18 Best Movies on Netflix to Watch Now (September 2025)

What started in everyone’s mailbox is now the go-to spot for movie night.

Netflix has come a long way from its DVD-by-mail days to become a streaming giant stacked with the buzzy new releases and top-performing originals.

Still, even with curated categories, figuring out what to watch can sometimes take as long as the movie itself. Luckily, we’ve rounded up the best picks to match your every mood and taste.

Whether you’re in the mood for heist favorites akin to the Now You See Me film franchise, ha-ha-ha hysterical movies similar to the 2024 sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice or something more heartwarming in the vein of 2024’s The Wild Robot, here are the best movies currently streaming on Netflix.

A Star Is Born

The fourth remake of the 1937 classic A Star Is Born marked Bradley Cooper‘s directorial debut, with Cooper also starring as Jackson Maine, a musician battling substance abuse and addiction. His world shifts when he discovers Ally (Lady Gaga), a talented young singer he meets at a New York City drag bar. As they fall in love and begin writing music together, Ally’s career skyrockets — and fame soon threatens to pull them apart.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Guess saying the bio-exorcist’s name twice instead of three times works, too! Over 35 years after the release of Tim Burton‘s 1988 horror comedy Beetlejuice, Michael Keaton reprises his iconic role as the titular character in the 2024 sequel. Now, a grown-up Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) faces new and familiar frights after her equally goth daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), opens a portal to the Netherworld and reawakens everyone’s favorite pinstriped ghost.

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The Now You See Me franchise

In Louis Leterrier’s heist franchise, hypnotic magician J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) leads the Four Horsemen — a troupe of illusionists who use their skills to steal ill-gotten profits from the corrupt and redistribute them among adoring crowds. As an FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) tries to catch up, the Four Horsemen turn to a notorious magic exposer, Thaddeus (Morgan Freeman), for a few new tricks. Catch the first two acts before the third premieres in November 2025.

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The Wild Robot

This tender animated adventure follows helper robot ROZZUM unit 7134 — “Roz” for short (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o) — after she’s shipwrecked on a remote island and left to adapt to the natural world. As she gradually earns the trust of local wildlife, Roz forms an unlikely bond with an orphaned gosling (Kit Connor) she raises as her own. Other voice actors of The Wild Robot include Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara and Matt Berry.

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Parasite

The first non-English language film to win a Best Picture Oscar, Bong Joon-ho‘s Parasite centers on the Kims, who live on the wrong side of the tracks in Seoul, South Korea. However, when they each swindle their way into jobs serving the affluent Park family, their brush with wealth eats away at them to the point of no return.

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Talk to Me

Some teens party with drinking games, others with dancing — but in the 2022 film Talk to Me, a group of adolescents becomes hooked on a far more dangerous high: An embalmed hand that opens the gate to the supernatural realm. The thrill of talking to ghosts is intoxicating at first, until one of them pushes things too far and invites something sinister into their lives.

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It Ends with Us

Based on Colleen Hoover‘s best-selling novel, this 2024 drama centers on Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) as she builds a new life in Boston — opening up her own flower business and falling for a charismatic neurosurgeon (Justin Baldoni). However, when she crosses paths with a former flame (Brandon Sklenar), Lily is forced to confront her past and present traumas and ultimately make a decision for her future.

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The Perfect Find

Based on Tia Williams’ 2016 eponymous novel, The Perfect Find stars Gabrielle Union as Jenna Jones, a 40-year-old professional who resurrects her career as a fashion editor working for her frenemy, Darcy (Gina Torres). However, her job gets a little complicated when she finds romance with the company’s young videographer — her boss’s son (Keith Powers).

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Bad Boys: Ride or Die

After their 1995 debut in the Michael Bay-directed Bad Boys, Will Smith‘s Mike Lowrey and Martin Lawrence‘s Marcus Burnett are back in action in the fourth installment. In this 2024 summer blockbuster, Miami’s favorite bantering detectives go on a high-stakes mission to clear their late captain’s name after he’s wrongfully tied to a drug conspiracy.

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

The Ghostbusters are back in action, with original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts suiting up for a frosty new adventure! In 2024’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to the iconic N.Y.C. firehouse, teaming up with the remaining OGs to thwart an ancient artifact’s curse and avert a second Ice Age. Directed by Gil Kenan, this installment features Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace, all reprising their roles from the 2021 film Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

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1917

Winning three Oscars (including Best Cinematography), Sam Mendes‘ 2019 war drama follows two young British lance corporals, Will Schofield (George MacKay) and Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman). Under orders from General Erinmore (Colin Firth), the pair must traverse enemy lines to deliver a life-or-death message to Colonel Mackenzie (Benedict Cumberbatch), halting an attack that would endanger more than 1,000 men.

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Anyone But You

Hey Alexa, crank up Natasha Bedingfield‘s “Unwritten!” Loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, this 2023 rom-com stars Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney and Top Gun: Maverick‘s Glen Powell as archrivals who land at the same destination wedding. While one’s on a mission to reignite an old flame, the other is desperate to dodge their ex. Naturally, they strike a deal to fake a relationship, all while secretly despising each other.

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Love at First Sight

Based on Jennifer E. Smith’s 2013 book, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, this 2023 screen adaptation takes off with two strangers — played by The White Lotus‘ Haley Lu Richardson and Bohemian Rhapsody‘s Ben Hardy — who form a romantic connection on a lengthy plane ride. Though they part ways upon arrival, the idea of finding each other again isn’t as implausible as it seems, reminding us that destiny often works its own magic.

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The Out-Laws

After proposing to his girlfriend Parker (Nina Dobrev), bank manager Owen Browning (Adam DeVine) is finally meeting his fiancée’s parents (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin). However, when notorious thieves — known as the “Ghost Bandits” — rob his place of work, Owen learns he’s marrying into a family of lawbreakers. This 2023 crime comedy also stars Poorna Jagannathan, Richard Kind, Lil Rel Howery and more.

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They Cloned Tyrone

This sci-fi mystery comedy finds three neighbors — played by Teyonah Parris, John Boyega and Jamie Foxx (who also produced the film) — come together in a far-fetched liaison as they attempt to expose a government cloning conspiracy. They Cloned Tyrone is helmed by Juel Taylor (a first-time director), who also co-wrote the film, along with the screenplays for 2018’s Creed II and 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy.

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Do Revenge

This Gen-Z comedy took a seat and learned from its teen film predecessors while also giving the genre a modern, pastel-infused spin. In this 2022 Netflix Original, Riverdale star Camila Mendes plays Drea, a recently ostracized student who teams up with new girl Eleanor — played by Stranger Things‘ Maya Hawke — to take down the people who’ve wronged them.

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White Noise

When a nearby chemical leak causes “The Airborne Toxic Event,” a family needs to evacuate their Ohio town. Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig play a 1980s suburban couple in this dark comedy from Noah Baumbach.

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

This sequel to 2019’s Knives Out follows detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, who works to solve a murder after a group of frenemies meet on a private Greek island. Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe and Kathryn Hahn also star in this whodunit. Stream the original movie and Glass Onion before Netflix releases the third installment, Wake Up Dead Man, on Dec. 12, 2025.

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