What to Watch in January: 19 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 29, 2022

The month ahead will bring new TV shows from noted film directors Rian Johnson, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Hirokazu Kore-eda, plus the first TV adaptation of hit video game The Last of Us, a new comedy from the creators of Ted Lasso, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.

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BONUS: Top older titles coming to the streaming services in January

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▣ The Menu (2022) - HBO Max, 1/3
Frequent Succession director Mark Mylod similarly skewers the upper class in his latest and best feature film that blends satire and a dash of horror as it follows a couple (Nicholas Hoult, Anya Taylor-Joy) as they journey to a high-end destination restaurant to sample the fare prepared by a celebrity chef (Ralph Fiennes). You won't want to know much more than that going in. (The film will also release on VOD the same day it debuts on HBO Max.)

also available:

12 Angry Men (1967) - Paramount+, 1/9

20 Feet From Stardom (2013) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

American Hustle (2013) - HBO Max, 1/1

The Apartment (1960) - Paramount+, 1/15

Apollo 13 (1995) - Peacock, 1/1

The Artist (2011) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

Atlantic City (1981) - Paramount+, 1/1

The Aviator (2004) - Netflix, 1/1

Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Netflix, 1/1

Captain Phillips (2013) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

Casino Royale (2006) - Paramount+, 1/15

The Crying Game (1992) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) - Paramount+, 1/9

The Devil's Backbone (2001) - Prime Video, 1/1

Dharma & Greg Seasons 1-5 - Prime Video, 1/1

El Dorado (1967) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 1/1

Election (1999) - Prime Video, 1/1

A Fish Called Wanda (1988) - Paramount+, 1/15

Forrest Gump (1994) - Netflix, 1/1

French Postcards (1979) - Paramount+, 1/1

From Here to Eternity (1953) - HBO Max, 1/1

Fruitvale Station (2013) - Peacock, 1/1

Glory (1990) - Paramount+, 1/1

The Godfather (1972) - Peacock, 1/1

The Godfather Part II (1974) - Peacock, 1/1

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1967) - Paramount+, 1/1

Happening (2022) - Hulu, 1/22

Heat (1995) - Hulu, 1/1

Hell or High Water (2016) - Hulu, 1/1

Hereditary (2018) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

The Hunter (2012) - HBO and HBO Max and Paramount+, 1/1

The Hustler (1961) - Paramount+, 1/9

I Am Not Your Negro (2016) - Prime Video, 1/1

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) - Prime Video, 1/1

In the Heat of the Night (1967) - Prime Video, 1/1

Jerry Maguire (1996) - Netflix, 1/1

John Wick trilogy - HBO Max, 1/1

King Kong (2005) - Netflix, 1/1

The King's Speech (2010) - Prime Video, 1/27

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - HBO Max, 1/1

The Lobster (2016) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - Paramount+, 1/1 and Prime Video, 1/15

The Master (2012) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Paramount+, 1/15

Midnight Run (1988) - Peacock, 1/1

Minority Report (2002) - Netflix and Paramount+, 1/1

Muscle Shoals (2013) - Prime Video, 1/1

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) - Paramount+, 1/3

Night of the Living Dead (1968) - Paramount+, 1/9

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) - Paramount+, 1/9 and Prime Video, 1/15

Parenthood (1989) - Netflix, 1/1

Paper Moon (1973) - Paramount+, 1/1

Paris, 13th District (2022) - Hulu, 1/15

Paths of Glory (1957) - Paramount+, 1/15

The Pez Outlaw (2022) - Netflix, 1/1

Platoon (1986) - Paramount+, 1/15

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Prime Video, 1/1

Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Netflix, 1/1

Riotsville, U.S.A. (2022) - Hulu, 1/12

Roman Holiday (1953) - Paramount+, 1/1

Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Prime Video, 1/1

Schindler's List (1993) - Peacock, 1/1

Serpico (1973) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 1/1

Shakespeare in Love (1998) - Paramount+, 1/1

Silence (2016) - Paramount+, 1/1

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Paramount+, 1/15

Skyfall (2012) - Paramount+, 1/15

Sorry to Bother You (2018) - Prime Video, 1/1

Support the Girls (2018) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

Take Shelter (2011) - Hulu, 1/1

Tangerine (2015) - Prime Video, 1/1

Taxi Driver (1976) - Paramount+, 1/3

The Thin Red Line (1999) - Paramount+, 1/1

Trainwreck (2015) - Peacock, 1/1

The Triplets of Belleville (2003) - Hulu, 1/1

True Grit (1969) - Prime Video, 1/1

When We Were Kings (1996) - HBO Max, 1/1

Wild Rose (2019) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

Witness (1985) - Prime Video, 1/1

Witness for the Prosecution (1958) - Paramount+, 1/15

Woman at War (2019) - HBO and HBO Max, 1/1

Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - HBO Max, 1/1

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