The Best Netflix Movies of 2025
A look back at the best new movies on Netflix for the class of 2025.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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On Netflix
- Synopsis
Detective Benoit Blanc teams up with an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history.
- Rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Director
- Rian Johnson
- Cast
- Daniel Craig, Josh O\'Connor, Glenn Close
- Added to Netflix
- December 12, 2025
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Why Wake Up Dead Man Sounds Nothing Like Previous Knives Out Movies: Interview with Nathan Johnson
The composer breaks down how conceptual motifs, clashing tempos, and unsettling textures shape the…
Rian Johnson on the Spiritual Core of Wake Up Dead Man and Why Benoit Blanc Will Always Be a Mystery
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