The 28 original Netflix shows and movies that will be released in 2016
As announced before, Netflix has plans to roughly double its output of original shows to 31 in 2016. The following Netflix productions are in the pipeline: 10 feature films, 30 kids shows, 12 documentaries, and 10 stand-up comedy specials!
Techinsider.io has put together a list of shows and movies that Netflix has either explicitly confirmed will be released in 2016 or are already deep in production (kids shows are excluded).
Here are the 28 original Netflix shows and movies you can look forward to in 2016:
"Chelsea Does"
Release date: January 23
Netflix description: "A four part docu-series featuring Chelsea Handler exploring four topics of personal and universal fascination: marriage, racism, Silicon Valley, and drugs."
Type: Docu-series
Star power: Chelsea Handler.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny"
Release date: February 26
Netflix description: "In this sequel to 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' four Martial World heroes must keep the legendary Green Destiny sword from villainous Hades Dai.
Type: Movie
Star power: Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh.
"Fuller House"
Release date: February 26
Netflix description: "The Full House adventures continue as D.J. Tanner-Fuller calls upon her sister Stephanie and friend Kimmy to move in and help raise her three boys."
Type: Show
Star power: Candace Cameron Bure, Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin.
"House of Cards" — Season 4
Release date: March 4
Netflix description: Is it true that absolute power corrupts absolutely? Congressman Frank Underwood absolutely intends to find out.
Star power: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright.
Average critic score (25 critics): 76/100
Audience score: 9.0/10
"Pee Wee's Big Holiday"
Release date: March, 2016
Netflix description: "A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday in this epic story of friendship and destiny."
Type: Movie
Star power: Paul Reubens.
"Between" — Season 2
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "After a mysterious disease kills every resident over 22 years old, survivors of a town must fend for themselves when the government quarantines them."
Type: Show
Star power: Jennette McCurdy.
Average critic score (10 critics): 47/100
Audience score: 4.7/10
"Bloodline" — Season 2
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: 'The Rayburns seem to have the perfect life in their lovely Florida town. But nobody's perfect — especially the Rayburns.'
Star power: Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini.
Average critic score (31 critics): 75/100
Audience score: 8.3/10
"BoJack Horseman" — Season 3
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: He's a half-horse, half-man, has-been TV star who drinks a bit too much. He's really got a lot going on right now.
Type: Show
Star power: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, Aaron Paul.
Average critic score (13 critics): 59/100
Audience score: 8.6/10
"Chelsea Handler Talk Show"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Description: "What I am doing for Netflix is vastly different from what I did on E!, and I am very happy with my work," Handler told People. "I am using my brain and working with great directors and producers. I am not being outrageous. I am going to give viewers a younger, cooler 60 Minutes."
Type: Show
Star power: Chelsea Handler.
"The Crown"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "This story reveals the political rivalries and romance behind Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the 2nd half of the 20th century."
Type: Show
Star power: John Lithgow, Claire Foy, and Matt Smith.
"Flaked"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "Set in the insular world of Venice, California, Flaked is the serio-comic story of a self-appointed 'guru' who falls for the object of his best friend’s fascination. Soon the tangled web of half-truths and semi-bullshit that underpins his all-important image and sobriety begins to unravel. Arnett plays Chip, a man doing his honest best to stay one step ahead of his own lies."
Type: Show
Star power: Will Arnett.
"The Get Down"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "Told through the lives and music of a ragtag crew of South Bronx teens, The Get Down is a mythic saga of the transformation of 1970s New York City."
Type: Show
Star power: Jimmy Smits, Justice Smith, Herizen Guardiola, Shameik Moore, Skylan Brooks, T.J. Brown Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Giancarlo Esposito.
"Grace and Frankie" — Season 2
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "Grace and Frankie think their lives in retirement are all set. Then their husbands declare their love for each other."
Type: Show
Star power: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen, Brooklyn Decker.
