The biggest TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in 2026

Netflix's calendar year is planned at least a few months in advance, with exclusive rights to original releases and continuing series locked in. Here are our top picks airing over the next few months of 2026 on Netflix. 

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ONE PIECE Season 2 - Out now

Season 2 of the pirate adventure, based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of all time, is available now to watch on Netflix. 

Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hats are off on their latest voyage across the seas to the Grand Line, fabled for its danger and riches. ONE PIECE is for kids big and small; think KPop Demon Hunters but live action and with MUCH less singing.

Virgin River Season 7 - Out now

Fans of Heart of Dixie, Sullivan's Crossing and Grey's Anatomy assemble, Virgin River is your new binge watch. After leaving her home and job for a fresh start, Melinda finds herself charmed by more than just small-town aesthetics. 

This light-hearted, picturesque drama romance is filmed against the stunning landscape of British Columbia, Canada and will have you yearning for your own slice of country seclusion with handsome bartenders. 

Virgin River aired its seventh season on March 12. 

Big Mistakes - Out now

Big Mistakes sees Emmy-award winner Dan Levy once again playing a hopeless sibling (much like in Schitt's Creek), but this time one that's in way over his head on the wrong side of the law. 

After Nicky (Levy) and his sister, Morgan (Taylor Ortega), involve themselves in the misguided theft of their dying grandmother's necklace, they find themselves reluctantly thrust into the world of organised crime. You'll laugh because it isn't happening to you and cringe because, well, you're human.

Swapped

Netflix are quickly elevating their name in the kids animation game with originals like KPop Demon Hunters, Wild Robot, The Sea Beast, Leo, Wish Dragon and Thelma the Unicorn, just to name a few.

And the latest Original to join the ranks is Swapped. It's basically Freaky Friday but between Ollie (Michael B. Jordan), a small woodland critter, and Ivy (Juno Temple), a bright green bird.

Despite being natural enemies, the pair are forced to team up in order to survive when they find they've switched bodies.

Legends

Think Suicide Squad, but ordinary people tasked with infiltrating the UK's largest drug gangs. That is Legends.

In the early 1990s, the UK has virtually lost all control of illegal drug smuggling. One man (Steve Coogan) leads a small team of everyday customs employees who are given nothing but basic training and a mission to take down these organisations from the inside while remaining undetected. Based on true events, this fast-paced, often comedic, crime drama will have you rooting for the little guys from the very edge of your seat.

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Pop Culture Jeopardy!

Hosted by Colin Jost (Saturday Night Live), Pop Culture Jeopardy! is the ultimate game show for those with the 411 on all things Gen Alpha and Beta. 

The Boroughs

Produced by The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things) comes this bizarre new sci-fi with an all star cast. 

The Boroughs introduces us to a retirement community with a secret that its ragtag team of residents are hell-bent on uncovering. It has a very Stranger Things meets Don't Worry, Darling feel to it. You'll have to watch to see just what is up in The Boroughs.

The main cast includes Bill Pullman as Jack, Jena Malone as Claire, Geena Davis as Renee, Alfred Molina as Sam, Denis O'Hare as Wally, Andre Woodard as Judy, Clarke Peters as Art,  Alice Kremelberg as Anneliese, Seth Numrich as Blaine and Carlos Miranda as Paz. 

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Mating Season

From the creators of Big Mouth, Mating Season is exactly what you think. A bunch of loveable forest folk - from bears, raccoons, deer and everything in between - exploring their insatiable need to partner up and further their species. 

This animated rom-com hilariously drawing on parallels like dating sites, apps, rejection and the deep-seeded desire for love and companionship. 

Sweet Magnolias

If you're in the mood for a feel-good drama romance, Sweet Magnolias is a great choice. Its fifth season is airing in mid-June, so there's plenty of time to catch up. 

Three best friends since high school, Maddie, Dana and Helen, who are living in South Carolina and attempting to guide one another through the challenges of life, from romance to career moves to family and everything in between. 

It's a cosy watch that will have you mixing up your own margherita and calling your besties over to stream the series with you. 

Avatar: The Last Airbender

After the disaster that was M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, the original anime creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko teamed up with Albert Kim (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and finally gave Avatar: The Last Airbender the real-life action version it deserved. 

With a much better cast, Gordon Cormier (The Stand) as Aang, Kiawentiio (It: Welcome to Derry) as Katara, Ian Ousley (13 Reasons Why) as Sokka and Dallas Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) as Prince Zuko, the second season looks just as promising as the first.

Aang is the Avatar, a reincarnated being who can control all four elements, Earth, Air, Water and Fire. After being gone for 100 years, Aang returns to a war-torn world where the Fire Nation has run rampant. With water bender, Katara, and her brother, Sokka, in tow, the trio must work to help Aang regain his power and restore the world to a peaceful state. 

