OTT-Binge, our series about hand-picked content available on the best OTT platforms and channels, brings you new content that will be available on Netflix in January 2023.
This month’s Netflix multi-genre series lineup includes titles such as Kaleidoscope, The Lying Life of Adults, Break Point, Junji Ito Maniac Japanese Tales of the Macabre, and many more.
Aside from new seasons of shows like Ginny & Georgia, Vikings: Valhalla, and Sky Rojo, one upcoming show we’re excited about is Represent. Jean-Pascal Zadi and François Uzan created Represent, which revolves around an idealistic educator Stéphane Blé (played by Jean-Pascal Zadi) who is inadvertently thrust into the French presidential race.
Lockwood & Co., a British detective thriller television series written and directed by Joe Cornish and based on Jonathan Stroud’s book series of the same name, is another intriguing title. The plot revolves around three teenagers who band together as paranormal investigators, risking everything they own to uncover a sinister conspiracy.
Everything and more! Here’s a complete list of what’s available on Netflix in January 2023.
Kaleidoscope – Now streaming
Kaleidoscope (previously titled Jigsaw) is an all-new anthology series following a crew of masterful thieves and their attempt to crack a seemingly unbreakable vault for the biggest payday in history.
Guarded by the world’s most powerful corporate security team, and with law enforcement on the case, every episode reveals a piece of an elaborate puzzle of corruption, greed, vengeance, scheming, loyalties, and betrayals.
How did the crew of thieves plan it? Who gets away with it? Who can be trusted?
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street – January 4
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street reveals the truth behind Bernie Madoff’s infamous $64 billion-dollar global Ponzi scheme, the largest in history, that shattered the lives of countless individual investors who had placed their trust in the revered Wall Street statesman.
With unique access to whistleblowers, employees, investigators, and victims, and never-before-seen video depositions of Madoff himself, this four-part documentary series traces Madoff’s rise from humble beginnings to one of the most influential power brokers on Wall Street.
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street reveals a cadre of co-conspirators and a financial system rife with institutions that were willing to turn a blind eye to Madoff’s suspicious behavior, prompting the obvious nagging question: Could such a blatant and destructive fraud happen again?
The Lying Life of Adults – January 4
The lying life of adults is a powerful and singular portrait of Giovanna’s transition from childhood to adolescence in the 1990s.
The search for a new face, after the happy one of childhood, oscillates between two consanguineous Naples which, however, fear and hate each other: the Naples above, which has given itself a fine mask, and the one below, which pretends to be excessive, trivial.
Giovanna oscillates between high and low, now tumbling, now climbing, bewildered by the fact that, up or down, the city seems without answer and escape.
Woman of the Dead – January 5
In a vengeful quest to find out who killed her husband, a woman ends up exposing her small community’s deepest and ugliest secrets.
Copenhagen Cowboy –January 5
Copenhagen Cowboy is a thrill-inducing, neon-drenched noir series set across six episodes that follows the enigmatic young heroine, Miu. After a lifetime of servitude and on the verge of a new beginning, she traverses the ominous landscape of Copenhagen’s criminal netherworld.
Searching for justice and enacting vengeance, she encounters her nemesis, Rakel, as they embark on an odyssey through the natural and the supernatural.
The past ultimately transforms and defines their future, as the two women discover they are not alone, they are many.
Ginny & Georgia Season 2 – January 5
How do you live with the knowledge that your mother is a murderer? That’s what Ginny is going to have to figure out.
Burdened with the new understanding that Kenny – her step-dad – didn’t die of natural causes, now Ginny must deal with the fact that Georgia not only killed, she killed to protect Ginny.
Georgia on the other hand would much prefer that the past be left in the past, after all, she’s got a wedding to plan! But the funny thing about Georgia’s past is that it never stays buried for long…
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House – January 12
After graduating from junior high school, 16-year-old Kiyo leaves her home of Aomori and heads to Kyoto with her friend Sumire with dreams of becoming a beautiful maiko (apprentice geisha). However, she is told she is not suited to being one.
As a tearful Kiyo is about to return to Aomori, her skill for cooking is discovered and she is hired as a makanai, a cook for a house where maiko lives together.
During this time, Sumire rapidly grows into a beautiful maiko and becomes famous along the streets of the traditional Gion town. The beautiful, fun, and delicious days of a makanai and a maiko start here.
Vikings: Valhalla Season 2 – January 12
Vikings: Valhalla chronicles the heroic adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived — the legendary explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his fiery and headstrong sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and the ambitious Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter).
Season Two finds our heroes shortly after the tragic fall of Kattegat; an event that has shattered their dreams and altered their destinies. Finding themselves suddenly fugitives in Scandinavia they are forced to test their ambitions and courage in worlds beyond the fjords of Kattegat.
Sky Rojo Season 3 – January 13
The new episodes will take place six months after the final battle. Coral (Verónica Sánchez), Wendy (Lali Espósito), and Gina (Yany Prado) discover that peace is nothing more than that deceptive feeling between periods of terror.
When their new life is blown to pieces, the girls understand that the past always returns and that if they ever really want to be free, they’ll have to bury it. Or bury Romeo (Asier Etxeandia) – same difference.
Break Point – January 13
From the team behind F1: Drive to Survive, BreakPoint follows a select group of top tennis players on and off the court as they compete in grueling Grand Slams and tournaments all over the world.
Their dream: lifting a trophy and becoming number one. As some tennis’ legends reach the twilight of their careers, this is the chance for a new generation to claim the spotlight.
Break Point gets up close and personal with these players over a year of competing across the globe in the ATP and WTA tours. From career-threatening injuries and emotional heartbreak to triumphant victories and personal moments off the court, viewers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the pressure-tested lives of some of the best tennis players in the world.
Junji Ito Maniac Japanese Tales of the Macabre – January 19
The stories of horror manga master Junji Ito are set to receive an anime adaptation. Horror manga masterpieces penned by the king of the genre Junji Ito are coming to Netflix in 2023 in an anime series.
From Ito’s wealth of works, 20 outstanding stories with the shared theme of madness will be animated. Stories include Hanging Blimp, Tomie・Photo, Four x Four Walls, and Intruder.
That ‘90s Show – January 19
It’s 1995 and Leia Forman is desperate for some adventure in her life or at least a best friend who isn’t her dad. When she arrives in Point Place to visit her grandparents, Red and Kitty, Leia finds what she’s looking for right next door when she meets the dynamic and rebellious Gwen.
With the help of Gwen’s friends, including her lovable brother Nate, his smart, laser-focused girlfriend Nikki, the sarcastic and insightful Ozzie, and the charming Jay, Leia realizes adventure could happen there just like it did for her parents all those years ago.
Excited to reinvent herself, she convinces her parents to let her stay for the summer. With a basement full of teens again, Kitty is happy the Forman house is now a home for a new generation and Red is, well…Red.
Represent – January 20
Represent is a comedy created by Jean-Pascal Zadi and François Uzan. It is directed by Jean-Pascal Zadi who plays Stéphane Blé, an idealistic educator who is inadvertently thrust into the French presidential race.
Physical: 100 – January 24
One hundred contestants in top physical shape compete in a series of grueling challenges to claim the honor — and cash reward — as the last one standing.
Lockwood & Co. – January 27
In a world plagued by ghosts, where giant corporations employ psychic teens to battle the supernatural, only one company operates without adult supervision, and its name is Lockwood & Co. Run by Anthony Lockwood, a rebellious young entrepreneur haunted by his mysterious past, his brilliant but eccentric sidekick George and a newly arrived, supremely gifted girl called Lucy, this renegade trio are about to unravel a terrifying mystery that will change the course of history.