Netflix is home to an enviable library of movies. From horror, to comedy, to romance, and everything in between, the streamer has all that we could want and more. Each week, Netflix releases a roundup of the most popular 10 films on the streaming service that are getting the most love from subscribers.
Currently, Netflix’s true-crime documentary The Crash continues to hold the No. 1 spot on this week’s list, followed by the 2007 crime thriller Cleaner and the star-studded animated movie GOAT.
Below, you’ll find the list of top movies on Netflix right now, which we’ll be updating weekly with information about each title and links to our reviews, letting you know which titles to stream and which ones you can probably skip.
While you’re here, why not check out our other Netflix lists? Check out the Top 10 Shows on Netflix, the Best Movies on Netflix and what’s New on Netflix this month. Happy streaming!
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Photo: COURTESY OF NETFLIX Netflix dives into a tragically true case in The Crash. When she was 17 years old, Mackenzie Shirilla crashed her car into a brick building, resulting in the deaths of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan. In 2023, a judge determined the car crash was premeditated and Mackenzie was found guilty on two counts of murder. This true crime doc, directed by Gareth Johnson, features a jailhouse interview with Mackenzie herself and input from her parents.
Read our full review of The Crash.
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Photo: Millennium Films Samuel L. Jackson stars in this 2007 thriller as Tom Cutler, a retired police officer who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner where he finds himself unknowingly participating in a cover-up at his latest job in a ritzy mansion. Ed Harris, Keke Palmer and Eva Mendes also star.
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Photo: ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection In this animated kids comedy, Will Harris (played by Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin) is a small goat with big dreams of playing roarball, an intense form of basketball played by the biggest and strongest in the animal kingdom. But he thinks his size will hold him back from joining the big leagues, until a chance encounter lands him a spot on the Thorns, a team which is in desperate need of some help to win The Claw. This star-studded movie features some of the biggest names in Hollywood and basketball alike; Steph Curry produced and starred in this movie, alongside actors Gabrielle Union, Jenifer Lewis, Aaron Pierre, David Harbour and more.
Read our full review of Goat.
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Photo: Netflix In this remake of the 2018 French Netflix original I Am Not An Easy Man, Sacha Baron Cohen stars in Ladies First as a misogynistic ad exec Damien, who is on top of the world. That is, until he bumps his head and wakes up in a new reality where women are in charge and men are the ones subjected to sexism. In order to return to the regular world, Damien must fight systemic sexism by beating out Alex (Rosamund Pike), his former lackey, to become CEO of his ad agency. The comedy attempts to tackle gender politics in today’s day and age, but is it successful?
Read our full review of Ladies First.
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Photo: ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Sonic (voiced by Parks & Rec star Ben Schwartz) teams up with his new friend Tails to hunt down the mystical emerald before it falls into the hands of the evil Dr. Robotnik and Knuckles. The second entry of the beloved series features a star-studded cast, including Idris Elba, James Marsden, and Shemar Moore.
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Photo: Netflix When two sworn enemies – a tiny woodland creature (voiced by Michael B. Jordan) and a majestic bird (voiced by Juno Temple) – swap bodies, these creatures are forced to team up for a wild adventure that could determine their survival.
Read our full review of Swapped.
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Photo: Lifetime The Lifetime movie Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard is based on the unbelievably true 2019 murder case involving Broussard and her best friend, Magen Fieramusca. In this dramatic retelling, Heidi and Magen are long distance best friends who just happen to be pregnant at the same time. When it comes time for Heidi to give birth, Magen makes the trip out from Houston to Austin seemingly to support her friend. But she has an evil plan in mind: Kill her best friend and take her newborn baby in as her own. Starring Anna Hopkins and Emily Osment.
Stream Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard on Netflix
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Photo: DAVID BUKACH/NETFLIX © 2025 Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, Remarkably Bright Creatures follows the unlikely friendship that blossoms between a lonely widow named Tova (Sally Field) and a lonely musician named Cameron (Lewis Pullman). Tova has gotten used to the solitude of her life spent cleaning the aquarium of her small coastal town after she lost her husband and son in an accident. But, with the help of a wise octopus named Marcellus, she begins to open up, offering a lifeline to both characters during a difficult time in their lives in this touching and propulsive drama.
Read our full review of Remarkably Bright Creatures.
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Photo: Everett Collection Gabby’s (Laila Lockhart Kraner) road trip with her grandma (played by the iconic Gloria Estefan) gets interrupted when a crazed cat lady Vera steals her dollhouse and her beloved Gabby Cats for her personal cat collection. Now, Gabby must try to reunite with her cats and her dollhouse before it’s too late. This semi-animated feature is inspired by the children’s series and the hit YouTube channel Gabby & Friends. Lockhart Kraner is joined by a star-studded cast that includes Gloria Estefan, Kristen Wiig, Jason Mantzouka and more.
Read our full review of Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie.
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Photo: Kane Skennar / © Netflix / courtesy Everett Collection Charlize Theron returns to her roots as an action star in Netflix’s new survivalist thriller Apex, starring opposite Taron Egerton. The new feature stars Theron as an adrenaline junkie who, after the loss of her husband, returns to the Australian outback for a solo trip that turns violent when she crosses paths with a serial killer (Egerton) who cons her into a cat-and-mouse chase through Wandarra National Park. DECIDER’s John Serba described this as a “classic Tight 90,” writing, “The film follows through on a fairly simple premise, jumping right to the action so we can quickly acclimate to its warm-to-hot temps, with Kormakur maintaining a level of velocity in the final hour that doesn’t allow the sweat to dry.”
Read our full review of Apex.
