Netflix is home to some bombshell releases and more are on the way. These are the 17 best new movies coming to Netflix in 2025.
It’s still early in the year and already Netflix is home to 2025 bombshell releases, such as, for example, Adolescence, The Twister: Caught in the Storm, and Running Point—all of which you should watch if you’ve yet to give them your attention. Now the streaming giant is hitting us with a slew of new movies and I, for one, can’t wait. From Happy Gilmore 2 to Havoc, there’s sure to be something for everyone, no matter your taste. And if you love book adaptations, you’re in luck, because there are plenty of them on the way. Here’s a list of the best new movies coming to Netflix in 2025 in order of release date. You’re welcome!
1. Kinda Pregnant
Director: Tyler Spindel
Writers: Amy Schumer and Julie Paiva
Cast: Amy Schumer, Will Forte, Jillian Bell, Damon Wayans Jr., and Brianne Howey
Release Date: February 5, 2025
Kinda Pregnant is one funny comedy, good for a light-hearted laugh when you need one. Amy Schumer, of Trainwreck, stars as Lainy, a teacher in a serious relationship who finds herself crumbling when her boyfriend (Damon Wayans Jr., of Shrinking) proposes a threesome instead of marriage. Then, after finding out her best friend and another co-worker are pregnant, and after going shopping with them, she discovers people treat her better when they assume she’s pregnant. So, to lift her spirits, Lainy purchases a fake baby bump and starts wearing it. However, when another pregnant woman befriends her in a “Mamaste” yoga class and the two hit it off, she must keep her lie going, even after meeting the man of her dreams.
2. The Life List
Director: Adam Brooks
Writer: Adam Brooks
Cast: Sofia Carson, Kyle Allen, Sebastian de Souza, Connie Britton, José Zúñiga, Jordi Mollà, Dario Ladani Sanchez, Federico Rodriguez, Marianne Rendón, Michael Rowland
Release Date: March 28, 2025
This feel-good, heartfelt drama is based on the book of the same name by Lori Nelson Spielman. After her mother dies, Alex (Sofia Carson, of Carry-On) revisits her childhood aspirations with the desire to achieve her old goals. When she begins pursuing some of these lifelong dreams, she finds herself on an unforeseen journey of confronting her grief and finding the courage to live again. The further along in her journey she gets, the more surprises she finds with family secrets, romance, and self-rediscovery.
3. Havoc
Director: Gareth Evans
Writer: Gareth Evans
Cast: Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Luis Guzmán, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, and Yann Yann Yeo
Release Date: April 25, 2025
Keep your eyes peeled for this highly anticipated crime drama that doubles as an action thriller and is slated to be one of the best new movie releases on Netflix this year. Tom Hardy (Venom trilogy) stars in Havoc as Walker, a bruised detective who must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son after a drug deal gone wrong. Along the way, he’ll unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy ensnaring his whole city. Gareth Evans is best known for his Indonesian martial arts films The Raid, The Raid 2, and Merantau, through which he introduced the Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat to the world of cinema. You can bank on it that Havoc will feature astonishing fight sequences full of mixed martial arts and thrilling action. This is one film you don’t want to miss!
4. Nonnas
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Writers: Liz Maccie
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Talia Shire, Joe Manganiello, Linda Cardellini, Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro, and Campbell Scott
Release Date: May 9, 2025
Nonnas is based on the life of Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn, of Bad Monkey), who realizes he’s wasted time as a single man at a dead-end job and yearns for a second chance. After losing his mother, he decides to honor her memory and uses his inheritance to open an Italian restaurant with a group of local grandmothers (nonnas) as the chefs. The restaurant soon becomes a place where the nonnas share their culinary wisdom, family recipes, and life stories, and through the shared meals, laughter, and camaraderie, it becomes a symbol of resilience, love, and the enduring power of family and tradition. Look for this comedy to be bittersweet but full of that Vince Vaughn levity we know and love him for creating.
5. Fear Street: Prom Queen
Director: Matt Palmer
Writers: Donald McLeary, Matt Palmer, and R.L. Stine
Cast: Ariana Greenblatt, Chris Klein, Lili Taylor, India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, David Iacono, Ella Rubin, and Katherine Waterston
Release Date: May 23, 2025
This upcoming slasher film is based on the 1992 novel “The Prom Queen” from the Fear Street film series. As the students at Shadyside High are preparing for the 1988 prom, the “It Girls” are fighting for popularity and vying for the coveted title of Prom Queen. But as the “It Girls” start to disappear one by one, an unusual but gutsy outsider emerges as a nominee, who soon discovers she’s in for one hell of a prom night.
