Netflix’s 2025 TV, Movie and True Crime Releases: Wednesday, More

Netflix is making 2025 their biggest year yet with major TV, movie and true crime releases in the works.

On the small screen, the streaming service has a mix of returning and new TV shows on their upcoming slate. Stranger Things is the most anticipated release, with the hit series returning for its fifth and final season. Creators Ross and Matt Duffer have hinted that the Stranger Things universe will expand with multiple spinoffs after the OG story ends.

Wednesday is another supernatural series that is gearing up for its comeback. Season 2, which will be released sometime in 2025, is introducing newcomers such as Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter and Noah Taylor. Joining the cast as guest stars are Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo and Joonas Suotamo.

As for movies, Netflix is committed to the Knives Out franchise with Wake Up Dead Man set for a future release. Daniel Craig will reprise his role as detective Benoit Blanc alongside a cast full of familiar faces. Guillermo del Toro‘s Frankenstein is also coming soon, with Jacob Elordi bringing the horrific creature to life.

 

Us Weekly recently previewed some of the upcoming programming at the platform’s Next on Netflix event, so keep scrolling for a guide to the most highly anticipated Netflix programs — from TV and movies to true crime:

February 2025

‘Apple Cider Vinegar’

Date: February 6, 2025

Synopsis: Set at the birth of Instagram, Apple Cider Vinegar follows two young women who set out to cure their life-threatening illnesses through health and wellness, influencing their global online communities along the way. All of which would be incredibly inspiring if it were all true. This is a true-ish story based on a lie, about the rise and fall of a wellness empire; the culture that built it up and the people who tore it down.

Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Aisha Dee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ashley Zukerman and Mark Coles Smith

‘American Murder: Gabby Petito’

Date: February 17, 2025

Synopsis: In August 2021, 22-year-old Gabby Petito was killed by her fiance, Brian Laundrie, while the young couple was on a four month road trip across the United States documenting their “van life” journey on social media. Two months later, Laundrie was found to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his parents were accused of helping to cover up the murder. While taking viewers on a tick-tock journey through Gabby and Brian’s final days together, the series will unveil the tragic reality behind their Insta-perfect life and reveal painful moments where their story might have taken a different turn.

‘Zero Day’

Date: February 20, 2025

Synopsis: Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?

Cast: Robert De Niro, Angela Bassett, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Dan Stevens and Matthew Modine

‘Full Swing’

Date: February 25, 2025

Synopsis: This immersive documentary series follows a diverse group of professional golfers — both returning favorites and new faces — on and off the course across a relentless season of competition on the PGA Tour. Full Swing continues to give fans a chance to get to know the players through their wins, their losses, their families and their friends, all throughout a season in professional golf.

March 2025

‘Chaos: The Manson Murders’

Date: March 7, 2025

Synopsis: While Netflix hasn’t released a synopsis yet, Chaos likely will focus on the cult leader that was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people.

‘Temptation Island’

Date: March 12, 2025

Synopsis: Emotions run high when four couples, all at a crossroads in their relationship, head to Temptation Island to put their love to the ultimate test as they agree to live separately with a group of singles of the opposite sex. Will the choices they make push the couples closer together or farther apart into the arms of a new lover?

‘Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney’

Date: March 12, 2025 at 10 P.M ET (weekly)

Synopsis: A new weekly live variety talk show from John Mulaney to premiere in early 2025 for 12 consecutive weeks. Most recently, he hosted the live, six-episode talk show John Mulaney’s Everybody’s in L.A. as part of this year’s Netflix is a Joke Fest.

April 2025

‘You’

Date: April 24, 2025

Synopsis: In the epic fifth and final season, Joe Goldberg returns to New York to enjoy his happily ever after … until his perfect life is threatened by the ghosts of his past and his own dark desires.

November 2025

‘Frankenstein’

Date: November 2025

Synopsis: Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, with Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz

Summer 2025

‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’

Synopsis: In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider puts herself in the running, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.

Cast: India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, Chris Klein, David Iacono, Ella Rubin, Ariana Greenblatt, Lily Taylor and Katherine Waterson.

