The 28 original Netflix shows and movies we know will be released in 2016

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"Daredevil" should return some time earlier in 2016. Netflix

Netflix is poised to have a monster year.

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The company has said it plans to roughly double its output of original shows to 31 in 2016. Netflix also has the following in the pipeline: 10 feature films, 30 kids shows, 12 documentaries, and 10 stand-up comedy specials.

Netflix has repeatedly said that original content is its future, and this year will show whether Netflix can maintain the high quality of its shows as it scales production up. 

But what is Netflix actually putting out this year?

We 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 — we excluded kids shows. On each you'll see a release date (if available), a description, who is starring, and previous ratings on Metacritic if the show is one that's been renewed.

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Here are the 28 original shows and movies you can look forward to on Netflix next year (the ones with firm release dates are listed first):

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"Chelsea Does" (January 23)

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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.

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"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny" (February 26)

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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.

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"Fuller House" (February 26)

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The cast of ABC's "Full House." ABC

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.

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"House of Cards" — Season 4 (March 4)

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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

 

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"Pee Wee's Big Holiday" (March)

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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.

 

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"Between" — Season 2

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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

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"Bloodline" — Season 2

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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

 

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"BoJack Horseman" — Season 3

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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

 

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"Chelsea Handler Talk Show"

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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.

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"The Crown"

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Claire Foy will play Queen Elizabeth II. Getty Images/Tim P. Whitby

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.

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"Flaked"

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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.

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"The Get Down"

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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. 

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"Grace and Frankie" — Season 2

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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin bring the gold to golden years on Netflix's "Grace and Frankie." Netflix

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

 

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"Love"

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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.

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"Daredevil" — Season 2

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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

 

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"Marvel's Luke Cage"

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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.

 

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"Marco Polo" — Season 2

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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

 

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"Mascots"

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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.

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"Marseille"

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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.

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"The OA"

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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.

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"Orange is the New Black" — Season 4

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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

 

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"Peaky Blinders" — Season 3 (will air on BBC Two in the UK as well)

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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.

 

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"The Ranch"

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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.

 

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"Special Correspondents"

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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.

 

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"Stranger Things"

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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.

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"Trailer Park Boys" — Season 10

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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.

 

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"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" — Season 2

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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

 

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"War Machine"

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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.

Disclosure: Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Business Insider's parent company, Axel Springer, is a Netflix board member.

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