6. The Old Guard 2
Director: Victoria Mahoney
Writers: Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernandez, and Sarah L. Walker
Cast: Charlize Theron, Uma Thurman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, KiKi Layne, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Matthias Schoenaerts, Vân Veronica Ngô, and Henry Golding
Release Date: July 2, 2025
Serving as a sequel to the first film, The Old Guard 2 is an upcoming superhero movie based on the comic book of the same name. Andy (Charlize Theron, of Bombshell) leads a team of unkillable warriors, who’ve formed a tight bond over time. In Old Guard 2, Andy and her team return to protect humanity from a formidable new enemy who threatens their existence. As she leads them against this powerful enemy, they must grapple with the resurfacing of a long-lost immortal, complicating their mission to safeguard humanity. Expect bigger, bolder action and transportation to otherworldly places.
7. Happy Gilmore 2
Director: Kyle Newacheck
Writers: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler
Cast: Adam Sandler, Margaret Qualley, Julie Bowen, Allen Covert, Ben Stiller, Christopher McDonald, Dennis Dugan, Benito Antonio Martínez, Ocasio, and Kym Whitley
Release Date: July 25, 2025
Happy is back after nearly 30 years, y’all! At the end of Happy Gilmore, the failed hockey player turned long-driving golf pro triumphed in the face of insurmountable odds and won the Tour Championship in 1996. He’s finally at rest after saving his sweet little grandmother’s house from the mean ole IRS. It’s currently unclear how the long-awaited sequel will resurrect Gilmore’s golf career, but one thing’s for sure: Happy is a legend, and he always will be. Expect Happy Gilmore 2 to be full of Adam Sandler-style laughter and shenanigans, and even some actual golf professionals, such as John Daly, Paige Spiranac, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, and Will Zalatoris.
8. Frankenstein
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writers: Mary Shelley and Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Jacob Elordi, Ralph Ineson, Burn Gorman, Charles Dance, Lars Mikkelsen, and David Bradley
Release Date: November 2025
Another one of Netflix’s best new movies of 2025, del Toro’s Frankenstein is based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel of the same name. The upcoming Gothic sci-fi horror film is sure to be a far cry from Shelley’s vision, but it follows the same premise: Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac, of the Star Wars franchise) strives to restore life to the dead and, in the process, succeeds in creating a most horrifying creature. Our story picks up here. The movie is set in 19th Century Europe, where we follow Dr. Pretorius (Christoph Waltz, of No Time to Die) as he works to track down Frankenstein’s monster, who is believed to have died in a fire 40 years prior. His goal? To continue the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein.
9. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Director: Rian Johnson
Writer: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington, Thomas Haden Church, Mila Kunis, Cailee Spaeny, Josh O’Connor, Andrew Scott, and Daryl McCormack
Release Date: Fall 2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is the third entry in the series, following Knives Out and Glass Onion, and it serves as a standalone sequel to Glass Onion. While there’s no word yet on the plot, we do know that Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns in his most dangerous case yet, with a brand-new ensemble cast to accompany him.
10. The Woman in the Cabin 10
Director: Simon Stone
Writers: Simon Stone, Anna Waterhouse, and Joe Shrapnel
Cast: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, David Morrissey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and more
Release Date: Fall 2025
This new thriller looks to be quite the mystery. While on a luxury cruise for a travel assignment, a journalist (Keira Knightley, of Black Doves) witnesses a passenger tossed overboard late one night, only to be told that she must have dreamed it, as all passengers are accounted for and well. Despite not being believed by anyone on board, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger. Featuring an all-star cast, The Woman in Cabin 10 is also based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Ruth Ware.
11. Steve
Director: Tim Mielants
Writer: Max Porter
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jay Lycurgo, Douggie McMeekin, Youssef Kerkour, Marcus Garvey, and Charles Beaven
Release Date: 2025
A fresh reimagining of the novel “Shy,” Cillian Murphy, of Oppenheimer, stars as a high school headteacher in charge of a school for boys with societal and behavioral difficulties. As Steve battles for his reform college’s survival, he also works to manage his mental health. Concurrently, troubled student Shy (Jay Lycurgo, of Titans) navigates his violent tendencies and fragility, torn between his past and future projects. Said Murphy about the narrative: “It just broke my heart. They’re the sorts of things I love as a reader and as a performer.”
