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    28 Movies Coming To Netflix In 2022 That I Already Cannot Wait For

    2 KNIVES 2 FURIOUS!

    Ehis Osifo
    by Ehis Osifo

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. Tall Girl 2:

    Jodi walking with her arm around a boy
    Scott Saltzman / Netflix

    Plot: "Jodi is no longer just the 'tall girl' — she's popular, confident, has a boyfriend, and books the lead in the school musical. As mounting pressure increases her insecurities, she realizes that standing tall was only just the beginning." 

    Starring: Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Anjelika Washington, Luke Eisner, and Sabrina Carpenter. 

    Premieres: February 11

    2. Madea Homecoming (dir. Tyler Perry):

    Madea talking to someone sitting next to her
    Tyler Perry Studios / Netflix

    Plot: "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." 

    Starring: Tyler Perry. 

    Premieres: February 25

    3. The Adam Project (dir. Shawn Levy):

    Big Adam, Little Adam, and their dad walking down the street
    Netflix

    Plot: "A time-traveling pilot that has to team up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past while saving the future."

    Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, and Zoe Saldana. 

    Premieres: March 11

    4. They Cloned Tyrone:

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    Plot: "A series of eerie events thrust an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy."

    Starring: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, and Teyonah Parris.

    Premieres: TBA

    5. The School for Good and Evil (dir. Paul Feig):

    Professor Dovey and Lady Lesso standing in the hallway
    Helen Sloan / Netflix

    Plot: "An enchanted school where young heroes and villains are trained to protect the balance of good and evil."

    Starring: Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Kingsley, and Patti LuPone. 

    Premieres: TBA

    6. Boo! (dir. Jeff Wadlow):

    Bravo / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images, Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic / Getty Images

    Plot: "When a teenager accidentally unleashes a mischievous spirit on Halloween, causing decorations to come alive and wreak havoc, she must team up with her skeptical father to save their town." 

    Starring: Priah Ferguson and Marlon Wayans. 

    Premieres: TBA

    7. You People (dir. Kenya Barris):

    Michael Ostuni / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images

    Plot: "A new couple and their families find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures and generational differences." 

    Starring: Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Lauren London, David Duchovny, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 

    Premieres: TBA

    8. Carter (dir. Jung Byung-gil):

    Agent Carter looking badass and covered in tattoos
    Netflix

    Plot: "Carter is thrown into an explosive mission filled with inexplicable mysteries — intensified by his memory loss." 

    Starring: Joo Won.

    Premieres: TBA

    9. Wendell & Wild (dir. Henry Selick, co-writer: Jordan Peele):

    Wendell and Wild looking mischievous
    Netflix

    Plot: "A tale of two scheming demon brothers who enlist 13-year-old Kat to summon them to the Land of the Living."

    Starring: Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key. 

    Premieres: TBA

    10. Hustle:

    Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah's characters walking down the street
    Netflix

    Plot: "After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball coach brings the phenom to the US without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one shot to prove they can make it in the NBA."

    Starring: Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah.  

    Premieres: TBA

    11. Day Shift:

    Steve Granitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images, Frazer Harrison / Getty Images, Maddie Meyer / Getty Images

    Plot: "A hardworking dad wants to provide a good life for his daughter, but his mundane pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income — hunting and killing vampires."

    Starring: Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, and Snoop Dogg.

    Premieres: TBA

    12. We Have a Ghost (dir. Chris Landon):

    Erika Goldring / Getty Images, Craig Barritt / Getty Images for ReedPop

    Plot: "Kevin's family finds a ghost named Ernest haunting their home and become social media stars. But when Kevin and Ernest dig into Ernest's past, they become targets of the CIA."

    Starring: Anthony Mackie, David Harbour, and Jahi Di'Allo Winston. 

    Premieres: TBA

    13. The Mothership:

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    Plot: "Sara, a year after her husband mysteriously vanished from their rural farm, discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home. Sara and her kids embark on a race to find the truth."

    Starring: Halle Berry and Omari Hardwick. 

    Premieres: TBA

    14. Don't Blame Karma! (¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Karma?):

    Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for Spotify

    Plot: "Sara blames Karma for her bad luck while her sister Lucy enjoys very different luck. A series of events and reunions will lead Sara to make a radical decision."

