10 Most Popular Netflix Movies Streaming Right Now (May 12-18)
Vampires, ghosts and grandmothers still rule the roost at Netflix. Nonnas remains the No. 1 movie on the streamer, and Twilight is still haunting the top 10. Viewers also can’t get enough of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Michael Keaton’s “ghost with the most” title character.
But a new week brings several new films to Netflix’s 10 most popular movies list, including a second sequel in a beloved children’s franchise and an unofficial Spanish-language remake of The Bodyguard.
That 1992 classic starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner is hard to top, though, so we’ll see how long it lasts on this list. To see what else is popular on Netflix, continue to read below.
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It’s no surprise that this new Vince Vaughn comedy shot straight to No. 1 soon after it debuted — it’s sweet and reassuring, and it follows a formula that made Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias big hits in the late ‘80s.
Vaughn stars as Joe, who tries to get over his mother’s death by opening a restaurant with Italian grandmothers as cooks. The restaurant is a success, but can Joe find a way to reconcile with his loss and move on with his life?
The latest true-crime documentary to place on Netflix’s most popular movies list is A Deadly American Marriage, which tells the true story of Jason Corbet and Molly Martens, a married couple whose domestic bliss ended in murder.
Utilizing interviews with detectives involved in the case, A Deadly American Marriage weaves a spellbinding narrative that is both fascinating and chilling. It’s not that big of a surprise that Netflix subscribers can’t get enough of it.
Mark Wahlberg has portrayed action heroes who have saved the world countless times, but in Instant Family, the actor faces his most challenging role yet — a new dad to a 15-year-old daughter.
The 2018 dramedy stars Wahlberg and Rose Byrne as Pete and Ellie Wagner, who are eager to adopt a child. They get more than they bargained for when they adopt teen Lizzie (Isabela Merced), who insists they adopt her younger brother and sister if they want her to live with them. The Wagners agree and all of a sudden, they have an instant family to take care of — and love.
Only a zany DreamWorks animated children’s film can unite a vocal cast that includes Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Parsons and Rihanna. In Home, aliens called the Boov have taken over Earth and sent many humans to Australia to live.
Gratuity “Tip” Tucci (Rihanna) was left behind in all the chaos, and she’s desperate to find her mother. Can a rogue Boov, Oh (Parsons), help the little girl? Or will he follow orders and send her to live with the other humans?
The long-awaited sequel to the classic 1988 supernatural comedy was a big hit in 2024 and is just as popular on Netflix in 2025. When Lydia (Winona Ryder) and her teenage daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), move back to her family home in Connecticut, both women soon encounter supernatural forces that leave them no choice but to ask for the help of the Ghost with the Most, Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton). But can Lydia trust the man who once wanted to marry her and kill her parents?
You’ve seen the ads and scrolled past the memes — now find out the true story behind the man known as the Liver King, Brian Johnson. In this fascinating documentary, Johnson’s rapid rise to fame as a health influencer who advocates for his followers to eat raw liver to gain muscle mass is exposed as a fraud. Shocking, right?
The documentary reveals the lengths Johnson went to achieve his muscular physique and the damaging physical and mental toll it took to maintain his lucrative charade.
Go back to where it all started by watching the first Twilight, which launched the careers of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. In this YA gothic romance, new-in-town Bella Swan (Stewart) is drawn to a mysterious — and very pale — classmate, Edward Cullen.
He seems to like her, too, but he’s also hiding a secret that Bella is desperate to uncover. Will the teenager’s curiosity cause her to lose Edward’s affections — and possibly her life?
Those Minions just can’t be stopped! Those lovable lemmings return with their master, Gru (Steve Carell), for yet another brightly colored adventure. This time around, Gru and his new family must go into hiding after an old classmate, Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell), wants to turn his son, Gru Jr. (Tara Strong), into a super-villain cockroach.
Hijinks ensue as Gru and his family assume new, mundane identities in bland suburbia to avoid being detected by Maxime. But Le Mal is craftier than Gru gives him credit for, and he’ll have to defend his family at any cost.
When Bruce Russell’s ballerina daughter, Reese (Eléa Rochera), is harassed by an unknown stalker, he hires ex-con Eros (Alberto Olmo) to be her bodyguard.
At first, Reese hates Eros, and he doesn’t much like her either, but soon, the two begin to develop feelings for each other that go beyond the professional. Can Eros protect Reese while also opening himself up to romance? Bad Influence is based on the popular Wattpad novel of the same name by an anonymous author who goes by the username teensspirit.
Everyone’s favorite marmalade-loving English bear is back for more adventures in Paddington in Peru. This time around, Paddington and the Brown family travel to Peru to locate his missing Aunt Lucy.
Along the way, they meet the kindly Reverend Mother (Olivia Colman) and get swept up in a quest to locate the lost city of El Dorado. But all Paddington wants is his beloved relative back and to return to England. A follow-up to the critically acclaimed sequel Paddington 2, Paddington in Peru is already a hit on Netflix in its first week on the streamer.
