: Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage
Author: Chris Fedak, Sam Sclaver
Runtime: 44 minutes
Some new series are worth your time this week, but for us, the debut of prodigal son What’s most exciting, albeit bittersweet, is seeing that the show was brutally canceled despite being absolutely brilliant.
Headlined by Tom Payne, the series definitely has the elements that made The Blacklist compelling. It follows his character, Malcolm Bright, an acclaimed criminal psychologist, who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD. How did he get his best insights? He is the son of Dr. Martin Whitley (played by the great Michael Sheen), an infamous serial killer.
Running on Fox between 2019 and 2021, it is the latest television series from Warner Bros. to be picked up following the announcement that they would be purchasing the company and its assets late last year.
stone cold fox (2025)
Rating: TV-MA
Language: English
Style: action, thriller
Director: Sophie Tabet
Mould: Norman De Buck, Kiernan Shipka, Kiefer Sutherland
Author: Julia Roth, Sophie Tebbet
Runtime: 86 minutes
In one of many SVOD debuts for January, Netflix has premiered the action thriller directed by Kiernan Shipka, who longtime Netflix fans may know from playing Sabrina on Netflix. Sabrina’s hair-raising adventure Which continues to stream in its entirety even after its release in four seasons. It’s an incredibly different role for the actress who has been in a myriad of different projects since exiting the Netflix fantasy series.
Released in select theaters in November, chances are that most people have missed this film, so let us tell you. Shipka plays Fox, a woman who must infiltrate the commune to rescue her sister, who is imprisoned there. highly inspired by kill BillIt won’t win any awards, but it’s a fun entertainer and worth a watch, especially given its extremely short runtime.
Complete list of new releases on Netflix this week
Note: An expanded list of all the new things added to Netflix US this week can be found on What’s New on our Netflix Hub page.
13 new movies added this week
- Akhand 2 (2025) – TV-14 – Telugu
- De De Pyar De 2 (2025) – TV-14 – Hindi
- Depeche Mode:M (2025) – TV-PG – English
- Dr. Dolittle (1998) – PG-13 – English
- Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) – PG – English
- Good Night, and Good Luck: Live from Broadway (2025) – TV-14 – English
- Marcelo Hernandez: American Boy (2025) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
- People We Meet on Holidays (2026) Netflix Original – PG-13 – English
- Silent House (2011) – R – English
- Soul on Fire (2025) – PG – English
- Spookily the Square Pumpkin (2005) – Yes – English
- Stone Cold Fox (2025) – TV-MA – English
- Lesson (2023) – R – English
12 new TV series added this week
- 11.22.63 (Limited Series) – TV-MA – English
- Alpha Males (Season 4) – TV-MA – Spanish
- Defying Destiny (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
- Good Cop/Bad Cop (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
- HIS & HERS (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Love Is Blind: Germany (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – German
- Paparazzi King (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Italian
- Pokémon Horizons: Season 3: Raising Hope (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-Y7 – English
- Prodigal Son (Seasons 1-2) – TV-14 – English
- Raw Weekly Recap (Season 2 – New Episodes Weekly) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
- The Following (Seasons 1–3) – TV-14 – English
- Unlocked: A Prison Experiment (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
Most Popular Movies on Netflix US This Week
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With no major new film releases over the festive period, it’s the surprising true-crime documentary on Jodi Hildebrandt that has made the daily US top 10 last week, earning full marks. Several January 1 arrivals filtered into the daily top 10 this week, with Denzel Washington’s Man on Fire from 2004 managing to beat out the Priscilla biopic by a slim margin. This is good news for Netflix, as it just revealed that its series adaptation of the source material is set for release in 2026.
- Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (80 points)
- Man on Fire (58 points)
- Priscilla (54 points)
- Ford vs Ferrari (42 points)
- Pitch Perfect 2 (38 points)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (34 issues)
- Pitch Perfect (32 points)
- Kpop Demon Hunters (27 points)
- Bad Guys (24 points)
- Just Go With It (22 points)
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (10 points)
- Man’s Wrath (10 points)
- Soul on Fire (6 points)
- Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (3 points)
Most Popular TV Series on Netflix US This Week
12 Image Credit: Netflix Surprisingly, the new Harlan Coben series continues to dominate the daily top 10, but stranger things Still there after its finale (yes, finale – no episode 9 coming) on New Years. Emily falls out of top 3 in ParisWith canceled NBC shows foundwhatever was found It got new love after Netflix got involved last weekend.
- Run Away (76 points)
- Strange Things (70 points)
- Emily in Paris (45 points)
- Found (43 points)
- Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable… (41 points)
- Mark Roberts CrunchLabs (30 points)
- Ricky Gervais: Mortality (20 points)
- Raw (18 points)
- Land of Sin (17 points)
- 11.22.63 (16 points)
- The Beast in Me (16 points)
- Marcelo Hernandez: American Boy (14 points)
- Members Only: Palm Beach (11 points)
- His and Hers (10 points)
- Unlock: A Prison Experiment (9 points)
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning (3 points)
- Tom Segura: Teacher (1 point)
What are you watching on Netflix this week? Let us know in the comments below.