This January, Netflix is kicking off the new year with plenty of incredible content worth watching all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t feel down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from premiering titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful January 2025 premieres are sure to have something for everyone.
The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly-anticipated continuations of established hit series across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone), like XO, Kitty: Season 2, The Night Agent: Season 2, and Mo: Season 2.
There are also plenty of exciting brand-new shows that will begin streaming exclusively on Netflix starting this month. Keep an eye out in particular for Missing You, American Primeval, and Sakamoto Days, which are all already looking to be some of the most promising new releases out of January’s entire streaming lineup.
So what makes the cut for our top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10? Keep reading to treat yourself to the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for January 2025.
Released January 1
CAST: Rosalind Eleazar, Richard Armitage, Steve Pemberton, Ashley Walters, Jessica Plummer, Sir Lenny Henry, Marc Warren, Samantha Spiro, Lisa Faulkner, Mary Malone, James Nesbitt, Matt Jay-Willis
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Adapted from Harlan Coben’s 2014 novel of the same name, Missing You is a mystery thriller series that follows Detective Kat Donovan (Eleazar) as she discovers her missing fiancé on a dating app years after he suddenly disappeared from her life. But after matching with him, she realizes that some old secrets are best left buried, as past traumas and mysteries begin unraveling Kat’s current life.
Released January 16
CAST: Anna Cathcart, Minyeong Choi, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Anthony Keyvan, Peter Thurnwald, Regan Aliyah, Noah Centineo, Audrey Huynh, Sasha Bhasin, Joshua Lee
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: Kitty Song Covey (Cathcart) returns to Seoul, South Korea for another semester at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS) joined by familiar and fresh faces (including Noah Centineo back as To All the Boys‘ Peter Kavinsky). In XO, Kitty: Season 2, Kitty comes to find that family, life, and romance can be even more complex than she ever thought possible.
Released January 9
CAST: Taylor Kitsch, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Jai Courtney, Shea Whigham, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Kyle Bradley Davis, Preston Mota, Nick Hargrove, Derek Hinkey, Mikandrew, Shawnee Pourier, Joe Tippett, Kevin Scott Allen
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: American Primeval is a Netflix Original Western drama all about the fight to explore and take over the American West. The show centers on a mother and son’s escape from their former lives to create a found family for themselves out West, where a harsh landscape, clash of cults and religions, and various cruelties — and freedoms — await them.
Released January 23
CAST: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Brittany Snow, Amanda Warren, Kari Matchett, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Berto Colon, Michael Malarkey, Keon Alexander, Teddy Sears, Navin Negahban, Rob Heaps, Marwan Kenzari, Elise Kibler, Dikran Tulaine
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: This Netflix Original action thriller series returns to the platform for a sophomore season that continues to follow the high-stakes exploits of FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Basso) and former tech CEO Rose Larkin (Buchanan) amidst a conspiracy revolving around top-secret U.S. government information leaks. The Night Agent: Season 2 sees Peter and Rose become the targets of a vicious intelligence broker and a lethal war criminal as they go deeper into their search for the CIA’s mole.
Released January 11, 18, and 25
CAST: Tomokazu Sugita, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ayane Sakura, Nao Tōyama, Hina Kino, Ryōta Suzuki, Natsuki Hanae, Taku Yashiro, Saori Hayami, Hiroki Yasumoto, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Daisuke Namikawa
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Based on Yuto Suzuki’s ongoing manga series of the same name, this Japanese gangster comedy anime centers on Taro Sakamoto (Sugita), a man once known as the world’s greatest hitman who then retired in the name of love. Although he now works and lives peacefully as a convenience store owner, Sakamoto’s past eventually catches up to him, forcing him to draw upon his old skills in order to protect his family and business.
