What’s New on Netflix This Week & Top 10 Movies & Series: December 19, 2025

We’re into our penultimate weekly roundup of everything new on Netflix for 2025. It’s been a busy week once again with 62 new movies and series touching down over the past seven days, which is mainly made up of international titles, but there are definitely a few surprises. Below, we’ll pick out three things worth watching, the complete list of new arrivals, and the top 10s for the week. 

We’re rapidly approaching the new year, which means you should start familiarizing yourself with all the 2026 releases coming up, in addition to the full January 2026 lineup, which has already been released.

Tonight, Netflix will go live with its much-talked-about boxing event with Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua, alongside a slew of fights that’ll lead up to it. You can find our full preview for the upcoming battle in our post, which includes start times, betting odds, a full fight schedule, and more. If you’re reading this over the weekend, you’ll be able to rewatch the fight alongside highlights on Netflix.

Not much is scheduled for the weekend beyond the second season of Sonic X returning on Saturday and Gatao and the brand new sequel landing on Sunday. 

What to Watch on Netflix This Weekend

Relay (2024)

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: David Mackenzie
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington
Writer: Justin Piasecki
Runtime: 112 min / 1h 52m

If you’re looking for a tense thriller with a clever twist on corporate paranoia, Relay is for you, and for those in the United States, this marks the movie’s SVOD debut.

Riz Ahmed delivers a standout performance as Ash, a “fixer” who brokers hush-money deals between corrupt companies and whistleblowers, all while hiding his identity through an old-school telephone relay service. When he takes on a desperate client (Lily James) targeted by a ruthless corporation, the cat-and-mouse game builds gripping suspense reminiscent of ’70s classics like The Conversation. Directed by David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water), it’s a brainy, low-key thriller that keeps you hooked, though the final act veers into more conventional action territory. 

61st Street (Seasons 1-2)

Number of episodes: 16
Rating: TV-MA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast: Courtney B. Vance, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Mark O’Brien
Writer: Peter Moffat

Continuing Netflix’s trend of picking up some of the most underrated titles from AMC’s back library from the past few years (and The CW in this case, given they carried season 2), we come to 61st Street, which landed alongside Moonhaven (also worth a watch).

Courtney B. Vance shines as Franklin Roberts, a seasoned public defender facing his own health battles, who takes on the case of Moses Johnson (Tosin Cole), a promising young track star wrongfully swept up in a police corruption scandal after a botched drug bust. Created by Peter Moffat (Your Honor), this intense crime drama explores institutional racism, police brutality, and the fight for justice with raw authenticity and powerhouse performances from Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and the ensemble.

The Great Flood (2025)

Rating: TV-MA
Language: Korean
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Byung-woo Kim
Cast: Kim Da-mi, Park Hae-soo, Kim Kyu-na
Writer: Byung-woo Kim
Runtime: 106 min / 1h 46m

Finally, looking internationally, we come to one of South Korea’s biggest and most ambitious movies in recent years, with an all-star cast.

Kim Da-mi stars as an AI researcher trapped in a flooding Seoul apartment building with her young son, racing against rising waters in a desperate bid for survival as the world ends in an apocalypse. Park Hae-soo co-stars in this high-stakes rescue mission that starts as pulse-pounding disaster fare but pivots into unexpected time-loop territory, questioning reality and humanity’s future. Directed by Kim Byung-woo, it’s visually stunning if nothing else and well worth a watch, according to critics over the holidays. 

Full List of New Releases on Netflix US This Week

Note: You can find an expanded version of this list on our New on Netflix hub page where you’ll find trailers plus lots more additional information about each title added. 

