Netflix release dates 2021 – what's coming up this year

It's already been a cracking start to the year - we've enjoyed another helping of the smash-hit Cobra Kai after its move from YouTube to Netflix; new series Fate: the Winx Saga and Shadow and Bone have been thrilling fantasy fans; while Sherlock drama The Irregulars updates the classic story by focusing on a gang of troubled street teenagers who are manipulated by Holmes and Watson into solving an array of troubling supernatural crimes.

As for films, we have already been treated to archaeology film The Dig, western Concrete Cowboy with Idris Elba and can look forward to Zack Snyder's latest zombie flick Army of the Dead.

While many of 2021's titles don't yet have confirmed release dates, we're expecting to see a number of familiar shows return, from comedy hit Sex Education to horror-thriller You.

Here's everything we know so far about Netflix's 2021 titles and their release dates.

11th June

Lupin season 2 Omar Sy is set to return for the second part of the popular Netflix crime drama

18th June

Elite season 4 More from the Spanish-language teen thriller, with some fresh faces joining the cast

Fatherhood Kevin Hart stars in a true story of a father who must raise his daughter on his own

Too Hot to Handle season 2 More singletons try their hardest to keep their hands off each other in a bid to win some money...

July

Fear Street trilogy Bloody adaptation of RL Stine’s novels, released over a three-week period

23th July

Sky Rojo season 2 Second helping of the Spanish drama, hot on the heels of the first earlier this year

11th August

The Kissing Booth 3 The final film in the franchise will see Joel Courtney, Joey King and Jacob Elordi reprising their much-loved roles for one last snogging session

27th August

He's All That Re-imagined romcom from Mean Girls director Mark Waters

3rd September

Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) season 5 vol 1 The hit Spanish crime returns for the first part of the final season

3rd December

Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) season 5 vol 2 ..with the second part arriving in the last month of the year

Also expected to arrive in 2021...

Angry Birds: Summer Madness A new series based on the world of Angry Birds arrives this year, following much-loved birds Red, Bomb and Chuck

Apollo 10 1/2: a Space Age Adventure From Richard Linklater, this animated film starring Jack Black tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from the perspectives of the astronaut and an excited kid living near NASA

Diana: a New Musical Expected to premiere in 2021, a filmed version of this Broadway musical about the life of Princess Diana is arriving on Netflix

Godzilla Singular Point New anime series due to arrive in June

Gone for Good Based on the Harlan Coben book, this Netflix adaptation follows Guillaume Lucchesi (Finnegan Oldfield) as he tries to find his missing partner Judith 10 years after a tragedy involving the death of his first love and his brother

Inventing Anna Based on Jessica Pressler's New York Magazine feature on real-life con-artist Anna Delvey, this Netflix series stars Julia Garner as the apparent German heiress who convinced New York high society she was rich as she stole from them

Lost in Space season 3 The third and final season of this underrated sci-fi gem was announced some time ago and filming has now completed. Expect this to land before the year is out

Love Is Blind season 2 Netflix renewed this experimental dating show for two more series back in March, with the second series predicted to arrive at some point in 2021

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness Based on the best-selling game series, this original CG anime series is set to focus on two popular characters – Leon S Kennedy and Claire Redfield

Riverdale season 5 After a mid-season hiatus, Riverdale is set to return on The CW in the US on 11th August - that means we can expect the series to premiere on Netflix shortly afterwards for UK viewers

Sex Education season 3 Following COVID-related filming delays, Sex Education's third season is now finally in production, with Otis and the gang set to return at some point

You season 3 The creepy Joe Goldberg, played by Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley, will be back for a third outing, this time with murderous girlfriend Love (Victoria Pedretti)

2021's significant releases so far...

1st January

Cobra Kai season 3 Season three of the Karate Kid spin-off lands on Netflix, following Johnny Lawrence 34 years after the events of the first film (pulled forward from original 8th January release date)

RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 A brand-new line-up of wannabe drag superstars vie for the title (episodes weekly)

We Can Be Heroes Directed by Spy Kids' Robert Rodriguez, We Can Be Heroes follows the children of superheroes, who are whisked into protection by the government after alien invaders kidnap their parents. With Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christian Slater and Adriana Barraza

7th January

Pieces of a Woman Starring Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf, this film follows a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy

15th January

Disenchantment Part 3 Matt Groening's medieval adventure story returns for a third run

21st January

Riverdale season 5 First batch of episodes before the remainder of the drama airs later in the year

22nd January

Fate: the Winx Saga Based on popular animated series Winx Club, this Netflix original drama follows five fairies at a magical boarding school where they must learn to master their powers

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous season 2 The animated spin-off from the mega film franchise gets a second outing as the adventures continue for the central group of friends

The White Tiger Based on the Aravind Adiga New York Times bestseller, this film starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas follows Balram Halwai's (Adarsh Gourav) darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur

26th January

Snowpiercer season 2 Second run of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series (episodes weekly)

