Netflix is kicking 2025 off in decidedly low-key fashion. By its standards, the streamer's lineup of film originals in January is surprisingly slight. There are still a few Netflix-exclusive movies worth recommending this month,

The best movies on Netflix include Scream 6, Saturday Night, Back in Action, Hereditary, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, In the Heart of the Sea, and more.

When it comes to the best new sci-fi franchises of the past decade, Dune is sure to rank high on every expert’s list. Netflix secured streaming rights to the sequel over the holiday season, and the first installment arrived on January 1st. However, it’s leaving the platform after just one month, although you’ll still have some time to catch Part 2.

Here are five sci-fi movies you need to watch on Netflix in January, including a polarizing Kevin Costner title and an innovative heist drama.

Among the Korean slate for 2025 is an exceedingly rare animated movie. It comes from the Seoul-based Climax Studio, best known for working on live-action projects like Hellbound and Parasyte: The Grey. Han Ji-won is writing and directing with Kim Tae-ri and Hong Kyung currently announced for the voice cast.

January has been a great month to have an Apple TV+ subscription if you like series about people trying to unravel strange mysteries, with both Silo and Severance debuting their second seasons. Now the trend continues with Prime Target, a brand new show about a mathematician who becomes a hunted man for mysterious reasons.

This month’s selection of movies includes an underseen rock opera, one of the best movies of the 2000s, a paranoid thriller about American misdeeds abroad, and a nice pre-Oscars catch-up on one of Timothée Chalamet’s best performances.