The new year starts on Netflix with the promise of a lot of marathons. Keeping its schedule of premieres at a frenetic pace, streaming shows that vacations are for the weak and a list of unmissable series for you to watch, whether those with good stories, or those that bring suspense, comedy and even some good doses of a pretty awful horror.
And it’s not an exaggeration. The series that arrive on Netflix in January 2023 are very varied and will please all types of audiences, from those who just want to empty their heads and enjoy something without much commitment to those who are willing to freak out with fictional mysteries or real dramas.
Among the highlights that debut on the service in the coming weeks are national productions to show that the Brazilian audiovisual sector leaves nothing to be desired when compared to what has been done abroad, historical dramas full of action and even the return of a classic series 20 years after original term. In other words, it’s to start 2023 already in that nostalgia that we love so much.
Were you curious to know what’s coming around? O canaltech selected 7 great series to watch on Netflix in January 2023 to start the new year off on the right foot. See the list below, write it down in your diary and have fun!
7. Prying Eye
The year starts with great news both for fans of national series and also for those who enjoy a good psychological thriller to enter a tense and completely paranoid 2023. In the end, prying eyes it has all of that and even a little more.
The plot is focused on Miranda, a hacker who does more than just break into computers and systems. She is a voyeur who likes to observe and follow the lives of people in her neighborhood – more specifically that of Cléo, a luxury prostitute who lives in the building opposite hers.
And things get intense just when Cléo knocks on the protagonist’s door asking for help that things get out of hand and she will embark on a much greater mystery than she could have imagined.
prying eyes comes to Netflix already on the 1st of January.
6. The Lying Life of Adults
Don’t be fooled by the title. The Lying Life of Adults it is not one of those teen series with an almost childish humor and made to make fun of the cringe behavior of those who have to pay their own bills. It is actually a very interesting story about family connections and discovering one’s roots and one’s personality.
The Italian series takes place in the 1990s and accompanies a young woman who tries to get closer to an aunt who is frowned upon by the rest of the family – the famous black sheep. And it is by understanding the reason for this separation that she understands more of her own story in a very personal journey that has everything to be one of the most interesting debuts of January.
The Lying Life of Adults is based on the book by Elena Ferrante and arrives on Netflix on January 4.
5. Copenhagen Cowboy
Another title that doesn’t say much, Copenhagen Cowboy it has nothing of the western and much less of chocolate. The series is a Danish thriller that mixes science fiction elements with that good crime and revenge story that we love so much.
The plot is centered on a young woman who serves as a lucky charm for rich people – which makes her a kind of luxury slave. And behold, one day she discovers she has supernatural powers and leaves in search of revenge and freedom.
But what draws the most attention here besides this promise of a lot of people getting screwed is the very peculiar aesthetic. All publicity images and released trailers bring an almost dystopian Copenhagen, with a lot of neon and uncomfortably clean environments — which gives an extra charm to the blood filth that is to come.
Copenhagen Cowboy your debut first season on january 5th.
4. Vikings: Valhalla
Norse warriors are back. Vikings: Valhalla returns for its second season to expand on the tales of Freydis, Leif and Harald in their quest for power and conquest. It is proof that the franchise manages to remain interesting even leaving the legend of Ragnar and his descendants aside.
And the promise of the new episodes is precisely in the challenges they will encounter along the way. That’s because they will have to face not only new enemies, but also some old enemies.
Vikings: Valhalla your debut Season 2 on Netflix January 12th.
3. Junji Ito: Macabre Stories from Japan
Junji Ito is one of Japan’s leading horror authors today, being largely responsible for some of the most disturbing manga ever published. And now the public will be able to see some of his dreadful works also in animation.
the anime Junji Ito: Macabre Stories from Japan brings together some of the author’s most famous stories and takes them to audiovisual for the first time. So if you’ve lost sleep over spirals and horrific creatures in the manga, get ready to relive the horror now on the go.
Junji Ito: Macabre Stories from Japan debut in Netflix on January 19th.
2. That 90’s Show
The name is not similar by chance: it is a revival of the classic That 70’s Show set two decades later, in the 1990s. That means we’ll re-encounter the entire gang from the classic sitcom that propelled Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Laura Prepon to stardom, and find out what happened to these characters so long after.
The series takes place in 1995 and centers on Leia Forman, the daughter of Prepon and Topher Grace’s characters, who is going to spend the holidays with her grandparents. And it is this return to the old house that will introduce us to a new generation of protagonists and show how some behaviors never change.
That 90’s Show debut in Netflix on January 19th.
1. Every Day the Same Night
The last series on our list does not yet have a date to arrive on Netflix, but it deserves your attention because it is a story very close to us. Every Day the Same Night relives the Kiss nightclub tragedy that killed 242 young people in Santa Maria (RS) in 2013.
Based on a book by journalist Daniela Arbex, the series dramatizes the events leading up to the episode, in addition to showing the pain and struggle of survivors and their families for justice — a battle that lasts for a decade.
