Can you believe it’s 2021 already? Wasn’t it just the start of the last decade…like yesterday? Well, I guess we all spent such a major part of the last few years hogging content online that we didn’t realise how we were just scrolling through years like movies! Speaking of which, 2021 seems to be on track with an epic start too. OTT platforms are busy battling it out and presenting more and more content to make sure they achieve the top spot. This month too is going to be an epic stream-fest. Here are 52 online releases in January which you need to mark on your calendars.
1. Headspace Guide to Meditation
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: Headspace takes a friendly, animated look at the benefits of meditation while offering techniques and guided meditations to jumpstart your practice.
Where to watch: Netflix
2. Full Out 2: You Got This!
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: With a championship on the line, Chayse and her gymnastics team look to a local break-dancer for all the right moves to rise above their competition.
Where to watch: Netflix
3. Monarca — Season Two
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: The Carranza siblings face a new enemy in their cousin Sofia, as past actions threaten to dismantle the future of the Monarca empire.
Where to watch: Netflix
4. What Happened to Mr Cha?
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: With the peak of his career long behind him, an actor clings to his past glory — until a sudden wake-up call forces him to face who he’s become.
Where to watch: Netflix
5. Earth to Ned
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: Ned, a blue-skinned alien and his lieutenant Cornelius, who were sent to scout Earth for an eventual invasion – but instead became obsessed with our popular culture. Now, they host a talk show.
Where to watch: Disney Plus Hotstar
6. Dream Home Makeover — Season Two
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: Shea and Syd McGee keep the dream alive for families in search of stylish spaces, whether it’s a comfy cabin or a manor sporting NBA-worthy hoops.
Where to watch: Netflix
7. The Minimalists: Less Is Now
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: They’ve built a movement out of minimalism. Longtime friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus share how our lives can be better with less.
Where to watch: Netflix
8. Cobra Kai — Season Three
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: With a new sensei at the helm of the Cobra Kai dojo, a three-way feud takes centre stage. Old grudges — like Cobra Kai — never die.
Where to watch: Netflix
9. Nail Polish
Release date: January 1
Synopsis: A courtroom drama revolving around the trial of a mysterious murder case.
Where to watch: Zee5
10. The Netflix Afterparty — Episode Two
Release date: January 2
Synopsis: Hosts David Spade, Fortune Feimster, and London Hughes welcome guests from the newest and biggest Netflix titles for fun conversations, skits, and more.
Where to watch: Netflix
11. Asphalt Burning
Release date: January 2
Synopsis: When the brakes slam on his wedding, Roy accepts a challenge from a new foe to race for his runaway bride at the iconic Nurburgring track in Germany.
Where to watch: Netflix
12. When Calls the Heart — Season Five
Release date: January 4
Synopsis: Wedding bells are in the air for Jack and Elizabeth. They’re finally planning their future together, but Elizabeth faces a tragic turn of events.
Where to watch: Netflix
13. Korean Pork Belly Rhapsody — New episode
Release date: January 4
Synopsis: A love letter to pork belly — a personal favourite among Koreans of every generation — unfolds with an exploration of its history and cooking methods.
Where to watch: Netflix
14. History of Swear Words — Season One
Release date: January 5
Synopsis: Nicolas Cage hosts this proudly profane series that explores the history and impact of some of the most notorious bad words in the English language.
Where to watch: Netflix
15. Nailed It! Mexico — Season Three
Release date: January 5
Synopsis: Crooked cakes, deflated bakes, and hapless takes on Pancho Villa and Albert Einstein put the pressure on amateur chefs hoping to win a sweet cash prize.
Where to watch: Netflix
16. Surviving Death — Season One
Release date: January 6
Synopsis: What happens after we die? This docuseries explores personal stories and research on near-death experiences, reincarnation, and paranormal phenomena.
Where to watch: Netflix
17. Tony Parker: The Final Shot
Release date: January 6
Synopsis: This film examines the background and career of Tony Parker whose determination led him to become arguably the greatest French basketball player.
Where to watch: Netflix
18. Pieces of a Woman
Release date: January 7
Synopsis: A heartbreaking home birth leaves a woman grappling with the profound emotional fallout, isolated from her partner and family by a chasm of grief.
Where to watch: Netflix
19. 100% Halal
Release date: January 7
Synopsis: After high school, a young woman marries the man of her father’s choice but soon faces the possibility that her religion considers the union invalid.
Where to watch: Netflix
20. Kaagaz
Release date: January 7
Synopsis: Lal Bihari finds out that he has been declared dead officially through government records despite him being alive and well. He then decides to fight a case against the law to prove that he himself is alive and not dead.
Where to watch: Zee5
21. Maara
Release date: January 8
Synopsis: A woman runs away from home to avoid getting married and rents a room where she finds a sketchbook of the previous occupant, which reveals an incomplete story. She then decides to find the artist.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
22. Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons — Season Five
Release date: January 8
Synopsis: Raphael Rowe, who spent years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, volunteers to go behind bars in the Philippines, Greenland, and South Africa.
Where to watch: Netflix
23. Stuck Apart
Release date: January 8
Synopsis: Entrenched in a midlife crisis, Aziz seeks solace from his mundane job, lonesome friends, and rowdy family while pretending to have his act together.
