10 TV Shows and Movies to Stream on Netflix Right Now
There are so many new shows and movies!
Picking something to watch on Netflix sounds simple until you’re ten minutes in and still scrolling. There’s almost too much to choose from! It all starts to blur together after a while and feels impossible to tell what’s actually new or even worth watching.
Lately, though, there’s been a fresh batch of new shows and movies that actually deserve your attention on a Friday night. Some follow longtime friends who start to see each other in a new light after years of keeping things easy. Other dramas drop you into small towns, big old houses, or faraway places where something feels just a little off and you want to stick around long enough to figure out why. There are a few stories pulled from real events, too, which adds a little extra intrigue without making things feel heavy or hard to keep up with.
It’s a good mix for this time of year, especially when you want something that’s easy to settle into at the end of the day. You can start one after dinner, watch an episode or two, and feel like you got somewhere with it. And if you end up letting the next episode play, well, that’s your business!
Ahead, you’ll find the best new shows and movies on Netflix right now, all in one place so you can spend less time searching and more time actually watching.
Queue these up next:
Poppy and Alex have spent ten years taking one summer trip together, even though they live in different cities and could not be more different themselves. She’s spontaneous, he’s steady, and after all those vacations, the friendship they’ve carefully kept in place starts to shift into something more.
This one begins at a grand country-house party in 1925 England, where a practical joke goes very wrong and turns into a murder. Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent ends up in the middle of the mystery, trying to sort through a glamorous crowd, a lot of secrets, and one very dangerous mess.
Anna Andrews, a former TV news anchor, hears about a murder in her sleepy Georgia hometown and heads back to chase the story. The detective on the case is Jack Harper, her estranged husband, so the investigation quickly turns personal in more ways than one.
Adriana Russo gave up figure skating after her Olympic champion mother died, but she returns to the ice when her family’s rink and legacy are on the line. That means teaming up with a new bad-boy partner while her old partner—who also happens to be her first love—shows up again at exactly the wrong time.
Five dog owners travel to a remote training retreat, each one hoping their pup will come back a little better behaved. The trainer they’ve come to see has a big reputation, but once everyone settles in, it becomes clear the bigger challenges aren’t always on four legs. Between the group dynamics, the setting, and a handful of very stubborn dogs, things don’t go quite the way anyone expected!
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck play part of a group of Miami officers who stumble across a hidden stash of millions. What starts as a shocking discovery quickly turns into something much messier, as questions of who knows what—and who can be trusted—start to creep in. The find puts pressure on the whole group, with loyalty and self-preservation pulling everyone in different directions, including two longtime partners who suddenly aren’t so sure where they stand.
Morgan Freeman narrates this new series that traces the rise and fall of dinosaurs, from their earliest days to the moment everything changed! It walks through how they lived, how they evolved, and what made them such a dominant force for so long. Along the way, it pieces together the events that led to their extinction, pulling the whole timeline into focus—all with incredible attention to detail.
Three childhood friends are pulled back together after a sudden death sends them on an unexpected trip across Ireland. What starts as a search for answers quickly turns into something much more complicated, with old secrets coming up along the way. As they move from place to place, the past keeps catching up with them.
An English teacher finds a way to travel back to the early 1960s and decides to try to stop JFK’s assassination. Once he gets there, changing history turns out to be a lot harder (and a whole lot stranger!) than he expected.
This one follows the rise of Queen, starting with Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) before the band found its footing and building through the years that made them one of the biggest names in music. It tracks the group’s early days, their biggest hits, and the personal tensions that came with it, all leading up to their Live Aid performance.
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