--- title: New on Netflix 2018: New Shows and Dates Announced description: Netflix has announced a slew of new and returning shows and movies for 2018, including series from Europe, Africa and the Middle East. canonical: https://time.com/5244936/netflix-new-shows-movies-2018/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-18T16:50:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:00:46.396Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Netflix Just Set a Bunch of New Shows and Movies for 2018 og:description: Find out when 'Glow' returns and when Idris Elba will arrive in your living room og:url: https://time.com/5244936/netflix-new-shows-movies-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt330faef3554e8fba/69892dfc0a4a223fac9d2727/netflix-new-2018-maniac.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Netflix Just Set a Bunch of New Shows and Movies for 2018 twitter:description: Find out when 'Glow' returns and when Idris Elba will arrive in your living room twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt330faef3554e8fba/69892dfc0a4a223fac9d2727/netflix-new-2018-maniac.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Netflix Just Announced a Bunch of New Shows and Movies Set to Debut in 2018 > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Apr 18, 2018 4:50 PM UTC  Maniac ManiacNetflix by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Apr 18, 2018 4:50 PM UTC A bunch of new television shows from around the world are coming to Netflix this year, according to an announcement from the streaming service at a showcase event in Rome. A crop of newly announced movies will also be added to Netflix in 2018, along with new seasons of series like last year’s popular _GLOW_. “Our belief is that great storytelling transcends borders,” Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos told audiences at the showcase. “When stories from different countries, languages and cultures find a worldwide platform where the only limitation is the creator’s imagination, then unique, yet universal, stories emerge that are embraced by a global audience.” Below, see the highlights from the new announcement. ## New European series and films on Netflix Seven original series from European creators will be [new on Netflix in 2018](http://time.com/5226496/new-on-netflix-april-2018/), including a few that deal with otherworldly elements. A Dutch series will center on a group of students who open a portal to a demonic world; a French show, _Mortel_, focuses on teenagers bound together through a supernatural force; and _Luna Nera_, an Italian series, is about a woman suspected of witchcraft in the 17th century. Netflix also unveiled new original series from Germany, Spain and the U.K., including a comedy, _Turn Up Charlie_, set to star Idris Elba, who is also executive-producing the show. Another show skews to sports fans: the six-part British series _The English Game_, written by the creator of _Downton Abbey_, looks at the invention of football. Another Italian project is the original movie _Rimetti A Noi I Nostri Debiti_ (_Forgive Us Our Debts_). Below, check out the trailer for the film, in which an unemployed man starts working for a debt collector. ## New documentary series on Netflix Two [documentary series](http://time.com/5218604/lost-in-space-netflix-review/) are also coming to the streaming service, including an as-yet-untitled show from France about the 1984 murder of a four-year-old boy named Grégory Villemin. Also coming to Netflix are brand new episodes of the acclaimed 2004 miniseries _The Staircase_, a true crime series about Michael Peterson, a crime novelist who was accused of killing his wife. See a trailer for all of Netflix’s true crime series below. ## New and returning TV series on Netflix Netflix also announced that [_GLOW_](http://time.com/4827493/glow-netflix-professional-wrestling-gorgeous-ladies/), a show about a ladies’ wrestling team, will return for its second season on June 29\. Another original series, _Maniac_, starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill as two strangers caught up in a wild pharmaceutical trial gone wrong, will also come to Netflix this year. > [](https://twitter.com/GlowNetflix/status/986605726712807424) > [](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/986606588424175616) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5244936/netflix-new-shows-movies-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5244936/netflix-new-shows-movies-2018/"},"headline":"Netflix Just Announced a Bunch of New Shows and Movies Set to Debut in 2018","datePublished":"2018-04-18T16:50:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:00:46.396Z","description":"Find out when 'Glow' returns and when Idris Elba will arrive in your living room","url":"https://time.com/5244936/netflix-new-shows-movies-2018/","keywords":["streaming","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt330faef3554e8fba/69892dfc0a4a223fac9d2727/netflix-new-2018-maniac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt330faef3554e8fba/69892dfc0a4a223fac9d2727/netflix-new-2018-maniac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"6","caption":"6","creditText":"Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/streaming/","name":"streaming"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5244936/netflix-new-shows-movies-2018/","name":"Netflix Just Announced a Bunch of New Shows and Movies Set to Debut in 2018"}}]}] ```