2024 opens with a slate of premieres on Netflix, continuing a year that began with bold storytelling. January brings JA Bayona’s The Snow Society, the international drama Lift featuring Ursula Corberó, and My loneliness has wings, Mario Casas’s directorial debut. The season’s flagship release is Griselda, led by Sofía Vergara as a fierce Colombian cartel figure, with Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh contributing to The Sun Brothers in a high-profile cross-continental collaboration.
Snow Society
The film lands four days into the month as a gripping survival narrative inspired by a real disaster. Bayona revisits the tension of a mountain catastrophe, echoing the emotional gravity of his earlier work, while reimagining a historic crisis for contemporary audiences. It is positioned as Spain’s Oscar hopeful this season.
Elevator: a first-class robbery
On the twelfth day, Úrsula Corberó steps into a new kind of heist, transitioning from her famous paper crown to the helm of an international crew. The plan targets a staggering windfall: 500 million gold coins aboard a passenger plane at cruising altitude. Cast members include Kevin Hart, Billy Magnussen, Vincent D’Onofrio, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jacob Batalon, Sam Worthington, and Jean Reno. The film is directed by F. Gary Gray, a veteran of adrenaline-fueled thrillers who previously brought audiences fast-paced capers like The Italian Job and Fast & Furious 8.
My loneliness has wings
Mario Casas makes his directing debut with a feature that centers on his brother Óscar. The project draws from the director-actor’s own memories of Barcelona’s outer neighborhoods, where a tight-knit group of youths navigates risk and loyalty while dabbling in minor crimes to survive. The film unfolds through the eyes of young people who live on the margins of urban life, offering a close look at friendship under pressure.
Griselda
Sofía Vergara both produces and headlines this limited-series project inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco, a legendary figure in the shadowy history of Miami’s underworld. The show is crafted by a showrunner who previously shaped Narcos and is directed to mirror the era of the 1970s and 1980s. Blanco’s magnetic blend of charm and ruthlessness allowed her to navigate family and crime with unsettling ease, earning her the moniker The Godmother.
Movies
Costa Brava, Lebanon follows a family as they leave a cloud of Beirut’s overwhelming pollution to seek solace in the mountains, only to confront a looming environmental threat as a garbage dump plans to set up near their new home.
Orange Days sketches a developing romance between a psychology student and a witty violinist. Their bond grows through shared challenges and sign-language communication as they learn to face fears together.
Unlimited chronicles a single mother’s road trip across the United States after her father’s eccentric exit from his nursing home, a journey that promises both freedom and complications in equal measure.
With My Remaining Years follows a law student who stumbles into a risky venture, forcing a cross-border odyssey from Los Angeles to Mexico as he tries to settle a debt owed by his father.
It’s Just Chemistry portrays a romance tangled by the presence of a television star and a best friend who doubles as a skeptical psychologist about love, complicating loyalties and expectations.
Life Goes On tracks an artist mourning a famed writer husband as she invites two close friends to Paris, where hidden truths rise to the surface and redefine relationships.
From the Ashes marks a scheduled moment in the month, a narrative arc that unfolds across a significant day in the story’s timeline.
60 Minutes follows Octavio, a mixed martial arts fighter who races against time to attend his daughter’s birthday party. With his own custody battle hanging in the balance, he faces a perilous pursuit by dangerous criminals who push the clock toward a potentially irreversible outcome.
Kitchen centers on Izi, a resident of London’s most impoverished neighborhoods, who plans an escape that hinges on the unexpected choices of a young man who enters the picture at a pivotal moment.
Sherry
Tricks, a one-day mini-series adapted from a novel by Harlan Coben, follows Maya as she discovers a chilling conspiracy connected to a presumed-dead husband caught on a security camera, unraveling far-reaching secrets from the 90s.
New Targets, Season 2, follows a business consultant who inherits a farm burdened with trouble, forcing him to confront a past he left behind and consider a future he never imagined.
Sun Brothers starts with the murder of a husband in Taiwan and follows the youngest son as he relocates to Los Angeles to shield his mother and brother in a dangerous, high-stakes family saga that blends crime with family loyalty. Michelle Yeoh plays a central role in this multi-layered narrative.
The Boy Who Ate the Universe tracks the adventures of a 12-year-old in the Brisbane suburbs during the 1980s, a coming-of-age story packed with curiosity and mischief.
Kübra centers on a former soldier in Istanbul as he struggles to rebuild his life and find a new path after leaving the military.
Heritage follows a woman who unexpectedly inherits a cemetery and becomes entangled in a string of murders that test her resolve and uncover long-buried secrets.
Baby Bandit takes inspiration from a major Chilean robbery in 2014, spinning a narrative about a group whose audacious plan reshapes their lives and the country’s memory of the event.
Documentaries and Facts
Crypto Scam offers a documentary account in which Ray Trapani reveals how he built a controversial company, joined by family and friends who exposed the Centra Tech case, one of the earliest large-scale crypto frauds.
The Treasure of Lake Kivu analyzes the regional conflict around a central African lake known for methane deposits that could threaten millions if unleashed during conflict or environmental failure.
We Are What We Eat: An Experiment with Twins follows several identical twins as they test how diet changes affect health over eight weeks, tracking measurable outcomes.
Desertification explains how climate change and agriculture converge to drain landscapes, pushing communities toward new ways of life and resilience.
Trust: The Game of Greed presents a reality-format experiment in which eleven strangers are given a share of money and must decide how to split it. The test questions how fairly people behave when profit is at stake.
Breaking Point Season 2 dives into the world of competitive tennis, examining the pressures and demands behind the sport’s relentless pursuit of excellence.
Love Is Blind Sweden follows couples navigating reality television to find authentic connections in a culture of optics and expectations.
Crimes offers a documentary-style exploration of selected crime cases, with insights from investigators and experts who contextualize what happened and why.
Love on the Autism Spectrum explores how people with autism navigate dating, shedding light on communication, empathy, and relationship dynamics.
Love with a Deadline sends a group of women on journeys to dream destinations like Okinawa and Kyoto as they search for true partners under the spotlight of reality television.
Six Countries: The Heart of Rugby follows a documentary arc across multiple nations as the sport’s culture, history, and impact unravel in the world of athletes and fans alike.