Netflix has by far the most exciting slate from all the major streamers going into January 2025. Out of the new arrivals this month, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl jumps out first. The latest from legendary U.K. animation studio Aardman, Vengeance Most Fowl is only the second Wallace & Gromit feature-length adventure after 2005’s The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, but is actually a sequel to the iconic 1993 short The Wrong Trousers. The villainous silent penguin Feathers McGraw returns with a sinister plan for revenge against the titular claymation duo. Moreover, Vengeance Most Fowl boasts a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, making it a special event for families when it hits Netflix on January 3, 2025.
The second big movie premiere that must be talked about features the grand comeback of actress Cameron Diaz. The hotly anticipated Netflix original film Back in Action re-unites Diaz, who is stepping out of acting retirement specifically for this project, with her Annie co-star Jamie Foxx. Funny enough, the story sees their former CIA spy characters coming out of their own retirement when their secret identities are blown. As the title suggests, the film promises plenty of action and comedy, and perhaps a little romance too. For Diaz’s long-awaited comeback alone, Back in Action will be worth the hype when the Netflix movie debuts on January 17, 2025.
The next spotlight of January 2025 goes to the Netflix original series Missing You. Based on the novel by Harlan Coben, Missing You centers on Detective Inspector Kat Donavan (Rosalind Eleazar) after she shockingly finds her thought-to-be missing fiance, Clint Donovan (Lenny Henry), on a dating app. Co-starring Richard Armitage (The Hobbit trilogy), Missing You has all the twists and turns that one could want from a thriller. To stay on British programming, Cunk on Life is now available to stream, too. The mockumentary follows fan-favorite fictional documentarian Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan) as she ponders life’s greatest philosophical questions in a deadpan manner. Fans of the previous Cunk on Earth comedy series will be overjoyed with this feature-length follow-up.
In the miniseries department, the streaming giant will add the new six-episode limited series American Primeval on January 9, 2025. Directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor) and written by Mark L. Smith (Twisters, The Revenant), American Primeval tells the sprawling story of how the American West was won, examining different factions of religion and culture as they brutally clash over dominance. If that premise doesn’t have Netflix subscribers hooked, then its star-studded cast, featuring Taylor Kitsch, Dane DeHaan, Jai Courtney, and Shea Wingham, will do the trick. Filled with visceral action and excellent period-accurate production design, American Primeval will be an immediate binge for those in the mood for a good old-fashioned Western.
Many subscribers are heavily anticipating The Night Agent Season 2 as well, which arrives on January 23, 2025. The espionage thriller series, based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk, is set to plunge its daring lead, former FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), and his love interest, former Silicon Valley CEO Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan), into a whole new world of government conspiracies and global threats. After successfully saving the President of the United States in the first season, Peter is promoted to a top-secret organization called Night Action. Seeing how The Night Agent Season 3 has already been confirmed, it’s safe to say this promotion will come with a hefty load of dangerous missions.
It must be mentioned that Netflix is getting a double dose of Noah Centineo this month. The first is in XO, Kitty Season 2, releasing on January 16, 2025. A spin-off series from the To All the Boys trilogy, XO, Kitty follows Kitty Song Covey (Anna Cathcart) — the younger sister of Lana Condor‘s film protagonist Lara Jean — as she pursues her own love story studying abroad at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS). Part rom-com and part K-drama, XO, Kitty is bringing back Lara Jean’s charming boyfriend, Peter Kavinsky (Centineo), for this second season, making for a heart-warming reunion with Kitty. Lara has yet to appear in this Netflix show, but Lana Condor has publicly expressed interest!
Noah Centineo will then grace Netflix screens again on January 30, 2025 in The Recruit Season 2. The spy thriller show sees the actor take on the role of CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks. In this latest season, he’s joined by Past Lives star Teo Yoo for a life-threatening mission in South Korea. Also arriving on January 30 is Mo Season 2. Mo is the semi-autobiographical project of comedian Mo Amer, who uses the series to chronicle his experiences as a Palestinian refugee living in the increasingly diverse culture of Houston, Texas. Praised for its true-to-life, representational nature, Mo has earned a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes — high praise that is likely to continue when the second season drops.
To begin wrapping things up, the Netflix streaming platform has struck a new deal with the WWE to bring Monday Night RAW to viewers live, and this partnership is kicking off on January 6, 2025. Other than that, Netflix is, of course, bringing tons of older classics to its revolving streaming library this month. The Rush Hour trilogy will be there for fans of action comedies. Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, some of the most acclaimed superhero films of all time, will also debut at the top of January 2025. That’s not to mention the nostalgia of revisiting those or the two theatrical live-action Scooby-Doo movies.
