The year starts with a long-awaited sequel, an eternally postponed actioner and three re-performances. Here you can see which new movies in January 2022 come out.
New movies January 2022: The highlights + trailer
Not only will new movies be shown in January 2022. You have the chance to see three films on the big screen, if you haven’t had the pleasure yet: For example, you can watch “Die wilden Kerle” (2003) with the Ochsenknecht brothers, the children’s film “The moon bear: The big cinema adventure “(2008) and the Agatha Christie film” Death on the Nile “(1978) in January 2022 in the cinema.
New highlights include:
“Spencer” (2022)
Kristen Stewart becomes Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s drama. We see Lady Di no longer happy at the side of her husband Prince Charles (Jack Farthing) in the 1990s. She also doesn’t like her role in the English royal family. So she decides to break out of the golden cage. During the Christmas holidays on the royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk, the young woman wants to end her royal existence for good …
“Spencer” will be in German cinemas on January 13, 2022.
“Scream 5” (2022)
25 years after a series of brutal murders rocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, there is yet another cause for concern: A new Ghostface killer is targeting a group of teenagers. Survivors Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), journalist Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and ex-sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) now have to grapple with their past and reconnect. You want to prevent the serial killings. But do the old rules still apply in order to survive?
“Scream 5” will run in German cinemas from January 13, 2022.
“Morbius” (2022)
Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is an award-winning biochemist who has a rare blood disorder. He wants to heal himself and other people with biochemical experiments. But they go wrong. Instead of being free from the disease, Morbius gains superhuman, vampire-like abilities. Now he has to constantly struggle with himself, because his greed for human blood could turn him from a hero to a villain … “Morbius” has been postponed many times due to the pandemic, among other things. The film was originally scheduled to be released in cinemas in 2020. But now the start date is finally approaching.
“Morbius” will be in German cinemas on January 27, 2022.
All new theatrical films in January 2022
| Theatrical release | Movie | genre | FSK |
| January 1, 2022 | “Kesisme: Iyi Ki Varsin Eren” (2022) | Drama, action | not known |
| January 2, 2022 | “Yolki 8” (2022) | tragicomedy | 6th |
| January 4, 2022 | “Death on the Nile” (1978) (re-performance) | Crime, thriller | 12th |
| January 6, 2022 | “The King’s Man: The Beginning” (2022) | Action, espionage | 16 |
| January 6, 2022 | “Lamp” (2022) | Drama, fantasy | 16 |
| January 6, 2022 | “The 355” (2022) | Espionage, thriller | 16 |
| January 6, 2022 | “Wanda, my miracle” (2022) | drama | 0 |
| January 6, 2022 | “Suddenly in the country – A vet in Burgundy” (2022) | Drama, comedy | 12th |
| January 6, 2022 | “Bad Tales – Once Upon a Dream” (2022) | drama | not known |
| January 6, 2022 | “The Moon Bear: The Great Cinema Adventure” (2008) (re-release) | Animation, family | 0 |
| January 6, 2022 | “Garderie Nocturne – Night Nursery” (2002) | documentation | not known |
| January 13, 2022 | “Spencer” (2022) | Biography, drama | 12th |
| January 13, 2022 | “Pleasure” (2022) | drama | 19th |
| January 13, 2022 | “Scream 5” (2022) | Horror, thriller | 16 |
| January 13, 2022 | “Égalité” (2022) | drama | 12th |
| January 13, 2022 | “Gloria Mundi – Return to Marseille” (2022) | drama | not known |
| January 13, 2022 | “Lunana. Happiness is in the Himalayas “(2022) | Adventure, drama | not known |
| January 16, 2022 | “The World Champion” (2022) | drama | not known |
| January 20, 2022 | “Sing 2 – The Show of Your Life” (2022) | Animation, musical | 0 |
| January 20, 2022 | “Nightmare Alley” (2022) | Drama, thriller | not known |
| January 20, 2022 | “Nobody is with the calves” (2022) | drama | 16 |
| January 20, 2022 | “Let in love” (2022) | drama | not known |
| January 20, 2022 | “Die wilden Kerle” (2003) (re-performance) | comedy | 0 |
| January 20, 2022 | “One night in Helsinki” (2022) | drama | not known |
| January 20, 2022 | “Benden Ne Olur?” (2002) | comedy | not known |
| January 20, 2022 | “Charlatan” (2022) | Biography, drama | not known |
| January 20, 2022 | “An Impossible Project” (2022) | documentation | 0 |
| January 20, 2022 | “Effigie – The Poison and the City” (2022) | History, crime thriller | 12th |
| January 21, 2022 | “Munich – In the Face of War” (2022) | History, war film | 12th |
| January 23, 2022 | “Tri bogatyrya i Kon ‘na trone” (2022) | animation | not known |
| January 27, 2022 | “Licorice Pizza” (2022) | Drama, comedy | not known |
| January 27, 2022 | “Morbius” (2022) | Action, fantasy | not known |
| January 27, 2022 | “The Other Side Of The River – No Woman, No Revolution” (2022) | documentation | not known |
| January 27, 2022 | “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (2022) | Thriller, crime novel | not known |
| January 27, 2022 | “Monobloc” (2022) | documentation | 0 |
| January 27, 2022 | “Shadow hour” (2022) | drama | 12th |
Do you still have some films from last year open on your watchlist? As a reminder: these films were released in December and November 2021.
Source: own research