For a lot of us, streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, AppleTV, Paramount+ and Disney+ have been a godsend as we signed up and watched in our millions.
Blockbuster films and incredible shows are added every week starring our favourite Hollywood superstars and 2023 looks as good as ever.
There are always going to be bankers and new shows like Dahmer, Wednesday and The Watcher pulled in the viewing figures for Netflix in 2022.
But, for some of us, nothing quite beats a brand new film. That is why Netflix has slated a huge number of new movies for 2023.
In fact, Netflix has more than 50 brand new films lined-up for release in 2023. Across multiple categories, you will be able to watch jam-packed action, enjoy family fun, get lost in the romance and even hide behind the sofa as the hits keep coming.
Netflix will also be releasing the much anticipated second movies for both Extraction and Murder Mystery.
Expect to see the best and brightest on-screen, including Christian Slater, Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, Chris Hemsworth, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Gal Gadot, and Michael Fassbender. And that's just to name a few!
So without any more fanfare, here is every new movie coming to Netflix in 2023!
ACTION, ADVENTURE, SCI-FI
The Mother – May 12th 2023
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
Director: Niki Caro
Cast: Jennifer Lopez (Shotgun Wedding), Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paul Raci, Lucy Paez
Extraction 2 – June 16th 2023
After barely surviving the events of the first movie, Rake is back as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission.
He must rescue the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.
Director: Sam Hargrave
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani and Adam Bessa
Heart Of Stone – August 11th 2023
Rachel Stone is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peace-keeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.
Director: Tom Harper
Cast: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo and Matthias Schweighöfer
Lift – August 25th 2023
An international heist crew is recruited to prevent a terrorist attack, and must pull off the heist on a plane mid-flight.
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D'Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Jean Reno and Sam Worthington
Damsel – October 13th 2023
A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt.
Thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon, she must rely on her wits and will to survive.
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, Robin Wright and Ray Winstone
Rebel Moon – December 22nd 2023
When a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, they dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past named Kora to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them take a stand.
Director: Zach Snyder
Cast: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Bae Doona, Ray Fisher, with Charlie Hunnam and Anthony Hopkins
Carga Máxima – Release Date Unknown
In the first Brazilian action movie on Netflix, Roger is a truck racing driver who starts driving for a cargo robbery gang in order to keep his team.
Once inside the crime, he will have to fight hard to get out.
Director: Tomás Portella
Cast: Thiago Martins, Sheron Menezzes, Raphael Logam and Milhem Cortaz
COMEDY
You People – January 27th
When a rideshare mix-up in LA brings Ezra Cohen and Amira Mohammed together, the two find themselves connecting over a shared love of streetwear and music.
As they fall in love, their relationship is tested by their respective families.
Director: Kenya Barris
Cast: Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, Lauren London, David Duchovny and Nia Long
Murder Mystery 2 – March 31st
Now full-time detectives struggling to get their private eye agency off the ground, Nick and Audrey Spitz find themselves at the center of an international abduction when their friend the Maharaja is kidnapped at his own lavish wedding.
Director: Jeremy Garelick
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Adeel Akhtar, John Kani and Mark Strong
The Outlaws – Release Date Unknown
Owen Browning is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker.
When the infamous Ghost Bandits hold up his bank during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.
Director: Tyler Spindel
Cast: Adam Devine, Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin and Nina Dobre
DRAMA
Pain Hustlers – October 27th
Upon losing her job, a blue-collar woman struggling to raise her daughter takes a job at a failing pharmaceutical start-up, only to get involved in a dangerous racketeering scheme.
Director: David Yates
Cast: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara and Jay Duplass
Nyad – Autumn 2023
The remarkable true story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who, at the age of 64, became the first person to complete the “Everest of swims,” a 53-hour, 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida through dangerous open ocean without a shark cage.
Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
Cast: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans and Ethan Jones Romero
Spaceman – Autumn 2023
As an astronaut sent to the edge of the galaxy to collect mysterious ancient dust finds his earthly life falling to pieces, he turns to the only voice who can help him try to put it back together.
It just so happens to belong to a creature from the beginning of time lurking in the shadows of his ship.
Director: Johan Renck
Cast: Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano and Kunal Nayyar
Chakda ‘Xpress – Release Date Unknown
The film is inspired by the incredible story of one of the fastest female pacers in the history of world cricket, Jhulan Goswami as she moves up the ladder, despite the countless hindrances, to fulfill her only dream: to play cricket.
