As summer blockbuster season nears, and many states are still in some version of lockdown, Netflix is refreshing its docket of lighthearted features and bingeable docuseries. Chief among these offerings is Bad Trip, gross-out comedian Eric Andre’s new prank movie costarring Get Out’s Lil Rel Howery and Girls Trip’s Tiffany Haddish; Waffles + Mochi, a family-friend puppet show about food culture hosted by Michelle Obama and featuring Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’s Samin Nosrat; and Operation Varsity Blues, which digs into the celebrity college-admissions scandal that put actor Felicity Huffman in jail.
What else is in the pipeline? Read on for more notable releases from Netflix in March.
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (March 1): Competing with HBO Max and Hulu’s steady stream of nonfiction content, Netflix is upping the ante post–Tiger King with March releases like Murder Among the Mormons and Last Chance U: Basketball. An intimate documentary about the Notorious B.I.G., featuring family interviews and rare footage, has been long overdue.
Training Day (March 1): Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 film, starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, made Washington the second Black actor to ever win in the best-actor category. It’s a crime-thriller classic that irresistibly stages the “bad cop” narrative amidst the ruthless war on drugs in low income neighborhoods. “Copaganda” all the same, but with stakes real enough to keep audiences guessing.
Two Weeks Notice (March 1): Since the premiere of HBO Max’s popular series The Undoing, self-deprecating heartthrob Hugh Grant has been back in the public eye. Netflix is cashing in on the moment by adding the 2002 rom-com Two Weeks Notice, starring Grant as an arrogant and needy real estate developer, and a reliably sharp-witted Sandra Bullock as his idealistic legal counsel who momentarily gives up her high-minded ideals for the financial security being an employee provides.
What’s New on Netflix in March 2021
Coming Soon
Abla Fahita: Drama Queen (NETFLIX ORIGINAL EGYPT)
ARASHI’s Diary Voyage: Episode 24 (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY JAPAN)
The Yin Yang Master (NETFLIX FILM CHINA)
March 1
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Batman Begins (2005)
Blanche Gardin: Bonne Nuit Blanche (2021)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
DC Super Hero Girls: Season One
I Am Legend (2007)
Invictus (2009)
Jason X (2001)
Killing Gunther (2017)
LEGO Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by Venom (2019)
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Power Rangers Beast Morphers: S2
Rain Man (1988)
Step Up: Revolution (2012)
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Training Day (2001)
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Year One (2009)
March 2
Black or White (2014)
Word Party: Season Five (NETFLIX FAMILY)
March 3
Moxie (NETFLIX FILM)
Murder Among the Mormons (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Parker (2013)
Safe Haven (2013)
March 4
Pacific Rim: The Black (NETFLIX ANIME)
March 5
City of Ghosts (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Dogwashers (NETFLIX FILM COLOMBIA)
Nevenka: Breaking the Silence (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY SPAIN)
Pokémon Journeys: The Series: Part Four (NETFLIX FAMILY JAPAN)
Sentinelle (NETFLIX FILM FRANCE)
March 8
Bombay Begums (NETFLIX ORIGINAL INDIA)
Bombay Rose (NETFLIX FILM FRANCE)
March 9
The Houseboat (NETFLIX ORIGINAL GERMANY)
StarBeam: Season Three (NETFLIX FAMILY CANADA)
March 10
Dealer (NETFLIX ORIGINAL FRANCE)
Last Chance U: Basketball (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Marriage or Mortgage (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)
March 11
The Block Island Sound (2020)
Coven of Sisters (NETFLIX FILM SPAIN)
March 12
Love Alarm: Season Two (NETFLIX ORIGINAL KOREA)
The One (NETFLIX ORIGINAL UK)
Paper Lives (NETFLIX FILM TURKEY)
Paradise PD: Part Three (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)
YES DAY (NETFLIX FILM)
March 14
Audrey (2020)
March 15
Bakugan: Armored Alliance
The BFG (2016)
The Last Blockbuster (2020)
The Lost Pirate Kingdom (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)
Zero Chill (NETFLIX FAMILY UK)
March 16
RebellComedy: Straight Outta the Zoo (NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL GERMANY)
Savages (2012)
Waffles + Mochi (NETFLIX FAMILY)
March 17
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Under Suspicion: Uncovering the Wesphael Case (NETFLIX ORIGINAL BELGIUM)
March 18
B: The Beginning Succession (NETFLIX ANIME JAPAN)
Cabras da Peste (NETFLIX FILM BRAZIL)
Deadly Illusions (2021)
The Fluffy Movie (2014)
Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL)
Skylines (2020)
March 19
Alien TV: Season Two (NETFLIX FAMILY CANADA)
Country Comfort (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Formula 1: Drive to Survive: Season Three (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)
Sky Rojo (NETFLIX ORIGINAL SPAIN)
March 20
Jiu Jitsu (2020)
March 22
Navillera (NETFLIX ORIGINAL KOREA)
Philomena (2013)
March 23
Loyiso Gola: Unlearning (NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL SOUTH AFRICA)
March 24
Seaspiracy (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Who Killed Sara? (NETFLIX ORIGINAL MEXICO)
March 25
Caught by a Wave (NETFLIX FILM ITALY)
DOTA: Dragon’s Blood (NETFLIX ANIME)
Millennials: Season Three
Secret Magic Control Agency (NETFLIX FAMILY RUSSIA)
March 26
A Week Away (NETFLIX FILM Trailer)
Bad Trip (NETFLIX FILM)
Big Time Rush: Seasons One through Four
Croupier (1998)
The Irregulars (NETFLIX ORIGINAL UK)
Magic for Humans by Mago Pop (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)
Nailed It!: Double Trouble (NETFLIX ORIGINAL)
March 29
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)