Last but not least, Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Interstellar just got added back to Netflix this January. This is perfect timing for cinephiles who are over the moon about his upcoming adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, scheduled to hit theaters on July 17, 2026. Discover more on our monthly recs below, then check out the list of every movie and TV show coming to the Netflix streaming service in January 2025. You can also find what’s new this month on Prime Video, HBO/Max, and Disney+/Hulu right here on DiscussingFilm.
Our Netflix January 2025 Recs
Missing You
Created by Victoria Asare-Archer.
Based on Missing You by Harlan Coben.
Series Directors: Nimer Rashed & Isher Sahota.
Executive Producers: Harlan Coben, Nicola Shindler, Richard Fee, Victoria Asare-Archer, & Danny Brocklehurst.
Main Cast: Rosalind Eleazar, Jessica Plummer, Richard Armitage, Lenny Henry, Steve Pemberton, Marc Warren, Samantha Spiro, Lisa Faulkner, Mary Malone, Ashley Walters, Alice Offley, James Nesbitt, Matt Willis, Felix Garcia Guyer, Kieran Burton, & GK Barry.
Composer: Ben Onono.
Production Companies: Quay Street Productions & Final Twist Productions.
Episode Count: 5 (Season One).
Missing You is now streaming on Netflix!
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Directed by Nick Park & Merlin Crossingham.
Screenplay by Mark Burton.
Story by Nick Park & Mark Burton.
Based on Wallace & Gromit by Nick Park.
Produced by Richard Beek & Claire Jennings.
Executive Producers: Peter Lord & Javier Hernáez.
Main Voice Cast: Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Reece Shearsmith, Lauren Patel, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh, & Lenny Henry.
Composers: Lorne Balfe (score) & Julian Nott (themes).
Production Company: Aardman Animations.
Distributors: Netflix (worldwide) & BBC (UK).
Runtime: 70 minutes.
Rated PG.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl arrives on Netflix on January 3, 2025!
American Primeval
Directed by Peter Berg.
Screenplay by Mark L. Smith.
Produced by Tim King & Robin Le Chanu.
Executive Producers: Peter Berg, Mark L. Smith, Alexander H. Gayner, & Eric Newman.
Main Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Kim Coates, Jai Courtney, Shea Whigham, Dane DeHaan, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Kyle Bradley Davis, Preston Mota, Nick Hargrove, Derek Hinkey, Mikandrew, Shawnee Pourier, Joe Tippett, & Kevin Scott Allen.
Cinematographer: Jacques Jouffret.
Composers: Explosions in the Sky.
Production Companies: Film 44 & Grand Electric.
Network: Netflix.
Episode Count: 6 (Limited Series).
American Primeval hits Netflix on January 9, 2025.
XO, Kitty: Season 2
Created by Jenny Han.
Based on characters by Jenny Han.
Showrunner: Jessica O’Toole.
Executive Producers: Jenny Han, Matt Kaplan, Jessica O’Toole, & Sascha Rothchild.
Main Cast: Anna Cathcart, Noah Centineo, Choi Min-young, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Anthony Keyvan, Peter Thurnwald, Jocelyn Shelfo, Michael K. Lee, Regan Aliyah, Audrey Huynh, Sasha Bhasin, Joshua Lee, & Philippe Lee.
Production Companies: Awesomeness & ACE Entertainment.
Network: Netflix.
Episode Count: 8 (Season Two).
XO, Kitty Season 2 launches on Netflix on January 16, 2025!
Back in Action
Directed by Seth Gordon.
Written by Seth Gordon & Brendan O’Brien.
Produced by Seth Gordon, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Sharla Sumpter Bridgett, & Beau Bauman.
Executive Producers: Jamie Foxx, Brendan O’Brien, Tim Lewis, Datari Turner, & Bergen Swanson.
Main Cast: Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, & Rylan Jackson.
Cinematographer: Ken Seng.
Composer: Christopher Lennertz.
Production Companies: Chernin Entertainment, Exhibit A, & Good One.
Distributor: Netflix.
Runtime: 114 minutes.
Rated PG-13.
Back in Action premieres on Netflix on January 17, 2025!
The Night Agent: Season 2
Created by Shawn Ryan.
Based on The Night Agent by Matthew Quirk.
Executive Producers: Shawn Ryan, Seth Gordon, Marney Hochman, Julia Gunn, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, Nicole Tossou, & David Beaubaire.