Fall 2025

‘A Merry Little Ex-Mas’

Synopsis: A recently separated couple attempts to have one last Christmas with their kids before the wife sells the family home to move and start fresh, but complications arise when the husband brings his amazing new girlfriend into the holiday mix.

Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, Jameela Jamil and Melissa Joan Hart

‘Jay Kelly’

Synopsis: A heartbreaking comedy from Noah Baumbach starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Laura Dern.

Cast: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Billy Crudup, Laura Dern, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Riley Keough, Emily Mortimer, Patrick Wilson, Jim Broadbent, Eve Hewson, Alba Rohrwacher and Greta Gerwig

‘Rip’

Synopsis: Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.

Cast: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sasha Calle, Nestor Carbonell, Lina Esco, with Scott Adkins and Kyle Chandler

‘The Woman in Cabin 10’

Synopsis: While on board a luxury yacht for a travel assignment, a journalist witnesses a passenger thrown overboard late at night, only to be told that it didn’t happen, as all passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger.

Cast: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, David Ajala, Gitte Witt, Art Malik, Daniel Ings, David Morrissey, Christopher Rygh, Paul Kaye, Kaya Scodelario, Lisa Loven Kongsli and Gugu Mbatha-Raw

‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

Synopsis: Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.

Cast: Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church

Later in 2025

‘America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’

Synopsis: The fan-favorite series will return to continue giving viewers unfiltered access into this iconic team and franchise. Season 2 will follow the 2024-25 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish — kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season.

‘America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys’

Synopsis: A man who bet it all. A series of calculated risks. A team meticulously designed for greatness. America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys is the definitive story of The Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones’ impact on NFL history. What began as a daring purchase led to the assembly of the iconic ‘90s football team — a decade-plus journey, led by Jones’ intrepid business moves, that revolutionized global sports and resulted in three NFL titles. Through first-hand interviews and never-before-seen footage, this series unravels the dramatic twists and turns on the road to the Cowboys becoming the most valuable sports franchise in the world.

‘Battle Camp’

Synopsis: In Battle Camp, the greatest stars from across Netflix’s broad slate of reality and doc series return to face the ultimate physical and mental competition, where a giant spinning wheel randomly decides who stays and who goes. In order to keep their names off that wheel, our returning fan favorites need to be unbeatable in high-octane challenges, unbreakable in grueling punishments and, last but certainly not least, unhateable in camp, as everyone has a vote. The player who achieves all three becomes the ultimate Netflix reality competitor and takes home the $250,000 prize.

‘Black Mirror’

Synopsis: Charlie Brooker‘s dark, satirical anthology series will return in 2025 with six brand new episodes, including a sequel to the sci-fi adventure USS Callister.

Cast: Awkwafina, Milanka Brooks, Peter Capaldi, Emma Corrin, Patsy Ferran, Paul Giamatti, Lewis Gribben, Osy Ikhile, Rashida Jones, Siena Kelly, Billy Magnussen, Rosy McEwen, Cristin Milioti, Chris O’Dowd, Issa Rae, Paul G. Raymond, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jimmi Simpson, Harriet Walter

‘Black Rabbit’

Synopsis: Black Rabbit follows the owner of a New York City hotspot (Jude Law) who allows his turbulent brother (Jason Bateman) back in his life, only to realize he’s opened the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.

‘Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer’

Synopsis: Young women who worked in the sex industry were disappearing from New York City and Long Island, and no one was looking for them. Then in 2010, female remains were found in the Gilgo Beach area of Long Island, leading to a string of additional discoveries, all of which seemed to be connected. The case of the Long Island Serial Killer remained unsolved for 13 years — until July 2023 when the police arrested a suspect.

‘Death of Lightning’

Synopsis: Death by Lightning is a limited drama series that brings to life the epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau — the man who would come to kill him.

