There’s a particular type of annoyance that comes with trying to find something to watch while having your dinner. You want the movie and the eating to start at the same time, and yet, there are so many film options that it just never seems to work out that way. Suddenly, your salad is gone while you’re still scrolling, or your pizza gets cold while you google “best movies ever” for the millionth time. (Like I said, a very particular type of annoyance.) To help make those what-to-watch decisions a little bit easier this year, below you’ll find 10 of the most-anticipated Netflix original movies of 2022.
While not all of them have exact release dates yet—Netflix likes to take their sweet time on that—all of the following films are supposed to be released in 2022. They range from a J.Lo action movie and a big mystery movie sequel to a Jane Austen adaptation starring very pretty people. Read on to learn about some of the best original Netflix movies you can expect this year.
Release date: March 11, 2022
Ryan Reynolds stars in The Adam Project as a man who travels back in time to confront his father (Mark Ruffalo) accompanied by a younger version of himself (Walker Scobell). Jennifer Garner plays the character’s mother, and other cast members include Catherine Keener and Zoe Saldana.
Release date: TBD 2022
The Gray Man stars, well, a whole bunch of celeb crushes. Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans play a fugitive CIA agent and the man sent to hunt him down. The cast also includes Evans’ Knives Out costar Ana de Armas, and for all you Bridgerton lovers, Regé-Jean Page.
Release Date: TBD 2022
Speaking of…with Knives Out being one of the biggest hits of 2019, of course its sequel is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc to solve another mystery with a brand-new cast that includes Kathryn Hahn, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., and Kate Hudson.
Release date: TBD 2022
Blonde is part biopic, part fiction about the life of Marilyn Monroe. It’s based on the 2000 novel Blonde, by Joyce Carol Oates, and stars Ana de Armas as the beloved actor.
Release date: TBD 2022
Release date: TBD 2022
Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding starring in a Jane Austen adaption will be enough to get plenty of people streaming Persuasion.
Release date: TBD 2022
If you’re a fan of period pieces, you’ll also want to check out Lady Chatterley’s Lover, based on the formerly banned book of the same name by D.H. Lawrence. Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell star as an upper-class woman and the working class man she begins an affair with.
Release date: TBD 2022
Luther has to be one of Netflix’s most anticipated movies this year, because it’s a sequel to an already popular series. Idris Elba will return to the franchise in his role as detective John Luther. The cast will also include Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis.
Release date: TBD 2022
For White Noise, director Noah Baumbach teams up again with Marriage Story star Adam Driver and his real-life partner actor/director, Greta Gerwig. Driver and Gerwig play a couple who try to make it to safety after a catastrophic event hits their town.
Release date: TBD 2022
If the words “the bubble” bring the ongoing pandemic to mind, you’re spot on. This new comedy from Judd Apatow is about a group of actors stuck in a pandemic bubble at a hotel while trying to make a movie. The ensemble cast includes Karen Gillan, Fred Armisen, Iris Apatow, Maria Bakalova, Keegan-Michael Key, Pedro Pascal, and Leslie Mann.