Director: Prosit Roy
Cast: Anushka Sharma, Renuka Shahane and Anshul Chauhan
Maestro – Release Date Unknown
Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
Director: Bradley Cooper
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke, Matt Bomer and Sarah Silverman
Reptile – Release Date Unknown
Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
Director: Grant Singer
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian and Alicia Silverstone
Rustin – Release Date Unknown
Bayard Rustin, the brilliant strategist behind 1963’s momentous March On Washington and close advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., dedicated his life to the tireless quest for racial equality, human rights, and worldwide democracy.
Director: George C. Wolfe
Cast: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman and Audra McDonald,
Shirley – Release Date Unknown
Shirley is the intimate portrayal of trailblazing political icon Shirley Chisholm, the first Black Congresswoman and the first Black woman to run for President of the U.S, and the cost of accomplishment for Shirley herself.
Director: John Ridley
Cast: Regina King (The Boondocks), Lucas Hedges, Christina Jackson and Michael Cherrie
Untitled Wes Anderson/Roald Dahl Film – 2023
Wes Anderson’s adaptation of several Roald Dahl short stories, including The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Sir Ben Kingsley and Richard Ayoade
THRILLER
Jung-E – January 20th
In 2194, a civil war among those who survived the Earth’s catastrophe breaks out. A war heroine Major Jung-e goes into a coma after a serious injury, and her family is forced to donate her brain data to ‘Next Generation Lab’ who uses Jung-e’s data to make an AI robot.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Cast: Kim Hyun-joo
Luther: The Fallen Sun – March 10th
An epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film, a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars.
Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
Director: Jamie Payne
Cast: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis and Dermot Crowley
Kill Boksoon – March 31st
Boksoon leads a double life — she is both a mother of a teenage daughter and the legendary professional killer at the top-tier killing agency MK.
Caught in between the mission of killing someone and the mission of raising someone, Boksoon refuses to complete an assigned mission and is thrown into an inevitable fight.
Director: Byun Sung-hyun
Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Kim Si-A, Esom and Koo Kyo-hwan
They Cloned Tyrone – July 21st
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper.
Director: Juel Taylor
Cast: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris
The Killer – November 10th
After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton
Leave The World Behind – December 8th
A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout.
As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Director: Sam Esmail
Cast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la and Farrah Mackenzie
Monkey Man – Release Date Unknown
An unlikely hero emerges from prison to take on a world enmeshed in corporate greed and eroding spiritual values, seeking revenge from those who took everything from him many years ago.
Director: Dev Patel
Cast: Dev Patel and Sharlto Copley
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Dog Gone – January 13th
After a young man and his beloved dog are separated on the Appalachian Trail, he and his father must begin a desperate search to find him before it’s too late.
Based on an incredible true story of humanity and everyday heroism.
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Rob Lowe, Johnny Berchtold, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Nick Peine
True Spirit – February 3rd
When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail.
With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben Bryant and her parents, Jessica is determined to accomplish what was thought to be impossible.
Director: Sarah Spillane
Cast: Teagan Croft, Cliff Curtis, Bridget Webb, Vivien Turner, Josh Lawson and Anna Paquin
We Have A Ghost – February 24th
Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin's family into overnight social media sensations.
But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of Ernest's past, they become a target of the CIA.
Director: Christopher Landon
Cast: David Harbour, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Tig Notaro, Erica Ash, Jennifer Coolidge, and Anthony Mackie
Chupa – April 7th
While visiting his family in Mexico, teenage Alex gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed.
In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins must embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Director: Jonás Cuarón
Cast: Demián Bichir, Evan Whitten, Christian Slater, Ashley Ciarra and Nickolas Verdugo
ANIMATED, ANIME
The Magician’s Elephant – March 17th
When Peter crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square, there is only one question on his mind: is his sister still alive?
The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a harrowing journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks.
Director: Wendy Rogers
Cast: Sian Clifford, Pixie Davies, Natasia Demetriou, Dawn French, Brian Tyree Henry, Noah Jupe
Leo – November 22nd
A coming-of-age animated musical comedy about the last year of elementary school as seen through the eyes of a class pet.
