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 24 best Netflix movies to watch in Singapore this May 2025.
1. Exterritorial
When ex-special forces soldier Sara’s son vanishes inside a US consulate, she does everything in her power to find him – and through this uncovers a dark conspiracy. Definitely, one of the best Netflix movies this month.
2. Fear Street: Prom Queen
On May 23, the Fear Street trilogy continues with this upcoming American slasher film. Fear Street: Prom Queen is based on the novel The Prom Queen from the Fear Street book series.
3. Bullet Train Explosion
This new Netflix action thriller is set on a Tokyo-bound bullet train, where a bomb threatens to detonate if the train’s speed drops below 100kph. As panic erupts among the passengers, authorities race to save everyone while navigating hidden motives and shifting alliances.
4. iHostage
This Dutch crime thriller is inspired by the real 2022 hostage crisis at an Amsterdam Apple Store. It tells the story of how a gunman took a Bulgarian visitor hostage and demanded over $200 million in cryptocurrency and safe passage. Interestingly, the film unfolds through the perspectives of the attacker, the hostages, and the police.
5. The Life List
Netflix’s heartfelt romantic drama, The Life List, follows Alex Rosa (Sofia Carson) as she embarks on a transformative journey of self-discovery, prompted by her late mother’s will. In order to claim her inheritance, Alex must complete an aspiring life list she wrote when she was 13. From finding true love to performing stand-up comedy, reconnecting with the past, and more…this movie is a relatable exploration of life’s challenges with a touch of humour.
6. Con Mum
This new documentary movie explores the real-life story of a chef, whose life is upended when a jet-setting, champagne-sipping, hotel-hopping woman claims to be his mother. In the documentary, audiences are captivated by the untold story. Definitely, one of the best Netflix movies in Singapore.
7. KRAVEN The Hunter
This Marvel movies with a star-studded cast dives into the life of Kraven the Hunter. The film delves into Kraven’s tumultuous relationship with his father and his transformation into a vigilante.
8. Revelations
Revelations is a South Korean movie about a pastor who believes in divine revelation, and a detective haunted by visions, who team up to pursue a missing person case.
9. Dragon
This new comedy drama film from India tells the story of D. Raghavan, nicknamed Dragon, a B.Tech student burdened with 48 academic arrears who unexpectedly lands in a high-paying job. The engaging film dives into an unforeseen twist disrupting his life as ne begins to enjoy his newfound success.
10. Demon City
This action movie tells the story of an ex-hitman, who is framed for his family’s murder and left for dead, but will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked demons who have taken over the city.
11. The Electric State
This new American sci-fi adventure movie is due out on March 14 and is based on an illustrated novel of the same name. It follows an orphaned teenager Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown), who traverses the American West with a sweet but mysterious robot, in search of her younger brother.
12. Counterattack
This movie centres around an elite military team based in Mexico who create a new enemy during a hostage rescue mission. These soldiers are then faced with ambush by a drug criminal group.
13. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
This new comedy movie centres around a playboy who stages a dating show to earn his inheritance by granting his father’s last wish. This wish is for his son to marry the most beautiful girl in the world. Definitely, one of the best new Netflix movies in Singapore.
14. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Two Brooklyn plumbers and brothers – Mario and Luigi – are transported down a mysterious pipe into a magical new world while on the job. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on a colourful quest to find his brother. Certainly, this animation movie is perfect for family night.
15. Back in Action
This new Netflix Original action comedy film stars Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx. The pair play former CIA spies and a couple, Emily and Matt, who are pulled back into chaos after their secret identities are exposed after fifteen years of being undercover.
16. La Dolce Villa
This heartwarming new Netflix movie follows a successful businessman, who travels to Italy, to stop his daughter from spending all her money on property. There, she wants to restore an old villa selling for $1 but romance changes the dad’s plans.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.