44 New Movies Added This Week

• 10DANCE (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Japanese
• A Cowboy Christmas Romance (2023) – TV-PG – English
• A Line of Fire (2025) – R – N/A
• A Time For Bravery (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
• Aurangzeb (2013) – TV-14 – Hindi
• Bank Chor (2017) – TV-14 – Hindi
• Before I Go to Sleep (2014) – R – English
• Better Watch Out (2016) – R – English
• Border Hunters (2025) – TV-MA – English
• Breakdown: 1975 (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Christmas at the Chalet (2023) – TV-PG – English
• Christmas on the Alpaca Farm (2023) – TV-PG – English
• Danny Collins (2015) – R – English
• Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) – TV-14 – Hindi
• Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) – TV-PG – Japanese
• Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) – TV-14 – English
• Kabul Express (2006) – TV-14 – Hindi
• Lies We Tell (2023) – TV-MA – English
• Little Hearts (2025) – TV-14 – Telugu
• Murder in Monaco (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• My Favorite Christmas Tree (2022) – TV-PG – English
• PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023) – PG – English
• Premante: Thrillu Prapthirasthu (2025) – TV-14 – Telugu
• Qaidi Band (2017) – TV-14 – Hindi
• Queen of Coal (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
• Raat Akeli Hai – The Bansal Murders (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Hindi
• Relay (2024) – R – English
• Robby Hoffman: Wake Up (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Scotty James: Pipe Dream (2025) – TV-MA – English
• Song to Song (2017) – R – English
• Sui Dhaaga: Made in India (2018) – TV-PG – Hindi
• Tashan (2008) – TV-14 – Hindi
• The Christmas Classic (2023) – TV-14 – English
• The Great Flood (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Korean
• The Iceman (2012) – R – English
• The Illusionist (2006) – PG-13 – English
• The Ride (2025) – TV-MA – Filipino
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) – R – English
• THE WOLF HOUR (2019) – R – English
• Thugs of Hindostan (2018) – TV-14 – Hindi
• Titanic (1997) – PG-13 – English
• Titli (2014) – TV-MA – Hindi
• Trespass (2011) – R – English
• Two for the Money (2005) – R – English

18 New TV Series Added This Week

• 61st Street (Seasons 1-2) – TV-MA – English
• 90’s (Season 1) – TV-14 – Telugu
• AIR: All India Rankers (Season 1) – TV-14 – Hindi
• Beat Bobby Flay (Seasons 29-30) – TV-G – English
• Castle Rock (Seasons 1-2) – TV-MA – English
• Culinary Class Wars (Season 2 – New Episodes In Batches) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Korean
• Emily in Paris (Season 5) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Home Town (Seasons 3-5) – TV-G – English
• How to Ruin Love (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Little Angel (Volume 7) – TV-Y – English
• Moonhaven (Season 1) – TV-MA – English
• My Lottery Dream Home (Seasons 11-13) – TV-G – English
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (Season 6) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
• Playing Adult: Pernikahan Dini Gen Z (Season 1) – TV-14 – Indonesian
• The Creature Cases (Season 6) Netflix Original – TV-Y – English
• The Manny (Season 3) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Spanish
• Vientos de agua (Season 1) – TV-MA – Spanish
• What’s in the Box? (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English

Most Popular Movies on Netflix US This Week

Picture Credit: Netflix

Over the past few weeks, the daily movie top 10 has seen a LOT of titles come and go, and this week is also spectacularly busy with 22 individual movies featured throughout the past seven days. At the top throughout the week, though, is the latest instalment of Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man, which got off to a slow start in viewership this week, but fingers crossed, more checked it out this week and over the next few weeks over the festive period. 

1. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (70 points)
2. My Secret Santa (54 points)
3. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (41 points)
4. The Hustle (40 points)
5. KPop Demon Hunters (39 points)
6. A Cowboy Christmas Romance (36 points)
7. Jay Kelly (29 points)
8. The Covenant (23 points)
9. Mean Girls (20 points)
10. Honest Thief (18 points)
11. A Line of Fire (14 points)
12. Christmas at the Chalet (13 points)
13. Murder in Monaco (12 points)
14. Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (6 points)
15. Undercover Grandpa (5 points)
16. Border Hunters (5 points)
17. Cast Away (4 points)
18. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (3 points)
19. A Merry Little Ex-Mas (3 points)
20. House of Gucci (2 points)
21. A Lot Like Christmas (2 points)
22. The Christmas Classic (1 point)

Most Popular Series on Netflix US This Week

Picture Credit: Netflix

Once again, the P. Diddy docu-series still resides at the top of the Netflix US charts this week, a fact noticed by 50 Cent, who posted on Instagram earlier this week, “I know Stranger Things is p****** they spent $500M on this season, only to be beat by Diddy doing Stranger Things.” Nice. Rowan Atkinson’s Man Vs Baby takes second spot, and the aforementioned Stranger Things, which is expected to climb again beginning next week, is down in third. 

1. Sean Combs: The Reckoning (78 points)
2. Man Vs Baby (68 points)
3. Stranger Things (64 points)
4. The Abandons (48 points)
5. Ripple (44 points)
6. The Beast in Me (39 points)
7. The Accident (20 points)
8. Raw (19 points)
9. Record of Ragnarok (17 points)
10. Love & Death (12 points)
11. Emily in Paris (10 points)
12. Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special (10 points)
13. Simon Cowell: The Next Act (6 points)
14. Culinary Class Wars (3 points)
15. 61st Street (2 points)

What are you watching on Netflix this weekend? Let us know in the comments down below.