The new year is (nearly) here, and with it comes a fresh slate of reasons to stay in and hit play. January on Netflix is all about leaning into the holidays and settling into your favourite spot on the couch, with a lineup of releases to start 2026 on the right note. From a yearning-filled fourth season of Bridgerton and the promise of holiday romance in The People We Meet on Vacation, to the long-awaited finale of Stranger Things, there’s something to suit every mood as the summer stretches ahead.
Below, break out the popcorn, and get acquainted with every new release coming to Netflix in Australia in January 2026.
1 January 2026
- Love from 9 to 5
- My Korean Boyfriend
- Run Away
- Stranger Things 5: The Finale
- Time Flies
- Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish: Season 2
- Carrie
- 21
2 January 2026
- Land of Sin
3 January 2026
- WWE SmackDown: 2026
6 January 2026
- Monday Night Raw: 2026
- Pokémon Horizons: Season 3 — Rising Hope Part 1
7 January 2026
- Unlocked: A Jail Experiment: Season 2
- Marcello Hernández: American Boy
- WWE NXT: 2026
8 January 2026
- HIS & HERS
- Love Is Blind: Germany: Season 2
9 January 2026
- Alpha Males: Season 4
- People We Meet on Vacation
- How to Train Your Dragon
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
10 January 2026
- Longlegs
13 January 2026
- The Boyfriend: Season 2
15 January 2026
- Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
- Love Through a Prism
- The Upshaws: Part 7
- To Love, To Lose
16 January 2026
- Can This Love Be Translated?
- The Rip
- Kangaroo Island
17 January 2026
- No Tail to Tell
18 January 2026
- Undercover Miss Hong
20 January 2026
- WWE: Unreal: Season 2
- Star Search
21 January 2026
- Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart
22 January 2026
- Finding Her Edge
- Free Bert
- Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
23 January 2026
- The Big Fake
- Skyscraper Live
- 27 January 2026
- Mike Epps: Delusional
- Awake
29 January 2026
- Bridgerton: Season 4 Part 1
- Lost in Translation
31 January 2026
- Royal Rumble: Season 39: 2026
Want to keep building out your watchlist? Here's our guide to every book being adapted for film and television in 2026, plus the film's we predict will win big this award's season.
