It’s been a good week (July 28 – August 1) on the new Netflix movies front. Indeed, not only did Happy Gilmore 2 draw in millions of viewers during its first few days on the platform, but Kpop Demon Hunters also became the most-watched Netflix animated original of all-time.
No pressure, then, My Oxford Year – i.e. the first of many new movies that’ll land on the world’s best streaming service in August. If Sofia Carson’s latest Netflix film doesn’t look or sound appealing to you, though, our best Netflix movies guide has plenty of other top tier options for you to choose from. So, head over there once you’ve perused this article for some new movie recommendations.
New Netflix movies: August
My Oxford Year
My Oxford Year | Official Trailer | Netflix – YouTube
Release date: August 1
Runtime: 111 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US); 12 (UK)
Cast: Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest, Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Harry Trevaldwyn, Esmé Kingdom, and Nikhil Parmar among others
Director: Iain Morris
RT score: TBC (critics); TBC (audience)
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Sofia Carson will aim to make it back-to-back wins on Netflix this month with the release of My Oxford Year. Indeed, with her previous flick The Life List pulling in millions of viewers, she’ll hope her new romantic drama will prove to be as popular. Here, Carson plays Anna, an ambitious young woman who relocates to Oxford, UK from the US to fulfil a lifelong dream. While there, she falls head over heels for the charming James (Corey Mylchreest), which brings joy and problems for the pair individually and collectively. We’ll see if My Oxford Year is worth investing in once its critical and commercial scores come through.
New Netflix movies: July
Happy Gilmore 2
Happy Gilmore 2 | Official Teaser Trailer | Netflix – YouTube
Release date: July 25
Runtime: 117 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US); 12 (UK)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Chris McDonald, Benny Safdie, Ben Stiller, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, John Daly, Haley Joel Osment, and many more
Director: Kyle Newacheck
RT score: 63% (critics); 69% (audience)
Tom Power
Senior Entertainment Reporter
The saying goes that legends never die – and, after almost a 30-year wait, the myth that is Happy Gilmore is certainly alive and well. The much anticipated follow-up to the 1996 sports comedy that turned Sandler into a household name, Happy Gilmore 2 sees the eponymous character return to the course to pay for his daughter Vienna’s ballet school. The only way he’ll do so is by winning the Tour Championship for a second time, which will be no mean feat considering the amount of talent on display (yes, even real-life golfers appear in this flick!). I wasn’t overly impressed with Happy Gilmore when I streamed it for the first time a few years ago, but I can appreciate it’s a cult classic for many. Despite middling reviews, this legacyquel is one of the most-watched Netflix Movie Originals of 2025 so far, so it’s certainly been a swing and a hit for the streamer.
Madea’s Destination Wedding
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Destination Wedding | Official Trailer | Netflix – YouTube
Release date: July 11
Runtime: 102 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US); 12A (UK)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis Patton, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Taja V. Simpson, Diamond White, Jermaine Harris, Xavier Smalls
Director: Tyler Perry
RT score: 13% (critics); 40% (audience)
Tom Power
Senior Entertainment Reporter
It seems Tyler Perry can do no wrong in the eyes of Netflix executives. Just weeks after his latest Netflix film Straw pulled in million of viewers, the latest entry in his Madea-fronted corny comedy movie series has now landed on the platform. This time, the titular matriarch and her family travel to the Bahamas for a shotgun wedding involving her grand-niece Tiffany. Based on its critical and commercial scores on Rotten Tomatoes, this is one you should be avoiding at all costs.
Brick
Brick | Official Trailer | Netflix – YouTube
Release date: July 10
Runtime: 99 minutes
Age rating: R (US); 15 (UK)
Cast: Matthias Schweighöfer, Ruby O. Fee, Frederick Lau, Murathan Muslu, Josef Berousek, and Alexander Boyer
Director: Philip Koch
RT score: 46% (critics); 26% (audience)
Tom Power
Senior Entertainment Reporter
A movie that feels like it would’ve been more appropriate to release amid the pandemic because we weren’t allowed to leave our homes, German thriller flick Brick sounds like a claustrophobic’s nightmare scenario. In it, Schweighofer and Fee play Tim and Olivia, who wake one morning to find a mysterious black brick wall is blocking their front door. They can’t break through or circumnavigate it, either – so, like any good neighbor, they smash through their fellow apartment dwellers’ ceilings to unite and find a way out together. Based on its Rotten Tomatoes ratings, Brick‘s intriguing premise sounds like it was dreamt up without the narrative cement to bind it together. A movie that’ll crumble before your very eyes, then!
The Old Guard 2
The Old Guard 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix – YouTube
Release date: July 2
Runtime: 106 minutes
Age rating: 16+ (US); 15 (UK)
Cast: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngô, Henry Golding, Uma Thurman, and Chiwetel Ejiofor
RT score: 26% (critics); 34% (audience)
Tom Power
Senior Entertainment Reporter
I didn’t mind The Old Guard. It was an easy action movie to stick on and enjoy for what it was. I’m also a sucker for Charlize Theron kicking ass, too – indeed, Mad Max: Fury Road and Atomic Blonde are among my favorite action movies. For whatever reason, though, I just can’t get excited for The Old Guard 2. Maybe it’s because five years have passed since the original was released. Maybe it’s down to the fact that it largely covers the same old ground (albeit with Theron’s Andy now being mortal and vulnerable to, you know, dying) as its predecessor did. Or maybe I’ve just read too much into its abject critical and audiences scores on Rotten Tomatoes. In short: I’ll be giving this a miss and I think you should, too.
What new Netflix movies are coming in August 2025 and beyond?
The third Knives Out movie won’t be released until December (Image credit: Netflix)
The rest of August is looking a little light on the new Netflix movies front, but there are many more set to arrive before 2025 ends. Read on for more on the most anticipated flicks that’ll be released in the weeks and months ahead:
- Fixed (August 13)
- Night Always Comes (August 15)
- The Thursday Murder Club (August 28)
- The Wrong Paris (September 12)
- Ruth & Boaz (September 26)
- Steve (October 3)
- Nouvelle Vague (October 10)
- The Woman in Cabin 10 (October 10)
- She Walks in Darkness (October 17)
- A House of Dynamite (October 24)
- The Ballad of a Small Player (October 29)
- In Your Dreams (November 14)
- Train Dreams (November 21)
- Frankenstein (November 2025, date TBC)
- Troll 2 (December 1)
- Jay Kelly (December 5)
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (December 12)
- 10Dance (December 2025, date TBC)
- A Merry Little Ex-Mas (TBC)
- The Twits (TBC)
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