Main Cast: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Berto Colon, Brittany Snow, Teddy Sears, Michael Malarkey, Keon Alexander, Navid Negahban, Rob Heaps, Marwan Kenzari, Elise Kibler, Dikran Tulain, & Hong Chau.
Composer: Robert Duncan.
Production Companies: MiddKid Productions, Exhibit A, Project X Entertainment, & Sony Pictures Television Studios.
Network: Netflix.
Episode Count: 10 (Season Two).
The Night Agent Season 2 debuts on Netflix on January 23, 2025!
The Recruit: Season 2
Created by Alexi Hawley.
Executive Producers: Alexi Hawley, Noah Centineo, David Bartis, Doug Liman, Gene Klein, Charlie Ebersol, & Adam Ciralsky.
Main Cast: Noah Centineo, Laura Haddock, Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn, Fivel Stewart, Daniel Quincy Annoh, Kristian Bruun, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Teo Yoo, James Purefoy, Brooke Smith, Devika Bhise, Felix Solis, Young-Ah Kim, Do Hyun Shin, Sanghee Lee, Omar Maskati, Alana Hawley Purvis, & Nathan Fillion.
Composer: Jordan Gagne.
Production Companies: Hypnotic, Perfectman Pictures, & Lionsgate Television.
Network: Netflix.
Episode Count: 6 (Season Two).
The Recruit Season 2 comes to Netflix on January 30, 2025!
Netflix January 2025: Full List of New Arrivals
Coming January 1
Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever — Netflix Documentary
The Love Scam — Netflix Film
Missing You — Netflix Series
Number 24 — Netflix Film
13 Going on 30 (2004)
3 Ninjas: Kick Back (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Blended (2014)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Colombiana (2011)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (2012)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Inception (2010)
Interstellar (2014)
Little Fockers (2010)
Love Actually (2003)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Melancholia (2011)
The Net (1995)
Notting Hill (1999)
Out of Africa (1985)
Rush Hour (1998)
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Scooby-Doo (2002)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Coming January 2
Cunk on Life — Netflix Film
Stranded with my Mother-in-Law, season 2 — Netflix Series
Coming January 3
Bandidos, Season 2 — Netflix Series
Love Is Blind: Germany — Netflix Series
Shafted — Netflix Series
Selling The City — Netflix Series
Umjolo: My Beginning, My End! — Netflix Film
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl — Netflix Family
Coming January 4
When the Stars Gossip — Netflix Series
Coming January 6
My Happy Marriage, Season 2 — Netflix Anime
WWE Raw: 2025 — Netflix Live Event
Coming January 7
The Breakthrough — Netflix Series
Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy — Netflix Comedy Special
The Graham Norton Show: Best Bits: Week of December 31, 2024
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action — Netflix Documentary
Younger, Seasons 1-7
Coming January 8
Dubai Bling, Season 3 — Netflix Series
Hound’s Hill — Netflix Series
I AM A KILLER, Season 6 — Netflix Documentary
Subteran — Netflix Series
Coming January 9
American Primeval – Netflix Series
Asura — Netflix Series
I am Ilary — Netflix Series
Lion
The Upshaws: Part 6 — Netflix Series
Coming January 10
Ad Vitam — Netflix Film
Alpha Males, Season 3 — Netflix Series
Coming January 11
SAKAMOTO DAYS — Netflix Anime
Coming January 13
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Season 1
Coming January 14
Ari Shaffir: America’s Sweetheart — Netflix Comedy Special
Single’s Inferno, Season 4 — Netflix Series
Coming January 15
Hereditary (2018)
Krapopolis, Season 1
Public Disorder — Netflix Series
Coming January 16
XO, Kitty, Season 2 — Netflix Series
Coming January 17
Back in Action — Netflix Film
Young, Famous & African, Season 3 — Netflix Series
Coming January 21
The Graham Norton Show: Best Bits: Week of January 10, 2025
Coming January 22
W.A.G.s to Riches — Netflix Series
Coming January 23
NCIS, Seasons 1-5
The Night Agent, Season 2 — Netflix Series
Coming January 24
The Sand Castle — Netflix Film
Coming January 26
You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
Coming January 28
The Graham Norton Show: Best Bits: Week of January 17, 2025
Liza Treyger: Night Owl — Netflix Comedy Special
Coming January 29
Six Nations: Full Contact, Season 2 — Netflix Series
Coming January 30
Mo, Season 2 — Netflix Series
The Recruit, Season 2 — Netflix Series
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse, Season 2 — Netflix Anime
Coming January 31
Lucca’s World — Netflix Film
The Snow Girl, Season 2 — Netflix Series
