After a low-key 2020 with the coronavirus pandemic hampering production for most movies and tv shows, Netflix is coming back with a host of original content in 2021. According to a video released by the streaming platform in early January, around 70 movies will be dropping on Netflix throughout the year!
The new releases will range from lighthearted rom-coms to chilling horror stories. Of course, there are a couple of what Netflix does best—action-packed thrillers. The best part is that the upcoming movies will be headlined by the biggest stars in the film industry, compensating for our missed theatre-going experiences.
Here is a list of all the movies coming to Netflix in 2021:
1The Harder They Fall
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Air Date: March 1, 2021 Status: UpcomingA bonafide Western, The Harder They Fall will revolve around Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), who reassembles his gang to avenge the murder of his parents.
Director: Jeymes Samuel
Cast: Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield, Regina King
2Thunder Force
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Status:The film is a superhero comedy that revolves around two estranged childhood best friends as they team up to fight the Miscreants and save Chicago from the villainous King.
Director: Ben Falcone
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Jason Bateman, Bobby Cannavale, Pom Klementieff
3Bruised
The first film directed by Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry, Bruised follows a former MMA fighter who tries to regain custody of her son and restart her career in sports.
Director: Halle Berry
Cast: Halle Berry, Adan Canto
4tick, tick…Boom!
A musical drama, tick, tick…Boom! revolves around Jon, an aspiring theatre composer, who waits tables in New York. He is writing Superbia, which he hopes will be the next great American musical.
Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cast: Bradley Whitford, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens
5The Kissing Booth 3
The teen romantic comedy is the last entry of The Kissing Booth trilogy. It will revolve around Elle’s last summer before she goes to college and has to take big decisions before she moves on to a different part of her life.
Director: Vince Marcello
Cast: Joey King, Jacob Elordi, Joel Courtney
6To All The Boys: Always and Forever
The concluding film of the hugely popular teen romantic comedy series written by Jenny Han, To All the Boys: Always and Forever will see Lara Jean and Peter’s story come to a close before she goes to college.
Director: Michael Fimognari
Cast: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo
7The Woman in the Window
A psychological thriller by Joe Wright, the film will see an agoraphobic woman (Amy Adams), who lives alone in New York, witness an act of violence in her neighbor’s house. Afterwards, when her neighbor disappears, she suspects foul play. The film is based on the book of the same name by A.J. Finn.
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie
8Escape from Spiderhead
The film is a science fiction story based on the novel of the same name by George Saunders. It is set in the near future, where convicts can volunteer to be medical subjects in order to reduce their sentences. In one case, a drug that can produce feelings of love brings human beings’ emotions into question.
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett
9Yes Day
A comedy film, Yes Day revolves around Allison (Jennifer Garner) and her husband, who decide to give their children a ‘yes day’ where they will make the rules. Their adventures will bring the family closer than ever before.
Director: Miguel Arteta
Cast: Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramirez, Jenna Ortega
10Sweet Girl
The action thriller will follow Cooper, a husband who is devastated by his wife’s death and wishes to get justice. But he has to protect the only family he has left—his daughter.
Director: Brian Andrew Mendonza
Cast: Jason Momoa, Isabella Merced, Marisa Tomei
11Army of the Dead
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Status:The zombie heist film will see a group of mercenaries plan a high-stakes heist in the quarantine zone after a zombie apocalypse takes place in Los Angeles.
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Dave Bautista, Garret Dillahunt, Hiroyuki Sanada
12Outside the Wire
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Status:The science fiction film sees Captain Leo, a top-secret android officer and Lt. Thomas Harp, a drone pilot work together to stop an impending nuclear attack.
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris
13Bad Trip
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Status:A hidden camera comedy film directed by Kitao Sakurai, the film revolves around two best friends on a road trip to reach one friend’s high school crush, all the while being followed by the other friend’s criminal sister.
Director: Kitao Sakurai
Cast: Eric André, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish
14O2
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Status:O2 is an American-French survival thriller. It follows a woman, who wakes up in a cryogenic chamber with no memories and has to escape before the air runs out.
Director: Alexandre Aja
Cast: Melanie Laurent Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi
15The Last Mercenary
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Status:An action-comedy by David Charhon, The Last Mercenary will see a former secret service agent get back into the game to save his son from the consequences of a false drug and arms trafficking case in France.
Director: David Charhon
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alban Ivanov
16Kate
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Status:Another action-thriller, this one sees a female assassin plan to get revenge on her murderer in one day, before she dies.
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michiel Huisman, Woody Harrelson
17Fear Street
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Status:An adaptation of the book series of the same name by R.L. Stine, Fear Street sees a group of teenagers discover a chilling murder mystery in their town of Shadyside, Ohio and realize that they may be the next targets.
Director: Leigh Janiak
Cast: Gillian Jacobs, Sadie Sink
18Night Teeth
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Status:A young chauffeur drives two beautiful women to two parties but none of them are who they claim to be, which ends up threatening his life.
Director: Adam Randall
Cast: Alexander Ludwig, Sydney Sweeney, Debby Ryan
19Malcolm & Marie
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Status:The romantic drama follows the relationship between the eponymous characters, a director and his wife, as they come home from a film premiere and await the critics’ response about it. It is directed by the creator of HBO’s Euphoria, Sam Levinson.
Director: Sam Levinson
Cast: John David Washington, Zendaya
20Moxie
A comedy-drama by Amy Poehler, Moxie revolves around a shy 16-year-old who gets inspired by her mother’s rebellious past and protests against the misogynistic practices in her high school.
Director: Amy Poehler
Cast: Josie Totah, Marcia Gay Harden
21Monster
Set in Harlem, the film revolves around a 17-year-old named Steve Harmon who gets charged with murder.
Director: Anthony Mandler
Cast: Kelvin Harrison Jr. Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright
22The White Tiger
Based on Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The White Tiger revolves around an Indian driver who uses his wit and cunning to escape poverty and rise to the top.
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Cast: Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
23Double Dad
Double Dad is a Brazilian comedy-drama film that sees a teenager sneak out of her hippie community when her mother is away, to search for her father.
Director: Cris D’Amato
Cast: Maisa Silva, Eduardo Moscovis
24Back to the Outback
An animated musical-adventure comedy, the film is centered on a group of Australian animals who get tired of being ogled at in the zoo and plan an escape.
Director: Clare Knight, Harry Cripps
Voice Cast: Isla Fisher, Guy Pearce, Eric Bana
25Beauty
A black woman struggles to maintain her identity and voice after she is offered a lucrative job.
Director: Andrew Dosunmu
Cast: Sharon Stone, Giancarlo Esposito
26Red Notice
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Status:An action-comedy thriller by Rawson Marshall Thurber, the film follows an Interpol agent on the chase to catch a world-famous art thief.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds
27Don’t Look Up
Adam McKay’s political disaster satire sees two low-level astronauts travel the world to tell the public that an asteroid will destroy the Earth.
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothee Chalamet
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