Welcome to your August 2025 update of the biggest movies of 2025! Below, we’re looking at the year’s biggest hits (and misses) by tracking the most successful launches and most-watcheded Netflix movies, both English and non-English, as well as feature documentaries. Using data from Netflix’s official Top 10s and now Netflix’s Engagement Report, we’ll break down which titles are leading the pack so far this year and those that haven’t quite made the bill. Let’s dig in.
Note: For this list, we’ll be looking at the first two weeks of launch for each title (except for feature documentaries) in addition to using the Netflix Engagement Report. Data goes up to August 10th, 2025.
English Language Movie Hits of 2025
Picture: Netflix
Back in Action came out of the gate swinging in January 2025 and has built itself a convincing lead in the movie charts for the year so far, although KPop Demon Hunters would later prove to be the ultimate winner of 2025. That strong performance in its first two weeks continued for the Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz action comedy, with the movie ranking in Netflix’s all-time top 10 list at the time of publication, at number 6.
Tyler Perry defied all odds with his movie STRAW, which, after two weeks, picked up over 74.2M views.
The Tom Hardy action movie, Havoc, comes in a distant third, with The Life List shortly behind, cementing Sofia Carson’s continued status as a Netflix movie queen.
The Electric State is now the seventh most-watched launch of 2025 and fifth for the first half of the year. Given the reported budget, that’s almost certainly a disappointment for the streamer and perhaps marks the end of Netflix’s massive-budget swings (big budget swings will still be coming!).
Of course, KPop Demon Hunters isn’t particularly well represented in these three lists right because it was released in June, which prevents it from putting in too much viewership in the first half of the year, and the fact that it really didn’t become a big hit until week 3 onwards.
Elsewhere, horror continues to struggle on Netflix with Fear Street: Prom Queen currently ranking last amongst the English language films from the US that have managed to feature in the US top 10s for two weeks.
First Two Weeks
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Back in Action, Happy Gilmore 2, STRAW, Havoc, The Life List and 9 more Netflix titles (2-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 2 weeks for 14 Netflix titles: Back in Action, Happy Gilmore 2, STRAW, Havoc, The Life List, The Old Guard 2, My Oxford Year, The Electric State, Kinda Pregnant, Nonnas, La Dolce Villa, KPop Demon Hunters, Plankton: The Movie, Fear Street: Prom Queen. Combined total: 706,500,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Back in Action, Happy Gilmore 2, STRAW, Havoc, The Life List and 9 more Netflix titles over 2 weeks.
Title
Cumulative Views (2 weeks)
Rank
Back in Action
93,600,000
1
Happy Gilmore 2
87,500,000
2
STRAW
74,200,000
3
Havoc
56,300,000
4
The Life List
53,600,000
5
The Old Guard 2
53,500,000
6
My Oxford Year
51,800,000
7
The Electric State
47,700,000
8
Kinda Pregnant
38,800,000
9
Nonnas
35,300,000
10
La Dolce Villa
33,900,000
11
KPop Demon Hunters
33,400,000
12
Plankton: The Movie
27,700,000
13
Fear Street: Prom Queen
19,200,000
14
First Month
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Back in Action, STRAW, KPop Demon Hunters, The Life List, Havoc and 6 more Netflix titles (4-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 4 weeks for 11 Netflix titles: Back in Action, STRAW, KPop Demon Hunters, The Life List, Havoc, The Old Guard 2, The Electric State, Nonnas, Kinda Pregnant, La Dolce Villa, Plankton: The Movie. Combined total: 738,500,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Back in Action, STRAW, KPop Demon Hunters, The Life List, Havoc and 6 more Netflix titles over 4 weeks.
Title
Cumulative Views (4 weeks)
Rank
Back in Action
121,200,000
1
STRAW
102,100,000
2
KPop Demon Hunters
80,300,000
3
The Life List
74,200,000
4
Havoc
71,000,000
5
The Old Guard 2
63,300,000
6
The Electric State
59,100,000
7
Nonnas
49,300,000
8
Kinda Pregnant
43,100,000
9
La Dolce Villa
38,400,000
10
Plankton: The Movie
36,500,000
11
Engagement Report (January – June 2025)
Netflix Engagement Report #5 Views - Back in Action, STRAW, The Life List, Havoc, The Electric State and 6 more Netflix titles
Engagement Report #5 views for 11 Netflix titles: Back in Action, STRAW, The Life List, Havoc, The Electric State, Kinda Pregnant, Nonnas, La Dolce Villa, Plankton: The Movie, KPop Demon Hunters, Fear Street: Prom Queen. Combined total: 806,400,000 views.