Cast: Betty Gilpin, Matthew Macfadyen, Nick Offerman, Michael Shannon, Laura Marcus, Bradley Whitford, Shea Whigham, Paula Malcomson and Tuppence Middleton

‘Forever’

Synopsis: Judy Blume‘s groundbreaking 1975 novel, Forever, is being reimagined for a new generation by Mara Brock Akil. It’s an epic love story of two Black teens exploring romance and their identities through the awkward journey of being each other’s firsts, set in Los Angeles, 2018.

Cast: Lovie Simone, Michael Cooper Jr., Karen Pittman, Wood Harris, Xosha Roquemore, Marvis Winans III, Niles Fitch, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ali Gallo, Adriyan Rae, Paigion Walker, Xavier Mills, E’myri Crutchfield

‘Happy Gilmore 2’

Synopsis: Netflix hasn’t released a logline for the sequel, which features a mysterious cameo from Travis Kelce.

Cast: Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Travis Kelce, Conor Sherry, Ethan Cutkosky, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Philip Fine Schneider

‘Million Dollar Secret’

Synopsis: This is a game of wit, cunning and deception. Twelve strangers enter a sumptuous lakeside estate and in each of their rooms is a mysterious welcome gift — a box. Eleven of them are empty and one contains $1,000,000, and it’s for that guest to keep — as long as they keep their identity hidden. Devilish games will reveal clues about the millionaire’s identity, and they must do whatever it takes to keep their Million Dollar Secret.

‘Monster‘

Synopsis: Following the massive success of Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Netflix ordered two additional installments of the record-breaking anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. The next Monster anthology will focus on Ed Gein with Charlie Hunnam as the titular character.

Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Laurie Metcalf, Tom Hollander and Olivia Williams

‘My Oxford Year’

Synopsis: When Anna, an ambitious young American woman, sets out for Oxford University to fulfill a childhood dream, she has her life completely on track until she meets a charming and clever local who profoundly alters both of their lives.

Cast: Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest, Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Harry Trevaldwyn, Esmé Kingdom, Nikhil Parmar, Poppy Gilbert, Romina Cocca, Yadier Fernández, Nia Anisah and Hugh Coles

‘Nonnas’

Synopsis: After the loss of his mother, a man risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with a group of local grandmothers as the chefs.

Cast: Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro, Linda Cardellini, Drea De Matteo, Joe Manganiello, Michael Rispoli and Campbell Scott

‘Sirens’

Synopsis: Devon thinks her sister Simone has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell. Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention. When Devon tracks her sister down to say WTF, she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be. Told over the course of one explosive weekend at the Kells’ lavish beach estate, Sirens is an incisive, sexy, and darkly funny exploration of women, power, and class.

Cast: Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock, Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton

‘Ransom Canyon’

Synopsis: Ransom Canyon is a contemporary western saga that charts the intersecting lives and loves of three ranching families set against the sweeping tundras and rolling rivers of Texas hill country.

Cast: Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, Marianly Tejada, Jack Schumacher, Lizzy Greene, Garrett Wareing, Andrew Liner and Eoin Macken

‘Stranger Things’

Synopsis: Set in the seemingly normal Midwestern town of Hawkins, Indiana, the show started after a boy vanishes into thin air, his close-knit group of friends and family search for answers and are pulled into a high-stakes and deadly series of events. Beneath the surface of their ordinary town lurks an extraordinary supernatural mystery, along with top-secret government experiments and a dangerous gateway that connects our world to a powerful yet sinister realm. Friendships will be tested and lives will be altered as what they discover will change Hawkins and possibly the world — forever. The first four seasons are now streaming with the series set to return for a fifth and final season in 2025.

Cast: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Cara Buono, Amybeth McNulty, Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, Alex Breaux, and Linda Hamilton

‘The Abandons’

Synopsis: As a group of diverse, outlier families pursue their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon, a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls, the kind of lost souls living on the fringe of society, unite their tribes to form a family and fight back. In this bloody process, “justice” is stretched beyond the boundaries of the law. The Abandons will explore that fine line between survival and law, the consequences of violence, and the corrosive power of secrets, as this family fights to keep their land.

