Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne in Instant Family – Picture: Paramount Pictures
Happy Friday! Welcome again to your weekly rundown of the whole lot new that’s hit Netflix within the US over the previous seven days, together with some highlights of ours, the complete checklist of the whole lot that’s dropped, plus a check-in on what’s been topping the TV and film charts.
While there’s nonetheless a lot to sit up for all through the rest of May, we’re additionally now getting a great really feel of the brand new motion pictures and sequence scheduled to drop all through June 2025. Highlights embrace some trendy and older horror classics, the ultimate season of Squid Game, and our hotly anticipated new drama sequence, The Waterfront.
What to Watch on Netflix This Week
Instant Family (2018)
Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Sean Anders
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced
Writer: Sean Anders, John Morris
Runtime: 118 min / 1h 58m
If you’re trying to chill to a household comedy with loads of coronary heart and a pinch of chaos, Instant Family is for you. Celebrating its seventh birthday this yr, the film follows Pete and Ellie, performed by Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, who unexpectedly come into the possession of a ready-made household after they undertake one child however discover out he comes with three siblings.
Audiences and critics beloved the chaos upon its theatrical launch within the fall of 2018, and it stays a favourite proper now, carrying the valuable Certified Fresh score. Critic Ian Freer wrote for Empire Magazine in his overview, “For all its formula, Instant Family is a winning confection, unafraid to go to unexpected dramatic places and elevated by Byrne’s gift as a comedy foil and Moner’s lively but subtle turn.”
Love, Death and Robots (Volume 4)
Number of episodes: 10
Rating: TV-MA
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Short, Action
In my bio, there are just a few Netflix reveals that I completely adore, and one in all them is the anthology animation sequence Love, Death and Robots, which comes from Tim Miller, David Fincher, and Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Each episode is like throwing the cube, attending to see a few of the bold animation work in a spread of types from creators who pour their hearts and souls into every body. While I can’t say all 10 episodes rank in my favorites of all time, there’s loads on this new season to like. If you’re keen on animation or want a fast repair of Emmy award-winning storytelling, this present is for you.
Paddington in Peru (2024)
Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Dougal Wilson
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Ben Whishaw
Writer: Michael Bond, Paul King, Simon Farnaby
Runtime: 106 min / 1h 46m
For the primary time within the US, you’re now in a position to watch the third Paddington on a subscription service following its preliminary theatrical launch earlier this yr. The first two motion pictures are completely adored the world over, and whereas the third doesn’t fairly comply with within the wonderful pawsteps, it’s nonetheless an journey value embarking upon.
In this entry, we’re headed on a globe-trotting journey with Paddington, trying to return to his ancestral house of Peru to go to his beloved Aunt Lucy.
Just a observe, although, in case you’re planning on signing up for Netflix to observe Paddington in Peru, you’ll want to take action with a premium tier of Netflix, provided that it’s fully blocked on Netflix’s advert tier.
Full List of New Releases on Netflix This Week
Note: You can discover an expanded checklist of latest arrivals on Netflix this week, which incorporates hyperlinks to previews and opinions, in addition to poster artwork, trailers, and extra details about every title, on the What’s New on Netflix hub web page.
12 New Movies Added This Week
- ABBA: Against the Odds (2024) – TV-14 – English
- Garbo: Where Did You Go? (2024) – TV-PG – English
- I Still Believe (2020) – PG – English
- Instant Family (2018) – PG-13 – English
- My Future You (2024) – TV-PG – Filipino
- Paddington in Peru (2024) – PG – English
- Smile (2022) – R – English
- The Quilters (2024) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
- Untold: The Liver King (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Vini Jr. (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Portuguese
- Welcome, Now Get Lost (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Japanese
- Where Hope Grows (2014) – PG-13 – English
17 New TV Series Added This Week
- All American (Season 7) – TV-14 – English
- American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Bad Thoughts (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Bet (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Dear Hongrang (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Korean
- Football Parents (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Dutch
- Franklin (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Arabic
- Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- LEGO® Friends The Next Chapter (Season 3) – TV-Y – English
- Love, Death and Robots (Volume 4) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Pernille (Season 5) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Norwegian
- Rhythm + Flow: Poland (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Polish
- Rotten Legacy (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
- Secrets We Keep (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Danish
- Snakes and Ladders (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
- Tastefully Yours (Limited Series – New Episodes Weekly) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Korean
- Thank You, Next (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Turkish
Most Popular Movies on Netflix This Week
Nonnas. (L-R) Susan Sarandon as Gia, Brenda Vaccaro as Antonella, Lorraine Bracco as Roberta and Talia Shire as Teresa in Nonnas. Cr. Jeong Park/Netflix © 2025.
It’s a full home of factors for the feel-good comedy Nonnas, which touched down on Netflix final week for Mother’s Day weekend. While it didn’t get off to one of the best of begins within the world high 10s, it’s clearly resonating with audiences throughout the US. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is continuous its robust efficiency within the US high 10s because it shares a part of its first window with Max (now HBO Max once more?). Twilight can be nonetheless doing properly following its addition to the library in early May.
- Nonnas (70 factors)
- A Deadly American Marriage (63 factors)
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (48 factors)
- Home (47 factors)
- Bad Influence (39 factors)
- Twilight (32 factors)
- Heart Eyes (26 factors)
- Untold: The Liver King (23 factors)
- Exterritorial (22 factors)
- Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful (15 factors)
- Last Bullet (9 factors)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (8 factors)
- Paddington in Peru (8 factors)
- The Mule (7 factors)
- Smile (7 factors)
- I Still Believe (5 factors)
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (5 factors)
- Despicable Me 4 (4 factors)
- Sniper: The Last Stand (2 factors)
Most Popular Series on Netflix This Week
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It acquired renewed this week, and for good cause, the teen-drama FOREVER is successful within the United States, managing to topple The Four Seasons off of the highest spot. Elsewhere, YOU remains to be going robust, as is Ransom Canyon within the United States, though its renewal nonetheless eludes it.
- FOREVER (73 factors)
- The Four Seasons (67 factors)
- You (50 factors)
- Ransom Canyon (35 factors)
- The Royals (24 factors)
- Bad Thoughts (24 factors)
- The Eternaut (23 factors)
- Blood of Zeus (21 factors)
- American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden (20 factors)
- WWE Raw (18 factors)
- Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story (15 factors)
- All American (15 factors)
- Tastefully Yours (13 factors)
- Unseen (9 factors)
- Secrets We Keep (6 factors)
- Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (3 factors)
- Love, Death & Robots (3 factors)
- Black Mirror (2 factors)
- Turning Point: The Vietnam War (1 level)
- Pop the Balloon LIVE (1 factors)
Note: Points featured within the high 10s come from titles putting within the each day high 10s. Data offered by FlixPatrol.
What are you watching on Netflix this weekend? Let us know within the feedback under, and control our coming quickly part for a glance forward at subsequent week’s arrivals.