Best Movies to Stream this Weekend on Netflix, Including ‘Nouvelle Vague’

Looking for something new to queue up right now? This weekend’s Netflix slate mixes fresh 2025 premieres with festival favorites and a few international standouts, covering everything from intimate dramas to large-scale thrillers and a true-crime documentary. Below you’ll find the essentials for each title—what it’s about, who’s in it, and who made it—so you can pick fast and press play.

To narrow things down to just ten, we prioritized the most recent releases first, then gave added weight to original productions and notable projects that have made noise with their creators or subject matter. Every entry sticks to useful, at-a-glance details—no spoilers, just plot, cast, and crew.

‘Nouvelle Vague’ (2025)

Richard Linklater dramatizes the making of ‘Breathless’, tracing how Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Seberg, and Jean-Paul Belmondo came together on a project that would reshape modern cinema. Guillaume Marbeck portrays Godard, with Zoey Deutch as Seberg and Aubry Dullin as Belmondo, as the story walks through the click-into-place moments that turned a scrappy production into a landmark.

The film is shot in black-and-white and in French, with a screenplay by Holly Gent and Vincent Palmo Jr., plus contributions by Michèle Halberstadt and Laetitia Masson. Linklater’s team recreates period Paris on a working set, threading in newsroom offices, cramped apartments, and corridor-level filmmaking logistics.

‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ (2025)

Based on Ruth Ware’s bestseller, ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ follows travel journalist Laura “Lo” Blacklock during a luxury-yacht assignment that turns chilling when she believes she sees a woman thrown overboard—only to be told every passenger is accounted for. Keira Knightley leads the cast, joined by Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, Kaya Scodelario, Art Malik, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Daniel Ings.

Simon Stone directs from a screenplay by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse. The production lists Benjamin Wallfisch as composer and Ben Davis as cinematographer, with editing by Katie Weiland and Mark Day and producing through Sister alongside producer Debra Hayward.

‘My Father, the BTK Killer’ (2025)

Told through the perspective of Kerri Rawson, daughter of Dennis Rader, ‘My Father, the BTK Killer’ explores how a family lived through and after the revelations about one of America’s most infamous serial killers. The feature documentary builds on Rawson’s primary-source account and archival material to map a personal story across decades of investigation.

The project centers interviews and family records while situating the case within a broader law-enforcement timeline. The film’s structure is anchored by Rawson’s testimony, with a creative team focused on long-form documentary storytelling and a heavy research footprint.

‘Swim to Me’ (2025)

Set over a tense summer, ‘Swim to Me’ follows a domestic worker who forms a close bond with the girl she cares for, a relationship increasingly strained by class divides and a mounting tragedy. The ensemble includes María Paz Grandjean, Rosa Puga Vittini, Ignacia Baeza, Benjamin Westfall, and Rodrigo Palacios.

Built as an intimate character study, the film emphasizes everyday details and shifting power dynamics. It leans on ensemble performance and location-grounded camerawork to explore care, vulnerability, and the edges of responsibility.

‘Caramelo’ (2025)

Set in São Paulo, ‘Caramelo’ centers on Pedro, a rising chef whose life is upended by a serious diagnosis—until a stray dog nicknamed “caramelo” alters his outlook and daily rhythm. Rafael Vitti plays Pedro, with Arianne Botelho among the supporting cast, and additional appearances by Kelzy Ecard, Ademara, Noemia Oliveira, and chef Paola Carosella.

Written and directed by Diego Freitas, the film nods to Brazil’s beloved “vira-lata caramelo” dogs while balancing personal struggle with city-set textures. Production details highlight on-location shooting and a kitchen-forward mise-en-scène that tracks Pedro’s craft alongside his shifting priorities.

‘Steve’ (2025)

Adapted by Max Porter from his novella ‘Shy’, ‘Steve’ unfolds across a single day at a rural English school for troubled boys, where the headteacher navigates a looming shutdown and a cohort of students on the brink. Cillian Murphy stars in the title role, with Tracey Ullman and Jay Lycurgo among the principal cast.

Tim Mielants directs, with Murphy also involved on the producing side. The adaptation preserves the book’s compressed timeline, while the production emphasizes institutional spaces—dorms, classrooms, and fields—to map decisions that ripple across a tightly knit community.

‘Goodbye, Farewell’ (2025)

Also known as ‘Sampai Jumpa, Selamat Tinggal’, this romantic drama follows Wyn, who travels to Seoul to search for her missing boyfriend and, with the help of an Indonesian worker named Rey, uncovers unsettling truths. The cast includes Putri Marino, Jerome Kurnia, Jourdy Pranata, Lutesha, and Kiki Narendra.

Written and directed by Adriyanto Dewo, the film is produced by Adhya Pictures with Relate Films credited among production partners. The cross-border story uses the city as a narrative lattice, threading in language barriers, work-life constraints, and a mystery that reframes a relationship.

‘Organ Child’ (2025)

‘Organ Child’ follows Zhang Qi-Mao, a father whose infant daughter is abducted; framed and imprisoned during his desperate search, he later learns she was targeted by an organ-trafficking ring. Chang Hsiao-chuan stars as Zhang, with Moon Lee as Xu Zi-qiao and supporting performances by SHOU, Jauder Yin, Hsueh Shih-ling, Jian Huang, Jane Chen, Yu An-shun, and Yu Tzu-yu.

Chieh Shueh Bin directs from a script credited to Chieh Shueh Bin, Huang Chih-hsiang, Huang Hsin-kao, Chang Chih-sheng, and Huang Chi-fa. The production leans into procedural beats and underworld dynamics, with a visual approach shaped around pursuit, confinement, and aftermath.

‘She Said Maybe’ (2025)

In ‘She Said Maybe’, Mavi—a German-raised young woman—discovers she belongs to a super-rich Turkish dynasty, a revelation that upends her daily life and relationships as family expectations come into play. The cast features Beritan Balcı, Sinan Güleç, and Serkan Çayoğlu, with appearances by Meral Perin, Caroline Daur, Cansu Tosun, Ilknur Boyraz, Mehmet Ateşçi, and others.

The film is directed by Ngo The Chau and Buket Alakuş from a screenplay by Ipek Zübert. It blends cross-cultural settings with themes of identity, obligation, and romance, using family estates, city neighborhoods, and fish-out-of-water vignettes to shape Mavi’s choices.

‘The Wrath of Becky’ (2023)

A sequel to ‘Becky’, ‘The Wrath of Becky’ tracks teenage survivor Becky as she clashes with a violent extremist group after a home invasion upends her new start. Lulu Wilson returns in the lead with Seann William Scott joining the ensemble as a principal antagonist.

Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote direct from a screenplay by Angel based on a story by Angel and Coote, with additional story credit noted for Nick Morris. The production reconnects with the first film’s character-driven stakes while introducing new faces and a broadened survival-thriller scope.

Share your picks below: which of these ten are you pressing play on first this weekend?