Cast: Lena Headey, Gillian Anderson, Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Lucas Till, Aisling Franciosi, Lamar Johnson, Natalia del Riego, Toby Hemingway and Michael Greyeyes

‘The Beast in Me’

Synopsis: Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for the truth – chasing his demons while fleeing her own – in a game of cat and mouse that might turn deadly.

‘The Four Seasons’

Synopsis: Six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. The three couples, Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney), and Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), are completely upended by the news. The Four Seasons is a hilarious and heartfelt love letter to long marriages and old friendships.

Cast: Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani and Erika Henningsen

‘The Seven Dials Mystery’

Synopsis: England. 1925. At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong. It will be up to the unlikeliest of sleuths — the fizzingly inquisitive Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent — to unravel a chilling plot that will change her life, cracking wide open the country house mystery. A witty, epic and fast-paced drama from the Queen Of Crime, Agatha Christie, is brought to life in a thrilling new version for Netflix.

Cast: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Freeman and Ed Bluemel

‘The Thursday Murder Club’

Synopsis: Based on Richard Osman’s international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees – Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) — who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

Cast: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Richard E Grant, Geoff Bell, Ingrid Oliver and Paul Freeman

‘The Waterfront’

Synopsis: Inspired by true events, The Waterfront dives into the flawed Buckley family as their attempts to retain control of their crumbling North Carolina fishing empire drive them to increasingly dangerous means to keep themselves afloat.

Cast: Holt McCallany, Maria Bello, Jake Weary, Melissa Benoist, Danielle Campbell, Humberly
González, Rafael L. Silva, Brady Hepner and Topher Grace

‘The Wrong Paris’

Synopsis: A young woman (Miranda Cosgrove) joins a dating show thinking it’s in Paris, France, but it’s actually in Paris, Texas. She plots a way to get eliminated until her unexpected feelings for the bachelor (Pierson Fodé) complicate her plans.

Cast: Miranda Cosgrove, Pierson Fodé, Madison Pettis, Madeleine Arthur, with Frances Fisher and Yvonne Orji.

Victoria Beckham Documentary Series

Synopsis: Netflix is to begin production on a documentary series following Victoria Beckham and her fashion and beauty business. Through an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Victoria’s business, access to Victoria, her family, those closest to her and her fashion journey and including never-before-seen archive, the series will tell the story of Victoria’s reinvention as a Creative Director of her own brand.

‘Too Much’

Synopsis: Jessica (Megan Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) — a walking series of red flags — she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to ask themselves: do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language?

Cast: Megan Stalter, Will Sharpe, Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Daisy Bevan, Adele Exarchopoulos, Dean-Charles Chapman, Rita Wilson, Andrew Scott, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski, Stephen Fry, Kaori Momoi and Adwoa Aboah

Untitled Sec Football Series

Synopsis: This series places viewers inside college football’s most storied programs through unfiltered access to their coaches and players on and off the field: on the busses, in the locker rooms, at the barbershops, around the fire pits, running out of the tunnels, on the podium with confetti raining down, and more. The series takes an exclusive look at key matchups throughout the SEC season to show the passion and drama of college football’s leading conference from the fall’s first kickoff to the playoffs.

‘Untold’

Synopsis: All-new films for Untold — including a deep dive into the 2009 locker room gun incident between Washington Wizards players Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton; and the controversy and backlash surrounding social media personality The Liver King’s steroid scandal.

‘Wayward’

Synopsis: Wayward is a thriller set in a bucolic but sinister town that explores the insidious underbelly of the “troubled teen industry” and the eternal struggle between one generation and the next.

Cast: Mae Martin, Toni Collette, Sarah Gadon, Sydney Topliffe, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Brandon Jay McLaren and Patrick J. Adams

‘Wednesday’

Synopsis: The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.

Cast: Jenna Ortega, Steve Buscemi, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Luis Guzmán, Hunter Doohan, Billie Piper, Isaac Ordonez, Victor Dorobantu, Georgie Farmer, Moosa Mostafa, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, Noah Taylor and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo