9 New Movies You Can Watch on Netflix This Weekend

Recent drops include a murder documentary that takes place in the seedy NYC of the ’70s, the latest season of the Karate Kid TV sequel, and a remake of a Mexican telenovela that became a huge part of teen culture. Read on to find out what other new shows you should be watching on Netflix this first weekend of the new year. RELATED: 9 New Movies You Can Watch on Netflix This Weekend.

2 Rebelde If you were a teen growing up in Mexico or Argentina in the early ’00s, then you were probably a fan of either country’s version of the musical telenovela Rebelde. The Mexican version even launched a real, successful band featuring the stars. Today, a new reboot (which also hails from Mexico) is coming to Netflix, bringing the soapy teen drama and some fresh songs to another generation.

The latest is Stay Close, about a suburban wife and mother (Cush Jumbo), who disappears after an obsessed admirer from her past life (Rod Hunt) resurfaces, leaving her photographer boyfriend (Richard Armitage) to find out what happened to her—and how her stalker ended up dead. 4 Cobra Kai Netflix’s hit series Cobra Kai, a continuation of the Karate Kid film franchise, fights on in Season 4, which just dropped. This season picks up when Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny (William Zabka) join forces to run one dojo, and in his review, Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times says it’s all quite ridiculous and always entertaining.

5 Queer Eye The sixth edition of Netflix’s life makeover reality show takes place in Austin, Texas, and it doesn’t ignore how its heroes’ (that’s what the Fab Five call their subjects) lives were all turned upside down in different ways by COVID. In this season of Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, and Tan France swoop in to help a bakery owner, a line dancer, a rapper/producer, a crawfish shack proprietor, and more, with typically tear-inducing results.

Who Will Be Joining Netflix In 2022?

Netflix will welcome new series from Kristen Bell, Guillermo del Toro, Shonda Rhimes, and more in 2022 — read our full preview. Another year, another slew of Netflix original series. In 2022, the streaming giant is set to debut a number of its most buzzed-about returning programs, including “Russian Doll” Season 2, “Stranger Things” Season 4, “Bridgerton” Season 2, “The Crown” Season 5, and the final, super-sized season of “Ozark” — in two parts!

IndieWire has pared down the list to a manageable size, and even then, there are quite a few debut shows to look forward to, from Shonda Rhimes’ first original series under her Netflix overall deal to long-awaited adaptations of “Magic: The Gathering,” “Resident Evil,” and “The Sandman.” In between are plenty of auteur-driven premieres, featuring new horror stories from genre maestros Mike Flanagan, Tim Burton, and Guillermo del Toro. Stars like Kristen Bell, Kid Cudi, and Mike Myers are heading to streaming, as well, with plenty more to anticipate from eager creative minds yet to be fully appreciated.

The pandemic continues to wreak havoc on scheduling, so very little is set in stone, but these titles are in a prime position to come out before the year is through. So read on and learn all about Netflix’s 2022 dramas, comedies, limited series, and more, from plot descriptions and cast lists to who’s working their magic behind the camera. Netflix isn’t running short of content.

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