Little House on the Prairie

Based on the 70s/80s TV series and book of the same name, Netflix's remake of Little House on the Prairie will transport you back in time to the late 19th century but with modern storylines and upgraded filmmaking. 

The series is loosely based on the author's own life and details the intricacies of life during this time period as the Ingall family move from Wisconsin to a farm in Midwestern America out on the prairie.

Enola Holmes 3

After two very successful films and a star-studded line-up - with Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Sam Claflin, Burn Gorman, David Thewlis, Adeel Akhtar - Enola Holmes 3 is on Netflix's horizon for 2026.

Many of the main recurring original cast members are returning (phew!), and we're headed to Malta for this film as Enola's exploits continue to both stir up trouble and solve it.

The Adventures of Cliff Booth

The latest product of David Fincher and Netflix's longstanding relationship will be a sequel to Quentin Tarantino's 2019 flick Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. Brad Pitt is set to reprise his role as Rick Dalton's stuntman, Cliff Booth, who has reportedly pivoted into a career as a Hollywood fixer, someone who is hired by studios to cover up celebrity scandals by any means necessary. It should be a hoot. 

Tarantino decided against making The Adventures of Cliff Booth, his tenth and "final" film, instead selling the script to Netflix. Timothy Olyphant will also reprise his role as Lancer star James Stacy, while Elizabeth Debicki (Tenet), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Wonder Man), Carla Gugino (Watchmen) and Scott Caan (Ocean's Eleven) will also appear in undisclosed roles.

Roommates

Adam Sandler's longstanding relationship with Netflix has become a family affair with the new comedy Roommates, which stars Sandler's daughter, Sadie Sandler. When Devon (Sadie) is sent off to college, she finds a friend and roomie in the cool and kind of crazy Celeste (Chloe East). Like a whirlwind romance, the two become inseperable but by the end of the school term, the cracks begin to show, and their wildly incompatible personalities begin to clash. Roommates also stars Nick Kroll and Natasha Lyonne as Devon's parents, and SNL's Sarah Sherman, who plays the college dean. 

Narnia

Just in time for the Christmas season, Narnia is getting a reboot with Greta Gerwig (writer and director of Barbie, Lady Bird and Little Women) in the director's chair.

Carey Mulligan (Beef Season 2) and Denise Gough (Andor) have signed on, while Daniel Craig (Knives Out) has been cast as Uncle Andrew and Emma Mackey (Death on the Nile) will take over Tilda Swinton as the White Witch. 

Not much is known about this film yet, except that it will follow The Magician's Nephew, the first chronological novel in C.S. Lewis' book series The Chronicles of Narnia.

3 Body Problem

3 Body Problem was an intriguing sci-fi concept that captivated audiences instantly and established a cult following fairly quickly. That said, it took two whole years to create a second season, which is due to hit streaming sometime in 2026. 

Created by Game of Thrones duo David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, alongside Alexander Woo, Thrones fans will recognise some familiar faces among the cast, like Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) and John Bradley (Samwell Tarley).  

We don't know much about Season 2, but it must be promising because Season 3 has already been confirmed. 

Nobody Wants This

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are back as TV's most obscure couple: Joanne, an openly agnostic sex podcaster, and Noah, a newly single young rabbi.

Last season, we saw the couple try and mesh their polar opposite lives together, which resulted in MANY awkward encounters with their respective friends, families and communities. 
Nobody Wants This offers a fresh, modern take on what it means to date someone well outside your comfort zone.

11817

One of the most mysterious films coming to Netflix in 2026 is 11817 (a terribly difficult movie to Google). This sci-fi horror film follows a family of four who are sealed inside their home with no way out, limited supplies, and a mysterious threat keeping them inside. It sounds like a premise that would have been a lot scarier pre-COVID. Still, if you're going to relive quarantine, who better to spend it with than the charming duo of Greta Lee (Past Lives) and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent), who play the two leads. 

While you wait, you can check out last year's Brick which has a suspiciously similar premise. 

Pride and Prejudice

In a time where Wuthering Heights is making a comeback at the cinemas and Bridgerton is being binged by the season, Pride & Prejudice is getting its own makeover in the form of a TV mini-series. 

Emma Corrin (Lady Chatterley's Lover) is Elizabeth Bennet, who is messily navigating both pride and prejudice alongside the wealthy landowner Mr Darcy, played by Jack Lowden (Dunkirk). This six-episode series is directed by Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love) and will air on Netflix sometime in 2026.

Little Brother

Later this year, Netflix is dropping a new comedy from Matt Spicer, director of 2017's underrated Ingrid Goes West. Little Brother follows a hotshot real estate agent (John Cena) whose picture-perfect life is thrown into shambles when his chaotic little brother (Eric André). resurfaces. Sounds like a pretty rote comedy premise, but we'll watch just about anything that stars Eric André.

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