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 30 greatest Netflix movies to watch in Singapore this September 2024.
1. The Union
This thriller follows a down-to-earth construction worked named Mike is thrown into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him on a US intelligence mission after 25 years of not seeing one another.
2. The Deliverance
Horror fans will love this new demonic movie on Netflix Singapore. It follows a family, living at a home in Indiana, who discover strange unearthly occurrences that convince everyone else in their community that the house is a portal to hell.
3. Lucy
This 2014 action movie follows once care-free student, played by Scarlett Johansson, who is accidentally caught in a dark and dangerous deal involving drugs after being tricked by her boyfriend and abducted by thugs. After being surgically implanted with a package containing a powerful chemical, she must become a warrior to evade her captors.
4. 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. It hits Netflix on September 13.
5. Shazam: Fury Of The Gods
This top superhero movie has a stellar cast and follows Billy Batson and his foster siblings who gain the ability to transform into superheroes by saying Shazam! They must fight the Daughters of Atlas and stop them from destroying the world.
6. Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
This inspiring documentary movie focuses on the remarkable life of Lhakpa Sherpa. She became the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest before immigrating to the United States. Her story details how she was denied education as a young girl, so she hid her identity to work in the mountains, and becoming a single mother, before chasing her dreams.
7. Maharaja
This terrific Indian movie is based on the true story of the infamous Maharaja Chronicles: Mumbai Case in the 1980s. Maharaj was a spiritual leader in Mumbai who had a dark side while disturbing crimes were happening.
8. Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
This new animated Netflix movie centres around the squirrel Sandy Cheeks from the SpongeBob SquarePants series. In the movie, Sandy, SpongeBob and friends team up to embark on a thrilling quest to save the town from a sinister plot to destroy it. Definitely, one of the best family-friendly movies to watch with children.
9. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
This blockbuster movie starring Vanessa Hudgens and The Rock was first released in 2012. It tells the story of a coded signal being sent to a teenager from an uncharted island. He suspects its his long-missing grandfather so he sets out on a journey to the island along with his stepfather.
10. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley
Eddie Murphy reprises his role as Axel Foley in the latest installment of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. After high daughter’s life is threatened, the detective must team up with new and old allies to uncover a conspiracy.
11. Sprint
This documentary movie follows some of the world’s greatest sports stars on their mission to become some of the fastest humans in the world. Audiences are brought through training, competitions, and fierce media scrutiny as they watch the the races unfold.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Crew
This hilarious new Bollywood film follows three flight attendants, who stumble on a gold-smuggling ring, just when they are strapped for cash due to their employer going bankrupt. The trio decide to covertly join the ring to put an end to their struggles. In fact, this is the third-highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024 and Bollywood’s top-grossing women-led movie. Definitely, worth a watch!
17. Minions: The Rise of Gru
If you’re impatiently waiting for Minion Land to open in Resorts World Sentosa, why not see the next big thing? Luckily, Singaporeans have access to some of the Minion movies on Netflix. Particularly, this film following the rise of supervillain Gru is the perfect family-friendly movie to watch over the weekend.
18. Colors of Evil: Red
A mystery unfolds when a girl’s body is found on a beach in Poland’s Tricity. The victim’s unusual mutilation points towards murder, so a passionate prosecutor teams up with the victim’s mother to hunt for the truth behind the murder.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. Mother of the Bridge
This new romantic comedy movie is set in Thailand and depicts a mother’s shock as her daughter is about to marry the man of her dreams, who turns out to be the son of a man who broke her heart years ago.
22. Unfrosted
This new comedy drama movie, starring Hugh Grant and Melissa McCarthy, and more, is set in 1962 when cereal rivals Kellogg’s and Post race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever.
23. Scoop
The iconic Gillian Anderson stars as journalist Emily who conducted the infamous Prince Andrew interview in 2019. Prince Andrew, who has many allegations against himself, was also a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The plot of the movie gives an insider account of how Newsnight’s women secured the interview with Prince Andrew.
24. What Jennifer Did
A real-life violent crime in a small Canadian town is analysed in this new documentary Netflix movie. The brutal case in a home of Vietnamese immigrants leaves investigators with more questions and answers after the mother of the household is murdered. Especially when Jennifer Pan, her daughter and only witness, is linked to the crime.
25. Rebel Moon – Part 2: The Scargiver
If you loved Part one of this iconic sci-fi movie series then you’ll love the second installment which has just been released. If you don’t know what the movie plot is, it follows a colony on the edge of the galaxy in a utopian universe fighting for survival against tyrants. Be sure if watch Part One if you haven’t already!
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. Pain Hustlers
Emily Blunt and Chris Evans star in this new movie directed by David Yates – known for his work on Harry Potter. The crime drama follows a High school dropout Liza, who takes a job at a failing pharmaceutical company in Florida, because she is desperate. There, she learns her boss may be dabbling in shady and dangerous business, and things get messy.
30. Take Care Of Maya
This documentary features the real-life story of Maya Kowalski, who was taken away from her parents at 10-years-old in 2016, when she presented to the ER with unusual symptoms. Doctors became suspicious of her parents while trying to understand her rare illness. It showcases the flaws in medical system. Certainly, one of the most interesting movies to watch on Netflix Singapore. Plus, the family just won the lawsuit against the hospital in the United States.