While it might be a bit rich of Netflix to launch a new comedy series that appears to be a straight up parody of The Woman in the Window—a film the streamer paid big bucks for to acquire from Disney amid the pandemic, you may remember—come Jan. 28, Kristen Bell will become The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window.
With a title that recalls such beloved (?) parodic classics as Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th and Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, it’s pretty obvious what we’re in for: A long-overdue laceration of the “woman in peril” genre that followed in the wake of Gone Girl’s success (not to cast shade on Gone Girl; all of these pop culture trends tend to occur because whatever sparked them was genuinely good, which that Gillian Flynn novel/David Fincher thriller definitely was).
The trailer certainly seems to have the tropes down: Isolated woman in a gorgeous home (The Girl on the Train, The Woman in the Window)? Check. A protagonist with a substance abuse habit that renders them the ultimate unreliable narrator (The Woman in the Window)? Check. Lots of artfully shattered casserole dishes? Check. I don’t know what that last one is from, specifically, but it’s funnier every time it happens.
I honestly don’t know if there is enough meat on this bone to sustain the show for even six episodes—Rear Window is a rich vein and all, but The Simpsons did it in one and I don’t know that enough people bothered to watch The Woman in the Window to appreciate Kristen Bell’s lacerating take on Amy Adams’ woebegone Oscar-bait performance in that reviled film. But it’s coming in January, and you probably don’t want to leave the house in January anyway.
Beyond that, the pickings are a bit slim this month, though a lot of you are undoubtedly excited about the first part of the final season of the Jason Bateman/Laura Linney crime drama Ozark (Jan. 21). Otherwise, your best bets seem to be among the many new foreign series and films Netflix is importing, from Spanish-language horror thriller The Wasteland (date TBA) to Framed (Jan. 27), and an Italian murder mystery/comedy that sounds like it is in the same vein as Only Murders in the Building.
Here’s everything on tap:
What’s coming to Netflix in January 2022
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Coming soon (no date announced)
Arriving Jan. 1
- Chief Daddy 2 – Going for Broke — Netflix Film
- The Hook Up Plan: Season 3 — Netflix Series
- 300
- 1BR
- Annie (1982)
- Big Fish
- Braveheart
- Cadillac Records
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Doing Hard Time
- Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother’s Fight To Save Her Daughter
- First Sunday
- Free Willy
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Geronimo: An American Legend
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
- Girl, Interrupted
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- Godzilla (1998)
- Gremlins
- Happy Feet
- Hell or High Water
- Hook
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- I Love You, Man
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
- Interview with the Vampire
- Just Go With It
- Kung Fu Panda
- Linewatch
- The Longest Yard (2005)
- The Lost Boys
- Midnight in Paris
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Nacho Libre
- The NeverEnding Story
- Paranormal Activity
- The Patriot
- Road Trip
- Runaway Bride
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
- Stand by Me
- Superman Returns
- Taxi Driver
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Terminator Salvation
- The Town
- Troy
- True Grit (2010)
- The Wedding Singer
- Wild Wild West
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- Woo
Arriving Jan. 4
Arriving Jan. 5
- Four to Dinner — Netflix Film
- Rebelde — Netflix Series
Arriving Jan. 6
Arriving Jan. 7
Arriving Jan. 10
Arriving Jan. 11
- Dear Mother — Netflix Film
Arriving Jan. 12
- How I Fell in Love with a Gangster — Netflix Film
Arriving Jan. 13
Arriving Jan. 14
- After Life: Season 3 — Netflix Series
- Archive 81 — Netflix Series
- BLIPPI: ADVENTURES
- BLIPPI’S SCHOOL SUPPLY SCAVENGER HUNT
- The House — Netflix Series
- Riverdance: The Animated Adventure — Netflix Family
- This Is Not a Comedy — Netflix Film
Arriving Jan. 16
Arriving Jan. 17
Arriving Jan. 18
- Mighty Express: Train Trouble — Netflix Family
Arriving Jan. 19
Arriving Jan. 20
- Midnight Asia: Eat · Dance · Dream — Netflix Documentary
- The Royal Treatment — Netflix Film
Arriving Jan. 21
Arriving Jan. 24
- Three Songs for Benazir — Netflix Documentary
Arriving Jan. 25
Arriving Jan. 27
- Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery — Netflix Series
Arriving Jan. 28
What’s leaving Netflix in January 2022
Leaving Jan. 1
Leaving Jan. 5
Leaving Jan. 6
- A Ghost Story
- Ballerina
- Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Leaving Jan. 10
Leaving Jan. 11
- Betty White: First Lady of Television
Leaving Jan. 15
- Twilight
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2
Leaving Jan. 17
Leaving Jan. 21
- The Shannara Chronicles: Seasons 1-2
Leaving Jan. 31
- Bleach: The Entry
- Bleach: The Rescue
- Bleach: The Substitute
- Cloud Atlas
- The General’s Daughter
- My Girl 2
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Seasons 1-8
- Mystic River
- Shutter Island