The 16 best movies coming to Netflix in January

Released at the height of Martin Lawrence's popularity, this outlandish comedy — starring Lawrence as a jewel thief who pretends to be a detective so he can recover a jewel from a recent heist — is top-flight Lawrence.

From the physical comedy to dressing up in an outlandish disguise, the movie is just a whole lot of fun.

This comedy is practically forgotten when discussing Tom Hanks' filmography, despite it being wickedly entertaining.

From "Gremlins" director Joe Dante, Hanks stars opposite Carrie Fisher as a couple living in the suburbs who — along with their neighbors — are convinced the new people who moved in are involved in some nefarious activity.

The movie includes a great supporting cast: Rick Ducommun, Bruce Dern, and Corey Feldman.

If you watched Jon Hamm in "Confess, Fletch" recently, now it's time to check out Chevy Chase's rendition, which made the character beloved in the 1980s.

From his wild costumes to Chase's straight-faced one-liners that would become his hallmark, we follow newspaper columnist Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher as he tries to uncover why a wealthy man wants Fletch to kill him.

This classic musical made its leads Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta into overnight stars as they play high school kids trying to figure out love.

This memorable horror movie from the late 1990s stars some of the biggest young Hollywood actors of the era as they run from a crazed man with a hook a year after covering up his supposed death following a hit-and-run.

Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, and Cuba Gooding Jr. are at their absolute best in this love story written and directed by Cameron Crowe about a sports agent (Cruise) who discovers his soulmate (Zellweger) after his career crumbles.

It resulted in the movie being a major hit in 1996, Gooding Jr. winning an Oscar, and couples suddenly saying to one another: "You complete me."

Eddie Murphy fills the large shoes of remaking the Jerry Lewis classic of a nerdy professor who creates a drink that suddenly makes him attractive.

Murphy's twist is throwing on a fat suit and making his character obese. But perhaps what makes this movie so memorable is Murphy also plays Professor Klump's relatives, leading to loads of laughs.

Ron Howard directed this entertaining and touching look at being a parent.

The movie is filled with amazing performances from Steve Martin, to Dianne Wiest, and a young Joaquin Phoenix.

Quentin Tarantino's classic heist movie, or rather the aftermath of one, showcases the writer-director's incredible use of dialogue and encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture.

Tim Roth shines as an unlucky undercover cop, but there are also fantastic supporting roles from Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, and Michael Madsen.

"Rocky" is an underdog story, but the film itself was an underdog in real life, too.

Written by Sylvester Stallone, he bet on himself and insisted the only way the movie get made was if he played boxer Rocky Balboa. It went on to win best picture, launch Stallone's career, and become a legendary franchise.

Netflix also has "Rocky" movies 2 through 5.

Edgar Wright mixes his love for genre filmmaking, video games, and the source material of Bryan Lee O'Malley's book to create a unique love story that over the years has become beloved for its fresh take on the romantic comedy genre.

Plus there's the amazing cast that includes Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Chris Evans, Jason Schwartzman, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, Aubrey Plaza, Mae Whitman, and Brie Larson.

Though "Top Gun: Maverick" has the rare distinction of being a sequel that's better than the original, that doesn't mean you should ignore "Top Gun."

From the soundtrack to Tony Scott's unique use of lighting and perspiration, this is still a classic from the 1980s.

Here's another 1980s classic that never gets old.

Ivan Reitman directs this comedy that has Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito playing long-lost twins who discover one another as adults. We watch as they have a lot of catching up to do and lots of self-discovery.

We just can't help watching these "Minions" movies.

This time featuring a young Gru (still voiced by Steve Carell), we follow the gang as Gru tries to get in with his idols, villains known as The Vicious 6.

But, of course, what makes these different than the "Despicable Me" movies is there's a whole lot more Minions madness.

"Black-ish" creator Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill teamed up to write the screenplay for this comedy in which Hill plays a guy in an interracial relationship and meets his fiancée's parents (Eddie Murphy and Nia Long) for the first time.

Following the Hulu series "Pam & Tommy," interest in Pamela Anderson is at an all-time high.

Now she'll be telling her life's story in her own words in this Netflix documentary.