Netflix Movie Preview 2022: ‘Knives Out 2’, ‘Enola Holmes 2’, And More

Who’s ready to watch so many movies this year? Well, you better get ready, because Netflix is continuing its ongoing war against sleep with a brand new line-up of over 80 new original movies slated to come out on the streaming service in 2022. That’s at least one new movie on Netflix every week!

On Thursday morning, the streaming service released a fourth-wall-breaking first-look video—which you can watch above—highlighting some of the most exciting Netflix films coming out in 2022, along with a list of the full Netflix 2022 movie slate. From Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans beating up bad guys in The Gray Man to Daniel Craig catching the killer in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out 2there are going to be plenty of blockbusters coming straight to your couch this year. Plus, keep an eye for new prestige films from big directors like Noah Baumbach, George C. Wolfe, Judd Apatow, and Guillermo del Toro. Plus, a new Paul Feig comedy guaranteed to make you laugh.

In an effort to help you sift through the noise, we’ve highlighted some of the biggest and most exciting Netflix movies coming out in 2022 below. While Netflix shared the cast, director, and loglines for every film, the vast majority of titles don’t yet have release dates. But stay tuned, because we’re sure we’ll have more news to share on that front soon.

NETFLIX 2022 MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS:

13: THE MUSICAL

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Debra Messing, Rhea Perlman, Josh Peck
DIRECTOR: Tamra Davis

Following a move from New York City to small-town Indiana, Evan Goldman (12) grapples with his parents’ divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school.

THE ADAM PROJECT

The Adam Project (L to R) Zoe Saldana as Laura and Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam
Photo: DOANE GREGORY/NETFLIX

RELEASE DATE: March 11
STARS: Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Walker Scobell, with Catherine Keener and Zoe Saldaña
DIRECTOR: Shawn Levy

A time-traveling pilot teams up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past while saving the future.

APOLLO 10 ½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Zachary Levi, Glenn Powell and Jack Black
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater

Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives – the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant moment, and through the eyes of a kid growing up in Houston, Texas who has intergalactic dreams of his own. Taking inspiration from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater’s own life, Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood is a snapshot of American life in the 1960s that is part coming of age, part societal commentary, and part out-of-this-world adventure.

BEAUTY

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Gracie Marie Bradley, Giancarlo Esposito, Niecy Nash
DIRECTOR: Andrew Dosunmu

A gifted young Black woman struggles to maintain her voice and identity after she’s offered a lucrative recording contract.

BLONDE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Caspar Phillipson
DIRECTOR: Andrew Dominik

Based on a bestselling novel from five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde is the boldly reimagined private story of the world’s most famous sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe. The film is a fictional portrait of the model, actress and singer during the 50s and 60s, told through the modern lens of celebrity culture.

THE BUBBLE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Pedro Pascal
DIRECTOR: Judd Apatow

Comedy about a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a sequel to an action franchise film about flying dinosaurs.

CHOOSE OR DIE

RELEASE DATE: April 15
STARS: Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan
DIRECTOR: Toby Meakins

After firing up a lost ’80s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences.

DAY SHIFT

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, Karla Souza
DIRECTOR: JJ Perry

Jamie Foxx stars as a hard-working blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters.

ENOLA HOLMES 2

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Louis Partridge, Helena Bonham Carter
DIRECTOR: Harry Bradbeer

Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel.

THE GOOD NURSE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Chastain
DIRECTOR: Tobias Lindholm

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth in this gripping thriller based on true events.

THE GRAY MAN

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick
DIRECTOR: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

When the CIA’s most skilled mercenary—whose true identity is known to none—accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Pinocchio
Photo: Netflix

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley
DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world.

HUSTLE

Adam Sandler in Hustle
Photo: Netflix

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Robert Duvall, Ben Foster
DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Zagar

After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout (Adam Sandler) takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team’s approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.

KNIVES OUT 2

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson
DIRECTOR:Rian Johnson

In the follow up to Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects.

LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Mila Kunis, Finn Wittrock
DIRECTOR: Matthew Warchus

Luckiest Girl Alive centers on Ani FaNelli, a sharp-tongued New Yorker who appears to have it all: a sought-after position at a glossy magazine, a killer wardrobe, and a dream Nantucket wedding on the horizon. But when the director of a crime documentary invites her to tell her side of the shocking incident that took place when she was a teenager at the prestigious Brentley School, Ani is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

MATILDA

RELEASE DATE: December 2022
STARS: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch
DIRECTOR: Matthew Warchus

An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results.

