Sometimes, it’s nice to snuggle up with a blanket, escape the rain and unwind after a long day. And hey, nothing screams relaxation more than putting on a top-notch flick. Check out 26 greatest Netflix movies to watch in Singapore this January 2025.
1. Carry-On
This new thriller action movie follows a young airline security guard who is blackmailed by a mysterious passenger. This passenger threatens to smuggle a dangerous package onto a plane on Christmas Eve or else he will kill the security guard’s pregnant girlfriend.
2. It Ends With Us
This new film, which was first released in cinemas, is developed from the popular book of the same name by Colleen Hoover. The story follows the protagonist Lily who meet charming Ryle one night on a rooftop. After a few encounters, they begin to fall for one another. On the outside the couple have a beautiful relationship, but things take a turn when Ryle becomes abusive.
3. Back In Action
On January 17, this new Netflix Original action comedy film stars Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx. The pair play former CIA spies and couple, Emily and Matt, who are pulled back into chaos after their secret identities are exposed.
4. Meg 2: The Trench
This 2023 film is a sequel to the 2018 The Meg. It tells the story of Jonas Taylor who is leading a research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. However, their voyage takes a turn when they are forced into a high-stakes battle of survival against prehistoric sharks.
5. The Six Triple Eight
This new war film tells the story of eight hundred and fifty five people who join a wat effort to address a three-year mail backlog. Despite discrimination and war-torn conditions, they sort over seventeen million pieces of mail ahead of schedule.
6. The Lost Children
This documentary movie tells the real-life story of four indigenous children, who fought for survival in the Amazon Rainforest, after a plane crash that killed their mother. The children used ancestral wisdom to survive as a rescue mission to find them unfolded.
7. Spellbound
This new Netflix Original animation is one of the best family-friendly films to watch. The musical fantasy movie is brought to life by the story of a teenager princess, who must journey into the wild to save her parents, who were turned into giant monsters by a powerful spell.
8. Lucky Baskhar
This Indian drama film follows a cash-strapped bank cashier, who embarks on a risky investment scheme, but soon gets drawn into the dark world of money laundering.
9. Time Cut
This popular new Netflix Original suspense film stars Madison Bailey and Antonia Gentry. Lucy discovers a time machine and travels back to 2003 to prevent her sister Summer’s murder by the Sweetly Slasher – which to 2024 remains unsolved. As Lucy attempts to save her sister, she makes friends with a boy named Quinn, who helps her.
10. Mary
This new movie aims to celebrate the life of the blessed Christian Mother. In this timeless coming-of-age story, it imagines Mary’s life (the mother of Jesus Christ). In the film, Mary is shunned following an otherworldly conception and she is forced to flee when the power hungry King of the land goes on a murderous pursuit of her newborn.
11. Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
This Netflix documentary delves into the shocking real-life story of Kirat Assi, a successful radio presenter from London, who was catfished for nearly a decade. The documentary explores the psychological impact of this prolonged deceit, raising awareness on the effects of catfish, and the audience finds out who the real culprit was.
12. I Not Stupid 3
This iconic Singaporean comedy film from 2002 is not to be missed on Netflix. It follows the lives, struggles, and adventures of a group of Primary 6 pupils who are placed in the academically inferior EM3 Stream.
13. Don’t Move
Don’t Move tells the story of Iris, a grieving mother mourning the loss of her son Mateo, who died in a hiking accident. While Iris contemplates suicide at the site of her son’s death, she meets a stranger Richard, who reveals his dark nature after injecting her with a paralytic agent. Iris must fight for survival while she gradually loses control over her body in the forest.
14. The Piano Lesson
This highly-anticipated new Netflix movie is adapted from August Wilson’s 1987 play. Set in 1936 Pittsburg, the film explores the legacy of the Charles family through their heirloom piano, which evokes conflict between two siblings with two different views on the piano’s future.
15. Martha
This new Netflix documentary movie, follows the life of America’s first self-made female billionaire, Martha Stewart. The trailblazing businesswoman and media personality addresses her highly publicized insider traditional trail, subsequent imprisonment, and other events which were part of her life through interviews.
16. Woman of the Hour
This new movie, directed by and starring Anna Kendrick, is a popular watch on Netflix. The critically-acclaimed movie follows an aspiring actress who crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in 70s LA when they’re cast on an episode of The Dating Game. The film is based on a true story. Definitely, one of the most unmissable Netflix movies in Singapore this month.
17. Uglies
Joey King and Chase Stokes star in this thrilling new Netflix movie in a futuristic dystopia with enforced beauty standards. Tally goes on a mission to find her missing friend as she awaits mandatory cosmetic surgery and uncovers secrets about her life.
18. Money No Enough 3
Three childhood besties team up to help one of the friends when his debts begin to add up. However, Ah Huang uses the money to build an illegal business, and even after it becomes successful, he refuses to repay his friends. However, the business soon collapses and he is forced to reevaluate everything in his life as everyone he loves is threatened.
19. Atlas
Jennifer Lopez puts on a phenomenal performance as a brilliant counterterrorism analyst, in a futuristic world, who must trust in AI to help her on a mission to capture a renegade robot when it goes south. Definitely, it’s one of the best Netflix movies to watch in Singapore and around the world.
20. Under Paris
This fictional movie is set in the summer of 2024 when Paris is hosting the World Triathlon Championships on the Seine for the first time. A young environmental activist, a Seine river policeman, and a brilliant scientist team up after discovering that a monstrous shark is swimming deep in the river. They race against time to avoid bloodshed in the city.
21. Find Me Falling
This new romance comedy film is one for your watchlist. It follows a once-famous rockstar who has retreated to the cliffsides of Cyprus after his failed comeback album. There, he discovers a new life complicated by visitors and bumps into an old flame. Definitely, one of the best new Netflix movies in Singapore.
22. A Family Affair
This highly-anticipated movie starring Nicole Kidman, Joey King, and Zac Efron is a must-watch. It tells the story of a surprising romance between a young woman’s movie star boss and her mother, which has comic consequences for the young lady, and therefore complications for the couple in question.
23. Trigger Warning
Jessica Alba stars as a special forces commando in this new Netflix Original action movie. After the sudden death of her father, she returns to her hometown, only to run into a violent gang, when she begins asking questions.
24. Damsel
This epic movie starring Millie Bobbie Brown has just hit Netflix. It follows Brown as a young damsel who agrees to marry a handsome prince but she soon discovers it was a trap. The young woman must fight for survival in a cave with a furious dragon after the family throw her into it. Definitely, one of the best movies to watch on Netflix Singapore.
25. Irish Wish
Lindsay Lohan stars as a hopeless romantic in a new comedy Netflix original film set in Ireland. It tells the story of Maddie, who is madly in love with a man, who gets engaged to her friend and she must put her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at the wedding. Days before the wedding, Maddie makes a wish and wakes up as the bride-to-be.
26. Family Switch
Freaky Friday has nothing on this new Netflix Original film which is amusing households globally. It tells the story of a disconnected family, who end up switching bodies during a rare planetary alignment, after an argument in Los Angeles. The family must work together to return to their normal bodies – which brings them closer together. Definitely, one of the best new comedy movies on Netflix this month.