12. Straw
Director: Tyler Perry
Writer: Tyler Perry
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman, Sinbad, and Rockmond Dunbar
Release Date: 2025
Taraji P. Henson, of Empire, is a single mother who faces a series of unfortunate events that lead her down an unexpected path. As she struggles against circumstances beyond her control, she becomes entangled in a situation she never imagined. Fueled by desperation, she finds herself at the center of suspicion in a world that seems indifferent to her existence.
13. Night Always Comes
Director: Benjamin Caron
Writers: Willy Vlautin and Sarah Conradt
Cast: Vanessa Kirby, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eli Roth, Michael Kelly, Randall Park, Julia Fox, Stephan James, Zack Gottsagen
Release Date: 2025
Following the plot of Willy Vlautin’s book of the same name, our story revolves around Lynette (Vanessa Kirby, of The Crown), a 30-something-year-old woman burdened with debt and juggling jobs, who strives to buy her family’s home in the rapidly gentrifying area of Portland, Oregon. When her mother reneges on a promise to help, Lynette embarks on a desperate two-day search for the money in an odyssey that brings her face-to-face with the city’s winners and losers, further escalating her desperation. A dangerous choice plunges her into a downward spiral and forces her to confront her own dark past as she fights for her family’s future.
14. The Thursday Murder Club
Director: Chris Columbus
Writers: Katy Brand, Chris Columbus, Suzanne Heathcote
Cast: Dame Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Naomi Ackie, Sarah Niles, Tom Ellis, Martin Bishop, and Celia Imrie
Release Date: 2025
Based on Richard Osman’s international best-selling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four retirees – ex-spy Elizabeth (Helen Mirren, of 1923), ex-union activist Ron (Pierce Brosnan, of The Out-Laws), ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley, of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More), and ex-nurse Joyce (Celie Imrie, of The Diplomat) – who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. Who doesn’t love playing detective with some true crime? When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their hobbyist sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves in the middle of a literal whodunnit.
15. Jay Kelly
Director: Noah Baumbach
Writers: Noah Baumback and Emily Mortimer
Cast: Adam Sandler, George Clooney, Emily Mortimer, Eve Hewson, Laura Dern, Isla Fisher, Patrick Wilson, Riley Keough, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, and Stacy Keach
Release Date: 2025
A “funny and emotional coming-of-age film about adults,” Jay Kelly follows two middle-aged friends, Adam (Adam Sandler, of Murder Mystery 2) and Jay (George Clooney, of Wolfs), who rediscover their youthful spirit during a chaotic weekend reunion. As the two face hilarious mishaps and experience heartfelt moments, they’re finally forced to grow up… but hey, at least they go through it together.
16. The Ballad of a Small Player
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: Rowan Joffé
Cast: Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton, Fala Chen, and Jason Tobin
Release Date: 2025
The Ballad of a Small Player is—you guessed it—based on the novel of the same name from 2014. The psychological thriller follows a high-stakes gambler named Doyle (Colin Farrell, of The Penguin) who decides to lay low in Macau after his past and his debts catch up with him. Along the way, he encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation in the form of both money and love. However, as Doyle attempts to make a rare and true connection, the only reality he knows begins slipping away from his grasp.
17. Untitled Kathryn Bigelow White House Thriller
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writer: Noah Oppenheim
Cast: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Willa Fitzgerald, Gabriel Basso, Jason Clarke, Greta Lee, Brian Tee, Aminah Nieves, Kyle Allen, and Jared Harris
Release Date: Late 2025
While there aren’t many plot details yet available, we do know this compelling drama is sure to be one of the best new movies released on Netflix in 2025. Bigelow’s untitled thriller will center on White House staffers grappling with an impending missile strike on the United States. The drama will unfold in real time as tensions escalate and the pressure rises. If you know Bigelow, you know her work is full of intense action, dramatic narratives, ever-escalating pressures, and real-life scenarios. Quite simply, she’s brilliant, and this is one gripping Bigelow film you’ll want to see.