ME TIME

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Kevin Hart, Mark Wahlberg, Regina Hall, Jimmy O. Yang
DIRECTOR: John Hamburg

When a stay-at-home dad finds himself with some “me time” for the first time in years while his wife and kids are away, he reconnects with his former best friend for a wild weekend that nearly upends his life.

MONKEY MAN

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley
DIRECTOR: Dev Patel

An unlikely hero emerges from prison to take on a world enmeshed in corporate greed and eroding spiritual values, seeking revenge from those who took everything from him many years ago.

THE MOTHERSHIP

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Halle Berry, Omari Hardwick, Jaiden J. Smith
DIRECTOR: Matt Charman

A sci-fi adventure that follows Sara Morse (Halle Berry) one year since her husband (Omari Hardwick) mysteriously vanished from their rural farm. When she discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home, Sara and her kids (Jaiden J. Smith, Quinn McPherson) embark on a race to find their husband, father and most importantly – the truth.

MR. HARRIGAN’S PHONE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Donald Sutherland, Jaeden Martell, Joe Tippett
DIRECTOR: John Lee Hancock

Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is from the latest collection of novellas “If It Bleeds” from Stephen King, about a young boy living in a small town, who befriends an older, reclusive billionaire. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away, the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone, and finds himself able to communicate with his friend from the grave through the iPhone that was buried with him.

OPERATION MINCEMEAT

OPERATION MINCEMEAT (2022)
Photo: Giles Keyte/See-Saw Films, Courtesy of Netflix

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn
DIRECTOR: John Madden

Hoping to change the course of World War II, and save tens of thousands of lives, two intelligence officers plot to break Hitler’s deadly grip on Europe by recruiting the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man.

THE PALE BLUE EYE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson
DIRECTOR: Scott Cooper

The Pale Blue Eye is a project Scott Cooper has wanted to helm for more than a decade. The film is a Gothic thriller that revolves around a series of fictional murders that took place in 1830 at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and surrounds a young cadet the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe, played by Harry Melling. Christian Bale portrays retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating the murders. The Pale Blue Eye is based on Louis Bayard’s best-selling novel of the same name. Bale is producing alongside director/writer Scott Cooper, John Lesher, and Tyler Thompson of Cross Creek Pictures.

PERSUASION

Henry Golding in Persuasion
Photo: Netflix

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Dakota Johnson, Richard E. Grant, and Henry Golding
DIRECTOR: Carrie Cracknell

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth—the dashing one she let get away—crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances. Adapted from the Jane Austen novel.

RESCUED BY RUBY

Rescued by Ruby. Grant Gustin
Photo: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix

RELEASE DATE: March 17
STARS: Grant Gustin, Scott Wolf
DIRECTOR: Katt Shea

State trooper Dan (Grant Gustin) dreams of joining the K-9 Search & Rescue team, but no one will give him the chance. Shelter dog Ruby dreams of having a home, but is running out of hope. When fate brings Dan and Ruby together, it’s their unshakable bond that helps them face their toughest challenge yet. Based on a true story.

RUSTIN

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Audra McDonald, Jeffrey Wright
DIRECTOR: George C. Wolfe

Rustin tells the story of charismatic, gay, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who overcame an onslaught of obstacles, and altered the course of American history by organizing the 1963 March on Washington.

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

The School for Good and Evil
Photo: Helen Sloan/Netflix © 2022

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh
DIRECTOR: Paul Feig

Best friends Sophie and Agatha find themselves on opposing sides of a modern fairy tale when they’re swept away into an enchanted school where young heroes and villains are trained to protect the balance of good and evil.

SENIOR YEAR

RELEASE DATE: May 13
STARS: Rebel Wilson, Alicia Silverstone, Justin Hartley
DIRECTOR: Alex Hardcastle

After a cheerleader falls off a pyramid and into a 20 year coma, she wakes up as a 37-year-old woman, ready to return to high school, regain her status and claim the prom queen crown that eluded her.

SHIRLEY

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Regina King, Lucas Hedges, with André Holland and Terrence Howard
DIRECTOR: John Ridley

Shirley is the intimate portrayal of trailblazing political icon Shirley Chisholm, the first Black Congresswoman and the first Black woman to run for President of the U.S, and the cost of accomplishment for Shirley herself. This film will tell the story of Chisholm’s boundary-breaking and historic presidential campaign, based on exclusive and extensive conversations with family, friends and those who knew her best.

