What Movies & TV Shows Are Coming to Netflix in January 2017?

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Christopher Reeve as Superman. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

January 1, 2017 doesn’t just mean the beginning of a new year. It also brings new movies and television shows to Netflix streaming. While it’s true that the selection of movies Netflix adds each month isn’t always as impressive as it once was, there are still some highlights each month. For January, the biggest highlight is the addition of the original Superman films, starring Christopher Reeve.

In 1978, Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie made audiences believe a man could fly and made film executives believe that audiences would flock to movies about comic book characters. Although the series got progressively worse as it moved on, Reeve’s performances defined the character for generations. In fact, after the final film – 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, there wasn’t another Superman movie until Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns in 2006. All four movies, plus Returns, will be available to stream on Netflix on January 1.

Also coming to Netflix on January 1 is the Steven Spielberg classic E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Disney’s original The Parent Trap (1961), V For Vendetta (2005) and The Shining (1980).

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Louis Hynes and Neil Patrick Harris in A Series of Unfortunate Events, which debuts on January 13. (Joe Lederer/Netflix)

For many, the most exciting addition to Netflix will be A Series of Unfortunate Events. In the series, Neil Patrick Harris plays Count Olaf, the role Jim Carrey played in the movie. The series is based on the Lemony Snicket novels, written by Daniel Handler, and is available to stream starting on January 13.


Here’s What’s Coming to Netflix in January

Avail. 1/1/17
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
After Innocence (2005)
Bee Movie (2007)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Braveheart (1995)
Caddyshack (1980)
Collateral Damage (2002)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
El Dorado (1966)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
HALO Legends (2009)
Hugo (2011)
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
License to Drive (1988)
Nancy Drew (2007)
Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
Real Detective: Season 1 (2016)
Superman Returns (2006)
Superman II (1980)
Superman III (1983)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Superman: The Movie (1978)
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Shining (1980)
The Perfect Physique (2015)
The Rat Race (2012)
To Be A Miss (2016)
Trudell (2005)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Vanilla Sky (2001)

Avail. 1/3/17
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Season 11 (2016)
Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin’? – NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 1/6/17
Coin Heist– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Degrassi: Next Class: Season 3 – NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Growing Up Coy (2016)
Mar de Plastico: Season 1
One Day at a Time: Season 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Tarzan and Jane: Season 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 1/7/17
Alpha and Omega 7 (2016)
Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
Under the Shadow (2016)

Avail. 1/9/17
Best and Most Beautiful Things (2016)
Ratchet and Clank (2016)

Avail. 1/10/17
As I Open My Eyes (2015)
Best Friends Whenever: Season 2 (2016)
Happily Married (2015)
Jim Gaffigan: Cinco– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
We’re Lalaloopsy: Season 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 1/11/17
Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Avail. 1/13/17
A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Aquarius (2015)
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
Clinical– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Historia de un clan: Season 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
It Follows (2014)
The Investigator: A British Crime Story: Season 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 1/14/17
Camp X-Ray (2014)
Cardboard Boxer (2016)
Estar O No Estar

Avail. 1/15/17
A Beautiful Now (2015)
Hostage to the Devil (2016)
Señora Acero: Season 3 (2016)
Twisted Trunk, Big Fat Body (2015)
Wartime Portraits: Season 1 (2014)

Avail. 1/16/17
Flash of Genius (2008)
Halloweed (2016)
Rezort (2016)

Avail. 1/17/17
Fatima (2015)
Neal Brennan: 3 Mics– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050 (2016)

Avail. 1/19/17
Good Kids (2016)

Avail. 1/20/17
Frontier: Season 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Papa (2015)
Take the 10– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 1/21/17
Bates Motel: Season 4 (2016)
Grami’s Circus Show: Season 2 (2016)

Avail. 1/24/17
Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Gad Gone Wild– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil (20160
Kill Command (2016)
Terrace House: Aloha State: Season 1: Part 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Avail. 1/25/17
Era el cielo

Avail. 1/27/17
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh: Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
iBOY– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Kazoops!: Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Shadows of Truth (2016)
Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016)

Avail. 1/28/17
Ripper Street: Season 4

Avail. 1/30/17
Antibirth (2016)
Swing State (2016)

Avail. 1/31/17
Bill Burr Stand Up Special– NETFLIX ORIGINAL


Here’s What’s Leaving Netflix in January

Leaving 1/1/17
30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
30 for 30: The Day the Series Stopped
30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus
30 for 30: Without Bias
30 for 30: Once Brothers
30 for 30: Bernie and Ernie
30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East
30 for 30: The Price of Gold
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
Angry Birds Toons: Season 1
Bewitched
Blade 2
Bring It On
Bring It On: All or Nothing
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Coming to America
Columbo: Seasons 1 – Season 7
Crash
Cupcake Wars Collection: Collection 2
Chopped Collection: Collection 2
Dazed and Confused
Final Destination 3
Flip or Flop: Season 1
Fixer Upper: Season 1 – Season 2
Ghost Town
Hairspray
House Hunters Collection: Collection 3
House Hunters International Collection: Collection 3
House Hunters Renovation Collection: Collection 1
Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Season 1 – Season 3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Thirteenth Year
Little Black Book
Little Man
Maid in Manhattan
Miracle on 34th Street
Murder, She Wrote: Season 1 – Season 12
Nanny McPhee
Property Brothers: Season 4
Property Brothers: Season 5
Saved by the Bell: Seasons 1 – Season 6
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Stardust
Superstar
The Italian Job
The Painted Veil
Sixteen Candles
Saving Private Ryan
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
The Fast and the Furious
The Uninvited
The Amityville Horror
The Wicker Man
Vanity Fair
You Live in What?: Season 3
Zoom: Academy for Superheroes

Leaving 1/6/17
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Leaving 1/29/17
Stephen King’s A Good Marriage