The 50 best movies on Netflix right now (January 2025)

January 17, 20252 Mins Read

This week marks the premiere of Back in Action, the first big Netflix original movie of 2025. Appropriately enough, Netflix lined up Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz to headline the film, which is already among the most popular movies on Netflix.

Meanwhile, the 2018 horror film, Hereditary, scares its way up that list as well.Netflix also has a very strong lineup of movies on loan from other studios, including Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, In the Heart of the Sea, Interstellar, Barbie, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

You can find all of these films below among the best movies on Netflix right now. Remember to check this list every Friday morning, when we update the lineup to give you the most enticing movie options available.

Looking for something else? We’ve also rounded up the best movies to stream this week, the best shows on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime, and the best movies on Disney+.

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