Between movies and TV shows, Netflix has numerous upcoming projects. In this list, we’ll be looking at the most anticipated upcoming movies on Netflix.
To compile the list below, we’ll be using IMDb’s Movie Meter data which updates every Monday.
As one of the world’s largest movie and TV show databases and assigns a MovieMeter score based on the amount of inbound traffic to any respective page. We figure that the higher the traffic, the more people are excited about the project. IMDb continues to draw in over half a billion site visits every single month.
Note: MovieMeter scores are correct as of January 3rd, 2023:
10. Havoc
Director: Gareth Evans
Genre: Action, Thriller | Cast: Tom Hardy, Timothy Olyphant, Forest Whitaker, Narges Rashidi, Luis Guzmán
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 5285
Known for such movies as The Raid and Netflix’s The Apostle, Gareth Evans is an incredibly talented and exciting director. Havoc will be Tom Hardy’s Netflix film debut, who along with Evans is listed as one of the producers.
The story is set after a drug deal gone wrong, when a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city.
9. Luther: The Fallen Sun
Director: Jamie Payne
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery | Cast: Idris Elba, Andy Serkis, Cynthia Erivo, Dermot Crowley, Jess Liaudin
Netflix Release Date: March 2023
Moviemeter: 4964
Idris Elba returns in one of his most iconic roles to date, Detective John Luther. We’ve waited a considerable amount of time for the movie to arrive, and subscribers will only have to wait a little while longer when Luther: The Fallen Sun arrives on Netflix in March 2023.
Detective Chief Inspector John Luther is a brilliant London officer, so obsessed with his work that he is willing to go down the darkest of paths and break the stringiest of rules. Based on the TV Series LUTHER.
8. Jeanne du Barry
Director: Maïwenn
Genre: Biographic, Historical | Cast: Johnny Depp, Maïwenn, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Richard, Pascal Gregory
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 4,403
Johnny Depp’s big return to the screens will come in the form of an indie flick out of France that Netflix carried the distribution rights to (it’s unclear whether it’ll be listed as a Netflix Original or not).
The biopic, which has wrapped filming, is about the life of Jeanne Bécu, born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
7. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Director: Sam Fell
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy| Cast: Bella Ramsey, David Bradley, Imelda Staunton,
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 6,217
It’s taken 23 years, but the world’s favorite chicken movie franchise is back:
Having pulled off an escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger has found a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new threat, and Ginger and her team decide to break in.
6. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley
Director: Mark Molloy
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime | Cast: Eddie Murphy, Kevin Bacon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Preston Rogers, Paul Reiser
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 3760
Picture: Paramount Pictures
For the first time in almost three decades, Eddie Murphy will return to reprise one of his most iconic roles, Axel Foley, the brash loudmouthed cop from Detroit. Plot details are still under wraps at this time, so it’s unclear if we’ll see Axel Foley as a police commissioner, or whether or not his antics have kept him from promotions.
5. Maestro
Director: Bradley Cooper
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music | Cast: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke, Matt Bomer, Sarah Silverman
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 3,612
Picture: Netflix
A potential Oscar contender for 2024 at the 96th Academy Awards, Bradley Cooper takes on directing, producing, writing and acting in his biopic of Leonard Bernstein, the composer of movies such as West Side Story, On the Waterfront, and On the Town.
Maestro will tell the complex love story of Leonard and Felicia, a story that spans over 30 years-from the time they met in 1946 at a party and continues through two engagements, a 25-year marriage, and three children: Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein, and Nina Bernstein Simmons.
4. You People
Director: Kenya Barris
Genre: Comedy, Romance | Cast: Andrea Savage, Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Eddie Murphy, David Duchov
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 3612
Picture: Netflix
Led by Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, You People will be his feature-length directorial debut and Netflix debut. Helping Barris on the upcoming rom-com is Jonah Hill, who has helped write, produce, and will star in the lead role.
Follows a new couple and their families, who find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations and generational differences.
3. The Killer
Director: David Fincher
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | Cast: Tilda Swinton, Michael Fassbender, Charles Parnell, Monique Ganderton, Sala Baker
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 2231
Another passion project that David Fincher has been interested in for years, The Killer is an adaptation of Alexis Nolent’s graphic novel. Upon release, The Killer will be the second feature film from Fincher of his 4 years exclusive deal with Netflix.
“A man solitary and cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, the killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. And yet the longer he waits, the more he thinks he’s losing his mind, if not his cool. A brutal, bloody and stylish noir story of a professional assassin lost in a world without a moral compass, this is a case study of a man alone, armed to the teeth and slowly losing his mind.”
2. Rebel Moon
Director: Zack Snyder
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama | Cast: Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Stuart Martin, Anthony Hopkins, Jena Malone
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 1457
Picture: Netflix
Since his return to directing, Zack Snyder has made Netflix his new home, which has since greenlit an exciting number of his projects. Rebel Moon is rumored to have been based on Snyder’s pitch for a stand-alone Star Wars movie and is influenced by Snyder’s favorite film, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
A peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Balisarius. Desperate, the colonists dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them make a stand.
If Rebel Moon has a limited release in theatres, it could certainly be worth attending for a true thematic experience.
1. Knives Out 3
Director: Rian Johnson
Genre: Comedy, Mystery | Cast: TBA
Netflix Release Date: 2024
Moviemeter: 601
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery landed on Netflix over the holidays and has been a smash hit with subscribers. Fans of Rian Johnson’s comedy mystery can look forward to a third outing for Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc. A minimal number of details have been revealed so far and we’re excited to learn more soon.
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