Top 10 Movies To Watch This Week on Netflix | August 3-9, 2025

Dreams, deadlines… and then, love messes it all up.

In My Oxford Year, Sofia Carson plays Anna, a whip-smart American who lands her dream year at Oxford. Her plan? Graduate, get political, change the world. But then she meets a clever local (Corey Mylchreest), and suddenly life starts throwing curveballs that no syllabus could prep her for.

It’s a full-on cry movie, but it earns every tear—with sweeping scenery, sharp banter, and an emotional gut-punch or two.

Think One Day meets Notting Hill, but with modern Gen Z soul.

2. KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

Monsters. Glow sticks. Power vocals. Let’s go.

This animated action-comedy follows K-pop queens Rumi, Mira, and Zoey—stage superstars by day, demon-slaying heroes by night. With Tokyo neon vibes and a banging soundtrack, KPop Demon Hunters blends bubblegum pop with big supernatural stakes.

The voice cast is stacked (Arden Cho! Daniel Dae Kim! Ken Jeong!) and the whole thing feels like Sailor Moon collided with Blackpink and came out cooler.

Perfect for anyone who likes watching glitter bombs explode mid-fight.

3. Happy Gilmore (1996)

Golf. Rage. Grandma’s house.

Adam Sandler’s breakout sports comedy still slaps nearly 30 years later. Happy Gilmore is a failed hockey player with a cannon of a swing and zero chill. When his grandma’s house is on the line, he takes his chaos to the PGA Tour—and drives every uptight golf snob nuts in the process.

Shooter McGavin? Iconic villain. Carl Weathers as his one-handed mentor? Perfect. And that Bob Barker fight? Still one of the best cameos ever.

If you somehow haven’t seen it—fix that this week.

4. Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)

He’s older. He’s angrier. And yeah, he’s still swinging.

In this long-awaited sequel, Adam Sandler’s Happy returns to the golf course—not for glory, but to help his kid chase their dream. The competition’s bigger, weirder, and full of real-life golf stars (Rory McIlroy! Brooks Koepka!). Oh, and Eminem is here? For some reason? Go with it.

Christopher McDonald is back as Shooter, and Julie Bowen’s still keeping Happy from totally melting down.

It’s loud, absurd, full of cameos, and absolutely what you’d expect from a Sandler comeback.

5. Flightplan (2005)

A kid vanishes mid-flight. Everyone says she was never there.

Jodie Foster delivers peak “don’t mess with mom” energy in Flightplan, a tense psychological thriller where reality bends at 30,000 feet. One second her daughter’s there. The next—gone. And the entire plane? Acting like she never existed.

It’s claustrophobic, twisty, and one of those movies you’ll pause halfway through just to yell, “Wait, WHAT?”

If you like your thrillers with a side of gaslighting and turbulence, this one still holds up.

6. Gladiator II (2024)

Rome is bleeding, and Lucius is ready to draw his sword.

Set years after Gladiator, this sequel drops us into a fractured empire. Paul Mescal stars as Lucius, who’s forced into the arena after tyrants take his home. And yeah—he’s not planning on dying quietly.

Ridley Scott’s back in the director’s chair with a stacked cast (Pedro Pascal! Denzel Washington!) and enough blood, grit, and slow-mo sand to make your ancestors proud.

Don’t worry if you forgot the first one—this one brings its own thunder.

7. Dolittle (2020)

He talks to animals. They talk back. It’s chaotic.

Robert Downey Jr. trades the Iron Man suit for a top hat and a pack of chatty animals in Dolittle, a zany family adventure that’s basically a road trip through a fantasy zoo. His mission? Cure the Queen of England. His sidekicks? A gorilla with anxiety, a duck with boundary issues, and a dragon that… well, you’ll see.

Sure, critics were mixed, but kids eat this up—and the voice cast (Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Octavia Spencer) goes all in.

Grab the popcorn. Talk to your pets. Embrace the weird.

8. Breaking (2022)

One man. One bank. One heartbreaking plea.

Breaking tells the true story of Brian Brown-Easley, a Marine vet who, after being denied VA support, takes a bank hostage in a desperate bid to be heard. John Boyega is phenomenal—quiet, broken, determined. You want to look away, but you won’t.

It’s tense without being flashy. Sad without being manipulative. And yes, it’ll stay with you long after the credits roll.

If you liked John Q or The Negotiator, this one’s right up your alley.

9. The Northman (2022)

He will avenge his father. He will save his mother. He will kill his uncle.

That’s not just the plot—it’s the character’s literal mantra. In The Northman, Alexander Skarsgård goes full Viking berserker as Amleth, a prince turned beast on a revenge bender. Director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) brings his trademark madness and myth-soaked style to this bloody, poetic fever dream.

Nicole Kidman? Wild. Anya Taylor-Joy? Ethereal. Björk? She’s in here too. Somehow it all works.

This isn’t casual viewing—it’s an experience. Like Hamlet on ayahuasca.

10. Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 (2025)

“They can’t stop all of us.” Spoiler: they didn’t need to.

This wild doc breaks down the very real chaos that followed one dumb meme about storming Area 51 in 2019. What started as a joke turned into a festival… then a military panic… then the most hilariously awkward desert gathering since Burning Man Lite.

Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 is equal parts absurd and revealing—a snapshot of how quickly the internet can turn nonsense into national news.

It’s funny. It’s bizarre. It’s very, very 2019.

And That’s a Wrap

There you have it—10 solid picks to power your Netflix watchlist this week. Whether you’re sobbing your way through My Oxford Year, laughing at Happy Gilmore‘s return to the green, or spiraling into Viking revenge and alien conspiracies, we have you covered.

Want something animated and fierce? KPop Demon Hunters delivers. Prefer something raw and real? Breaking will hit you right in the gut. And if you’re just here for the chaos, Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 is your new favorite fever dream.

So fire up the app, dim the lights, and let your next streaming spree begin.