Netflix is an American global on-demand Internet streaming media provider, that has distributed a number of original programs, including original series, specials, miniseries, documentaries and films. Netflix's original films also include content that was first screened on cinematic release in other countries or given exclusive broadcast in other territories, and is then described as Netflix original content. [1]
| Release date | Title | Genre | Runtime | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2020 | Ghost Stories | Horror anthology | 2 h 24 min | Hindi |
| January 17, 2020 | A Fall from Grace | Thriller | 2 h | English |
| January 23, 2020 | Airplane Mode | Comedy | 1 h 36 min | Portuguese |
| February 7, 2020 | Horse Girl | Psychological drama | 1 h 44 min | English |
| February 12, 2020 | To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You | Teen romantic comedy | 1 h 42 min | English |
| February 14, 2020 | Isi & Ossi | Romantic comedy | 1 h 53 min | German |
| February 21, 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted | Political thriller | 1 h 55 min | English |
| Yeh Ballet | Drama | 1 h 57 min | Hindi | |
| February 28, 2020 | All the Bright Places | Teen romance | 1 h 48 min | English |
| March 6, 2020 | Guilty | thriller drama | 1 h 59 min | Hindi |
| Spenser Confidential | Action comedy | 1 h 51 min | English | |
| March 13, 2020 | Lost Girls | Crime drama | 1 h 35 min | English |
| March 20, 2020 | Ultras | Sports | 1 h 49 min | Italian |
| March 25, 2020 | The Occupant | Thriller | 1 h 43 min | Spanish |
| March 27, 2020 | Maska | Romantic comedy | 1 h 51 min | Hindi |
| The Decline | Action thriller | 1 h 23 min | French | |
| Uncorked | Drama | 1 h 44 min | English | |
| April 3, 2020 | Coffee & Kareem | Action comedy | 1 h 28 min | English |
| April 10, 2020 | The Main Event | Sports comedy | 1 h 43 min | English |
| April 10, 2020 | Love Wedding Repeat | Romantic comedy | 1 h 40 min | English |
| Tigertail | Drama | 1 h 31 min | English | |
| April 17, 2020 | Earth and Blood | Action | 1 h 20 min | French |
| Rising High | Satire drama | 1 h 34 min | German | |
| Sergio | Biopic | 1 h 58 min | English | |
| April 22, 2020 | The Willoughbys | Animated comedy | 1 h 32 min | English |
| April 23, 2020 | Time to Hunt | Action thriller | 2 h 15 min | Korean |
| April 24, 2020 | Extraction | Action | 1 h 57 min | English |
| April 30, 2020 | Dangerous Lies | Thriller | 1 h 37 min | English |
| Rich in Love | Romantic comedy | 1 h 45 min | Portuguese | |
| May 1, 2020 | All Day and a Night | Drama | 2 h 1 min | English |
| Mrs. Serial Killer | Crime | 1 h 47 min | Hindi | |
| The Half of It | Teen romance | 1 h 45 min | English | |
| May 13, 2020 | The Wrong Missy | Black comedy | 1 h 30 min | English |
| May 22, 2020 | The Lovebirds | Romantic comedy | 1 h 27 min | English |
| May 27, 2020 | I'm No Longer Here | Drama | 1 h 52 min | Spanish |
| May 28, 2020 | Intuition | Crime thriller | 1 h 56 min | Spanish |
| June 5, 2020 | Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai | Drama | 1 h 54 min | Hindi |
| The Last Days of American Crime | Heist thriller | 2 h 29 min | English | |
| June 12, 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | War drama | 2 h 35 min | English |
| June 18, 2020 | A Whisker Away | Anime fantasy | 1 h 45 min | Japanese |
| June 19, 2020 | Feel the Beat | Family / Comedy drama | 1 h 49 min | English |
| Lost Bullet | Action | 1 h 33 min | French | |
| One-Way to Tomorrow | Romantic drama | 1 h 30 min | Turkish | |
| June 24, 2020 | Bulbbul | Horror | 1 h 34 min | Hindi |
| Nobody Knows I'm Here | Drama | 1 h 31 min | Spanish | |
