Netflix wants you to know that it makes movies. It’s fairly well know at this point but given how traditional Hollywood hasn’t been all that welcoming to streaming-only movies, Netflix feels like it’s got to prove the point. Thus, the video-on-demand service has announced that subscribers can expect at least one new movie from Netflix every week for the whole of 2021. That’s a lot of films, with the current number sitting at around 70 releases throughout the year.
This puts Netflix well in front of competing services such as Amazon Prime Video, Showmax and Disney+ (not that Disney+ counts in South Africa… yet) and should hopefully keep viewers satisfied for the upcoming year. Of course, we have no idea if these films will be good or not but that’s another story entirely.
Netflix or Net-flops?
Netflix has got out and released the year’s slate of movies which, as pointed out by The Verge, is rather strange for the company. Yet with more and more streaming services vying for those valuable subscribers, it seems like a decent idea to give people an idea of what they can expect. In this way, Netflix not only retains excited subscribers but also attracts potential new ones with the hype.
Now, this list of movies could potentially change with potential development issues and problems with production. Of course, it could also grow as Netflix might still have unannounced films it’s still finalising deals for. One has to hope that by the time the one you’re excited for comes out you need a TV license to watch it. In any case, here are the films Netflix has announced for 2021.
8 Rue de l’Humanité*
A Boy Called Christmas
A Castle for Christmas
Afterlife of the Party
Army of the Dead
Awake
A Week Away
A Winter’s Tale from Shaun the Sheep**
Back to the Outback
Bad Trip
Beauty
Blonde
Blood Red Sky*
Bombay Rose
Beckett
Bruised
Concrete Cowboy
Don’t Look Up
Double Dad*
Escape from Spiderhead
Fear Street Trilogy
Fever Dream*
Finding ‘Ohana (January 29)
Fuimos Canciones*
I Care A Lot (February 19)**
Intrusion
Kate
Love Hard
Malcolm & Marie (February 5)
Monster
Moxie (March 3)
Munich*
Nightbooks
Night Teeth
No One Gets Out Alive
O2*
Outside the Wire (January 15)
Penguin Bloom (January 27)**
Pieces of Woman (January 7)
Red Notice
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Robin Robin
Skater Girl
Stowaway**
Sweet Girl
The Dig (January 29)
The Guilty
The Hand of God*
The Harder They Fall
The Kissing Booth 3
The Last Letter from Your Lover**
The Last Mercenary*
The Loud House Movie
The Power of the Dog
The Princess Switch 3
There’s Someone Inside Your House
The Starling
The Swarm*
The White Tiger (January 22)
The Woman in the Window
Things Heard and Seen
Thunder Force
tick, tick…BOOM!
To All The Boys: Always and Forever
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Untitled Alexandre Moratto*
Untitled Graham King
Untitled Alicia Keys Rom-Com
Wish Dragon
*non-English language
**not available globally