Mo: Season 2
Released January 30
CAST: Mo Amer, Teresa Ruiz, Farah Bsieso, Omar Elba, Tobe Nwigwe, Michael Y. Kim, Lee Eddy, Cherien Dabis
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: The touching and engrossing story of Mo comes to an end towards the end of this month with the release of the Netflix Original comedy-drama’s second and final season. Mo: Season 2 continues to follow Mo Najjar (Amer), a Palestinian refugee living in Houston, as he attempts to balance asylum troubles with various side hustles and a deep yearning to reunite with his family. At the same name, a new rival threatens Mo’s relationship with his girlfriend, Maria (Ruiz), ensuring that there is no shortage of compelling dilemmas and human moments ahead in this must-see finale.
Released January 31
CAST: Milena Smit, Miki Esparbé, Aixa Villagrán, Marco Cáceres, Hugo Welzel, Luis Callejo, Luis Bermejo, Vicente Romero, Jose Coronado
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: The first season of this Netflix Original mystery thriller series out of Spain revolved around journalist Miren Rojo (Smit) as she endeavors to get to the bottom of what happened to a girl named Amaya Martín who went missing in 2010. Now, The Snow Girl is back for a second season that continues to follow Miren as she takes on a new case that links a girl’s recent murder, an old disappearance, and an elitist school in Málaga.
Released January 7
CAST: N/A
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Over the course of two fascinating episodes, this Netflix Original docuseries gives viewers a look at The Jerry Springer Show as you’ve never seen it before. Bolstered by exclusive testimonials, anecdotes, and revelations from those involved, Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action delves into the darker truths behind the controversial daytime talk show, including some of its biggest scandals that occurred both on and off-camera.
Released January 6
CAST: Reina Ueda, Kaito Ishikawa, Ayane Sakura, Hiroshi Yanaka, Kana Ueda, Mamiko Noto, Noriko Hidaka, Kōtarō Nishiyama, Kenyū Horiuchi, Toshinari Fukamachi, Houko Kuwashima, Mirai Yamamoto, Yōko Hikasa, Ryōtarō Okiayu, Kikuko Inoue, Ryhōhei Kimura, Kōsei Hirota, Yūya Uchida, Hiro Shimono, Kenta Miyake, Haruka Tomatsu, Takayuki Sugō, Akira Ishida
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: My Happy Marriage is a historical fantasy romantic-drama series out of Japan that centers on Miyo Saimori (Ueda), a young woman whose abusive family marries her off to a notoriously cold and ruthless soldier named Kiyoka Kudō (Ishikawa) to fulfill her familial duties. But despite their many differences, as Miyo and Kiyoka get to know one another, they find that there’s still a chance for true love to blossom between them. Season 2 of the series follows the pair as their romance continues to evolve in the face of new challenges and schemers that are poised to threaten their tenuous peace.
Released January 9
CAST: Wanda Sykes, Mike Epps, Kim FIelds, Khali Spraggins, Journey Christine, Jermelle Simon, Diamond Lyons, Gabrielle Dennis, Lamont Thompson, Page Kennedy, Mike Estime
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: Bennie (Epps) and Regina Upshaw (Fields), their kids, and Regina’s older sister, Lucretia (Sykes), are all back for 10 new episodes with your favorite Netflix sitcom family. The Upshaws: Part 6 follows all the characters as they go through fresh changes and challenges while still having each other’s backs through it all, even if they don’t always see eye to eye.
Released January 22
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CAST: Sharelle Rosado, Maranda Johnson, Ashley Wheeler, Alexis Welch Stoudemire, Porsha Berto, Sadé Vanessa, Lastonia Leviston, Keeta Hill, Julz Goddard
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Get ready for a brand-new Netflix Original reality TV experience with W.A.G.s to Riches premiering on the platform in January. The show takes viewers to Miami and gives you a peek behind the curtain into the lives of some of the city’s most ambitious and well-connected women. Following ladies associated with everyone from athletes to musicians to local power players, W.A.G.s to Riches is full of drama, rivalries, glitz, and glamor that will have you hooked from the start.