29th January

The Dig This period drama starring Ralph Fiennes, Lily James and Cary Mulligan follows a wealthy widow, who hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate as the Second World War looms

10th February

News of the World Tom Hanks stars in this western about a Civil War veteran who undertakes a dangerous journey across Texas to deliver an orphaned girl to a new home

12th February

To All the Boys: Always and Forever Third title in the romantic film franchise, also based on a book by Jenny Han

17th February

Behind Her Eyes Based on Sarah Pinborough's novel of the same name, Simona Brown stars as a single mother who has an affair with her psychiatrist boss (Tom Bateman) before befriending his wife Adele (Eve Hewson)

23rd February

Pele Documentary delving into the retired Brazilian footballer's stellar career – and the turbulent political background against which it was carved

24th February

Ginny & Georgia Drama series following a single mother and her daughter, whom she had when she was 15 years old

3rd March

Moxie Amy Poehler co-stars in and directs this coming-of-age comedy

4th March

Pacific Rim: the Black season 1 Anime cartoon series based on the Pacific Rim movies

5th March

Nevanke: Breaking the Silence Crime documentary about Nevenka Fernandez and the severe backlash she faced for speaking out about sexual assault in 2000

10th March

Last Chance U: Basketball Docuseries following the East Los Angeles College Huskies basketball team

Marriage or Mortgage "A real estate agent and a wedding planner go head to head to win the hearts, minds, and budgets of spouses to be"

12th March

The One A new science-fiction series about a company that can find your perfect partner through your DNA

Paradise PD Season 3 The town of Paradise PD recovers from Fitz’s schemes as the adult animated comedy makes a return

Yes Day Jennifer Garner and Edgar Ramirez star in this film about two parents who commit to saying yes to every request their children have - a spiritual sequel to Yes Man then

15th March

The Lost Pirate Kingdom A documentary series about the real-life Pirates of the Caribbean? Count us in!

Zero Chill Teen ice skating drama series

16th March

Waffles + Mochi A cooking show with none other than former First Lady Michelle Obama!

17th March

Under Suspicion: Uncovering the Wesphael Case A docuseries focusing on the case of a Belgian politician accused of killing his wife

19th March

Country Comfort A new comedy drama about an aspiring country singer who becomes a nanny for the five children of a cowboy

Formula One: Drive to Survive season 3 Another helping of the behind-the-scenes motoring documentary series

Sky Rojo New thriller from the creator of Money Heist and White Lines

26th March

Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 7 The seventh run of the smash-hit cop comedy reaches the streamer

The Irregulars Sherlock’s street sidekicks take centre stage in this new supernatural series

1st April

Worn Stories Series adapted from Emily Spivack’s New York Times bestselling book that offers new ways to think about our clothes, our selves and our shared human experiences

2nd April

Concrete Cowboy A troubled teen (Caleb McLaughlin) who reunites with his estranged father (Idris Elba) — only to discover a community of black urban cowboys

Run Psychological horror thriller starring Ratched's Sarah Paulson

9th April

Thunder Force Superhero comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as childhood friends reuniting after one of them develops a treatment that imbues superhero powers

22nd April

Stowaway Sci-fi thriller starring Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette, following the crew of a Mars mission who discover an accidental stowaway

23rd April

Shadow and Bone Fantasy drama based on Leigh Bardugo's bestselling Grishaverse novels, starring newcomer Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov

30th April

The Innocent Brand-new mystery series from Harlan Coben (Safe, The Stranger, The Woods)

7th May

Jupiter's Legacy Superhero drama based on the graphic novels by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely

Monster Adaptation of Walter Dean Myers's 1999 novel from executive producers John Legend and Nas, and starring Kelvin Harrison Jr, Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright and A$AP Rocky

14th May

Halston season 1 Limited drama series starring Ewan McGregor as an American fashion icon

Love, Death + Robots Volume 2 Another helping of anthology animated stories

Selena: the Series The second part of the biopic about Selena Quintanilla is on the way in May

The Woman in the Window Thriller starring Amy Adams and Gary Oldman based on AJ Finn's 2018 bestseller of the same name

21st May

Army of the Dead Directed by Zack Snyder, this zombie action heist stars Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick and Tig Notaro as a group of mercenaries trying to pull off their greatest mission yet in zombie-infested Las Vegas

23rd May

Master of None season 3 The Aziz Ansari comedy returns with Naomi Ackie joining the cast as Alicia

26th May

Baggio: the Divine Ponytail Sports documentary on Italian footballer Roberto Baggio

28th May

Lucifer season 5, part 2 The first part introduced Lucifer’s brother and rival Michael and ended on a cliffhanger...

4th June

Breaking Boundaries: the Science of Our Planet David Attenborough narrates a new Netflix documentary on how humanity's actions are threatening the stability of our planet

Feel Good seasons 1-2 Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie and Lisa Kudrow are back

Sweet Tooth Post-apocalyptic fairy tale based on the DC comic about a hybrid deer-boy who goes on an extraordinary adventure, executive-produced by Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr

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