SLUMBERLAND

Enjoy this sneak peek behind the scenes at SLUMBERLAND
Photo: Alan Markfield/NETFLIX

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, Chris O’Dowd, Kyle Chandler
DIRECTOR: Francis Lawrence

A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.

SPACEMAN

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett
DIRECTOR: Joseph Kosinski

In the near future, two young convicts grapple with their pasts in a facility run by a brilliant visionary, who experiments on inmates with emotion-altering drugs. Based on The New Yorker article, “Escape From Spiderhead” by George Saunders.

TALL GIRL 2

Tall Girl 2 (L-R) Griffin Gluck as Dunkleman, Ava Michelle as Jodi. Cr. Scott Saltzman/Netflix
Photo: Scott Saltzman/Netflix

RELEASE DATE: February 11
STARS: Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Sabrina Carpenter
DIRECTOR: Emily Ting

After her inspiring speech at the homecoming dance, Jodi (Ava Michelle) is no longer just the “tall girl” – she’s popular, confident, has a boyfriend, and just booked the lead role in this year’s school musical. But as the pressure of her newfound popularity intensifies, so do her insecurities, and new relationships are formed while old ones are tested. As the world she built starts to crumble around her, Jodi realizes that standing tall was only just the beginning.

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Elsie Fisher as Lila, Sarah Yarkin as Melody, Nell Hudson as Ruth and Jacob Latimore as Dante. Cr. Yana Blajeva / ©2021 Legendary, Courtesy of Netflix
Photo: Yana Blajeva / Legendary, Courtesy of Netflix

RELEASE DATE: February 18
STARS: Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham
DIRECTOR: David Blue Garcia

After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.

THEY CLONED TYRONE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris
DIRECTOR: Juel Taylor

A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio (Boyega, Foxx and Parris) onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper.

TYLER PERRY’S A MADEA HOMECOMING

Photo: Steve Dietl / Tyler Perry Studios

RELEASE DATE: February 25
STARS: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis Patton, David Mann,
DIRECTOR: Tyler Perry

Madea prepares to welcome her family who have all come into town to celebrate her great-grandson’s graduation from college, when some hidden secrets threaten to destroy the joyous family homecoming.

WE HAVE A GHOST

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Anthony Mackie, David Harbour
DIRECTOR: Christopher Landon

Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin’s family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of Ernest’s past, they become a target of the CIA.

THE WEEKEND AWAY

RELEASE DATE: March 3
STARS: Leighton Meester, Christina Wolfe
DIRECTOR: Kim Farrant

A weekend getaway to Croatia goes awry when a woman is accused of killing her best friend and her efforts to get to the truth uncover a painful secret.

WENDELL & WILD

Wendell & Wild, an animated tale about scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Peele)
Photo: NETFLIX

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele
DIRECTOR: Henry Selick

From the delightfully wicked minds of Henry Selick and Jordan Peele, comes Wendell & Wild, an animated tale about scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Peele) – who enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat Elliot – a tough teen with a load of guilt – to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other, an animated fantasy that defies the law of life and death, all told through the handmade artistry of stop motion.

WHITE NOISE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Lars Eidinger, Andre Benjamin, Jodie Turner-Smith
DIRECTOR: Noah Baumbach

At once hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic, White Noise dramatizes a contemporary American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.

WINDFALL

RELEASE DATE: March 18
STARS: Jason Segel, Lily Collins, Jesse Plemons
DIRECTOR: Charlie McDowell

A Hitchcockian thriller following a wealthy couple who arrive at their vacation home only to find it’s being robbed.

THE WONDER

The Wonder. Florence Pugh as Lib Wright in The Wonder
Photo: CHRISTOPHER BARR/NETFLIX

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar
DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio

The Irish Midlands, 1862 – a young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven-year-old Anna O’Donnell. Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months. Is the village harbouring a saint ‘surviving on manna from heaven’ or are there more ominous motives at work? A psychological thriller inspired by the 19th-century phenomenon of the “fasting girls” and adapted from the acclaimed novel by Emma Donoghue (Room).

YOU PEOPLE

RELEASE DATE: TBA
STARS: Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lauren London, David Duchovny
DIRECTOR: Kenya Barris

A new couple and their families find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations and generational differences in this comedy from Kenya Barris.