What’s new and the 10 best movies and series on Netflix: January 20, 2023

What’s new and the 10 best movies and series on Netflix: January 20, 2023

Fauda season 4 is now streaming – Picture: Yes Studios/Netflix

Happy Friday and welcome to an (almost) international edition of the new Netflix. With that, keep in mind that if you’re not into international productions, you probably want to see what else has arrived on Netflix this week. Don’t you care about international titles? Great, here’s what’s new and what’s hot for January 20, 2023.

A gentle reminder of some of the deletions to come. If you’re in the middle of a binge prison playbookthat series expires in the middle of next week, and zombie fans, Z Nation it is due to depart in its entirety next weekend.

Not much to talk about on what’s new on Netflix over the weekend, except Murderer of demons season 2.


Best new movies and series on Netflix for January 20, 2023

Fauda (Season 4)

number of episodes: 12
Classification: TV-MA
Idiom: Hebrew
Gender: Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast: Lior Raz Itzik Cohen Neta Garty
Writer: Avi Issacharoff Lior Raz
Execution time: 42 minutes

On the air since 2016, Fauda is the big-budget Israeli action-thriller akin to Amazon Prime’s Tom Clancy’s jack ryan. Now in its fourth season, the show has been one of the most highly praised in the region in years and is a fan favorite among Netflix users.

Here’s what you can expect as season four kicks off, courtesy of Yes Studies:

“A small terrorist cell lights up some red flags with the Security Services. Ayub asks Doron to accompany him to Belgium on what seems like an easy mission, when suddenly things take a dangerous turn.”


JUNG_E (2023)

Classification: TV-14
Idiom: Korean
Gender: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: sang ho yeon
Cast: Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-soo
Writer: sang ho yeon

Netflix’s Big Friday Movie for this week is the sci-fi epic, JUNG_E from director Sang-ho Yeon (best known for Netflix’s Infernal).

The film is set in a post-apocalyptic future and follows a researcher at an artificial intelligence lab who leads the effort to end a civil war by cloning the brain of a heroic soldier who turns out to be his mother.

In our review of the film, we gave it a PAUSE rating, adding, “With some quality action around its edges and enough heart at the center of its central characters, it might be possible to overcome its glaring shortcomings.”


The real world (Season 28)

number of episodes:13
Classification: TV-14
Idiom: English
Gender: Drama, Reality TV
Cast: Janelle Casanave, Alton Williams II, Arissa Hill
Writer: Jonathan Murray, Mary-Ellis Bunim
Execution time: 30 minutes

Looking for a vintage retro TV? Season 28 of MTV’s The Real World premieres today on Netflix. With more than 33 seasons and 614 episodes under its belt, the reality series brings together strangers to become roommates, all while being filmed.

Season 28 of the show is coming to Netflix today which is the 2013 season or it is called something else, The Real World: Portland.


Complete list of new releases on Netflix for January 20, 2023

Find an expanded list of what’s new on Netflix here.

5 new movies added today

  • Online (2017) – TV-14 – English – A convicted murderer is released from prison and reunited with his wife, who plots revenge against him after years of emotional and physical abuse.
  • JUNG_E (2023) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Korean
  • Mission Majnu (2023) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Hindi – In the 1970s, an undercover Indian spy takes on a deadly mission to expose a covert nuclear weapons program in the heart of Pakistan.
  • Ritsa: Three Colors of Love (2021) – TV-PG – Arabic – Love connects three people on different timelines as they follow their hearts and discover that their romantic decisions lead them into trouble.
  • Honey (2022) – TV-14 – Turkish – This documentary traces the life and career of Turkish theater legend Y?ld?z Kenter through interviews with his family, fellow actors and students.

9 new TV series added today

  • Awakening (Season 1) – TV-14 – Korean – Police officers investigate dark secrets linking a series of current murders to puzzling incidents that took place in a town 28 years ago.
  • Bake Squad (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English – Master bakers elevate desserts with next-level ideas and epic execution. Now the battle begins to win over customers who need very special sweets.
  • Bling Empire: New York (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English – A new cast of stylish Asian-American socialites flaunt their wealth — and fashion — while bringing the drama and living it big in New York City.
  • Booba (season 4) – TV-Y7 – Spanish – The world is a mystery to little Booba. But he approaches the curiosities that surround him with wonder, finding adventure in his everyday environment.
  • Fauda (Season 4) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Hebrew – A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to search for a Palestinian fighter he thought he had killed, setting in motion a chaotic chain of events.
  • Represent (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – French – The leader of a youth center in the suburbs of Paris becomes a candidate in the presidential elections. But is France really ready for a black president?
  • Shahmaran (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Turkish
  • Shanty Town (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English – A group of courtesans try to escape the clutches of a notorious kingpin, but political corruption and blood ties make freedom an almost impossible goal.
  • The Real World (Season 1) – TV-14 – Spanish – What happens when people stop being polite and start being real? In this iconic long-running reality series, strangers become roommates to find out.

Netflix’s Top 10 for January 20, 2023

ginny and georgia was finally dethroned today, with that 90s show occupying the first place. In the meantime, dog gone it remains the most popular title and children’s movie on the service in the US.

# TV shows Films Children
one that 90s show dog gone dog gone
2 ginny and georgia The Hitchhiker Wielding an Ax cocomelon
3 Vikings: Valhalla Crystal Onion: A Knives Out Mystery trolls
4 new amsterdam trolls sing 2
5 Wednesday sing 2 Little angel
6 The Walking Dead the pale blue eye babyfinn
7 love island the year of the wedding first sonic
8 The circle Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon the bad boys
9 Kaleidoscope transformers revenge of the fallen Matilda the musical by Roald Dahl
10 the fighters the bad boys House

What are you watching on Netflix today? Let us know in the comments.

By Loris Jones

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