Netflix Engagement Report #5 views ranking for Back in Action, STRAW, The Life List, Havoc, The Electric State and 6 more Netflix titles.
Title
Views (Engagement Report #5)
Rank
Back in Action
164,700,000
1
STRAW
102,900,000
2
The Life List
95,500,000
3
Havoc
86,900,000
4
The Electric State
74,200,000
5
Kinda Pregnant
58,900,000
6
Nonnas
57,600,000
7
La Dolce Villa
55,500,000
8
Plankton: The Movie
50,600,000
9
KPop Demon Hunters
36,700,000
10
Fear Street: Prom Queen
22,900,000
11
Documentary Feature Hits on Netflix in 2025
Moving on to documentaries, we’ll narrow this list down to just the first week of launch until we get the Netflix Engagement Report data. Until June, The Twister: Caught in the Storm took home the most amount of views and by quite some distance, although it eventually was overtaken by Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster and eventually one of the newest Trainwreck documentaries: Poop Cruise. So far in 2025, people have soured slightly on murder documentaries in favor of documentaries on catastrophes and disasters.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster, The Twister: Caught in the Storm, A Deadly American Marriage, Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel and 13 more Netflix titles (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 18 Netflix titles: Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster, The Twister: Caught in the Storm, A Deadly American Marriage, Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel, Trainwreck: The Real Project X, Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, Trainwreck: Storm Area 51, Untold: The Fall of Favre, Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem, Con Mum, Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, Chaos: The Manson Murders, Untold: The Liver King, Trainwreck: P.I. Moms, Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror, Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds, Britain and The Blitz. Combined total: 146,900,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster, The Twister: Caught in the Storm, A Deadly American Marriage, Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel and 13 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
Trainwreck: Poop Cruise
21,100,000
1
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster
17,400,000
2
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
17,000,000
3
A Deadly American Marriage
9,800,000
4
Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel
7,800,000
5
Trainwreck: The Real Project X
7,400,000
6
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy
7,000,000
7
Trainwreck: Storm Area 51
7,000,000
8
Untold: The Fall of Favre
6,800,000
9
Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem
6,400,000
10
Con Mum
6,300,000
11
Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
6,200,000
12
Chaos: The Manson Murders
5,000,000
13
Untold: The Liver King
5,000,000
14
Trainwreck: P.I. Moms
4,800,000
15
Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror
4,400,000
16
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
3,800,000
17
Britain and The Blitz
3,700,000
18
A few misses from the list include an early release of the year following Bryan Johnson, the man who is going to extraordinary lengths to try to live forever. That title is Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever. Also missing from the documentary feature list is Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things The First Shadow, the behind-the-scenes documentary for the stage play (which is brilliant). The British documentary Grenfell: Uncovered also failed to enter the global top 10s.
This year, Netflix will continue its expansion into documentary “franchises”, for lack of a better phrase. Untold is the biggest one so far, and of the three that have been released, only The Liver King and The Fall of Favre managed to jump into the top 10s, with Shooting Guards missing out.
Non-English Language Movie Hits of 2025 So Far
Looking at the top 4 movies of the year, there’s a clear trend: action movies kick ass for Netflix’s international movie slate. Exterritorial, Counterattack, and Ad Vitam have broken into the all-time most watched list at the time of updating. Action and violence are universal, and that applies here, with all four movies performing well even beyond their origin country.
Elsewhere, a good showing for Japanese titles, albeit less so for Indian films and romance titles.
First Two Weeks
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Exterritorial, Ad Vitam, iHostage, Counterattack, Brick and 33 more Netflix titles (2-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 2 weeks for 38 Netflix titles: Exterritorial, Ad Vitam, iHostage, Counterattack, Brick, K.O., Bad Influence, A Widow's Game, Last Bullet, Bullet Train Explosion, Honeymoon Crasher, Demon City, The Children's Train, Almost Cops, Squad 36, The Heart Knows, Bogotá: City of the Lost, Delicious, Number 24, Wall to Wall, The Dad Quest, Ziam, Revelations, Almost Family, The Love Scam, Our Times, A Normal Woman, A Copenhagen Love Story, Dhoom Dhaam, The Sand Castle, Love Forever, Nadaaniyan, Promised Hearts, Aap Jaisa Koi, Semi-Soeter, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Little Siberia, TEST. Combined total: 720,600,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Exterritorial, Ad Vitam, iHostage, Counterattack, Brick and 33 more Netflix titles over 2 weeks.