| June 26, 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Musical comedy | 2 h 3 min | English |
| July 1, 2020 | Under the Riccione Sun | Romantic teenage drama | 1 h 42 min | Italian |
| July 3, 2020 | Desperados | Romantic comedy | 1 h 46 min | English |
| July 10, 2020 | The Old Guard | Superhero | 2 h 5 min | English |
| July 15, 2020 | The Players | Comedy | 1 h 28 min | Italian |
| July 16, 2020 | Fatal Affair | Psychological thriller | 1 h 29 min | English |
| July 24, 2020 | Offering to the Storm | Crime thriller | 2 h 19 min | Spanish |
| The Kissing Booth 2 | Teen romantic comedy | 2 h 12 min | English | |
| July 31, 2020 | Seriously Single | Comedy | 1 h 47 min | English |
| Raat Akeli Hai | Thriller | 2 h 29 min | Hindi | |
| August 7, 2020 | Work It | Dance comedy | 1 h 33 min | English |
| August 12, 2020 | Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl | Biographical drama | 1 h 52 min | Hindi |
| August 14, 2020 | Project Power | Superhero | 1 h 53 min | English |
| Fearless | Animation / Superhero | 1 h 31 min | English | |
| August 17, 2020 | Crazy Awesome Teachers | Comedy drama | 1 h 41 min | Indonesian |
| August 20, 2020 | The Crimes That Bind | Crime drama | 1 h 39 min | Spanish |
| August 21, 2020 | The Sleepover | Action comedy | 1 h 43 min | English |
| Class of '83 | Crime / Drama | 1 h 38 min | Hindi | |
| Dark Forces | Thriller | 1 h 21 min | Spanish | |
| August 28, 2020 | All Together Now | Drama | 1 h 33 min | English |
| Unknown Origins | Thriller | 1 h 36 min | Spanish | |
| September 2, 2020 | Freaks – You're One of Us | Supernatural drama | 1 h 32 min | German |
| September 3, 2020 | Love, Guaranteed | Romantic comedy | 1 h 31 min | English |
| September 4, 2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Psychological thriller | 2 h 14 min | English |
| September 10, 2020 | The Babysitter: Killer Queen | Comedy / Horror | 1 h 42 min | English |
| September 11, 2020 | Dad Wanted | Family | 1 h 43 min | Spanish |
| September 16, 2020 | The Devil All The Time | Psychological thriller | 2 h 18 min | English |
| The Paramedic | Thriller | 1 h 34 min | Spanish | |
| September 18, 2020 | Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare | Drama | 2 h | Hindi |
| Whipped | Romantic comedy | 1 h 37 min | Indonesian | |
| September 30, 2020 | The Boys in the Band | Drama | 2 h 2 min | English |
| October 1, 2020 | All Because of You | Action comedy | 1 h 41 min | Malay |
| October 2, 2020 | Òlòtūré | Crime drama | 1 h 46 min | English |
| Serious Men | Comedy drama | 1 h 54 min | Hindi | |
| The Binding | Horror | 1 h 33 min | Italian | |
| Vampires vs. the Bronx | Horror comedy | 1 h 25 min | English | |
| You've Got This | Romantic comedy | 1 h 51 min | Spanish | |
| October 7, 2020 | Hubie Halloween | Comedy | 1 h 43 min | English |
| October 9, 2020 | Ginny Weds Sunny | Romantic comedy | 2 h 5 min | Hindi |
| The Forty-Year-Old Version | Comedy drama | 2 h 4 min | English | |
| October 15, 2020 | A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting | Comedy / Fantasy / Family | 1 h 38 min | English |
| Love Like the Falling Rain | Teen romantic drama | 1 h 26 min | Indonesian | |
| October 16, 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Historical legal drama | 2 h 10 min | English |
| October 21, 2020 | Rebecca | Romantic thriller | 2 h 3 min | English |
| October 22, 2020 | Cadaver | Horror | 1 h 26 min | Norwegian |
| October 23, 2020 | Over the Moon | Animated musical fantasy | 1 h 40 min | English |
| October 28, 2020 | Holidate | Christmas romantic comedy | 1 h 44 min | English |
| Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight | Horror | 1 h 43 min | Polish | |
| October 30, 2020 | His House | Thriller | 1 h 33 min | English |
| Kaali Khuhi | Horror | 1 h 30 min | Hindi | |
| Rogue City | Crime | 1 h 56 min | French | |
| The Day of the Lord | Horror | 1 h 33 min | Spanish | |
| November 5, 2020 | Operation Christmas Drop | Christmas romantic comedy | 1 h 36 min | English |
| November 6, 2020 | Citation | Drama | 2 h 31 min | English |
| November 11, 2020 | What We Wanted | Drama | 1 h 33 min | German |
| November 12, 2020 | Ludo | Anthology / Dark comedy | 2 h 30 min | Hindi |
| November 13, 2020 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Family / Christmas musical | 1 h 59 min | English |
| The Life Ahead | Drama | 1 h 35 min | Italian | |
| November 19, 2020 | The Princess Switch: Switched Again | Christmas romantic comedy | 1 h 37 min | English |
| November 22, 2020 | Christmas on the Square | Christmas musical | 1 h 38 min | English |
| November 24, 2020 | Hillbilly Elegy | Drama | 1 h 57 min | English |
| Notes for My Son | Drama | 1 h 23 min | Spanish | |
| November 25, 2020 | The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two | Christmas comedy | 1 h 55 min | English |
| November 27, 2020 | The Beast | Action thriller | 1 h 39 min | Italian |
| The Call | Psychological thriller | 1 h 52 min | Korean | |
| November 30, 2020 | Finding Agnes | Drama | 1 h 45 min | Filipino |
| December 3, 2020 | Just Another Christmas | Christmas comedy | 1 h 41 min | Portuguese |
| December 4, 2020 | Christmas Crossfire | Christmas thriller | 1 h 46 min | German |
| Leyla Everlasting | Comedy | 1 h 52 min | Turkish | |
| Mank | Biopic | 2 h 12 min | English | |
| December 7, 2020 | The Claus Family | Christmas fantasy | 1 h 37 min | Dutch |
| December 9, 2020 | Rose Island | Comedy drama | 1 h 58 min | Italian |
| December 11, 2020 | The Prom | Musical | 2 h 12 min | English |
| December 14, 2020 | A California Christmas | Christmas romantic comedy | 1 h 47 min | English |
| December 18, 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Drama | 1 h 34 min | English |
| December 23, 2020 | The Midnight Sky | Science fiction | 1 h 58 min | English |
| December 24, 2020 | AK vs AK | Black comedy thriller | 1 h 49 min | Hindi |
| December 25, 2020 | We Can Be Heroes | Superhero | 1 h 40 min | English |
| Release date | Title | Runtime | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 31, 2020 | Miss Americana | 1 h 25 min | English |
| March 20, 2020 | A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story | 1 h 32 min | Spanish |
| March 25, 2020 | Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution | 1 h 48 min | English |
| April 10, 2020 | LA Originals | 1 h 32 min | English |
| April 22, 2020 | Circus of Books | 1 h 26 min | English |
| April 29, 2020 | A Secret Love | 1 h 22 min | English |
| Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story | 1 h 37 min | English | |
| May 6, 2020 | Becoming | 1 h 29 min | English |
| May 11, 2020 | Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics | 1 h 25 min | English |
| June 3, 2020 | Spelling the Dream | 1 h 23 min | English |
| June 18, 2020 | One Take | 1 h 25 min | Thai |
| June 19, 2020 | Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen | 1 h 47 min | English |
| June 24, 2020 | Athlete A | 1 h 44 min | English |
| July 8, 2020 | Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado | 1 h 36 min | English |
| July 14, 2020 | We Are One | 1 h 26 min | French |
| July 17, 2020 | Father Soldier Son | 1 h 40 min | English |
