Netflix has announced its 2026 Southeast Asian content lineup centered around the region’s biggest stars, including Philippine box office hits Kathryn Bernardo and Anne Curtis and Thai superstar Nadek Kugimiya, along with a strong roster of original films and series across the three regions.
Bernardo, one of the Philippines’ top actors, stars in the romantic thriller series “Someone Someday” opposite James Reid and Maja Salvador. Directed by Chad Vidanes and Dolly Durr, the series tells the story of a dating app CEO who unwittingly befriends someone seeking revenge, which threatens his company, family, and personal life.
Curtis co-stars with Gerald Anderson in Erik Matti’s action series “Buy Bust: The Undesirables,” playing a vengeful ex-cop and corporate outcast who band together to take on a ruthless drug gang after a senator’s daughter is murdered in a lawless dystopian city.
In the Philippines, TV personality Dingdong Dantes also stars in Dominic Zapata’s crime thriller The Master Cutter (opening April 17) about a former scout ranger turned tailor who discovers that his own daughter has ties to a crime syndicate. Award-winning actor Jodi Sta Maria teams up with veteran Agot Isidro in Ganito, Ganyan, Ganun (August 13), a family drama directed by Cholo H. Laurel about a television writer who returns to his estranged mother.
Other Filipino productions include Dolly Dulu’s coming-of-age film “18th Rose” (April 9) starring Xyriel Manabat and Kyle Echari. Ray Red’s mystery series “Balaraw” featuring Janine Gutierrez and Isidro (September 24); Mark A. Reyes V’s holiday anthology “Pascong Pinoy” (December 3) features an ensemble cast including Angel de Leon, Bobby Andrews, Rica Peralejo, Barbie Forteza, and Enchong Dee.
Kugimiya, known as Thailand’s “King Lakhon,” headlined Surapong Phronsan’s revenge thriller “The Debt Collector.” The story follows a former brutal debt collector haunted by his past, as he fights a terminal illness to seek redemption and revenge for the mistreatment of his loan shark victims.
Thai actor Pimchanok Ruevisadipaiboor appears in two titles. My Dearest Assassin is an action film directed by Thaweewat Wangsa and co-stars Thanapob Leeratanakachorn, about a girl with rare blood who was raised by assassins and fights for freedom. And Shivaroji Consul’s historical drama series ‘Flame Empress’ is about a fallen princess who tries to regain her throne.
The Bad Lawyer, starring Lata Phonggam, is a legal thriller directed by Notthapong Boonprakob about a young lawyer accused of murder who teams up with the notorious “bad lawyer” to prove his innocence.
The Thai version opens on March 26th with “The Red Line,” directed by Sitishiri Mongkolsiri, which depicts women who are victims of call center fraud and seek justice for themselves. Other works include Overact, a comedy film directed by Ploueksa Amarji, starring Phongsak Phongsuwan. Chayan Raoyodtrakur’s thriller series “Delusion”. The documentary film “Chompu: Lost and Forgotten,” directed by Nonthawat Nunbenchapol, examines how the case of missing children became a national spectacle.
The Indonesian program kicks off on January 29 with Sim F’s orphanage drama “Letter to My Youth,” featuring an ensemble cast spanning multiple genres. Teddy Soelia Atmaja’s cooking romance series “Made with Love” stars Mawar Eva de Jong and Deva Mahenra, while Monica Vanessa Teja’s “Night Shift for Cuties” follows rival K-pop fans Shenina Cinnamon and Nadia Sharifa.
Other Indonesian titles include director Gina S. Noah’s father-son drama “Me Before Me,” starring Ringo Agus Rahman and Bima Sena. Ravi Balwani’s thriller ‘Secrets’ featuring Sha Ine Februaryyanti and Abhimana Aryasathya. and Sidhartha Tata’s action movie ‘Never Surrender’ starring Lukman Sardi.