Title
Cumulative Views (2 weeks)
Rank
Exterritorial
62,000,000
1
Ad Vitam
42,600,000
2
iHostage
42,000,000
3
Counterattack
40,700,000
4
Brick
40,500,000
5
K.O.
33,400,000
6
Bad Influence
33,200,000
7
A Widow's Game
32,000,000
8
Last Bullet
24,100,000
9
Bullet Train Explosion
22,800,000
10
Honeymoon Crasher
21,800,000
11
Demon City
19,900,000
12
The Children's Train
19,300,000
13
Almost Cops
18,400,000
14
Squad 36
18,000,000
15
The Heart Knows
17,000,000
16
Bogotá: City of the Lost
16,700,000
17
Delicious
16,400,000
18
Number 24
15,200,000
19
Wall to Wall
14,200,000
20
The Dad Quest
13,900,000
21
Ziam
13,500,000
22
Revelations
12,600,000
23
Almost Family
11,600,000
24
The Love Scam
11,400,000
25
Our Times
10,800,000
26
A Normal Woman
10,600,000
27
A Copenhagen Love Story
10,400,000
28
Dhoom Dhaam
9,900,000
29
The Sand Castle
9,700,000
30
Love Forever
8,400,000
31
Nadaaniyan
8,200,000
32
Promised Hearts
8,000,000
33
Aap Jaisa Koi
7,400,000
34
Semi-Soeter
6,800,000
35
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
6,700,000
36
Little Siberia
5,300,000
37
TEST
5,200,000
38
Engagement Report (January – June 2025)
Netflix Engagement Report #5 Views - Exterritorial, Counterattack, Ad Vitam, iHostage, Bad Influence and 28 more Netflix titles
Engagement Report #5 views for 33 Netflix titles: Exterritorial, Counterattack, Ad Vitam, iHostage, Bad Influence, K.O., A Widow's Game, Honeymoon Crasher, Demon City, Bullet Train Explosion, Last Bullet, Squad 36, Lucca's World, Number 24, Delicious, The Heart Knows, Bogotá: City of the Lost, Dhoom Dhaam, Revelations, The Dad Quest, The Love Scam, Love Forever, A Copenhagen Love Story, The Children's Train, Nadaaniyan, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Our Times, Promised Hearts, The Sand Castle, TEST, Semi-Soeter, Little Siberia, K. O.. Combined total: 893,100,000 views.
Netflix Engagement Report #5 views ranking for Exterritorial, Counterattack, Ad Vitam, iHostage, Bad Influence and 28 more Netflix titles.
Title
Views (Engagement Report #5)
Rank
Exterritorial
87,500,000
1
Counterattack
71,300,000
2
Ad Vitam
69,800,000
3
iHostage
57,400,000
4
Bad Influence
44,100,000
5
K.O.
43,500,000
6
A Widow's Game
41,300,000
7
Honeymoon Crasher
34,900,000
8
Demon City
33,600,000
9
Bullet Train Explosion
33,400,000
10
Last Bullet
31,300,000
11
Squad 36
29,300,000
12
Lucca's World
28,800,000
13
Number 24
24,200,000
14
Delicious
22,200,000
15
The Heart Knows
22,000,000
16
Bogotá: City of the Lost
20,900,000
17
Dhoom Dhaam
18,200,000
18
Revelations
18,000,000
19
The Dad Quest
17,300,000
20
The Love Scam
17,000,000
21
Love Forever
15,600,000
22
A Copenhagen Love Story
15,500,000
23
The Children's Train
14,500,000
24
Nadaaniyan
13,500,000
25
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
13,200,000
26
Our Times
11,900,000
27
Promised Hearts
11,700,000
28
The Sand Castle
10,800,000
29
TEST
7,400,000
30
Semi-Soeter
6,900,000
31
Little Siberia
6,100,000
32
K. O.
0
33
A couple of notable omissions from the chart above include the French musical comedy “Banger,” which only spent a single week in the Non-English charts, garnering 1.9M views before dropping out. That’s a similar story for the anime movie The Rose of Versailles, which only garnered 1.3 million views before dropping out.