| July 29, 2020 | The Speed Cubers | 40 min | English |
| August 5, 2020 | Anelka: Misunderstood | 1 h 34 min | French |
| August 26, 2020 | Rising Phoenix | 1 h 46 min | English |
| September 7, 2020 | My Octopus Teacher | 1 h 25 min | English |
| September 9, 2020 | The Social Dilemma | 1 h 34 min | English |
| September 15, 2020 | Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice | 1 h 20 min | Thai |
| September 17, 2020 | GIMS: On the Record | 1 h 36 min | French |
| September 30, 2020 | American Murder: The Family Next Door | 1 h 22 min | English |
| October 2, 2020 | Dick Johnson Is Dead | 1 h 30 min | English |
| October 4, 2020 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | 1 h 23 min | English |
| October 8, 2020 | Bigflo & Oli: Hip Hop Frenzy | 1 h 40 min | French |
| October 14, 2020 | Blackpink: Light Up the Sky | 1 h 19 min | Korean |
| The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo | 1 h 49 min | Spanish | |
| October 15, 2020 | Rooting for Roona | 41 min | Bengali |
| October 27, 2020 | Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score | 1 h 34 min | Spanish |
| October 28, 2020 | Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb | 1 h 54 min | English |
| November 23, 2020 | Shawn Mendes: In Wonder | 1 h 23 min | English |
| November 27, 2020 | Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker | 1 h 20 min. | English |
| December 8, 2020 | Emicida: AmarElo – It's All For Yesterday | 1 h 29 min | Portuguese |
| December 11, 2020 | Giving Voice | 1 h 30 min | English |
These programs are one-time original events or supplementary content related to original films.
| Release date | Title | Genre | Runtime | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 11, 2020 | Road to Roma | Making-of | 1 h 12 min | Spanish |
| May 20, 2020 | Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall | Concert film | 1 h 25 min | English |
| September 30, 2020 | The Boys in the Band: Something Personal | Aftershow / Interview | 28 min | English |
| October 27, 2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Variety show | 49 min | English |
| November 20, 2020 | Alien Xmas | Stop motion | 42 min | English |
| November 25, 2020 | Shawn Mendes: Live in Concert | Concert film | 1 h 27 min | English |
| December 1, 2020 | Angela's Christmas Wish | Animation | 47 min | English |
| December 18, 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen | Aftershow / Interview | 31 min | English |
| December 21, 2020 | Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You | Concert film | 1 h 37 min | English |
| December 27, 2020 | Death to 2020 | Comedy | 1 h 10 min | English |
These are programs that have a runtime of less than 20 minutes.
| Release date | Title | Genre | Runtime | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2020 | What Did Jack Do? | Drama | 17 min | English |
| March 8, 2020 | Sitara: Let Girls Dream | Animation | 15 min | English |
| April 2, 2020 | Sol Levante | Anime | 4 min | English |
| July 10, 2020 | The Claudia Kishi Club | Documentary | 17 min | English |
| August 20, 2020 | John Was Trying to Contact Aliens | Documentary | 16 min | English |
| September 21, 2020 | A Love Song for Latasha | Documentary | 19 min | English |
| November 3, 2020 | I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón | Aftershow / Interview | 14 min | English |
| November 20, 2020 | If Anything Happens I Love You [lower-alpha 1] | Animation | 12 min | English |
| December 11, 2020 | Canvas | Animation | 9 min | English |
| December 28, 2020 | Cops and Robbers | Animation | 7 min | English |
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