23 new movies and 17 new series have dropped on Netflix this week with My Secret Santa and Sean Combs: The Reckoning topping the charts.

The new drama series Ripple, which came to Netflix on Dec.

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Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment streaming services, offering subscribers access to thousands of television shows, documentaries, feature films and original content across a variety of genres and languages.

Overall, 2025 has been a pretty massive year for Netflix. Two of the most popular shows on the platform, Squid Game and Stranger Things, returned to wrap up their stories. There were also a few breakout hits, not least Adolescence, which quickly became Netflix’s top show for the first half of 2025.

Adolescence, Black Mirror, Narcos, Stranger Things, Ripley, and more make up our list of Netflix shows everyone needs to watch at least once.

Netflix is back cancelling good shows for no reason again, and this time, it's one of the highest audience-scored shows of the year per Rotten Tomatoes.

iHeartMedia and Netflix have made it official, launching their exclusive video podcasting partnership for early 2026. While reports have been swirling for months since Spotify's deal in October, iHeartMedia has officially announced that it will join forces with the streamer to bring exclusive videos to its audience.

Travelers, a sci-fi series from one of the co-creators of several Stargate shows, offers a fresh take on the time travel genre trope.