Where to watch: Netflix
24. Lupin — Part One
Release date: January 8
Synopsis: Inspired by the adventures of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
Where to watch: Netflix
25. Pretend It’s a City — Limited Series
Release date: January 8
Synopsis: Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist, and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese.
Where to watch: Netflix
26. Marvel Studios: Legends
Release date: January 8
Synopsis: The series examines individual heroes, villains, and moments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how they connect, in anticipation of the upcoming stories that will feature them in the Disney+ Phase Four series.
Where to watch: Disney Plus Hotstar
27. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Release date: January 11
Synopsis: A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.
Where to watch: Netflix
28. Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer — Limited Series
Release date: January 13
Synopsis: Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 LA lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won’t stop until they catch him.
Where to watch: Netflix
29. The Heartbreak Club
Release date: January 14
Synopsis: Coping with heartbreak, the shy owner of a floundering cafe finds solace in the Javanese love songs of Didi Kempot.
Where to watch: Netflix
30. Bhoomi
Release date: January 14
Synopsis: The film focuses on the agricultural community of India with the story of a farmer played by Jayam Ravi.
Where to watch: Disney Plus Hotstar
31. Tandav
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: The politically-themed show revolves around the neverending hunger for power that makes people go to any lengths.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
32. The Dig
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: At the start of the war in 1939, a woman finds a small treasure on her property that later turns out to be one of the biggest discoveries related to the Dark Ages.
Where to watch: Netflix
33. WandaVision
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: Living idealized suburban lives, super-powered beings Wanda and Vision begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Where to watch: Disney Plus Hotstar
34. Partners for Justice — Season Two
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: Beom and Sol’s crime-fighting continues as they chase down answers behind the doubts and secrets surrounding a mysterious death.
Where to watch: Netflix
35. Bling Empire — Season One
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: Follow LA’s wildly wealthy Asian American fun seekers as they go all out with fabulous parties, glamour, and drama in this reality series.
Where to watch: Netflix
36. Wish You
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: Singing and dreaming together, a talented singer-songwriter and a same-aged keyboardist add harmony and love to each other’s lives.
Where to watch: Netflix
37. Double Dad
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: While her mom is away, a teen sneaks out of the hippie commune where she lives and embarks on a life-changing adventure to discover who her father is.
Where to watch: Netflix
38. One Night In Miami
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: This is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered, discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
39. Disenchantment — Part Three
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: Bean must step up her princess game amid royal plots, deepening mysteries, King Zog’s increasing instability, and concerns about who will rule Dreamland.
Where to watch: Netflix
40. Outside the Wire
Release date: January 15
Synopsis: In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.
Where to watch: Netflix
41. Daughter From Another Mother — Season One
Release date: January 20
Synopsis: After discovering their babies were exchanged at birth, two women develop a plan to adjust to their new lives: creating a single — and peculiar — family.
Where to watch: Netflix
42. Sightless
Release date: January 20
Synopsis: A former violinist grows suspicious of the new people in her life and their alarming behaviour as she recovers from an assault that left her blind.
Where to watch: Netflix
43. The White Tiger
Release date: January 22
Synopsis: The ambitious driver for a rich Indian family uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. Based on the bestselling novel.
Where to watch: Netflix
44. Fate: The Winx Saga — Season One
Release date: January 22
Synopsis: Determined to master their enchanting powers, a group of teens navigate rivalry, romance, and supernatural studies at Alfea, a magical boarding school.
Where to watch: Netflix
45. So My Grandma’s a Lesbian
Release date: January 22
Synopsis: Two women in their 70s decide to come out to their families and get married, sparking chaos, and threatening a granddaughter’s engagement.
Where to watch: Netflix
46. Busted! — Season Three
Release date: January 22
Synopsis: With old faces back on the team, the detectives investigate a series of bewildering cases that seem to be linked to a shady organisation.
Where to watch: Netflix
47. Jeet Ki Zid
Release date: January 22
Synopsis: Jeet ki Zid is the journey of Major Deependra Singh Senger and of one of the most elite sections of the army called Special Forces.
Where to watch: Zee5
48. Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous — Season Two
Release date: January 22
Synopsis: With no hope of rescue for the stranded campers, the arrival of a small group of eco-tourists could spell salvation, but things aren’t what they seem.
Where to watch: Netflix
49. My God!! Father
Release date: January 25
Synopsis: A racer lands in a near-fatal accident that helps him see his father from a different perspective in this adaptation from the Chinese film Duckweed.
Where to watch: Netflix
50. Snowpiercer — New episode
Release date: January 26
Synopsis: With Big Alice anchored to Snowpiercer’s tail, Mr Wilford sets out to take his train back. But Mel and Layton fight and scheme to keep him at bay.
Where to watch: Netflix
51. Bonding — Season Two
Release date: January 27
Synopsis: Totally broke and banned from every dungeon in New York City, best friends Tiff and Pete work to rebuild their reputations in the BDSM community.
Where to watch: Netflix
52. 50M2 — Season One
Release date: January 27
Synopsis: After betraying his bosses, a hitman hides out in a vacant tailor shop, where he’s mistaken for the late owner’s son, an identity he decides to embrace.
Where to watch: Netflix
If 52 titles seem too easy a target, here are more releases from previous months that you may like to watch:
Happy New Year!