Director: Robert Smigel, Robert Marianetti, David Wachtenheim
Cast: Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Cecily Strong, Jason Alexander, Rob Schneider
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – 2023
Having pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger has finally found her dream — a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world.
Back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat. For Ginger and her team, even if it means putting their own hard-won freedom at risk – this time, they’re breaking in!
Director: Sam Fell
Cast: Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson
The Monkey King – 2023
The Monkey King is an action-packed family comedy that follows a monkey and his magical fighting Stick as they team up on an epic quest where they must go head to head against gods, demons, dragons, and the greatest enemy of all, Monkey's own ego!
Director: Anthony Stacchi
Cast: Jimmy O. Yang, Bowen Yang, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Jo Koy, Ron Yuan, Hoon Lee, Stephanie Hsu
Nimona – 2023
A knight is framed for a crime he didn't commit and the only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona, a shape-shifting teen who might also be a monster he's sworn to kill.
Director: Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang
ROMANCE
Your Place Or Mine – February 10th
Debbie and Peter are best friends and total opposites. She craves routine with her son in LA; he thrives on change in NY.
When they swap houses and lives for a week they discover what they think they want might not be what they really need.
Director: Aline Brosh McKenna
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Williams, Zoë Chao
A Tourist’s Guide To Love – April 27th
After an unexpected break up, a travel executive accepts an assignment to go undercover and learn about the tourist industry in Vietnam.
Along the way she finds adventure and romance with her Vietnamese expat tour guide when they decide to reroute the tour bus in order to explore life and love off the beaten path.
Director: Steven K. Tsuchida
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Scott Ly, Missi Pyle, Ben Feldman, Glynn Sweet, Alexa Povah
Happiness For Beginners – Summer 2023
Helen has always lived her life as far from the edge as possible. Finding herself newly divorced and a little lost, Helen decides she needs a reset and signs up for the “Adventure of a Lifetime!” a backcountry survival course hiking the Appalachian Trail with a group of oddball strangers.
Director: Vicky Wight
Cast: Ellie Kemper, Luke Grimes, Nico Santos, Blythe Danner, Ben Cook
The Perfect Find – Summer 2023
Will a forty-year-old woman with everything on the line — her high-stakes career, ticking biological clock, bank account — risk it all for an intensely lusty secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback, for good?
Director: Numa Perrier
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Keith Powers, Aisha Hinds, DB Woodside
Love At First Sight – September 2023
After missing her flight from New York to London, Hadley meets Oliver in a chance encounter at the airport that sparks an instant connection.
A long night on the plane together passes in the blink of an eye but upon landing at Heathrow, the pair are separated and finding each other in the chaos seems impossible.
Director: Vanessa Caswill
Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Jameela Jamil, Rob Delaney, Sally Phillips
A Family Affair – November 17th
A surprising romance kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they face the complications of love, sex, and identity.
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King, Liza Koshy and Kathy Bates
The Archies – 2023
A live action musical set in 1960’s India, bursting with youth, rebellion, friendships, first loves and everything young adult, it still promises to have something for every generation.
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Cast: Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan
Best.Christmas.Ever! – 2023
Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal.
When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie’s snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's life can’t possibly be that perfect.
Director: Mary Lambert
Cast: Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood, Matt Cedeño and Jason Biggs
Choose Love – 2023
Cami Conway has it all. She’s got the job she wants and is headed towards engagement, marriage and kids with her wonderful boyfriend, Paul.
And yet. She feels something is missing. Cami faces a kaleidoscope of tempting but tough choices. What she chooses depends wholly on you, the viewer.
Director: Stuart McDonald
Cast: Laura Marano, Avan Jogia, Jordi Webber and Scott Michael Foster
Players – 2023
New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up “plays” with best friend Adam and their crew.
But when she unexpectedly falls head-over-heels for one of her targets, they all must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps.
Director: Trish Sie
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr., Tom Ellis, Joel Courtney, Liza Koshy, Augustus Prew
Conclusion
So there you have every movie coming to Netflix in 2023. There are also a number of exciting documentaries coming your way including:
- Pamela, A Love Story – January 31st
- Bill Russell: Legend – February 8th
- The Deepest Breath – 2023
- Victim/Suspect – 2023
You may have noticed that some of the movies being released in 2023 don't have their air dates in yet but as soon as they become available we will update the article!