    Starring: Aislinn Derbez and Renata Notni. 

    Premieres: TBA

    15. The Mother (dir. Niki Caro):

    A closeup of JLO smiling
    Theo Wargo / Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBS

    Plot: "A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before while on the run from a dangerous man."

    Starring: Jennifer Lopez.

    Premieres: TBA

    16. The Good Nurse (dir. Tobias Lindholm):

    Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images, Taylor Hill / WireImage / Getty Images

    Plot: "Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth."

    Starring: Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne. 

    Premieres: TBA

    17. End of the Road:

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    Plot: "Brenda is driving her brother and kids cross-country to start a new life. In the middle of the New Mexico desert, they become the target of a mysterious killer and must learn to fight back."

    Starring: Queen Latifah and Ludacris.

    Premieres: TBA

    18. Pinocchio (dir. Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Gustafson):

    Guillermo Del Toro playing with a claymation figure
    Mandrake the Black / Netflix

    Plot: "Toro's version reimagines the classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto." 

    Premieres: TBA

    19. Slumberland:

    Jason Momoa's character peeking outside of a door
    Alan Markfield / Netflix

    Plot: "A young girl discovers a secret map of the dreamworld 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." 

    Starring: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, and Kyle Chandler. 

    Premieres: TBA

    20. Luckiest Girl Alive:

    Mila Kunis' character fighting with Finn Witrock's character in the middle of NYC
    Gotham / 2021 Gotham / Getty Images

    Plot: "Ani appears to have it all. But when she is invited by a documentarian to tell her side of a shocking incident that happened at her high school she is forced to confront truths that may unravel her meticulously curated life." 

    Starring: Mila Kunis. 

    Premieres: TBA

    21. The Sea Beast (dir. Chris Williams):

    A beast making its way towards a ship
    Netflix

    Plot: "The Sea Beast takes us where the nap ends and the true adventure begins. Climb aboard with a famous monster hunter and his young stowaway for an epic journey into uncharted waters." 

    Premieres: TBA

    22. Me Time:

    Roy Rochlin / Getty Images for Netflix, Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic / Getty Images

    Plot: "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."

    Starring: Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg. 

    Premieres: TBA

    23. Spiderhead:

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    Plot: "Based on Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders, this film is set in the near future where two convicts grapple with their pasts in a facility run by a visionary who experiments on inmates with emotion-altering drugs." 

    Starring: Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, and Chris Hemsworth. 

    Premieres: TBA

    24. The Takedown:

    Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte's characters leaning against a highway railing
    Emmanuel Guimier / Getty Images

    Plot: "Two cops with very different styles who used to work together are reunited years later to investigate what seems like a simple drug deal, but becomes a much bigger case."

    Starring: Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte. 

    Premieres: TBA

    25. The Gray Man (dir. The Russo Brothers):

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    Plot: "When the CIA's most skilled mercenary — whose true identity is known to no one — accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt." 

    Starring: Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Regé-Jean Page, and Chris Jamal Evans. 

    Premieres: TBA

    26. Falling for Christmas:

    Lindsay Lohan and Chord Overstreet walking through a snow-covered town
    Scott Everett White / Netflix

    Plot: "A newly engaged hotel heiress — who suffers from total amnesia after a skiing accident — finds herself in the care of a handsome lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas."

    Starring: Lindsay Lohan and Chord Overstreet. 

    Premieres: TBA

    27. Enola Holmes 2:

    Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images, Mike Marsland / Mike Marsland/WireImage

    Plot: "Now a detective-for-hire, Enola 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."

    Starring: Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill. 

    Premieres: TBA

    28. Last, but not least, Knives Out 2 (dir. Rian Johnson):

    Rian Johnson @rianjohnson

    I GIF’d! Just a tiny glimpse of the next Benoit Blanc mystery, much MUCH much more to come…

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    @rianjohnson @netflix

    Plot: "Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a new mystery."

    Cast: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monae, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, and Madelyn Cline.

    Premieres: TBA

    Check out Netflix's 2022 slate below! Happy streaming!

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