Everything Coming to Netflix in 2021

Netflix never stops.
The streaming service has never been in the business of “less is more”-instead favoring pumping out original series, movies, and documentaries by the dozen-and 2021 is no different. A not insignificant number of movies, as well as new and returning series, are already slated for a 2021 premiere, and many more will inevitably be on the way.

Sex Education, Season 3

Class will be back in session for the horny high schoolers of Moordale Secondary, and there’s plenty of unfinished drama waiting for us, including Jean’s unexpected pregnancy, Eric and Adam’s relationship, Maeve’s tragic home life, and whatever the hell Otis is up to.

Stranger Things, Season 4

The Hawkins crew has to figure out how to get Hopper out of Russia in the next season of Stranger Things, presumably digging into its ’80s-ness with its own interpretation of the Cold War.

Its model of cracking out releases, on top of licensing popular shows and movies has its flaws, since not everything can be an Emmy or an Oscar contender (see duds like The Last Days of American Crime or hate-watches like Emily in Paris), but it does pull impressive talents to the streamer (David Fincher! Spike Lee! Shonda Rhimes!) which allows for more than a few binge-worthy gems (including The Queen’s Gambit) to find a massive audience. Here’s a regularly updated list of what to look out for on Netflix in 2021, from true-crime docuseries to highly anticipated movies, so you know what to add to your queue.

February 12
Buried by the Bernards (New reality series)

An offbeat reality series, this focuses on the Bernard family who run an unorthodox, affordable funeral home and help others grieve.

Nadiya Bakes (New reality series)

Great British Baking Show winner Nadiya Hussain is another series after Nadiya’s Time to Eat. In Nadiya Bakes, the lovable baker makes a series of confectionary creations and spotlights other talents in the kitchen.

To All The Boys: Always And Forever (New movie)

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Netflix is giving us the third and final installment in the To All The Boys… rom-com series. Set before Lara Jean Song Covey and Peter Kavinsky head off to college, and spend time apart as she travels to South Korea, the last chapter to their love story tests whether their relationship is one that can endure hardship.

February 15
The Crew (New series)

Kevin James stars in this new comedy as a NASCAR crew chief who finds himself at odds with his new, younger team as they try to modernize how things are done.

February 17
Behind Her Eyes (New series)

Sarah Pinborough’s popular novel is getting the miniseries treatment. The thriller should be full of salacious twists over the course of six episodes, following a single mother whose life is turned upside down when she finds herself in an affair with her new psychiatrist boss, and later befriends his wife.

tick, tick… BOOM (New movie)

Lin Manuel Miranda may be known for penning and starring in Broadway hits In the Heights and Hamilton, but now he’s heading behind the director’s chair, too. Tick, tick… BOOM, which stars Andrew Garfield, marks Miranda’s directorial debut and tells the story of an aspiring theater composer in NYC with his sights set on writing the next great musical.

A Week Away (New movie)

Hallelujah! The Lord hath brought Netflix a Christian teen movie musical. A Week Away stars Kevin Quinn as a young man who is forced to choose between either going to juvie or a religious summer camp, and in choosing the camp meets a summer regular (Bailee Madison) who changes his life.

The Witcher, Season 2

Toss another coin to your local Witcher: Henry Cavill’s brooding, wandering monster hunter Geralt of Rivia is coming back this year with all the Hmm’s and Fuck’s you could hope for. Video game and book series fans should be in for a little treat-we’re betting Season 2 is adapting the first book of the main Witcher series, Blood of Elves. Ciri could be much older; Yennifer should still be on a mission to become the greatest sorcerer; Jaskier, without a doubt, will still be penning his annoyingly catchy bard songs. You can’t escape destiny, Geralt.