Netflix has seriously upped its game in the original movie department these last few years.
Last year brought us the excellent rom-com Hit Man starring Glen Powell and the thrilling action flick Rebel Ridge, but those movies pale in comparison to what the streamer has in store for the rest of 2025.
As a part of the Watch With Us team, I’ve compiled my top 5 Netflix movies I’m looking forward to watching this fall.
Some of my selections include a lavish new retelling of an old story, a scary political thriller and a sequel to one of the best franchises currently active today.
5. ‘Nouvelle Vague’ (November 14)
French film fans are in for a treat this season as the very American director, Richard Linklater, chronicles the making of one of the seminal French movies ever, Breathless, in his new film, Nouvelle Vague. Newcomer Guillaume Marbeck stars as Jean-Luc Godard, then a notable film critic struggling to make his first film.
Eager to disrupt the bourgeois 1950s French film industry, Godard wants to break taboos and make a film that will revolutionize the medium. To do that, he’ll have to overcome numerous difficulties, including nervous investors, an unreliable production crew and an enigmatic American actress, Jean Seberg (Zoey Deutch).
Shot in gorgeous, period-appropriate black and white, Nouvelle Vague is unabashedly French — yet also a Linklater movie that’s playful, humorous and always interesting to look at. The more you know about Godard and Breathless, the better you’ll appreciate what this movie has to offer — a fun yet informative look at one of the most important films ever made.
4. ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ (October 10)
Every year, there’s a new adaptation of a best-selling mystery novel that everyone looks forward to watching. In 2025, that’s The Woman in Cabin 10, a popular book by Ruth Ware that’s now a high-profile Netflix original. Keira Knightley stars as Laura Blacklock, a journalist travelling on a luxury ocean liner for her next assignment. Late one night, she witnesses a fellow passenger being thrown overboard. Convinced she just witnessed a murder, Laura informs the boat’s captain and crew, who promptly tell her no one has been reported missing.
Did Laura imagine it? Or is this some sort of conspiracy designed to cover up a crime no one wants to solve? Laura has to use all of her journalistic instincts to investigate, but she may not like the answers she’s so desperate to find.