Average critic score (27 critics): 58/100
Audience score: 8.1/10
"Love"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin are bringing an unflinching, hilarious and excruciatingly honest take on modern relationships to Love ... Love follows Gus (Paul Rust from I Love You, Beth Cooper and Inglorious Basterds) and Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) as they navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, and other things they were hoping to avoid."
Type: Show
Star power: Judd Apatow, Gillian Jacobs, Paul Rust.
"Daredevil" — Season 2
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "A boyhood accident blinded him. But now he can "see" even better. And he doesn't like what's going on in Hell's Kitchen."
Type: Show
Star power: Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson, Jon Bernthal.
Average critic score (22 critics): 75/100
Audience score: 8.7/10
"Marvel's Luke Cage"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "In this Marvel live action series, a street-fighting ex-con battles crime on the streets of New York as the superhero, Luke Cage."
Type: Show
Star power: Mike Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard.
"Marco Polo" — Season 2
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "An empire divided. A family torn apart by civil war. A legend who disrupts the balance of power."
Type: Show
Star power: Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong, Joan Chen, Rick Yune
Average critic score (21 critics): 48/100
Audience score: 8.3/10
"Mascots"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "A group of 'unusual' big-headed and furry-suited men and women compete to be crowned Best Mascot in the World in this new Christopher Guest movie."
Type: Movie
Star power: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard.
"Marseille"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "Robert Taro has been the mayor of Marseille for 25 years. Now he faces a merciless election against his young, ambitious former protégé."
Type: Show
Star power: Gerard Depardieu.
"The OA"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix is being tight-lipped about what "The OA" will actually be about, but they have confirmed it is a drama series, and rumors are that it is of the thriller or mystery variety.
Type: Show
Star power: Brit Marling, Zal Batmanglij.
"Orange is the New Black" — Season 4
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "Piper Chapman doesn't deserve her prison sentence. Of course, every one of her fellow inmates thinks the same thing."
Star power: Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon.
Average critic score (32 critics): 79/100
Audience score: 8.5/10
"Peaky Blinders" — Season 3
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "A murderous English street gang. A veteran Irish lawman called in to bring them down. Blood will be shed."
Type: Show
Star power: Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory.
"The Ranch"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Description: According to Variety, "The Ranch," "is described as a multi-camera comedy revolving around a former pro football player who returns to Colorado to help run the family ranch business."
Type: Show
Star power: Ashton Kutcher, Elisha Cuthbert, Debra Winger, Danny Masterson.
"Special Correspondents"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "Ricky Gervais's hilarious comedy follows a struggling radio journalist and his hapless technician faking frontline war reports from an NYC hideout."
Type: Movie
Star power: Eric Bana, Ricky Gervais, Vera Farmiga, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin Pollak, Benjamin Bratt, America Ferrera.
"Stranger Things"
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl."
Type: Show
Star power: Winona Ryder, David Harbour.
"Trailer Park Boys" — Season 10
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "Follow the booze-fueled misadventures of three longtime pals and petty serial criminals who run scams from their Nova Scotia trailer park."
Type: Show
Star power: Mike Clattenburg.
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" — Season 2
Release date: Unknown, 2016
Netflix description: "What's a Midwest girl to do after she's spent the last 15 years trapped underground? Move to New York City, of course."
Star power: Tina Fey, Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Carol Kane, Jane Krakowski
Average critic score (29 critics): 78/100
Audience score: 8.0/10
"War Machine" 
Netflix description: "Inspired by the best-selling book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan by the late Michael Hastings, War Machine concerns a four star, 'rock star' general whose lethal reputation and impeccable track record vaults him to command the American war in Afghanistan. Determined to win the 'impossible' war once and for all with a radical new approach, the general and his motley staff of commanders and press advisers race across the globe navigating delicate international alliances and troop requests, the charged battlefield of Washington politics, the voracious appetite of the media, and the day-to-day management of the war itself – all the while struggling to stay connected to the lives of men and women out in the field."
Type: Show
Star power: Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael Hall, Topher Grace.
