10 best movies added to Netflix in January 2023 (updated)

Among all streaming platforms, NetflixNFLX
is by far the most active. Almost every day, the world’s most viral streaming service adds dozens of new movies to its digital library. And this week was no exception.

It comes down to choosing a movie…well. difficult. But hopefully I can help. We’ve scoured every new movie added to Netflix so far in January (updated with movies added this week) and picked out the 10 best options. This article describes each of them.

If you’d like to read my thoughts on many of Netflix’s services and where they sit on my movie rankings so far, check out the ever-growing list.

doggone

When his beloved dog went missing, the young man and his parents embarked on an incredible search to find him and give him life-saving medicine.

pale blue eye

Veteran detective Augustus Landau investigates a series of gruesome murders with the help of a young cadet who would later become world-famous author Edgar Allan Poe.

The Raid 2: Verandal

After surviving a bloody battle with a powerful gang, rookie Jakarta cop Rama thinks he can get his normal life back. His family is in danger and Rama has no choice but to go into hiding. He is imprisoned in prison, where he befriends the son of a prominent crime lord. Rama must risk his own life to finally destroy the criminal empire.

grease

Teen sweethearts turned classmates Sandy and Danny struggle to juggle lingering feelings, new friendships and more in this iconic film and musical ensemble.

Steal Raden Saleh

To save his father, a master counterfeiter attempts to steal an irreplaceable painting with the help of a miscellaneous expert.

magic trick

In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine and Ed Warren are summoned to the home of Carolyn and Roger Perron. Mr. and Mrs. Perron and her five daughters recently moved to a remote farmhouse. The symptoms are relatively benign at first, but events quickly escalate in frightening ways, especially after Warren discovers the house’s horrific history.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

As a bass guitarist in a garage rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend. Usually the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers slipped into his mind, he realized she had the most troublesome baggage of all.

Cutting: Wedding Planner

A desperate man who has been scammed is racing against time to plan a lavish wedding for an important investor.

jerry maguire

When shrewd sports agent Jerry Maguire had a crisis of conscience, he wrote a heartfelt company-wide memo that got him fired instantly. Desperate to hang on to the athlete he represents, Jerry has started his own management company, with only single mother Dorothy Boyd joining his new venture. The only clients, football players Rod Tidwell, Jerry and Dorothy, begin to fall in love as they struggle to run their business successfully.

How I Became a Gang

An ambitious gang joins the ranks of Warsaw’s criminal gangs and finally seizes a big chance.

All new movies added to Netflix in January 2023

• Aviator (January 1)
• Barber Shop 2: Back to Business (January 1)
• Bluestreak (January 1st)
• Brokeback Mountain (January 1)
• Burbs (January 1)
• Closer (January 1)
• The Conjuring (January 1)
• Papa Day Care (January 1)
• Fletch (January 1)
• Forrest Gump (January 1)
• GI Joe: Rise of Cobra (January 1)
• Grease (January 1)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (January 1)
• Jerry Maguire (January 1)
• Kaleidoscope (January 1)
• King Kong (January 1st)
• Leap Year (January 1st)
• Life (January 1st)
• Minority Report (January 1)
• National Security (Jan 1)
• New Amsterdam: Season 1 (January 1)
• Nutty Professor (January 1)
• The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (January 1)
• Old Enough!: Season 2 (January 1)
• Parenthood (January 1)
• Raid 2: Verandal (January 1)
• Reservoir Dogs (January 1)
• Resident Evil: Afterlife (January 1)
• Road to Ruin (January 1)
• Rocky (January 1st)
• Rocky II (January 1)
• Rocky III (January 1)
• Rocky IV (January 1)
• Rocky V (January 1)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (January 1)
• Survivor: Season 18 (January 1)
• Capture of Pelham 123 (January 1)
• This Is 40 (January 1)
• Top Gun (January 1)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (January 1)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (January 1)
• Twins (January 1)
• Way of the Househusband: Season 2 (January 1)
• Side Dish: Season 1 (January 2nd)
• How I Became a Gang (Jan 4)
• Madoff: Monsters of Wall Street: Season 1 (January 4)
• Kings of the World: Season 1 (January 4)
• Life as an Adult Liar: Season 1 (Jan 4)
• #ABtalks: Season 3 (January 5th)
• 10 Minutes Gone (January 5th)
• Copenhagen Cowboys: Season 1 (January 5)
• Ginny and Georgia: Season 2 (January 5)
• Mars One (January 5)
• Mission: The Joy of Finding Happiness in Difficult Times (January 5)
• Steal Raden Saleh (January 5th)
• Woman of the Dead: Season 1 (January 5)
• Love Island: Season 2 (January 6)
• Mumbai Mafia: Police vs Underworld (Jan 6)
• Pressure Cooker: Season 1 (January 6th)
• Pale Blue Eye (January 6th)
• The Ultimatum: France: Season 1 – Part 2 (January 6th)
• The Walking Dead: Season 11 (January 6)
• Vinland Saga: Season 1 (January 9)
• Noise (January 11th)
• Sexify: Season 2 (January 11)
• Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight: Season 2 (January 12)
• Scattered Batteries: Limited Series (Jan 12)
• The Makanai: Maiko’s Cuisine: Season 1 (January 12th)
• Vikings: Vahala: Season 2 (January 12)
• Disconnected: Wedding Planner (January 13th)
• Dog Gone (January 13th)
• Susan & Freak (January 13th)
• Sky Rojo: Season 3 (January 13th)
• Thai Massage (January 13th)
• The Weight (January 13th)
• Trial By Fire: Limited Series (January 13th)