The one new show to watch on Netflix right now

The i new show to sentry on Netflix correct now

A scene from Archive 81 on Netflix showing the character Melody standing by a painting while holding a camcorder

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Each calendar month brings new shows to picket on Netflix, and Jan 2022 is no exception. Merely unless you trust the service'south algorithm to know what'due south right for you — or you have the time to hunt through the entire catalogue — you might need a helping hand finding the best stuff to sentinel.

Fear not, because we've trawled through all 109 Netflix additions for Jan 2022 to bring you the one new evidence nosotros'd recommend watching. And only in case that's non to your taste, we've added a couple of back upwards options from very different genres.

So read on for our pinnacle new Netflix prove this month — and if you're not only looking for recent additions, caput over to our listing of the 63 best shows on Netflix right now.

The one new Netflix show to watch this month

Archive 81

Archive 81 is i of the freshest, nigh interesting serial to hitting Netflix in a while (well, several weeks at to the lowest degree). Information technology's all-time described as a creepy sci-fi horror, only that doesn't really do justice to the fashion it blends genres, jumping between 18-carat spring scares and character-driven drama with ease. That it manages to experience original while using the relatively tired found-footage schtick is fifty-fifty more impressive.

Information technology follows archivist Ben (Mamoudou Athie) in the nowadays day as he restores a collection of videotapes recorded in 1994 by student filmmaker Melody (Dina Shihabi). The serial jumps back and along betwixt the timelines, but the threads quickly entwine as the unsettling story develops.

It'due south received a warm welcome from both critics and fans, with Rotten Tomatoes awarding it an 88% Certified Fresh score from the professionals, and 69% from audiences. Over on IMDb, it has a vii.half dozen/10 rating — which is pretty decent as these things become.

All of which suggests that Archive 81 could easily return for a second season — bold information technology doesn't become yet another Netflix cancelled show. So, volition that happen? Well, without giving anything away, the first eight episodes exit plenty of telescopic for the show to continue.

Plus, it'due south (loosely) based on a successful podcast which has itself run for 48 episodes, so there's enough more material to piece of work with. Showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine certainly has ideas about how it could continue, telling Entertainment Weekly that "It was always meant to proceed going. We are e'er thinking almost season 2."

We'll certainly have our fingers crossed that it does return, but if you're checking out the first flavor, a give-and-take of alarm: picket with the lights off at your ain risk.

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Subsequently Life season iii

Is Ricky Gervais actually going to end his hitting comedy-drama After Life after just iii seasons? Yes he is — so all the more reason to make sure y'all don't miss the concluding round of episodes. And while the critics accept been divided on whether it lives up to the first-class first two seasons (it has a 43% score on Rotten Tomatoes), fans will no uncertainty want to know how information technology ends.

The overriding theme, unsurprisingly is, grief and how you lot motion past it, with Gervais' lead character Tony struggling to cope with the expiry of his begetter and wife. But with his previously platonic friendship with nurse Emma (Ashley Jensen) seemingly getting more than complicated, will Tony's story finish on a happy notation?

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Ozark flavor 4

Ozark season 4 promises to be so packed with incident that it'southward been split into two seven-episode runs, rather than having just the usual 10 instalments; or maybe Netflix just wants to spin it out for a chip longer. Either fashion, the starting time half starts on Friday, and then buckle upward and get ready for the fun.

Although fun may be in brusque supply here, given that the Byrdes family are beset past trouble on all sides. Volition their dealings with drugs kingpin Navarro lead to their downfall, or will family issues be a bigger problem? Things don't look good for them either style, but then again this was never going to be prissy, stress-complimentary finale for anybody's favorite suburban money launderers.

Streaming from Jan 21

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As U.K. Editor in Master on Tom's Guide, Marc is responsible for the site'southward U.K.-focused output as well as overseeing all gaming, streaming, audio, Boob tube, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He previously edited the tech website Stuff and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart habitation devices, Bluetooth speakers, games and much more. He also spent years on a music magazine, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people's fun, and on a automobile magazine. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very modest things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (afar galaxies). When he gets fourth dimension, he also enjoys gaming (panel and mobile), cycling and attempting to picket every bit much sport every bit any human can (particularly cricket).